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Title
Date(s)
- 1845-1858 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
9 vols
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
William Southern Clark, The Mardy, Aberdare, was chief mineral engineer to the Bute Trustees. He was succeeded by William Thomas Lewis, 1st baron Merthyr of Senghenydd and grandfather of the donor.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented in 1922 by the Right Honourable Lord Merthyr of Senghenydd.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Seven diaries (1845, 1847, 1849, 1850, 1854, 1855, 1858) and two notebooks (1857 and 1858) of William Southern Clark.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 7454-7462.
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Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English unless otherwise specified.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).
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Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
July 2005
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
This description was compiled by Siân Medi Davies for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.