Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- c. 1900-1984 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.041 cubic metres (6 box files)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mrs. Phoebe Joyce Evans (1890-), Swansea, was a missionary in Madagascar between 1914 and 1939, where she met her husband, the Reverend William Evans.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Mrs P. J. Evans, Swansea, September 1981, November 1981, January and June 1982, October 1983 and August 1984.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Mrs. Phoebe Joyce Evans, comprising diaries, 1906-1984, some of which contain accounts of visits to France, Poland, Belgium, Madagascar, Port Said, the United States of America, and various places in England, and including a diary of her husband, Rev. William Evans and a diary on cassette; letters, 1913-1938, from Phoebe Joyce Evans, in the form of diaries, to family and friends from Madagascar and to her from her husband; miscellaneous papers, [1906x1981], including notes and texts of talks given, accounts of visits to America in 1959 and 1971, extracts from diaries, letters and newspaper cuttings; together with autobiographical notes, c. 1900, by [?the Reverend William Evans].
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The diaries cannot be consulted until 2009. Made available for consultation following the Freedom of Information Act from January 2005. Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1982, p.18, and 1984, p. 25, at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Subject access points
- Missionaries -- Madagascar.
- Missionaries -- Wales -- Archives.
- Missionaries -- Wales -- Diaries.
- England -- Description and travel
- France -- Description and travel
- Poland -- Description and travel.
- Madagascar -- Description and travel.
- United States -- Description and travel
- Egypt -- Description and travel.
- Belgium -- Description and travel
Place access points
Name access points
- Evans, Phoebe Joyce, b. 1890 -- Archives. (Subject)
- Evans, Phoebe Joyce, b. 1890 -- Diaries. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1982 and 1984.