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Transcripts, extracts, and notes, [c. 1921], by E. Alfred Jones, M.A., F.S.A., London, relating to the formation and development of Volunteer Companies in Wales during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including Caernarvon and Bangor Volunteer Infantry, Loyal Newborough Volunteer Infantry, Snowdon Rangers Riflemen Volunteer Infantry, Conway Volunteers, Loyal Eifionydd Volunteer Infantry, Royal Welch Volunteers, Swansea Gentlemen Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry, Pembrokeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, etc. (see also NLW MS 11558C).

Deeds and documents, 1769-1891, relating to Penpistyll and other properties in the parish of Llangeler, Carmarthenshire.

The last of three volumes containing indexed transcripts by Mrs Mary A. Jones, Johannesburg, of poetry in Welsh by her uncle Richard Williams (Gwydderig, 1842-1917).

Twenty-six autograph letters and cards, 1886-1898, from Thomas Edward Ellis (1859-1899), M.P. for Merioneth, to Thomas Jones, Brynmelyn, Llandderfel, and three letters, 1904, from David Robert Daniel (1859-1931) to Thomas Jones.

Papers and calligrams of William Emlyn Davies, 1931-1985, including calligrams based on the poetry of Dylan Thomas, 1946-1983, as well as on his own poems and those of other poets; presentation copies of his calligraphy, 1954-1967; catalogues and printed matter, 1970-1983; calligraphic programmes of the Oxford Street Senior Boys' School, Swansea, 1932-1939, the Glanmor School for Girls, Swansea, 1953-1965, and Swansea and District Society for Mentally Handicapped Children programmes, [?1960sx1980s], of which his wife was assistant secretary and subsequently president; and family papers, 1969-1972.

Manuscripts and papers of Isaac Davies, Birkenhead comprising minute books, 1896-1900, of the committee of 'Eisteddfod Gwŷr Ieuangc Birkenhead'; prize-winning competition entries submitted to the Birkenhead National Eisteddfod of 1878; nine volumes of minute books, 1927-1929, relating to the National Eisteddfod held at Liverpool in 1929; and correspondence, subscription lists and statistics, 1929-1930, relating to the Sir Owen M. Edwards Memorial Fund.

Some sixty letters, [c. 1960]-1971, from Nansi Richards (Telynores Maldwyn, 1888-1979) relating mainly to the triple harp and personal matters, mostly addressed to the writer and broadcaster Joan Rimmer but including seven letters, [c. 1960]-1967, to BBC producer Madeau Stewart and three letters, 1963-1967, to the harpist Mary Rowland.

Thirty-five holograph and autograph letters, and one holograph postcard, 1893-1935 and undated, written to D[aniel] Lleufer Thomas. The writers include the Rev. J[ohn] Bodfan Anwyl, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1930 (problems relating to the compiling of the [University of Wales's projected] dictionary [of the Welsh language]); R. Brudenell Carter, [London], 1907 (an enquiry concerning Colonel Carter, mentioned in recipient's article on Sir Roger Mostyn in the Dict[ionary] of National Biography); Professor F[rancis] A[lexander] Cavenagh [professor of Education, University College], Swansea, 1927 (forwarding copies of articles on Griffith Jones [of Llanddowror, published in The Journal of Adult Education, September 1926, March 1927], the possibility that the articles would be published in book form [The Life and Work of Griffith Jones of Llanddowror (Cardiff, 1930)], an intended review of the articles by the Rev. M[organ] H[ugh] Jones in The Welsh Outlook [see vol. XIV, pp. 245-7]); John Davies, Aberystwyth, [n.d.] (enclosing a copy of an unspecified work, some sixty copies of which had been reprinted at the writer's instigation [probably Myfyrdod mewn Mynwent. Ad-Argraffiad o'r Argraffiad Cyntaf, 1798 (Aberystwyth, 1927), being a reprint of the translation by David Davis, Castellhywel, of Thomas Gray's 'Elegy written in a Country Churchyard', published in 1798]); Archdeacon A[lbert] Owen Evans, Bangor, 1930 (a request for suggestions with regard to an address on 'Some Welsh Agricultural Writers', which the writer was preparing for delivery at Bangor); Beriah [Gwynfe Evans], Carnarvon, [18]96 (thanking recipient for [a copy of] the appendices compiled by him [Bibliographical, Statistical, and other Miscellaneous Memoranda, being Appendices to the Report of the Royal Commission on Land in Wales and Monmouthshire (London, 1896)], congratulating recipient on the work, an article on the Welsh peasantry ['The Peasantry of South Wales'] contributed by the writer to Longman's Magazine [July 1885]); E. H. Fallaize (Hon. Secretary, Royal Anthropological Institute), Enfield, 1921 (a meeting at which Sir Alfred Davies would give an 'account of the Welsh scheme for collecting rural lore', hopes that recipient would attend and speak, information about books, etc., on anthropometric work); Edw[ard] Griffith, Dolgelley, 1915 (information concerning the parliamentary representation of Merioneth, 1545-nineteenth century); Owen Griffith, Cardiff, [19]24 (an invitation to recipient to write a pamphlet on 'Public Life', for a proposed second series of Traethodau'r Deyrnas); Tho[ma]s Hodgkin, Barmoor Castle, Northumberland, 1911 (forwarding a copy of an address on Cornwall and Brittany, given by the writer in Falmouth); H[arold] A[ugustus] Hyde, Department of Botany, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1931 (2) (the writer's study of the botanical exploration of Wales in connection with a proposed Museum publication on the Welsh flora, the value of recipient's appendix to the Report of the Royal Commission on Land ... [see letter from Beriah Gwynfe Evans above], in connection therewith, the writer's desire to trace an unpublished work by William Morris entitled 'Collection of plants gathered in Anglesey', his intended publication of Samuel Brewer's diary [published, 1931, as a reprint from the report of the Botanical Society and Exchange Club, 1930]); D[avid] Emrys James, Swansea, 1930 (personal, forwarding a copy of the writer's Rhymes of the Road [(London, 1928)]); [the Rev.] Lemuel [John] James, Ystrad Mynach Vicarage, 1907 (enquiries concerning a descendant of Taliesin ab Iolo [Taliesin Williams, poet and author], with a view to tracing his manuscripts, a second edition of the poems of Lewys Hopkyn being prepared by the writer); R[obert] T[homas] Jenkins [later professor of Welsh History, University College, Bangor], Cardiff, 1929 (points relating to the writer's book [Hanes Cymru yn y Ddeunawfed Ganrif (Caerdydd, 1928)], praise for recipient's 'Land Commission Appendix' [see letter from Beriah Gwynfe Evans above], the writer's need to consult a copy of recipient's memorandum on the Welsh woollen trade); A. Gray Jones, Ebbw Vale, 1926 (2) (a book by 'Ignotus' published by Longman's sixty years previously [?'Ignotus': The Last Thirty Years in a Mining District ... (London, 1867)], and enquiries as to the identity of the author (Captain Russell)); Evan Jones, Llanwrtyd Wells, 1899 (2) (attempts to find a copy of Rees Prydderch Gemmeu Doethineb ..., for recipient, and the locating of two copies); Ifano Jones, Y Llyfrgell Gymreig, Cardiff, 1924 (references to manuscript and printed sources, ?in connection with a query about the place-name Radyr); Tom Jones, Trealaw, Rhondda, 1932 (forwarding an offprint of 'Bibl. ar P. N. Wales (Second Instalment)' [i.e., of the writer's article 'A Bibliography of Monographs on the Place-Names of Wales (Second Instalment)', B.B.C.S., vol. VI, pp. 171-8], the possibility of a third instalment); D[avid] Morgan Lewis [professor of Physics, University College, Aberystwyth], Aberystwyth, 1904-1935 (2) (personal, the writer's memoir of his father [Cofiant y Diweddar Barchedig Evan Lewis, Brynberian (Aberystwyth, 1903)], an article by the writer on 'Morgan Rhys a'i Gyfnod', Y Cofiadur [Rhifyn Dwbl 10 a 11, Mawrth 1934, pp. 34-51]); Timothy Lewis, Aberystwyth, 1929-1931 (3) (drawing recipient's attention to a printed brochure (on the back of which the first letter is written), announcing the intended publication by the writer of a series of ten volumes, to be called 'Cyfres Hywel Dda', and consisting of works on medieval Welsh bardism and culture, texts of medieval Welsh law, poetry, etc., the intention of publishing the first volume, Beirdd a Bardd-Rin Cymru Fu, in July 1929, promised financial support for the project which had not materialised, the writer's decision to publish [at his own expense], the writer's awareness of the fact that he was attacking accepted ideas, and his belief that he was opening up new paths for students of Welsh (March 1929), acknowledgement of recipient's support [for the first volume], regrets that the 'Marchog o Fangor' [Sir John Morris-Jones], had died before being able to express his views [on Beirdd a Bardd-Rin], the writer's belief that, if the main theme of the volume was correct, then the contents of [Sir John Morris-Jones'] Cerdd Dafod had to be rejected, additional material which the writer had collected (September 1929), informing recipient of the appearance of the second volume in the series [Mabinogi Cymru (Aberystwyth, 1931)], and enclosing a printed brochure relating to the work (November 1931)); William Little, Stags Halt, March, 1893 (queries regarding statistics in recipient's 'Dolgelly Report'); David Oliver, Cambridge, 193[?] (personal, dates of death of the writer's father and two uncles); Henry Oliver, Bristol, [19]09 (personal, recipient's appointment as stipendiary magistrate in Pontypridd); D[avid] Rhys Phillips, Swansea, 1929 (2) (information concerning the writer and his family, ?in connection with an application for a post at the National Library of Wales); [the Rev.] W[illiam] J[ohn] Rees, Alltwen, Pontardawe, 1931 (recipient's appreciation of the writer's article ['Y Parch. William Rees, Llechryd'] in Y Tyst [Mawrth 26, 1931], and his suggestion that William Rees's works should be collected and deposited in the National Library, congratulations to recipient on the honour conferred upon him [a knighthood, January 1931]); W[illiam] J[ames] Roberts [professor of Economics], University College, Cardiff, 1931 (the writer's 'little book' [?Egwyddorion Economeg (Caerdydd, 1930)], a copy of which he was sending to recipient, congratulations to recipient [on his knighthood]); David Salmon (principal), Training College, Swansea, 1917 (an enquiry as to whether 'the John Evans who libelled Griffith Jones, and the John Evans who superintended the Welsh Bible of 1769', were the same person [see The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, under Evans, John (1702-82)]); and Isaac J[ohn] Williams, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1924-1933 (2) (enquiries relating to Edward Davis, a nineteenth century Carmarthenshire sculptor).

Album of Dr Robert Owen Morris (1859-1943), comprised mainly of material relating to his year of office as Mayor of Birkenhead, 1902-3. Included are over one hundred and fifty congratulatory and other letters, in English and Welsh, from various correspondents including Arthur James Balfour (2), David Lloyd George (2) and Sir Edward Russell (1); printed cards and programmes; and press cuttings.

Papers, 1838-2023, mainly of Lucy Penny and Mary Casey, comprising manuscripts and papers, 1838-2005, relating mostly to John Cowper Powys and the Powys family; over seven thousand letters, [c. 1860]-[20 cent., last ¼], comprising correspondence of Lucy Penny, Mary and Gerald Casey and members of the Powys and related families; and catalogues describing the collection, 2012-2023.

Papers of D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda, including letters to D. A. Thomas on political matters such as working conditions in the mining industry, education, church disestablishment, and the temperance movement, 1891-1910 (mainly 1891-1895); drafts and copies of letters from D. A. Thomas on similar subjects, 1891-1895; miscellaneous letters, 1893-1895; subject files, 1874-1917, on the coal industry, including the Cambrian Navigation Collieries, the Mining Association of Great Britain, the South Wales Liberal Federation, temperance and disestablishment; scrapbooks of press cuttings, 1894-1927, relating to Cymru Fydd, D.A Thomas, Merthyr politics and Keir Hardie, the Lusitania, and Lady Rhondda; miscellaneous items, 1897-1934, including genealogical material and congratulatory addresses to D.A.T.; circulars and memoranda.

Mae'r archif yn cynnwys gohebiaeth yr Athro Dewi-Prys Thomas, yn ymwneud bron yn gyfan gwbl â'i waith fel ymgynghorydd pensaernïol i Wyn Thomas & Partners, Caerdydd, wrth gynllunio Swyddfeydd newydd Cyngor Gwynedd yng Nghaernarfon,1979-1985; ysgrifau coffa, teyrngedau, a llythyrau,1985-1987, ynglŷn â ffïoedd ar ôl ei farwolaeth; a phapurau amrywiol,1936-[1979] = The fonds comprises the correspondence of Professor Dewi-Prys Thomas, relating almost exclusively to his work as architectural consultant to Wyn Thomas & Partners, Cardiff, while designing the new Gwynedd County Offices in Caernarfon, 1979-1985; obituaries, tributes, and letters, 1985-1987, concerning his fees following his death; and miscellaneous papers, 1936-[1979].

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

Scrapbooks containing press cuttings etc., 1900-1982, relating largely to Welsh drama, theatrical activities and popular entertainment in Wales and amongst Welsh communities in English cities, including material on dramatists of Wales, 1932-1953; drama in Wales, 1922-1982; Welsh actors, 1932-1946; theatre cuttings, 1931-1953; fairs, folklore and folk-dancing in Wales, 1936-1938; children's theatre, 1959-1967; Welsh National Theatre, 1900-1978; and information on theatre in Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, America, and other countries.

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).

Papers, [1790]-1921, of and collected by Benjamin Piercy and his estate, relating to civil engineering projects and to the Piercy estate in Flintshire and Denbighshire. They include copies of plans of the following railways: the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay; the Whitchurch, Wrexham and Mold; the Flintshire, Oswestry and Newtown; the Oswestry and Llangynog; the Denbighshire and Shropshire; the North Wales and Birkenhead; the Birkenhead, North Wales and Stafford; the Porthdinlleyn; and the Llangammarch and Neath. There is also a large number of working plans of railways in north-east Wales, particularly those for which Benjamin Piercy was engineer, as well as collections of Acts of Parliament relating to railways in England and Wales, bills, minutes of evidence, speeches, petitions and reports of Railway Commissions. The archive also includes a volume of Acts of Parliament relating to the navigation and conservancy of the river Dee, some Acts relating to north Wales waterworks, copies of correspondence, 1881-1885, between Benjamin Piercy and Henry Robertson of Pale, and minute books, 1888-1920, of the Piercy Trustees, and papers and deeds of Benjamin Piercy's estate mainly in Wrexham, and Marchwiel parish, 1881-1921.