Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1701]-1992 (mainly 1759-1996) (accumulated 1807-1996) / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.254 cubic metres (11 boxes, 1 parcel)
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The South Wales Baptist College was founded at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in 1807 by the Rev. Micah Thomas who acted as president until 1835. In 1836 it moved to Pontypool, Monmouthshire. It moved again in 1893 to Cardiff, Glamorgan, where a hostel in Richmond Road, previously used for women students attending the university was acquired. The College students were able to attend Cardiff University (formerly University College of Wales Cardiff). The College continues to teach religious and theological studies in partnership with Cardiff University.
The Rev. Micah Thomas was succeeded by Thomas Thomas (1805-1881) the first President of the Academy in Pontypool, from 1836 to 1876; the Rev. Dr William Edwards, president, 1880-1925, who oversaw the relocation of the college to Cardiff; the Rev. Thomas Phillips, Principal during the period 1928-1936, and the Rev. Thomas Williams Chance (1872-1954) Principal from 1936-1944.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by the South Wales Baptist College, Cardiff, 1986-1997.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of, and inherited by, the South Wales Baptist College, [c.1701]-1996, including minute books, 1899-1983; account books, 1839-1978; correspondence, 1965-1979; programmes of ordination, induction, memorial and other services, 1961-1996; memorial service cards, 1945-1997; orders of service at marriage ceremonies, 1963-1997; orders of valedictory services, 1991-1997; manuscript sermons, 1815-[c.1860]; church history notes, 1927-1966; albums and addresses, 1876-1918; journals, 1877-1881; photographs, 1880s-1960s; deeds and documents, 1759-1919, and miscellaneous papers, 1930-1956, relating to lands in the parish of Penrhos, Monmouthshire; diaries and notebooks of Welsh Baptists, 1818-1907; miscellaneous papers and volumes, [c.1701]-1944; miscellaneous pamphlets, 1958-1996; papers of T. W. Chance, 1876-1955, comprising addresses; sermons; notebooks; printed reports and journals; and an album containing letters from eminent Baptist figures, [c.1794]-1898.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are possible.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: college records; sermons; church histories; miscellaneous volumes and addresses; photographs; T. W. Chance papers; and miscellaneous.
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
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries, 1986, pp. 69-73; 1987, p. 105; 1990, p. 72; 1992, p. 118; 1997, p. 91, and 1998, p. 73, at the National Library of Wales and the National Register of Archives.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- South Wales Baptist College -- Archives. (Subject)
- Chance, T. W. (Thomas Williams), 1872-1954 (Subject)
Genre access points
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
September 2004
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1997; GENUKI:Wales, www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/index.html#ChurchHistory, viewed 8 May 2003; Cardiff University, School of Religious and Therological Studies, website (http://www.cf.ac.uk/relig/), viewed 6 September 2004.