Charles Letts's Office Desk Diary, 1936, with detailed entries, apparently in the hand of John Reginald Jones (d. 1964), in which he records the daily occurrences and problems he encountered as manager of Varteg Hill Colliery, Garndiffaith, co. Monmouth [owned by John Vipond & Co. Ltd]; included are references to the fears and unrest of the labour-force because of dangerous and adverse working conditions, and accounts of the writer's confrontations with individual miners.
Colliery manager's diary,
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 23151B
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004628445
- Dates of Creation
- 1936 /
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 200 ff. (paginated 1-16, 1-384) ; 205 x 125 mm. Cloth over boards.
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
David Harbourne; Cardiff; Purchase; 1993
Note
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23151B
Archivist's Note
February 2009.
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);
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