Isaac Davies (Birkenhead) Manuscripts,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MSS 6474-6477, 9728-9744.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004376189
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000376189
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1878-1930 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Welsh English, Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • 21 vols.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Manuscripts and papers of Isaac Davies, Birkenhead comprising minute books, 1896-1900, of the committee of 'Eisteddfod Gwŷr Ieuangc Birkenhead'; prize-winning competition entries submitted to the Birkenhead National Eisteddfod of 1878; nine volumes of minute books, 1927-1929, relating to the National Eisteddfod held at Liverpool in 1929; and correspondence, subscription lists and statistics, 1929-1930, relating to the Sir Owen M. Edwards Memorial Fund.

Administrative / Biographical History

Isaac Davies, of Birkenhead, served as secretary of the National Eisteddfod held at Liverpool in 1929 and of the Sir Owen M. Edwards Memorial Fund.

Arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 6474-6477, 9728-9744.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

NLW MSS 6474-6477; Isaac Davies; Birkenhead; Presentation; 1929
NLW MSS 9728-9744; Isaac Davies; Birkenhead; Presentation; 1931

Note

Isaac Davies, of Birkenhead, served as secretary of the National Eisteddfod held at Liverpool in 1929 and of the Sir Owen M. Edwards Memorial Fund.

Title based on contents.

Formerly Isaac Davies (Birkenhead) MSS 1-4 and Isaac Davies MSS 1-17.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 6474-6477, 9728-9744.

Other Finding Aids

Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volumes II (Aberystwyth, 1951), p. 183 & III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 166.

Archivist's Note

June 2008 and May 2011.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifan. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volumes II (Aberystwyth, 1951) & III (Aberystwyth, 1961);

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Related Material

See also J. W. Jones (1) No. 1201, which contains letters, 1931, 1933, from Isaac Davies relating to the O. M. Edwards Memorial Fund.

Additional Information

Published

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