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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.

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.

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unpublished); lecture notes when he was Gregynog Professor of Geography and Anthropology at UCW, Aberystwyth, 1947-1968; papers relating to United Theological College,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, 1769-1891, relating to Penpistyll and other properties in the parish of Llangeler, Carmarthenshire.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, [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.

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.

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].

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.

Deeds and documents concerning lands in Evenjobb, in the parishes of Old Radnor and Presteigne, Radnorshire, 1631-1894; bonds and quitclaims of moneys, 1715-1766; Inland Revenue accounts, 1903-1905, of duty payable on the estate of Thomas Duggan Stephens; and documents relating to Upper Rowley Farm, 1923-1970.

Records of the Welsh portion of the Duchy of Cornwall estate including include ministers' accounts, 1461-1552, of various lordships, including Bromfield and Yale and the March, including its constituent lordships mainly Montgomery; chamberlain's accounts for North and South Wales, 1487, 1520; receivers' accounts, 1544-1620; accounts of receivers of fines and amercements in the Council of Wales and the Marches, 1597-1616; accounts of receivers of Queen Henrietta Maria, 1671-1672; rentals and valuations, 1391-1698, including a rental of the rhingyllship of Iscoed, Denbighshire, 1391; petitions, 1620-?1723; certificates of survey, 1618-1695; surveys of castles, 1618-1625, including Carew, Caernarfon, Brecon, Holt, Beaumaris, Ruthin, Flint and Rhuddlan castles, deeds, 1563-1723; commissions and warrants, 1637-1727; ecclesiastical papers, 1804-1895, mainly relating to a dispute between the Prince of Wales and the Lord Chancellor over the right to patronage to certain ecclesiastical livings in Wales in 1863-1865; and manuscript plans, [c 1600]-[1650], including a manuscript plan of Holt Castle.

Deeds relating to Llancarfan and elsewhere in Glamorgan, 1604-1705.

The playscripts, [1934x2014], comprise translations of plays into Welsh by Emyr Edwards and others which were presented by him to Drama Association Wales in 2005 and English medium plays written by Welsh playwrights or with Welsh connections. = Mae’r sgriptiau, [1934x2014], yn cynnwys cyfieithiadau i’r Gymraeg gan Emyr Edwards ac eraill a gyflwynwyd ganddo i Gymdeithas Ddrama Cymru yn 2005 a dramâu cyfrwng Saesneg gan awduron Cymreig neu â chysylltiadau Cymreig.

Collection of scripts formerly held as stock at the Drama Association of Wales as donations/loans from theatre companies across Wales. The collection also includes some letters from donors, play flyers, stage directions and notes from numerous playwrights/directors.

Personal and professional papers of Dr William Thomas, 1911-1981, including a diary of his time as a prisoner of war in Germany, 1914-1915; letters relating to his contributions on radio and television, 1916-1974; papers relating to his blind son Ian, 1924-1964; papers relating to his son William, 1937-1944; valuations of stock and farm accounts, 1952-1973; and testimonials, 1911-1922, and papers of his sister-in-law Magdalen Morgan, [1920]-1970, including lecture notes and scripts of plays in which she performed.