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Two copies of a diary kept by Major, later Colonel, Roundell Tristram Toke of the 1st Battalion the Welsh Regiment.

Blue notebook, entitled 'Diary kept during war, 1915. 1916', containing a narrative account of the Battalion's departure from Agra, India, and redeployment in France as part of the 84th Brigade of the 28th Division, 15 Nov. 1914-11 Jan. 1915. Daily entries for most days, 12 Jan.-31 Dec. 1915, including longer entries on 18-22 Feb. (Château Rosenthal, later 'Bedford House'), 8 May (the first day of the Battle of Frezenberg) and 24-25 May (Battle of Bellewaarde). (1 volume; 102 pp. of text).

Black notebook, entitled 'Diary of the war, 1st Welsh Regiment, January to August 1915, by Major R. T. Toke, A Company', containing a narrative account for 15 Nov.-18 Jan., and daily entries for most days, 19 Jan.-23 Aug. 1915, when Toke was appointed to command the 6th Service Battalion the Bedfordshire Regiment. The black notebook appears to be an edited version of the blue notebook, frequently with fuller daily entries. The text is on one side of each opening, with the facing page containing occasional notes, maps and plans. Also an original signal during the Battle of Bellewaarde that "The attack will be renewed at 12.30am without fail and pushed right through with the bayonet till our old line of trenches is regained", 25 May. (1 volume; 1 cm. of text).

Loose enclosures, including trench maps (Wulverghem, Feb.-March 1915, and Kemmel-Wytschaete, 4 July 1915), lists of officers wounded and killed, newspaper cuttings, and letters from Cyril Lomax ('Sandy') relating to his intended regimental history, 1922. (1 envelope; 1 cm.).

Papers of Leighton Andrews, including material relating to his time in the National Assembly; material relating to his early career, including at the BBC; correspondence with various public figures, including Lord Scarman; and material relating to the 1997 Yes for Wales campaign.

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.

Scrapbook, 1885-1892, compiled by the amateur actor Augustus Spalding, a close friend and supporter of the opera singer Adelina Patti, containing press cuttings, photographs, printed items, letters and ephemera.
The volume contains material relating to Patti's wedding to Ernesto Nicolini (ff. 11 verso-12 verso, 12c, 13), various charity concerts in Swansea and Brecon (ff. 17-20, 30-31 verso, 41a-b, 42-43, 81-84 verso), her tour of South America in 1888 (in particular Buenos Aires and Montevideo) (ff. 32 verso-36, 39 verso-41 verso), engravings of Craig-y-Nos Castle (ff. 43 verso-45), her birthday party, 19 February 1889 (ff. 50 verso-51), performances at the Patti Theatre, Craig-y-Nos (ff. 62 verso, 67, 78-80 verso, 85), and the Grand Autumn Concert Tour of 1890 (f. 63 recto-verso), all being events in which Spalding participated. The majority of the material however relates to Spalding's acting activities as a member of the Old Stagers during the annual Canterbury Cricket Week, and with the Windsor Strollers.

A volume containing humorous prose (ff. 4-16 verso) and poetry (ff. 19-33), [1867], by a young woman identifying herself as 'Angelina Workington' (f. 9), for her uncle, 'Slatey Hughes Esquire', as a memento of their visit to Llandudno and the surrounding area in July 1867.
The volume consists of a fanciful prologue (ff. 4-6), followed by equally fanciful accounts of excursions to the Great Orme (ff. 9-10 verso, 12-13 verso) and Capel Curig (ff. 14 recto-verso, 16 recto-verso), and poems entitled 'Ffos Noddyn' (ff. 19-20), 'A Growl from Gelert's Ghost' (ff. 22-25), 'The Streamlet's Song' (ff. 27-29) and 'Excelsior' (ff. 31-33). The manuscript is written mainly in black ink, with some words in red, blue, green and gold paint. In addition there is an illuminated title page (f. 2) and dedication (f. 3), with further illuminations or decorative initials on ff. 4, 8, 9, 16, 19, 22, 31; together with five pen drawings (ff. 7, 11, 15, 17, 22) and a photograph of the Great Orme, Llandudno (pasted in on f. 8). The name 'Angelina Workington' is presumed to be a pseudonym; the writer may actually be the Isabella Slater to whom the volume was gifted in 1862 (see f. 1).

Scrapbooks of press cuttings and correspondence relating to Sir John Lynn-Thomas's career, together with notes and annotated copies of his book Key of all Wales in South-West Cardiganshire (1932).

Records of the Llangeitho Benefit Society, 1827-1938.

Autograph album, 1866-1868, belonging to the journalist John Griffith (Gohebydd), compiled during visits to Reconstruction Era America to report for Baner ac Amserau Cymru. The album contains eighty-four signatures and inscriptions, mainly by Senators and other senior politicians and social reformers (ff. 3-49).
The signatories include the future Presidents James A. Garfield (f. 32) and U[lysses] S. Grant (f. 37), future Vice-Presidents Tho[mas] A. Hendricks (f. 7) and Schuyler Colfax (f. 26), Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton (f. 36), presidents pro-tem of the Senate L[a] F[ayette] S. Foster (f. 19) and B[enjamin] F. Wade (f. 22), the abolitionists and social reformers Frederick Douglass (f. 38), Wendell Phillips (f. 45) and Anna E. Dickinson (f. 46), the actor James E. Murdoch (f. 41) and the writer R[alph] Waldo Emerson (f. 43). A few autographs are of Welshmen (ff. 44, 49).

Two travel journals, 1800-1802, of the Rev. Thomas Prior, Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, describing tours of parts of North East Wales and the North of England, 1800 (NLW MS 24171iB), and North Wales, 1802 (NLW MS 24171iiB), together with a fragment of an Italian journal in an unknown hand, [1822] (NLW MS 24171iiiB).
Thomas Prior became a Doctor of Divinity in 1805, and was Vice-Provost of Trinity College 1832-1833 and 1840-1843.

Manuscript music, 1982-1983, of three pieces by the Jazz pianist Dill Jones, namely 'Lady Wendy' (lyrics by Malcolm Barron), 'Maybe I'll be yours (once again)' (lyrics by Malcolm Barron) and 'No flowers for my lady' (lyrics by Tim Willis), together with photocopies of the scores.

Manuscripts, 1827-1875, from the library of G. T. O. Bridgeman, including heraldic material, etc., relating to the Wynn family of Gwydir, and also transcripts of charters and public records.

Copi o Tu hwnt i'r llen : pryddest gystadleuol ar destyn y gadair yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Llandudno, 1896 (Llanelli, 1901), pryddest anfuddugol J. Gwili Jenkins, yn cynnwys dau lythyr oddi wrth Gwili, [1912], at deulu J. R.Owen, Gyfelog, Bwlchdewin, Porthmadog, un ar bapur ysgrifennu Ysgol y Gwynfryn, Rhydaman. = A copy of Tu hwnt i'r llen : pryddest gystadleuol ar destyn y gadair yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Llandudno, 1896 (Llanelli, 1901), unsuccessful long poem in free metre by J. Gwili Jenkins entered in the National Eisteddfod held at Llandudno in 1896, including two letters from Gwili, [1912], to the family of J. R.Owen, Gyfelog, Bwlchdewin, Porthmadog, one of them is written on headed notepaper [Gwynfryn School, Ammanford].

Incomplete typed proof copy of "The Sovereignty of the Bible", [1895], by Morris Owen Evans, PhD, DD, author of 'An essay towards comprehension: Christianity and Churchmanship', 1895, 'The Healing of the Nations', etc.

Papers, 1859-[2000], accumulated by Wyn Thomas, including letters from Raymond Garlick, 1991-2000, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, 1989, and J. M. Cleary, 1993; together with letters sent to T. Ifor Rees responding to his publication, In and around the Valley of Mexico (1954), and from renowned writers including D. J. Williams, T. Gwynn Jones, and T. H. Parry-Williams. = Papurau, 1859-[2000], a grynhowyd gan Wyn Thomas, yn cynnwys llythyrau ato oddi wrth Raymond Garlick, 1991-2000, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, 1989, a J. M. Cleary, 1993; ynghyd â llythyrau a anfonwyd at T. Ifor Rees yn ymateb i’w gyhoeddiad In and around the Valley of Mexico (1954), ac oddi wrth lenorion amlwg megis D. J. Williams, T. Gwynn Jones, a T. H. Parry-Williams.

Personal copies of J. P. Brown, Llangollen, of ‘Cylch Translations’, 1960-2007 (with gaps), a newsletter which he produced for members of the Cylch Catholig and others; included are items from the Welsh-language press of interest to Catholics. = Copïau personol J. P. Brown, Llangollen, o'r cylchlythyr ‘Cylch Translations’, 1960-2007 (gyda bylchau), a gynhyrchodd ar gyfer aelodau o’r Cylch Catholig ac eraill; maent yn cynnwys eitemau o’r wasg Gymraeg oedd o ddiddordeb i Gatholigion.

Bound volume containing printed reports of the Cardiganshire War Savings Committee, 1917-1918, and a letter from the donor, dated 6 September 1920, addressed to the Librarian, Sir John Ballinger.

A manuscript music book of popular songs originally belonging to William Williams, cabinet maker, including ballads and operatic pieces such as The Highland Laddie and Robin Hood. The volume then passed on into the possession of Thomas Llewelyn, Newbridge.

Chronicles of the Mathew family by E. M. Bishop. English. (Formerly E. M. Bishop MS 11) In boards. Donated by Alwyn Andrew, Liverpool, 1945.

Papers donated by the Aberystwyth, Pontypridd and Cardiff branches of Welsh Women's Aid. They include material relating to the constitution, corporate structure, strategic development and codes of practice of Welsh Women's Aid; records of its Management Committee and of numerous departmental meetings; internal and external correspondence; accounting, fundraising and other administrative papers; material celebrating Welsh Women's Aid's twenty-first, twenty-fifth and fortieth anniversaries; and individual branch archives of Welsh Women's Aid, all of which reference the issues affecting women and their children who access Women's Aid, such as domestic violence, social welfare and law and legislation.

There is considerable overlap of subject-matter within sections of the archive: for example, corporate and work reports, statistics and questionnaires, as well as material relating to violence against women, children/families, housing and benefits appear under multiple sections, while records of individual group meetings such as Employment and Finance or material relating to accounts, conferences, training courses, etc frequently appear under details of Management Committee meetings, Annual Reviews and so forth.

See under Cardiff Women's Aid Archive: Archif Menywod Cymru/Women's Archive of Wales for correspondence and other material relating to Welsh Women's Aid's decision to deposit papers with the Women's Archive of Wales.

** NOTE THAT SOME SECTIONS OF THIS ARCHIVE HAVE BEEN EMBARGOED FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME: SEE UNDER INDIVIDUAL HEADINGS ***

A scrapbook relating to the career of Welsh soprano Madame Amy Evans (1884-1983), containing press cuttings and papers, 1910-1923, mostly concerning a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1920-1921, all pre-dating her move to the USA with husband Fraser Gange in 1923. Also, an envelope containing various letters of correspondence, 'englynion', and additional press cuttings again relating to the pre-USA careers of both Amy Evans and Fraser Gange.