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A History of the Kite (Milvus Milvus) in Wales, compiled by H. Morrey Salmon, copy no. 1. At one time highly confidential as includes photographs and details concerning the efforts to revive the Red Kite from the brink of extinction in Wales and movements for its protection. Reportedly rescued by Iolo Williams (1962-) in a refuse skip following the closure of the RSPB Wrexham office in the late 1980s/early 1990s.

Eighteen envelopes, all postmarked 1966, which originally contained contributions towards the Aberfan Disaster Fund; from the estate of the donor's parents, Mary and Donald Hughes. Donald Hughes was a local government officer with an appointment at Pantglas school on 21st October 1966 and arrived moments after the landslide hit the school. He then spent the day and night helping with the emergency and recovery efforts and was later involved in the administration of the disaster fund.

A manuscript volume containing abstracts of title, [c. 1816] (watermark 1814), relating to the estates of Sir Mark Wood of Gatton, Surrey (formerly of Piercefield, Monmouthshire), in the counties of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan.
The volume is in three sections (labelled A, B and F), abstracting Wood's title to the castle and manor of Pencoed, [Llanmartin], the manor of St Brides [Netherwent] and other properties in Monmouthshire, purchased from Thomas Mathews (pp. 1-106); Mathews' title to leasehold estates in Monmouthshire, including Gillylaes [Gelli-las, Llanfihangel Llantarnam] (pp. 107-145); and a supplemental abstract of Wood's title to estates in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan purchased from Mathews and others (pp. 146-346). In all some thirty-eight deeds are abstracted, the majority in abstract A. Abstracts A and B also include legal opinions of J[ohn] Holliday, Lincoln's Inn, dated 1794 and 1795 respectively (pp. 105-106, 143-145). The abstracts contain no reference to Wood's ownership of Piercefield, which had been sold in 1800.

Seven notebooks containing notes made during, or immediately after, interviews conducted by the donor with Welsh politicians, public figures and activists during the period 1968-70, as research for his D.Phil thesis at Oxford University on Welsh nationalism 1945-70, later published as: The Welsh question: nationalism in Welsh politics, 1945-1970 (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1975). The names of those interviewed are listed at the back of The Welsh Question.

Proflen dudalen, wedi ei rhwymo, o adargraffiad 1926 o waith William Williams, Pantycelyn, Aleluia, neu, casgliad o hymnau ar amryw ystyriaethau, 1-6 (1744-7).

Proflen gyntaf, wedi ei rhwymo, o adargraffiad 1925 o waith William Williams, Pantycelyn, Aleluia, neu, casgliad o emynau ar amryw ystyriaethau, 1-6 (1744-7).

Papers of, or relating to, the poet and short story writer Alun Lewis, collected together by Jeff Towns, Swansea, comprising typescript copies, [?March 1941], of three lectures by Lewis (ff. 1-17); correspondence and papers of Charles Hamblett, Derek Sandford and Alun Lewis relating to the pamphlet Call Wind to Witness (London, [1942]) (ff. 18-34); and correspondence of W. G. Archer with Alun Lewis and others, [1943]-1944, 1974 (ff. 35-48).
Also included with the Charles Hamblett papers is a copy of Call Wind to Witness (now NLW MS 24178E(a)).

A manuscript account of an excursion to North Wales and Cheshire, 3-[6] September 1829, by Elizabeth Bower, [of Broxholme House, Doncaster], travelling with her husband John Seddon Bower (f. 1-19).
The couple left their lodgings at Crosby on 3 September and boarded the Prince Llewelyn steam packet at Liverpool (f. 1 verso), sailing along the North Wales coast (ff. 2-5) to Beaumaris (ff. 5-6 verso). They crossed the Menai Bridge (ff. 7-9) and proceeded to Bangor (ff. 9-10 verso), Conway (ff. 12-13 verso) and Chester (ff. 14 verso-18), returning to Liverpool and then Crosby on the [6] September (f. 19). Included are descriptions of Penrhyn Castle, Bangor (f. 11 recto-verso), and Eaton Hall, Chester (ff. 16-18).

A manuscript copy, 1729, of Henry Rowlands's 'Antiquitates Parochiales', transcribed by 'G.M.' [William Morgan] (pp. 1-146). The synchronism of free tenants for 1300-1700, 'Synchronismi quinque lustrales liberorum tenentium comot Maenei', is included (pp. 127-146) but the manuscript also includes an addendum not recorded elsewhere, in the hand of William Morgan and possibly a later addition, updating it to 1725 (pp. 147-148). The tract entitled 'Bellum Mariscum', absent from some copies, is also present (pp. 151-160).
Items found loose in the volume have been placed in an archival envelope (pp. 163-168).

Three letters, dated 1892 and 1901-1902, from Archdeacon D. R. Thomas addressed to P. B. Davies-Cooke of Gwysaney, together with a prospectus for his publication The Life and Work of Bishop Davies & William Salesbury (Oswestry, 1902).

Papers of John Williams, Archdeacon of Cardigan, schoolmaster and classical scholar (1792-1858), comprising four volumes of notes on Greek and Latin classics, religion, 'Materis superabat opus' and 'Extracts of Letters "Anent" the "Cromlech Question"' compiled as a student at Balliol College, Oxford, and as Vicar of Lampeter; together with a small quantity of other manuscript notes, including a draft of the will of his father, John Williams, Vicar of Ystradmeurig (1745-1818), a volume of genealogical notes compiled by his daughter, Laetitia Cunliffe, and letters and notes on the Cunliffe family.

Autograph album, 1909-1924 (mainly 1909-1910), also containing verses and illustrations. The name inscribed inside the front cover is M. Evans, Penlan, Pontyberem, who may have been a student at Carmarthen Presbyterian College and Aberystwyth University. Most of the entries are written in English but there are some in Welsh, including verses by Eifion Wyn, Ben Bowen, and Ben Davies.

Cyfrol o gerddi yn llaw Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai), [1866]-[1882], yn y mesurau caeth yn bennaf, gan gynnwys beddargraffiadau a chyfieithiad o emynau; cerdd brintiedig i W. R. M. Wynne, a Mrs Wynne, yn dilyn eu priodas, Mai 20, 1891, a cherdd goffa i’w wraig, 1892; copi o’i bregeth a draddodwyd ganddo yn ei wasanaeth ordeinio yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Llanelwy yn 1893; ynghyd â dau lythyr a ysgrifennodd at ei ferch Esther Margaret (‘Essie’), 1894 a 1895 a ‘Marwnad ar ol y diweddar Barch. Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai), Llangwm’ gan awdur dienw. = A volume of poems in the hand of Elis Wyn o Wyrfai, [1866]-[1882], mainly in strict metre, including epitaphs and translations of hymns; two of his printed poems: Welcome home. To W. R. M. Wynne, Esq, and Mrs Wynne, after their marriage, May 20, 1891, and In memoriam. My wife, 1892 and a copy of his ordination sermon preached at St Asaph Cathedral, 1893; together with two letters from him to his daughter Esther Margaret (‘Essie’), 1894 and 1895 and an elegy to the poet by an unknown author.

A volume, 1681-2, in the hand of Huw Morys ('Eos Ceiriog', 1622-1709), poet, Llansilin, co. Denbigh, containing mainly holograph Welsh poetry in strict and free metres, including a poem dated 1681 (ff. 10-11), together with a cywydd by Siôn Tudur (f. 16 verso), prophetic verses, some attributed to Taliesin (ff. 12 verso, 25 verso), and anonymous englynion (ff. 36 verso-37, 42); the original parchment cover, preserved at the beginning, contains copies by H.M. of 'Diarhebion o waith Taliessin', 'Cynghorion Taliessin' (f. i verso) and 'Tri Thlws ar ddeg o Ynys Brydaine' (f. ii). The manuscript was probably written for the poet's brother John Maurice (d. 1699), Bodlith, Llansilin, whose name appears on f. 1; other signatures in the volume suggest it to have remained in the possession of the family until the [mid-18 cent.].

Copy of the score Battle of the Trees/Der Kampf der Bäume, based on the work of Taliesin by the Lithuanian composer Bronius Kutavičius. The piece was originally commissioned by John Metcalf on behalf of the Vale of Glamorgan Festival in 1996, and this copy was gifted to the donor by the composer.

Typescript, 'Billy Boston Story' by Jack Winstanley, a biography of Billy Boston, the Welshman who went on to become a Rugby League legend for Wigan and Great Britain.

Monochrome photostat facsimile of the Book of Llandaff (Liber Landavensis) (NLW MS 17110E), presented by the National Library of Wales to P. T. Davies-Cooke of Gwysaney in 1931 on receipt of the family's deposit of manuscripts at the Library.

Solander box in which the volume of Welsh Tract land indentures, now NLW MS 24209E, was housed when transferred to the National Library of Wales, retained as evidence of provenance and of the manuscript's previous condition.
Also retained with the box is a fragment of the old binding, together with copies of auction and bookseller's catalogue descriptions relating to the manuscript.

An agreement with American manager and promoter, Tom O'Rourke, the contract dated 1923 and relating to Jimmy Wilde's defeated challenge against Pancho Villa (or Frankie Genaro. The bout was Jimmy Wilde's unsuccessful return from retirement, held in New York. Former ownership of contemporaneous Welsh boxer Stan Roberts, by descent, private collection Caerphilly.

Casgliad bychan o bapurau Gwladys Megan Tibbott, Aberystwyth, aelod gweithgar o Gymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru, gan gynnwys llyfrau nodiadau a mân gyhoeddiadau perthnasol. Cynhwysa'r casgliad ddrafftiau o ddarlith ar Miss Jennie Williams (Mrs Ruggles-Gates), fel casglwr alawon gwerin, darlith a draddodwyd gerbron Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru. Hefyd yn cynnwys nifer o raglenni o gyngherddau cerddorol dros y blynyddoedd.