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- [1962]-2001. (Creation)
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Dr Elwyn Davies (1908-1986), administrator, was the son of the Rev. Ben Davies (1878-1958), minister at Eglwys Capel Newydd, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. Elwyn Davies studied geography at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; his MA thesis was 'Seasonal sheep-movements in Wales' (1933) and his PhD thesis 'Race, demography and rural settlement in the Isle of Man' (1937). He became a civil servant, and was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Department of the Ministry of Education in 1963. He served on the Council of the National Library of Wales NLW and was President of the library, 1977-1986. He also served the National Museum of Wales and the Court of the University of Wales. Elwyn Davies was interested in transhumance and published academic papers on the subject. His publications include Welsh rural communities (1960), Rhestr o enwau lleoedd / A gazetteer of Welsh place-names (3rd ed., 1967) and 'Hafod, hafoty and lluest', Ceredigion, 9 (1980), pp. 1-41.
Professor Alun Davies of the History Department, University College Swansea, was Elwyn's brother; he was a member of the Council of the Historical Association, 1969-1977.
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Papurau ymchwil, [1962]-2001, yn ymwneud â Gwasg Gregynog, Tregynon, Powys, gan gynnwys drafftiau o dair pennod cyntaf ei lyfr arfaethedig ar hanes y wasg a darlithiau a draddodwyd ganddo (gweler hefyd ei erthygl 'Gwasg Gregynog', Llais Llyfrau, Gaeaf 1966). Ceir llythyrau oddi wrth Elwyn [Davies], 1975 a Tom Parry, 1976, yn cynnig awgrymiadau ieithyddol i'w waith a llythyrau, 1990 a 2000, oddi wth Glyn [Tegai Hughes] yn ymwneud â chyhoeddi'r astudiaeth. Yn ogystal ceir llythyrau, 1976, oddi wrth Swyddog Llenyddiaeth Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, yn ymwneud â'i waith cyfieithu ar gyfer llyfryn a pharatoi penawdau i gyd-fynd â'r arddangosfa deithiol ar Wasg Gregynog a drefnwyd gan Adrannau Celfyddyd a Llenyddiaeth Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, ynghyd â rhestr termau.
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Preferred citation: 2/1.
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- Davies, Elwyn, 1908-1986 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Parry, Thomas, 1904-1985 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Hughes, Glyn Tegai -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Parry, Thomas, 1904-1985 (Subject)
- Hughes, Glyn Tegai (Subject)