Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1855]-1918. (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
3 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Rev. David Evans (1860-1950) was a Unitarian schoolmaster in Cwmiago, Cribyn, near Lampeter, Cardiganshire.
Name of creator
Biographical history
David Evans, Unitarian minister and schoolmaster, was born in Lampeter. He ministered at Llanybydder from 1886 to 1892, at Lampeter from 1892-1895, and finally, from 1895, at Cribyn.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Gwenlyn Thornton, great-great niece of David Evans; Rhydyfelin, Aberystwyth; Donation (with NLW, David Evans (Cribyn) Papers); October 1993
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A collection comprising Cribyn Unitarian Church register with records dating from 1826 to 1899, and including church accounts, 1851-1852, and a brief history of the church and a list of ministers, 1790-1877; together with papers of the Rev. John Islan Jones, Cribyn, Unitarian minister, which include letters, 1915-1918, whilst Jones was on active service, and a journal containing an account of tours taken by Jones, 1915-1916.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 23182-23184.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Evans, David, 1860-1950 -- Archives. (Subject)
- Jones, J. Islan (John Islan), 1874-1968. (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
February 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003); Ceredigion County Council WWW site;