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Title
Date(s)
- [1861x1911] / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
36 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
David Stephen Davies (1841-1898) served as Congregational minister at Bangor and Carmarthen; he was also an author, edited the newspaper Y Celt, and was an advocate of emigration to the Welsh colony established, 1865, in the Chubut valley, Patagonia.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Source unknown.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, [1861x1911], of or relating to David Stephen Davies and which include manuscripts of some of his published works; material relating to Y Celt and to the Welsh colony in Patagonia; diaries; sermons and miscellaneous notes. Some of the earlier material was written by Davies while he was living and studying in the United States.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 2381-2407, 4611-4619.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
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 I (Aberystwyth, 1943) and Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Formerly known as D. S. Davies 1-36.
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Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD (G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2005 and September 2009.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Siân Medi Davies for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943) and Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951);