Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1840x1927] / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
64 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Charles Davies, Baptist minister, was born in Llwynhendy, Carmarthenshire. He attended the Graig Academy in Swansea before enrolling at the Baptist Theological College, Llangollen. Ordained in 1870, Davies accepted a ministerial post at Penuel church, Bangor before transferring to the Baptist church at Everton Village, Liverpool in 1877. He became minister of the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist church, Cardiff in 1888, remaining until his death in 1927. Notable in his time as a passionately evangelical preacher, Davies was elected president of the Wales and Monmouthshire Baptist Union in 1899. He published a volume of sermons (Llangollen, 1910) and a centennial celebration of Tabernacle Baptist church (Cardiff, [1914]), and was also a regular contributor to Baptist periodicals.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Jocelyn F. Davies, son of Charles Davies; Cardiff; Presentation; 1936
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, [1840x1927], from the library of Charles Davies, Baptist minister at Cardiff, comprising diaries, 1869-1925, and correspondence, 1895-1913, of Charles Davies; sermons preached at Tabernacle Welsh Baptist church, Cardiff by the Reverend David Jones, c. 1842-1850, and by Charles Davies, [1901x1927]; and registers, etc. relating to the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist church, Cardiff, 1904-1905.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 10372-10435.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), pp. 218-219.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Formerly Charles Davies MSS 1-64.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 10372-10435.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Davies, Charles, 1849-1927 -- 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
September 2008 & June 2011.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifan. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953);