Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1831-1853 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
6 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Thomas Letts (1803-1873) was a London-based stationer, best known for his firm's popular and pioneering range of diaries.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
NLW MSS 21690-1B: Sotheby's; London; Purchase; October 1980.
NLW MSS 22340-1B: Mr Gilbert B. A. Williams; Weybridge; Purchase; 1986.
NLW MSS 24168-9B: Mrs Jane Fromage, great-grand-niece to Thomas Letts; Poole; Purchase; December 2020.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Journals of Thomas Letts recording tours of parts of England, 1831, North Wales, 1832-1834, Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, 1833, the Lake District and Scotland, 1847, and Europe, 1853.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 21690-1B, 22340-1B, 24168-9B.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
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.
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Letts, Thomas, 1803-1873 -- Diaries. (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 2021.
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Anita McConnell, 'Letts, Thomas (1803-1873), stationer', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 23 September 2004 https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/16526 [accessed 25 November 2021].
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Jones.