Agriculture in Wales,

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

Reference
- GB 210 NLW MSS 11559-11560E, 11561C.
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- 1909-1925.
Language of Material
- English Welsh English, Welsh.
Physical Description
- Contact NLW for more information.
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Letters and papers from the library of Ellis William Jones of Plasteg, Bala, largely relating to agricultural co-operation in Wales, and with particular reference to the Welsh Agricultural Organisation Society Limited, Stapleton-Cotton House Limited, etc. Among them are addresses and notes; a notebok containing the names and postal addresses of officers and committee members of agricultural co-operative societies in Wales; letters from J. Nugent Harris, secretary to the Agricultural Society, 1909, Charles O. Hughes, Menai Bridge, 1925, George Florance Irby, 6th baron Boston, 1925, and R. Parry, Bangor, secretary to the Stapleton-Cotton House Ltd, 1925, with some typescript and draft replies; typescript copies of testimonials to E. W. Jones from Lord Boston, Major-General A. E. Sandbach, C.B., D.S.O., Bwlchycibau, Colonel the Hon. R. Stapleton-Cotton [of Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, etc.], R. J. Lloyd Price, Rhiwlas, Bala, 1911, D. D. Williams, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1911, and J. E. Jones, vicar of Rhosygwaliau, Bala, 1911; and cyclostyled copies of addresses delivered at the Liberal Speakers' School at Oxford and at the Liberal Summer School at Cambridge, 1925.

Access Information

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Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 11559-11560E, 11561C.

Other Finding Aids

The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).

Archivist's Note

September 2009.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971); The Peerage on-line site, viewed 22 September 2009; Archives Network Wales on-line site, viewed 22 September 2009;