Hugh Ellis Manuscripts

Papers, 1851-[1925x1931], from the library of Hugh Ellis, containing material by or relating to Ellis and members of his family. They include notebooks of his grandfather Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys); autograph essays and scrapbooks compiled by Gweirydd's son John Robert Pryse (Golyddan) and a scrapbook compiled by Gweirydd's daughter Catherine Prichard (Buddug); a short biography of Golyddan by Gweirydd ap Rhys for publication in Enwogion Cymru; draft articles on Golyddan by Hugh Ellis; letters relating to Golyddan's work; transcripts by Hugh Ellis of Golyddan's poetry; and six volumes containing material collected by Hugh Ellis in the course of compiling Hanes Methodistiaeth Gorllewin Meirionydd (Dolgellau, 1928), which includes the original manuscript of the work.

Hugh Ellis (1857-1931), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author, was the grandson of historian and writer Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys, 1807-1889) and the brother of the Rev. R. Pryse Ellis, Glascoed. He attended Bala Theological College and the University College of North Wales, Bangor, before beginning his ministering work at Pennal in April 1888, from where he transferred, in 1890, to Maentwrog. He was the author of Hanes Methodistiaeth Gorllewin Meirionydd, Volume III (Dolgellau, 1928) and of five memorial articles on John Robert Pryse (Golyddan, 1840-1862) in the periodical Cymru.

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 10296-10313.

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Mrs M. Ellis, widow of Hugh Ellis; Blaenau Ffestiniog ; Purchase ; 1935

Hugh Ellis (1857-1931), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author, was the grandson of historian and writer Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys, 1807-1889) and the brother of the Rev. R. Pryse Ellis, Glascoed. He attended Bala Theological College and the University College of North Wales, Bangor, before beginning his ministering work at Pennal in April 1888, from where he transferred, in 1890, to Maentwrog. He was the author of Hanes Methodistiaeth Gorllewin Meirionydd, Volume III (Dolgellau, 1928) and of five memorial articles on John Robert Pryse (Golyddan, 1840-1862) in the periodical Cymru.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1931); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953); NLW Full Catalogue on-line; Archives Network Wales on-line.

Title based on contents.

Formerly Hugh Ellis MSS 1-18.

Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), pp. 211-212.

September 2008 & June 2011.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifan.

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See also Bangor University, Reverend Hugh Ellis Papers.

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