Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1950]-[1973] (accumulated [1968x1973]) / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.009 cubic metres (1 box)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Samuel Evans (1859-1935) was an educational pioneer, and chairman of the Crown Mine, Johannesburg, South Africa. He was born in Ruabon, Denbighshire, and attended Brookside School, Wrexham. From 1878 he worked as a journalist, and then, in 1883, became private secretary to Sir Edgar Vincent, advisor to the Egyptian Government. This ultimately resulted in him becoming the chief controller of the Egyptian Coast Guard Service, 1887, and then inspector-general of the Ottoman Bank, 1890. In 1897, he went to Johannesburg as Vincent's representative, and became a partner in Eckstein and Co., 1898, and chairman of the Crown Gold Mine, 1902. He contributed to the establishment of Witwatersrand University, and was made an honorary LL. D. of that university and the University of Wales. He wrote articles for Y Traethodydd and Llenor. In 1903 he married Katherine Manson and they had three children. He died in Johannesburg on 10 October 1935. H. Guy Edwards (fl. 1968-1969), of Sheffield, a second cousin of Samuel Evans, researched his life, accumulating copies of related material, and wrote a biography.
Archival history
The papers came into the possession of the University of Wales through Mr Alec Wright, Middlesborough, Teesside, who inherited them from H. Guy Edwards.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by the University of Wales per The Registrar, University of Wales Registry, Cathays Park, Cardiff, 1983.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Biographical material relating to Dr Samuel Evans, including photocopies of archive material relating to him and published articles by him, [1968]-[1969]; biographical notes and correspondence on Evans, compiled by H. Guy Edwards, 1968-1969; typescript biography by Edwards, 1969; copy of E. Morgan Humphreys, Gwyr Enwog Gynt (Llandysul, 1950) with a chapter on Evans; and correspondence between Alec Wright and the University of Wales, 1973.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Original order has been retained.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1983, p. 16, at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Location of originals unknown.
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Edwards, H. Guy. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used to compile this description: National Library of Wales, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1983; Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959).