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An autobiography written by Robert Isaac Jones ('Alltud Eifion') in 1887; papers relating to his Testimonial, 1894; and genealogical records of the Roberts family of Isallt, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Caernarvonshire.

Hunangofiant Daniel Owen ar ffurf llythyr, dyddiedig 4 Mehefin 1891, yn ei law ei hun, [at Isaac Foulkes (Llyfrbryf), golygydd Y Cymro]. Cyhoeddwyd yn Y Cymro, 11 Mehefin 1891, t. 2, a'i ailgyhoeddi yn Isaac Foulkes, Daniel Owen y Nofelydd (Lerpwl, 1903), tt. 1-8. = A holograph autobiographical account by Daniel Owen in the form of a letter, dated 4 June 1891, [sent to Isaac Foulkes (Llyfrbryf), editor of Y Cymro]. It was published in Y Cymro, 11 June 1891, p. 2, and reprinted in Isaac Foulkes, Daniel Owen y Nofelydd (Liverpool, 1903), pp. 1-8.
Ceir ambell i frawddeg ychwanegol yn y llawysgrif na gyhoeddwyd yn Y Cymro (ff. 4-5, 9). Ysgrifennwyd y llythyr ar gefn dalennau o Gofrestr Etholwyr, 1879, ar gyfer Llanelwy a Rhyl. = The manuscript contains a few sentences which were not published in Y Cymro (ff. 4-5, 9). The letter is written on the reverse of leaves from an 1879 Register of Electors for St Asaph and Rhyl.

A volume entitled Humphrey Smith's Astronomical Book, Aug[us]t 10th, 1793, being notes on elementary astronomy.

A volume, [16 cent., second ½], probably in the hand of Thomas Powell (d. 1588), Parc y Drewen, Whittington, co. Salop, containing a much shortened text of Humphrey Lhuyd's English version of Brut y Tywysogion, upon which version David Powel based his Historie of Cambria, now called Wales ... (London, 1584) (see Brut y Tywysogion ..., ed. by Thomas Jones (Cardiff, 1952), pp. xiv-xviii). Omissions mainly involve passages relating to events outside Wales, church affairs and the papacy, anecdotes, explanations of Welsh personal and place-names, and the arguments against Polydore Vergil. Three other copies are known: BL, MS Cotton Caligula A VI; Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmolean Museum MS 847; and NLW, Llanstephan MS 177. Also included are a pedigree of the kings and princes of North Wales from Cadwaladr to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (ff. iv-v verso), a painted coat of arms of Cadwaladr (f. 1), and an index of personal and place-names (ff. 168-70 verso). Six lines of English verse are added in a contemporary hand on f. 171 verso.

Letters, 1859-1860, from Humphrey Jones, Aberystwyth, Wesleyan preacher and revivalist, to David R. Davies, Wesleyan preacher, Aberdare.

Typescript and manuscript notes relating to the Hughes family of Bodaden, parish of Llanwnda, co. Caernarvon; and typescript copies of five probate items including a digest of the will of Owen Hughes, 12 September 1729, an inventory of the goods, etc., of the said Owen Hughes, 5 November 1729, an extract from the will of John Hughes, 3 May 1748, the will (complete) of John Rowland, 13 July 1750, and an inventory of the goods, etc., of the said John Rowland, 'who died the 27th day of August [recte July] last (1750)', all three persons named being of the parish of Llanwnda aforesaid. The whole has been bound as a slender, octavo-size volume, having on the outside, upper cover a label inscribed 'Llanwnda. Ewyllysiau Teulu Bodaden (1729-48)'.

A late 17th century manuscript containing An Essay towards the History of Brecknockshire by Hugh Thomas, The Brecknockshire Herald.

A collection of music manuscripts and printed compositions of Hugh Priestley-Smith. The printed compositions comprise Dusk, [1912]; O mistress mine, 1912; The vagabond, 1912; Two Celtic Songs, [1912]; Longing, 1913; From the West Country, 1913; The Dance of the sword, 1914; A winter requiem, 1915; Four sketches in Wyre Forest, 1917; Three Celtic sketches, 1917; and the undated manuscript compositions include 'Sonata no. 1, in F Minor & A Flat'; 'Elegy for string quartet'; 'The two steeds'; 'Greeting in solitude'; 'The shepherd of Hafod'; 'Prelude in exaltation'; 'Nightingale in a rainy garden'; 'Celtic lullaby'; 'Hushing song'; 'From the West Country (second cycle); 'A mountain symphony'; and 'The song of finis'. Many of the words used are poems by Fiona Macleod, an alias of William Sharpe (1855-1905).

Papers, [?1918]-[?1939], collected by Sir Alfred T. Davies, concerning the orthopaedic surgeons Hugh Owen Thomas and Sir Robert Jones. They include some seventeen letters to Davies, [1920s]-1933 (ff. 1-43, 100), along with printed items, press cuttings and miscellaneous notes relating mainly to Hugh Owen Thomas, [?1918]-[?1939] (ff. 44-72), and mainly to Sir Robert Jones, 1933-1937 (ff. 73-104).
The correspondents include Sir Robert Jones, [1920s]-1932 (ff. 1-4), C. L. R. Thomas, February-March 1933 (ff. 21-22, 27-42), and May McKisack, 19 July 1933 (f. 43); included among the letters are notes in Welsh, by the Rev. John Owen, on the Anglesey ancestry of Thomas and Jones (ff. 7-11), with an English translation (ff. 24-26), and a typescript draft of C. L. R. Thomas's memoir of his uncle Hugh Owen Thomas (ff. 28-40).

Biographical data relating to Hugh Owen, father of the donor. Included are his curriculum vitae, and photocopies of press cuttings of reports on his funeral, tributes and a book review of his last book Hanes plwyf Niwbwrch (1952). = Manylion bywgraffyddol am Hugh Owen, tad y rhoddwr. Ceir llungopïau o dorion o'r wasg yn cynnwys adroddiadau am ei angladd, teyngedau iddo ac adolygiad o'i lyfr olaf Hanes plwyf Niwbwrch (1952).

A pedigree, [17 cent, last ¼], of Hugh Jones of Bottegir [Bodtegir], [Betws Gwerful Goch, Denbighshire], reciting his paternal ancestors back to Adam. This may be the Hugh Jones buried at Betws Gwerful Goch on 2 January 1716.
The pedigree is said to be based on the work of Gutun Owain ('Thus by Gyttyn Owens booke who flourished in King Henry the seaven his time'); the earlier portions, listing mythical and legendary kings of Britain (after Geoffrey of Monmouth), the descendants of Brutus and Eneas Ysgwyddwyn [Aeneas], figures from Roman mythology and the Biblical Patriarchs from Noah to Adam, closely mirrors Gutun Owain's genealogical text in NLW MS 3026C, pp. 63-81. More recent generations consist of mostly genuine rulers of Powys, descended from Kasnar Waledig [Casnar Wledig]. The pedigree is not recorded in Michael Powell Siddons, Welsh Pedigree Rolls (Aberystwyth, 1996).

A scrapbook kept by Hubert Davies (1893-1965), composer and musician, born at Abersychan, including papers relating to his time as a student of the violin at the Royal Academy of Music, concert programmes, photographs and photocopies of articles on music by him published in the Western Mail, together with a list of his manuscripts deposited at the BBC Library, Cardiff, and tributes to his widow Mrs Hannah Davies (d. 1970).

Copies of press releases kept by the HTV politics unit relating to the elections for the National Assembly for Wales and the European elections, April-June 1999.

Howell Harris yn Llundain, 4 Gorffennaf-3 Hydref 1741 gan John Thickens (teipysgrif). (Gynt Eliseus Howells MS 19.) Ffeil. Prynwyd oddi wrth Mrs Eliseus Howells, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, Mawrth 1970.

Copïau microffilm o ddyddiaduron Howell Harris (1714-1773) i'w defnyddio gan ddarllenwyr yn lle'r gwreiddiol. = Microfilm copies of the diaries of Howell Harris (1714-1773) to be consulted by readers in place of the originals