David Evans (Cribyn) Papers,

Papers of the Rev David Evans, [1851]-1993, comprising papers relating to Cribyn Unitarian Chapel, Cardiganshire, including notebooks and volumes containing various chapel accounts, 1851-1927; papers relating to Cribyn Day school, 1888-1942, including account books, 1888-1909, one of which contains the Cwmiago household and farming accounts, 1904-42, and class attendance registers, 1890-1905; volumes of David Evans' sermon notes, [1893x1946]; addresses, [1880x1950]; plays, [1880x1950]; poetry [not written by David Evans], [1880x1950]; prose works, [1880x1950]; religious material, [1880x1950]; miscellaneous papers, [1880x1993], including recollections of Rev. David Evans by his great-great niece Gwenlyn E. Thornton; and printed material, 1865-1950.

The Rev. David Evans (1860-1950) was a Unitarian schoolmaster in Cwmiago, Cribyn, near Lampeter, Cardiganshire.

Arranged into the following: Cribyn Unitarian Chapel and Cribyn Day School records; personal papers of David Evans and family, comprising sermons, addresses, plays, poetry, prose works, religious material, miscellaneous family papers, and printed material.

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Donated (with NLW MSS 23182-4) by Mrs Gwenlyn Thornton, Rhydyfelin, Aberystwyth, October 1993.

The Rev. David Evans (1860-1950) was a Unitarian schoolmaster in Cwmiago, Cribyn, near Lampeter, Cardiganshire.

Title supplied from contents of fonds. Some papers written by the great-great niece of the Rev. David Evans post-date his death.

A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1994, pp.16-20, at the National Library of Wales.

May 2003

Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1994.

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Three miscellaneous items received with this collection have been placed in the NLW series of manuscripts (NLW MSS 23182-4).

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