The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1931); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953); NLW Full Catalogue on-line; Archives Network Wales on-line.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MSS 1-18.
Hugh Ellis (1857-1931), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author, was the grandson of historian and writer Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys, 1807-1889) and the brother of the Rev. R. Pryse Ellis, Glascoed. He attended Bala Theological College and the University College of North Wales, Bangor, before beginning his ministering work at Pennal in April 1888, from where he transferred, in 1890, to Maentwrog. He was the author of Hanes Methodistiaeth Gorllewin Meirionydd, Volume III (Dolgellau, 1928) and of five memorial articles on John Robert Pryse (Golyddan, 1840-1862) in the periodical Cymru.
Published
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
Papers, 1851-[1925x1931], from the library of Hugh Ellis, containing material by or relating to Ellis and members of his family. They include notebooks of his grandfather Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys); autograph essays and scrapbooks compiled by Gweirydd's son John Robert Pryse (Golyddan) and a scrapbook compiled by Gweirydd's daughter Catherine Prichard (Buddug); a short biography of Golyddan by Gweirydd ap Rhys for publication in Enwogion Cymru; draft articles on Golyddan by Hugh Ellis; letters relating to Golyddan's work; transcripts by Hugh Ellis of Golyddan's poetry; and six volumes containing material collected by Hugh Ellis in the course of compiling Hanes Methodistiaeth Gorllewin Meirionydd (Dolgellau, 1928), which includes the original manuscript of the work.
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 10296-10313.
Mrs M. Ellis, widow of Hugh Ellis; Blaenau Ffestiniog ; Purchase ; 1935
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifan.
See also Bangor University, Reverend Hugh Ellis Papers.
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.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), pp. 211-212.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 1.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10296B.
Published
Notebooks of Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys), containing shelf lists of parts of his library; a list of books which he acquired from Daniel P. Jones; material for an essay ('Hanes Feirniadol Barddoniaeth Gymraeg y 18fed ganrif'); a copy of the grant of a Royal Bounty to R. J. Pryse, 1887; and a letter by M. O. Evans, Independent minister at Trefriw, 1884.
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 211.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 2.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10297A.
Published
Two essays by John Robert Pryse ('Golyddan'): 'Mantais a ddeillia i'r Cymro o feddu gwybodaeth gyffredinol o'r iaith Seisnig', and 'Yr Ymraniad yn America'.
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 211.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 3.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10298C.
Published
A transcript by Hugh Ellis of the poem 'Angeu' by John Robert Pryse ('Golyddan'), with a few extracts in an earlier hand.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 211.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 4.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10299E.
Published
An incomplete transcript by Hugh Ellis of the poem 'Angeu' by John Robert Pryse ('Golyddan'), with some readings from the original version of the poem in 1859.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 211.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 5.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10300C.
Published
Transcripts by Hugh Ellis of the poem 'Angeu' by John Robert Pryse ('Golyddan'), and some minor poems.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 211.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 6.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10301D.
Published
A list of Robert John Pryse of poems by his son 'Golyddan', and transcripts of letters by R. Harris Jones ('Quellyn'), concerning 'Golyddan''s poems; letters by Edwyn Lewis on 'Golyddan''s work; and draft articles on 'Golyddan' by Hugh Ellis.
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. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 211.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 7.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10302C.
Published
A book containing a draft of 'Jesus: An Heroic Poem by Golyddan, translated from the Welsh by the author', 1862; and a short biography of Golyddan written in 1868 for Enwogion Cymru by his father, Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys).
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 211.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 8.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10303C.
Published
A scrap-book compiled by 'Golyddan' and entitled 'Darnau o Hen Newyddiaduron, &c. Cyf. I, yn cynnwys llythyrau ieithyddol Arthur (Nicander), a dadl ieithyddol Geraint Fardd Glas (Gweirydd) ac Ioan Meirion, yng nghyd â lliaws o bethau eraill ...'.
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 211.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 9.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10304C.
Published
Two scrap-books, compiled by 'Golyddan', containing press cuttings of the controversy in Yr Amserau, 1851, on poetic metres between 'Ieuan Gwynedd' and 'Gweirydd ap Rhys', a controversy on music between 'Ap Musicus' and Edward Stephen ('Tanymarian'), and other cuttings of literary interest; and a scrap-book compiled by Catherine Prichard ('Buddug') containing literary press cuttings, including material relating to John Robert Pryse ('Golyddan'), with a draft letter by Robert John Pryse ('Gweirydd ap Rhys').
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), pp. 211-212.
Original title.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MSS 10-13.
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 10305-10308E.
Published
The original manuscript of the third volume of the history of Calvinistic Methodism in West Merioneth (Hanes Methodistiaeth Gorllewin Meirionydd, Cyfrol III, 1885-1925, Dolgellau, 1928) - a continuation by Hugh Ellis of the work of Robert Owen which was published in 1889-1891.
See also NLW MSS 10309C, 10310B, which contain material assembled by Hugh Ellis in preparation for Hanes Methodistiaeth Gorllewin Meirionydd.
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. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 212.
Original title.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 14.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10309C.
Published
A notebook containing material assembled by Hugh Ellis for his history of Calvinistic Methodism in West Merioneth, 1885-1925.
See also NLW MSS 10305-10308E, which contain the original manuscript of the third volume of Hanes Methodistiaeth Gorllewin Meirionydd; and NLW MS 10310B, which contains further material assembled by Hugh Ellis in preparation for the History.
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. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 212.
Original title.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 15.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10310B.
Published
A notebook containing material assembled by Hugh Ellis for his history of Calvinistic Methodism in West Merioneth, 1885-1925; and notes on ruins in the parish of Maentwrog compiled by John Davies, Henbost.
See also NLW MSS 10305-10308E, which contain the original manuscript of the third volume of Hanes Methodistiaeth Gorllewin Meirionydd; and NLW MS 10309C, which contains further material assembled by Hugh Ellis in preparation for the History. For further material relating to derelict buildings in the Maentwrog district, see also NLW MSS 10310B and 10313E.
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. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 212.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 16.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10311B.
Published
Notebooks containing extracts from newspapers and miscellaneous notes by Hugh Ellis.
For further material relating to derelict buildings in the Maentwrog district, see also NLW MSS 10310B and 10313E.
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. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 212.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 17.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10312B.
Published
An essay by Hugh Ellis on Sunday Schools in the Maentwrog district from 1873 to 1900.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 212.
Title based on contents.
Formerly Hugh Ellis MS 18.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10313E.
Published
A collection of miscellaneous notes by Hugh Ellis, including draft biographies of eminent Welshmen, 1700-1900; notes on West Merioneth Calvinistic Methodism; press cuttings of articles in Y Rhedegydd, 1927, on the ruins of the parish of Maentwrog; and an annotated copy of Taliesin, May 1860, containing an epic entitled 'Gwenhwyfar' by Lewis William Lewis ('Llew Llwyfo').
For further material relating to derelict buildings in the Maentwrog district, see also NLW MSS 10310B and 10311B.
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. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 212.