Preferred citation: 1-72.
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
Preferred citation: 1-27.
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Preferred citation: 1-16.
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Letters from correspondents worldwide (many of them ministers and missionaries from various Protestant denominations) to Dr Lloyd-Jones expressing deep admiration and gratitude for spiritual help received from his sermons, addresses, personal counselling and Christian publications; many letters also express good wishes at his retirement from Westminster Chapel in 1968, some letters deal with publishing matters, and a few on theological matters, etc. Correspondents include: Felix Konotey-Ahulu (1/2-4); Oliver R. Barclay, Uccf (Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship of Evangelical Unions) (2/2-7); Elizabeth Braund (2/29-32); J. A. Caiger (3/1-3); Arnold Dallimore (4/1-2); Aneirin Talfan Davies (4/7); J. Elwyn Davies, Evangelical Movement of Wales (4/11-12); Billy Graham (7/17); Errol Hulse (8/33-4); Douglas Johnson, Christian Medical Fellowship (9/12-23); Mari Jones (9/30-2); Robert T. Kendall (10/1-2); Roland Lamb, British Evangelical Council (11/2-3); G. Campbell Morgan (12/23); A. B. Murdoch, The Scottish Evangelistic Council (12/28-30); Iain H. Murray (12/32-3); J. I. Packer (13/8-9); Ieuan Phillips (13/19-20); Wilbur M. Smith (14/48); and John Stott (14/55). There are also a further ten letters from unidentified correspondents addressed to Dr Lloyd-Jones, 1940-81, as well as nine letters referring to various aspects of Dr Lloyd-Jones's life and ministry but not addressed to him, 1945-83 (16/1-19).
Preferred citation: 17.
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Letters (including some cards) from various correspondents (mostly ministers) written during the period of Dr Lloyd-Jones's illness and hospital treatment expressing sympathy and wishing him a speedy recovery. Correspondents include: Leonard F. Harris, The Unevangelized Fields Mission (17/48); Vernon Higham (17/49-51); L. A. Gray, The Puritan Library (17/55); E. Gerard Housden, Ludhiana British Fellowship (17/58); T. Omri Jenkins, European Missionary Fellowship (17/64); G. D. Lee, Wesleyan Reform Union (17/79); Iain H. Murray (17/93); C. W. Raven, Cotswold Bible Witness (17/102); David S. Russell, The Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland (17/113); Leith Samuel (17/119); Francis A. Schaeffer (17/120); Wilbur M. Smith (17/125); Herbert F. Stevenson, The Life of Faith (17/126); Donald F. Strong, Bedford Evangelical Council (17/128); Geoffrey Thomas (17/132); and J. C. J. Waite, South Wales Bible College (17/142).
Preferred citation: 18.
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Three letters of appreciation written during a preaching tour of the USA, in response to radio broadcasts of Dr Lloyd-Jones's evening sermons at Park Street Church, Boston, Massachusetts.
Preferred citation: 19.
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Preferred citation: 20.
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Five letters sent from the Christian Medical Fellowship, including his notes of addresses (given at Cmf meetings?), together with a full address published in the Cmf newsletter, and a discussion paper ('A Memorandum on Faith Healing').
Preferred citation: 21.
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Correspondence and papers regarding the 'baptism with the Holy Spirit' controversy between Prof. John A. Schep and Prof. Klaas Runia (including copies of Dr Lloyd-Jones's replies to Prof. Schep and Prof. Runia).
Preferred citation: 22.
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A letter, 1979, from the Rev. Donald C. Graham (a member of the Westminster Theological Seminary's Board of Trustees), to Dr Lloyd-Jones, explaining some of the background behind the theological controversy concerning the views of Norman Sheperd (Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania, USA) on Justification, including various discussion papers and reports from the Westminster Seminary on the issue, 1978-80.
Preferred citation: 23.
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Four letters, 1970 and 1978, to Dr Lloyd-Jones relating to his BBC television appearances, and a script of an interview with him for a Welsh BBC television programme, 'Dylanwadau' ('Influences'), broadcast in March 1962, together with some relevant cuttings from the Radio Times and some newspapers.
Preferred citation: 24.
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Two letters from the Prime Minister (James Callaghan) to Dr Lloyd-Jones regarding the offer and Dr Lloyd-Jones's refusal of the honour of Commander of the British Empire (CBE).
Preferred citation: 25.
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Eleven letters of good wishes sent to Dr Lloyd-Jones during his illness, shortly before his death on the first of March.
Preferred citation: 26.
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Copies of Westminster Chapel (Congregational)'s annual letters (with 1950, 1951 and 1966 missing), written by the pastor, Dr Lloyd-Jones and addressed to members of the chapel. Included is a letter, dated 30 May 1968, explaining the reasons for his retirement from the ministry at Westminster.
Preferred citation: 27.
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Five letters (three of which are photocopies), and one postcard, sent by Dr Lloyd-Jones to various correspondents. The letters also include typescript copies of a correspondence between him and Mr Budgen (Rochdale) in 1974 and 1977.
Preferred citation: 28-31.
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Preferred citation: 28.
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Letters to his mother, Mrs Magdalene Lloyd-Jones, who died in 1951 at the age of 79 years. These letters include family news and reports of preaching engagements in various places in the UK.
Preferred citation: 29.
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Letters to his wife, Bethan Lloyd-Jones, comprising seven letters written while preaching in the USA (May-June 1937), Scotland (April 1939), and Cambridge (June 1939), and thirty-three letters written while his wife was staying in Llanelli, describing the chaotic conditions during the air-raids on London, Sept.-Oct. 1939, and the difficulty of maintaining regular Sunday services at Westminster Chapel.
Preferred citation: 30.
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Letters to his daughter, Elizabeth Lloyd-Jones (later Elizabeth Catherwood following her marriage to Fred Catherwood), expressing much paternal affection and concern for her well-being and development, educationally and spiritually. In many letters he gives outlines of his sermons at Westminster as well as personal details relating to his life and preaching ministry.
Preferred citation: 31.
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Four letters, 1946-1966, to Dr and Mrs Lloyd-Jones from their daughter, Elizabeth, containing general family news, three of which were sent to Dr Lloyd-Jones whilst he was on a preaching tour of Finland in July 1966. There are also two other family letters, one undated letter from Vincent Lloyd-Jones (his younger brother) to his mother, and one from Harold Lloyd-Jones (his elder brother) to Aunt Jeannie, 1917.
Preferred citation: 32-62.
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Preferred citation: 32.
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Sixty-four diaries of Dr Lloyd-Jones, mainly recording preaching engagements in various places, together with names of contacts. The diaries cover his two pastorates at Aberavon, 1927-38, and at Westminster Chapel, 1938-68, as well as the following years of itinerant preaching.
Preferred citation: 33.
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Preferred citation: 34.
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Two of Dr Lloyd-Jones's medical notebooks, 1925-6, and a diary, 1925, from his period of medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
Preferred citation: 35-41.
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Dr Lloyd-Jones's sermons, comprising seven typewritten sermons, 1946-1965; twenty-one complete manuscript sermons, c.1927-1945; numerous skeleton sermon notes, c.1940s-1970s; and miscellaneous undated sermon notes.
Preferred citation: 42.
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Preferred citation: 43.
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A collection of seventeen full-length addresses or lectures by Dr Lloyd-Jones (including two which are published, the rest being typescripts) given at meetings of the Christian Medical Fellowship, Westminster Fellowship Fraternal, Fuller Summer Seminary (Winona Lake, Indiana, USA), etc. There is one BBC radio address, in Welsh, on the subject 'Crefydd a Nodweddion Cenedlaethol' ('Religion and National Characteristics').
Preferred citation: 44.
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Preferred citation: 45-52.
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Reviews of books written by Dr Lloyd-Jones and books written about him, from Christian newspapers, magazines and periodicals, including The Basis of Christian Unity; Studies in the Sermon on the Mount; Spiritual Depression; Faith on Trial; The Supernatural in Medicine; Preaching and Preachers, the various expository volumes on the epistle to the Romans, and the epistle to the Ephesians, Evangelistic Sermons at Aberavon; The Doctor Himself and the Human Condition; photocopies of reviews and extracts from other books by Dr Lloyd-Jones, Joy Unspeakable; Prove all Things; and The Cross: God's Way of Salvation; reviews or photocopies of reviews relating to the biography D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The First Forty Years (by Iain Murray), Memories of Sandfields 1927-1938 (by Bethan Lloyd-Jones), and Five Evangelical Leaders (by Christopher Catherwood).
Preferred citation: 53.
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Preferred citation: 54.
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Reports of Dr Lloyd-Jones's preaching meetings or addresses published in various Christian periodicals, 1943-79; also included is an article on him by Donald Macleod, 'Dr Lloyd-Jones and Christian Unity', The Outlook, July-Aug. 1984.
Preferred citation: 55.
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Preferred citation: 56.
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Dr Lloyd-Jones's press-cuttings and various printed material: press-cuttings relating to the publication of the New English Bible in 1961 (together with rough notes by him of an address on the Authorised Version); and miscellaneous cuttings relating to his interests in medicine and Christian topics (especially evangelical unity). His printed material (some of which have been marked or annotated by him) comprise booklets mainly on Christian topics such as church unity, but also included is a copy of the Report of the committee on homosexual offences and prostitution and the House of Lords official report of the parliamentary debate on the same subject in 1957.
Preferred citation: 57-59.
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Tributes to Dr Lloyd-Jones after his death on 1 March 1981, mostly from Christian magazines and periodicals such as Evangelical Times, The Banner of Truth, The Evangelical Magazine of Wales, and Y Cylchgrawn Efengylaidd, and including one tribute written before his death by Peter De Jong in The Outlook (1980); further tributes from newspapers and periodicals (some in Welsh), March-May 1981.
Preferred citation: 60-61.
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Dr Lloyd-Jones's financial papers (including some items belonging to his wife, Bethan Lloyd-Jones) comprising stocks and shares certificates, national savings certificate books, insurance certificates, a bank account book, will of John Hugh Edwards, records of transactions relating to W. J. Clark & Sons (Builders), Harrow, and various financial notes; royalty agreements and payments relating to his publications The plight of man and the power of God; truth unchanged, unchanging; Why does God allow war?; together with letters of appreciation from various correspondents, 1939-51.
Preferred citation: 62.
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Dr Lloyd-Jones's personal papers including his marriage certificate, medical registration certificate, birth certificates (registering his own birth and that of his wife), Dr Lloyd-Jones's last note to his wife before his death, and his death certificate dated 1 March 1981.
Preferred citation: 63-72.
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Preferred citation: 63-65.
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Letters to Bethan Lloyd-Jones from various friends and other correspondents, mainly comprising letters of good wishes during her husband's illness and hospital treatment in 1968, and letters of sympathy (including cards and telegram messages) following her husband's death in March 1981. Correspondents include Felix Konotey-Ahulu (63/29-31); Mervyn T. Barter, The Banner of Truth Trust (63/40-1); Elizabeth Braund (63/46); G. N. M. Collins, Free Church of Scotland College (63/66); Aneirin Talfan Davies (63/84); Brian Freer, The Westminster Conference (63/103); Donald C. Graham, Pensacola Theological Institute, Florida (64/7-8); R. Geraint Gruffydd, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru (64/10); Erroll Hulse (64/31-2); E. Wyn James, Mudiad Efengylaidd Cymru (64/34-6); Douglas Johnson (64/43); Elwyn Jones, BBC Cymru (64/48); I. J. Macdonald, The Girl Crusaders' Union (65/3); and Iain H. Murray (65/14-21).
Preferred citation: 66.
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Photocopies of Bethan Lloyd-Jones's manuscript translations (from Welsh to English) of a selection of her husband's letters to her and the children, Elizabeth and Ann. The letters mainly describe Dr Lloyd-Jones's preaching tour of the USA in May-June 1937, and the period of great testing at the outbreak of the Second World War (Sept.-Nov. 1939) in London when Dr Lloyd-Jones was trying, with the help of Dr G. Campbell Morgan, to maintain a regular ministry at Westminster Chapel whilst Bethan Lloyd-Jones and the children were staying in Llanelli (many of the original letters can be seen in no. 29).
Preferred citation: 67.
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Preferred citation: 68.
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Twenty letters from Bethan Lloyd-Jones to her elder daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Fred Catherwood. The letters describe the visits, together with her husband, to the USA, July-Sept. 1956, South Africa, in Aug. 1958, and the last preaching tour of the USA, April-Aug. 1969.
Preferred citation: 69.
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Fourteen letters from Bethan Lloyd-Jones to her younger daughter, Ann, who shared the family home in Ealing with her parents during their lifetime, which explains why comparatively few letters exist to and from Ann. The letters describe visits by Dr and Mrs Lloyd-Jones to South Africa in Aug. 1958, Finland in 1966, North America in 1967, and the last preaching tour of the USA, April-Aug. 1969.
Preferred citation: 70.
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Letters from Bethan Lloyd-Jones (including some of her postcards and telegrams, and some letters written by Dr Lloyd-Jones), to Mr & Mrs A. G. Secrett, London, close friends and members of Westminster Chapel. Some of the letters share holiday experiences, and impressions of various places (in the UK, Europe, Canada and the USA) where Dr Lloyd-Jones had been invited to preach.
Preferred citation: 71.
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Photocopies of Bethan Lloyd-Jones's two articles on 'My memories of the 1904-05 revival in Wales' which appeared in two issues of the periodical Evangelicals Now (Sept. and Oct. 1987); including photocopies of Bethan Lloyd-Jones's manuscript of the articles, with three other photocopies of her writings (two of them recounting anecdotes about Dr Lloyd Jones's ministry, and one being a preface to a book about him), ?1980s.
Preferred citation: 72.
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Miscellaneous papers including proof copies of Bethan Lloyd-Jones's book Memories of Sandfields 1927-1938 (The Banner of Truth Trust, 1983), together with a typescript copy of most of the third chapter under a slightly different title, 'The Women's Meetings'; a photocopy of a letter, 1969, which contains an English translation by Dr Lloyd-Jones of the well-known Welsh hymn, 'Rho im yr hedd' (Elfed), and an inventory of sermon texts preached by her husband, possibly at Aberavon.