Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1920-1989 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.572 cubic metres (20 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Dorothy Taylor, née Sylvester, was born in 1906. She was a Senior Lecturer and reader in Geography at the University of Manchester from 1944 until 1966. In 1969, her work The Rural Landscape of the Welsh Borderland was published, followed by A History of Gwynedd in 1983.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Poole Alcock & Co.. Solicitors, Stoke-on-Trent, in November 1992, and coverted into a bequest, July 1995.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, 1920-1989, of Dorothy Sylvester, including notebooks and lecture notes, 1920-1972; research papers, including notes, card indexes and press cuttings, relating mainly to her study of the historical geography of England and Wales, with special reference to the Welsh borderland; material relating to published works, 1957-1983; addresses and articles, 1928-1988; literary papers, and correspondence, 1926-1989.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: notebooks and lecture notes; research papers; published works; articles, addresses; literary papers; correspondence; and miscellaneous.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1993, pp.71-74, at the National Library of Wales.
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
Project identifier
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Sylvester, Dorothy -- Archives. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries 1993.