A collection consisting mainly of essays and literary extracts by Stephens. Some of the works were submitted as competitive pieces at eisteddfodau.
Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 MSTOMSTP
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004294008(alternative) (WlAbNL)0000294008
- Dates of Creation
- [1830s]-1876
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English Welsh English, Welsh, unless otherwise specified.
- Physical Description
- 63 volumes.
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Thomas Stephens (1821-1875), antiquary and critic, was born in Pont Neath Vaughan, Glamorgan. He worked as a chemist in Merthyr Tydfil. From 1840 he was known as an 'eisteddfodwr', winning the prize at Abergavenny in 1848 for his dissertation on early Welsh literature. Stephens was also author of several essays and other works, including The Literature of the Kymry, first published in 1849.
Arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 904-966.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Donated by Miss M. M. Davis and Mr R. R. Davis, the surviving representatives of Thomas Stephens per Major Frank Treharne James, Solicitor, Merthyr, July 1916.
Note
Thomas Stephens (1821-1875), antiquary and critic, was born in Pont Neath Vaughan, Glamorgan. He worked as a chemist in Merthyr Tydfil. From 1840 he was known as an 'eisteddfodwr', winning the prize at Abergavenny in 1848 for his dissertation on early Welsh literature. Stephens was also author of several essays and other works, including The Literature of the Kymry, first published in 1849.
Title based on contents of fonds.
Other Finding Aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Archivist's Note
July 2005.
This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.
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Additional Information
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