Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1870x1932 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.058 cubic metres (2 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Rev. Hugh Michael Hughes, OBE, BA, DD (1858-1933), Congregational minister, was born in Llanllechid, Caernarfonshire, the son of Michael and Elizabeth Hughes. He was educated at the Memorial College, Brecon, and later at Aberystwyth and Cardiff University Colleges, graduating in 1898. He was ordained in 1886 and held pastorates in Old Tabernacl, Holyhead, Grove Street, Liverpool and Ebenezer, Cardiff. He was the pastor for Ebenezer, Cardiff for nearly forty years. He was the editor of Y Tyst, the Welsh Congregational weekly, and secretary of `Y Gronfa', the Welsh Independent Chapel Debts Fund, for twenty years. He was also the President of the Congregational Union of Wales, the Vice-President of Cardiff University College, and occasionally the Chairman of the Committee of Brecon Memorial College. He was the author of several books: John Penry [1912], Griffith John, arwr China (1914), Yr Iesu Sicr, and Esboniad ar yr Ephesiaid. He married Mary Ann Howell. He died on 15 January 1933 in Cardiff.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated to the National Library of Wales by Mrs T. M. Hughes, Aberystwyth, October 1958.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters, 1883-1928; diaries, 1923-1932; biographical materials of Welsh interest; sermons; addresses and papers on religious, moral, political and historical subjects, including Congregationalism; poetry, including hymns; and papers relating to the history of Ebenezer Welsh Congregational Church, Cardiff, and to his biography of Griffith John, missionary to China, including letters from him, 1889-1894, and proof copies of Griffith John, D.D.: Arwr China.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: letters to H. M. Hughes; miscellaneous papers; portraits and sketches.
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
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from content of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Eglwys Ebenezer (Cardiff, Wales) (Subject)
- Eglwys Ebenezer (Cardiff, Wales) (Subject)
- John, Griffith, 1831-1912 -- Biography (Subject)
- Hughes, H. M. (Hugh Michael), 1858-1933 -- Archives (Subject)
- John, Griffith, 1831-1912 (Subject)
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Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
February 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Seri Crawley for the ANW Project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: National Library of Wales, Schedule of the late Rev. H. M. Hughes Papers; Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959).