Identity area
Reference code
GB 0210 MSISLW
Title
Islwyn manuscripts
Date(s)
- [19 cent.]-1918 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
26 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
The manuscripts were acquired by Sir Owen Morgan Edwards (1858-1920), who published Gwaith Barddonol Islwyn (Gwrecsam, 1897) and Gwaith Islwyn in Cyfres y Fil (Llanuwchllyn, 1903).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Ifan ab Owen Edwards and Mrs D. Hughes Parry, son and daughter of Sir Owen Edwards, 1927.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts of William Thomas (Islwyn, 1832-1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet and hymnwriter.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to MLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 5854-5879.
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
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
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
Title based on contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004371519
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000371519
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Islwyn, 1832-1878 -- Archives (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
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
Language(s)
- English