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- 2014. (Creation)
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1 vol.
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Mr Robert Humphries; Wisconsin, USA; Donation; April 2014; 006737518.
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Typescript transcript by Robert Humphries of the diary of William Herbert, a Welsh emigrant to Ohio, which he kept while on a visit to the Rhondda Valleys and the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, 1886-8. The original Welsh transcription is side by side with the English translation by Robert Humphries. William Herbert was born in Colwinston, Glamorgan, and began working as a coal miner as a young boy. The foreword and genealogical notes are by Catherine Reuther, Spring Green, Wisconsin, great-great granddaughter of the diarist, 2014.
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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio รข Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
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Parallel Welsh and English text.
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Preferred citation: NLW ex 2859.
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- Humphries, Robert. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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- English