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- 1780-1949 (predominantly 1890-1949) (accumulated [1890]-1949) / (Creation)
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Fonds
Extent and medium
1.144 cubic metres (40 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Rev. E. K. (Evan Kenffig) Jones (1863-1950) was a staunch Baptist minister and social and educational reformer. He was born at Bryn Du, Kenfig Hill, Glamorgan, and was educated at Pontypool Baptist College and University College Cardiff. He was ordained at Merthyr Vale, Glamorgan, in 1889, before moving to Brymbo, Denbighshire, in 1891, and to Cefnmawr, Denbighshire, in 1913. He was secretary of the Denbigh, Flint, and Merioneth Association, president of the Baptist Union of Wales in 1928, and President of the Baptist Missionary Society in 1934. He was a member of the Wrexham Board of Guardians and a prominent member of the Denbighshire Education Committee. His main literary works included The Baptists of Wales and Ministerial Education (1902), Y Beibl a Dirwest (1906), A Short Sketch of the History of the Baptist Church in Llanidloes(1908), and Hanes Cymdeithas Genhadol y Bedyddwyr (1944). He retired in 1934 and died in 1950.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from the library of Reverend Evan Kenffig Jones, D.D., Wrexham, 1950. Further papers donated by his daughter, Mrs Bessie Vaughan Davies, Wrexham, 1969.
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Scope and content
Papers of the Rev. E. K. Jones, 1780-1949, including correspondence, 1887-1931; family papers, 1891-1936; diaries, 1885-1936; sermons, [c. 1890]-[c. 1930]; press cuttings, 1885-[1930s]; papers relating to his publications, 1877-1950; and records collected by the Rev. Jones relating to baptism in Wales, 1780-1949, including records of the Welsh Baptist Union, 1896-1944; records of the Denbigh, Flint, and Merioneth Baptist Association, 1864-1949; Welsh Baptist yearbooks, 1843-1946, and sermons and papers relating to various Welsh Baptist ministers and chapels, 1780-1942.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to and purchased by the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arrangement: original order. Box-list available.
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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.
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Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
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Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.
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Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds. Some of the records acquired by the Rev. Evan Kenffig Jones pre-date his birth.
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Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
March 2003
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following source was used for the compilation of this description: National Library of Wales, Catalogue of E. K. Jones Papers.