Dangos 15051 canlyniad

Part of a manuscript in the hand of, and including poetry by, Dafydd Jones (1743-1831), Penrhyndeudraeth, 'Dafydd Siôn Siâms' or 'Dafydd ab Ioan ab Iago' (see. DWB, p. 448). It appears that this manuscript, together with NLW MSS 5553B and 10898B, once formed a complete manuscript volume. Examples of the poetical items contained in this manuscript have never been recorded before. The cywyddau and carolau belong to the period 1802-21. Fourteen items are to be found in this manuscript portion, including poems requesting various items, elegies, warnings against the threat of invasion by Napoleon Bonaparte, 1803, and against the unfaithfulness of Anglican clergy, as well as carolau plygain.

Research by the donor, 2013-2014, relating to Captain Richard Davies and his family history.

Papers and photographs, 1988-1990, relating to the design and construction of the cope for the Archbishop of Wales, The Most Reverend the Lord Archbishop George Noakes, made by members of Monmouth Diocesan Guild of Church Needlework. Also included are letters from the Archbishop and letters from Rhiannon (Jewellery in the Celtic medium), Tregaron, commissioned to design the gold morse (clasp) for the cope.

Holograph letters (26) from W.E. Gladstone, 1841-1897.

A 14th century transcript of Imago mundi.

Tunes, transcribed mid-19th century, in the hand of Owen Williams.

Tunes, transcribed 1838, in the hand of Owen Williams.

Holograph of Enwogion Cymru (1800-1879), transcribed 1879 by D. L. Felix.

Stanzas and poems to be sung with strings, transcribed c. 1912, in the hand of E. Ffestin Jones.

Remembrance and accounts books of Owen Thomas, Henllan, Denbigh, 1729-1775.

Archive contains material relating to Baroness Randerson's political career as a member of Cardiff City and Council councils, and as a Member of the National Assembly for Wales, along with material relating to the Federal Liberal Democrats and Welsh Liberal Democrats.

Seven boxes of papers from Baroness Randerson’s political office in the House of Lords, including contemporary papers connected with her work on transport policy, papers from her time in the Cameron-Clegg coalition government and in government in the Welsh Assembly, together with some association copy books and records of official visits to other countries and NATO; April 2025.

Some sixty letters, 1886-1913, to Alfred Thomas, 1st baron Pontypridd, relating mainly to national and local politics and to secondary and university education in Wales. The correspondents include Sir Edward Anwyl (1) 1905, Henry Austin Bruce, Lord Aberdare (1) 1886, Sir D. Brynmor Jones (2) 1900, J. Viriamu Jones (3) 1900, Sir Isambard Owen (1) 1893, Robert Threshie Reid, Lord Loreburn (4) 1908-1911, Lord Rendel (2) 1899, 1902, and Charles Vaughan, dean of Llandaf (6) 1888-1897.

A commonplace book of John Jones, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire containing aphorisms and transcripts of poetry by John Davies ('Ossian Gwent').

An autograph album belonging to Lizzie Rowlands (née Jones), Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, containing entries, 1860-1911, by R. J. Derfel, Thomas E. Ellis, William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog'), Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd') and others including a number of prominent Calvinistic Methodist ministers; together with pasted-in photographs of some of the above and family memoranda. The album was originally owned by Lizzie Jones's father Evan Jones, London House, Bala (f. iv) and includes notes taken by him from sermons heard at Calvinistic Methodist Association and other meetings, 1847-1849 (ff. 1-6 verso). Items found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (NLW MS 22010iiE): a letter from Lizzie Rowlands, 1885, and from Thomas Charles Edwards, Bala, 1896, relating to Lizzie Rowlands's association with Mary Jones, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, and an address by Mrs Rowlands, 1904, containing an account of the walk to Bala to purchase a Bible as recounted by Mary Jones herself.

Typescript draft, 1942, with autograph revision and annotations, of four chapters of 'The Insolence of Man', an unpublished work on evolution by Terence Hanbury White, together with a covering letter, 1952 (f. 1) from the author to Angus Bellairs, a former pupil, and the latter's comments (ff. 55-6).