Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1876-1950 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
71 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
T. E. Morris was born in Porthmadog, Caernarfonshire, and became Secretary of the London Welsh Charitable Aid Society from 1900, Treasurer of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, c. 1922-1932, and a judge on the North Wales and Chester Circuit.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Miss Gwen M. Morris, niece of T. E. Morris; Porthmadog; Donation; November 1969.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts, 1876-1950, from the library of Thomas Evans Morris, barrister-at-law, of Porthmadog and London, comprising printed diaries for 1876-1878, 1881-1895, 1899-1944 and 1946-1950 containing copious entries, except for 1908-1921 which have sparse entries only, together with some financial accounts (NLW MSS 20176E, 20177-20244A); notebooks containing notes on surnames, etc. (NLW MS 20245D); and a notebook containing the names of the local committee of the Congregational Union Conference at Porthmadog and minutes of proceedings, 1900, a book of quotations, and Visions in Verse for the Entertainment and Instructions of Younger Minds (London, 1771) (NLW MS 20246Bi-iv).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 20176-246.
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 set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, some Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
Note
NLW MSS 20234-20246 were previously mislabelled 20334-20346; these have now been corrected (June 2022).
Note
The manuscripts are currently uncatalogued.
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
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
June 2022.
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Jones.