Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Ellis W. Davies Papers, (GB 0210 EWDAVIES) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 06, 2017 Printed: May 06, 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/ellis-w-davies-papers-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/ellis-w-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 Ellis W. 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 1-5. vtls005190238 ISYSARCHB10, Diaries and commonplace books,, [c. 1911]-1927. .......................... 5 6-14. vtls005190244 ISYSARCHB10, Journals,, 1889-1938. ..................................................................... 6 15-30. vtls005190254 ISYSARCHB10, Correspondence. [N.B. A few of the letters are copies of letters by EWD Some of the more noteworthy correspondents are ...,, 1889-1937. ................................................... 7 31-40. vtls005190271 ISYSARCHB10, Papers,, 1902-1946, [1960x1969]. ............................................... 8 41-48. vtls005190282 ISYSARCHB10, Correspondence (additional). Some of the more noteworthy correspondents are listed in brackets. Readers requesting individual letters should give the file ...,, 1908-1939. ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 49-51. vtls005190291 ISYSARCHB10, Liberal Land Enquiry,, 1913-1925. ............................................ 10 52-55. vtls005190295 ISYSARCHB10, The Calvinistic Methodist Bill, 1933. Correspondence, press cuttings and printed matter concerning the 1933 Act to Amend the Constitution of ...,, 1885-1933. ........ 10 56-64. vtls005190300 ISYSARCHB10, Press Cuttings,, 1909-1939. ....................................................... 11 65-73. vtls005190304 ISYSARCHB10, Miscellaneous,, [1889]x1953. .................................................... 11 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 EWDAVIES Ellis W. Davies Papers, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Ellis W. Davies Papers, ID: GB 0210 EWDAVIES Virtua system control vtls003844570 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1889-[1960s?] / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.153 cubic metres (17 boxes) 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 contents of fonds. [generalNote]: Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Ellis William Davies (1871-1939), solicitor and politician, was born at Gerlan, Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, and educated in Bethesda and Liverpool. He worked as a clerk in insurance offices in Wrexham, Denbighshire, and Sheffield, Yorkshire, until he qualified as a solicitor in 1899, after which he established a law practice in Caernarfon and lived there for the rest of his life. A political radical, he was elected to Caernarfonshire County Council in 1904, later becoming an alderman, and he was also director of several business companies and solicitor for the North Wales Quarrymen's Union. In 1906 he was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for the Eifion division of Caernarfonshire, and retained his seat until 1918, during which time he sat on committees investigating land reform, the jury system, reform of the electoral system, compulsory purchases by local authorities, and reform of the House of Lords. He returned to Parliament as MP for Denbigh in 1923, but resigned in 1929 on grounds of ill health. In 1932, he was prominent in the discussions of the Presbyterian Church of Wales on formulating a parliamentary bill Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 EWDAVIES Ellis W. Davies Papers, relating to the church. He joined the Labour party in 1936, only to leave in 1938 because of its foreign policy. He died in 1939. Hanes Gwarchodol | Custodial history After Ellis Davies's death in 1939, his papers were retained by Sir Idris Foster, author of the article on him in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography. On the latter's death in 1984, some of Davies's papers were found among Sir Idris's papers which had been donated to the Library. Davies's journals and some correspondence were subsequently discovered at Jesus College, Oxford, and forwarded to the Library in 1984/5 through the good offices of Professor D. Ellis Evans, Sir Idris's successor as Professor of Celtic at Oxford. All the afore-mentioned papers have now been drawn together for cataloguing. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Papers of Ellis Davies, 1889-1939, comprising his diaries, journals, correspondence, press cuttings, addresses, articles and memoirs, together with printed and typescript memoranda, reports, policy documents and official publications, including relating to the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church in Wales, 1911-1927, the Liberal land enquiry committee, 1913-1925, foreign policy, 1930s, and the Calvinistic Methodist Bill, 1933. Also included are articles and galley proofs for a volume of reminiscences, Pobl a phethau 1906-36, intended for publication but not published by Llyfrau'r Dryw, 1946, and a notebook belonging to Sir Idris Foster containing notes from Davies's journals and papers [? 1960s]. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Bequeathed by Ellis Davies in 1939 and donated by his son, Mr Richard H. Ellis Davies, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, in August 1998. The bequest was transferred by Sir Idris Foster and Professor D. Ellis Evans, Oxford, in the 1980s. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged into the following: diaries and commonplace books; journals; correspondence; papers; correspondence (additional); Liberal land enquiry; Calvinistic Methodist Bill, 1933; press cuttings; miscellaneous. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 EWDAVIES Ellis W. Davies Papers, 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. Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids A hard copy of the catalogue is available in NLW, Minor lists and summaries, 1985 and NLW, Minor lists and summaries, 1999. 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 • Davies, Ellis W. (Ellis William), 1871-1939 -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Davies, Ellis W. (Ellis William), 1871-1939 -- Diaries. (pwnc) | (subject) • Local government -- Wales -- Caernarfon. (pwnc) | (subject) • Politicians -- Wales -- Diaries. (pwnc) | (subject) • Election districts -- Wales -- Eifionydd. (pwnc) | (subject) • Eifionydd (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cyfres | Series 1-5. vtls005190238 ISYSARCHB10: Diaries and commonplace books, Dyddiad | Date: [c. 1911]-1927. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 1-5. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 EWDAVIES Ellis W. Davies Papers, Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1. vtls005190239 File - Pocket diary, 1915. 1. ISYSARCHB10 2. vtls005190240 File - Pocket diary, 1917. 2. ISYSARCHB10 3. vtls005190241 File - Pocket diary, 1918. 3. ISYSARCHB10 4. vtls005190242 File - Commonplace book containing [c. 1911]. 4. ISYSARCHB10 notes on the Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church in Wales, [c. 1911], 5. vtls005190243 File - Commonplace book containing 1912-27. 5. ISYSARCHB10