Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1902-1903 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
iii, 191 ff. ; 375 x 280 mm. Half-leather; Birkenhead coat of arms and 'County Borough of Birkenhead, R. Owen Morris, M.A., M.D. Mayor 1902-1903' in gold on spine.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bloomsbury Book Auctions (lot 192); London; Purchase; 1994
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Album of Dr Robert Owen Morris (1859-1943), comprised mainly of material relating to his year of office as Mayor of Birkenhead, 1902-3. Included are over one hundred and fifty congratulatory and other letters, in English and Welsh, from various correspondents including Arthur James Balfour (2), David Lloyd George (2) and Sir Edward Russell (1); printed cards and programmes; and press cuttings.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23271E
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Morris, Robert Owen, 1859-1943 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Morris, Robert Owen, 1859-1943 (Subject)
- Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, Earl of, 1848-1930 (Subject)
- Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945. (Subject)
- Russell, Edward J. (Edward John), Sir, 1872-1965. (Subject)
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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
March 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
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);