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Records of the Dunraven estate, principally in Glamorgan, belonging to the Wyndham and Wyndham-Quin families of Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan, earls of Dunraven, and of Clearwell, Gloucestershire, and papers of the associated families of Edwin and Thomas of Llanfihangel-juxta-Cowbridge, including deeds, [early 13 cent.]-1939, mainly for lands in Glamorgan; rentals, surveys and accounts, 1348-1483, 1688-1951, mainly relating to properties in Glamorgan; manorial records, 1548-1936, relating chiefly to numerous manors in Glamorgan, legal papers, 1685-1895; and correspondence, 1791-1918.

Press cuttings relating to Wales and Welsh culture, such as religion, politics, literature, music, education, St. David's Day celebrations and the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, individuals, and the National Library of Wales [1895]-[1939].

Cant tri deg a saith o ddyddiaduron, 1914-1995, John Alaska Davies (1902-1995), Gorrig, ger Llandysul; ynghyd â'i lyfrau nodiadau; dyddiadur, 1915, ei dad Thomas Davies (m. 1916); ei chwaer Rachel Ann Davies, 1915, gyda chyfraniadau helaeth gan John Alaska Davies; a'i fab Geraint, 1942, a gollodd ei fywyd mewn damwain awyren yn bedair ar bymtheg oed.

Papers, [c. 1722]-1948, of, or relating to, poet and artist John Dyer and his family, brought together by W. H. D Longstaffe, including notebooks, [c. 1722]-1756, of John Dyer; transcripts, [1847x1855], of his poems; a manuscript compiled by his nephew William Charles Dyer, 1761-1763; copies, [19 cent., second ¼]-1854, of letters addressed to his nieces; genealogical notes, 1756-1948, by W. H. D. Longstaffe and others relating to the Dyer family; and a collection of engravings, dated 1736-1841.

Dyfed Family History Society publications on microfiche comprising indexes to Pembrokeshire baptisms, 1813-37 and 1838-1900; Pembrokeshire burials, 1813-37; and the 1851 census returns for the Pembrokeshire enumeration districts of Cenarth (that part of the district lying in Pembrokeshire only), Fishguard, Haverfordwest, Narberth, Newport, Pembroke, St David's and Steynton. The towns of Pembroke Dock and Haverfordwest are excluded since separate indexes are available for these two towns

Papers relating to Dylan Thomas and to the Dylan Thomas Trust, [1944x1947]-1975, comprising miscellaneous personal items of Dylan Thomas, 1948-1953, letters addressed to him, 1952-1953, contracts, 1951-1953, and his manuscript map of Llareggub, [1944x1951]; passports of Dylan, Caitlin and Colm Thomas, 1947-[1961]; a fragment of a memoir by Caitlin Thomas, [?1957]; and letters relating to the Trust, mainly addressed to Stuart Thomas, 1953-1975.

Title deeds of the Dinefwr estate, 1514-20 cent., in Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire; rentals and accounts, 1587-1777; court rolls of the manor of Iscennen, 1660-1710; a series of copies of royal grants, 1481-1517, to Sir Rhys ap Thomas; and documents relating to the attainder of Rice Griffith, 1531, and to efforts to reverse the attainder, 1547 to temp. James I; records of the Neath Abbey estate, including records of the manor of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, from 1602; and coal-mining records, Glamorgan, 18 cent.-19 cent.

Academic papers of Edward Arthur Lewis, [c.1910]-1941, comprising abstracts from medieval and modern public records, including Chancery, Exchequer, Star Chamber and Court of Requests Proceedings, Ministers' Accounts, Subsidies, Chamberlains' Accounts, Pleas before the Justice of North Wales, and Quarter Sessions and Great Sessions records; abstracts from the Powys, Wynnstay, Brogyntyn, and Bronwydd Archives, with schedules of manorial records contained in these deposits; memoranda on the Welsh records in the Public Record Office; abstracts of records and notes on the lordships of Cydewain, Arwystli, Cyfeiliog, Broniarth, and Ardudwy; material for the history of Welsh boroughs (supplementing that published in Lewis, E. A., Medieval Boroughs of Snowdonia (London, 1912)); collections for the study of Welsh trade, commerce, customs duties, industry, shipping and agriculture; drafts of studies on Welshmen in London and the Welsh Fair (Barnet) from the Sessions Records of Middlesex in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Rebecca Movement, the Abbey of Strata Florida, claims of the study of Welsh History upon the attention of the University of Wales, country life in medieval Merioneth, the Kyffin family, the Raglawship of Cardiganshire, the coal and tobacco trade in Pembrokeshire; reports on theses and essays; and letters from Sir William Llewellyn Davies (1887-1952), Sir John Edward Lloyd (1861-1947), and others.

Additional bound copies of typescript transcripts and indexes of census returns and parish registers compiled by the late E. Alwyn Benjamin, Penarth, including census returns, 1841-81, for North Cardiganshire Rural Districts and for Aberystwyth and district, 1841-81.

Sermons, addresses, poems, and other papers of E. Ceredig Jones.

Deeds and documents, 1769-1891, relating to Penpistyll and other properties in the parish of Llangeler, Carmarthenshire.

Notebooks, 1920-1923, copy of thesis entitled 'Daearyddiaeth Hanesyddol ac Economig Cymru'; drafts of published works, including Saints, seaways and settlements in the Celtic lands (1969), Dewi Sant. Nawdd Sant Cymru / Saint David. Patron Saint of Wales (1983) and 'Distribution of the Crown Livings in England and Wales . . . 1539' (?unpublished); lecture notes when he was Gregynog Professor of Geography and Anthropology at UCW, Aberystwyth, 1947-1968; papers relating to United Theological College, 1976-1983; papers relating to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1978-1983; correspondence addressed to him, 1925-1982; maps, diagrams and posters prepared by him [20th century]; and miscellaneous papers, 1924-1981.

Deeds and documents, mostly relating to cos Ang. and Mer. Several items relate to the Lloyd family of Dduallt, Ffestiniog, co. Mer., 1551-1740. The collection also includes overseer's accounts and other parochial records relating to the parish of Llandyfrydog, co. Ang., 1828-1869.

Papers of the Rev. E. K. Jones, 1780-1949, including correspondence, 1887-1931; family papers, 1891-1936; diaries, 1885-1936; sermons, [c. 1890]-[c. 1930]; press cuttings, 1885-[1930s]; papers relating to his publications, 1877-1950; and records collected by the Rev. Jones relating to baptism in Wales, 1780-1949, including records of the Welsh Baptist Union, 1896-1944; records of the Denbigh, Flint, and Merioneth Baptist Association, 1864-1949; Welsh Baptist yearbooks, 1843-1946, and sermons and papers relating to various Welsh Baptist ministers and chapels, 1780-1942.

NLW MSS 5906-5910 were presented in 1928 by E. L. Roberts, Calvinistic Methodist minister, Saltney Ferry, Chester.

Deeds and documents, 1703-1865, relating to lands in the township of Bodran, Llanfyllin, 1703-1838, the townships of Main and Peniarth, Meifod, 1786-1865, and in Guilsfield, 1828, all in Montgomeryshire.

Research papers of E. M. R. Ditmas, 1919-1980, including material on art history and on folklore, 1919-1980; bibliographical, topographical, personal and subject indexes on Arthurian and mediaeval studies; papers relating to the International Arthurian Society; typescript drafts of studies of the Tristan legend and Geoffrey of Monmouth, [1960s], and correspondence concerning their publication, 1960-1972.

Eleven uniformly bound volumes containing typescript translations into English, together with introductions, notes, glossaries and indexes by Edward Napleton Dew of the works of Gerald of Wales ('Giraldus Cambrensis').

Manuscripts and papers, [1890x1936], of Edward Owen Davies, comprising articles, essays, addresses and notes relating to theological, biblical and ecclesiastial matters, some of which are based on or transcribed from printed sources; material, including reports and notes of proceedings, relating to European Christian conferences and councils, 1923-1937; material relating to the study of theology at the University College of North Wales, Bangor and in Welsh schools; diaries of E. O. Davies recounting his travels in the Mediterranean, the Lebanon and Israel during 1909; and correspondence of E. O. Davies, 1909-1923.

Manuscripts once belonging to E. Penllyn Jones (d. 1902), Calvinistic Methodist minister and librarian of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, comprising notes on the psalms; transcripts by Thomas Charles Edwards (1837-1900) of miscellaneous correspondence; examination answers, 1871; and essays on education in Wales and on Welsh hymn writers.