Showing 12292 results

Photocopies of notes and portraits relating to the family of David Lewis Wooding of Beulah, Breconshire.

Hymn tunes, some with English and some with Welsh words, transcribed by D. Lloyd.

A copy of the first volume of D. M. D. James's printed work 'Geological Studies in the Late Ordovician to Early Silurian of Central and South Wales', 1996.

A journal, 14 May 1945-29 May 1946, of the Rev. Canon Daniel Parry-Jones (1891-1981) giving an account of his day to day work as parish priest in Llanelli, co. Brecon.

A copy of a thesis 'A Folk-song Romance: Ruth Herbert Lewis (1871-1946)' presented by David Richard Jones for the degree of M.A. (Bangor, 2002), and submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.

Fifteen testimonial letters, 1899-1921, for Dafydd Rhys Jones ('Jones Pat'), headmaster of the Gaiman Higher Grade School, Chubut, 1906-1915, and of the Cwmystwyth, Pontrhydfendigaid and Ysbyty Ystwyth Council Schools, Cardiganshire, 1902-1906, 1917-1941.
Among the referees are Professors Edward Anwyl, 1900 (ff. 4-5), and T. Gwynn Jones, 1919 (f. 16). Also included are extracts from the annual reports for Cwmystwyth School for 1903-1905 (f. 19) and newspaper cuttings, [c. 1916]-[1953], mostly relating to Devil's Bridge and Ysbyty Ystwyth (ff. 20-21).

102 photographs of events, places and personalities. Most are centred aroung Glasbury, home of D W Lloyd. They include formal and informal portraits, the 1937 by-election, children, and a few views of Cornwall and London.

Minute-book, 1870-1902, of the Welsh Language Debating Society at St David's College, Lampeter.

Thirty-five letters from Dafydd Ladd (c. 1950- ), who was connected with a series of bombings in England and Wales during the early 1980s and imprisoned in 1983 on charges of possessing explosives. The letters, written from Cardiff, Long Lartin, Featherstone and Leyhill prisons, 1983-1988, to Ioan M. Richard, a 'Welsh republican', relate mainly to Welsh Nationalism, the political situation and personal matters.

Papers, 1968-1985, collated by the former professional footballer Dai Davies (William David Davies) who played in goal between 1969 and 1987, including letters, mainly from the Football Association of Wales, match programmes and his contracts with Wrexham Football Club, 1977 and 1979.

Twelve holograph poems by Waldo Williams, [1956] (ff. 1-10), written down from memory with the encouragement of Prof. J. Gwyn Griffiths and Dr Kate Bosse-Griffiths at their flat in 1 Eaton Crescent, Swansea; with the exception of 'Arfau' (ff. 6 verso-7), all the poems appeared in the volume Dail Pren (Llandysul, 1956). Also included are page proofs of the first typesetting of Dail Pren prepared by Gwasg Gomer in June 1956 (ff. 11-103), arranged by the poet with the help of Prof. Griffiths and Dr Bosse-Griffiths and including a few manuscript emendations in the hand of Prof. Griffiths.
The first typesetting differs significantly from the first published version of November 1956, with the poet having omitted twenty of the sixty-three poems and added twenty-three new poems.

Daily accounts of slates received from a quarry. (Formerly Borth-y-gest MS 134.) English. Purchased from the library of Mr R. E. Jones, Borth-y-gest, 1959-1961.

An autograph letter, 8 March 1770, from the Honourable Daines Barrington (1727-1800), possibly to Paul Panton, the elder (1727-1797).

Biographical material, 1836-1941, relating to Dan Isaac Davies, pioneer of the teaching of Welsh in schools, including two letters, 1836-1844, of his father-in-law Jenkin Edwards (ff. 1-4); family birth, death and marriage certificates, 1850-1887 (ff. 5-17); biographical notes partly in the hand of his eldest daughter Mary Margaretta Davies (ff. 40-2); printed matter including the Cymmrodorion Society's Preliminary Report on the use of the Welsh language in elementary schools, 1884 (ff. 22-34 verso); and newspaper cuttings, 1887-1940.

Typescript draft, 1968-1972, of 'Y Tyrau', the autobiography of Dan Thomas (1889-1974), Porthmadog, edited with a view to publication by his son, Dewi-Prys Thomas.

A photostat facsimile of a Llanover manuscript containing 17th and 18th century dance tunes, mainly by English composers.

Sermons, hymns, and notes written by Daniel Evans, Neath (1804-1859). There is a brief autobiographical note, in English, inside the cover.

Reproduction copies of music scores and instrumental parts by the composer Daniel Jones especially for the Delmé Quartet. The donor was the leader of this quartet.