Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales. Cymorth chwilio Finding Aid - Gwen Rees Roberts Papers, (GB 0210 GWERTS)

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1 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio Finding Aid - (GB 0210 GWERTS) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) Argraffwyd: Mai 06, 2017 Printed: May 06, 2017 Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau ANW a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH archives.library.wales/index.php/gwen-rees-roberts-papers-2 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Allt Penglais Aberystwyth Ceredigion United Kingdom SY23 3BU gofyn@llgc.org.uk

2 Tabl cynnwys Table of contents Gwybodaeth grynodeb Summary information... 3 Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol Administrative history Biographical sketch... 3 Natur a chynnwys Scope and content... 4 Trefniant Arrangement... 5 Nodiadau Notes... 4 Pwyntiau mynediad Access points... 5 Disgrifiad cyfres Series descriptions vtls (WlAbNL) , Diaries and travel notes,, 1950-[1989] vtls (WlAbNL) , Mizoram,, vtls (WlAbNL) , Notes on religious themes,, Tudalen Page 2 -

3 Gwybodaeth grynodeb Summary information Lleoliad Repository: Teitl Title: ID: Virtua system control number [alternative]: GEAC system control number [alternative]: Dyddiad Date: Disgrifiad ffisegol Physical description: Lleoliad ffisegol Physical location: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn Note [generalnote]: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales GB 0210 GWERTS vtls (WlAbNL) / (dyddiad creu date of creation) cubic metres (1 box) ARCH/MSS (GB0210) English Welsh Latin Chinese Samoan French Title based on contents. Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol Administrative history Biographical sketch Nodyn Note Gwen Rees Roberts ( ) was a Calvinistic Methodist missionary in Mizoram, India, from 1944 until Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen Page 3

4 Born at Morfa Nefyn, Caernarfonshire, in 1916, she attended schools in Cricieth, Porthmadog and Pwllheli, where she developed a lifelong enthusiasm for Sunday Schools, the Brownies, and other social, educational and religious groups for children. She was drawn towards overseas missionary work whilst in her teens, and from 1935 to 1939 she studied at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where she gained a BSc. and a Diploma in Education and Certificate in Teaching. In 1938, the Presbyterian Church of Wales Foreign Mission Committee offered her a teaching post in Mizoram (formerly Lushai), Assam, India, dependent upon her training first at the interdenominational Carey Hall Women's Missionary Training College, Birmingham, in Prevented by the war from travelling to Mizoram, she taught at Llandudno for a while and then spent four years teaching in Porthmadog. She eventually arrived in Aizawl, Mizoram, in 1944, where she became Headmistress of the Welsh Mission Girls' School, which was renamed the Presbyterian Church Girls School in Like all the missionaries in Mizoram, Gwen Rees Roberts was given a Mizo name - in her case, Pi Teii - and she learned the Mizo language, conducting some of her work through it. Whilst in Aizawl, she worked for the Mission, the Synod Standing Committee and both the British and Indian governments, her duties including teaching (in the high school, a number of colleges, the Aizawl night college, and Sunday Schools) and work with women's groups, which often entailed visiting Mizo villages; she also wrote a number of school textbooks, for example on the history and geography of Palestine, which she visited in She remained in Mizoram until 1968, when, after a rare trip home, she was prevented from returning to Mizoram by a Mizo nationalist insurrection. Although she returned to visit Mizoram in 1974, 1985 and 1994, and never relinquished her close ties there, she lived at Bala, Meirionnydd, from 1968, working as a Liaison Officer to the Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church in Wales until her retirement in She was an active member of the Mission Board until 1999, and lived in Bala until her death in A subscription fund was set up in her memory in the town in 2002, and the proceeds divided between Capel Tegid, Coleg y Bala and the Presbyterian Church of Wales Foreign Mission Committee. Natur a chynnwys Scope and content The fonds comprises papers of Gwen Rees Roberts, , relating to her educational, religious and social activities both in India and in Wales, including diaries and travel notes, 1950-[1989], school and university certificates, , CVs, , correspondence, articles, reports, pamphlets and press cuttings relating to her work and friends in Mizoram, , and papers concerning her family genealogy, ; also included are papers, 2002, relating to the Gwen Rees Roberts Memorial Fund. Nodiadau Notes Nodiadau teitl Title notes Ffynhonnell Immediate source of acquisition Deposited on behalf of the estate of Gwen Rees Roberts by Hywel Davies and Co.; Bala; March 2002; C2002/2, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen Page 4

5 Further deposit by Bala College; April 2002; C2002/2, Trefniant Arrangement Arranged chronologically into three series: Diaries and travel notes; Mizoram; Notes on religious themes; and three files. Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad Restrictions on access Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued witheir readers' tickets. Amodau rheoli defnydd Conditions governing use Usual copyright laws apply. Disgrifiadau deunydd Related material Some personal papers of Gwen Rees Roberts are NLW CMA GZ/37 and HZ1/37/1-22, and slides, photographs and ephemera are also in NLW (acquisition numbers ). Ychwanegiadau Accruals Accruals are unlikely. Nodiadau eraill Other notes Statws cyhoeddiad Publication status: Published Dynodwr sefydliad Institution identifier: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Pwyntiau mynediad Access points Roberts, Gwen Rees, Archives. (pwnc) (subject) Missionaries -- India -- Mizoram. (pwnc) (subject) Missionaries -- India -- Lushai. (pwnc) (subject) Women missionaries -- India -- Mizoram. (pwnc) (subject) Women missionaries -- India -- Lushai. (pwnc) (subject) Calvinistic Methodists -- Missions -- India. (pwnc) (subject) Women missionaries -- Archives. (pwnc) (subject) Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen Page 5

6 Disgrifiad cyfres Series descriptions Cyfres Series 1. vtls (WlAbNL) : Diaries and travel notes, Dyddiad Date: 1950-[1989]. (dyddiad creu) (date of creation) Natur a chynnwys Scope and content: The series contains Gwen Rees Roberts's diaries, , together with notebooks she kept on visits to parts of Britain and many countries in Asia and Europe, 1959-[1989]. Disgrifiad ffisegol Physical description: 20 vols. Lleoliad ffisegol Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Iaith y deunydd Language of the material: English Nodyn Note: Preferred citation: 1. Pwyntiau mynediad Access points: Roberts, Gwen Rees, Diaries. (pwnc) (subject) Trefniant Arrangement: Arranged chronologically. Cod cyfeirnod Ref code 1/1. vtls (WlAbNL) /2. vtls (WlAbNL) /3. vtls (WlAbNL) /4. vtls (WlAbNL) /5. vtls (WlAbNL) /6. vtls (WlAbNL) /7. vtls (WlAbNL) /8. vtls (WlAbNL) Ffeil / rhestr eitemau File / item list Teitl Title Dyddiadau Statws mynediad Cynhwysydd Dates Access status Container File - Diary, /1 (1). File - Diary, /2 (1). File - Diary, 1952, /3 (1). File - Diary, /4 (1). File - Diary, /5 (1). File - Travel notes - India and Nepal, /6 (1). File - Diary and travel notes - India, /7 (1). File - Travel notes, 1962, 1963, 1979, /8 (1). Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen Page 6

7 1/9. vtls (WlAbNL) /10. vtls (WlAbNL) /11. vtls (WlAbNL) /12. vtls (WlAbNL) /13. vtls (WlAbNL) /14. vtls (WlAbNL) /15. vtls (WlAbNL) /16. vtls (WlAbNL) /17. vtls (WlAbNL) /18. vtls (WlAbNL) File - Diary, /9 (1). File - Travel notes - India, Scotland, England and Wales, 1965, , /10 (1). File - Diary, /11 (1). File - Diary, /12 (1). File - Diary, January-March /13 (1). File - Diary, March- 1/14 (1). November File - Travel notes and postcards, /15 (1). File - Travel notes - Scotland, Wales and England, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, /16 (1). File - Travel notes - England and Wales, 1977, /17 (1). File - Travel notes - Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, Cyfres Series 2. vtls (WlAbNL) : Mizoram, Dyddiad Date: (dyddiad creu) (date of creation) Natur a chynnwys Scope and content: [1989]. 1/18 (1). The series contains material, , relating to Gwen Rees Roberts's life and work as a missionary in Mizoram, including the contacts she retained there after returning to Wales. Disgrifiad ffisegol Physical description: 3 folders. Lleoliad ffisegol Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Iaith y deunydd Language of the material: Nodyn Note: Preferred citation: 2. Cod cyfeirnod Ref code 2/1 vtls (WlAbNL) /2. vtls (WlAbNL) /3. vtls (WlAbNL) Ffeil / rhestr eitemau File / item list Teitl Title Dyddiadau Statws mynediad Cynhwysydd Dates Access status Container File - Circular letters 1945-[1990s] 2/1 (1). File - Pamphlets and articles, /2 (1). File - Letters, press cuttings and articles, /3 (1). Cyfres Series 3. vtls (WlAbNL) : Notes on religious themes, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen Page 7

8 Dyddiad Date: (dyddiad creu) (date of creation) Natur a chynnwys Scope and content: The series contains notes for addresses by Gwen Rees Roberts to religious groups in Bala and elsewhere in North Wales, 1995 and Disgrifiad ffisegol Physical description: 2 volumes. Lleoliad ffisegol Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Iaith y deunydd Language of the material: Nodyn Note: Preferred citation: 3. Cod cyfeirnod Ref code 3/1. vtls (WlAbNL) /2. vtls (WlAbNL) /1. vtls (WlAbNL) /2. vtls (WlAbNL) /3. vtls (WlAbNL) Ffeil / rhestr eitemau File / item list Teitl Title Dyddiadau Statws mynediad Cynhwysydd Dates Access status Container File - Notebook, /1 (1). File - Notebook, /2 (1). File - Educational certificates, CVs, and /1 (1). genealogical research papers, File - Visitors book for Zoram, Bala, /2 (1). File - Gwen Rees Roberts Memorial Fund, /3 (1). Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen Page 8