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Minutes of committees and letters relating to the centenary, 1905, of the death of Ann Griffiths (1776-1805), hymnist.

Deunydd a grynhowyd gan John Roberts, trefnydd ac ysgrifennydd cyffredinol yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, yn ymwneud yn bennaf â dathlu canmlwyddiant y Wladfa yn 1965, gan gynnwys llythyrau at y rhoddwr am y 'bererindod i Batagonia' a drefnwyd gan Undeb Cymry Ariannin ac ag ymweliad chwech ymwelydd o Batagonia i Gymru y flwyddyn honno. Ceir llyfr lloffion yn cynnwys ffotograffau yn ymwneud â’r daith i'r Wladfa a llungopi o erthygl Lewis H. Thomas, 'From the pampas to the prairies. The Welsh migration of 1902', a gyhoeddwyd yng nghylchgrawn Saskatchewan History.

Papers of Rev. Canon Henry Thomas, 1871-1946, including notes relating to Merioneth, with special reference to local history and antiquities and gentry families; notes on Welsh literature, the development of the eisteddfod, and theology; an address given on the centenary of the National School at Dolgellau, 1946; various printed material and a report on local charities, 1895.

Manuscripts, [1734x1916], accumulated by Canon Trevor Owen, including sermons; an article on the Lloyd family of Pale, Llandderfel; notebooks, correspondence and travel journals of Fanny Williams Wynn; a catalogue of the Wynnstay library; etc.

Manuscripts and papers collected by Canon Trevor Owen (d. 1916). They include a group of papers of Sir William Williams ('Speaker Williams', 1634-1700), papers of John Williams (1700-87), attorney-general of the Chester Circuit and Chief Justice of the Brecon Circuit, and papers of John Roberts, Maes-y-porth ([1767]-1824), deputy registrar of the diocese of Bangor. The papers of Sir William Williams include personal papers and correspondence mainly relating to his purchase of the Llanforda estate, 1678-88; papers and correspondence re his offences and fine in scandalum magnatum against James II and the Earl of Peterborough, 1684-9; legal papers linked with his work, 1675-98; political papers and correspondence concerning parliamentary proceedings and the religious issues of the Stuart period, 1668-c. 1700; and printed political pamphlets and poetry, 1676-[1697x1700]. The papers of John Williams all relate to his legal work, c.1740 x c.1787. Canon Trevor Owen's own papers comprise deeds, mainly for lands in Denbigh, 1741-1883, and correspondence about a legal case, 1882-3. The papers of John Roberts comprise deeds, 1773-c. 1820, and correspondence, 1800-17, connnected with his work as deputy registrar of Bangor, and Maes y porth estate deeds, papers and correspondence, 1774-1827. The collection also contains deeds re premises in Neston, Cheshire, 1731-1802; and miscellaneous 18th-19th century papers.

A cantata and other musical compositions by Owen Jones (Owen y Cantwr), Penycae, Wrexham, and a biographical note by his son, John Owen Jones.

Cantata: Samuel by David William Jones. Welsh, English. Paper. Donated by D. W. Jones and the Reverend Stephen Jones, June 1950.

Cantata: The World's Greatest Treasure by David William Jones. Welsh, English. Paper. Donated by D. W. Jones and the Reverend Stephen Jones, June 1950.

Cantata'r Adar, 'Cantata'r Band of Hope', a 'Cantata Joseph' (geiriau'n unig) gan y Parchedig Thomas Levi. (Gynt Thomas Levi MS.) Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan y diweddar Athro Emeritws T. A. Levi, Aberystwyth, 1954.

A cantata entitled Plant y Tlotty. Cantawd at Wasanaeth Corau Plant, composed by Morgan de Lloyd for a competition at Treherbert, Glamorgan, 1878.

The original manuscript score of a cantata - 'Gwarchaead Harlech' - by Joseph David Jones, Ruthin (1827-70).

Cantawd: Gwyl y Geni gan David William Jones. Lliain glas. Rhoddwyd gan D. W. Jones a'r Parchedig Stephen Jones, Mehefin 1950.

Autograph manuscript by Osian Ellis, harpist and composer, of 'Cantilena e Scherzo for String Quartet and Harp' by Gian Carlo Menotti, copied by him from the manuscript and with his detailed markings and corrections and annotations throughout, this being almost certainly the copy used by him in preparation of the first performance. Accomplished in black, blue and purple ink, and pencil. The Cantilena and Scherzo was first performed at Alice Tully Hall (New York, Lincoln Center) on March 15, 1977 by Osian Ellis, James Buswell (violin), Ani Kavafian (violin), Walter Trampler (viola) and Leslie Parnas (cello). The work has its roots in Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro and Debussy’s Danse sacrée et danse profane, but instead of separating the two movements, Menotti frames the Scherzo with the Cantilena’s lyrical material, creating a ternary structure. The very choice of the word ‘Cantilena’ betrays Menotti’s preoccupation with vocal writing, and the result is suitably song-like, full of melodic richness, sustained string writing, and a resonating harp part.

Seven prize certificates awarded to Mrs M. Beamish Lane, a competitor in the literary sections at meetings of the South African Eisteddfod, Cape Town, 1920-1922. The certificates were designed by C. S. Groves.

A notebook containing summaries by Robert Williams, Pen-y-bryn, Bethesda, co. Caernarfon, of sermons preached at Brynteg, Bethesda, Calvinistic Methodist church from its opening, 28 August 1864, until 27 August 1865, together with a pulpit supply list, 1865-1867 (inverted text ff. 86-8); two scriptural essays, 'Traethawd ar y Pwysigrwydd o Iawn-dreulio Boreu'r Oes' and 'Bywyd Iesu Grist yn Fywyd o Esiampl' (inverted text ff. 83-5 verso and 80-1 verso); and verses, 'Englynion Cyfarchiadol I'r Ieuengctyd' (inverted text ff. 81 verso-2).