Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1940-1998 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.009 cubic metres (1 box)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Professor Eryl Hall Williams (b. 1921) was a conscientious objector during the Second World War while a law student at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He served as a civilian relief worker with the Friends Relief Service in England and Germany from 1943 until 1946.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Prof. Eryl Hall Williams, East Molesey, Surrey, in 1993 and March 1999.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Eryl Hall Williams, 1940-1998, relating mainly to his period of service with the Friends Relief Service in England and Germany (including Belsen) during and after the Second World War; together with reminiscences and transcripts, 1993-1998, of letters relating to his experiences as a conscientious objector while a student at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1939 to 1942.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: Friends Relief Service papers, miscellaneous papers, and letters and Aberystwyth wartime reminiscences.
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; Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1994, p. 70, and 1999, p. 82, at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can 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
Project identifier
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Friends Relief Service. (Subject)
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) (Subject)
- Hall Williams, John Eryl, 1921- -- 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 1994 and 1999.