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Sgriptiau dramâu a luniwyd gan Gwilym Meredydd Jones (1920-1992), gan gynnwys y gomedi 'Dipyn o lanast' y dyfarnwyd yr ail wobr iddi yn Eisteddfod Pontrhydfendigaid 1988; a dramâu a anfonodd i Eisteddfodau Powys, 1991-1992.

Copi o Rhestr Testynau Cylchwyl Lenyddol a Cherddorol a gynhaliwyd o dan nawdd Ysgol Sabothol South Poultney, Unol Daleithiau'r America, 1905; ynghyd â llythyr, 1905, oddi wrth Now Pritchard, at JWJ [?John W. Jones, 'Ioan Eryri'] yn ei hysbysu iddo ennill y wobr gyntaf yn y gystadleuaeth ateb cwestiynau ysgrythurol yn yr eisteddfod honno ac y cynhelir eisteddfod arall yn Poultney ym mis Mai; ynghyd â beirniadaeth, heb ddyddiad, ar gystadleuaeth traethodau ar 'Cyssylltiad yr Eglwys ag addysg elfenol y wlad yn ystod y ganrif diwedaf' a 'Cymhwysderau athrawon ac athrawesau yr Ysgol Sul'

A tune-book, [c. 1828], containing hymn-tunes, psalm-tunes and anthems in the hand of Hugh Williams, whose name occurs inside front cover.

A typescript copy of the script of 'Paul Robeson knew my father' by Greg Cullen, a play commissioned and produced by Hijinx Theatre Company, Cardiff, and first performed at Whitchurch High School, Cardiff, 28 September 1999

Cant tri deg a saith o ddyddiaduron, 1914-1995, John Alaska Davies (1902-1995), Gorrig, ger Llandysul; ynghyd â'i lyfrau nodiadau; dyddiadur, 1915, ei dad Thomas Davies (m. 1916); ei chwaer Rachel Ann Davies, 1915, gyda chyfraniadau helaeth gan John Alaska Davies; a'i fab Geraint, 1942, a gollodd ei fywyd mewn damwain awyren yn bedair ar bymtheg oed.

A copy of a paper by B. William Murphy, Maryland, USA, entitled 'Creation and Destruction. Notes on Dylan Thomas' used by Colin Edwards (d. 1994), California, when preparing his incomplete and unpublished work on Dylan Thomas.

Photographic prints of a draft letter, 27 December 1872 with an additional note dated 31 January 1873, from Michael D. Jones (1822-98) to an unknown recipient, regarding further emigration to the Welsh Colony in Patagonia.

Research papers, 1974-99 and undated, assembled by the donor John Freer relating to local history in Monmouthshire, including notes on Bailey Street Presbyterian Church, Bryn-mawr; Bethany Baptist Church, Llanvaches; Griffithstown Methodist Church; Hope Presbyterian Church, Pandy; Lion Street Congregational Church, Blaenavon; Llantilio Crossenny Church; Paran Presbyterian Church at Man-moel; Pen-y-waun Congregational Chapel, Llanfihangel Llantarnam; St Illtyd's Parish Church, Mamhilad; St Luke's, Pontnewynydd; Seion Independent Chapel, Rhymney; Seion Independent Chapel, Llanofer; Twyn Gwyn Baptist Church, Ynys-ddu; Underwood Baptist Free Church, Llanmartin; a guide 'Where to find places of worship in Monmouthshire?' and a list of borough, municipal and private cemeteries; together with photocopies of information sheets on the poet 'Islwyn' (Reverend William Thomas, 1832-78) and his association with Capel y Babell, Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Ynys-ddu, produced by the Sirhowy Valley Country Park; a survey, 1974, of the Monmouthshire Canal (Crumlin Branch); and a pamphlet from an exhibition on railways and tramroads in Rogerstone, 1742-1992.

Six letters and cards, [c. 1950]-1971, from Brenda Chamberlain to the Rev. Michael Reakes-Williams, containing personal news (ff. 2-6, 10 verso-13); together with two to him from Alan Clodd of the Enitharmon Press, 1972 (ff. 15-16), and one each from Peter Jones and Meic Stephens of the Welsh Arts Council, 1972 (ff. 17-18), all concerning Chamberlain.
Included in the Chamberlain letters are ink sketches relating to a visit to Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany, in 1958 (f. 4 recto-verso), a typescript poem commissioned by the Welsh Arts Council, 1971 (ff. 12-13), and greetings cards designed by her (ff. 2-3, 5-6). Also included are a pen and ink sketch of a woman on horseback, [?1949], and a pen and watercolour drawing of a fish, 1949, both by Chamberlain (f. 1 recto-verso); a programme for a dance recital at the Lamda Theatre Club, [?1964] (ff. 7-10); and a copy letter, 16 January 1959, from Reakes-Williams to a Mrs Armstrong on behalf of Chamberlain (f. 14).

Further printed ephemera, mainly 1999, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany, including papers relating to Ni Hon-Unan formed in 1998, notably photocopies of press cuttings, 1998-9, assembled by the movement, newsletters, February-April 1999, and a leaflet published for the European Elections, 13 June 1999; together with a programme of the Lorient Interceltic Festival, August 1999.

Thirty-five letters, 1944-1957, to the artists' model Mary Keene, comprising twenty-three from her friend Caitlin Thomas, 1945-1954 (ff. 1-30), six from the latter's sister Brigit Marnier, 1944-1949 (ff. 33-43), and six from Florence Thomas, mother of Dylan Thomas, 1954-1957 (ff. 44-53), all containing personal and family news.
Also included is a letter, 11 October 1950, to Caitlin Thomas from her domestic help, Dolly Long of Laugharne (ff. 31-32). There are numerous references to Dylan Thomas (ff. 1 verso-10 passim, 19, 20 27 verso) and his funeral (ff. 43-44) and to Caitlin (in addition to her own letters) (ff. 36 verso, 44-54 passim). There are also references to Laurie Lee (f. 16 verso), Anthony Devas (f. 23 verso), Louis MacNeice (f. 45 verso) and Daniel Jones (f. 47 verso).

Cofysgrifau Eglwys y Gadlys (Bedyddwyr), Aberdâr, yn cynnwys llyfr cofnodion y Cyrddau Eglwysig, 1879-1907, llyfrau cyfrifon, 1866-1890, 1881-1911, a llyfr aelodau a'u cyfraniadau, 1865, ynhgyd â threuliau a drebyniadau at y Weinidogaeth a'r Elusennau, 1865-1880.

Papers, 1980-1990 (mostly 1987-1988), including correspondence, leaflets, and newspaper cuttings, relating to the CND national 'Snowball' campaign which started in 1964, especially the non-violent direct action taken by George Crabb and Carole Harwood at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Llanishen, Cardiff, in 1987, and their legal defence; the two were among the first protestors involved in the 'Snowball' campaign to be cleared of attempting to cause criminal damage under the Criminal Damage Act, and their defence set a precedent for other civil disobedience campaigns.

Three files containing papers accumulated by the Hon. Richard Hanning Philipps (1904-1998) relating to the Graham Sutherland Gallery established at Picton Castle, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in 1976, including press cuttings, 1974-1990; a note on a meeting, 1975, concerning the setting up of the Gallery; original plans, 1975-1980, drawn up for the National Museum of Wales; photographs of the Gallery's opening ceremony, 1976; correspondence, 1976-1989; minutes of the Picton Castle Trust, 1976-1982, and of the Trustees of the Graham and Kathleen Sutherland Foundation, 1984-1988; a photocopy of the trust deed, 1970, and of a lease, 1982, of rooms in the Tower Block, Picton Castle, to the Picton Castle Trust; together with a letter, 1976, from Graham Sutherland (d. 1980) and papers relating to his will.

Fourteen letters and cards, 1972-1984, from the poet R. S. Thomas to various correspondents, mainly in response to requests that he sign copies of his books.
The recipients include Colin Huggett, 1973-1980 (ff. 7-10), and Satish Kumar, 1984 (f. 11, photocopy).

Twelve holograph poems by Waldo Williams, [1956] (ff. 1-10), written down from memory with the encouragement of Prof. J. Gwyn Griffiths and Dr Kate Bosse-Griffiths at their flat in 1 Eaton Crescent, Swansea; with the exception of 'Arfau' (ff. 6 verso-7), all the poems appeared in the volume Dail Pren (Llandysul, 1956). Also included are page proofs of the first typesetting of Dail Pren prepared by Gwasg Gomer in June 1956 (ff. 11-103), arranged by the poet with the help of Prof. Griffiths and Dr Bosse-Griffiths and including a few manuscript emendations in the hand of Prof. Griffiths.
The first typesetting differs significantly from the first published version of November 1956, with the poet having omitted twenty of the sixty-three poems and added twenty-three new poems.

Seventeen letters, 1788-1791, 1803-1812, from the Rev. Thomas Burgess, bishop of St David's and later of Salisbury, to the Classical scholar, the Rev. Charles Burney, mainly concerned with the publication of Greek and Latin texts (ff. 1-29); together with six letters, 1816-1818, from Burgess to the Rev. Liscombe Clarke, later Archdeacon of Salisbury, relating to the compilation of diocesan returns for the see of St David's (ff. 30-41).
Two further letters, 1826, to an unnamed correspondent, concern versions of the New Testament and academic matters (ff. 42-45). There are references to a number of writers and Classical scholars including Daniel Albert Wyttenbach (ff. 1 recto-verso, 2 verso) and Thomas Twining (ff. 4-5, 9), and to the funeral of Thomas Warton (f. 6). For three of Burney's letters to Burgess, 1788, see John S. Harford, The Life of Thomas Burgess D.D. (London, 1840), pp. 123-124, 126-129, 131-132.

Autograph score of the Te Deum in D major, for choir and organ, op.56, by Sir Henry Walford Davies, originally scored for double choir and orchestra, composed for and first performed at the re-opening of St George's Chapel, Windsor, 4 November 1930. The score, which was first published by the Year Book Press, London, 1930, includes directions to the printer and numerous additions and alterations, some being in another hand.

A composite volume containing the register of Blaenau Glyntawe Baptist Church, Breconshire, listing the birth of members' children, 1790-1848, together with general and tailor's accounts, 1845-1850.
Also included are fourteen Welsh Baptist publications, 1791-1806 (ff. 1-94 verso), including a copy of Titus Lewis, Catecism y Bedyddwyr Neillduol (Caerfyrddin, [1804]) (ff. 1-24 verso), Joseph Harries, Bwyall Crist yn Nghoed Anghrist (Abertawe, 1804) (ff. 25-36 verso), Gorfoledd Ymhebyll Seion (Caerfyrddin, 1791) (ff. 37-48 verso), and eleven issues of Llythyr y Gymmanfa at yr Eglwysi, 1796-1806 (ff. 49-94 verso).

Minute book, 1916-1923, of Seion Welsh Congregational church, Baker Street, Aberystwyth.