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General letters, 1885-1926, to J. H. Davies, together with letters, 1892-1926, from mainly prominent individuals who corresponded regularly with J. H. Davies.

The correspondence, 1885-1926, is very varied and reflects closely many facets of Welsh public, cultural and intellectual life during this period. There are a large number of invitations to J. H. Davies to attend various meetings, events and occasions and to deliver public lectures in Wales and beyond. He is often invited to subscribe to books and journals and to contribute to a large number of charities and worthy causes. -- After Davies's appointment as Registrar of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1905, a large number of the letters relate to the college: its development, expansion, departments, academic staff, the convention of public lectures etc. A number of letters also concern the establishment and the early development of the National Library of Wales: its location at Aberystwyth, its building appeal fund, and the grant of a royal charter. -- Many of the letters are from academics, both historians and literary scholars, who write to J. H. Davies concerning their researches and writings. Welsh manuscripts and printed works feature prominently in the letters. There is a particular interest in his work on the Welsh ballads and his researches on Morgan Llwyd and Lewis Morris. -- Some letters concern the Calvinistic Methodist connexion and others the Church in Wales, especially the deliberations of the contentious Welsh Church Commission, set up in 1906, of which J. H. Davies was a member. There are also a few letters devoted to legal matters, particularly the running of the Cwrt Mawr estate. Several also concern local events and developments in the Tregaron-Llangeitho locality. A few of the correspondents are engaged in local history and family history research.

The correspondents include: André Barbier, 1924, W. Ambrose Bebb (2), 1924-1925, Henry Blackwell, New York (9), 1904-1925, Ivor Bowen, 1914, Rev. Thomas Bowen, Merthyr Tydfil (7), 1911-1920, Joseph A. Bradney (23), 1909-1925, Thomas Brigstocke, 1915, W. Brigstocke (4), 1895-1899, and J. Davies Bryan, 1923.

The correspondents include: Carneddog (4), 1904-1921, Edgar L. Chappell (Welsh Housing and Development Association) (3), 1916-1917, Gwilym Cowlyd (5), 1898-1899, and Percy E. Watkins, Central Welsh Board, 1903.

The correspondents include: Robert Joseph Davies, father of J. H. Davies (22), 1885-1892, T. Huws Davies (10), 1909-1914, M. L. Vaughan Davies (2), undated, Walford Davies (39), 1919-1926 and undated, Sir William Llewelyn Davies, 1925, and H. W. C. Davis, 1924.

The correspondents include: Elfed (4), 1909-1922 and undated, and Hermann Ethé (16), 1914-1917.

The correspondents include: A. G. Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph (later Archbishop of Wales) (3), 1910-1923, Professor Edward Edwards, Aberystwyth (11), 1908-1926, Principal Ellis Edwards, Bala (3), 1904-1906, Frank Edwards MP (13), 1907-1926, Ifan ab Owen Edwards (16), 1920-1926 (together with a reference, August 1924, which J. H. Davies wrote for Ifan ab Owen Edwards), J. Hugh Edwards (3), 1895-1901, J. Kelt Edwards (5), 1916-1917, and Principal Thomas Charles Edwards (5), 1891-1897.

The correspondents include Griffith Ellis, Bootle (7), 1902-1907.

The correspondents include: Charles Geake (2), 1902 and undated, David Lloyd George (6), 1895-1909, Richard Lloyd George ('Dick'), 1908, William George (2), 1904-1911, Thomas Allen Glenn (10), 1913-1916, Alfred P. Graves (2), 1911-1912, Mortimer Green (11), 1892-1905, Elphin (R. A. Griffith), (4), 1902-1909, and W. J. Gruffydd (5), 1907-1925.

Includes letters from: Harry Farr, Cardiff, (5), 1901-1911, J. Kyrle Fletcher (3), 1906-1909, H. J. Fleure (21), 1909-1925, J. O. Francis (4), 1914-1923, and H. C. Fryer (4), 1895-1904.

The correspondents include: Hubert Hall (11), 1901-1925, E. P. Harries, Pembroke Labour Party, 1918, Wilfred Hemp (7), 1915-1923, Sydney Herbert (2), undated, John M. Howell, Aberaeron (3), 1902-1919, William Evans Hoyle, Director of the National Museum of Wales (2), 1915-1917, Robert A. Hudson, 1899, H. Brython Hughes (2), 1911 and undated, and Rev. John Evan Hughes, Caernarfon (10), 1895-1924.

Includes a letter from Isallt (Robert Roberts), 1911.

The correspondents include: Dr Gwenan Jones (3), 1915-1925, Gwyneth Vaughan Jones, Barry, 1918, G. Hartwell Jones (3), 1911-1920, Professor Sir Henry Jones, Glasgow (5), 1892-1915, Sir Henry Haydn Jones MP (5), 1913-1919, Sir Henry Stuart Jones (4), 1919 and undated, J. Cynddylan Jones, 1903, Rev. J. Puleston Jones (4), 1895-1923, J. Walter Jones, Neath (2), 1920-1925, Llew Tegid, 1908, Owen Rowland Jones (7), 1899-1907, Trebor Aled, 1890, R. Vaughan Jones, Bootle (6), 1909-1912, T. Gwynn Jones (13), 1907-1924, and William Jones MP (2), 1905-1907.

The correspondents include: Sir Sidney Lee, 1912, Professor T. A. Levi, Aberystwyth (2) 1905-1925, Professor Henry Lewis, Cardiff (7), 1914-1923, Elfed (Rev. H. Elved Lewis) (34), 1899-1919, Kitty Lewis (later Mrs Kitty Idwal Jones), 1921, Ruth Lewis (14), 1908-1918, and Timothy Lewis, Aberystwyth (6), 1913-1926.

The correspondents include: Arthur Mee, 1892, Sir Lewis Morris (23), 1901-1907, and Gilbert Murray, 1921.

The correspondents include: Bob Owen, Croesor (2), 1918, Henry Owen (3), 1899-1909, J. Isambard Owen (5), 1898-1924, John Owen, Bishop of St Davids (2), 1919-1925, Morfydd Owen, 1916, and Alafon (Owen Griffith Owen), 1915.

The correspondents include: Alfred Neobard Palmer (23), 1896-1912, W. J. Parry (2), 1911-1924, Iorwerth C. Peate (2), 1923-1925, D. Rhys Phillips (3), 1912-1913, Lord Pontypridd (Alfred Thomas), 1919, Thomas Powel, Cardiff (9), 1906-1915, and J. Arthur Price (3), 1891-1895.

The correspondents include: Dyfed (3), 1914-1921, Harry Rees, Lampeter,(4), 1913-1918, T. Mardy Rees, 1907, Sir Harry R. Reichel (6), 1921-1924, Ernest Rhys (9), 1900-1926, E. Prosser Rhys, 1923, Sir John Rhys (17), 1891-1909, Dr Thomas Richards, Maesteg (5), 1911-1924, John Rowland/Rowlands, 1907, and W. Bowen Rowlands MP, 1892.

The correspondents include: Judge John Bryn Roberts (7), 1894-1907, Sir John Herbert Roberts MP (5), 1899-1909, R. Silyn Roberts, 1919, and Principal Thomas Francis Roberts, Aberystwyth (27), 1897-1918.