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A volume of press cuttings, with some additional manuscript notes, of a column entitled 'O'r Gell Gymysg' published in Y Genedl y 'Gwyn ap Gwilym' [i.e. J. Wynne Parry, Caernarvon]. The column relates to Caernarvon antiquities ('Hen Gaernarfon').

Opinion poll reports (5) conducted by Beaufort Research Ltd and NOP Market Research Ltd, May-June 1987, comprising 'Welsh Marginals Opinion Poll May 1987' (Beaufort), 'Wales Opinion Poll June 1987' (Beaufort), 'Cardiff South & Penarth Opinion Poll May 1987' (Beaufort), 'Constituency Poll in Carmarthen', June 1987 (NOP) and 'Constituency Poll in Ynys Môn', June 1987 (NOP).

A copy of the second draft of Dr Mervyn Jones's typescript work, 'One Hundred Years of Physics at UCW Aberystwyth' (Part 1, pp 4-187, 'By the Sea', and Part 2, pp 188-375, 'On the Hill').

The original manuscript of Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature (London, 1867).

On the Degeneracy of Words by Anthony Allen. (Formerly Howell Ll. Davies MS 4.) English. Parchment. Purchased from the library of Howell Lloyd Davies, Ruabon, 1949.

A booklet produced by the National Library of Australia and sent to the National Library of Wales to mark its centenary in 2007 and as a contribution to the 'centenary poems' project.

A volume, 1854 (watermarks 1853, 1854), containing fair copies of letters, dated 1849-1854, written by Joseph Jones, Caernarfon. The volume was compiled by him and presented to J. M. Davies, Frood Vale, Llandeilo, in July 1854. The letters concern Jones's theories on the causes of cholera and potato blight, attributed by him to agencies such as fermentation and the action of earthworms, as well as potential treatments and cures. There are frequent Biblical references, with extensive quotations on pp. 43-49, 75-76, and a few anecdotal references from his own experiences as a mine agent and flour merchant on Anglesey (pp. 5, 63-64).
The letters are addressed to Lord Ashley (later the Earl of Shaftesbury) of the General Board of Health, 1849-1853 (pp. 1-39, 42-50, 53-71), and Lord John Russell, the Prime Minister, 19 September 1851 (pp. 39-40); the final section is addressed to J. M. Davies, 19 July 1854 (pp. 72-82). Brief letters of acknowledgement (pp. 12, 19, 28, 41, 51, 71) and a list of contents are also included (p. i).

Miscellaneous material, 1920s-90s, accumulated by the donor, including press cuttings, reviews and photographs.

Two scrapbooks relating to the novelist Oliver Onions (1873-1961), husband of the novelist Berta Ruck (1878-1978), the first mainly containing press cuttings of reviews of his works of fiction, 1900-12, including The Compleat Bachelor (London, 1900), The Odd-Job Man (London, 1903) and Little Devil Doubt (London, 1909); and the second compiled by Berta Ruck containing press cuttings, 1946-65, mostly relating to his novels Poor Man's Tapestry (London, 1946), Arras of Youth (London, 1949), A penny for the harp (London, 1951) (see NLW MS 20805C for a corrected typescript), and A shilling to spend (London, 1965); together with obituary notices; and letters from family members, writers and publishers including Dorothy Charques, undated, Rupert Croft-Cooke, 1949, Olwen Caradoc Evans, 1956, John Gawsworth, 1947, Pat Lawlor, 1955, Moray Maclaren, 1957, Martin Secker, 1965, and Raleigh Trevelyan, 1965.

A volume containing a lecture 'Wellington and the Peninsula', 1858, delivered by 'Mr Oldfield' [?Thomas Oldfield] at Quebec to the soldiers of Her Majesty's 39th Regiment; together with the cash book, 1879-89, of John Edward Oldfield, Oriel College, Oxford, and Ffarm, Betws-yn-Rhos, co Denbigh (see also NLW Oldfield Deeds & Papers).

Cyfrol yn cynnwys darlith 'Wellington and the Peninsula', 1858, a draddodwyd gan 'Mr Oldfield' [?Thomas Oldfield] yn Quebec i filwyr Catrawd 39 ei Mawrhydi; ynghyd â llyfr cownt, 1879-89, John Edward Oldfield, Coleg Oriel, Rhydychen, a Ffarm, Betws-yn-Rhos, sir Ddinbych (gweler hefyd NLW Oldfield Deeds & Papers).

Photographs of the fragments of a computus and of a calendar which are comprised in Cambridge University Library MS 4543 and which were described by E. C. Quiggin in Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, VII, 406-10.

A manuscript containing notes on the Old Testament.

A bound volume containing holograph notes and pencil and pen-and-ink sketches [by the Reverend Elias Owen, vicar of Efenechdyd, 1881-1892, and of Llanyblodwel, 1892-1899, being material subsequently incorporated in his published work Old Stone Crosses of the Vale of Clwyd and Neighbouring Parishes, together with some Account of the Ancient Manners and Customs and Legendary Lore connected with the Parishes (London [1886])].

A typescript volume of autobiographical material and reminiscences by Charles Quant, who was for many years Chief Correspondent for Welsh Affairs with the Daily Post.

An essay on 'Romantic Incidents and Remarkable Characters of Old Aberystwyth' by Evan Lewis, edited for publication by W. R. Hall.