Identity area
Reference code
NLW MS 17441iiE.
Title
Letters from Providence, Pennsylvania.
Date(s)
- 1870-1878, 1948-1949 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
19 ff. ; 230 x 195 mm. and less.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
The letters were accumulated by Charlotte Erickson during research for her doctoral thesis.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Six holograph letters, 1870-1878, from the brothers Samuel, David and William Morgan, Providence, Pennsylvania, to their family in South Wales (ff. 1-12), along with five letters, 1948-1949, to Charlotte Erickson relating to emigration from Wales, apparently sent in response to an appeal in the Western Mail (ff. 13-19).
Also included is a typescript copy by Erickson, [1949], of a 1925 letter from Alfred A. Jones, Salt Lake City, Utah (f. 18).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically at NLW.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Some leaves (ff. 1-6, 9-12) badly affected by damp.
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.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 17441iiE.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004513413
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Jones, Alfred A., 1850- (Subject)
- Morgan, David J., of Providence, Pennsylvania. (Subject)
- Morgan, William J., of Providence, Pennsylvania. (Subject)
- Erickson, Charlotte, 1923- (Subject)
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Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales