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A holograph letter, dated 16 June 1953, from Dylan Thomas, Boat House, Laugharne, to his lover Elizabeth (Liz) Reitell, New York, concerning various personal and work matters. It was written soon after Thomas's return to Wales from his American tour and he describes his flight to London and his stay there in the days after the Coronation.
The letter is published in Dylan Thomas, The Collected Letters New Edition, ed. by Paul Ferris (London, 2000), pp. 994-5. The original envelope is included (f. 2a).

A collection of six letters, [1936]-1950, from Dylan Thomas, comprising one letter to Caitlin Thomas, [6 September 1945], mainly concerning money, work and their living arrangements (f. 3), and three letters to his parents, D.J. and Florence Thomas, sent from Oxford, 12 January 1947 (ff. 4-9), from Florence, Italy (but giving as his address that of the family's next destination on Elba), 19 July 1947 (ff. 10-12), and from New York, 26 February 1950 (f. 13); together with typescript copies, possibly by Thomas, of two letters from him, dated 9 March 1936 and 13 July 1938, to Wyn Henderson (the presumed original letters are in the University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library) (ff. 1-2).
All the letters appear in Dylan Thomas, The Collected Letters: New Edition, ed. by Paul Ferris (London, 2000).

Thirty-three autograph and typescript letters, 1935-40, from Dylan Thomas to the novelist, critic and broadcaster Desmond Hawkins, containing personal news and comments on his literary work, including a detailed response (ff. 25-9) to Hawkins's questions about poems included in The Map of Love (London, 1939). Two sketches pasted on to ff. 18 and 19 do not appear to be Thomas's work. The letters were published in Ferris, Paul (ed.): The Collected Letters of Dylan Thomas (London, 1985).

Eleven letters, [1930]-[1934], from Dylan Thomas to Percy Eynon Smart, a schoolfriend with whom he had co-edited the Swansea Grammar School Magazine, 1929-1930. The letters refer to this magazine, which Thomas was editing, 1930-1931, and to a literary periodical entitled 'Prose and Verse', which they proposed to publish, and include a draft preface by Thomas for the latter (f. 5 verso); they also include personal news and a rough draft of a poem by Thomas (f. 15 verso).

Miscellaneous printed material, 1971-1983, relating to Dylan Thomas, in particular to the laying of the memorial stone in Westminster Abbey, 1982, including photographs of the unveiling ceremony, and to the opening of the Dylan Thomas Theatre in Swansea, 1983.

Correspondence and papers, 1980-1982, relating to the laying of a memorial stone to Dylan Thomas in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey, together with papers relating to the presentation of the first Dylan Thomas Award, 1983 (ff. 130-3) and two letters, 1964, to Mervyn Levy concerning the poet (ff. 134-6). The correspondents include Daniel Jones (3) 1982, John Ormond (4) 1981, Aeronwy Thomas-Ellis (15 draft and copy letters) 1981-1982, and Llewelyn Thomas (2) 1982.

A sample copy, [1929], of part of a projected printed book by Ezra Pound, to be called 'The Complete Works of Guido Cavalcanti', containing also four autograph poems and a prose fragment by Dylan Thomas, [1936]-[early 1940s], and two typescript poems by Vernon Watkins, [c. 1939]. Pound's book was intended for publication in 1929 but was abandoned, with only the first 56 pages printed, when the Aquila Press went bankrupt. The present volume appears to be a sample copy, of which two similar ones are recorded (see Donald Gallup, Ezra Pound: A Bibliography (Charlottesville, 1983), p. 153), consisting of the first two gatherings only (ff. 2-9) and filled out with blank leaves (ff. 10-74). The original Aquila Press fragments were later incorporated into the composite work Guido Cavalcanti Rime, ed. by Ezra Pound (Genoa, [1932]).
The Dylan Thomas poems are 'Then was my neophyte', [1936] (f. 11) (published in Twenty-five Poems (London, 1936), pp. 40-41), 'We lying by seasand', [1937x1939] (f. 74 verso) (first published in Poetry (Chicago), 49.4 (January 1937), 183, and collected in The Map of Love (London, 1939), p. 8), 'Paper and sticks', [early 1940s] (tipped in on f. 12) (first published in Seven, 6 (Autumn 1939), 6, and collected in Deaths and Entrances (London, 1946), p. 23), and 'Once below a time', [early 1940s] (tipped in on ff. 13-14) (first published in Life and Letters Today, 24.31 (March 1940), 274-275; see Collected Poems 1934-1952 (London, [1952]), pp. 132-133); the prose fragment (tipped in on f. 15) is the end of 'One Warm Saturday', [1938], the last story in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (London, 1940), pp. 253-254. The two Vernon Watkins poems, 'The windows', 1939, and 'A bronze head', [c. 1939], are apparently unpublished (tipped in on ff. 16-17). A dried leaf found loose within the volume has been placed in an archival sleeve.

Papers relating to Dylan Thomas and to the Dylan Thomas Trust, [1944x1947]-1975, comprising miscellaneous personal items of Dylan Thomas, 1948-1953, letters addressed to him, 1952-1953, contracts, 1951-1953, and his manuscript map of Llareggub, [1944x1951]; passports of Dylan, Caitlin and Colm Thomas, 1947-[1961]; a fragment of a memoir by Caitlin Thomas, [?1957]; and letters relating to the Trust, mainly addressed to Stuart Thomas, 1953-1975.

Dylanwad Deffroad Dysg ar Lên Cymru gan 'Tremhidydd' (y Parchedig D. D. Williams, Manceinion), sef y traethawd buddugol yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Caernarfon 1906. (Gynt Bob Owen MS.) Byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Bob Owen, Croesor, Tachwedd 1959.

Copi o draethawd gan yr Hybarch Archddiacon D. Eifion Evans, Castellnewydd Emlyn, yn dwyn y teitl 'Dylanwad Mudiad Rhydychen yng Nghymru', a fu'n fuddugol yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1952. Gweler hefyd NLW MSS 21439-21442D.

Copi o draethawd gan yr Hybarch Archddiacon D. Eifion Evans, Castellnewydd Emlyn, yn dwyn y teitl 'Dylanwad Mudiad Rhydychen yng Nghymru', a fu'n fuddugol yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1952. Gweler hefyd NLW MSS 21439D, 21441-21443D.

Copi o draethawd gan yr Hybarch Archddiacon D. Eifion Evans, Castellnewydd Emlyn, yn dwyn y teitl 'Dylanwad Mudiad Rhydychen yng Nghymru', a fu'n fuddugol yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1952. Gweler hefyd NLW MSS 21440-21443D.

Copi o draethawd gan yr Hybarch Archddiacon D. Eifion Evans, Castellnewydd Emlyn, yn dwyn y teitl 'Dylanwad Mudiad Rhydychen yng Nghymru', a fu'n fuddugol yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1952. Gweler hefyd NLW MSS 21439-21440D, 21442-21443D.

Copi o draethawd gan yr Hybarch Archddiacon D. Eifion Evans, Castellnewydd Emlyn, yn dwyn y teitl 'Dylanwad Mudiad Rhydychen yng Nghymru', a fu'n fuddugol yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1952. Gweler hefyd NLW MSS 21439-21441D, 21443D.

Llawysgrif yn dwyn y teitl 'Traethawd ar Ddylanwad y Meddwl ar Weithrediadau y Corph' a gyflwynwyd dan y ffugenw 'Myfyr' yn Eisteddfod Annibynwyr Ffestiniog Nadolig 1883. = A manuscript essay entitled 'Traethawd ar Ddylanwad y Meddwl ar Weithrediadau y Corph' submitted under the pseudonym 'Myfyr' for competition at the Congregational Eisteddfod at Ffestiniog, Christmas 1883.
Rhennir y traethawd yn un bennod ar ddeg (ff. 2-65) a cheir ynddi gyfeiriadau at ffigurau nodedig, gan gynnwys athronwyr o'r oes Glasurol hyd y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg; mae yna restr cynnwys ar f. 1. Gwyddys i dri ymgeisydd roi cynnig ar y gystadleuaeth ac i John Jones, Meirion House, Tanygrisiau, ennill y wobr (gw. Y Dydd, 4 Ionawr 1884, t. 7), ond methwyd darganfod ai ef oedd 'Myfyr'. = The essay consists of eleven chapters (ff. 2-65) and contains references to notable figures including philosophers from the Classical period to the nineteenth century; a list of contents is on f. 1. It is known that three entrants attempted the essay and that the prize was won by John Jones, Meirion House, Tanygrisiau (see Y Dydd, 4 January 1884, p. 7), but it has not been possible to ascertain if he was 'Myfyr'.

Letters, 1894, from the author Rev. Samuel Lodge to George Thomas Kenyon, MP, relating to the latter's interest in the Dymock family of Flintshire, together with their family tree.

Title deeds of the Dinefwr estate, 1514-20 cent., in Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire; rentals and accounts, 1587-1777; court rolls of the manor of Iscennen, 1660-1710; a series of copies of royal grants, 1481-1517, to Sir Rhys ap Thomas; and documents relating to the attainder of Rice Griffith, 1531, and to efforts to reverse the attainder, 1547 to temp. James I; records of the Neath Abbey estate, including records of the manor of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, from 1602; and coal-mining records, Glamorgan, 18 cent.-19 cent.

Academic papers of Edward Arthur Lewis, [c.1910]-1941, comprising abstracts from medieval and modern public records, including Chancery, Exchequer, Star Chamber and Court of Requests Proceedings, Ministers' Accounts, Subsidies, Chamberlains' Accounts, Pleas before the Justice of North Wales, and Quarter Sessions and Great Sessions records; abstracts from the Powys, Wynnstay, Brogyntyn, and Bronwydd Archives, with schedules of manorial records contained in these deposits; memoranda on the Welsh records in the Public Record Office; abstracts of records and notes on the lordships of Cydewain, Arwystli, Cyfeiliog, Broniarth, and Ardudwy; material for the history of Welsh boroughs (supplementing that published in Lewis, E. A., Medieval Boroughs of Snowdonia (London, 1912)); collections for the study of Welsh trade, commerce, customs duties, industry, shipping and agriculture; drafts of studies on Welshmen in London and the Welsh Fair (Barnet) from the Sessions Records of Middlesex in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Rebecca Movement, the Abbey of Strata Florida, claims of the study of Welsh History upon the attention of the University of Wales, country life in medieval Merioneth, the Kyffin family, the Raglawship of Cardiganshire, the coal and tobacco trade in Pembrokeshire; reports on theses and essays; and letters from Sir William Llewellyn Davies (1887-1952), Sir John Edward Lloyd (1861-1947), and others.

Additional bound copies of typescript transcripts and indexes of census returns and parish registers compiled by the late E. Alwyn Benjamin, Penarth, including census returns, 1841-81, for North Cardiganshire Rural Districts and for Aberystwyth and district, 1841-81.

Sermons, addresses, poems, and other papers of E. Ceredig Jones.