Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1788x1937]. (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Extent and medium
22 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Thomas Gee (1815-1898) joined his father's printing and publishing business in Denbigh in 1838, continuing the business alone following his father's death in 1845. In the same year Thomas Gee began publishing the quarterly periodical Y Traethodydd and, from 1854 to 1878, he undertook the mammoth task of printing and publishing the ten-volume Y Gwyddoniadur. The weekly Baner Cymru first saw the light of day in 1857; the paper merged with Yr Amserau in 1859 and it was this publication of all Gee's output which proved most influential in the social, political and religious life of Wales. Gwasg Gee was continued by Thomas Gee's son John Howel Gee and the business remained in the family until 1914. Morris T. Williams (1900-1946) married the novelist Kate Roberts in 1928. The couple bought Gwasg Gee, continuing its production of periodicals such as the influential Baner ac Amserau Cymru. Following Williams's death, Kate Roberts continued the business alone for a further ten years.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr Morris T. Williams; Denbigh; Presentation; 1939
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, [1788x1937], largely comprising records, accounts and correspondence of or relating to the Gee printing and publishing press, Denbigh. Also included in the collection are a volume of holograph sermons, c. 1790, by the Reverend John Davies of Nantglyn, Denbighshire and a nineteenth-century volume of hymn-tunes, psalms, etc.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 12138-12161.
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
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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
Formerly known as Morris T. Williams 1-24.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 12138-12161.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Gwasg Gee (Cyhoeddwyr) -- Archives (Subject)
- Gwasg Gee (Cyhoeddwyr) -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- Gwasg Gee (Cyhoeddwyr) -- Accounting (Subject)
- Gwasg Gee (Cyhoeddwyr) (Subject)
- Williams, Morris T. (Morris Thomas), 1900-1946 -- Archives (Subject)
- Williams, Morris T. (Morris Thomas), 1900-1946 -- Correspondence (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
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
December 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
This sub-fonds level (formerly the fonds level) description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971); Cydymaith i Lenyddiaeth Cymru (Llandysul, 1986); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig on-line site, viewed 18 December 2009: