Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1941-1989 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.018 cubic metres (2 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Frank Evans from Aberystwyth was a Japanese prisoner of war between 1941 and 1945. He was the author of Yn Nwylo'r Nipon, 1981 and Roll call at Oeyama: POW remembers, 1985. Frank Evans returned to visit the prison camps in 1981 and 1984.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers and correspondence of Frank Evans, 1941-1989, mainly relating to his time when he was a prisoner of war in Japan and to his return visits in 1981 and 1984, 1941-1945, 1980-1989, including a scrap book containing photographs, press cuttings, correspondence and miscellanea; together with letters, photographs, and papers concerning his imprisonment at the Shamshuipo and Oeyama prison camps, 1941-1945, 1980-1989.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
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 1989, pp.17-18, at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online.
Generated finding aid
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
- Evans, Frank -- 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
May 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 1989.