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Papers and records, 1872-1926, deriving from J. H. Davies's professional activities, including the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1872-1926, the Church in Wales, 1890-1926, the Calvinistic Methodist Association, 1892-1897, his literary and academic interests, 1893-1926, the Royal Commission on the Welsh Church, 1906-1918, and the Welsh Bibliographical Society, 1908-1924.

Records, 1900-1910, relating to the establishment and running of the Welsh Hospital set up in South Africa at the time of the Boer War, including a booklet on its work, 1900; financial records, 1900-1910; administrative papers, 1900-1902; correspondence and accounts, 1900-1902; letters, telegrams and press cuttings, 1900-1907; papers concerning the surplus fund accumulated at the hospital, 1901; letters of acceptance and letters of refusal to an invitation to attend a ceremony at the Mansion House on 29 October 1901 for the distribution of medals to staff at the Welsh Hospital; letters concerning a memorial service to be held at St Davids Cathedral on 14 August 1902; miscellaneous legal notes, [?1902]; and financial correspondence, 1905-1906.

The correspondence, 1885-1926, is very varied and reflects closely many facets of Welsh public, cultural and intellectual life during this period. There are a large number of invitations to J. H. Davies to attend various meetings, events and occasions and to deliver public lectures in Wales and beyond. He is often invited to subscribe to books and journals and to contribute to a large number of charities and worthy causes. -- After Davies's appointment as Registrar of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1905, a large number of the letters relate to the college: its development, expansion, departments, academic staff, the convention of public lectures etc. A number of letters also concern the establishment and the early development of the National Library of Wales: its location at Aberystwyth, its building appeal fund, and the grant of a royal charter. -- Many of the letters are from academics, both historians and literary scholars, who write to J. H. Davies concerning their researches and writings. Welsh manuscripts and printed works feature prominently in the letters. There is a particular interest in his work on the Welsh ballads and his researches on Morgan Llwyd and Lewis Morris. -- Some letters concern the Calvinistic Methodist connexion and others the Church in Wales, especially the deliberations of the contentious Welsh Church Commission, set up in 1906, of which J. H. Davies was a member. There are also a few letters devoted to legal matters, particularly the running of the Cwrt Mawr estate. Several also concern local events and developments in the Tregaron-Llangeitho locality. A few of the correspondents are engaged in local history and family history research.

Letters, 1892-1926, mainly from prominent individuals who corresponded fairly regularly with J. H. Davies, together with a file of letters, 1892-1926, from J. H. Davies, and a file of letters, 1916-1926, from J. H. Davies to M. H. Jones. The letters cover a very wide range of subjects and themes. For details of the subjects covered, see the file level descriptions.

General papers, 1793-1925, relating to the family of J. H. Davies, Cwrt Mawr, including deeds and documents, 1793-1896, stray letters, 1822-1925, Watkin family letters, 1848-1873, school reports, 1883-1889, and miscellaneous financial papers, 1819-1825.

Records, 1822-1892, relating to, or collected by, Robert Joseph Davies (1839-1892), father of J. H. Davies. They comprise letters addressed to R. J. Davies, 1853-1892, his pocket diaries, 1873-1886, business and financial papers, 1876-1881, papers relating to building work on the Cwrt Mawr estate, 1850-1861, papers concerning R. J. Davies's work for the Calvinistic Methodist connexion, 1855-1890, miscellaneous, stray items collected by R. J. Davies, 1822-1866, and various notebooks, [1853]-[1892], kept by R. J. Davies.

Papers, 1871-1926, relating to J. H. Davies, together with papers and photographs, 1809-1926, relating to J. H. Davies and his family background collected together by Dr T. I. Ellis while researching his biography John Humphreys Davies (1871-1926) (Lerpwl, 1963). They comprise personalia relating to J. H. Davies, 1871-1920, letters, 1882-1894, from J. H. Davies to members of his family, letters, 1921-1925, from J. H. Davies to his sister Mrs Annie Hughes-Griffiths, pocket diaries, 1883-1924, papers, 1925-1926, concerning J. H. Davies's final illness and death, and the papers and photographs, 1809-1926, assembled by Dr Ellis.

Two notebooks, 1889-1890, kept by Mrs Annie J. Ellis.

Sympathy letters, 1899, addressed to J. H. Davies on the death of his brother-in-law Thomas Edward Ellis (1859-1899), together with correspondence and papers, 1899-1909, relating to the administration of the Thomas Edward Ellis Memorial Fund.

Letters, 1919-1920, from 'Mair' to T. I. Ellis, an exercise book, [c. 1920], containing Greek and Latin exercises by T. I. Ellis, and papers, 1925-1940, relating to the administration of the Welsh Schoolboys' Camp Movement.

Miscellaneous papers of Flintshire interest, 1658-1877, letters to Gwilym Cowlyd, 1859-1907, various poems, 1857-1902, many submitted for various eisteddfodic competitions, eisteddfodic adjudications by Gwilym Cowlyd, 1877-1898, and his pocket notebooks, 1874-1901.

Stray deeds and documents, and correspondence files, 1323-1924, accumulated by J. H. Davies.

Miscellaneous deeds and documents, and other stray items, 1830-[c. 1920], mainly of Aberystwyth interest.