Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1851]-1993 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.099 cubic metres (11 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Rev. David Evans (1860-1950) was a Unitarian schoolmaster in Cwmiago, Cribyn, near Lampeter, Cardiganshire.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated (with NLW MSS 23182-4) by Mrs Gwenlyn Thornton, Rhydyfelin, Aberystwyth, October 1993.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of the Rev David Evans, [1851]-1993, comprising papers relating to Cribyn Unitarian Chapel, Cardiganshire, including notebooks and volumes containing various chapel accounts, 1851-1927; papers relating to Cribyn Day school, 1888-1942, including account books, 1888-1909, one of which contains the Cwmiago household and farming accounts, 1904-42, and class attendance registers, 1890-1905; volumes of David Evans' sermon notes, [1893x1946]; addresses, [1880x1950]; plays, [1880x1950]; poetry [not written by David Evans], [1880x1950]; prose works, [1880x1950]; religious material, [1880x1950]; miscellaneous papers, [1880x1993], including recollections of Rev. David Evans by his great-great niece Gwenlyn E. Thornton; and printed material, 1865-1950.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: Cribyn Unitarian Chapel and Cribyn Day School records; personal papers of David Evans and family, comprising sermons, addresses, plays, poetry, prose works, religious material, miscellaneous family papers, and printed material.
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.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1994, pp.16-20, at the National Library of Wales.
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. Some papers written by the great-great niece of the Rev. David Evans post-date his death.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Capel Undodaidd Cribyn (Cribyn, Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Capel Undodaidd Cribyn (Cribyn, Wales) (Subject)
- Cribyn Day School (Cribyn, Wales) (Subject)
- Evans, David, 1860-1950 -- Archives. (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
May 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1994.