The early life of Bishop Owen,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Reference
- GB 210 Box 5/1.
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- [c.1919].
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Incomplete manuscript of The early life of Bishop Owen, up to 1919, for the period 1854-1872. 'Early days at Ysguborwen', 'Parentage' and 'Bottwnog school-days' are missing.

Note

Preferred citation: Box 5/1.

Additional Information

Published

Archive Record|Table of contents

Bishop John Owen Papers,JOHNOW

Diaries,Box 1/1.

Diaries,Box 1/2.

Diaries,Box 1/3.

Diaries,Box 1/4.

Diaries,Box 1/5.

Diaries,Box 1/6.

Note books,Box 1/7.

Note books,Box 1/8.

Note books,Box 1/9.

Scrapbook,Box 1/10.

Address book,Box 1/11.

Speech,Box 1/12.

Owen family history,Box 1/13.

Hanes Dafydd - Brenin Israel,Box 1/14.

Memoirs,Box 2/1.

Note books,Box 2/2.

Personal papers,Box 2/3.

Letters,Box 2/4.

'Early days',Box 2/5.

Letters etc,Box 2/6.

Llandovery,Box 2/7.

Tithe rent charge,Box 2/8.

Dean of St Asaph,Box 2/9.

Letter and papers,Box 2/10.

Papers,Box 2/11.

Letters,Box 2/12.

Letters,Box 2/13.

Letters and newspaper cuttings,Box 2/14.

Correspondence and printed matter,Box 2/15.

Intermediate Education Act for Wales,Box 2/16.

Llandovery,Box 2/17.

Newspaper cuttings,Box 2/18.

Notes,Box 2/19.

Library catalogue,Box 3/1.

Speeches, letters etc,Box 3/2.

Sermons,Box 3/3.

Disestablishment and disendowment,Box 3/4.

Disendowment and justice,Box 3/5.

Speeches,Box 3/6.

Educational matters etc,Box 3/7.

Letters,Box 3/8.

Letters,Box 3/9.

Letters,Box 4/1.

Disestablishment,Box 4/2.

Memoirs,Box 4/3.

Obituary,Box 4/4.

'Book Mark',Box 4/5.

Letters,Box 4/6.

Mr Hartwell Jones and Bishop Owen,Box 4/7.

Letters,Box 4/8.

Letters of family interest,Box 4/9.

Letters received,Box 4/10.

Letters re. appointment of the Dean of St Davids,Box 4/11.

Letters of congratulation on appointment to bishopric of St Davids,Box 4/12.

Miscellaneous letters,Box 4/13.

The early life of Bishop Owen,Box 5/1.

The early life of Bishop Owen,Box 5/2.

Memoirs,Box 5/3.

Letters,Box 6/1.

Letters and papers,Box 6/2.

Letters and sermons,Box 6/3.

Memorandum IV,Box 6/4.

1901 Memorandum,Box 6/5.

Correspondence,Box 6/6.

Letters to Dean Richards and others,Box 6/7.

Letters re. the 1902 Education Bill,Box 6/8.

Letters to Mrs Owen,Box 6/9.

Letters,Box 6/10.

Education and Lloyd George, the Western Mail,Box 6/11.

Letters,Box 6/12.

Miscellaneous papers,Box 6/13.

Letters,Box 6/14.

Letters dealing mainly with diocesan and political matters,Box 6/15.

Miscellaneous letters,Box 7/1.

Letters re. the Welsh Church Commission etc,Box 7/2.

Miscellaneous letters,Box 7/3.

Letters to Mrs Owen from the bishop,Box 7/4.

Letters and newspaper cuttings, mainly diocesan matters,Box 7/5.

Correspondence with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners,Box 7/6.

Ciorrespondence,Box 7/7.

Correspondence,Box 7/8.

Miscellaneous correspondence,Box 7/9.

Letters and newspaper cuttings,Box 8/1.

Letters and newspaper cuttings,Box 8/2.

Papers relating to the Welsh Church Act etc,Box 8/3.

Welsh Church Act,Box 8/4.

Welsh Church Joint Committee and Commutation sub-committee meetings,Box 8/5.

Queen Anne's Bounty and Representative Body,Box 8/6.

Representative Body and the Welsh Church Act,Box 8/7.

Letters discussing disestablishment, endowments etc,Box 8/8.

Letters discussing the National Mission, Welsh Church Act, and other business,Box 8/9.

Letters,Box 8/10.

Correspondence,Box 8/11.

Letters to Samuel James,Box 9/1.

Letters to Canon Pearce and Sir John Llewelyn,Box 9/2.

Press cutting and letters,Box 9/3.

Miscellaneous letters,Box 9/4.

Miscellaneous letters,Box 9/5.

Letters and speeches,Box 9/6.

Letters,Box 9/7.

Letters to newspaper editors,Box 9/8.

Small bundle of letters, mainly to Mrs Owen,Box 9/9.

Miscellaneous letters,Box 9/10.

Correspondence, memoranda and press cuttings,Box 9/11.

Replies to letters of condolence and printed memoranda,Box 9/12.

Extracts from correspondence,Box 9/13.

Acts and Bills for amending and postponing the Welsh Church Act,Box 9/14.

Correspondence,Box 9/15.

Correspondence and printed material,Box 10/1.

Letters and newspaper cuttings,Box 10/2.

Loose memoranda, printed items and some letters,Box 10/3.

Letters to Lord Cecil,Box 10/4.

Papers,Box 10/5.

Letters and papers,Box 10/6.

Letters and newspaper cuttings,Box 10/7.

Correspondence,Box 10/8.

Miscellaneous correspondence,Box 10/9.

Papers,Box 10/10.

Letters and printed matter, mainly concerning tithe and disendowment,Box 10/11.

Miscellaneous letters,Box 11/1.

Tithe and the Welsh Church Bill; diocesan and personal correspondence,Box 11/2.

Letters, mostly to Amelia (Ame) his wife,Box 11/3.

Folder entitled 'Letters from the Bishop to Mrs Owen, 1918',Box 11/4.

Letters,Box 11/5.

Folder entitled 'Supplement to 1918, letters of a political nature',Box 11/6.

Letters to Archdeacon Lloyd and Sir John Llewelyn,Box 11/7.

Letters,Box 11/8.

Letters and some printed material,Box 11/9.

Papers,Box 11/10.

Bundle of files,Box 11/11.

Correspondence with the Bishop of Swansea; diocesan matters,Box 11/12.

Correspondence mainly with Mrs Owen,Box 11/13.

Letters discussing diocesan matters, including the Cathedral Constitution,Box 11/14.

Correspondence with the Dean of St Davids, and the Anglo-Catholic pilgrimage,Box 12/1.

Small bundle of letters,Box 12/2.

Bundle of correspondence files,Box 12/3.

Correspondence and papers,Box 12/4.

Correspondence,Box 12/5.

Correspondence with Frank Morgan and others dealing with diocesan and political matters,Box 12/6.

Letters to Frank Morgan,Box 12/7.

Folder of correspondence,Box 12/8.

Correspondence with Judge Sankey,Box 12/9.

Correspondence,Box 12/10.

Papers,Box 13/1.

Correspondence with non-Welsh bishops and archbishops, or their representatives,Box 13/2.

File of newspaper cuttings and a few photographs,Box 13/3.

Bundle of printed matter,Box 13/4.

Cardiff convention of the Church in Wales,Box 13/5.

Typescript extracts from Randall Davidson, by Bell, 'Bishop of Chichester, and the Welsh Church',Box 13/6.

File of historical notes, tributes and obituaries,Box 13/7.

Early drafts of the Later life of Bishop Owen, including notes and correspondence,Box 13/8.

Manuscript notes on the political background of the years 1914-1919,Box 13/9.

Fourteen letters from John Owen to the Earl of Rosebery,Box 13/10.

Bishop Owen and public affairs,Box 13/11.

Papers and notes,Box 13/12.

Memoranda,Box 14/1.

Typescript notes on public affairs,Box 14/2.

Typescript draft of The early life, 1872-1897,Box 14/3.

Typescript draft of The early life, chapters 1-18,Box 15/1.

Typescript draft of The later life, chapters 1-31,Box 15/2.

Typescript draft of The later life, chapters 19-30,Box 15/3.

Typescript draft of The later life, chapters 1-31,Box 15/4.

Manuscript of 'The later life of Bishop John Owen, a son of Wales', chapters 1-30,Box 16/1.

Manuscript of 'The later life of Bishop John Owen, a son of Wales', chapters 32-34,Box 16/2.

Minutes of the united deaneries of Brecon, and various printed items,Box 16/3.

Memoranda,Box 16/4.

Church extensions in Swansea and Gower; mainly printed reports,Box 16/5.

Caldey Island, Strata Florida and Llanthony Abbey,Box 16/6.

Dilapidations correspondence,Box 16/7.

Cefn cemetery, Merthyr Tudful,Box 16/8.

Notes on Welsh history,Box 16/9.

Interesting signatures,Box 16/10.

Centenary of Bishop Owen's birth,Box 16/11.

Letters and papers,Box 16/12.

Newsletters and publications,Box 16/13.

Printed addresses and circulars relating to tithe,Box 17/1.

Ecclesiastical Commissioners financial accounts and statistics,Box 17/2.

Letters, printed material, memoranda etc,Box 17/3.

Memoranda,Box 17/4.

Diocesan Board of Finance,Box 17/5.

Proceedings of the Cardiff convention of delegates from the four dioceses,Box 17/6.

Collection of quotations, extracts of letters, and statistics,Box 17/7.

The 'Million Pound Fund' appeal,Box 17/8.

Commutation capital,Box 17/9.

Disestablishment and disendowment, speeches, accounts, and newspaper cuttings,Box 17/10.

Folder containing papers of the Livings and Diocesan Fund,Box 17/11.

St Davids Board of Finance, sustentation fund etc. (mainly printed),Box 17/12.

Tax and insurance documents,Box 17/13.

Voluntary and parochial contributions,Box 18/1.

Extensive collection of newspaper cuttings,Box 18/2.

Letters from Bishop John Owen to his wife Amelia and children (August 2017 Donation)Box 19/1

Letters from Bishop John Owen to his childrenBox 19/2

Letters from Bishop John Owen to his daughter MyfanwyBox 19/3

Letters from Bishop John Owen to his daughter MyfanwyBox 19/4

Letters from Amelia Owen to her daughter MyfanwyBox 19/5

Letters from Amelia Owen to her daughter MyfanwyBox 19/6

Letters from Amelia Owen to her daughter NestBox 19/7

Letters from Amelia Owen to her daughtersBox 19/8

Letters from Amelia Owen to her daughter Gwenonwy (Gwen)Box 19/9

Letters to Amelia OwenBox 20/1

Letters from Griffith Einion OwenBox 20/2

Letters from John Peredur (Perry) OwenBox 20/3

Letters from Andrew Geraint Joseph OwenBox 20/4

Letters from B[etha] H[ills] J[ohns], DolaucothiBox 20/5

Funeral of Bishop John OwenBox 20/6

Bishop John Owen miscellaneaBox 20/7

Family photographsBox 20/8 (i-iii)

Recollections of Gwenonwy Davies and The Very Reverend John Thomas DaviesBox 21/1 (i-iv)

Biographical notes on family membersBox 21/2