Reviews of William Borlase's The Natural History of Cornwall (1758) by Haydn A. Bevan. English. Between boards. Donated by Haydn A. Bevan, Cardiff, January 1972.
Reviews and miscellaneous notes by Eliseus Howells. (Formerly Eliseus Howells MS 12.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from Mrs Eliseus Howells, Bridgend, March 1970.
'Welsh Lyrics', being the original manuscript of a review by Robert Arthur Griffith ('Elphin'), published in The Arvonian, April, 1901, of R. Silyn Roberts and W. J. Gruffydd: Telynegion (Bangor, 1900). The greater part of the review is written on the dorse of leaflets entitled 'Cyngrair Cymru Fydd. Sut i ffurfio cangenau'.
Diaries of Rev. R. J. Rees, 1905 and 1912-42, minister of Tabernacle (CM) Chapel Aberystwyth, 1903-1922, and father of Goronwy Rees, Principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He worked for the Forward Movement in Cardiff until 1947.
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
'Reverend L. Ton Evans and the United States occupation of Haiti', a typescript article by Scott H. Olsen on the Reverend Lewis Ton Evans (1861-1933), Ystrad, Rhondda, Baptist missionary to Haiti; together with related papers. cf. NLW Facs 780.
A manuscript and typescript copy of the autobiography of Rev. J. Lloyd Williams, Baptist minister, entitled 'The autobiography of an ordinary minister', 1942, together with a collection of letters from his son Private Trevor Lloyd Williams, 1916-1917, while serving as a soldier in the Somme during the First World War. Some of the soldier's personal papers are included and his 'From the line to the base. The personal experiences of one who was slightly wounded' in his hand, and transcripts of this account and the war letters are included in 'Trevor's war' compiled by the donor J. Stuart Davies, [nephew of Trevor Lloyd Williams] .
Research papers, 2001-2004, of the donor relating to the Hafod estate, Pontrhydygroes, and to the artist Frances Emily Bridgeman-Simpson’s (1810-1886) who painted the Peiran Falls in 1833 while staying at the estate.
Papers of Rev. Daniel Rowland Thomas, pacifist and scholar, including order of services for his induction as minister at Aberdare, 1939 and Merthyr Tydfil, 1945; radio scripts of services conducted by him which were transmitted by the BBC; a programme for his lecture tour in the United States as a visiting lecturer in Biblical Studies in 1967; his poem written for CND Cymru, 1999; press cuttings of articles by him and a leaflet for a Peace festival held in Ammanford in 1990, when he was one of the guest speakers. = Papurau'r Parch. Dr Daniel Rowland Thomas, heddychwr ac ysgolhaig, gan gynnwys taflenni trefn gwasanaeth ei odeinio'n weinidog yn Aberdâr, 1939 ac yn Merthyr Tudful yn 1945; sgriptau o wasanaethau yn ei ofal a ddarlledwyd gan y BBC; rhaglen ei daith ddarlithio i'r Unol Daleithiau fel darlithydd gwadd ar astudiaethau Beiblaidd yn 1967; cerdd a luniodd i CND Cymru, 1999; torion o'r wasg yn cynnwys erthyglau ganddo a thaflen Gŵyl heddwch, Rhydaman, 1990, pan oedd yn un o'r siaradwyr gwadd.
A letter dated 1 December 1886 from William Morgan, rector of Llandderfel, Merioneth, to Thomas Jones, Bryn Melyn, Llandderfel, in reply to a deputation to the rector, appointed at a meeting of tenant farmers and others at Llandderfel, demanding 15% abatement from the half-year's tithe rent-charge due on 1 January 1887. There is also a copy of the letter in Welsh.
A typescript copy of an article by William D. Grey relating to his great uncle the Reverend William Isaac Jones ('Irwyn', 1874-1955), published in the Clydach Historical Society Newsletter, 1997, nos 55-6, together with a photograph of 'Irwyn'.
Two notebooks listing the texts of almost six thousand sermons preached, 1830-1881, by the Rev. Thomas Thomas, first president of the Baptist College, Pontypool, co. Monmouth, with details of the date, place and occasion of delivery.
Correspondence, 1976-1978 and 1985, between John Jenkins, a member of staff at Llandovery College, and editor of the school journal during the 1970s, and the Rev. T. H. Ward Hill, former master at the school and editor of the journal, 1924-1948, together with notes and an article by Rev. Hill for the centenary edition of the School Journal in 1977. The file includes an endowment deed for the Thomas Phillips Foundation at Llandovery, dated 25 August 1847.
A photocopy of a dedication in a copy of the book Cicero presented by David Hughes, DD, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, to the Rev. Robert Williams, scholar of Jesus College Oxford, 1813, and afterwards a fellow of the college, together with his family tree.
Photocopies of pages from a volume (Iowa, 1902), edited by the Rev W. Roland Williams, dedicated to David R. Hughes's great grandfather, the Rev. Richard Hughes ('Bishop of the West', 1825-1898), born at Talyllychau, co. Carmarthen, and who emigrated to the USA in 1870; the photocopies were taken from a copy of the volume held in the Cotter, Iowa, Library, USA.
Papers of the Rev. Professor John Evans (1858-1963), Congregational minister and a master at the Memorial College, Brecon. The material includes sermon notes and prayers, radio scripts, a diary, notebooks, and letters, many of which relate to his being made a freeman of the borough of Brecon, together with numerous cards received on his centenary birthday.
The diaries of the late Reverend Francis Insull for 1945 and 1946 during his period of service in the Middle East as Assistant Commissioner Church Army; together with a copy of the Mid-East Review, no 5, January 1946, edited by him.
