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Papers of Ithel Davies, 1884-1983, relating mainly to his imprisonment as a conscientious objector, 1916-1919; and personal papers, 1884-1983, including poetry and prose.

Birdsall family papers and records of Birdsall & Son Bookbinders, including personal papers, 1889-1972, photograph albums, [c. 1886]-1918, albums of press cuttings, 1856-1960, rubbings of miscellaneous printed books, 1823-1942, glass negatives, [c. 1862]-1904; miscellaneous finishing tools and samples of binding work, 1902-1949, and a framed testimonial presented to Richard Birdsall on the occasion of his marriage, 1872.

Manuscripts of William Thomas (Islwyn, 1832-1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet and hymnwriter.

Papers, [1836x1879], of Thomas Nicholas, including correspondence, journals, sermons, pedigrees and papers relating to Lonsdale House School, Bridgwater.

Deeds, 1568-1959, relating to the Cyfronnydd estate mainly in Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire; records relating to the Aberllefenni Slate Quarry, Merioneth, 1850-1946; a pedigree of the Pryce family [post-1699]; and faculty papers relating to an application for a grave space, 1937-1943.

Deeds and documents acquired by Urdd Gobaith Cymru, relating to lands and property in the parishes of Llangower, Llanymawddwy, and Llanycil, Merionethshire, 1679-1900.

Papers, 1795-1980, mainly relating to John Roberts and his family, including papers, 1846-1888, concerning John Roberts, among them manuscript music, letters to Roberts and press cuttings; papers, 1875-1953, of, or relating to, J. L. Roberts ('Telynor Maldwyn', son of John Roberts); miscellaneous family papers, 1907-1911; stray letters, 1874-1980; music manuscripts, 1848 and undated; miscellanea, 1905-1981; and printed items, 1832-1848.

Records of the Monmouthshire Conservative Association, 1903-1988, including minute books, 1908-1981; records of shareholders, 1929-1961; press cuttings describing local political life, 1945-1947; and printed material, 1948-1968.

Two notebooks containing drafts of poems by Elwyn Davies, 1966-1969 and 1969-1970. Many of the poems were published in his two volumes of poetry, Words Across the Water (Swansea, 1970), and A Lifting of Eyes (Llandybie, 1974).

Medieval medical texts, written in Italy in the fourteenth century: Nicolaus [Salernitanus], Antidotarium (ff. 1-21 verso); [Johannes de Parma], Collectiones omnibus capitulorum libri Mesue (ff. 22-25); Compilatio flebotomie de qualibet vena (ff. 25-26); recipes, 'Cassia fistulatum...' (ff. 26-27); recipes in two later hands of XIV or XV cent. (ff. 27-37).
Folios 1 and 2, 6 and 7, 18 and 19 are palimpsests. The lower script, partly legible under ultra-violet light, is from a book of transacts of a notary, Albericus [?], 'notarius sacri palatii', written not much earlier than the medical texts; there is reference in one document (f. 12) to 'villa de quart' [?Quart, near Aosta].

Letters to Elwyn Davies, translator and poet, from literary friends. They contain personal news and observations on the correspondents' own writing, on Anglo-Welsh literature and on current affairs in Wales. The main correspondents are Raymond Garlick (44) 1963-1980, Glyn Jones (23) 1934, 1944-1981, and Roland Mathias (7) 1965-1972.

A manuscript armorial of English and Welsh families entitled The nomenclature or Heralds Alphabett of Surnames, A-K (vol. I), with additional notes by Peter Le Neve (1661-1729), Norroy King at Arms. Painted coat-of-arms have been affixed to the manuscript at relevant points throughout the work.

Printed Sothebys sales catalogue, Bibliotheca Phillippica, 1895-1908, of the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps of Middle Hill, co. Worcester, and Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham, with marginal notes by W. Roberts of Clapham Park, London.

Papurau T. Rowland Hughes (1903-1949), gan gynnwys copi o'i draethawd MA 'The element of melancholy in English poetry from Widsith to Chaucer' (Prifysgol Bangor, 1928); tystysgrifau BA, 1925, cymhwyster athro, 1926, MA, 1928, a BLitt, 1931; geirda, 1932 a 1939, oddi wrth Ben Bowen Thomas, Coleg Harlech; llythyr, 1935, oddi wrth y BBC, yn cynnig swydd iddo fel cynorthwy-ydd rhaglenni nodwedd yng Nghaerdydd; sgriptiau radio 'Home fires burning', 1940, gyda Jack Jones, a'i nofel 'O law i law', 1945; cytundebau cyhoeddi, 1944-1949, a hawlfraint, 1941 a 1949; nofel mewn teipysgrif 'Good inheritance. A novel of North Wales', [1923-1949]; a chasgliad o'i gerddi mewn teipysgrif gyda chywiriadau - cyhoeddwyd y mwyafrif ohonynt yn Cân neu ddwy (Dinbych, 1948).

A volume, [1813x1815] (watermark 1813), containing translations into English verse, probably by Sir John Bernard Bosanquet (see pencil note on f. 2), of Welsh poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym (ff. 4-5), Aneirin (ff. 6-7 verso), Taliesin (ff. 8-10), Gwalchmai ap Meilyr (ff. 11-13), Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr (f. 14 recto-verso) and Iolo Goch (ff. 16-17 verso).
Also included are notes on the poets and their works (ff. 20-30 verso) and an English translation of triads attributed to Catwg Ddoeth (ff. 18-19 verso). The volume is illustrated with six ink and wash sketches (ff. 3, 4, 5, 11, 17 verso, 26), including one of Cilgerran Castle, Pembrokeshire (f. 4). Frances Elizabeth Lewis (d. 1846), to whom the volume was given (see f. 2), was the sister of Mary Anne (d. 1819), wife of J. B. Bosanquet.

Additional indexes on microfiche to Glamorgan parish registers, as follows, all prepared by members of the Glamorgan Family History Society: Ewenny (priory church of St Michael); Llangennith (St Cennydd); Cheriton (St Cadoc); Aberpergwm and Blaengwrach (St Cadoc and St Mary); Swansea, Waunarlwydd (St Barnabas); Coity (St Mary); Llanmadoc (St Madoc); and Briton Ferry/Llansawel (St Mary and St Clement).

Copïau microffilm o ddyddiaduron Howell Harris (1714-1773) i'w defnyddio gan ddarllenwyr yn lle'r gwreiddiol. = Microfilm copies of the diaries of Howell Harris (1714-1773) to be consulted by readers in place of the originals

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

The fonds comprises papers relating mainly to Kenneth Griffiths's work as a documentary film-maker with some material relating to his work as an actor and to his personal interests, friends and family. It includes typescripts of interviews, research material and correspondence relating to several of his productions including work by and on: Zola Budd, Horacio Nelson, Dr Ambedkar, Roger Casement, the Boer War, Michael Collins, Cecil Rhodes, David Ben Gurion, Stanley Morrison, the American War of Independence, the 24th Regiment in the Zulu War, Emily Hobhouse, Baden-Powel and Alfred Dreyfus. The fonds also includes a manuscript copy of his autobiography The Fool's Pardon, two boxes of newspaper cuttings relating to Kenneth Griffiths's life and work and two boxes of miscellaneous correspondence dating mainly between 1998-2001.