Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1836-[1920x1945]. (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
32 boxes, 2 outsize wallets.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notebooks and notes, 1836-[1920x1945], mostly in the hand of John Rhŷs. They contain notes of lectures he attended as a student, and research papers mainly relating to philology, folklore and history, with a substantial group of diaries recording ogham inscriptions. Also included are accumulated notes such as Manx sermons, and rubbings of inscriptions.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW in thirteen files. It appears that most notebooks within the series were previously provisionally numbered at NLW. Where possible, items have now been arranged in chronological order, and according to subject; three files comprising various notebooks, unbound notes, and rubbings are listed at the end of the sequence.
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Language of material
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Manx sermons written in an unknown hand, and biographical notes by Myvanwy Rhys, pre- and post-date John Rhŷs's own dates.
Note
Preferred citation: A3.