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Date(s)
- [early 20 cent.]-[c. 1940] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.036 cubic metres (4 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Prof. John Fraser (1882-1945) was born in Inverness, Scotland, and was educated at the Universities of Aberdeen, Cambridge and Jena. He was Sir John Rhys's successor at Jesus College as Professor of Celtic at the University of Oxford from 1921 until his death in 1945. He was the editor of E. C. Quiggin, Poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore ... (Cambridge, 1937).
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920) was a Celtic scholar, born in Cheadle and educated at Cambridge. Between 1898 and 1900 he did research at the Universities of Greifswald and Leipzig, Germany. In 1909 the College in Cambridge founded for him the Munro Lectureship in Celtic. He served in World War I and died in 1920. Quiggin's Poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore: With a Catalogue of the Book and Indexes, ed. by J. Fraser (Cambridge, 1937) was published posthumously.
Archival history
The papers were acquired by Sir Idris Foster, Fraser's successor at Jesus College, Oxford.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Sir Idris Foster in 1978; converted into a donation by the Rev. Gareth Foster and Mrs Siân Thomas, his nephew and niece, in 1984.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of John Fraser and E. C. Quiggin, relating mainly to the publication of poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore, [1913]-1937, including scrapbooks bearing transcripts of poems from the Advocates Library Gaelic Manuscripts and from the Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 477; and six notebooks containing notes on Irish texts, Old Irish grammar, Welsh grammar, Gaelic personal and place names and Gaelic grammar.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All records have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: scrapbooks and files of transcripts and research papers; notebooks containing grammatical notes.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.
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Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
February 2003.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of John Fraser and E.C. Quiggin Papers.
Archivist's note
Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project.