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The fonds comprises research material relating to drovers and drove roads in Wales, and in other parts of Britain and Ireland, reflecting R. G. Avent's interest in the subject. The papers include manuscript notes, notebooks and offprints from journals and magazines, together with some related publications. Also included is a card index containing references to relevant printed sources, some of which are cross-referenced with the notes.

Research papers of R. F. Treharne and some later items, 1924-1974, mainly comprising notes, manuscript and typescript drafts, and proofs, of articles, books and lectures, together with related correspondence, all relating to mediaeval history, particularly the baronial reforms; together with a manuscript dissertation on Walter de Cantilupe, Bishop of Worcester, 1924, by Ellen Roberts, later Mrs Treharne.

Papers of Richard Emrys Bonsall, mainly architectural papers relating to buildings in the Aberystwyth area, Cardiganshire, 1930-1964, including notebook with architectural notes, [c. 1930]-1935; diary of Hywel Owen Jones, 1930-1933; contract certificate counterfoils, 1938-1963; building specifications, 1946-1964; papers relating to alterations to the Wynnstay Arms Hotel, Oswestry and the Royal Hotel, Llangollen, 1955-1964; and copy letters from him, 1959-1961.

This collection is from the library of Robert Davies Roberts and relates principally to family history and to the antiquities of Denbighshire.

Papers of and acquired by R. Bryn Williams, mainly relating to the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, including a diary of Joseph Seth Jones, one of the first wave of emigrants on the Mimosa to Patagonia, 1865, and correspondence, 1865-1868; correspondence of his brother, Robert Charles Jones, 1867-1877; copy records of the Welsh courts in Y Wladfa, 1872-1881; letters and minute books relating to Vrondeg Baptist Chapel, 1875-1887, Gaiman, 1877-1891, Eglwys Llanddewi, 1891, Eglwys Bryn Gwyn and Cyfarfod Misol Y Wladfa (Calvinistic Methodists), 1881-1955; papers relating to the Centenary Celebrations of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, 1952-1962; letters from the founders of the Welsh colony, 1866, and from others who had experienced life there; letters to R. Bryn Williams from Patagonia and from Wales relating to Patagonia, [c. 1941-1961]; research notes and manuscripts of books and radio plays by R. Bryn Williams, 1942-1962; miscellaneous records relating to Wales and elsewhere collected by Williams, 1865-1962; papers relating to John S. Williams, 1901-1962; papers and press cuttings on the history, culture and industry of Patagonia, 1869-1962; and typescripts of published and unpublished works, lectures, scripts, etc.

The papers relate mainly to R. A. Williams's period of active service, including his certificate of service, 1934-1945, programmes of services, concerts etc., 1941-1944, medical notes, 1941, and various miscellanea.

A collection which includes Welsh, Latin and English vocabularies, miscellaneous notes and extracts, a diary of 1811, Latin and other school exercises and a fairly substantial amount of correspondence. Also forming part of this collection are manuscripts and documents connected with the family of Edwards of Chirk.

Estate and family records of the Puleston family of Emral, Flintshire, [14 cent.]-[19 cent.], comprising deeds relating to the Puleston estates mainly in Flintshire and Denbighshire, 1394-1849; judicial proceedings, 1546-1791; rentals and surveys, 1485-1786; estate accounts, bills and other financial papers, 1568-1847; manorial records, mainly for the manor of Shocklack, Cheshire, 1461-1788; business correspondence, 1551-1816, mainly 1770s-1790s; and deeds, legal papers and correspondence relating to the Irish estates of the Parry family of Dublin and the Price family of Bryn y Pys, Denbighshire, relating mainly to premises in Dublin, 1485-1795, including papers of John Parry, bishop of Ossory.

Papers of the family of Jones and Pughe-Jones of Ynysgain, Cricieth, Caernarfonshire, 1501-[c. 1955], including deeds, mostly relating to the Cricieth area and to Merionethshire, 1501-1890; and an account book, 1614-1918.

Student notebooks, 1696-1817, of members of the Pughe family, consisting of John Tibbots' lecture notes on theology, 1696-[early 18 cent.], Richard Pughe's lecture notes on anatomy, [c. 1754], and Robert Pughe's lecture notes on anatomy and surgery, 1816-1817.

Papers of the Pugh family of Argoed, Llanfair, Merioneth, including deeds, 1698-1914; manuscripts (NLW MSS 17692-3, 17698-708, 17711-13), 1706-1893, mainly relating to the Reverend William Pugh, curate and rector of Llanfair-juxta-Harlech; letters, 1777-1873 NLW MS 17714E), and accounts, 1774-1892 (NLW MSS 17694-7, 17709-10).

The fonds comprises papers relating to Professor Thomas Jones's professional and personal life, including his career and research interests, 1922-1972; correspondence and personal papers, 1932-1979; and papers, 1945-1981, of his wife, Mary Eileen Jones (Mair).

Research and personal papers of Professor Morgan Watkin (1878-1970), scholar and university professor of French at Cardiff and Swansea. The archive also includes a small group of papers of his son, Dr Iestyn Morgan Watkin, once Chief Medical Officer for Cardiganshire and papers of the Jenkins' family (family of his wife).

Papers of Prof. Richard Aaron, 1904-1981, comprising drafts of Knowing and the Function of Reason (Oxford, 1971), and of 'Comte, Mill and Durkheim: the epistemological issues', [?1970s]; reviews of Aaron's published works and related material, 1936-1972; draft lectures, articles and teaching notes, 1956-1977; personal and family papers, 1904-1977; personal and academic correspondence, 1932-1976; correspondence relating to the resignation of Goronwy Rees as Principal of UCW, Aberystwyth, 1956; minutes, correspondence and papers relating to the Central Advisory Council for Education (Wales), 1946-1951, the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire, 1958-1963, and the BBC General Advisory Council, 1963-1971; discussion papers for meetings of the British Academy, 1980-1981; and papers relating to Welsh-medium higher education, 1955-1975. With the exception of Knowing and the Function of Reason, there appear to be no papers relating to his books.

Fourteen diaries, 1908-18 and 1935-37, of William Aaron (1864-1937), itinerant tailor and father of Professor Richard I. Aaron, containing occasional newspaper cuttings relating to events of the time; October 2024.

Literary papers of Professor Gwyn Williams including typescript texts of This Way to Lethe with notes and correspondence, [c. 1962]; notes for The Avocet, [c. 1970]; material relating to his poetry collections including manuscript and typescript drafts, [1970]-[1980]; typescript and manuscript texts for Troelus a Chresyd, 1954-[1976]; papers relating to Person and Persona, [c. 1981], An Introduction to Welsh Literature, [c. 1978], and ABC of (D.) G. W., [c. 1981]; material relating to translations of Welsh poetry, [1950]-[1976]; material relating to The Land Remembers book and series, [c. 1977]; radio scripts, 1954; texts, drafts, notes, correspondence, maps and photographs relating to his travel writing, [1963]-[1975]; and correspondence with publishers and the BBC, 1951-1978.

Additional literary papers including manuscript works and notes, typescript poems, plays, articles and reviews were received in July 2018; a list and bibliography compiled by the family are inserted in the first box.

Research and personal papers of Dafydd Jenkins, comprising correspondence, drafts and other papers relating to his articles and books, [1937]-1997; correspondence, 1935-1989, on subjects including legal and academic matters, 1972-1991, evening classes given by DJ on agricultural subjects, 1944-1957, the New Welsh Language Act Campaign, 1983-1987, broadcasting, 1950-1963, and publishing, 1942-1989; papers concerning the Welsh language, 1972-1992; papers, 1938-1939, relating to the Welsh Language Petition, including circulars and newsletters; papers relating to British Legal History Conferences, 1971-1995, and International Congresses of Celtic Studies, 1967-1975; correspondence, minutes and other papers relating to organisations including Plaid Cymru, the National Eisteddfod, Undeb Cymru Fydd, the Sociological Group of the Church in Wales and the Milk and Dairies Tribunal for Wales, 1947-1979; ecumenical papers relating to Siloh Calvinist Methodist Chapel, Aberystwyth, 1958-1970; miscellaneous papers relating to various associations, societies, and organizations, 1969-1996; printed material relating to Plaid Cymru and Denmark, 1938-1970.

Deeds, 1547-1788, relating mainly to the family of Howell of Eastlake, parish of Amroth, Pembrokeshire, 17 cent., and Lloyd of Clochfaen, Montgomeryshire, 18 cent.

Forty-one deeds and documents, 1758-1921, relating to the estates of the Priestley family of Hirdrefaig and the Panton family of Garreg-lwyd and Plas-gwyn, co. Anglesey, in the parishes of Beaumaris, Llanrhuddlad and Pentraeth, co. Anglesey, Beddgelert and Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, co. Caernarfon, Llanfrothen, co. Merioneth, Finchley, co. Middlesex, and in the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate, city of London, including a probate copy of the will of William Barton Panton of Garreg-lwyd, 1875.

Deeds, 1674-1905, relating to properties mainly in Radnorshire, including deeds of the town hall or market house, stalls and standings and tolls of corn on market and fair days within the borough of Knighton, and deeds of the collegiate church, college and chantry of Llanddewibrefi, Cardiganshire, and deeds relating to the manor of Norton, Radnorshire.

Records of the Presteigne branch of Toc H, 1935-1971, including minute books of executive, group, and special meetings, 1935-1971; minute book of the Programme Committee, 1938-1943; weekly subscription book, 1938-1943; and publications, 1958-1971.