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Literary, research and personal papers of Louis P. Nemo (Roparz Hemon, 1900-1978), comprising personal and general correspondence, 1941, 1947-1978; manuscript and typescript drafts of novels and novellas, short stories, poetry and plays; drafts of articles by Roparz Hemon and collected by him as editor of Ar Bed Keltiek; research papers, including notes and transcripts of Breton literary texts; miscellaneous fragments of manuscript and typescript draft translations into English; personal papers, including papers collected by Roparz Hemon or submitted to him by other authors and scholars; notebooks relating to the Breton language, drafts of Breton dictionaries including Geriadur Istorel ar Brezhoneg, and drafts of articles on the Breton language; notes on other Celtic languages, including Irish, Welsh and Manx, and notes on Esperanto; papers relating to organisations of Breton or Celtic interest including Skourr Breizh ar C'hendalc'h Keltiek, the Breton Branch of the Celtic Congress; papers of other Bretons, including Francois Vallée (1860-1949) and Dr Louis Dujardin (1885-1969); and miscellaneous notes and papers, [1940s]-[1950s], chiefly relating to Breton and Irish, mainly in the hand of Anton Ar Roue, cook and gardener to Roparz Hemon.

Papers of Rose Mabel Lewis, 1873-1917, comprising journals, 1874-1912, including a journal containing an account of her honeymoon journey to the USA and Canada, together with a short story, 'The Shepherd Lord', notes on painting, knitting patterns and cookery recipes and other journals containing details of journeys to Jamaica, London and France, Las Palmas and Brittany; literary manuscripts, including notebooks with poetry and prose drafts, 1873-[c. 1914]; and printed material, 1891, 1917.

Papers of the Rosser family comprising personal letters, 1785-1844; legal, financial and business papers, 1763-1844, including letters, 1765-1832, accounts, 1764-1791, bonds, 1765-1787, bills and receipts, 1783-1844, and wills, [1777]-1818.

Papers of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, 1881-1991, including minute books, 1881-1902; correspondence, 1886-1956; financial records, comprising ledgers, registers, cash books, annual statements, turnstile receipts and receipt books, 1886-1991; and registers of pictures, 1899-1931.

Records of the School, 1950-1975, and of TG Richards, Headmaster 1965-1973. The records comprise a school log book, 1950-1969; a pupils' leaving book, 1957-1968; newspaper cuttings, [1965x1975]; notes compiled by the donor about his father, TG Richards, [2016]; photocopy of a short history of the School, written in 1967; and a CD containing scenes of school events and activities, compiled from 8mm cine film taken by TG Richards in the 1960s.

Records of the Society from its formation in 1904 until 1955, comprising minutes of council and committee meetings and secretary's reports

This collection consists of war diaries, 1916-1918, of the 14th (Service Battalion), Royal Welsh Fusiliers. The diaries, with some entries written in the hand of Major Wynn Wheldon, give a day-to-day chronicle of the activities of the battalion on the Western Front including reports on operations and actions, particulars of casualties, etc.

Records, 1949-1986, mainly of the Ruthin Branch, Denbigh division Conservative Association, including minute books, 1949-1983; correspondence, mainly with Geraint Morgan, 1959-1983; membership and subscription records, 1959-1978; papers relating to general elections, 1979-1983; general papers relating to the Ruthin branch, 1980-1983; and records of the Clwyd South West Conservative Association, 1982-1986, including correspondence, newsletters, minutes of committees, list of members and balance sheets.

Rentals, surveys and accounts, 1334-1852, relating mainly to the lordship of Ruthin or Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire; court records of the lordship of Ruthin, 1439-1850, including court books, 1718-1817, and court files, 1741-1849; estate correspondence, [early 17 cent.]-1848; and deeds, 1444-1854, relating to the lands of the lordship of Ruthin, mainly in Denbighshire. Most of the records relate to the period when the lordship was owned by the Myddelton family of Chirk Castle.

Papers of S. Islwyn Evans, 1923-1973, comprising his articles, essays and addresses, together with related press cuttings and other material, concerning the south Wales coalfield; also included are a few items concerning the history and geology of the coal industry in Gloucestershire and Somerset.

Papers and books from the library of Samuel James Evans, 1668, 1782-1824, [1860x1938], comprising papers of educational interest, including papers relating to the Departmental Committee on Rural Education in Wales, 1927-1930, papers relating to rural education in general, 1911, 1925-1928, Llangefni County School, 1908-1935, and education in general, including publications and papers of various institutions, societies and committees, [after 1883-1936]; pamphlets mainly relating to education and the Church in Wales, [1904x1938]; newspaper cuttings relating to education, general topics and derivations, meaning, spelling and variations of Welsh words, [c.1919]-[1930]; letters to S. J. Evans relating mainly to education, [c. 1920]-1936; papers relating to the history of Anglesey, including notes and scrapbooks, pamphlets, newspaper cuttings, letters to S. J. Evans, related and miscellaneous matter, [1645x1938]; miscellaneous papers, 1668x1935]; together with the published works of S. J. Evans, 1909-1911.

Manuscripts from the library of S. T. Evans, including account books; a copy of Walter de Gray Birch: Notes on the Inscription of the Carew Cross, Pembrokeshire, with related material; an illuminated address, 1902; anthems, hymns tunes, etc.; miscellaneous notes; etc.

Letters to Sam Adams from prominent literary figures, including material submitted to him by them for publication, and some related correspondence between other parties, together with files on Geraint Goodwin and Alun Lewis.

The Samuel Holland Manuscripts are the papers of Samuel Holland (1803-92), a pioneer of the North Wales slate industry and Liberal member of Parliament for the county of Merioneth from 1870 to 1885.

Papers, 1866-1939, of the artist Samuel Maurice Jones (1853-1932), including notebooks, letters, lectures and addresses, family genealogical data, newspaper cuttings and other miscellaneous papers; together with letters written to his father, the Rev. John Jones (1820-1886), and a notebook belonging to his brother, John Maurice Jones (1845-1869).

Papers, 1901-1991, of dramatist, poet and literary critic John Saunders Lewis consisting mainly of correspondence and comprising letters, 1914-1955, between Saunders Lewis and Margaret Lewis (née Gilcriest), including letters written whilst Saunders Lewis was serving in the First World War and whilst he was imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs in 1937; letters, 1919-1984, to Saunders Lewis from various correspondents, including seventy-three letters, 1923-1983, from Kate Roberts, and fifty-three letters and cards, 1948-1974, from artist and writer David Jones, together with letters, 1937, to Margaret Lewis from David Jones and from various correspondents to her, 1919-1951; letters, 1919-1924, to Saunders Lewis from his father Lodwig Lewis, and letters, 1952, 1984-[c. 1986], to Mair Saunders Jones, daughter of Saunders and Margaret Lewis, including a letter, 1952, from Kate Roberts; together with autograph and typescript drafts of plays by Saunders Lewis, 1936-1983, articles, notes and addresses by him, including students notebooks of 1914-1920, and poetry, 1912-1947, by both Saunders and Margaret Lewis.
References include those to Plaid Cymru, Welsh nationalism, contemporary Welsh literature, the state of the Welsh language at the time, and Roman Catholicism.

Deeds and documents, 1555-1875, relating to properties in the counties of Pembrokeshire, Anglesey, Montgomeryshire; deeds, 1696-1868, of lands in the parishes of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Llanelidan, Efenechtyd, and Llanfwrog, Denbighshire; and documents, 1735-1868, relating to the Eyarth Estate, Denbighshire.

A collection which comprises a tour journal; a household account book; material which belonged to John Pritt Harley, actor and singer; a manuscript of The Grand Serio-Comic Opera of Lord Bateman and his Sophia ...; lists of Pembrokeshire sheriffs; a manuscript of Sir Frederick Madden, antiquary and palaeographer; and a theatrical scrapbook.

Deeds relating to the Tucker family of Sealyham, St. Dogwells, Pembrokeshire, 1746-1843.

Manuscript material, [c. 1937]-1907, collected by Selwyn Jones, comprising letters to Lewis Jones Roberts; tune-books containing hymns and anthems; and a notebook of William Ellis Gloag.