File NLW MS 23133C - Miners' strike,

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Reference code

NLW MS 23133C

Title

Miners' strike,

Date(s)

  • 1921 / (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

34 ff.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Julian Browning; London; Purchase; 1993

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Eighteen letters, 1921, from Lieutenant A. O. Gillitt of the Portsmouth C Battalion, Royal Navy, to his wife, whilst posted to Newport and Abertyleri, co. Monmouth, during the coalminers' national strike, following a mutiny by members of the Royal Fleet Reserve sent there to protect the pits.

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Accruals

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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

Script of material

Language and script notes

English

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Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

A photograph of Royal Marines at Leven Pit, co. Fife, 1921, included with the letters, is now to be found in NLW Photo Album 998.

Related descriptions

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Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23133C

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004627938

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Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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

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Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);

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