Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1727-1730, 1827-1829. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
26 ff. ; 285 x 175 mm. Parchment, paper flyleaves; re-bound in full leather at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Reverend Roger F. Donaldson, whose father was the last warden of Ystradmeurig College; Pwllheli; Donation; 1993
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume originally used as a parish register, 1727-30, of Ystradfellte, co. Brecon (inverted text ff. 23-4 verso); and subsequently for a summary catalogue of the library of Ystradmeurig School, co. Cardigan, compiled in 1827 by Henry Hampton (ff. 1-19), with a few later memoranda. The titles, arranged under broad subject-headings, comprise mainly the works of classical authors and books on theology and religion, history, and languages, including some in Welsh. Also included (f. 22) is a petition, 1829, of the inhabitants of Ystradmeurig against Roman Catholic emancipation, in the hand of John Williams Morris, headmaster of the school, 1826-59.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
See William H. Howells: 'The Library of Edward Richard, Ystradmeurig' in Ceredigion, 9 (1982), pp. 227-44.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23155D
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- St. John's College (Ystradmeurig, Wales) -- Library -- Catalogs. (Subject)
- Hampton, Henry, fl. 1827 (Subject)
- Morris, John Williams, Ystradmeurig (Subject)
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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
February 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);