E. O. Davies Manuscripts,

Manuscripts and papers, [1890x1936], of Edward Owen Davies, comprising articles, essays, addresses and notes relating to theological, biblical and ecclesiastial matters, some of which are based on or transcribed from printed sources; material, including reports and notes of proceedings, relating to European Christian conferences and councils, 1923-1937; material relating to the study of theology at the University College of North Wales, Bangor and in Welsh schools; diaries of E. O. Davies recounting his travels in the Mediterranean, the Lebanon and Israel during 1909; and correspondence of E. O. Davies, 1909-1923.

Edward Owen Davies, Calvinistic Methodist minister and author, was born in Betws Gwerfyl Goch. He began his ministerial and theological training at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth in 1885 before continuing his studies at Mansfield College, Oxford, then at universities in Bonn, Heidelberg, Gottingen and Kiel. He was ordained in 1894 and ministered in Liverpool before being appointed lecturer at Bala Theological College in 1897, where he remained for the next ten years. He delivered the 1913 'Davies Lecture' on 'The Miracles of Jesus'. In 1919 he took up the post of general secretary of the reconstuction commission of the North Wales Association; Davies's work for the commission culminated in the guidance through the church's courts and the final passing through Parliament in 1933 of the Bill to amend the constitution of the church and to enlarge its powers . He served as moderator of the North Wales Association in 1922 and 1935 and as moderator of the General Assembly in 1928. From 1924 to 1926 he was secretary of the joint committee which prepared the Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodist hymn-book. He died at Bangor in 1936.

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 12299-12349.

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Mrs E. O. Davies, widow of E. O. Davies; Bangor; Presentation; 1939

Edward Owen Davies, Calvinistic Methodist minister and author, was born in Betws Gwerfyl Goch. He began his ministerial and theological training at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth in 1885 before continuing his studies at Mansfield College, Oxford, then at universities in Bonn, Heidelberg, Gottingen and Kiel. He was ordained in 1894 and ministered in Liverpool before being appointed lecturer at Bala Theological College in 1897, where he remained for the next ten years. He delivered the 1913 'Davies Lecture' on 'The Miracles of Jesus'. In 1919 he took up the post of general secretary of the reconstuction commission of the North Wales Association; Davies's work for the commission culminated in the guidance through the church's courts and the final passing through Parliament in 1933 of the Bill to amend the constitution of the church and to enlarge its powers . He served as moderator of the North Wales Association in 1922 and 1935 and as moderator of the General Assembly in 1928. From 1924 to 1926 he was secretary of the joint committee which prepared the Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodist hymn-book. He died at Bangor in 1936.

Title based on contents.

Formerly known as E. O. Davies 1-51.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 12299-12349.

The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).

January 2010.

Description 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 IV (Aberystwyth, 1971); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig on-line site, viewed 8 January 2010;

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