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Sir Haydn Jones Papers, (GB 0210 HAYNES) Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Sir Haydn Jones Papers, (GB 0210 HAYNES) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 04, 2017 Printed: May 04, 2017 Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau ANW a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/sir-haydn-jones-papers-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/sir-haydn-jones-papers-2 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Allt Penglais Aberystwyth Ceredigion United Kingdom SY23 3BU 01970 632 800 01970 615 709 [email protected] www.llgc.org.uk Sir Haydn Jones Papers, Tabl cynnwys | Table of contents Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information .............................................................................................. 3 Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch ......................... 3 Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content .......................................................................................................... 4 Trefniant | Arrangement .................................................................................................................................. 4 Nodiadau | Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ............................................................................................................... 5 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ............................................................................................................ 5 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 HAYNES Sir Haydn Jones Papers, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Sir Haydn Jones Papers, ID: GB 0210 HAYNES Virtua system control vtls003844231 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1827-1950 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.171 cubic metres (4 boxes) Physical description: Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Iaith | Language: English Iaith | Language: Welsh Iaith | Language: French Iaith | Language: Latin Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title supplied from contents of fonds. Some of the records predate [generalNote]: his birth. Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Henry Haydn Jones (1863-1950) was brought up in Ruthin, where his father Joseph David Jones (1827-1870) ran the private grammar school, Clwyd Bank. His father also made a valuable contribution to Welsh music, composing numerous songs, anthems and hymn tunes, including 'Capel y Ddol'. Haydn Jones became a member of Merioneth County Council in 1889 and was its Chairman in 1890. He was elected Liberal MP for Merionethshire from 1910 to 1945 and received a knighthood in 1937. In 1903, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 HAYNES Sir Haydn Jones Papers, he married Barbara, daughter to Lewis D. Jones, an ironmonger and quarry owner in Chicago. In 1911, the Aberdovey Slate Company was seeking to sell Abergynolwyn Quarry, the village and the Tal-y-llyn Railway. Haydn Jones bought the property himself and became the sole director of The Abergynolwyn Slate and Slab Company Limited. In 1935, he purchased the Aberllefenni Quarry and changed its name in 1956 to the Aberllefenni Slate Quarries Limited. Decline in demand spelled the end for the quarry. Sir Haydn Jones' estates were once part of the Maesypandy and Ynysymaengwyn estates. He died in 1950. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Papers of Sir Henry Haydn Jones comprising letters dealing with local government affairs, education, elections, local industries, agriculture, and other activities, 1899-1950; correspondence relating to a hymn and tune book compiled by him, 1915-1917; miscellaneous papers, 1836-1880, the earlier papers belonging to his father, J. D. Jones; notebooks containing sermon notes; papers relating to Towyn British School, 1858-1862; Ruthin British School visitors' books, 1849-1864; and papers relating to the Maesypandy and Ynysymaengwyn estates, 1858-1883, the Abergynolwyn Slate and Slab Company, 1924-1939, and the Talyllyn Railway, 1924, 1938-1949. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Donated by Sir Henry's widow, Lady Haydn Jones, 1955. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged into: letters to H. Haydn Jones; papers relating to Cân a Moliant; miscellaneous papers; miscellaneous volumes, 1849-1939; papers relating to Towyn British School; papers relating to Maesypandy Estate, Merionethshire; papers relating to Ynysymaengwyn Estate, Merionethshire; papers relating to the composer Joseph David Jones (1827-1870) Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad | Restrictions on access Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form. Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright regulations apply. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 HAYNES Sir Haydn Jones Papers, Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material The main archive of the Ynysymaengwyn estate is in NLW, Peniarth Estate Records. Further papers are NLW, Ynysymaengwyn Estate and University of Wales Bangor, Maesyneuadd MSS (Maesypandy) Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected. Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published • Dynodwr sefydliad | Institution identifier: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points • Maesypandy Estate (Wales) -- Archives. • Ynysymaengwyn Estate (Wales) -- Archives. • Abergynolwyn Slate & Slab Co. • Maesypandy Estate (Wales) • Ruthin British School. • Towyn British School (Merioneth, Wales) • Ynysymaengwyn Estate (Wales) • Talyllyn Railway. • Jones, J. D. (Joseph David), 1827-1870 -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Jones, H. Haydn (Henry Haydn), Sir, 1863-1950 -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Jones, J. D. (Joseph David), 1827-1870. (pwnc) | (subject) • Politicians -- Wales -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Schools -- Wales -- Gwynedd. (pwnc) | (subject) • Slate industry -- Wales -- Merioneth. (pwnc) | (subject) • Abergynolwyn (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) • Tal-y-llyn (Gwynedd, Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) • Aberdovey (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 HAYNES Sir Haydn Jones Papers, 1-1559. vtls005739943 Otherlevel - H. Haydn Jones Papers, 1899-1950. 1-1559. ISYSARCHB66 1-489. vtls005739944 Otherlevel - Miscellaneous letters, 1899-1950. 1-489. ISYSARCHB66 Cyfres | Series 1-32. vtls005739945 ISYSARCHB66: Letters, Dyddiad | Date: 1899-1905. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 1-32. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1. vtls005739946 File - Howard Owen, Dolgellau, 1899, Apr. 16. 1. ISYSARCHB66 2. vtls005739947 File - J. Gibson, Aberystwyth, 1899, May 24. 2. ISYSARCHB66 3. vtls005739948 File - A. Osmond Williams, 1900, Sept. 16. 3. ISYSARCHB66 Penrhyndeudraeth, 4. vtls005739949 File - 'Yr Hen Idris' [?Idris B. Williams], 1900, Oct. 2. 4. ISYSARCHB66 Abergynolwyn, 5. vtls005739950 File - Robert Jones, Porthmadog, 1902, Aug. 12. 5. ISYSARCHB66 6. vtls005739951 File - T[homas] F[rancis] Roberts, 1902, Aug. 14. 6. ISYSARCHB66 [Dictionary of Welsh Biography], Crieff, 7. vtls005739952 File - W. Williams Wynne, Vichy, 1902, Sept. 2. 7. ISYSARCHB66 8. vtls005739953 File - A. C. Humphreys-owen, 1902, Sept. 16. 8. ISYSARCHB66 Glansevern, co. Mont, 9. vtls005739954 File - Arthur James Balfour, [Dictionary 1902, Oct. 20. 9. ISYSARCHB66 of National Biography], 10 Downing St, 10. vtls005739955 File - W. Williams Wynne, Tywyn, 1902, Nov. 6. 10. ISYSARCHB66 11. vtls005739956 File - [Sir] R[obert] L[aurie] Morant, [1902], Nov. 27. 11. ISYSARCHB66 [Dictionary of National Biography], Board of Education, 12. vtls005739957 File - W. Williams Wynne, Dinas 1904, Feb. 9. 12. ISYSARCHB66 Mawddwy, 13. vtls005739958 File - R. Hughes, Bala, 1904, May 18. 13. ISYSARCHB66 14. vtls005739959 File - Jenkin Davies, Llanfair Rectory, 1904, June 10. 14. ISYSARCHB66 Harlech, 15. vtls005739960 File - D. R. Pugh, The Vicarage, Tywyn, 1904, June 11. 15. ISYSARCHB66 16. vtls005739961 File - John Rowlands, Vicar of Aberdyfi, 1904, June 13. 16. ISYSARCHB66 Heswall, 17. vtls005739962 File - D. R. Pugh, Tywyn, 1904, June 14. 17. ISYSARCHB66 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 6 GB 0210 HAYNES Sir Haydn Jones Papers, 18. vtls005739963 File - Jenkin Davies, Harlech, 1904, June 14. 18. ISYSARCHB66 19. vtls005739964 File - Jenkin Davies, Harlech,
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