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A list, [September] 1795, by the artist John Malchair of Oxford, of drawings made by him on a tour of north Wales, 22 July-21 August 1785, written on returning to Oxford.
The drawings are described in chronological order, with some additional details and comments on the surroundings, people and weather. The itinerary includes Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire (f. 1), Dinas Mawddwy (f. 2 recto-verso), Barmouth (f. 3) and Harlech (f. 3 recto-verso), Merionethshire, and Beddgelert, Caernarvonshire (f. 3 verso). For a transcript of the list see Colin Harrison, John Malchair of Oxford: Artist and Musician (Oxford, 1998), pp. 150-152.

An illustrated manuscript journal, [1837x1838] (watermark 1836), by the artist George Nicholson of Liverpool, of a tour of Snowdonia on 5-18 August 1837, including nine pen and ink drawings by Nicholson, together with two watercolour paintings, apparently by his sister Isabella.
Nicholson and his two friends Edward [Priestley] and Mary Ann arrive at Bangor by ship [from Liverpool] on 5 August (f. 2). Their itinerary includes Caernarfon (f. 3), Beddgelert and Pont Aberglaslyn (f. 3 verso), Tanybwlch, Maentwrog (ff. 5-7 verso) and Ffestiniog (f. 6 recto-verso). They then return to Beddgelert for a week (ff. 8-17), before travelling via Capel Curig (ff. 17 verso-18) to Bangor (f. 18 verso) for the passage home (ff. 18 verso, 20). The group also climb Snowdon (ff. 9-10 verso). The pen and ink drawings comprise 'Llyn Colwyn' [i.e. Llyn Cwellyn?] (f. 3 verso), 'Pont Aberglasllyn [sic]' (f. 4), 'Tan-y-Bwlch Inn' [i.e. the Oakeley Arms] (f. 6), 'From the window of the Oakley [sic] Arms, Tan-y-Bwlch' (f. 7), 'Ciliart's [i.e. Gelert's] Tomb' (f. 12), 'Goat Inn' (f. 14), 'Plas Colwyn' (f. 16), and 'Trifain [i.e. Tryfan] – Foel Goch – Benglog' (f. 19). The watercolour paintings, both of which are labelled 'I. N. fecit', depict two dragonflies on heather (f. 8) and two butterflies on harebell (f. 13). Also included are copies of verses taken from visitors' books and albums during the journey (ff. 6, 7 recto-verso, 18).

Papurau Carneddog a rhai a gasglwyd ganddo, 1743-1947, yn cynnwys rhyddiaith a barddoniaeth ganddo ef ac eraill ar gyfer eu cyhoeddi, yn cynnwys colofn 'Manion o'r Mynydd'; torion papur newydd o'i waith ef ac eraill; gwaith gan awduron adnabyddus a gasglodd, yn eu mysg cerddi David W. Morris ('Dewi Glan Dulas', 1853-95) a dyfyniadau cywyddwyr; ei nodiadau bywgraffiadol ar awduron; papurau personol a theuluol, yn cynnwys llythyrau a anfonwyd ganddo o Iwerddon, pan oedd yn gwella o salwch yn 1899; swm sylweddol o ddeunydd yn ymwneud â hanes Beddgelert a phlwyfi cyfagos, yn cynnwys llyfrau lloffion gyda nodiadau llawn, copi llawysgrif o hanes Beddgelert a nifer o deuluoedd lleol, a llyfr rent Carneddi, 1743-1832; a nifer fawr o lythyrau at Garneddog, llawer ohonynt yn ymwneud â'i golofn yn yr Herald, a hefyd yn cynnwys llythyrau gan awduron Cymreig a llythyrau o UDA ac Awstralia. = Papers, 1743-1947, of and collected by Carneddog, comprising prose and poetry by him and others towards publications including the 'Manion o'r Mynydd' column; newspaper cuttings of his own work and that of others; works by well-known authors collected by him, including poems of David W. Morris ('Dewi Glan Dulas', 1853-95) and quotations from the cywyddwyr; biographical notes by him on authors; personal and family papers, including letters sent by him from Ireland, where he was recuperating from illness in 1899; a considerable amount of material relating to the history of Beddgelert and neighbouring parishes, including fully annotated scrapbooks, a manuscript history of Beddgelert and of several local families, and a rent book from Carneddi, 1743-1832; and a large number of letters to Carneddog, many of them relating to his column in the Herald, and also including letters of Welsh authors and letters from the USA and Australia.