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Nine holograph or autograph letters, [19]22-1925, from [the Reverend] John Jones, Llangoed, W[ynn] P[owell] Wheldon, registrar, University College of North Wales, Bangor, [the Reverend] T[homas] C[harles] W[illiams], Menai Bridge, Tho[ma]s P. Williams from Cardiff, and Tom Williams, Gwalchmai (5). One of the letters is addressed to Principal J[ohn] O[wen] Thomas, The Theological College, Aberystwyth, and six more are, by inference, to the same addressee. All relate to the educational qualifications, etc., of the aforementioned Tom Williams of Gwalchmai and the possibility of his being admitted to the Theological College [Aberystwyth] as a student.

Two note-books each containing a variant version of an essay on the life and works of Jane Austen. The version in the first note-book (NLW MS 12934C) has the title 'The Life, Character, and Genius of Jane Austen' and the date 'February, 1898' inscribed on the first page, and the name of W[illiam] Porter at the end.

Twelve note-books containing notes on, and exercises in, Hebrew grammar and composition, etc.

Two registers (incomplete) recording the attendance of students at lectures [at the C.M. Theological College, Bala] during the sessions 1909- 1910, 1910-1911, 1912-1913, and 1919-1920, and terminal examination results [at the same college], 1907-1909.

Eight note-books inscribed on the outer, upper covers 'Old Testament Quotations in the New' and containing lists, notes, etc., probably compiled by William Porter in connection with his research work for his doctorate thesis (see NLW MS 12920 above).

Holograph letters to William Porter including:- (a) Eleven letters, 1907-1909, from [the Reverend] E[dward] O[wen] Davies, y Bala, Principal Ellis Edwards, The Theological College, Bala, J. C. Evans, The Grammar School, Bala, [the Reverend] J. T. Alun Jones, registrar, The Theological College, Bala, [Professor] A[rchibald] R[obert] S[tirling] Kennedy, Edinburgh and Ford, Dalkeith (3), James Kennedy, Edinburgh, the Reverend John Owen, secretary, The Theological College, Bala, from Liverpool, [Professor] John Owen Thomas [of the Theological College, Bala] from Liverpool, and Evan Williams, Flint, all relating mainly to the recipient's appointment as lecturer in, and subsequently professor of, Hebrew at the Theological College, Bala. (b) Twenty-eight letters from [Professor] F[rancis] C[rawford] Burkitt, Cambridge, [19]06-1907 (4) (recipient's [doctorate] dissertation (see NLW MS 12920E above), the possibility of publishing the work, the degree of D.D. conferred on the writer, a comment on Robert H[atch] Kennett: In Our Tongues . . . (London, 1907)), [Professor] Marcus Dods, Edinburgh, 1902 and undated (2) (advice with regard to preaching), [Professor] E[rnest] Norman Jones [of the Theological College, Aberystwyth] from Three Cocks, Breconshire, and Swansea, [19]26 (8) (personal, college business, grants to students, the death of J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies [principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth], speculation as to whether [Dr.] Tom Jones [Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, 1916-1930] would succeed him), [Professor] T[homas] Gwynn Jones, Aberystwyth, [19]29 (personal, thanks for a copy of Scotsman, the writer's proposed book on Welsh folk-lore), [the Very Reverend] J[oseph] Armitage Robinson, The Deanery, Westminster, 1906 (publication of recipient's [doctorate] thesis), [Professor] W[illiam] B[arron] Stevenson, The University, Glasgow, and The British Museum, 1907-1918 (3) (comments on the town of Bala, suggestions as to the syllabus recipient could follow on taking up his appointment [as the writer's successor at the Theological College, Bala], suggestions as to the classifying and cataloguing of the books in Bala College library, possible means of extending library accommodation at Bala College), and [the Reverend] J[ohn] O[wen] Thomas [previously professor at the Theological College, Aberystwyth] from Barry, Bala, and Abergele, 1926-1928 (9) (personal, recipient's move to the chair of New Testament studies [at the Theological College, Aberystwyth], references to ministerial and academic colleagues).

A holograph copy of an essay on 'Quotations from the Old Testament in the New', by W[illiam] Porter, ?1899.

Three note-books containing notes on the use of the Greek word υποκριτής in the Scriptures, etc.

A file containing notes, including lecture notes, on the Canon of the Old Testament.

Three scrap books containing miscellaneous items (mounted or tipped in) including press cuttings relating to the unveiling of a statue of Lewis Edwards, first principal of Bala C.M. Theological College, at Bala, 21 June 1911, the investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle, 13 July 1911, the trial in Edinburgh, May-June 1911, of Lieutenant Cecil Aylmer Cameron and his wife for alleged conspiracy to defraud an insurance company in respect of the loss of a pearl necklace, and debates on proposals for church union at the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland and of the United Free Church, May 1913; photographs of the statue of the aforementioned Lewis Edwards; an official invitation to Professor [William] Porter to attend the investiture ceremony at Caernarvon Castle; an admission ticket to the said ceremony; and a holograph letter from Alicia G. Jones, The Theological College, Aberystwyth, to Dr. [William] Porter, [19]36 (personal).

A ?holograph copy of a thesis on 'The Influence of the Old Testament on the Ancient Syriac Gospels' [submitted by William Porter for the degree of D.Litt. of the University of Edinburgh, 1906], and copies of a report on the said thesis and an accompanying letter sent by F. C. Burkitt [? Francis Crawford Burkitt, professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge], from Cambridge, to Dr. Kennedy [? Archibald Robert Stirling Kennedy, professor of Hebrew and Semitic languages, University of Edinburgh], January [19]06.

Certificates and testimonials obtained by William Porter in connection with his studies at Edinburgh University, New College, Edinburgh, and various academic institutions in Germany, 1897-1903, and a passport issued to him, 1901.

Typewritten copies of testimonials from Principal E[rnest] G[eorge] Hardy, Jesus College, Oxford, Professor David Capell Simpson, Oriel College, Oxford, and [the Reverend] B[urnett] H[illman] Streeter, canon of Hereford Cathedral, in support of an application by [the Reverend] W[illiam] D[avid] Davies for the post of lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion and Dogmatic Theology at the Presbyterian Theological College, Aberystwyth, 1925.

Twelve note-books containing ? notes of lectures given by Professor [George Edward Bateman] Saintsbury [of the University of Edinburgh] (English literature), Dr. A[ndrew] B[ruce] Davidson [of New College, Edinburgh] (Old Testament studies), and Professor [Archibald Robert Stirling] Kennedy [of the University of Edinburgh] (Hebrew), circa 1898- 1900, and by Professor [Emil Friedrich] Kautzsch [of the University of Halle] (Old Testament theology), 1902.

Eleven note-books and loose leaves containing miscellaneous notes relating to the New Testament.

Nine note-books containing notes on [Tatian's] Diatessaron.

A note-book containing notes on John the Baptist.

Loose leaves containing notes on the account of the marriage feast and the miracle at Cana given in the Gospel according to St. John, chapter 2, verses I-II.

Seventeen exercise books containing examination questions on various books of the Old and New Testament (general and detailed textual questions), Hebrew grammar and syntax, the history and religion of Israel, etc. Many of the questions have been transcribed from degree examination papers of the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Wales.

A note-book containing lecture notes on Shakespeare and other Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists and poets. The first page is inscribed 'English Notes. Book III. Professor Masson', and bears the name of James S. Wilson and the date 18 February 1895. The notes appear to be those of lectures delivered 18-26 February [18]95.