Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1953-1987 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
4 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Dinah White acted as companion, carer and amanuensis for Father Littleton Alfred Powys (1902-1954), only son of John Cowper Powys, during his last illness at St Teresa's Private Hospital, Corston, Bath, 1953-1954.
Archival history
Apparently bequeathed by White to Father Mervin Havard-Brown (d. 2010) (see NLW MS 24063E, f. 173).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Chris Bebbington, A Piece of History; Chichester; Purchase; May 2014; 006756765, 006756791, 006756801, 006756813.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters, 1953-1956, to Dinah White from John Cowper Powys, his brother Littleton Charles Powys, and others; together with printed items, 1954-1987, relating to Father Littleton Alfred Powys and the Powys family.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 24060-24063.
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 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.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, some Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- White, Dinah -- Archives (Subject)
- White, Dinah -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Powys, Littleton A. -- Health (Subject)
- Powys, Littleton A. -- Death and burial (Subject)
- Powys, Littleton, 1874-1955 -- Death and burial (Subject)
Genre access points
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
January 2016
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan and revised by Rhys M. Jones.