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- 1872-1933 (Creation)
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32 ff.
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Sir Lewis Morris (1833-1907), poet and educationist, was born in Carmarthen. He trained at the Bar but his most important work was that done for higher education in Wales.
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Sir Evan Vincent Evans (1851-1934) was born in Nancaw, Llangelynnin, Merionethshire. In 1872 he left Wales for London, where he successfully pursued a career and eventually became manager of the Chancery Lane Land and Safe Deposit Company. He was a prominent member of Welsh cultural organisations and was secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and the National Eisteddfod Society, Chairman of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, and a member of the Royal Commission on the Public Records, as well as being on numerous educational councils; he wrote numerous articles for Welsh newspapers and was involved with several organisations formed for the benefit of Welsh soldiers during the 1914-1918 War.
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Miscellaneous items relating to Elphin, including two letters addressed to him from Sir Lewis Morris, 1883, and Sir Evan Vincent Evans, 1905; school and college certificates, 1873-1878; and press cuttings.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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- Welsh
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Welsh.
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Formerly Elphin MS 35.
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- Elphin, 1860-1936 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Ellis, Thomas Edward, 1859-1899 -- Poetry (Subject)
- Morris, Lewis, 1833-1907 (Subject)
- Griffith, John Owen, 1828-1881 (Subject)
- Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru (1880: Caernarfon, Wales) (Subject)