Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1854-1858 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
96 ff.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
NLW MS 23711iA : Signature of Griffith Griffiths inside front cover, ff. 1, 84 verso.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Kathy Jones, per Mr Dewi Jones; Benllech; Donation; April 1998; A1998/45.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript volume in English and Welsh, 1854-1858, compiled by Griffith Griffiths, shopkeeper, Pen-y-graig, Llangwnnadl, Caernarvonshire, mainly containing medicinal recipes (NLW MS 23711iA).
A medico-botanical map of the world, [c. 1868], and two pamphlets, [1930s], relating to his grandson, the medical herbalist Griffith Griffiths, Bangor, and the family's cure for 'wild warts' ('y ddafad wyllt') are filed separately (NLW MS 23711iiC).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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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, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23711iA & iiC.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
CAIRS System Control Number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Griffiths, Griffith, medical herbalist. (Subject)
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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
August 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;