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Two scrapbooks relating to the novelist Oliver Onions (1873-1961), husband of the novelist Berta Ruck (1878-1978), the first mainly containing press cuttings of reviews of his works of fiction, 1900-12, including The Compleat Bachelor (London, 1900), The Odd-Job Man (London, 1903) and Little Devil Doubt (London, 1909); and the second compiled by Berta Ruck containing press cuttings, 1946-65, mostly relating to his novels Poor Man's Tapestry (London, 1946), Arras of Youth (London, 1949), A penny for the harp (London, 1951) (see NLW MS 20805C for a corrected typescript), and A shilling to spend (London, 1965); together with obituary notices; and letters from family members, writers and publishers including Dorothy Charques, undated, Rupert Croft-Cooke, 1949, Olwen Caradoc Evans, 1956, John Gawsworth, 1947, Pat Lawlor, 1955, Moray Maclaren, 1957, Martin Secker, 1965, and Raleigh Trevelyan, 1965.

Additional records of Portland Street United Reform Church, Aberystwyth (see Annual Report 1985-86, p 62), formerly the English Congregational Church, Portland Street, comprising a volume entitled 'Records of the Congregational Church Assembling at Portland Street, Aberystwyth', including an historical account of the Church up to 1880; church minutes, 1868-93; roll of church members, 1868-99; marriage register, 1873-1900; baptismal register, 1869-98; and burial register, 1874-99; together with papers relating to the chapel organ, 1901-59, enclosed in the volume

Eight letters, 1951-1961, from the Reverend Professor John Evans (1858-1963), Memorial College, Brecon, to Sidney Rees Powell, Pentwyn Farm, Llanddew, Brecon, father of the donor, relating to his preaching engagements at Tredomen Congregational Church, Llanfilo, co. Brecon

Llythyrau, 1966-75, at Richard E. Huws yn ymwneud yn bennaf â'i waith fel is-gadeirydd cangen ieuenctid Plaid Cymru Caerfyrddin, ac fel trefnydd cangen tref Caerfyrddin yn ystod Etholiad Cyffredinol 1970, yn trafod materion yn ymwneud â Phlaid Cymru, arwyddion dwyieithog ac ymgyrch Etholiad Cyffredinol 1970. Ymhlith y gohebwyr y mae Gwynfor Evans AS, D. Cyril Jones, Peter Hughes Griffiths, Dafydd Iwan, Geraint Howells AS, Ffred Ffransis, Owen Edwards, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Donald Stewart AS, Elystan Morgan AS, Dafydd Elis Thomas AS, Emlyn Hooson AS, Dafydd Williams ac Elwyn Roberts. Ceir hefyd doriadau papur newydd, araith forwynol Gwynfor Evans yn Hansard, 1966, a'i daflen etholiadol yn 1970.

A photocopy of the autobiography, in Welsh, of Trevor Axworthy's great grandfather, John Coslett Thomas (1863-1936), who was born in Tredegar, emigrated with his family to Chubut, Patagonia, in 1875, and to Bangor, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1905, and settled, about 1920, in Los Angeles; together with a pedigree of the Canadian branch of the family, from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Surname index on microfiche to the 1881 census for England and Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and the Royal Navy at Sea; together with microfiche indexes for the counties of Cardigan and Rutland

Papers, 1997-1999, relating to the Techniquest / Pan Tecnicon Millennium Award funded by the Millennium Commission, entitled 'Cycling to Work' (a panoramic landscape photographic project), submitted by the photographer Paul Brewer (b. 1946), including the original application; project details; contract and letters supporting his application; marketing and Techniquest correspondence; budget details; monthly financial reports; and certificate; together with correspondence, 1995-1996, relating to the Gold Medal in Fine Art which was awarded to him for monumental photographs at the Bro Colwyn National Eisteddfod 1995, and to the exhibition 'Seven contemporary artists from Wales' held at John Martin of London, March 1996.

Manuscript and typescript drafts, [1970s]-[1995], by Glyn Jones of his unfinished poem 'Seven Keys to Shaderdom', on which the version published in The Collected Poems of Glyn Jones, ed. by Meic Stephens (Cardiff, 1996), pp. 111-131, was based.
The published poem consists of seven sections with a prose Prologue, represented in the manuscript by multiple drafts (ff. 1-202, 208-224). Section I was previously published as 'Shader's Vision' in Poetry Wales 19.3 (1984), 51-2, the Prologue and Sections I-III appeared as 'Prologue and Three Fragments' in Glyn Jones, Selected Poems, Fragments and Fictions (Ogmore-by-Sea, 1988), pp. 133-144, and Section V was published in Poetry Wales 28.2 (October 1992), 18-19. The manuscript also includes other material including drafts and fragments of other poems, notes, images and completed lines (ff. 203-207, 225-279). Some leaves re-use miscellaneous letters, newsletters, television drama scripts and other papers. A self-portrait sketch in ink by Jones is on f. i verso.

Transcripts and indexes compiled by Dr E. L. James and Dr M. A. James of monumental inscriptions in the parishes of Llannarth and Llanina (vol x), and Llanbadarn Fawr (northern part) (vol xi), all in co. Cardigan

Adysgrifau a mynegeion a baratowyd gan Dr E. L. James a Dr M. A. James o feddargraffiadau ym mhlwyfi Llannarth a Llanina (cyf x), a Llanbadarn Fawr (rhan ogleddol) (cyf xi), sir Aberteifi.

A photocopy of a translation into Welsh, mostly in manuscript, by Eryl McDonald de Hughes of the novel El Evangelio y Don Eduardo (Buenos Aires, 1991) by Roy Centeno Humphreys, and an English translation 'Go Patagonia, said Edwin' by the latter of his novel Go Patagonia, dijo Edwin (Argentina, 1993), both of which relate to the Welsh colonization of the Chubut Valley and were declared works of National Cultural Interest by the Argentine Government in 1996; together with Roy Centeno Humphreys's curriculum vitae and photocopies of research papers including letters to Edward Humphreys, genealogical notes, and reviews of the novels, mainly in Spanish. The author is the great grandson of Elizabeth and Morris Humphreys, who came to Patagonia aboard the Mimosa in 1865; copies of both novels have been transferred to the Department of Printed Books.

Papers, c 1972-87, including correspondence, minutes, newsletters, leaflets and printed material, relating to the Plaid Cymru National Left Group; Devolution to Wales; the Anti-Apartheid Movement; and the Welsh Language Society. Among the correspondence are three letters from Dafydd Wigley, 1984 and 1987, and a note from Dafydd Orwig, 1985. The printed material includes a pamphlet by Gareth Meils entitled Cymru Rydd, Cymru Cymraeg, Cymru Sosialaidd, 1972; a Government publication entitled Devolution: The New Assemblies for Wales and Scotland, 1976; and Keep Wales United With Britain: Vote No to the Welsh Assembly, issued by the No Assembly Campaign during the 1979 referendum

Papurau, c 1972-87, gan gynnwys gohebiaeth, cofnodion, cylchlythyrau, pamffledi a deunydd printiedig, yn ymwneud â 'Gr43wp Chwith Genedlaethol Plaid Cymru'; Datganoli i Gymru; y Mudiad Gwrth-Apartheid; a Chymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg. Ymhlith yr ohebiaeth ceir tri llythyr oddi wrth Dafydd Wigley, 1984 a 1987, a nodyn oddi wrth Dafydd Orwig, 1985. Y mae'r deunydd printiedig yn cynnwys pamffled gan Gareth Meils yn dwyn y teitl Cymru Rydd, Cymru Cymraeg, Cymru Sosialaidd, 1972; cyhoeddiad gan y Llywodraeth, Devolution: The New Assemblies for Wales and Scotland, 1976; a Keep Wales United With Britain: Vote No to the Welsh Assembly, a baratowyd gan ymgyrchwyr yn erbyn Cynulliad i Gymru yn ystod Refferendwm 1979

A B.D. Oxon. thesis by W. D. Davies entitled 'The Philosophical Implications of the Doctrine of the Person of Christ in the Definition of Chalcedon'.

Further printed ephemera, mainly 2000, in French and Breton, accumulated by the late Hervé Person (Tud Diwar Ar Maez), relating to cultural, educational, environmental and political activities in Brittany, including a paper 'Les perspectives de l'agriculture en Bretagne', from a special session held 25 January 2000 by the Economic and Social Council of Brittany; a leaflet advertising the twenty-third film festival at Douarnenez, August 2000; together with copies of the cultural newspaper Adsa, July, August and October/November 2000; and a compact disc, 2000, in honour of Glenmor (Milig ar Skañv, 1931-1996), containing recordings of his poems, performed by various artists, which has been transferred to the Sound and Moving Image Collection (CD 1188).

Adysgrifau a mynegeion a baratowyd gan Dr. E. L. James a Dr M. A. James o feddargraffiadau yn ardal Ystrad Aeron, Ceredigion (plwyfi Cilcennin, Ciliau Aeron, Dihewyd a Llanfihangel Ystrad) (cyf. xiv); ynghyd â mynegai enwau llefydd ar feddfeini a nodwyd yng nghyfrolau i-xiv.

Ffacsimilïau o gyfansoddiadau cerdd yn cynnwys 'Tocatta for organ' gan Ian Parrott, 1962, a gyhoeddwyd c. 1965; 'Four songs from the Chinese (specially written for the female voice of the choir of the College of Music and Drama, Cardiff)' gan David Wynne, 1963; 'Sweet Suffolk owl' geiriau gan Thomas Vautor, heb ddyddiad (cyhoeddwyd yn 1957, cerddoriaeth gan Dilys Elwyn-Edwards a'r geiriau wedi'u cyfieithu gan T. H. Parry-Williams), a 'Why have you stolen my delight?', y geiriau gan Francis Brett Young, heb ddyddiad

Llyfr nodiadau y bardd a'r cerddor Humphrey Bradley Jones ('Garmonydd', 1840-1904) yn ymwneud â William Williams, Pantycelyn (1717-1791), gan gynnwys ei ddarlithiau 'Pant-y-Celyn. Ei Amserau ai Weithiau' a 'Pant-y-celyn fel bardd'. Bu'n traddodi darlithiau ar hyd a lled Cymru ar yr emynydd.

A copy of W. T. Rees Pryce's PhD thesis 'The social and economic structure of Northeast Wales, 1750-1890' submitted to the Council for National Academic Awards (Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, 1971)

Pamphlets and papers, 1970-1987, accumulated by W. D. Michael relating to Welsh political issues including Wales TUC, John Jenkins, the Miners' strike and the Ffestiniog quarrymen's strike, the Socialist Republican Party of Wales, Welsh Railways, the Development Board for Rural Wales and the Welsh Committee of the Communist Party; together with material on student politics at University College, Swansea, and other colleges, collected whilst the donor was secretary of University College Swansea Socialist Society in the 1970s.

Cyfrol deipysgrif yn cynnwys 'Hanes plwyf Llanfrothen' a ysgrifennwyd yn wreiddiol gan John Jones ('Ioan Brothen', 1868-1940) yn 1906; ynghyd ag atodiadau yn cynnwys detholiadau o waith 'Ioan Brothen'. Copïwyd a diweddarwyd y llawysgrif gan Arwyn Thomas yn 2000; cedwir y llawysgrif wreiddiol yn Archifdy Meirion, Dolgellau.

Cyfrolau yn cynnwys carolau Nadolig yn bennaf a gasglwyd ac a gopïwyd, 1901-1936, gan Hugh Rees (1859-1946), Tanygraian, Llanymawddwy, sir Feirionnydd, hen daid Mrs Mary Williams, y rhoddwraig; nodir ei ffynonellau, cyhoeddiadau eglwysig gan mwyaf megis Y Llan a Y Cyfaill Eglwysig; a phenillion gan Nansi Richards, 'Telynores Maldwyn', a gyhoeddwyd yn nhudalen yr ifanc yn Yr Haul, Tachwedd a Rhagfyr 1936; ynghyd â'i gopi o Rhys Prichard, Canwyll y Cymru (Casnewydd, 1888), wedi'u dethol gan Thomas Levi a dderbyniodd yn rhodd yn 1900 a chyfrolau eraill printiedig; a ffotograff ohono, 1919, gyda dau arall ar ben Bwlch-y-groes, Llanymawddwy, a arferai groesi ar ei ffordd i weithio ar gronfa ddŵr Llanwddyn.