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Papers relating to Richard Rees ('Maldwyn', 1851-1927), of Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, and Edward Walter Rees, ('Gwallter Dyfi', 1881-1940), of Carmarthen, including correspondence, 1874-1940; printed materials, 1866-1937; papers relating to the National Eisteddfod and the Gorsedd of Bards, 1909-1939; papers relating to the National Petition on the Legal Status of the Welsh Language, 1938-1939; papers relating to Maengwyn Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Machynlleth, 1875-1920; and various papers relating to manifold aspects of Machynlleth life.

Documents collected by Col. Sir John Conway Lloyd, including over a thousand deeds, 1323-1870, relating to properties in the counties of Brecon, Glamorgan, Hereford, Monmouth, Radnor, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Gloucester, and London; together with various documents, including letters and papers relating to the Lloyd family and other estates. In addition, the archive consists of deeds and documents, 1588-1864, mainly of industrial interest accumulated by John Lloyd (1833-1915), pertaining to the New Weare ironworks, Goodrich, Hereford; the Hirwaun ironworks; the Beaufort Iron Company, the Clydach ironworks; the Dowlais Iron Company; and the Bute Works. A substantial group of Dinas Estate records has been transferred to the Maybery Collection.

Papers of John Legonna, including correspondence with Per Denez, Alan Heusaff, Goulven Pennaod (George Pinault), Harri Webb and others; diaries; poetry; prose; autobiographical notes and personal reflections; farming records; college notes on Welsh and Irish history and law; material relating to Legonna's political views and his activities with Welsh and Celtic nationalist organisations, especially Mudiad Gweriniaethol Cymru (Welsh Republican Movement), the Welsh National Party, and the New Nation Movement and its journal, 'Cilmeri'; printed and cyclostyled ephemera; personal and family records; miscellaneous printed material relating to Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'; programmes for local eisteddfodau at Llannon and Llanrhystud; and typescript drafts of unpublished plays.

Papers collected by John Jenkins, mainly records of the manors of Neath Ultra and Cilybebyll, Glamorgan, 1632-1831; and deeds relating to Glamorgan and Brecknockshire, 1546-1933.

Papers of Dr John Henry Jones, 1889-1985, including research papers, 1929-1940; translation notes, 1943-1984; poetry, [1940s]-1953; articles and addresses, 1935-1985; material relating to education in Cardiganshire, 1889-1985; and to Ambrose Bebb's article in Y Genhinen.

The fonds comprises papers, 1895, 1922-1991, relating mainly to Treorchy Male Choir and the history of the Rhondda.

Nineteen deeds, 1701-1891, relating to properties in the parish of Dolgellau, Merionethshire, and in particular to Callestra (Gallestra).

Letters of John Gibson to Mr and Mrs Sandbach, 1839-1865, discussing mainly his professional work and the numerous commissions and requests which he has received. There are also occasional references to domestic and personal news.

Deeds and documents relating mainly to premises in Merioneth and Caernarfonshire, 1653-1782. Some of deeds relate to premises acquired by John Garnons, but most appear to belong to premises owned by his clients.

Papers of John Fraser and E. C. Quiggin, relating mainly to the publication of poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore, [1913]-1937, and including scrapbooks bearing transcripts of poems from the Advocates Library Gaelic Manuscripts and from the Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 477; and six notebooks containing notes on Irish texts, Old Irish grammar, Welsh grammar, Gaelic personal and place names and Gaelic grammar.

Papers of John Fisher, including undated notebooks bearing miscellaneous notes; edited manuscripts of Kynniver Llith a Barn, 1931, and many other lists, catalogues and indexes, including indexes to Folk-lore of Carmarthen, 1895, History of the Gwydir Family, 1927, the Cymmrodor, Volumes 33-40, the Transactions of the Cymmrodorion Society, 1924-1931 and Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1901-1922; 1923-1926; addresses 1904-1916; miscellaneous press-cuttings, 1888-1928; press-cuttings relating to him, 1891-1928; St David's College, Lampeter, examination papers 1884, 1905-1908; D. R. Thomas papers, 1833-1916; and Rev. E. J. Fisher letters and manuscripts, 1932-1934; and miscellaneous manuscripts, 1757-1932.

NLW MSS 5805-5843 came from the library of John Evans (1830-1917), Abermeurig, Cardiganshire, Calvinistic Methodist minister and author of Byr-Gofiant am naw a deugain o weinidogion ymadawedig [y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd] Sir Aberteifi (Dolgellau, 1894), Yr Ail Fyr-Gofiant ... (Dolgellau, 1908), Y Trydydd Byr-Gofiant ... (Dolgellau, 1913), and other works.

Correspondence, 1938-1997, and miscellaneous personal papers, 1944-1995, of John Elwyn, including letters relating to commissions and exhibitions. Among the more notable correspondents are Winifred Coombe Tennant, Nicholas Evans, Alun Hoddinott, Glyn Jones, John Petts, Ceri Richards and Kyffin Williams.

A collection from the library of John Davies, much of which comprises correspondence and sermons, but also includes translations of segments of the New Testament, with commentaries; lectures; poetry; essays; a commonplace book; an account book; almanacs; miscellaneous papers, notes, etc.

Papers, 1807-1919, mainly of John Davies, Carmarthen, including sermons; a notebook of recipes, including some relating to bookbinding; and bidding accounts, 1807, relating to John Davies's wedding. NLW MSS 21861-21863 contain additions in the hand of William Morris, Cydweli.

A collection comprising correspondence, essays, pedigrees, medical recipes, hymns, and transcripts of hymns and poems, together with sermons and miscellaneous extracts and notes. Also included are papers relating to James Owen, Presbyterian minister; account books belonging to John Thomas of Penddol, Llanllwni and to David Davies ('Dafydd y Gof') of Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire; a manuscript in the hand of the Reverend David James ('Dewi o Ddyfed'); and sermons in the hand of the Reverend John Owen, Thrussington.

Letters from publishers, 1931-1967; personal letters, 1943-1962; sketches and notes, [1939]-[1945]; a pocket diary, 1958; academic certificates, 1946-1948; manuscript notes, press cuttings, and testimonials and references, [20th century].

Papers of and relating to the novelist John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) and other members of his family, including his correspondence with family, friends and associates, as well as published and unpublished literary works, diaries, lectures, essays, and material relating to his estate and literary executorship. Also included are correspondence and literary and personal papers of Powys's companion Phyllis Playter (1893-1982), as well as personal and estate papers of members of the Powys family including his father, Charles Francis Powys, his paternal grandfather, Littleton Charles Powys, his uncle, Littleton Alfred Powys, his aunts, the Johnson sisters, and his nephew, Francis Llewellyn Powys.

Research papers and correspondence of John Collwyn Rees, 1949-1979, including academic correspondence, 1956-1978, addressed to Rees; publications, lectures, talks, reviews and notes by Rees, 1953-1978, mainly on J. S. Mill; research papers on political theory, 1951-1979; papers on equality and justice, [c. 1950]-1975; notes on Marxism and Communism, 1951-1974; notes on atomic warfare and disarmament, 1956-1963; notes on philosophy, [c. 1950]-1980; and notes on freedom and liberty, 1960-1978; and miscellaneous papers, 1970-1981.

Records accumulated by John Clement as a civil servant, 1942-1958, including records of the Welsh Reconstruction Advisory Council, 1942-1945; records relating to education and hill sheep farming, 1942-1943; papers relating to the Welsh woollen industry, 1954-1958; and records relating to the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire, 1954-1958.

A further box of papers was received August 2007. This group remains uncatalogued.