Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1782-1935. (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
15 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Lewis (1763-1822), theologian and Independent minister, was born near Tre-lech, Carmarthenshire. Michael Jones (1787-1853), born at Neuadd-lwyd, Cardiganshire, was an Independent minister and the first principal of the Bala Independent College.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Dr A. L. Davies; Bala; Donation; 1940
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A collection comprising manuscripts and correspondence of or relating to the Revs George Lewis, D.D. and Michael Jones, both of Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire. They include drafts of Lewis's Drych Ysgrythyrol ... and Esponiad ar y Testament Newydd ...; correspondence and other papers of George Lewis and a biography and genalogy relating to him; nonconformist documents and material relating to the North Wales Academy; correspondence of Michael Jones, Lewis Jones Davies and Dr A. L. Davies; poetry; a copy of William Gurnall's Cristion mewn Cyflawn Arfogaeth ...; and miscellaneous items relating to Bala, Llanuwchllyn and district.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 13708-13722.
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
Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Jones, Michael, 1787-1853. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2005.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
This description was completed by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS;