Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1927-1963 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
3 boxes ; 0.086 cubic metres.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Margaret Sidney Davies of Gregynog (1884-1963), art collector, benefactress and the sister of Gwendoline Davies and David Davies, Lord Davies of Llandinam, was heavily involved in many philanthropic and artistic enterprises, including the Gregynog Press and a number of charity homes. In 1930, she founded the Ty Gwyn Charity Convalescent Home at Llwyngwril, Merionethshire, which was intended to benefit ill-nourished girls, especially those from South Wales. It ran until 1961, and a similar venture, the White House charity at Folkestone in Kent, ran from 1928 until 1963. Margaret Davies also founded the Boverton Girls' Camp and Hafod Rest Home, near Llantwit Major, Glamorgan, in 1932. Boverton was a summer recreation camp for girls from mining areas, whilst Hafod catered for women related to employees of the Ocean Coal Company. Both were closed in 1949.
Archival history
These papers arrived at NLW together with the records of the Welsh Town-Planning and Housing Trust, of which Margaret Davies was a founder and trustee. The records of the charities were originally kept separately, and it is likely that they were brought together with each other and those of the Trust in the early 1960s, when the charities closed and Margaret Davies died.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The late Mr Islwyn Davies; Newtown; Donation; July 1997; A1997/130.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records, 1927-1963, of the White House charity, Folkestone, Ty Gwyn Charity Convalescent Home, Llwyngwril, and Boverton Girls' Camp and Hafod Rest Home, Llantwit Major, including account books, financial statements, deeds, visitors books, admission and attendance registers, minute books, a medical log book, superintendents' reports, letters, and other associated papers.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW into three groups: The White House charity, Folkestone; Tŷ Gwyn Charity Convalescent Home, Llwyngwril; and Boverton Girls’ Camp and Hafod Rest Home, Llantwit Major.
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 supplied from contents.
Note
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Alternative identifier(s)
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Davies, Margaret Sidney, 1884-1963. (Subject)
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
2002.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by David Moore. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: documents within the archive.