File NLW ex 2871. - Ruhleben Camp bookplate,

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NLW ex 2871.

Title

Ruhleben Camp bookplate,

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  • 1915. (Creation)

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1 item

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Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Lawrence Rawsthorne, Head of Culture and Leisure; Flintshire County Council, Mold; Donation; June 2014; 006754488.

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A bookplate from a book presented by the National Library of Wales to the Education Department (Celtic Section) at Ruhleben Camp, Germany, 1915, for the use of Welsh civilian prisoners interned there.

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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.

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Papers, 1915-1918, deriving from the time David Evans spent in Ruhleben camp near Berlin as a civilian prisoner are in NLW ex 2803. The papers include leaflets printed by the camp’s press advertising Welsh lessons taught by him, lectures and social events. The camp school was established in 1915 and David Evans was the head of Celtic studies. NLW ex 2495 relates to the period Captain Rowland Humphreys (born 1879) spent in the camp.

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Preferred citation: NLW ex 2871.

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vtls006754488

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • English

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