Fonds GB 0210 MSBURRELL - Burrell Manuscripts

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0210 MSBURRELL

Title

Burrell Manuscripts

Date(s)

  • [19-20 cents] (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

5 vols

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented by John Burrell, Cwmystwyth, London and Aberystwyth, 1931.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This collection comprises account books relating to the erection of the Welsh Calvinistic Chapel at Cwmystwyth, Cardiganshire, 1836; correspondence and papers, 1886-1900, relating to The Cambro-Briton Society, London and to some other aspects of the London Welsh community; material relating to the Welsh Hospital for South Africa, to the National Eisteddfod held in London, 1887, and to preaching activities in Croydon, Enfield, Harrow and Willesden.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: 6979-6983.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • Welsh
  • English

Script of material

Language and script notes

Welsh, English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).

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Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004379701

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000379701

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Rules and/or conventions used

This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

May 2005.

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Archivist's note

This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.

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Physical storage

  • Text: Burrell Manuscripts.