Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1860-1936 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
77 volumes ; each 150 x 100 mm. and less.
Printed diaries of the Welsh Baptists, published under various titles (with the exception of NLW MS 22585A); cloth or leather covers.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Miss Margaret E. Williams (grandniece of Hywel Cernyw); Cynwyd; Donation; 1988.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Seventy-seven pocket diaries of the Rev. Hugh (Cernyw) Williams (Hywel Cernyw, 1843-1937), Baptist minister at Corwen and Cynwyd, 1868-1918, writer and poet. The diaries form an unbroken run from 1860 to 1936 apart from 1878 for which there is no diary; in addition to the 1891 diary, there is a journal of a holiday at Harrogate and Southport, 17 June-20 July 1891 (NLW MS 22585A). Entries from 1864 onwards are mostly in English.
The diaries contain references to Robert Ellis (Cynddelw) (NLW MSS 22557-22574A passim).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 22554-22630A.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, 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
Publication note
For an account of the contents of the diaries see L. E. Valentine, 'Dyddiaduron "Cernyw" 1860-1936', Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes Bedyddwyr Cymru (1971), 5-38.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Williams, H. Cernyw (Hywel Cernyw), 1843-1937 -- Diaries (Subject)
- Ellis, Robert, 1812-1875 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH