A collection which includes poetry, correspondence, notebooks and miscellaneous papers.
Ellis Owen Manuscripts
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 MSELLOWEN
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004295247(alternative) (WlAbNL)0000295247
- Dates of Creation
- [1600] x [1872]
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Welsh English Welsh, English, unless otherwise specified.
- Physical Description
- 27 vols
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Ellis Owen (1789-1868), farmer, antiquary and poet, was born at Cefn-y-meysydd Isaf, Eifionydd, Caernarvonshire, where he spent his entire life. In 1846 he founded Cymdeithas Llenorion Eifionydd at Cefn-y-meysydd in order to promote the area's literary culture, a society which attracted many of the leading lights of the day in that field. A collection of Owen's poetical and prose works was published posthumously in 1877 under the title Cell Meudwy.
Arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 998-1024.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Donated to the Library in 1917.
Note
Ellis Owen (1789-1868), farmer, antiquary and poet, was born at Cefn-y-meysydd Isaf, Eifionydd, Caernarvonshire, where he spent his entire life. In 1846 he founded Cymdeithas Llenorion Eifionydd at Cefn-y-meysydd in order to promote the area's literary culture, a society which attracted many of the leading lights of the day in that field. A collection of Owen's poetical and prose works was published posthumously in 1877 under the title Cell Meudwy.
Other Finding Aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Archivist's Note
July 2005.
This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943) and The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940 (Oxford, 1959).
Additional Information
Published