Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1878-1930 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
21 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Isaac Davies, of Birkenhead, served as secretary of the National Eisteddfod held at Liverpool in 1929 and of the Sir Owen M. Edwards Memorial Fund.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
NLW MSS 6474-6477; Isaac Davies; Birkenhead; Presentation; 1929
NLW MSS 9728-9744; Isaac Davies; Birkenhead; Presentation; 1931
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts and papers of Isaac Davies, Birkenhead comprising minute books, 1896-1900, of the committee of 'Eisteddfod Gwŷr Ieuangc Birkenhead'; prize-winning competition entries submitted to the Birkenhead National Eisteddfod of 1878; nine volumes of minute books, 1927-1929, relating to the National Eisteddfod held at Liverpool in 1929; and correspondence, subscription lists and statistics, 1929-1930, relating to the Sir Owen M. Edwards Memorial Fund.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 6474-6477, 9728-9744.
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 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
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
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volumes II (Aberystwyth, 1951), p. 183 & III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 166.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Formerly Isaac Davies (Birkenhead) MSS 1-4 and Isaac Davies MSS 1-17.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 6474-6477, 9728-9744.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
June 2008 and May 2011.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifan. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volumes II (Aberystwyth, 1951) & III (Aberystwyth, 1961);