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Title
Date(s)
- 1906-1930 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
77 ff.
Guarded and filed at NLW in 1966.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Alice Huws Davies, widow of T. Huws Davies; London; Donation; February 1946.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Some thirty-eight letters, 1906-1930, in English and Welsh, addressed to Thomas Huws Davies, relating to the work of the Welsh Church Commission (of which he was secretary, 1914-1940) and to other religious bodies in Wales and the Welsh Church Acts.
Among the correspondents are J. H. Davies, 1913 (ff. 5-10), A. G. Edwards, Archbishop of Wales, 1909-1923 (ff. 13-15, 17), E. T. John, 1930 (ff. 21-24), Frank Morgan, 1920 (f. 27), Sir H[enry] W. Primrose, 1918-1919 (ff. 28-41), Alfred Thomas, Baron Pontypridd, 1913 (ff. 48-49), R[ichard] M[acaulay] Thomas, 1909-1911 (ff. 50-57), Sir John Williams, 1909 (f. 58), and W. Llewelyn Williams, 1910-1917 (ff. 61-70). Also included are one letter each from Davies, 1919 (ff. 42-45), and A. G. Edwards, 1920 (f. 16), to Sir H. W. Primrose; a letter from C[harles] P[restwich] Scott to J. Arthur Price, 1912 (f. 47); and two drafts of a letter by Davies, on behalf of the Home Secretary, published in The Times, 17 June 1912, p. 4 (ff. 71-77).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent at NLW.
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Conditions governing access
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Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16354D.
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Name access points
- Church of England -- Establishment and disestablishment -- Wales. (Subject)
- Church in Wales -- Establishment and disestablishment. (Subject)
- Welsh Church Commission. (Subject)
- Davies, T. Huws (Thomas Huws), 1882-1940 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Edwards, Alfred George, 1848-1937. (Subject)
- John, Edward T. (Edward Thomas), 1857-1931 (Subject)
- Morgan, Frank, 1868-1935. (Subject)
- Thomas, Alfred, 1840-1927. (Subject)
- Thomas, Richard Macaulay, 1857-1937. (Subject)
- Primrose, Henry, Sir, 1846-1923. (Subject)
- Williams, W. Llewelyn (William Llewelyn), 1867-1922. (Subject)
- Price, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1942. (Subject)
- Scott, Charles Prestwich, 1846-1932. (Subject)
- Williams, John, 1840-1926 (Subject)
- Davies, J. H. (John Humphreys), 1871-1926 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
September 2006.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;