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Date(s)
- 1930 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 vol.
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Biographical history
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Mr Arthur O. Chater, Aberystwyth, March 2004; 0200402090.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A diary, 1930, kept by Mary Grierson whilst at school in Bangor, North Wales, in which she recounts her exploits in the Snowdon area with three school friends, Brenda Chamberlain, the artist, Jean Jones, daughter of E. H. Jones (Registrar of University College of North Wales, Bangor) and Joy Witton-Davies, daughter of Professor T. Witton-Davies, of the University College of North Wales, Bangor. Encolosed is a poem written to 'Blackie' (Mary Grierson) by Jean Jones, 1927. Mary Grierson later became a botanical artist at Kew Gardens.
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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
Copyright belongs to Mary Grierson, Richmond, Surrey.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
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Existence and location of copies
A photocopy of the diary and its contents is NLW Facs 974.
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Note
Six items dated 1927, 1978-1979, 2003-2004, are loose within the volume.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW ex 2300
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Name access points
- Grierson, Mary, 1912- -- Diaries. (Subject)
- Chamberlain, Brenda (Subject)