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Papers, [1790]-1921, of and collected by Benjamin Piercy and his estate, relating to civil engineering projects and to the Piercy estate in Flintshire and Denbighshire. They include copies of plans of the following railways: the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay; the Whitchurch, Wrexham and Mold; the Flintshire, Oswestry and Newtown; the Oswestry and Llangynog; the Denbighshire and Shropshire; the North Wales and Birkenhead; the Birkenhead, North Wales and Stafford; the Porthdinlleyn; and the Llangammarch and Neath. There is also a large number of working plans of railways in north-east Wales, particularly those for which Benjamin Piercy was engineer, as well as collections of Acts of Parliament relating to railways in England and Wales, bills, minutes of evidence, speeches, petitions and reports of Railway Commissions. The archive also includes a volume of Acts of Parliament relating to the navigation and conservancy of the river Dee, some Acts relating to north Wales waterworks, copies of correspondence, 1881-1885, between Benjamin Piercy and Henry Robertson of Pale, and minute books, 1888-1920, of the Piercy Trustees, and papers and deeds of Benjamin Piercy's estate mainly in Wrexham, and Marchwiel parish, 1881-1921.

Photocopies relating to the genealogy of Benjamin Williams III whose great grandfather Benjamin Williams (d. 1896) emigrated from Wales in 1853 to the United States and was one of the early Welsh settlers in Middle Granville, New York .

A small collection containing verse and prose compositions by T. E. Griffith ('Beren'), most of the work having been submitted to 'eisteddfodau'.

Early education materials from Lewis School, Pengam, 1934-1936; undergraduate materials at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1936-1940; minute books of the Joint Wages Board of Local Authorities of Monmouthshire, 1922-1951, and bills and receipts from the Gabalfa Nursing Cadet Division of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, 1952-1959.

Papers, 1923-2004, of Bernice Rubens, novelist, writer, and director of documentary films, including manuscript and typescript drafts of her novels, film scripts and plays, and adaptations of them; related press cuttings, interviews and publicity material; business and personal correspondence; and her memoirs and some personal papers.

Original typescript of 'Berriew 1982', a record of the village of Berriew, Montgomeryshire, 1981-1982, by Ailsa Corbett Winder, Berriew, including architectural notes and descriptions of all buildings, together with details of their use and occupants, past and present, and an account of village activities and amenities, illustrated with photographs.

Rate book, [1827x1829], for the parish of Berriew, Montgomeryshire, listing owners and occupiers and description of property by township.

The fonds comprises papers accumulated by Bert Pearce including the minutes and papers of the Communist Party Great Britain, 1921-1998, Communist Party Wales, 1884-2002, and the Democratic Left, 1978-1999. Also included are papers relating to elections, devolution in Wales and Scotland, industry, miners strikes, anti-apartheid, international affairs, peace movement, Peoples March for Jobs, and the poll tax campaign. The accumulated papers reflect Bert Pearce's life work for the Communist Party in Birmingham and Wales, as well as the active part he played in the campaigns listed above. The archive does not contain personal material.

Papers, [c. 1890]-[1974x1978], of Berta Ruck, including notebooks containing journal entries, ideas for fiction, newspaper cuttings and ephemera, 1906-1973; literary and autobiographical manuscripts, typescripts and photocopies, [1950x1955]-[1974x1978]; letters, [c. 1890]-[1972]; poetry, [1920s]-[1930s]; and sketches, [1900x1920].

A copy of Berta Ruck, The Immortal Girl (London, [1925]), with water-colour illustrations, MS insertions and letters. English. Full calf.

Bertram Lloyd's typescript notes on Pembrokeshire folklore, superstitions, dialect words, etc, together with notes by H. W. Evans, Solva entitled 'A Solva Seer and his Prophecies'. (Formerly G. V. Roberts MS.) English. Between boards. Purchased from Patrick Roberts, Pencader, June 1965.

Papers accumulated by Bet Davies, 1985-2012, in her work with the WDA, Japan 2001 festival, a celebration of Japan in Wales, and at The Wales Millennium Centre.

Beth Amdani - comedi un act gan R. Bryn Williams (holograff a theipysgrif). (Gynt R. Bryn Williams MS 79.) Gweler hefyd NLW MSS 18175-18246. Rhoddwyd gan R. Bryn Williams, Llanbadarn Fawr, Tachwedd 1978.

Mynegai ar gardiau a baratowyd gan y rhoddwr ar gyfer llunio'r traethawd ymchwil 'Arolwg o'r Wasg Gyfnodol Gymraeg yn yr Ugeinfed Ganrif' (Aberystwyth, 1977), yn ymwneud â phynciau fel cylchgronau Cymraeg i ferched; cylchgronau i blant; cylchgronau crefyddol; cylchgronau llenyddol; papurau taleithiol; papurau dyddiol; a'r Cymro

An account of services held at Bethania Baptist chapel, Cardigan, 1855-1860 and 1887-1905, with other memoranda relating to the church.

Facsimile copy of a calligraphic book of remembrance to deceased victims of the 1966 disaster at Aberfan, Glamorgan. The original volume was displayed at Bethania Independent chapel, Aberfan, and contained the names, dates of birth, and age upon death of 143 individuals (117 children and 26 adults) who died in the disaster on 21 October 1966, their names arranged under the month in which they were born. The official number of fatalities was 144 individuals (116 children and 28 adults). The identity of the calligrapher, and the circumstances surrounding the creation of the original volume, was unknown to chapel Trustees when asked in 2007.

A list, signed by the minister and deacons of Bethania Congregational Church, Mountain Ash, of members of the church who were recommended to found a new church at Carmel, Penrhiwceiber, 1881.

Typescript transcripts, 1950, 1955, by C. V. Appleton, of a manuscript history and registers of Bethany Baptist Church, St Mary Street, Cardiff.
The typescripts include a transcript, 1955, of a register of church members, 1806-1864 (ff. 6-37), with indexes of surnames and places (ff. 38-51); an incomplete transcript, 1950, of the original register of births, 1804-1837, and deaths, 1807-1814 (ff. 55-62), with an index of names (ff. 63-64); and a transcript, 1955, of part of an early history of the Church, probably written by Thomas Hopkins, a founding member of the Church (ff. 2-4). A covering letter from the donor, 22 July 1955, is included (f. i).

An account by Morgan Parr, Aberdare, of a tea and concert held by Bethany Baptist Church, Pembroke Dock, 8 February, 1938, in honour of the ninetieth birthday of Mr. G. Mathias; together with a printed ticket and a covering holograph letter from Morgan Parr to W. Mathias, son of G. Mathias [1938].