Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1702-1901 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
22 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Thomas Morgan (1720-1799), Independent minister, was born near Groeswen, Eglwysilan, and was a minister at Henllan, Cardiganshire, and Delph and Morley, Yorkshire. His papers and journals are an invaluable source of information relating to Dissent and Methodism in Wales during the second half of the 18th century.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Walter Jenkin Evans, principal of the Presbyterian College; Carmarthen; Donation; 1924.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts, 1702-1901, comprising in the main of diaries, notebooks and other papers of Thomas Morgan, Dissenting minister at Henllan, Cardiganshire, and Delph and Morley, Yorkshire.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 5452-5473.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on a domicile of Thomas Morgan.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Morgan, Thomas, 1719-1799 -- Archives (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
October 2005.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951); Lloyd, Sir J. E., Jenkins, R. T., Davies, Sir W. Ll. (eds): Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Aberystwyth, 1953).
Archivist's note
This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.