Frank Phillips papers,

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 MSFRANKPHIL
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004319117
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000319117
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1891-[1922] /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 3 volumes.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1891-[1922], of Frank Phillips comprising reminiscences of his voyages to India, Burma, Zimbabwe and South Africa and a diary, 1891-1892, which Phillips kept whilst in Zimbabwe.

Administrative / Biographical History

Frank Phillips, of Rhaeadr, Radnorshire, was a gold prospector. He died in 1922.

Arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 22123-22125.

Access Information

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.

Acquisition Information

Mrs Ida E. Jones, daughter of Frank Phillips; Rhaeadr; Donation; 1985

Note

Frank Phillips, of Rhaeadr, Radnorshire, was a gold prospector. He died in 1922.

Title based on contents.

Other Finding Aids

The descriptions are also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999).

Archivist's Note

February 2004 and July 2009.

Description compiled by Siân Medi Davies for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlsit of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999);

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Location of Originals

Typescript copies of MS 22123B, ff. 1-33, and MS 22125A were donated to NLW in 1966 and are now NLW Misc. Vols 385-6 (see Annual Report 1965-66, p. 35).

Additional Information

Published

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