Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1916-1973 / (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Extent and medium
6 boxes; 1.95 linear metres.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Richard J. Ellis; Aberystwyth ; Donation; 1949-1969
Independent Order of Oddfellows of the Manchester Unity Friendly Society per Richard J. Ellis; Aberystwyth; Deposit; 1976
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Rules, 1917-1940; records relating to meetings, 1920-1948; financial records and returns, 1916-1968; and papers of the District Secretary, 1912-1973. All the records relate to the Independent side of the District's functions apart from GA15 which relates to the State insurance side.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW into two groups: administrative and financial records, and District Secretary's papers.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Medical certificates of Lodge members claiming sickness benefit or insurance payments are closed (see series/file descriptions). Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, some Welsh.
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
Preferred citation: G.