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Title
Date(s)
- [1848x1904] / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
9 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Evan Davies, Calvinistic Methodist minister and writer, was born in Aberangell and from youth cultivated a great interest in the history and literature of Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire. He began preaching in 1865, entered Bala College in 1868, and served as minister successively in Llangynog, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog and Trefriw. For over thirty years he co-edited Y Lladmerydd and also published his own works, which include biographies of Dafydd Dafis, Cywarch and Joseph Thomas, Carno.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts, [1848x1904], accumulated by the Reverend Evan Davies, largely comprising sermons by Joseph Thomas, Carno, together with poetry by Richard Davies ('Tafolog').
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 2881-2889.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Formerly known as Evan Davies 1-9.
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Access points
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Place access points
Name access points
- Davies, Evan, 1842-1919 -- Archives (Subject)
- Thomas, Joseph, 1814-1889. (Subject)
- Tafolog, 1830-1904 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2005 and June 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953);