Letters from publishers, 1931-1967; personal letters, 1943-1962; sketches and notes, [1939]-[1945]; a pocket diary, 1958; academic certificates, 1946-1948; manuscript notes, press cuttings, and testimonials and references, [20th century].
Llyfr cyfrifon John Daniels, Gwyn Villa, Bronwydd, sir Gaerfyrddin, 1898-1929, yn cynnwys taliadau am waith adeiladu cyffredinol; ynghyd â llyfr nodiadau yn ymwneud yn bennaf â chapeli sir Gaerfyrddin ac ymweliadau Howell Harris a'r ardal. / Account book, 1898-1929, of John Daniels, Gwyn Villa, Bronwydd, co. Carmarthen, containing payments for general building work; together with a notebook relating to chapels in Carmarthenshire and Howell Harris's visits to the area.
A collection comprising correspondence, essays, pedigrees, medical recipes, hymns, and transcripts of hymns and poems, together with sermons and miscellaneous extracts and notes. Also included are papers relating to James Owen, Presbyterian minister; account books belonging to John Thomas of Penddol, Llanllwni and to David Davies ('Dafydd y Gof') of Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire; a manuscript in the hand of the Reverend David James ('Dewi o Ddyfed'); and sermons in the hand of the Reverend John Owen, Thrussington.
A miscellany compiled partly in his eighty-fifth year (1760) by John Davies or David of Pentre Vidoc (or Foelas) and containing eleven psalms in 'cywydd' metre by Sion Tudur, 'cywyddau' by Humphrey Thomas ('Bardd yr Ennig') and others unnamed, an 'awdl gyffes' by Sion Phylip, 'englynion' by Edward Morys, Richard Jones, and Owen Gruffydd, 'tribanau', a transcript of a Welsh historical chart (beginning with a synopsis of the 'Promptuarium Biblia' and continued to the reign of Richard III) compiled by John Gruffudd Eyton (1513), anecdotes, and holograph 'englynion' addressed to John Davies by T. E. Nant. (i.e., Thomas Edwards, 'Twm or Nant').
Davies, John, fl. 1744-1745 Miscellany compiled by, NLW MS 5369B
An index compiled by John Davies, Aberystwyth (1860-1939) to Vols I-LXXII, 1891-1917, of Cymru, edited by Sir Owen M. Edwards (1858-1920). The material is arranged both under authors' names and under subject matter.
Papers, 1807-1919, mainly of John Davies, Carmarthen, including sermons; a notebook of recipes, including some relating to bookbinding; and bidding accounts, 1807, relating to John Davies's wedding. NLW MSS 21861-21863 contain additions in the hand of William Morris, Cydweli.
A collection from the library of John Davies, much of which comprises correspondence and sermons, but also includes translations of segments of the New Testament, with commentaries; lectures; poetry; essays; a commonplace book; an account book; almanacs; miscellaneous papers, notes, etc.
A collection of pedigrees of English families and a few Welsh families, with the arms coloured in some instances, compiled by John Davies, Rhiwlas, Llansilin, author of A Display of Herauldry ... (Salop, 1716), with additions in later hands.
Davies, John, Rhiwlas, Llansilin Collection of pedigrees (17-18 cents), NLW MS 5451E
Results of a psychological audit undertaken by the donor, comprising copies of correspondence, newsletters entitled Landore Labour News, and 'An annotated bibliography about Labour's anti-social behaviour measures'.
John Downame: A Briefe concordance ... (London, 1642), with over one hundred manuscript leaves containing prayers, etc. Welsh, English. Purchased from Charles F. Worel, London, January 1965.
John Downame: Annotations upon the books of the Old and New Testaments (1657), with the signature of William Griffith, Gower. English. Leather. Donated by Miss Alicia Gower Jones, February 1969.
An essay entitled The best means of developing the industrial resources of Wales by John E. Thomas, Wrexham, awarded a prize at the Brecon National Eisteddfod, 1889, and printed in The Transactions of the National Eisteddfod of Wales (London, 1890).
Thomas, John E., Wrexham Essay (1889), NLW MS 1330C
Papers assembled by Peter Black relating to John Edwards ('Eos Glan Twrch', 1806-1887), including an introduction and a list of his known works, together with photocopies of obituaries and of his work Llais o'r Llwyn: sef Barddoniaeth ar Amryfal Destynau (Utica, 1854).
An autograph ballad-poem by John Ellis Jones (Elidirfab), Nant Peris, Llanberis entitled Hen Feibl Peter Williams (Alaw - Y Fronfraith, neu Hen Feibl Mawr fy Mam); Elidirfab also wrote Y Bwthyn ar y Bryn.
Elidirfab, b. 1840 Hen Feibl Peter Williams (ballad-poem) (late 19 cent.), NLW MS 6193B
Correspondence, 1938-1997, and miscellaneous personal papers, 1944-1995, of John Elwyn, including letters relating to commissions and exhibitions. Among the more notable correspondents are Winifred Coombe Tennant, Nicholas Evans, Alun Hoddinott, Glyn Jones, John Petts, Ceri Richards and Kyffin Williams.
Miscellaneous papers, 1940s-1997, of the artist John Elwyn (John Elwyn Davies, 1916-1997), consisting mainly of exhibition catalogues, printed material relating to other artists' work, including pamphlets and ephemera produced by the Old Stile Press, papers relating to artists' societies, minor correspondence and personal papers.
NLW MSS 5805-5843 came from the library of John Evans (1830-1917), Abermeurig, Cardiganshire, Calvinistic Methodist minister and author of Byr-Gofiant am naw a deugain o weinidogion ymadawedig [y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd] Sir Aberteifi (Dolgellau, 1894), Yr Ail Fyr-Gofiant ... (Dolgellau, 1908), Y Trydydd Byr-Gofiant ... (Dolgellau, 1913), and other works.
Evans, John, 1830-1917 Papers of and in collection of, 19-20 cents, NLW MSS 5805-5843