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| Name of Library: |
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru |
| Address: |
Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3BU |
| The National Library of Wales |
| Purpose and main user community of the library |
| M-F 09.30-18.00, Sa 09.30-17.00 |
| Via ILL, but only for duplicate copies of Welsh/Celtic material. |
| Periodicals - Back Issues |
| The library has for many years subscribed to the three series of commercially produced |
| microfilm of British books 1475-1800. A considerable proportion of the filmed material is |
| theological. A considerable collection of CD-ROMs. Also manuscripts, archives, microfilms, |
| sound and moving images, maps, pictures and photographs. |
| Church in Wales: records of all Welsh dioceses; |
| Calvinistic Methodist Archives: records of the Presbyterian Church of Wales; |
| Significant amounts of records for Baptists, Congregationalists, and Wesleyan Methodists. |
| Extensive additions because copyright library |
| Exceptionally strong in the context of Wales (material in Welsh and other languages). All other |
| Includes portions of the following theological libraries: |
| Baptist College Library, Bangor, North Wales; |
| Carmarthen Presbyterian College Library; |
| Congregational Memorial College Library, Swansea; |
| Presbyterian Church of Wales, Foreign Mission Library, Liverpool; |
| Trefeca Pre-Theological College Library: Including the library of Howel Harris 1714-1773; |
| United College of the Calvinistic Methodists Library, Aberystwyth; |
| Llandaff Cathdral Library: a small portion including the more valuable and rare books; |
| St Asaph Cathedral Library: the greater part of the collection; |
| Thomas Witton Davies (1851-1923) Collection: Includes texts in the Hebrew language and |
| Dr Lewis Evans (1898-1978) Collection: books and pamphlets chiefly concerning Morgan |
| Llwyd, the Welsh Puritan and Jacob Boehme, the German mystic (ca. 100 vols.); |
| Gwilym Owen (1886-1979) Collection: Theological books in the English language published in |
| Dr Rowland Williams (1817-1870) Collection: Mainly on OT studies, including texts in Hebrew |
| and Syriac and also works on Church of England doctrine; |
| Calvinistic Methodist Archives: relating to the history of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism (includes |
| some printed books), records of the Presbyterian Church of Wales; |
| Edmund Jones (1702-1793) Collection: Congregational minister's library. |
| The library has acquired the remains of the following Bray Libraries: |
| Darowen (Powys) Parochial Library; |
| Llanboidy (Carmarthenshire) Parochial Library. |
| Church in Wales: records of all Welsh dioceses. |
| Significant amounts of records for Baptists, Congregationalists, and Wesleyan Methodists. |
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EEBO Early Books Online |
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online |
| Manuscript |
| Theological/Religious studies in the context of Wales. Strong also as a resource for |
| Theology/Religious studies in the context of Britain as a whole. A considerable amount of |
| Computer, microfiche (of old card catalogue) |
| Photocopying, Microfilming, Digitisation, WWW access |
| The National Library of Wales is no longer the headquarters for an inter-lending scheme. |
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