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- 1929-1932 (Creation)
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Roedd Evan Roberts (1877-1977) o Landderfel, sir Feirionnydd, yn awdur a hanesydd lleol. Ganwyd ef yn Llandderfel ar yr 2 Mehefin 1877 yn fab i Peter ac Ann Roberts. Cafodd addysg yn Hen Ysgol y Bwrdd yn Llandderfel cyn mynd i weithio yn ffatri wlân Cefnddwysarn pan yn 14 mlwydd oed. Priododd Ellen Davies (1882-1972) yn 1906 a chawsant ddau blentyn, Eirianwen (1909-1971) a Tegwyn (g. 1911).
Ar ôl i'w iechyd dorri yn 1913 roedd yn gaeth i'w wely am rhai blynyddoedd. Roedd y cyfnod yma yn sbardun i'w ddiddordeb mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu, yn enwedig ar bynciau hanes lleol. Ymddangosodd ei golofn wythnosol 'Ysgubau o Ysgrepan y Lloffwr' ym mhapur newydd Y Seren (Bala) o'r 1920au hyd yr 1950au ac ysgrifennodd erthyglau yn rheolaidd i nifer o gyfnodolion eraill. Roedd hefyd yn darlithio ac yn cystadlu mewn eisteddfodau; cyhoeddwyd dau o'i draethodau eisteddfodol yn y gyfrol Casgliad o Enwau Lleoedd ym Mhlwyf Llandderfel, a'u hystyron ... ynghyda Diwydiannau Coll Plwyf Llandderfel … (Bala; 1928). Yn sgìl ei waith daeth yn gyfaill i nifer o enwogion o Gymru a thu hwnt, yn eu plith John Cowper Powys, Bob Owen, Croesor, Iorwerth Peate a John Redwood Anderson. Bu farw Evan Roberts ym mis Mai 1977, yn 99 mlwydd oed.
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Evan Roberts; Llandderfel; Donation (with NLW MS 11005B); April 1937.
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A group of fifty-four holograph letters, 1929-1932, from Thomas Jones, Cerrigellgwm[-isa], Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire, to Evan Roberts, Llandderfel, Merioneth, relating to the writer's literary and musical pursuits. Some letters refer to the Welsh ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America. Also included in the collection is a holograph letter, 15 November, 1932, from Einion Jones, Cerrigellgwm-isa, to Evan Roberts, enclosing a pedigree of his father Thomas Jones and a copy of the latter's last poem.
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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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Welsh.
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The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XX, 285.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 11004C.
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- Jones, Thomas, 1860-1932 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Family. (Subject)
- Jones, Thomas, 1860-1932 -- Family (Subject)
- Roberts, Evan, 1877-1977 -- Correspondence (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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November 2008.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.