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Papers relating to the Local Authority Survey, 1985-1987, comprising replies from local authorities in Wales, 1985, and in the United Kingdom, 1986, in response to circulars from Gareth D. Evans; Standing Orders from various local authorities, [1986]; samples of circular letters, 1986-1987; letters received by GDE, 1986-1987; and draft of summary of replies received and their subsequent analysis, 1986.

L.M.S., Welsh Council, minute books, 1925-1966.

A collection which includes correspondence; transcripts of manuscripts and of poetry; biographical material relating to historical Welsh figures; copies of material relating to the manors of Machen and Abercarn; and a translation by Reynolds of Act III, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Also included are translations from German literature by Elsa Irene Reynolds and a volume of letters to Jonathan Reynolds ('Nathan Dyfed').

A small volume written in the eighteenth century lettered on the spine 'Llyvr Dos=parth a Cadwe= digaeth Cerdd Dannau, I'. The scribe was David Jones ('Dewi Fardd') of Trefriw. The contents are as follows: pp. 1-23, 'Clod Cerdd ai Dechreuad' beginning 'Fy Mryd sydd ar hyn om llafur ddwyn ar ddeall it Darllewr . . . Eithr o arfer Cerdd Theoricall y Nef, ni ymadroddwn am dano' [cf. B.M. Addit. MS 14989, ff. 82 recto-111 verso, and also D. Gwenallt Jones, 'Clod Cerdd Dafod', in Llên Cymru, I, pp. 186-7, and Gwendraeth Jones, 'Siôn Conwy III a'i Waith', in B.B.C.S., XXII, pp. 23-4 in particular]; pp. 24-30, 'Gryffydd ap Cynan Twysog Cymru a wnaeth Gyfraith ar y Gwyr wrth Gerdd, yr hon a elwir Ystatud Gryffydd ap Cynan', beginning 'Llyma y sawl y sydd rydd yddynt Glera . . .' and ending '. . . a Disgyblion, gwedi Cael graddau or blaen mewn Eisteddfodau neu Neithorau Reiol. Ac felly y Terfyna Ystatud Gryffydd ap Cynan Twysog Gwynedd, ar y Gwyr wrth Gerdd'; pp. 32-54 , 'Naw o Gyd-gordiadau sydd mewn Desgant neu Brior . . .' followed by lists of airs, etc. ('Ar y Bragod Gywair', 'Y Clyme, y Gogywair', etc.) ending with 'Llyma'r 24 mesurau Cerdd Dant' and 'Llyma y Rheolau Cerdd Dafod'; p. 55, 'Llyma Lyfr a Elwir Cadwedigaeth Cerdd Dannau' beginning 'Nid amgen, Telynnau, a Chrythau o fewn 3 Talaith Gymru . . .'; p. 59, 'Llyma fal y nodwyd wrth Ystatud Gryff: ap Cynan, Rhoddion i bob Gradd yn ei Radd, o Gerdd Dafod, a Thant', beginning 'Tair Gwyl arbennig sydd nid amgen Nadolig, Pasg, ar Sul gwyn . . .'; p. 62, a 'cywydd' by William Llun ('Cywydd i ofyn Telyn i Siencin Gwynn, o Lan=idlos'); and pp. 65-71, a list of the names of bards ('Henwau'r Beirdd'), A-R, with one or two later additions, one name on p. 66 ('Gruffdd. ap Lln. Vychan'), being probably in the autograph of Edward Williams, 'Iolo Morganwg'. There is a triad on p.54. On the fly-leaf in a later hand is written 'Dosparth Cerdd Dafod'.

Llythyron Richard Bennett (1860-1937), at y Parch. J. D. Jones, Gellifor (1868-1929); dau lyfr wedi eu hysgrifennu gan Richard Bennett ar Fethodistiaeth, a chyfrol goffa iddo.

Saith llythyr, 1966-1978, oddi wrth Dr Emyr Wyn Jones (Emyr Feddyg) at ei gyfaill, William John Jones, Gladstone, Aberdaron, gof y pentref, ynghyd ag erthygl fer o bosib yn llaw William Jones ei hun.

Dros ugain o lythyron, 1972-1997, gan y Parch. Ddr R. Tudur Jones (1921-1998), Prifathro Coleg Bala-Bangor, at y Parch. Derwyn Morris Jones, Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol Undeb yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg, ynghyd â thri llythyr, 1976-1998, at Dr Tudur Jones a'i weddw Gwen, oddi wrth y Parch. Derwyn Morris Jones.

Llythyrauat y Parchedig D. Jones oddi wrth D. Davies, Ton ac eraill. Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan D. T. Morgan, Y Bermo, Mehefin 1960.

Papur newydd. Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan William Evans, Caerdydd, wedi 1955.

Llythyrauat William Evans oddi wrth Dr T. Gwynn Jones; ynghyd â barddoniaeth. Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan William Evans, Caerdydd, wedi 1955.

Llythyrauat W. J. Roberts pan yr oedd ym Mlaenau Ffestiniog oddi wrth W. T. Edwards, T. Gwynn Jones, Ifor Williams ac eraill. Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan W. J. Roberts, Llandudno, Ebrill 1960.

Llythyrauat Iorwerth Peate a John Davies, Bridgewater oddi wrth T. Gwynn Jones. Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan Iorwerth Peate, Sain Ffagan, Mawrth 1960.

Llythyrau, gwreiddiol ac mewn teipysgrif, oddi wrth ymfudwyr Cymreig i'r America, ynghyd â chopi o ewyllys John Prichard, Cincinnati, dyddiedig 3 Hydref 1877. (Gynt Bob Owen MS.) Rhwng byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Bob Owen, Croesor, Mawrth 1960.

Holograph and other letters:- Sally Auckland Jones, Alder Hey Hospital, West Derby, Liverpool, to Mrs. [ ] Davies, [19]20 (a vacancy at Llanwnda [co. Caerarvon] for a district nurse); Owen W. Pritchard, Groeslon, to [W. Gilbert] Williams, [19]32 (reminiscences of Rhostryfan); T. Gwynedd Roberts, Conwy, to [John Williams, Tal-y-bont, Rhostryfan], 1898 (a biography of the writer towards a history of the Calvinistic Methodist cause at Rhostryfan); William Roberts, Bod Gwilym, Caernarfon, to W[illiam] Williams, Glyndyfrdwy, 1898 (the recipient's article on Gruffydd Dafydd and the Bodgarad family) (one carbon and one typescript copy); Wm. Jno. Roberts, Rhostryfan, to [W. J. Roberts] 'G[wilym] Cowlyd', 1862 (subscriptions to Geirionydd); W[illiam] Williams, Glyndyfrdwy, to [William] Roberts [Bod Gwilym, Caernarfon], 1898-1900 (personal, the writer' s article on Gruffydd Dafydd and the Bodgarad family); and W[illiam] Elias Williams, Penygroes, near Carnarvon, to J. Williams [Rhostryfan], 1898 (a biography of the writer). Also included in the volume are a typescript annotation on the letters by [W. Gilbert Williams], 1938, and a typescript and manuscript pedigree of the Bodgarad family.

Four holograph letters to David Griffiths [the compiler of the Biblical concordance contained in the five preceding manuscripts, NLW MSS 12721- 12725B], from [the Reverend] Roger Edwards, Mold, 1882, Llewelyn I. Evans, Bournemouth, 1889, [the Reverend] N[athaniel] Cynhafal Jones, Llanidloes, 1886, and [the Reverend] Owen Thomas, Liverpool, 1882 (comments on the proposed scheme or pattern of the concordance, ? based upon specimen pages or sheets); a ? holograph note, also, by inference, to the said David Griffiths, from [the Reverend] J[ohn] Jones ('Vulcan'), undated (a comment on a specimen [page or sheet] of the proposed concordance); a holograph letter to Messrs. P. M. Evans & Son., from Hugh Jones, North Wales Baptist College, Llangollen, 1882 (the writer's belief that the publication of a Biblical concordance, which would be more comprehensive than that of Peter Williams [Y Mynegeir Ysgrythurol (1773)], would be a service to the Welsh nation, examples of some shortcomings of the Peter Williams concordance, comments on a specimen [page or sheet] of a [proposed] concordance sent to the writer [probably that of David Griffiths]); and biographical notes on David Griffiths.

Llythyrau, etc oddi wrth David Davies [Corwen]; 'Robert ab Gwilym Ddu'; H. Parry; Dan[ie]l Jones; J. Harris, Abertawe; 'Huw Derfel'; Evan Prichard, Bryncroes; ynghyd â 'Cywydd Annerch yr Awen, neu fyfyrdod ['Robert ab Gwilym Ddu'] wrth Afon Dwyfech, Ebr. 1802'. (Gynt Bob Owen MS.) Byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Bob Owen, Croesor, Mehefin 1959.

Llythyrau, 1840-1886, at Mr & Mrs Daniel E. Hughes oddi wrth Elias J. Richard, Racire, Wisconsin (ffacsimilïau). Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan Bennaeth y Casgliadau Arbennig, Prifysgol Emory, Atlanta, Georgia, trwy law Alan Conway, Rhagfyr 1960.

Autograph letters, 1820-1898, from numerous correspondents, written mainly to John Jones (Ivon) (1820-1898), Aberystwyth; miscellaneous papers relating mainly to Aberystwyth and Cardiganshire, 1840-1870, including adjudications of poetical compositions by John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) (1822-1877), particulars of sailings of the Cambrian Steam-packet Company and the Aberystwyth and Cardigan Bay Steam Packet Company, papers relating to the opening of the railway at Aberystwyth, 1864, and to the proposed memorial to Daniel Rowland (1713-1790) at Llangeitho, papers relating to the parliamentary election in Cardiganshire, 1868, and voting papers of the borough of Aberystwyth, papers relating to literary and other societies in Aberystwyth, and papers relating to the Aberystwyth National Eisteddfod of 1865 and the Ruthin National Eisteddfod of 1868; etc.

Some thirty letters, 1925-1940, from the Dutch scholar Theodor Max Chotzen to Dr E. D. Jones. Written mainly in Welsh, they contain personal news, details of the writer's publications, references to contemporary Welsh scholars, and observations on political events in Wales. Also included is a letter, 1946, from his widow containing information concerning her husband's imprisonment by the Germans and subsequent death on 27 February 1945.