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Memoranda and papers relating to the Aberdare school in the hand of Rees Jenkin Jones. (Formerly Rees Jenkin Jones MS.) English, Welsh. In boards. Donated by Dr Goronwy Jones, Swansea.

Memoranda and minutes of the Powysland Club by D. R. Thomas and T. Simpson Jones. English. (Formerly D. R. Thomas MS 50.).

A manuscript containing memoirs of Dr Gabriel Goodman (1529?-1601), Dean of Westminster, 1561-1601, founder of Ruthin Grammar School and Christ's Hospital, Ruthin, by R. J. Edwards, Ruthin.

Memoirs of a Literary Bloke by Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan (typescript made at NLW). English. Morocco. Donated by Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan, January 1942.

Anna Arthur McCarthy's reminiscences, from her birth at Berriew in 1894 to the time she emigrated to the United States in 1927.

Manuscript memoir, 1774-1775, of William Owen, recalling his early years in the Royal Navy, from 1750 to 1761, in particular his time in India from 1754. The volume recounts life and events on board ship, together with incidents, escapades and misadventures ashore.
Owen went to sea as a midshipman and passed his Lieutenant's exam on 1 February 1758 (pp. 328-329). He served aboard several ships, most notably HMS Tyger, 1754-1759 (pp. 137-403), and HMS Sunderland, 1759-1761 (pp. 411-547). He participated in several naval and land actions in the Carnatic, Bengal and elsewhere, including the capture of Geriah (Vijaydurg), February 1756 (pp. 194-204), the expedition to retake Calcutta, December 1756-February 1757 (pp. 242-68), the battle of Chandernagore, 23 March 1757 (pp. 282-9), the naval battles off Cuddalore, 30 April 1758 (pp. 343-7), Negapatam, 3 August 1758 (pp. 368-73) and Pondicherry, 11 September 1759 (pp. 444-9), and the subsequent siege and blockade of Pondicherry, August 1760-January 1761 (pp. 530-53). Other incidents of note include a fraught voyage from Jamaica to England, October 1753-January 1754 (pp. 120-32), an ill-fated shooting expedition in Trincomalee, Ceylon, July 1759 (pp. 427-36), the loss of his right arm during a raid at Pondicherry, 6 October 1760 (pp. 531-6), and the sinking of HMS Sunderland in a cyclone shortly before Owen was due to rejoin her, 1 January 1761 (pp. 544-7). The volume, which contains occasional corrections, deletions and interpolations, is based mainly on Owen's journals, log books and other papers (see NLW, Glansevern Estate Records). In addition, certain passages, especially accounts of wider events, are either copied verbatim or adapted, without acknowledgement, from published works including Edward Ives, A Voyage from England to India… (London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773, ESTC T12210) (pp. 154-5, 163, 171, 178-9, 195, 197-8, 200-204, 210-13, 218, 223-5, 234, 242-3, 251-2, 259-60, 262-3, 264-6, 269-76, 280-81, 284-5, 294-305, 313, 316-7), and unidentified editions of Richard Owen Cambridge, An Account of the War in India, Between the English and French… (London: T. Jefferys, 1761, ESTC T145098) (pp. 339-41, 345, 353-60, 366, 368-70, 372, 386-9, 403-9, 454-90, 496-7, 513-20, 523, 558-62), John Entick, The General History of the Late War…, 5 vols (London: Edward Dilly and John Millan, 1763, T138198) (pp. 506-12, 520, 523-6, 540-43, 550-51, 553, 562-7), An Impartial History of the Late Glorious War (Manchester: printed by R. Whitworth, 1764, T110585) (pp. 459-50) and the third volume of An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere..., ed. by John Hawkesworth, 3 vols (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1773, T74465) (pp. 578-82). Owen's second volume of memoirs is partly published in Narrative of American Voyages and Travels of Captain William Owen, R.N., and Settlement of the Island of Campobello in the Bay of Fundy 1766-1771, ed. by Victor Hugo Paltsits (New York, New York Public Library, 1942), a copy of which is included with the present manuscript (NLW MS 24132E(a)).

(Typescript.) English. Boards between boards. Donated by W. Gilbert Williams, January 1944.

A manuscript copy of the Rev. Michah Thomas's biography, 1855, by Thomas Lewis, and loose leaves of the memoir of the Rev. John Michael.

An incomplete typescript memoir ('Death of a Rebel') of Julian Cayo Evans (1937-1995) by Henry Ellis; together with a photocopy of his obituary from The Independent, 31 March 1995.

Membership card recording contributions to the Medical Fund in connection with the practice of T J Bell Thomas, medical attendant. Bron-y-Garn House, Maesteg.

Excerpts, 1667-1699, of former members of Rhydwilym Baptist chapel, Pembrokeshire, before they emigrated to Pennsylvania, copied from a register held on microfilm by the Pennsylvania Historical Society.

Essays and poems in Welsh by Ellen Williams (nee Jones; Meirionwen, 1871-1949), Llanfrothen, co. Merioneth, entered for competition at Siloam Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Llanfrothen, and other Literary Festivals, 1887-1919 and n.d. (ff. 1-81v); a radio script Arwyddion Tywydd Llanfrothen, broadcast 27 October 1938, in which Meirionwen participated along with her brother John Jones (Ioan Brothen, 1868-1940), Bob Owen, Croesor, and Lizzie Laura Williams (ff. 82-91); and memorial verse to Cadwaladr Williams (c. 1853-1891), Rhyd, Llanfrothen, Meirionwen's brother-in-law.

Songs and arrangements for voice and piano, c. 1934-1946, by Meirion Williams (1901-1976), mostly unpublished, 'I Ceinwen Rowlands' in the composer's hand endorsed on a few; with two other arrangements by David Evans (published in New song book: llyfr canu newydd ... (Cardiff, 1929-1931)) and J. Lloyd Williams, in an unidentified hand (ff. 1, 2v).

Diary for the period 30 September-9 December 1941 of Lady Megan Lloyd George (1902-66), Member of Parliament for Anglesey, 1929-51, and for Carmarthen, 1957-66, containing occasional entries relating to the progress of the Second World War with references to Winston Churchill and other contemporary figures.