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A collection of 297 items, regarding various individuals and matters associated with the Bala-Bangor College. They include registers and account books of chapels; (Rev.) William Ambrose's (Emrys) Manuscripts; notebooks of notes and/or sermons; manuscript copies of sermons; diaries; pictures; college registers; bank books; papers relating to Cilgwyn Chapel; papers relating to Rhaeadr Gwy; a file of papers concerning the attitude of the students towards military obligation; letters; papers of the Headmasters Thomas Rees and John Morgan Jones and of the Rev. R. H. Williams.

A small collection of material of miscellaneous interest acquired by Mr William Griffiths, formerly of Foyle's Bookshop in London, including a letter to him from Nikolai Tolstoy, 1960, and a letter from John Thomas, harpist to Queen Victoria, 1875, and from the soprano Edith Wynne.
Includes five photographs numbered 6394997/1-5 - a studio portrait of German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician & archaeologist Theodor Mommsen by Giacomo Brogi, Firenze; two cartes de visite (cdv) of George Eliot by The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company; a cdv of 'Gladsone & Grandson'; one cdv titled '14 views of Beddgelert' by Francis Bedford.

A small collection of material of Lloyd George interest acquired by Mr William Griffiths, formerly of Foyle's Bookshop in London. It includes a framed photograph of Lloyd George taken in c. 1939-1940, together with a photograph of him as a young politician by John Thomas, c. 1896 (6394992/2), and a family group photograph taken at the same time and including Dame Margaret, three of the Lloyd George children, D. R. Daniel and John Herbert Lewis (6394992/3). There are two letters from Lloyd George to Daniel, dated 1902 and relating to the Penrhyn Quarry dispute and a note from Asquith, dated 1903. A group of letters to William Griffiths, mainly concerning publication matters, include letters from A. J. Sylvester, 1937-1940; Frances Stevenson, later Lady Lloyd-George, 1939 and 1950; Dame Margaret Lloyd George, 1940, and Major Gwilym Lloyd-George, 1945. Other photographs include a signed portrait ca. 1930 (6394992/1); Welsh Troops Picture Postcard Day (6394992/4); two snapshots (6394992/5-6)

Photocopies of official documents held by the Public Record Office relating to Lt Col. Emil Carl Haag of Carmarthen, who served with the 18th Hussars on the North-West Frontier of India with the Tochi Field Force and in the Tirah expedition. He served also through the South African War, being present at the defence of Ladysmith, and was wounded and mentioned three times in dispatches. Later he joined the South African Constabulary, and was in the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Great War with the South Wales Mounted Brigade. Articles relating to him were published in the Carmarthenshire Antiquary, volumes xxxv (1999), xxxvii (2001) and xlvi (2010).

Offprints of the publications of Welsh-Australian archaeologist Professor Rhys Maengwyn Jones (1941-2001), Australian National University, Canberra, together with a curriculum vitae prepared by Betty Meehan and Sally Brockwell.

Manuscript pencil sketch, [1965], of Alun Hoddinott's 'Dives and Lazarus', a cantata for soprano and baritone soloists, choir and orchestra, with words written and adapted by Gwynno James.
The work was commissioned for the 1965 Farnham Festival and first performed on 20 May 1965. Also included is a manuscript copy of the words [?in the hand of Gwynno James] (ff. ii-iii) and a letter from Hoddinott to Felix Aprahamian, [28] March 1966 (f. i).

Papers, 1953-1958, relating to the sinking of HMS Conway in the Menai Straits in 1958, including four postcards, a photograph, press cuttings, together with a sketch of the ship drawn in 1958 by the donor Joan Connell from the Menai Suspension Bridge.

A survey of the burial ground of Y Graig Independent church, Machynlleth, undertaken by Machynlleth Women’s Institute, October 1984. = Arolwg o fynwent Eglwys Annibynnol y Graig, Machynlleth, gan Sefydliad y Merched y dref, Hydref 1984.

A transcript of the notebook of Kurt Ockert (1920-2011), a German Prisoner of War, posted to work in Radnorshire during the Second World War who married a Welsh girl from Presteigne and lived there until his death. It was transcribed by the donor George P. Lancett after Kurt Ockert's death in November 2011.

Four genealogical studies of Welsh families who emigrated from Cardiganshire to Jackson County, Ohio, compiled by the donor. They comprise David J. Thomas and his wife Jessdinah (1988); the Roderick family of Tyn-y-mynydd, Blaenpennal (2007); the Williams family of Bronyfynwent, Lledrod (2007); the Williams family of Henbant, Lledrod (2007); together with a copy of Reverend William R. Evans, History of Welsh settlements in Jackson and Gallia counties of Ohio (1988).

Deunydd a grynhowyd gan John Roberts, trefnydd ac ysgrifennydd cyffredinol yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, yn ymwneud yn bennaf â dathlu canmlwyddiant y Wladfa yn 1965, gan gynnwys llythyrau at y rhoddwr am y 'bererindod i Batagonia' a drefnwyd gan Undeb Cymry Ariannin ac ag ymweliad chwech ymwelydd o Batagonia i Gymru y flwyddyn honno. Ceir llyfr lloffion yn cynnwys ffotograffau yn ymwneud â’r daith i'r Wladfa a llungopi o erthygl Lewis H. Thomas, 'From the pampas to the prairies. The Welsh migration of 1902', a gyhoeddwyd yng nghylchgrawn Saskatchewan History.

A collection of documents, 1651-[19 cent., first ½], relating to the Commonwealth and Protectorate in England. They include a warrant, 7 November 1651, from the Council of State, signed by its president John Bradshaw, authorising the merchant Charles Longland to act as their agent in Livorno, Tuscany, in supplying the parliamentarian fleet and providing intelligence (item i); a commission, 15 October 1655, from Oliver Cromwell (signed 'Oliver P.'), appointing George Langford as chirurgeon [surgeon] in Col. Goffe's regiment of horse (item ii); and a further commission, 11 July 1659, from Parliament, signed by W[illia]m Lenthall, Speaker, appointing Langford to the rank of Cornet in a troop of horse under Col. Thomas Saunders (item iii).
Also included is an engraving, 1793, of a 1654 portrait of William Lenthall (item iv); and an engraving, [19 cent., first ½], depicting the trial of Charles I (item v). Two of the documents have papered seals affixed: Cromwell's private seal (item ii) and the seal of the Council of State (Item i).

A scrapbook concerning Dr D Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981), including letters, 1926-1977, from Dr Lloyd- Jones, some relating to his decision to give up medicine and accept a call to minister at Sandfields Forward Movement Mission, Port Talbot, compiled by E. T. Rees, church secretary. It also includes press cuttings, 1926-1968, and family and chapel photographs.

Seventeen photos,mainly snapshots, some annotated on the reverse, most of which relate to a holiday or holidays in Poland in 1928. One passport type photo is annotated on the reverse 'Kazik Szumowski, London, 12/viii/1931'. The same individual can be identified in other photos wearing Polish military uniform. Amongst the annotated photos are a camp organised by the Polish YMCA, hiking in the Tatras mountains and a group of Polish military officers. The four postcards in the collection are two portraits of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a group of girls in swimming costumes dancing on a beach and a real photographic card of a group of young men with bicycles.

Diary, 1820, of the Rev. John James, the first Unitarian minister in Cardiganshire, and schoolmaster, who was a minister at Gellionnen and Pantydefaid chapels, together with a copy of an article by the donor entitled 'A glimpse of life in West Glamorgan in 1820 from the Rev. John James' Diary', published in the Glamorgan Family History Society Journal, December 2009.

A volume containing offprints and articles relating to Welsh Gypsy folk-tales, mainly from the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, collected and edited by John Sampson.