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William Williams (of Ashanti Company Ltd) of Llanddyfnan Papers
Reference code(s): GB 0221 WM 2068
Held at:
Title: William Williams (of Ashanti Company Ltd) of Llanddyfnan Papers
Short title: Williams, William papers
Dates of creation: 1900-1977
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 0.001 cubic metres (3 items)
Name of creator(s): Williams, William [alive 1900] of Llanddyfnan (Anglesey) miner
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: William Williams [alive 1900] of Llanddyfnan nr. Llangefni (Anglesey) was employed as miner with the Ashanti and the Gold Coast Colony of West Africa (Obuasi, Ghana) [c.1900]. He witnessed the Ashanti uprising against the British occupation and recorded the miners withdrawal to Beckwai, the arrival of the relief column and the subsequent fighting.
CONTENT
Scope and content: This Archive includes: an agreement for the employment of William Williams as a miner with the Gold Coast Colony of West Africa (Obuasi, Ghana), [c. 1900]; A diary kept by William Williams regarding his prospecting work and the outbreak of the Ashanti rising, the miners withdrawal to Beckwai, the arrival of the relief column and the subsequent fighting around Beckwai, 1900; and a description of the previous two items by Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements: Fair condition
System of arrangement: Arranged in chronological order
Conditions governing access: No restrictions
Conditions governing reproduction: Usual copyright regulations apply
Finding aids: Hard copies of the catalogue are available at the Anglesey County Record Office and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Gwasanaeth Archifdy Ynys Mon/Anglesey County Archive Service to catalogue in the language of the document.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained
Accruals: Accruals are not expected
Archival history: Private purchase at Sothebys Auction House
Immediate source of acquisition: Private deposit
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Helen Lewis for the Anglesey County Record Office. The following sources were used to compile this description: William Williams of Llanddyfnan papers, of Ashanti Company Ltd., catalogue; and a "History of the Ashanti Goldfields Company (www.anglogold.com/About/About+Ashanti/History+of+the+Ashanti+Goldfields+Company) viewed 27 October 2005.
Rules or conventions: Thsi description follows the ANW guidelines for Fonds Level Descriptions and ISAD(G) second edition.
Date(s) of description: January 2006
INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Gold mines and mining | Ghana | Obusai
Personal names
Williams, William, of Llanddyfnan
