Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1934-1991 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
8 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Petts (1914-1991), artist, was best known for his engravings and stained glass. With his first wife, artist and writer Brenda Chamberlain, Petts set up the Caseg printing press in Llanllechid in 1937.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
NLW MSS 23207-13: Mrs Anna Petts; Abergavenny; Purchase; 1994.
NLW MS 24000F: Mrs Anna Petts; Abergavenny; Donation; October 2009; 004915374.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, 1934-1991, of or relating to artist John Petts and which includes correspondence, 1934-1968, from Petts's first wife, writer and artist Brenda Chamberlain, and others, including Alun Lewis, Kyffin Williams, John Piper, Gwynfor Evans, the Golden Cockerel Press and the Golden Grove Book Company, mainly relating to his artistic work; together with artwork by both Petts and Brenda Chamberlain, and biographical notes, [c. 1971], relating to Petts.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 23207-23213, 24000F.
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 noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
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
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Petts, John, 1914-1991 -- Archives. (Subject)
- Petts, John, 1914-1991 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Piper, John, 1903-1992 (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
February 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003); Wikipedia WWW site.
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.