Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1871-1968 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.072 cubic metres (8 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Rev. Rhys Bevan Jones (1869-1933), of Porth, Glamorgan, was a Baptist minister, conservative evangelical, author founder of the South Wales Bible Training Institute. He was born in Dowlais, Glamorgan, and attended Pontypool Baptist College, Monmouthshire, being ordained in 1893. He was pastor of Baptist churches in Treharris, Glamorgan, 1893-1895, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, 1895-1899, and Porth, Glamorgan, 1899-1933. He founded the South Wales Bible Training Institute at Porth in 1919, remaining its honorary principal until his death. He played a part in the early 20th century religious revival, with his friend the Rev. W. S. Jones ([1860]-1933), of Llwynypia, Rhondda, Glamorgan. He preached throughout North Wales and founded the Evangelical Group Faith Mission of Wales, [c. 1930]. He was the first editor of Yr Efengylydd and wrote religious works such as Spiritism in Bible Light (Cardiff, 1920) and Rent Heavens (London, 1931). He was married and had three sons and three daughters. He died on 10 April 1933.
Archival history
Rev. Brynmor Pierce Jones collected material relating to R. B. Jones in the course of his research.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by the Rev. Brynmor P. Jones, Pontypool, Gwent, 1993-1995.
File No. 55 Donated (as part of the papers of Noel Gibbard) by the Revd Dr Noel Gibbard; Cardiff; February 2014; 006739149.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of the Rev. Rhys Bevan Jones consisting of correspondence and copies of letters, 1871-1933, including family correspondence, 1905-1933, letters from Rev. W. S. Jones, 1903-1931, and letters of tribute following his death, 1933; sermons, addresses and notes, 1892-1925; material concerning W. S. Jones, [1920s]; copies of books and booklets by RBJ, 1907-1934; material relating to him collected by Brynmor P. Jones, including English translations of essays in Yr Efengylydd and letters about him, 1960-1968; records of the South Wales Bible Training Institute, comprising lectures and notes, 1920-1929, lists of students, 1919-1937, issues of A Witness and a Minister, the institute's periodical, 1925-1936, letters, 1925-1936, and correspondence relating to the closure of the Institute, 1935-1936; and manuscript accounts of the work of the Faith Mission of Wales, [1930x1933].
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: correspondence, sermons and miscellaneous papers; South Wales Bible Training Institute, Porth; books and booklets by RBJ; periodicals; Brynmor P. Jones papers (1st group); correspondence, sermons and miscellaneous papers; South Wales Bible Training Institute, Porth (2nd group); South Wales Bible Training Institute, Porth; other papers (3rd group); RBJ Bible (4th group).
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
File No 18 may not be consulted without the permission of the donor. 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
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries, 1994, pp. 33-35; and 1995, p. 41; and 2000, p. 53, at The National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Some of the papers were used by the Rev. Brynmor P. Jones while researching for a thesis entitled 'A Biographical Study of the Rev. R. B. Jones' (NLW ex 900), and his book The King's Champions (Redhill, 1968; reprinted, with additional material, Pontypool, 1986).
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
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Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- South Wales Bible Training Institute -- Archives. (Subject)
- South Wales Bible Training Institute. (Subject)
- Jones, W. S. (William S.), 1860?-1933 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Jones, R. B. (Rhys Bevan), 1869-1933 -- Archives. (Subject)
- Jones, W. S. (William S.), 1860?-1933. (Subject)
- Jones, Brynmor Pierce, 1925- (Subject)
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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
May 2003.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
The Fonds level description was originally compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used to compile this description: National Library of Wales, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1994, 1995, 2000; NLW, W. W. Price Biographical Index (unpublished); Jones, Brynmor Pierce, The King's Champions (Pontypool: B. P. Jones, 1986).
Archivist's note
File No. 55 was incorporated by D. R. Davies; August 2016.