Ardal dynodi
Cod cyfeirnod
Teitl
Dyddiad(au)
- 1926-1953 (predominantly 1931-1948) / (Creation)
Lefel y disgrifiad
Fonds
Maint a chyfrwng
20 vols.
Ardal cyd-destun
Enw'r crëwr
Hanes bywgraffyddol
Edward Henry T. Bible, a naturalist, was born in Hitchen, Hertfordshire, in 1873. He worked in the Birmingham and Malvern areas, and served in the Worcestershire Volunteers during the First World War. After the War he moved to Aberdyfi, where his first wife died in 1926. He remarried in 1928 and had a son, Timothy, by his second wife. During the 1920s and 1930s he contributed a column, entitled 'Nature Notes', to The Shrewsbury Chronicle, which was edited by his friend and fellow naturalist, H.E. Forrest. He was well acquainted with other local naturalists, including Dr J.H. Salter, and also William Condry, whom he first met in 1948, and with whom he was in regular correspondence by 1949. With friends and correspondents he used the nickname 'Biblos'. He died in 1956.
Hanes archifol
Following Bible's death in 1956, his nature diaries were acquired by William Condry, who kept them until his own death in 1998.
Ffynhonnell
Donated by William Condry's widow, Penny Condry, Eglwys-fach, Powys, November 1998; A 1998/137.
Ardal cynnwys a strwythur
Natur a chynnwys
E.H.T. Bible's natural history diaries, recording sightings of birds, mammals, sea creatures, insects and plants, mainly in and around Aberdyfi, Wales, with notes on location, species, identification, habits, migration patterns and weather conditions. Names of species are often underlined in red ink. Instances of dead animals, egg collecting, fur dealing, trapping and shooting are recorded, and the need for protection acknowledged. The observations of others are frequently noted, including Dr J.H. Salter and Miall Jones, both of Aberystwyth, Wales, and Mary Richards of Dolgellau, Wales. There are touches of humour in Bible's descriptions of encounters with animals and people. Gardening activities are noted in the later diaries, and, from 1943, rainfall records are kept. Most of the diaries are labelled 'Fair Copy', but the series includes two small notebooks containing draft versions.
Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu
Croniadau
System o drefniant
Arranged chronologically.
Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd
Amodau rheoli mynediad
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Amodau rheoli atgynhyrchu
Copyright belongs to Timothy Bible, Romsey, Hampshire, March 2000.
Iaith y deunydd
Sgript o ddeunydd
Nodiadau iaith a sgript
English.
Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol
Cymhorthion chwilio
A hard copy is available in NLW.
Ardal deunyddiau perthynol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau
Unedau o ddisgrifiad cysylltiedig
Ardal nodiadau
Dynodwr(dynodwyr) eraill
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Pwyntiau mynediad
Pwyntiau mynediad lleoedd
Pwyntiau mynediad Enw
Pwyntiau mynediad Genre
Ardal rheolaeth disgrifiad
Dynodwr disgrifiad
Dynodwr sefydliad
Rheolau a/neu confensiynau a ddefnyddiwyd
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2 and LCSH
Statws
Lefel manylder disgrifiad
Dyddiadau creadigaeth adolygiad dilead
June 2000.
Iaith(ieithoedd)
- Saesneg
Sgript(iau)
Ffynonellau
Nodyn yr archifydd
Compiled by Geraint Phillips.
Nodyn yr archifydd
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Letter from Timothy Bible to NLW, 1999; and William Condry, Wildlife, my life (Llandysul, 1995);