Letters written to Thomas Rowland Roberts from various correspondents, 1901 - 1911, including Trebor Aled; Gabriel Hughes, Rhyl; Rev. John Owen, Cricieth, to name but a few. The subjects vary from the history of notables from Rhyl, to the burial places of various individuals.
Thomas Rowland Roberts (Asaph) Letters
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- Dates of Creation1901 March 22 - 1911 October 17
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- Language of MaterialWelsh, and English.
- Physical Description18 items
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Administrative / Biographical History
Born in St. Asaph, Flintshire, 1857?, Thomas Rowland Roberts worked in Caernarfon as a clerk in a solicitors office, acting as a translator and short-hand secretary. In 1909 he started his own accountancy business in Colwyn Bay.
He was editor of the Genedl Gymreig for a short while and author of several books, including Barddoniaeth Edmwnd Prys, Archddiacon Meirionydd, (1899) and Eminent Welshmen a short biographical dictionary of Welshmen who have attained distinction from the earliest times to the present, (1908). He died in 1940.
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Arranged chronologically and incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts
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Note
Description compiled by Elen Wyn Hughes, April 2002.
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An item level typescript catalogue is available at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor. Reference numbers : General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts 15625 - 15642
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