Dangos 2016 canlyniad

Deeds and documents relating to Glyneiddan, Nantgaredig, and other premises in Carmarthenshire, 1785-1955, and papers of Henry Jones-Davies, relating to local government in Carmarthenshire, 1895-1950; and to agriculture, 1910-1945, especially to agricultural co-operatives in Wales.

Papers, in the main diaries and correspondence, 1895-[?1978], of Edward and Helen Thomas, comprising diaries of Edward Thomas, 1895-1917; correspondence, 1896-1917, of Edward Thomas and his wife Helen; correspondence, 1895-1896, of Edward Thomas and his father-in-law James Ashcroft Noble; autograph drafts of poems, 1914-1917, by Edward Thomas, all of which were published in The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas, ed. by R. George Thomas (Oxford, 1978); the original manuscript of The Heart of England (London, 1906); an autograph prose piece, 1912, entitled 'A Castle of Cloud'; and fragments of Edward Thomas's journals, memoranda, photographs, etc., 1895-1916.

This collection is from the library of Robert Davies Roberts and relates principally to family history and to the antiquities of Denbighshire.

Parliament for Wales Campaign records, 1988-2000, including minutes, accounts, correspondence, and files relating to membership, branches, policy, activities and publications.

A further consignment of papers were recived comprising correspondence, minutes of meetings and financial papers. This group remains uncatalogued.

Manuscripts and correspondence, [early 1930s]-1985, of James Hanley and his wife, Dorothy Enid ('Timothy') Hanley, comprising literary papers of James Hanley, 1954-1985, consisting of published and unpublished works of fiction, including novels stories and plays, mainly in draft form, some fragmentary; manuscripts of Timothy Hanley, 1932-1980, comprising journals, 1932-1980, and notebooks, 1932-1950, containing draft book reviews, short stories, poems, letters and sketches; and letters, mostly to their son Liam Hanley, from James Hanley, 1951-1981, and Timothy Hanley, 1951-[1970s].

The 1976 group comprises autobiographical data, reminiscences and impressions of Aberystwyth, 1900-1904, recollections of Welsh colleagues, correspondence, 1951-1967, notes and working papers, 1904-1910, notes and drawings for lectures, 1906-1907, copies of addresses, slides, maps, and ordnance survey charts of Aberystwyth, 1905 and 1912; brief manuscript and typescript account of life in the Channel Islands under German occupation during World War II mainly Guernsey, 1944-1954; letters of condolence to Mrs. Fleure; cash books, 1869-1914, which, for the period 1869-89, was kept by Fleure's father; research papers and correspondence relating to the distribution of blood groups in the United Kingdom, with particular reference to Wales. The 1982 group comprises the research notes of Herbert John Fleure, 1966-1967, mainly concerned with the distribution of blood groups in the United Kingdom, with special reference to Wales, comprising notes and drafts for Ada C. Kopc, The Distribution of the Blood Groups in the United Kingdom (London, 1970), lecture notes of Dr. Kopc, 1963-1965, and offprints of articles by Elizabeth S. Brown and I. Morgan Watkin, 1963-1967; correspondence, 1963-1968, mainly from Ada C. Kopc, A.E. Mourant and R.A. Pelham; miscellaneous papers and correspondence on the archaeology of the Channel Islands, Cornwall and Devon, 1963-1965.

Records of Crescent Chapel, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, including account books, 1845-1906, members' contributions, 1853-1980, member transfer certificates, 1867-1991, annual accounts and statistics, 1894-1980, annual reports, 1924-1984, and Sunday School records, 1927-1986.

Papers, 1816-1930, of David Samuel (Dewi o Geredigion), including material mainly of Aberystwyth interest; correspondence; lectures and articles; examination papers in Welsh grammar, literature and history; and miscellaneous notes.

Notebooks and papers, 1815-[1910x1914], of or belonging to Sir Edward Anwyl, mainly comprising notes of Celtic, Classical, Biblical, theological and historical or archaeological interest, together with literary, linguistic and grammatical material.

Deeds and marriage settlements collected by Harold Hughes, relating mainly to properties in the parishes of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, Llangynfelyn, and Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire, 1577-1852.

Deeds and documents relating to the Mackworth family of Gnoll Castle and the Miers family of Ynyspenllwch, Glamorgan, and to properties in Glamorgan and Somerset, 1735-1882.

Deeds, mainly relating to the Alltlwyd estate, 1617-1869, chiefly in the parishes of Llanrhystud and Llansanffraid, Cardiganshire.

Music manuscripts and papers of David Vaughan Thomas, 1841-1986, including personal papers of D. Vaughan Thomas, 1885-1932; correspondence, 1906-1945; musical compositions, 'Llyn y Fan', songs and hymns, [c. 1906]-[c. 1933]; published compositions, 1906-1933; lecture notes, [c. 1910]-1930; press cuttings, 1910-1938; and miscellaneous family papers, 1841-1986, including papers of Vaughan Thomas's grandfather and programme of a centenary concert, 1973.

Notes, drafts of published and unpublished works, letters, talks, reviews, booklets, leaflets, periodicals, press cuttings and other material relating to Jan Morris's writing career and the places she visited in the course of her research, together with personal letters and records.

The first group of papers, [c. 1927]-[1987] (1-72), which were received in November 1999, comprise sermon notes, correspondence, diaries, medical notebooks and press cuttings of reviews of books written by Dr D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and about him. They also include the papers of his widow Dr Bethan Lloyd-Jones comprising letters received by her during her husband's illness and hospital treatment in 1968; letters to her daughters while on preaching tours in the USA and South Africa; letters of sympathy following his death in 1981; and papers relating to her book Memories of Sandfields 1927-1938 published in 1983. -- The additional papers, 1913-[1967], donated in February 2003 (no. 73), comprise miscellaneous papers including sermon notes, 1966-1967, personalia and press cuttings.

The August 2008 donation (unlisted) comprises holograph sermons, 1927-38, preached by the Reverend Dr David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) during his first pastorate at Bethlehem Forward Movement Church, Sandfields, Port Talbot, with some in the hand of his wife, Dr Bethan Lloyd-Jones; see Bethan Lloyd-Jones, Memories of Sandfields (Edinburgh, 1983) and D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Evangelistic sermons at Aberavon (Edinburgh, 1983). Also included is a manuscript history of the cause at Sandfields entitled 'A brief outline of Sandfield [sic] Church and its Ministry from 1897 to 1938'.

The May 2011 donation comprises mainly newspaper cuttings collated by Dr D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, some referring directly to himself, other cuttings he took from papers etc relating to the ecumenical scene etc. One handwritten page is full of numbers - the record he kept of the hymns sung (from Congregational Praise) over a lengthy period at Westminster Chapel. This group remains uncatalogued.

A collection from the library of Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant') comprising drafts and manuscript versions of works by him, including many biographical sketches, a proportion of the work being submitted for 'eisteddfod' competitions; correspondence; a collection of carols; transcripts of poetry, articles, etc.; miscellaneous notes and transcripts; and manuscripts in the hand of Griffith Jones ('Gytyn Ardudwy').

Deeds relating to the estates of Lloyd of Maesannod, parish of Llanynys, and Rhydonnen, parish of Llandysilio-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, 1592-1845.

C. L. J. Humphreys family papers some of which relate to Charles Jones Humphreys, Charles Milward Dovaston Humphreys and Charles Humphreys, comprising family correspondence, probate and related papers, deeds, papers relating to the Pennant estate, [Montgomeryshire], together with genealogical papers, 1712-1958; and the C. L. J. Humphreys deeds and documents comprising twenty-four deeds, 1647-1802, relating to the Thomas and Humphreys families of Pennant concerning properties in the parishes of Betws, Berriew, Llandyssil, Llanmerewig, Newtown and Llanllwchaearn, Montgomeryshire, together with a plan, 1763, relating to the property of Charles Humphreys in the parish of Llandyssil.

Accounts and other papers relating to Chester Street Baptist Church, 1708-1922; deeds relating to Chester Street, Wrexham, 1749-1883; collecting book, accounts, deeds and trustees documents of Holt Baptist Church, 1802-1943.

Literary papers of Beti Hughes, 1941-1996, including manuscript and typescript copies and some proofs of her published and unpublished novels, [1966]-[1979]; manuscript and typescript copies of her children's novels, one of which is a translation and abridgement of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, [1961]-[1969]; notebooks including poetry, scripts, drafts and newspaper cuttings, [1958]x[1981]; together with various papers that include correspondence from Saunders Lewis, exam and competition certificates, scripts, drafts of novels, the Daniel Owen Memorial Competition adjudication, various ballads, and an order of service for unveiling a memorial stone for Beti Hughes, 1943-1994. A further file of papersrelating to Beti Hughes were received. These remain uncatalogued (May 2011).