Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1885x1915] / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
26 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Moses Walters; Blackwood, Monmouthshire; Purchase; 1935
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, [1885x1915], from the collection of Moses Walters of Blackwood, Monmouthshire mainly comprising material relating to the New Jerusalem Church and its founder, Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), and including translations into Welsh of Swedenborgian tracts, pamphlets and sermons; together with letters, 1895, 1901, to Moses Walters and press cuttings, 1894-1905, relating to him.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 10072-10097.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), pp. 188-189.
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 Moses Walters MSS 1-26.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 10072-10097.
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Virtua system control number
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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
July 2008 & May 2011.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifan. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography on-line;