W. S. Clark Manuscripts

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 MSCLARK
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004383257
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000383257
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1845-1858
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English English unless otherwise specified.
  • Physical Description
    • 9 vols
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Seven diaries (1845, 1847, 1849, 1850, 1854, 1855, 1858) and two notebooks (1857 and 1858) of William Southern Clark.

Administrative / 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.

Arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 7454-7462.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Presented in 1922 by the Right Honourable Lord Merthyr of Senghenydd.

Note

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.

Other Finding Aids

The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).

Archivist's Note

July 2005

This description was compiled by Siân Medi Davies for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.

Additional Information

Published