Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- ca. 1865-1880 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
i, 24 ff., interleaved (blank from f. 11 verso) ; 160 x 100 mm. Embossed paper over boards, rebacked at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'From W. E. Davies, Grocer & Provision Merchant Pembroke Dock' stamped in gold on front cover.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Violet Davies; Aberystwyth; Donation; 1995
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notebook, c. 1865-80, containing culinary recipes compiled by William Edward Davies or his wife Mary Evered Davies (née Poole); Davies was a grocer and provision merchant at Haverfordwest and Pembroke Dock until the late 1870s and thereafter baker and confectioner at Pier Street, Aberystwyth.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23464A.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Davies, Mary Evered, 1834-1916 (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);