Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1870-1946 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.114 cubic metres (4 boxes).
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
David Hughes & Sons, Aberdyfi, were a well-known firm of tailors and drapers.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Llew Hughes; Aberystwyth; Donation; March 1982
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection comprises business records of David Hughes & Sons, Aberdyfi, namely ledgers, 1878-1946, day books, 1888-1913, account books of receipts, 1870-1905, a bank account book, 1937-1943, and a file of bills and invoices, 1927. There is also a notebook containing minutes and other records of the Sunday school of Tabernacl C.M. church Aberdyfi, 1892-1893, and a notebook containing brief details relating to the Aberdyfi Burial Board, 1909.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged as follows: business records of David Hughes and Sons; minutes of the Sunday school of Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist church, Aberdyfi; notebook of Aberdyfi burial board.
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 regulations apply.
Language of material
- wel.
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales at NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1982, p. 29. The catalogue can also be accessed online.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
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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
September 2006.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by J. Graham Jones for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, 'List of the David Hughes & Sons (Aberdovey) Records' in NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1982;