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An appreciation of the art of J. D. Innes (1887-1914), landscape painter, by, and in the hand of, Augustus John, R.A.

Tune book, c. 1843-1851, of John Ambrose Lloyd (1815-1874) containing anthems, mainly by J. Ambrose Lloyd himself, some apparently unpublished, including two composed for the use of the Temperance Choirs of Conwy and neighbourhood and performed at the North Wales Temperance Festival, 1852. The volume was used by the composer when choirmaster at Salem Welsh Congregational chapel, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool (see letter, 1934, from his granddaughter, Marianne Lloyd, tipped in on f. i) and is probably the Salem Chapel collection referred to in C. Francis Lloyd and Elfed, Cofiant John Ambrose Lloyd (Wrecsam, 1921).

A contributions book of the W. T. R. Powell (Ysbyty Ystwyth) Lodge in the Aberystwyth District Branch of the St. David's Unity of the Order of True Ivorites, 1918-1944.

Papers relating to David Ivor Davies (Ivor Novello, 1893-1951), composer, actor and playwright, comprising an autograph extract from his play I Live With You (London, 1932) (ff. 1-6); letters, 1979-1982, from associates of Ivor Novello, received by Crispin Thomas while researching 'Dear Ivor', a theatrical production based on the life of Ivor Novello, first performed at Exeter in 1980 (ff. 7-22); photographs of the Welsh National Opera's production of 'Dear Ivor', 1983 (ff. 23-4); together with a copy of a memorial tribute to Ivor Novello and theatre programmes, 1933-45, of productions of his works.

Seven letters and two telegrams, 1939-1950, from the composer, actor and playwright, Ivor Novello, to Dorothy and Evelyn Wright, containing mainly personal news (ff. 1-13); together with additional personal papers, 1908-1955, compiled by the Wrights, including twelve letters to them from Lloyd Williams, Novello's secretary, [?1940]-[?1944] (ff. 5, 14-19 verso), actors Peter Graves, 1951-1955 (ff. 22-24 verso), Leslie Henson, 1942 (f. 25), and Barry Sinclair, 1943 (f. 26), and Neville Chamberlain, 1938 (ff. 20-21); also included are a memorial tribute to Ivor Novello, 1951 (ff. 27-28 verso), photographs of him and his associates, [1910s]-[1940s] (ff. 29-34), and press cuttings, 1939-1951 (ff. 39-46).
The collection contains references to theatrical productions at Johannesburg, 1947 (f. 8), the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, [1940] (f. 14), the Palace Theatre, Manchester, [?1941] (f. 15), and the Adelphi Theatre, London, 1943 (f. 18).

Itinerary: 'In the Footsteps of Giraldus' by Canon D. Parry Jones. English. Between boards. Donated by Canon D. Parry Jones, Newport, February 1971.

Issue slips for books at the British Museum in the hand of Charles Ashton. Welsh, English. (Formerly Borth-y-gest MS 20.) Between boards. Purchased from the library of Mr R. E. Jones, Borth-y-gest, 1959-1961.

Papers, 1946-2017, of Captain Ted Lees, relating to Island Farm Prisoner of War Camp, Bridgend. Captain Lees was the camp's Intelligence Officer and interpreter during the period 1946-1948, when it held some of the most senior German officers, including Feldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt.
The papers include a nominal roll of senior prisoners compiled by Lees (ff. i-ii, I-XVI); some eighteen letters to Lees, from von Rundstedt and others, 1946-1948, 1957 (ff. 1-21); a typescript statement by von Rundstedt concerning the Blomberg-Fritsch affair of 1938 (ff. 22-25); a typescript memorandum, dated 9 July 1947, from a prisoner to a 'Herr Bieri' [?Frederick Bieri of the IRCC], concerning the Geneva Convention (ff. 30-36); Lees's manuscript recollections of von Rundstedt, 1953 (ff. 54-57); and a copy of a War Office urgent memorandum (U.M./4202(P.W.1m)), dated 8 September 1947, enclosing a categorised nominal roll of senior German officers detained in the UK (ff. 38-53). The letters to Captain Lees, mostly in German, are from Generalmajor [Walter] Leuze, 10 May 1946 (f. 1), [Generalmajor Hans] Erdmann, 3 December 1946 (f. 2), von Rundstedt, 25 December 1946 (f. 3), [Generalmajor Burkhart] Muller-Hildebrand, 2 February 1947 (ff. 4-5), [Konteradmiral] Hans Voss, 13 August 1947 (f. 6), General der Flieger Hans-Georg von Seidel, 14 August 1947 (f. 8), General der Artillerie Anton[-Reichard Hermann Friedrich Maria] Fr[ei]h[er]r v[on] Bechtolsheim, 19 August 1947 (f. 9), Dr Rudolf Aettig, 9 December 1947 (f. 11), [General] Gunther Blumentritt, 26 February 1948 (f. 13), and [General Edwin Graf von] Rothkirch [und Trach], 1 May 1948 (f. 14). Also included are a letter to Lees's wife from von Rundstedt, 10 February 1948 (f. 12), a Christmas card from Voss, made in camp, [1946x1948] (f. 17), a note from Voss certifying the handing over of medals to Captain Lees, [1946x1948] (f. 18), and correspondence, 1957, between Lees, Wilhelm Bauer de Betaz and a Manchester bank, concerning the whereabouts of Bauer de Betaz's medals (ff. 19-21). Items subsequently added to the papers include typescript translations of two of the letters into English (ff. 7, 15), photocopies of parts of the Blomberg-Fritsch and Geneva Convention typescripts (ff. 26-29, 37, kept for conservation purposes) and printouts of web pages relating to Lees and von Rundstedt, 2010, 2017 (ff. 62-64).

A collection made by Isaac Mann (1785-1831) of about two hundred autograph letters of Baptist ministers, missionaries (including William Carey) and converts, written 1711-1831; together with a calendar, prepared by F. G. Hastings, with annotations by W. T. Whitley, which was printed in The Baptist Quarterly, VI and VII (1932-1935).

An account of Foulk Roberts, music teacher, and other old characters of Clegir in the parish of Llanrug, Caernarvonshire, 1800-1900, written by Isaac Lloyd (Glan Rhuddallt) (1875-1961).

Nine manuscript music compositions by Irwyn Walters (1902-1992) comprising: 'Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello', 1925; 'Y Sipsi' (a song for a soprano), words by Crwys, which won the first prize in the Inter-College Eisteddfod held at Swansea in 1925 and second in the National Eisteddfod held at Pwllheli in the same year; 'Dysgub y Dail' (a song for a baritone), 1925, the words by Crwys; 'Hiraeth' (a song for a soprano), 1926, the words by Eifion Wyn; 'Kyrie Eleison' (a setting for chorus, baritone solo and string-orchestra), the words by Robert Bryan, presented for his BMus Degree in 1926; 'Hiraeth' (a song for a soprano), 1926, words by Eifion Wyn; 'Dance Measure' (for string, orchestra and piano), 1928; an anthem 'O Feddyg Da' for mixed voices, 1929, words by J. T. Job; and 'Scherzo', undated.
Additional papers of Irwyn Walters, musician and administrator, including the minute book of Côr Ebenezer, Ammanford (conducted by David Walters, his grandfather), 1893-98; academic certificates awarded to Irwyn Walters, 1925-1926 (University of Wales, Aberystwyth and University of London); concert programmes of the Franco-Welsh Orchestra, the Welsh Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra, all conducted by him; programmes of the Swansea Festival Orchestra, he was its musical director; papers relating to the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, 1946-1957, including concert programmes, a scrapbook relating to the orchestra’s activities, ‘Some reflections on the inception, growth and significance of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales by the founder, Irwyn R. Walters’; and a cartoon strip entitled ‘Hiawatha’s departure’ depicting him conducting a performance from Hiawatha’s wedding feast’ as a teacher at Stafford in 1932.

A statement by E. Frere, 31 August, 1820, of iron bars, etc., shipped from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Norwich for Messrs. [John] Brown[e] & Son[s], iron merchants; a holograph letter, 29 September, 1820, from E. Frere, Clydach, to Messrs. John Browne & Sons, iron merchants, Norwich, concerning the detention of a vessel and the insurance effected on a cargo of iron from Newport to Yarmouth; and an invoice, 1 November, 1845, from Clydach Iron Works to Messrs. John Browne & Sons for a shipment of iron from Newport to London.

A composite volume containing John O'Donovan: A Grammar of the Irish Language (Dublin, 1845), and Ernst Windisch: Durzgefasste Irische Grammatik mit Lesestücken (Leipzig, 1879), together with copious interleaved and marginal manuscript additions.

A collection of over four hundred and fifty (Irish) Gaelic proverbs collected in Ulster, with English translations, a few English proverbs and phrases, an introduction to the study of proverbs, and two bibliographies of the subjects.

A typescript, prepared for the press, of Iorwerth C. Peate's essay 'The Welsh House: a study in folk culture', published in Y Cymmrodor, 47 (1940).
The volume includes the title page, dedication and preface (ff. i-v), contents (f. vi), a list of illustrations (ff. vii-xxi; the illustrations are not included), the main text (ff. 1-254) and bibliography (ff. 255-275). There are some manuscript annotations and corrections, with a number of significant additions (ff. 11, 67, 154 verso, 163 verso, 179 and 249 verso). The printed version includes a few additional changes and an index. A revised edition was published in 1944.

A survey of the state of education in, and around, the parishes of Castle Caereinon, Llanfair Caereinion and Manafon, co. Montgomery, carried out, December 1846, by representatives of local nonconformist denominations under the supervision of the Reverend Robert David Thomas ('Iorthryn Gwynedd', 1817-88), minister of Penarth Congregational chapel, Llanfair Caereinion. Memorials on the survey were submitted to the Commissioners appointed by Government to enquire into the state of education in Wales (see 544, below).

Diaries, 1967-2010, of Iona Trefor Jones (1925-2011), relating mainly to her work with flowers, together with her reminiscences: ‘Cofio’ (in Welsh), and a scrapbook chronicling her contribution to flower festivals held in Chester Cathedral, Bangor Cathedral, Holyhead Parish Church and others.

Ioannis Calvini in quinque libros Mosis Commentarii. With MS notes and a hymn. 'Jerome & Fulbert' on endpaper. Latin, Welsh. Donated by Peter Stedman Davies, Llangeitho, 1945.