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Papers, 1917-1957, of Winifred Coombe Tennant, mainly relating to 'Gorsedd y Beirdd' and to the National Eisteddfod of Wales. They include correspondence, 1917-1954, concerning the Gorsedd and the National Eisteddfod, her efforts to assist British prisoners of war, 1940-1941, and general interest; minutes, memoranda and reports of various committees associated with Gorsedd y Beirdd, 1922-1954; articles by Winifred Coombe Tennant and other miscellaneous papers, 1918-1947; press cuttings, photographs, postcards, badges and other ephemera, 1917-1954; printed material, including Gorsedd proclamation programmes, 1918-1954, programmes of Gorsedd meetings, 1925-1951, lists of officers and members of the Gorsedd, 1923-1949, 1924-1959, 1947, annual reports of the Eisteddfod Council, 1937-1950, Eisteddfod programmes, 1917-1952, articles and other items relating to Gorsedd y Beirdd and eisteddfodau, 1918-1957.

The Franco-Welsh text of the ceremony of the entry of the Gorsedd into St. Donat's Castle, 9 August 1934, composed by Morgan Watkin at the request of Geoffrey Crawshay.

Manuscripts and papers of Iolo Morganwg and Taliesin ab Iolo, [16 cent.]-[20 cent., first ¼], comprising correspondence of Iolo Morganwg, 1676-1826; manuscripts and other papers, [16 cent.]-1900, mostly collected or written by Iolo Morganwg, including Welsh and English poetry and prose, pedigrees, grammars, and other literary and personal papers; correspondence, 1809-1864, and other papers, 1761-[1840s], of Taliesin ab Iolo; and family correspondence of Taliesin's grandson, Aneurin Williams, [?1868]-1908.

Papers relating to Richard Rees ('Maldwyn', 1851-1927), of Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, and Edward Walter Rees, ('Gwallter Dyfi', 1881-1940), of Carmarthen, including correspondence, 1874-1940; printed materials, 1866-1937; papers relating to the National Eisteddfod and the Gorsedd of Bards, 1909-1939; papers relating to the National Petition on the Legal Status of the Welsh Language, 1938-1939; papers relating to Maengwyn Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Machynlleth, 1875-1920; and various papers relating to manifold aspects of Machynlleth life.

Letters, 1854-1910, mainly addressed to W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd') relating to the Geirionydd bardic festivals, bardic matters in general, Gorsedd ceremonies and vestments, and bibliography.

Letters from 'Nefydd Aled', 1877; the Marquis of Anglesey, 1887; 'Machraeth Môn', 1896-1897; Charles Ashton, 1888; R. S. Bartlett, Redditch, 1886; Andrew Jones Brereton ('Andreas o Fôn'); Lord Carrington, 1897; Ernest A. Chattock, Oxford; H. Cotton, Lismore, 1868; F. Children, 1888; 'Cyfanwy', 1877-1886; D. Myrddin Davies, Brynmawr, 1897; Cadwaladr Davies, 1894; John Davies, Ystalyfera, 1862; J. Davies, Four Crosses, 1877; John Davies ('Taliesin Hiraethog'), 1892; John Owen, bishop of St Davids, 1897; J. P. Davis ('Roualeyn'), 1894; Morris Davies, Bangor, 1862; Owen Davies ('Eos Llechyd'), 1862; Thomas Essile Davies ('Dewi Wyn o Essyllt'), Pontypridd, 1881; Joseph Eaton, 1862; John Edwards ('Caswallon'), 1880; 'Caerwysion', 1887; R. Ellis ('Cynddelw'); G. E. Mason, 1867-1868; David Evans ('Dewi Haran'), 1884; 'Joseph o Golwyn', 1877; John Evans, Llansantffraid, near Conway, 1861; D. Silvan Evans, 1872-1890, J. H. Evans, Trefriw, 1878; Owen Evans, Aberystwyth, 1897; Thomas Prichard Evans, Ystradmynach, 1865; E. Vincent Evans, 1895; William Evans ('Monwyson'), 1865.

Letters from John Felix, Llansantffraid, Conway, 1877; E. Foulks, Holyhead, 1864; Francis Fry, 1866; Thomas Gee, 1888; Mrs. H. S. Gough, Caer-hun, 1899; Richard Parry ('Gwalchmai'), Llandudno, 1865; 'Gwallawg'; Griffith & Allard, Llanrwst, 1887; David Griffith ('Clwydfardd'), Abergele, 1877; Robert Griffiths, Manchester, 1889-1898; D. R. Griffith ('Granvillefab)', 1878; C. T. Haycock, London, 1880, John Higson, Manchester, 1891; D. Howell, St Asaph, 1897; J. Ceiriog Hughes, 1868-1877; H. Gwynedd Hughes, 1883; R. O. Hughes ('Elfyn'); Robert Hughes, Llanddoget, 1886; William Hughes ('Alaw Manod'), 1888; H. Hughes, Llanrwst, J. Humphrey, ('Ieuan Seion'), 1901-1904.

Letters from John Jones ('Talhaiarn'), 1861-1869; Aneurin Jones ('Aneurin Fardd'), 1862, Charles Jones, Conway, 1878; Evan Jones ('Ieuan Ionawr'), 1872; Evan Doged Jones, 1861-1875; David Jones ('Dewi Arfon'), 1865; Griffith Jones ('Glan Menai'), 1877; Hugh Jones, Llanrwst, 1900; Humphrey Jones ('Bryfdir'); W. Jones, Cyffdy, 1878; 'Elidirfab', 1877; W. Arthur Jones, 1896; Thomas Jones, Llanengan, 1861; J. Jones ('Dwdan'), 1891-1901; John Emlyn Jones; J. D. Jones, Ruthin, 1867; J. R. Jones ('Ogwenydd'), 1874, 1896; N. M. Jones ('Cymro Gwyllt'), 1878; O. Gethin Jones, 1878; Owen Wynne Jones ('Glasynys'), 1861; John Owen ('Owen Alaw'), 1861; Richard Jones Blaen y Cae, 1873; Robert Isaac Jones ('Alltud Eifion'), 1872; Robert Jones ('Trebor Aled'), 1897-1900.

Letters from I. Gwrhyd Lewis, Tonyrefail, 1904; Lewis William Lewis ('Llew Llwyfo'); Richard Davies ('Tafolog'), 1877; Edward Lovett, Croydon, 1898; Peter McIntyre ('Pedr Alban'), 1894; D. J. Mackey, 1887; W. Morgan ('Penfro'), 1877-1904; Owen Morgan ('Morien'), 1883; Hugh Morris, Corwen, 1884 (referring to the illness of Dewi Havhesp), Morris Owen, Llanfyllin, 1861-1864; O. G. Owen ('Alafon'), 1898.

Letters from E. G. B. Phillimore, 1883-1894; Joseph Parry, 1878; T. C. Phillips, Abercarn, 1887; John Peter, Bala, 1872; Richard Parry ('Gwalchmai') 1861; Robert Parry ('Robyn Ddu Eryri'), 1862; W. Parry ('Llechidon'), 1884; Henry Parry, Pwllheli, 1861; Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant'), 1878-1898; Thomas Powel, 1886; Thomas Price, Aberdare, 1861; John Pughe, Towyn, 1861; William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog'), 1878; Jonathan Reynolds ('Nathan Dyfed'), 1880; John Rhys, Oxford, 1882; 'Rhuddfryn', 1873; John Richards ('Isalaw'), 1895; Edward Roberts ('Iorwerth Glan Aled'), 1862; H. Beaver Roberts, Bangor, 1896; Albert Roberts, harpist, 1889; Ellis Roberts, Llangwm, 1879; John Roberts, Builth, 1884; John Roberts ('Telynor Cymru'), 1886; John Roberts, M.P., 1878; J. Bryn Roberts, Bangor, 1887; John Ll. Roberts, Llanrwst, 1907; J. L. Roberts ('Telynor Maldwyn'), 1900; John Roberts, Tyddyn Wilim, 1854; R. P. Roberts ('Morianydd'), 1883; William Jarrett Roberts, Caernarvon; Daniel Rowlands, Bangor, 1890.

Letters from Edw[ard] Smart, Northop, 1886; John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), 1883; R. Athron Thomas, 1897; 'Teilo', 1861; Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), 1861; T. H. Thomas ('Arlunydd Pen-y-garn'), 1895-1899; W. Thomas, Llandyssul, 1861; J. C. Williams ('Ceulanydd'), 1880; J. Titley Williams, 1897; H. M. Williams ('Machno'), 1885-1895; Lucas Williams, London, 1890; Owen Williams, Waunfawr, 1865; Owen Williams, Rhyl, 1886; R. Williams, ('Eos y Berth'), 1882; W[illia]m Venables Williams, Colwyn Bay, 1888; J. Wilson, Birmingham, 1903; M. Williams, Llanrhyddlad Rectory, 1862; Ellis Roberts ('Elis Wyn o Wyrfai'), 1877; H. J. Williams ('Plenydd') 1910; Robert Williams Liverpool, 1864; William Thomas ('Islwyn'), 1875; W. Morgan Williams ('Fferyllfardd'), 1875; Robert Isaac Jones ('Alltud Eifion'), 1887; William Roberts, Trefriw, 1862.

General letters, 1859-1907, to Gwilym Cowlyd interspersed with a few other papers. Many are on literary and poetic themes and some refer to the publication, sale and purchase of various monographs and journals. A number relate to the holding of national and local eisteddfodau, several inviting Gwilym Cowlyd to act as adjudicator. Some concern the publication of his adjudications. Some poets submit their work to Cowlyd for his opinions. Many also contain references to the affairs of Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain. Many of the letters from 1904 concern the offer made by Gwilym Cowlyd to hand his personal library of books and other materials to the Llanrwst Urban District Council. The correspondents include George Osborne Morgan MP (2), 1878-1885.

A copy of Evan Davies (Myvyr Morganwg), Hynafiaeth Aruthrol Trwn, neu Orsedd Beirdd Ynys Brydain a'i Barddas Gyfrin ... (Pontypridd, [1875]). Attached to the upper and lower end-papers are brief notes on Myvyr Morganwg by Henri Gaidoz, a list by Llywarch Reynolds, Merthyr Tudful, of the published works of Myvyr Morganwg and a holograph letter from Reynolds to Gaidoz, 1880, relating largely to the life and writings of Myvyr Morganwg.

The file comprises correspondence, 1930-1932, including letters relating to the music examinations of the Gorsedd of Bards, 1930, and subjects for the music competitions at Bangor National Eisteddfod, 1931. Amongst the correspondents are T. Hopkin Evans and D. Rhys Phillips.

A group of poetry and miscellaneous papers from the collection of, and partly in the autograph, of David Griffith (Clwydfardd). They include englynon by Clwydfardd, e.g. 'Ar ymweliad ei rasusolaf Fawrhydi Tywysog Cymru an gwyl Genedlaethol yn Nghaernarfon Gorphenaf [1894]'; 'Ir diweddar barchedig Edward Anwyl Cadeirydd y Dalaith Ogleddol', etc.; englynion addressed to Clwydfardd by Richard Parry (Gwalchmai) and John Cadvan Davies (Cadvan) (1891); copies of the proclamations of meetings of Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain at national and provincial eisteddfodau; a letter, [c. 1891], from Clwydfardd to B. Morris Lewis, Chelsea, giving particulars of nineteenth century national and other eisteddfodau; notes on the key to 'Coelbren y Beirdd', etc., by T. H. Thomas (Arlunydd Penygarn); incomplete notes on the Epistle to the Hebrews; and an incomplete eulogy of the writing pen, 1872.

Adjudication by Rowland Williams ('Hwfa Môn') on the poems submitted for competition at the Bethesda 'eisteddfod', 1876, on 'englynion' at the Salem (Bethesda) competitive meeting, 1879, notes of an address on 'Henafiaeth yr Orsedd' at the Llandudno St David's Day Festival, 1896, an ode on the opening of the Chicago International Eisteddfod, 1893, and the order of proceedings at the opening of the national 'eisteddfodau' held at Llanelli, 1895, and Llandudno, 1896.

Papers of William John Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), Llanrwst, including a letter to John Owen ('Owain Alaw'), relating to a proposed biography of 'Ieuan Glan Geirionydd', 1861; an obituary notice, 7 [December] 1904; and material, 1904 and undated, relating to the Institutional Order of Bards, of which he was Chief Bard Positive.

Llythyrau'n trafod materion yr Orsedd a'r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, 1950-1965. Ymhlith y gohebwyr mae Mam o Nedd (1) a 'Note as to the duties of the Mistress of the Robes' ganddi, 1952; Trefîn (3) yn cynnwys ei gywydd coffa i Elfed, 1954; D. Rhys Phillips (2); Brynallt (13); Cynan (8); Leila Megane (1); a Maxwell Fraser (2).

Mae'r casgliad yn cynnwys papurau personol, rhai ohonynt ynglŷn â pharatoi a chyhoeddi cofiant Brinley Richards i Trefin yn 1963, nodiadau ar achau Trefin a chefndir y teulu a luniwyd gan Maxwell Fraser, llythyrau cydymdeimlad a dderbyniodd Maxwell Fraser yn dilyn marwolaeth Trefin ar 30 Awst 1962, papurau'n ymwneud â marwolaeth, angladd etc. Trefin; personalia, yn cynnwys dyddiaduron Trefin am ychydig flynyddoedd yn unig rhwng 1926 a 1962, llyfrau lloffion, copïau rhydd o dorion o'r wasg, papurau'n ymwneud â gyrfa proffesiynol Trefin rhwng 1923 a 1954, a chardiau cyfarch a dderbyniodd ar wahanol achlysuron; llythyrau cyffredinol, 1936-1962, a anfonwyd at Trefin, ynghyd â grwpiau o lythyrau a dderbyniodd ar adegau penodol, megis ar ennill y Gadair yn Wrecsam yn 1933, ar ei briodas â Maxwell Fraser yn 1951, ac ar gael ei ddewis yn Archdderwydd Cymru yn 1959, ynghyd a grŵp o lythyrau Trefin at Maxwell Fraser, 1948-1962; papurau'n ymwneud â'r Orsedd a'r Eisteddfod, 1923-1962, copïau drafft a theipysgrif o waith llenyddol a chyhoeddiadau Trefin, gan gynnwys cerddi, pregethau, storïau byrion, sgriptiau radio, dramâu, erthyglau i gylchgronau, areithiau ac anerchiadau, a chyfieithiadau o lyfrau taith Maxwell Fraser; papurau'n ymwneud ag ymchwil Trefin ar Aneurin Fardd, 1957-1965, Edmund Jones, 1958-1962, ac ar gyfer Presenting Monmouthshire, 1963-1971; llyfrau nodiadau Trefin yn cynnwys nodiadau academaidd; llyfrau nodiadau'n cynnwys nodiadau a gymerodd Eluned Phillips yn yr ysgol a'r coleg; papurau amrywiol, 1876-1955; eitemau printiedig, 1928-1961, gwahanlithoedd a chopïau printiedig o ddeunydd gan Trefin yn bennaf; ac eitemau printiedig amrywiol, 1898-1960. = The collection comprises personal papers, some relating to the preparation and publication of the biography of Trefin by Brinley Richards in 1963, notes on Trefin's ancestry and family background prepared by Maxwell Fraser, sympathy letters sent to Maxwell Fraser following Trefin's death on 30 August 1962, papers relating to Trefin's death, funeral etc.; personalia, including Trefin's diaries for only a few years between 1926 and 1962, scrapbooks, loose press cuttings, papers concerning Trefin's professional career as a teacher between 1923 and 1954, and greetings cards which he had received on various occasions; general letters, 1936-1962, addressed to Trefin, together with groups of letters on specific occasions, such as winning the chair at Wrexham in 1933, on his marriage to Maxwell Fraser in 1951, and on his selection to be archdruid of Wales in 1959, together with a group of letters, 1948-1962, from Trefin to Maxwell Fraser; papers concerning the Gorsedd and the Eisteddfod, 1923-1962; drafts and typescripts of Trefin's writings and publications, including poems, sermons, short stories, radio scripts, plays, articles for journals, speeches and addresses, and translations of Maxwell Fraser's travel writings; papers relating to Trefin's researches on Aneurin Fardd, 1957-1965, Edmund Jones, 1958-1962, and for Presenting Monmouthshire, 1963-1971; Trefin's notebooks bearing academic notes; notebooks containing school and college notes taken by Eluned Phillips; miscellaneous papers, 1876-1955; printed items, 1928-1961, mainly offprints and printed copies of material written by Trefin; and miscellaneous printed items, 1898-1960.

Drafftiau darlithoedd ac erthyglau gan G. J. Williams, ynghyd â nodiadau amrwyiol, yn ymwneud yn bennaf â'r Eisteddfod a'r Orsedd.

Papurau O. Llew Owain, 1785-[c. 1955], yn cynnwys llythyrau a phapurau yn ymwneud yn bennaf ag Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Eisteddfod yr Urdd, a Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain, 1901-1951; ceisiadau am swyddi, 1939-1947; gweithiau Owain Llew Owain, 1912-1951; deunydd ar gyfer Y Genedl, 1924-1939; llythyrau, llyfrynnau a thorion amrywiol yn ymwneud ag agweddau ar fywyd a llenyddiaeth Gogledd Cymru, 1858-1950; llyfrau lloffion o dorion papur newydd, 1865-1940, yn cynnwys caneuon etholiadol, am David Lloyd George yn bennaf, teyrngedau i Syr John Morris Jones, torion o Y Genedl ac eitemau yn ymwneud â barddoniaeth Gymraeg; llawysgrifau a phapurau, 1785-[c.1955], o lyfrgell O. Llew Owain, yn cynnwys traethodau eisteddfodol ac arall, llawysgrifau o ddiddordeb i sir Gaernarfon a gohebiaeth. = Papers of O. Llew Owain, 1785-[c. 1955], comprising letters and papers mainly concerning Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru (National Eisteddfod), Eisteddfod yr Urdd, and Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain, 1901-1954; job applications, 1939-1947; works of Owain Llew Owain, 1912-1951; material for Y Genedl, 1924-1939; miscellaneous letters, booklets and cuttings concerning aspects of North Wales life and literature, 1858-1950; scrap books of press cuttings, 1865-1940, including election songs mainly about David Lloyd George, tributes to Sir John Morris Jones, cuttings from Y Genedl and items relating to Welsh poetry; manuscripts and papers, 1785-[c. 1955], from the library of O. Llew Owain, including eisteddfod and other essays, manuscripts of Caernarfonshire interest and correspondence.

Cyfarwyddiadau seremonïau Gorsedd y Beirdd gan y Cofiadur Cynan mewn teipysgrif, [1935], ynghyd â chynllun Cylch yr Orsedd, 1960, a chopi printiedig o drefniadau'r Orsedd at Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Y Drenewydd 1965.