Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - George M. Ll. Davies Papers, (GB 0210 GEOIES) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 05, 2017 Printed: May 05, 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/george-m-ll-davies-papers-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/george-m-ll-davies-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 George M. Ll. Davies 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 1-17. vtls005202389 ISYSARCHB57, Diaries etc,, 1903-1930. ................................................................. 5 18-479. vtls005202396 ISYSARCHB57, Sermons, addresses, articles, etc., .............................................. 6 480a-h. vtls005202761 ISYSARCHB57, Penal reform,, 1907-1917. ........................................................ 21 481a-h. vtls005202770 ISYSARCHB57, Ireland,, 1920-1924. ................................................................. 21 482a-p. vtls005202779 ISYSARCHB57, Education,, 1925-1931. ............................................................ 22 483a-g. vtls005202796 ISYSARCHB57, Reparations,, 1926-1931. ......................................................... 23 484a-o. vtls005202803 ISYSARCHB57, Tom Nefyn Williams,, 1926-1931. .......................................... 24 485/1-56. vtls005202812 ISYSARCHB57, Fellowship of Reconciliation,, 1916-1947. ........................... 24 486-496. vtls005202816 ISYSARCHB57, Poetry,, 1900-1947. ................................................................ 25 497-501. vtls005202828 ISYSARCHB57, Genealogical and miscellaneous notes and memoranda,, [Includes 1907]. .......................................................................................................................................... 26 502-521. vtls005202834 ISYSARCHB57, Certificates,, 1859-1926. ........................................................ 26 522-583. vtls005202843 ISYSARCHB57, Articles, addresses etc. by various authors,, 1903-1949. ........ 27 584. vtls005202895 ISYSARCHB57, Miscellanea., .................................................................................. 30 585-2775. vtls005202897 ISYSARCHB57, Correspondence,, 1826-1948. .............................................. 30 2776-2788. vtls005203662 ISYSARCHB57, Printed matter,, 1920-1946. ................................................ 62 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 GEOIES George M. Ll. Davies Papers, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: George M. Ll. Davies Papers, ID: GB 0210 GEOIES Virtua system control vtls003844099 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1826-1964 (mainly 1900-1947) / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.303 cubic metres (10 boxes, 2 parcels, 3 rolls, 4 volumes) Physical description: Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title supplied from content of fonds. [generalNote]: Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note George Maitland Lloyd Davies (1880-1949) (name changed from G. M. Temple Davies), a Calvinistic Methodist minister, was born in Liverpool, the son of John Davies, a tea merchant, and his wife Gwen, the daughter of John Jones (1796-1857) of Tal-y-sarn, Caernarfonshire, the celebrated Methodist preacher. In 1913, George Davies left his job as the manager of the Wrexham branch of the Bank of Liverpool to become secretary of the Welsh Town Planning and Housing Trust. In 1914, he and Richard Roberts of Blaenau Ffestiniog formed Fellowship of Reconciliation (Cymdeithas y Cymod), a Christian society to promote peace. They published a monthly periodical called Y Deyrnas, 1916-1919. Davies married Leslie Eleanor Royde-Smith in 1916, and they had one child, Jane Hedd. Davies was imprisoned several times, 1917-1919, as a conscientious objector. In 1923, he was elected as MP for the University of Wales as a Christian Pacifist. He was not returned in the next election, and in 1926 he was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church of Wales. He was minister of the churches at Tywyn and Maethlon, Merionethshire, 1926-1930. He spent the following years working among the unemployed Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 GEOIES George M. Ll. Davies Papers, in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire. In 1932, he moved to the Quaker settlement at Maes-yr-Haf in the Rhondda. The Welsh National Pacifist Society was established in 1937, with Davies as president. A pamphlet was published to coincide with the launching, titled Ymorthodwn a rhyfel (We reject war). He retired to Dolwyddelan, Caernarfonshire, in 1946. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Diaries etc, 1903-1930; sermons; addresses and articles, 1916-1948; correspondence, notes and articles relating to penal reform, 1907-1917, Ireland, 1920-1924, education, 1925-1931, reparations, 1926-1931, Tom Nefyn Williams, 1926-1931, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1916-1947; poetry, 1900-1947; genealogical and miscellaneous notes and family papers, 1884-1926; articles and addresses by various authors, 1903-1949; letters to and from George M. Ll. Davies, other members of the family and others, 1826-1964. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Donated to the National Library of Wales by Mrs George M. Ll. Davies, Dolwyddelan, 1951 (NLW, Annual report, 1950-51, p. 39). Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged into the following: Diaries etc.; Sermons, addresses, articles etc.; Penal reform; Ireland; Education; Reparations; Tom Nefyn Williams; The Fellowship of Reconciliation; Poetry; Genealogical and miscellaneous notes and memoranda; Certificates; Articles, addresses etc. by various authors; Miscellanea; Correspondence; Printed matter 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 GEOIES George M. Ll. Davies Papers, Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogues can be accessed on-line from: http://www.llgc.org.uk:81/index.htm. Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material The National Library of Wales also holds the papers of his brother, John Glyn Davies (1870-1953), a group of papers purchased (1936-1938) from another brother, Captain A. Stanley Davies, and a group of letters, c.1900-1944, mainly from George M. Ll. Davies to Captain Davies (NLW annual report, 1960-61, p. 25). 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 • Fellowship of Reconciliation (Great Britain) • Davies, George M. Ll. (George Maitland Lloyd), b. 1880 -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Davies, John, tea merchant. (pwnc) | (subject) • Jones, D. Lloyd (David Lloyd), 1843-1905. (pwnc) | (subject) • Tom Nefyn. (pwnc) | (subject) • Jones, John, 1796-1857. (pwnc) | (subject) • Clergy -- Wales -- Diaries. (pwnc) | (subject) • Education -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject) • Pacifists -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject) • Irish question. (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cyfres | Series 1-17. vtls005202389 ISYSARCHB57: Diaries etc, Dyddiad | Date: 1903-1930. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 GEOIES George M. Ll. Davies Papers, Preferred citation: 1-17. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad