Fonds GB 0210 MSFLOYD - Floyd Manuscripts

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0210 MSFLOYD

Title

Floyd Manuscripts

Date(s)

  • [16 cent.]-[19 cent.] (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

612 vols.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Archival history

Formerly in the possession of the London Library; transferred, 1899, to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

NLW MSS 3641-4252 belonged to William Floyd (?1810-?1898), who spent many years at the Public Record Office - he applied for a ticket as from Bridgend, Glamorgan in 1856 - and in the British Museum engaged in research in the various types of records relating to the history of England and Wales preserved in those two institutions. With a few exceptions, most of which are described at the beginning of the collection, all the volumes are Floyd's notebooks and memoranda books. His collection, which had been presented to the London Library, of which he had been a member since its foundaton in 1841, was by that body transferred in 1899 to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth at the time when the Welsh Library Committee of the College was accumulating material of Welsh interest to form a nucleus for the projected national library for Wales.

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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.

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Language of material

  • English
  • Latin
  • Romance Language
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish

Script of material

Language and script notes

English, Latin, Norman-French, French, Italian, Spanish.

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Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004363164

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000363164

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Rules and/or conventions used

This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.

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Language(s)

  • English

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Physical storage

  • Text: NLW MSS 3641-4252.