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Title
Date(s)
- 1837-1900 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
76 ff. (foliated 1-65) ; 255 x 285 mm. and less.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs John Evans (Jane Ivonia Evans, Ivon's daughter); Aberystwyth; Donation; 1944/5.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of John Jones (Ivon), Aberystwyth, 1837-1900, including twenty-five letters addressed to him, 1864-1893, mainly containing social and personal news with some political and other matters.
The correspondents are Thomas Charles Edwards, 1876 (f. 1), D. Silvan Evans, 1875-1893 (ff. 2-9), John Griffith (Gohebydd) (12), 1864-1877 (ff. 10-39), J. R. Kilsby Jones, 1864-1874 (ff. 40-47), Joseph Parry, [1874x1880] (ff. 48-49), Evan M. Richards, MP, 1874 (ff. 51-52), and Evan Williams the limner, 1865 (ff. 53-54); a letter, 1846, from William Wood is addressed to a Miss Williams, possibly Ivon's future wife, Mary (ff. 55-56). Also included are autograph verses by Robert Parry (Robin Ddu Eryri), 1887 (f. 50), Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), 1900 (ff. 63-64), and G. Pennar Griffiths (Penar), 1900 (f. 65), and three membership cards, 1837-1868.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW into: correspondence; other papers.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
A National Eisteddfod ticket noted as being part of the manuscript is no longer present.
Note
Verses by Hwfa Môn and Penar, 1900, post-date Ivon's death.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 14026B.
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Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Griffith, John, 1821-1877 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Evans, D. Silvan (Daniel Silvan), 1818-1903. (Subject)
- Parry, Joseph, 1841-1903 (Subject)
- Robyn Ddu Eryri, 1804-1892. (Subject)
- Richards, Evan Matthew, 1821-1880. (Subject)
- Williams, Evan, 1816-1878. (Subject)
- Griffiths, Griffith Pennar, 1860-1918. (Subject)
- Wood, William, of Manchester. (Subject)
- Jones, Mary, 1823-1895. (Subject)
- Jones, J. R. Kilsby (James Rhys Kilsby), 1813-1889 (Subject)
- Hwfa Môn, 1823-1905 (Subject)
- Griffith, John, 1821-1877 (Subject)
- Edwards, Thomas Charles, 1837-1900 (Subject)
- Jones, John, 1820-1898 -- Correspondence (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
August 2008.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.