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An 18th century transcript (?by David Jones) of a Welsh version of Geoffrey of Monmouth's (1100?-1154) Historia Regum Britanniae.

Letters in the hand of Richard Bennett, 1918-1928, with one in the hand of Edward Bennett, 1 January 1863, together with one to Alun Jones Hughes from Cecil Vaughan Owen, 1981. Also photocopies of letters from Richard Bennett, 1908-1932.

Three letters, 1933 and 1935, from Richard Bennett, two of which were sent to the donor's grandmother, Mrs Elizabeth Hughes, together with a notebook containing an address by Richard Bennett, 1934, on the occasion of the bicentenary of Melinbyrhedyn Chapel; March 2023.

Papurau T. Rowland Hughes (1903-1949), gan gynnwys copi o'i draethawd MA 'The element of melancholy in English poetry from Widsith to Chaucer' (Prifysgol Bangor, 1928); tystysgrifau BA, 1925, cymhwyster athro, 1926, MA, 1928, a BLitt, 1931; geirda, 1932 a 1939, oddi wrth Ben Bowen Thomas, Coleg Harlech; llythyr, 1935, oddi wrth y BBC, yn cynnig swydd iddo fel cynorthwy-ydd rhaglenni nodwedd yng Nghaerdydd; sgriptiau radio 'Home fires burning', 1940, gyda Jack Jones, a'i nofel 'O law i law', 1945; cytundebau cyhoeddi, 1944-1949, a hawlfraint, 1941 a 1949; nofel mewn teipysgrif 'Good inheritance. A novel of North Wales', [1923-1949]; a chasgliad o'i gerddi mewn teipysgrif gyda chywiriadau - cyhoeddwyd y mwyafrif ohonynt yn Cân neu ddwy (Dinbych, 1948).

Miscellaneous letters taken from various books within T. Rowland Hughes's library, including letters to the novelist from Idris Davies, and to his wife Eirene Rowland Hughes from Rhys Davies and Berta [Ruck]. Also included are three radio scripts by T. Rowland Hughes and others: 'From Saint's day to Saint's day', 1935, 'Old King Cole', 1936 and 'Steel song', 1939.

Y Clerigwyr Efengylaidd Cymreig a wasanaethodd yn Lloegr yn ystod y ganrif 1770-1870; ymchwil i'w hanes, gyda chyfeiriad arbennig at eu cysylltiadau â Chymru a'u gwasanaeth iddi; gan Y Parch. D. R. Davies, Y Ficerdy, Llanwrtyd, Brycheiniog. Byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan y Parchedig D. Wyn Williams, Pontyberem, Tachwedd 1970.

Manuscript pencil sketch, [1965], of Alun Hoddinott's 'Dives and Lazarus', a cantata for soprano and baritone soloists, choir and orchestra, with words written and adapted by Gwynno James.
The work was commissioned for the 1965 Farnham Festival and first performed on 20 May 1965. Also included is a manuscript copy of the words [?in the hand of Gwynno James] (ff. ii-iii) and a letter from Hoddinott to Felix Aprahamian, [28] March 1966 (f. i).

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.

Correspondence between the donor Rosemary Markham and Peter Prendergast, Kyffin Williams, Jonah Jones, Martin Tinney and others relating to an appeal for the donation of artworks towards the exhibition 'Art for Mercy' at the Washington Gallery, Penarth, 22-24 November 2002, to raise funds for Tearfund, together with minutes of the organising committee and exhibition and auction catalogue. Also included is a letter (in Welsh), 2008, to the donor from David T. Jones, Jonah Jones's son, relating to the project 'Cofio Jonah Jones'.

Seven letters, 1854, from the botanist William Pamplin (1806-99), later of Llandderfel, to his first wife Caroline (née Hunneman), while he was on a walking tour of North Wales with his friend Alexander Irvine (1793-1873), together with botanical notes, 1855, by Pamplin; also included are printed articles, 1899 and 1937, relating to him.

Research by Dr. Clive Gareth Grey on the work of Rowland Huw Prichard, namely: 1) 'The 'Other' Hymn Tunes of Rowland Huw Prichard of Bala (1811-1887)'; 2) 'Sixteen Hymn Tunes including 'Hyfrydol'. Arranged and reharmonised by Clive Gareth Grey. Revised 2021'; 3) 'Un deg chwech o donau. Trefnwyd ac ail-harmoneiddwyd gan Clive Gareth Grey. 2021'. Copies of the above were printed and bound at NLW.

A group of fifty-four holograph letters, 1929-1932, from Thomas Jones, Cerrigellgwm[-isa], Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire, to Evan Roberts, Llandderfel, Merioneth, relating to the writer's literary and musical pursuits. Some letters refer to the Welsh ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America. Also included in the collection is a holograph letter, 15 November, 1932, from Einion Jones, Cerrigellgwm-isa, to Evan Roberts, enclosing a pedigree of his father Thomas Jones and a copy of the latter's last poem.

A holograph letter from Henry M[orton] Stanley to [John] Griffith ('Y Gohebydd'), 1872, and a holograph letter from the latter to [Thomas] Gee, Denbigh, 1872 (Stanley's reluctance to allow the Welsh press to refer to his Welsh descent); and a holograph letter from Thomas Gee to Robert Griffith, bookseller, Caernarvon, 1840 (the loan of a hymnbook to the Reverend John Jones, Tal-sarn).

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.

Diary for the period 30 September-9 December 1941 of Lady Megan Lloyd George (1902-66), Member of Parliament for Anglesey, 1929-51, and for Carmarthen, 1957-66, containing occasional entries relating to the progress of the Second World War with references to Winston Churchill and other contemporary figures.

Transcripts of sermons preached, 1743, by Griffith Jones (1683-1761), Llanddowror.

A manuscript containing transcripts of sermons, 1743, by Griffith Jones, Llanddowror, possibly in the same hand as NLW MS 85A.

An appreciation of the art of J. D. Innes (1887-1914), landscape painter, by, and in the hand of, Augustus John, R.A.

Photocopies of three letters, 1942-4, from Augustus John (1878-1961) to Robert Sielle (1895-1983), exhibition agent and frame maker, and five letters, 1942-4, from him to Augustus John, relating to his portrait of Vivien Leigh which was subsequently borrowed by the National Portrait Gallery in 1972

Four holograph letters to the Reverend Dr. [William] Buckland, Christ Church, Oxford, from J[oshua] Trimmer, Caerna[r]von, etc., 1834-1836 (a 'good budget' of 'diluvial news' from Caernarvonshire, the 'alluvia' of Dublin Bay, etc.) (together with one draft reply), and from J[ohn] E[ddowes] Bowman [the elder], from Varteg near Ponty Pool, Monmouthshire, and from Gresford, near Wrexham, 1836 (papers read at the British Association meetings at Bristol, the excavation of the Cefn bone cave); and one holograph letter from Geo. Cumming, Dolhyfryd, near Denbigh, to the Reverend Edward Stanley (of Adderley) [sic] at the British Association, Bristol, 1836 (observations on the limestone caves at Cefn).