Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1890]-[1974x1978] (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Extent and medium
50 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts of Berta Ruck, [c. 1890]-[1974x1978], including notebooks, 1906-1946; manuscripts and typescripts of literary and autobiographical works, 1955-[1974x1978]; letters, [c. 1890]-1971; poetry, [1920s]-[1930s]; and sketches, [1900x1920].
The notebooks typically contain notes and ideas for fiction, drawings and sketches, pasted in letters and ephemera, and journal entries. These detail her home life and travels and give news of her sons Arthur and Bill Oliver, husband Oliver Onions and other family and friends.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 20677C, 23306-9, 23376-8, 23437B, 23523B, 23569-73, 23715-27, 23733-46, 23780-3, 23790C, 24031D, 24195-6.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 23306-9, 23376-8, 23437B, 23523B, 23569-73 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
The notebooks are arranged in order of accession. The correct chronological order is as follows: NLW MSS 23782B, 23733C, 23715B, 23734C (ff. 1-11), 23376C, 23734C (ff. 12-16), 23377-8, 23569iB, 23735C, 23523B, 23734C (ff. 17-36), 23736-38, 24195E, 23739-41, 23790C, 23716-7, 24031D, 23742C, 23437B, 23570B, 24196B, 23571B, 23743C, 23718D, 23572B, 23719-24, 23573D, 23744D.
Note
Title based on contents.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Oliver, Arthur. (Subject)
- Oliver, William Richard, 1913-2007. (Subject)
- Onions, Oliver, 1873-1961 (Subject)
- Ruck, Berta, 1878-1978 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. (Subject)
- Ruck, Berta, 1878-1978 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Ruck, Berta, 1878-1978 -- Diaries. (Subject)
- Ruck family, of Pennal (Subject)