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Deeds, 1568-1959, relating to the Cyfronnydd estate mainly in Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire; records relating to the Aberllefenni Slate Quarry, Merioneth, 1850-1946; a pedigree of the Pryce family [post-1699]; and faculty papers relating to an application for a grave space, 1937-1943.

Deeds and documents acquired by Urdd Gobaith Cymru, relating to lands and property in the parishes of Llangower, Llanymawddwy, and Llanycil, Merionethshire, 1679-1900.

Papers, 1795-1980, mainly relating to John Roberts and his family, including papers, 1846-1888, concerning John Roberts, among them manuscript music, letters to Roberts and press cuttings; papers, 1875-1953, of, or relating to, J. L. Roberts ('Telynor Maldwyn', son of John Roberts); miscellaneous family papers, 1907-1911; stray letters, 1874-1980; music manuscripts, 1848 and undated; miscellanea, 1905-1981; and printed items, 1832-1848.

Records of the Monmouthshire Conservative Association, 1903-1988, including minute books, 1908-1981; records of shareholders, 1929-1961; press cuttings describing local political life, 1945-1947; and printed material, 1948-1968.

Two notebooks containing drafts of poems by Elwyn Davies, 1966-1969 and 1969-1970. Many of the poems were published in his two volumes of poetry, Words Across the Water (Swansea, 1970), and A Lifting of Eyes (Llandybie, 1974).

Medieval medical texts, written in Italy in the fourteenth century: Nicolaus [Salernitanus], Antidotarium (ff. 1-21 verso); [Johannes de Parma], Collectiones omnibus capitulorum libri Mesue (ff. 22-25); Compilatio flebotomie de qualibet vena (ff. 25-26); recipes, 'Cassia fistulatum...' (ff. 26-27); recipes in two later hands of XIV or XV cent. (ff. 27-37).
Folios 1 and 2, 6 and 7, 18 and 19 are palimpsests. The lower script, partly legible under ultra-violet light, is from a book of transacts of a notary, Albericus [?], 'notarius sacri palatii', written not much earlier than the medical texts; there is reference in one document (f. 12) to 'villa de quart' [?Quart, near Aosta].

Letters to Elwyn Davies, translator and poet, from literary friends. They contain personal news and observations on the correspondents' own writing, on Anglo-Welsh literature and on current affairs in Wales. The main correspondents are Raymond Garlick (44) 1963-1980, Glyn Jones (23) 1934, 1944-1981, and Roland Mathias (7) 1965-1972.

A manuscript armorial of English and Welsh families entitled The nomenclature or Heralds Alphabett of Surnames, A-K (vol. I), with additional notes by Peter Le Neve (1661-1729), Norroy King at Arms. Painted coat-of-arms have been affixed to the manuscript at relevant points throughout the work.

Printed Sothebys sales catalogue, Bibliotheca Phillippica, 1895-1908, of the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps of Middle Hill, co. Worcester, and Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham, with marginal notes by W. Roberts of Clapham Park, London.

Papurau T. Rowland Hughes (1903-1949), gan gynnwys copi o'i draethawd MA 'The element of melancholy in English poetry from Widsith to Chaucer' (Prifysgol Bangor, 1928); tystysgrifau BA, 1925, cymhwyster athro, 1926, MA, 1928, a BLitt, 1931; geirda, 1932 a 1939, oddi wrth Ben Bowen Thomas, Coleg Harlech; llythyr, 1935, oddi wrth y BBC, yn cynnig swydd iddo fel cynorthwy-ydd rhaglenni nodwedd yng Nghaerdydd; sgriptiau radio 'Home fires burning', 1940, gyda Jack Jones, a'i nofel 'O law i law', 1945; cytundebau cyhoeddi, 1944-1949, a hawlfraint, 1941 a 1949; nofel mewn teipysgrif 'Good inheritance. A novel of North Wales', [1923-1949]; a chasgliad o'i gerddi mewn teipysgrif gyda chywiriadau - cyhoeddwyd y mwyafrif ohonynt yn Cân neu ddwy (Dinbych, 1948).

A volume, [1813x1815] (watermark 1813), containing translations into English verse, probably by Sir John Bernard Bosanquet (see pencil note on f. 2), of Welsh poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym (ff. 4-5), Aneirin (ff. 6-7 verso), Taliesin (ff. 8-10), Gwalchmai ap Meilyr (ff. 11-13), Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr (f. 14 recto-verso) and Iolo Goch (ff. 16-17 verso).
Also included are notes on the poets and their works (ff. 20-30 verso) and an English translation of triads attributed to Catwg Ddoeth (ff. 18-19 verso). The volume is illustrated with six ink and wash sketches (ff. 3, 4, 5, 11, 17 verso, 26), including one of Cilgerran Castle, Pembrokeshire (f. 4). Frances Elizabeth Lewis (d. 1846), to whom the volume was given (see f. 2), was the sister of Mary Anne (d. 1819), wife of J. B. Bosanquet.

Additional indexes on microfiche to Glamorgan parish registers, as follows, all prepared by members of the Glamorgan Family History Society: Ewenny (priory church of St Michael); Llangennith (St Cennydd); Cheriton (St Cadoc); Aberpergwm and Blaengwrach (St Cadoc and St Mary); Swansea, Waunarlwydd (St Barnabas); Coity (St Mary); Llanmadoc (St Madoc); and Briton Ferry/Llansawel (St Mary and St Clement).

Copïau microffilm o ddyddiaduron Howell Harris (1714-1773) i'w defnyddio gan ddarllenwyr yn lle'r gwreiddiol. = Microfilm copies of the diaries of Howell Harris (1714-1773) to be consulted by readers in place of the originals

Mynegai ar gardiau a baratowyd gan y rhoddwr ar gyfer llunio'r traethawd ymchwil 'Arolwg o'r Wasg Gyfnodol Gymraeg yn yr Ugeinfed Ganrif' (Aberystwyth, 1977), yn ymwneud â phynciau fel cylchgronau Cymraeg i ferched; cylchgronau i blant; cylchgronau crefyddol; cylchgronau llenyddol; papurau taleithiol; papurau dyddiol; a'r Cymro

The fonds comprises papers relating mainly to Kenneth Griffiths's work as a documentary film-maker with some material relating to his work as an actor and to his personal interests, friends and family. It includes typescripts of interviews, research material and correspondence relating to several of his productions including work by and on: Zola Budd, Horacio Nelson, Dr Ambedkar, Roger Casement, the Boer War, Michael Collins, Cecil Rhodes, David Ben Gurion, Stanley Morrison, the American War of Independence, the 24th Regiment in the Zulu War, Emily Hobhouse, Baden-Powel and Alfred Dreyfus. The fonds also includes a manuscript copy of his autobiography The Fool's Pardon, two boxes of newspaper cuttings relating to Kenneth Griffiths's life and work and two boxes of miscellaneous correspondence dating mainly between 1998-2001.

Casgliad o lungopïau o emyn-donau W. Llewelyn Edwards (1908-2000); llyfrau nodiadau yn cynnwys nodiadau ar gyfer rhaglenni 'Caniadaeth y Cysegr' o dan ei arweiniad a gynhaliwyd yng Nghapel y Garn, 1958-1972, a chymanfaoedd canu eraill a gynhaliwyd yn lleol, 1965-1976; llyfr nodiadau ar achlysur Cymanfa Ganu a gynhaliwyd i ddathlu canmlwyddiant geni'r cerddor J. T. Rees, 1957; llyfr nodiadau yn cynnwys ei emyn-donau a ddefnyddiwyd yn 'Caniadaeth y Cysegr', 1992; torion o emyn-donau a ymddangosodd yn Trysorfa'r Plant, 1951-1959; nodiadau ar gerddoriaeth; ynghyd â thystysgrifau amrywiol, 1920-1996, am ei lwyddiant mewn eisteddfodau lleol a chenedlaethol ar gyfansoddi emyn-donau ac am lwyddo mewn arholiadau canu'r piano a sol-ffa yn bennaf; a phapurau'n ymwneud â chanlyniadau'r arholiadau sol-ffa gan gynnwys llythyr, 1956, yn ei hysbysu iddo gael ei benodi yn un o arholwyr Coleg y Tonic Sol-ffa.

Microfilm copy of depositions at the Assize courts, South Wales circuit, 1844-1891 (PRO ASSI 72/4-17) (for depositions, 1837-1885 (with gaps), see also NLW Films 1042-4). The microfilm contains depositions (in the following order) for the years 1886-91, 1844, 1856, 1865, 1867, 1869, 1872, 1874, 1879, 1882-5 and 1891.

Copies of letters, 1941-1942, to Rene Le Roux ('Meven Mordiern') from Roparz Hemon and Guillaume Berthou ('Guillaume B. Kerverziou'), relating to the establishment of a standardised orthography of Modern Breton, and formerly in the possession of Armand Keravel; together with copies of documents and correspondence, 1940-1963, relating to Keravel, including letters from Yann Fouere and Joseph Martray.

Typescript transcripts, many indexed, compiled, 1969-1970, by Terence Parsons, of monumental inscriptions in the following churches and churchyards: Llanddewi Nant Hoddni, co. Mon.; Llanddeusant and Myddfai, co. Carm.; Llandeloy and Llanrheithan, co. Pemb.; Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Llanfihangel Nant Brân, Capel Nantddu, parish of Cantref, Capel-y-Ffin, parish of Llanigon, Llanfihangel Abergwesyn, Mynydd Islwyn, Pantycelyn Baptist Chapel, 'Cwm Cnyffiad', and Sardis Baptist Chapel, Llanfihangel Nant Brân; Abbey Cwmhir, Casgob, Llananno, Llanbadarn-y-Garreg, Llanbedr Painscastle, Llandeilo Graban and Rhulen, all in co. Radnor; Capel Soar y Mynydd, Llanddewibrefi and Ystrad Fflur (Strata Florida), co. Cardigan; Meifod, Pennant Melangell and Trelystan, co. Mont.; Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog and Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, co. Denb.; Llanyblodwel, co. Salop.; Llanymawddwy, co. Mer.; Aberdaron and Bangor Cathedral, co. Caern.; and Llanbabo, co. Ang.

Fifty letters, 1937-1961, from John Cowper Powys (ff. 6-49, 51-60 verso), one letter, 1959, from his companion, Phyllis Playter (f. 50), and six letters and two postcards, 1937-1939 (ff. 62-72), together with an inscribed photograph, 1937 (f. 61), from Llewelyn Powys, to Margaret Moon (afterwards Margaret Newton). Many of the letters contain reminiscences of Montacute, Somerset, childhood home of the Powys brothers, and birthplace of Margaret Moon. Two of the letters from John Cowper Powys (ff. 30-32 verso) are in the hand of Phyllis Playter, writing as his amanuensis. Also included are three letters, 1990, from Margaret Newton to Paul Roberts, editor of the Powys Society Newsletter (ff. 1-5).
The letters contain references to Thomas Hardy (ff. 13 verso, 40 recto-verso, 48), Theodore Dreiser (f. 44), W. B. Yeats (f. 29 verso) and Theodore Francis Powys (ff. 38 verso, 39 verso).