Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1917-1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
2 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Timothy Lewis (1877-1958), Welsh literary scholar, was born in Efail-wen, Cilymaenllwyd, Pembrokeshire. He graduated from University College, Cardiff, in 1904, and went on to undertake research into early Welsh at Manchester and Berlin. He joined the University College, Aberystwyth, in 1910 as assistant lecturer and later became reader in Celtic Palaeography. He served in the Royal Artillery in France, 1915-1918. Timothy Lewis married Nellie Myfanwy Evans (1885-1968) in 1910, and had a son and a daughter.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Mr Timothy Lewis, Aberystwyth, 1940.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A typescript copy, 1940, of a work entitled 'The Tribal System in Wales Examined', together with notes on signalling, 1917.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 13938-13939.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available on card index.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Lewis, Timothy, 1877-1958 -- Archives (Subject)
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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
April 2005
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.