- 1-14.
- Sub-fonds
- 1850-[1914].
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Archival descriptionWilliam Roberts (Abergele) Papers
- GB 0210 WILRTS
- Fonds
- 1850-1954
Papers of William Roberts including letters to him, 1850-1886, and notebooks containing drafts and copies of letters from him, 1869-1878; sermons and sermon notes; notes and notebooks on genealogy and local history, 1867-1885, and papers relating to his work as minister and evangelist, 1861-1884; material relating to the Denbighshire Monthly Meeting (Presbytery) of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, [c. 1868]-1870; literary compositions including poems and essays, 1863-1881; newspaper cuttings, 1870-1889; family papers including biographical material of William Roberts compiled by Charles Williams, [c. 1916]; letters, especially to Charles Williams and Mrs Edward Thomas, 1874-1954; a diary of a sea voyage, [1892?]; and sermons of Rev. John Bevan Roberts, [1930s]-[1940s].
Roberts, William, 1830-1886
- 1.
- File
- 1869-[1914].
Two notebooks containing drafts and copies by William Roberts of his letters, Nov. 1869 - March 1870, and two notebooks containing transcripts [c. 1914] of letters from William Roberts, May 1877 - Oct. 1878.
- 4.
- File
- 1867-1885.
Twenty notebooks and a bundle of loose papers containing genealogical notes and jottings, notes on local history and traditions, and other miscellaneous material including transcripts from parish registers, and lists of colloquial words in Welsh.
- 21.
- File
- 1931-46.
Twelve letters relating to the possible sale of books and manuscripts in the possession of Mrs. Edward Thomas, Diserth, daughter of William Roberts. The correspondents include T. Gwynn Jones (21/3-4) and Robert ('Bob') Owen, Croesor (21/7).
- 19.
- File
- [1930-1950].
Sermons dating mainly from the 1930s and 1940s and probably by the Reverend John Bevan Roberts, rector of Martindale, Cumberland, son of William Roberts.
- 8.
- File
Poems, almost all in Welsh, including some entered for competition at various eisteddfodau and several which were published in Y Traethodydd and other journals.
- 15-22.
- Sub-fonds
- 1874-1954.
- 4-7.
- Series
- 1861-1885.
- 11-14.
- Series
- 1855-1889.
- 15.
- File
- [c.1916].
Material for a proposed biography of William Roberts compiled, c. 1916, by his son-in-law the Reverend Charles Williams, Prestatyn, including transcripts of letters from William Roberts not found in the present group.
- 8-10.
- Series
- 1863-1881.
- 22.
- File
Lists and references relating to books and manuscripts once in the possession of Mrs. Edward Thomas, Diserth, several of which are included in the present group; and other miscellaneous items.
- 2.
- File
- 1850-1886.
Family and general correspondence, 1850-86 and undated, including letters from D. Silvan Evans (2/86), Philip Henry Gosse (2/81), Hugh Derfel Hughes (2/159), T. Rymer Jones (2/75, 2/77), Sir Richard Owen (2/78), and the Reverend Joseph Thomas, Carno (2/122), and copies of letters from William Roberts to P.H. Gosse (2/80), T. Rymer Jones (2/71, 2/73), Richard Owen (2/74), and the Reverend John Peters, Bala (2/4).
- 9.
- File
- 1867-1881.
Essays, with draft notes, in Welsh and other prose compositions entered for competition at Gordofigion and other eisteddfodau, 1867-81 and undated.
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