Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1936 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
200 ff. (paginated 1-16, 1-384) ; 205 x 125 mm. Cloth over boards.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
David Harbourne; Cardiff; Purchase; 1993
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Charles Letts's Office Desk Diary, 1936, with detailed entries, apparently in the hand of John Reginald Jones (d. 1964), in which he records the daily occurrences and problems he encountered as manager of Varteg Hill Colliery, Garndiffaith, co. Monmouth [owned by John Vipond & Co. Ltd]; included are references to the fears and unrest of the labour-force because of dangerous and adverse working conditions, and accounts of the writer's confrontations with individual miners.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23151B
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Varteg Hill Colliery (Garndiffaith, Wales) (Subject)
- Jones, John Reginald, d. 1964 -- Diaries (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
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);