Showing 15052 results

An account of tours in England and Wales made in 1819 and 1836 by Captain Jenkin Jones, R.N.

Photocopies of documents and photographs relating to the ancestors of Jon Bradley Jeffreys, including a genealogy of the Jeffreys family of Llywel, Breconshire, and Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, 1400-1900, prepared by him, 1999; papers concerning the career of Admiral David Powell Price (1790-1854), together with his portrait, a transcript of his memorial tablet at Cil-y-cwm Church, Carmarthenshire, and an extract from the Mobile Press Register, 1980, referring to him; the pre-nuptial settlement, 1869, of Walter Powell Jeffreys (1843-1920) of Henllys near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, and his first wife Agnes Robinson (d. 1877), Frankton Grange, Ellesmere, Shropshire, referring to Llwynyfron and Llwynyfron Mill in the parish of Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, together with a conveyance, 1886, concerning the same properties; a reprint of a tribute to his son Geoffrey Jeffreys (1885-1953) from The Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, April 1954; and a photocopy of Nicholas Robinson, Some memoirs of Nicholas Robinson 1769-1854 and his family (London, 1915), containing references to family members.

Title deeds and other documents of depositor's clients, 1557-1939, relating to properties in Brecknockshire, 1557-1939, in particular to the Little Bell, Brecon, 1759-1883, and to the Pant Griffith estate, Merthyr Cynog, 1705-1856; in Glamorgan, 1731-1920, including the Court Rhyd-hir estate, 1731-1920; and in Radnorshire, 1639-1800, Monmouthshire, 1756-1834, and Herefordshire, 1557-1763.

The fonds comprises two accruals. The first consisting of papers, 1936-1987, including local affairs, 1973-82, Welsh affairs, 1972-83, domestic politics, 1978-82, legal matters, 1978-80, foreign affairs, 1978-81, Social Democratic Party, 1981-5, and Labour Party, 1986-7. The second accrual, described here, consisting of scrapbooks, 1970-1976, relating to Jeffrey and Margaret Thomas' work in the Abertillery constituency; scrapbooks relating to Jeffrey Thomas' general election campaigns in Barry and Abertillery, 1966-1979; and other political and personal papers.

Papers of, and relating to, Dylan Thomas, [1925x2013], collected and collated by Jeff Towns, including scripts, correspondence, programmes and papers relating to the publication of Under Milk Wood, and radio, stage, film and audio productions of the play, 1953-2005; research papers and works relating to Dylan Thomas, 1937-2006; letters by Dylan Thomas, and the letters and papers of his wife Caitlin, their three children and his parents, 1935-2007; autograph prose works, [1925x1953], and personal papers, [1929]-1960; poetry, [1928x2010], mostly comprising autograph drafts; unpublished autograph letters by Dylan Thomas, [1926]-1995; and a small group of material, 1939-[2013], including four autograph letters, 1939, from the author, relating to The map of love.

1 photo in poor condition labelled 1st production UMW, photographer Alan Davies, Manchester House, Laugharne; 8 b&w photos in an envelope marked 'Venice Festival 1971' most backstamped 'Giacomelli Fotografia - Eliografia' in which Andrew Sinclair features; 6 b&w photos backstamped 'LPA International Syndicate' and possibly showing the Premiere of the 1972 film version of Under Milk Wood, again Andrew Sinclair features in a number of the photos; 7 further b&w photos connected with the same production and three 'Lobby cards' also of the same production depicting Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole and Elizabeth Taylor.

Typescript (3 pp.) 'Summary of experiences of Jeff Cuthbert' as Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent, 2016-24, and member of the Welsh Assembly for the Caerphilly Constituency, 2003-16.

Papers, 1979-1981, of Jean Hunt (née Ware), relating to the publication of a book she co-wrote with her husband Hugh Hunt, on her grandfather, Dr Griffith Evans (1835-1935), described by some as the father of modern veterinary science. The papers include letters from Jean Ware to Mari Ellis, who assisted with the translations into Welsh for the press releases, press cuttings relating to the publication of the book, and notes by Jean Ware on Griffith Evans taken from sources at the National Library of Wales.

Papers of Jean Earle (1909-2001), poet, of Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, comprising letters, 1977-2001, draft copies of her poems and short stories.

A late fifteenth-century illuminated manuscript of Les Stratagèmes, the French version of the Latin Stratagemata of Julius Sextus Frontinus, translated, [1439x1460], for Charles VII, king of France, by Jean de Rovroy (fl. 1388-1460), dean of the faculty of theology at the University of Paris, who has added extracts, in French, from the Epitoma Rei Militaris of Vegetius (see R. Bossuat, 'Jean de Rovroy, traducteur des Stratagèmes de Frontin', Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, 22 (1960), 273-86, 469-89). Written by one scribe, 'H. G.', in France (f. 70 verso). Decorated initials with burnished gold for all books and chapters; other initials and paragraph marks in alternate red and blue. Four polychrome miniatures, one representing the translator presenting his book to Charles VII, probably the work of Robinet Testard (fl. 1484-1523), miniaturist to count Charles d'Angoulême (1459 or 1460-1496), later to his wife, Louise de Savoie (1476-1531); retouched in XIX cent.

Two English versions, by 'W. Ap Madoc' and J. Daniel Evans ('Ap Daniel') respectively, of a Welsh poem on St. David's Day written by W. Cynwal Jones; a letter, February 22, 1889, from 'Ap Daniel' to his cousin; and a letter, March 6, 1915, from Josiah Jones, Machynlleth, to his nephew Dr. A. T. Evans, Llandyssul, giving biographical details about 'Ap Daniel'.

Papers of the Jazz Heritage Wales archive, comprising material relating to what was initially known as the Women's Jazz Archive, later Women in Jazz, and finally Jazz Heritage Wales, which reflect the archive's founding and development, its aims and objectives and its wide-ranging involvement in the field of contemporary and historical jazz music. Together with material relating to the archive's founder Jen Wilson, reflecting her interest, involvement and personal achievements in the fields of music, media, education and history, particularly women's social history. The archive also includes material relating to organisations and projects in which Jen Wilson participated but for which she was not solely responsible.

Papers, [1824]-1886, of Jane Williams (Ysgafell), including poetry, correspondence, items of prose and other miscellaneous papers.
The papers include poems by Jane Williams, some holograph, dated 1842-1867 (ff. 1-31), apparently unpublished apart from 'The Leek' (f. 6; Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1.3 (1846), 356-357), 'A Celtic Tradition from Cornwall of a Funeral among the "Small People"' (ff. 14-19; Jane Williams, Celtic Fables, Fairy Tales, & Legends... (London, 1862), pp. 37-40) and 'Lines to the Welsh Harp' (f. 21; Jane Williams, Literary Remains of the Rev. Thomas Price Carnhuanawc, 2 vols (Llandovery, 1854-5), II (1855), 412-413); correspondence, [1824]-1886, including letters (and a copy letter) to Jane Williams, [1824]-1883 (ff. 34-38, 42-43), letters from Jane Williams, 1843-1884 (ff. 39-41, 44), and letters to her niece (and executrix) Eleanor Marsh Williams, 1884-1886, mainly relating to her estate (ff. 44-48); family memoranda, genealogical, heraldic and other notes, in several hands, concerning the Williams and related families (ff. 49-92, 108-109), including designs of coats of arms for the Marsh family and for Wales, [1840s] (ff. 69-70), and a pedigree by Jane Williams, 1826 (f. 92); transcripts, 1826-1870, of various items of poetry and prose relating to Jane Williams's ancestor, the Rev. Henry Williams, and to his home at Ysgafell, Montgomeryshire, in the hands of Jane Williams, her father David Williams, brother Henry David Williams and cousin Mary Ann Hunter Williams (ff. 93-107), and a few miscellaneous prose items (ff. 110-113).

A commonplace book of Jane Jenkins, Llandilo, 1810-1853, containing miscellaneous poems, including some of local interest by Julia of Swansea, Miss Beale, and T. Lotherington.

Notes, drafts of published and unpublished works, letters, talks, reviews, booklets, leaflets, periodicals, press cuttings and other material relating to Jan Morris's writing career and the places she visited in the course of her research, together with personal letters and records.

Forty-seven letters, 1830-1846, from James Watt [1769-1848] of Birmingham and Doldowlod House, Radnorshire to William Mylne [1734-1790] and Robert Mylne [1733-1811], London. They relate to the making of machinery, to alternations made by Watt at Doldowlod House, and to the activities of surveyors employed by a company desirous of constructing a railway through part of Watt's property.

A typewritten copy of the report of James Weeks Szlumper, Esq., C.E. [afterwards Sir James], on the state of the encroachments and obstructions which existed in the river Teifi at Cilgerran, August 1873.

Papers, including theses and newspaper cuttings, relating to James Travis Jenkins, the first Welshman to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Science with honors from the University of Wales. He also achieved a Bachelor of Science with first class honors in Zoology from the University of London, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Kiel in Germany.

Deeds, 1810-1892, collected by James R. John, relating to properties in Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.

Personal and family papers, 1885-1909, of James Lane Bowen, Llanelli, co. Carmarthen, Post Office receiver, beer retailer and journalist, including reviews of his booklet, The Rise Progress and Future of the Tin-Plate Trade in South Wales (Llanelli, 1893); a plan, 1888, of a shop and house constructed in Lakefield Road, Llanelli; together with related builder's receipts and miscellaneous financial papers, 1885-1909; beer retailer's licences, 1888-1908; an account of festivities at Lakefield Road to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Penny Post, 1890; and miscellaneous documents relating to the family property in Llanelli.