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Nine diaries, 1939-1947, compiled by Enid Lewis (née Lloyd), of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), together with related papers, letters and photographs, 1943-1947, and a commemorative booklet entitled Our Greatest Generation: A celebration of WW2 veterans in West Wales, 6 June 2021, held at The Penrallt Hotel, Aberporth, including a biography of Enid Lewis.

Englynion holograff gan John Prichard ('Siôn Ebrill'), Penygarth, Llanfair juxta Harlech a ysgrifennwyd mewn copi argraffiad cyntaf o [D. Thomas]: Corph y Gaingc (1810) ac a bastiwyd i mewn i lyfr cyfrifon banc; ynghyd â thorion papur newydd o gyfres o erthyglau ar 'Siôn Ebrill y Bardd' gan Evan Jones a dynnwyd o Y Rhedegydd,-Ionawr - Chwefror1941. (Gynt Bob Owen MS.) Felwm. Prynwyd oddi wrth Bob Owen, Croesor, Tachwedd 1960.

Englynion 'Gwydderig' gan 'Gwydderig', [?trawsysgrifwyd gan] 'Watcyn Wyn' a G. Penar Griffiths. (Gynt Penar Griffiths MS 29.) Mewn byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan feibion a merched y diweddar Barchedig G. Penar Griffiths, trwy law Miss M. A. Penar Griffiths, Abertawe, Gorffennaf 1942.

'Englynion' submitted for competition at 'Arwest Glan Geirionydd', 1894, with adjudication by Robert Owen Hughes ('Elfyn').

The treatment of English borrowed words in colloquial Welsh by Thomas Powel, reprinted from the Transactions of the Philosophical Society of London, with a covering letter from Thomas Powel to Thomas Darlington, 1891, and annotations by the latter.

A volume of English verse and translations from Horace, Martial and other Latin poets. The English verse includes poems 'Vpon ye death of a magpye that talkd very well, & was killd no body knew how, 1653'; 'To Mr. Frampton from my Lord of Stamfords at Broadgate in Leicestershire 1655, who was then Chaplaine to ye Earle of Elgin'; 'To Mr. Frampton my Lord of Elgin's Chaplaine 1654'; 'Vpon Mrs Rhods lending me an iuory Table, booke wh I returning not at the time was to expiate wth a paper of verses, 1654'; 'Vpon my Lady Bruce's being brought to Bed of my Lord Bruce now Earle of Ailsbury 1655'; 'Upon Waller's Panegyrick to ye Protector, 1656'; 'Too Mr Cheek by my Lord Bruce's appointment to begg a hound bitch for him of my L: Manchester, 1656'; 'To Mr. Cheeke upon his breaking his Legg very daungerously, 1657'; 'To Mr. Frampton chaplaine to my Lo: Elgin vpon our journey from Roehampton to Amptill, 1657'; 'An Epilogue vpon Sr Tho: Clarges Aeractions being translated out of French, 1664, by him'; 'Vpon Sam Parker Bp of Oxford'; 'Vpon my horse falling vpon the stones and breaking his skull'; 'In mortem Reginae Wmi Regis vxoris'; 'Vpon the young Duke of Gloster's death'; 'Vpon the birth of Mr. Tho: Bruce, now Earle of Alesbury'; Latin epitaphs:- 'Epitaphs vpon Dr Chamberlain's son & daughter buried in Chelsey church'; 'Epitaph on Dr Chamberlain's daughter buried in Chelsey Church'; 'Vpon the death of my Lord Chief Justice Ireby' with a translation; 'An inscription vpon ye King of France's statue'; and two prose items:- 'About the Controversy betwixt the Gentlemen and the Vestry in Clerkenwell', and an account of a journey from London to Graueling, 1658.

English translations of Welsh poetry compiled by T. R. Roberts MS and typescript). English. In a file. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Caernarfon, December 1947.

English translations of Welsh hymns compiled by T. R. Roberts (typescript). English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Caernarfon, December 1947.

English translations from The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales in the hand of William Probert (1790-1870), Walmsley. English. 1/2 leather.

English translations by Professor J. Glyn Davies of cywyddau, etc by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Tudur Aled and others. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) English. Boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, June 1959.

'George Lewis Davies's Note Book, April 7th, 1832', containing copies of English hymn-tunes.

Gedge's Town and Country Ladies' Own Memorandum-Book ... 1815, containing brief daily entries, 1815, by Jane Wynn Hughes of Brynseiont, daughter of Jane and the late John Wyn Hughes of the Trefan estate. The entries relate mainly to her daily life and social engagements.

Index on CD-ROM to Irish Wills, 1484-1858, in the National Archives of Ireland, comprising over 70,000 individual testamentary records

A statement relating to legal action taken [circa 1837-1838] by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests against Mr. [Cecil] Parsons of Presteign [co. Radnor], attorney, in respect of an encroachment claimed by him upon the wastes of the manor of Iscoed, co. Radnor. The said manor, along with those of Uchoed, Ruslin, and Southneithon [Swydd Ieithon] in the same county, had been purchased by J. Watt, esq., from the Crown in 1826, but Mr. Parsons had refused to acknowledge any rights claimed by the purchasor in respect of the encroachment.

A bound volume inscribed on the outer cover 'Tregrug Inclosure, 1808', and containing printed and manuscript material relating to the enclosure of lands, including wastes called Common Coad y Pane and The Forest, within the manor of Tregrug, co. Monmouth. The printed items consist of a copy of An Act for inclosing lands in the Manor of Tregrug in the County of Monmouth, 1808, and of an act relating to enclosure procedure entitled An Act for consolidating in one act certain provisions usually inserted in acts of inclosure; and for facilitating the mode of proving the several facts usually required on the passing of such acts, 2d July 1801 (London, 1807). The manuscript entries include declarations, subscribed 2 August 1808, by Thomas Fulljames [of Hasfield, co. Gloucester, gent.], as commissioner, and Robert Wright Hall [of Cirencester], as surveyor, that they would discharge their respective duties in connection with the enclosure faithfully; a nomination, subscribed 2 August 1808, by proprietors of land within the manor, of William Morgan of Mamhilad, co. Monmouth, esq., as banker in connection with the project; an affidavit, signed 9 August 1808, by George Long and William Womack, land surveyors, concerning the survey they had made of the lands to be enclosed; copies of notices of meetings to be held, and of declarations issued re public carriage-ways, public foot-paths, and private roads, 1808-1809, signed by Thomas Fulljames; reports of meetings held, and of business transacted, 1808-1809, also signed by Thomas Fulljames; copies of the announcements of allotments to be sold and of the conditions of sale; the commissioner’s statement of account, 1808-1809; and a declaration, signed by the Reverend John Thomas, clerk, and Thomas Jones, esq., Justices of the Peace, 27 June 1810, concerning the completion of certain public carriage roads.

Papers, 1976-2019, accumulated by Ena Niedergang whilst researching for her book Wales-China: 250 years of history published in 2015 and other papers not used for the book, including correspondence relating to missionaries and soldiers who served in China and the many connections between the two countries.
Additional papers relating to The Wales-China Friendship Society, including correspondence relating to branches of the society in Cardiff and Swansea and minutes of meetings, The China ’89 project, visitors to China and from China to Wales and exhibitions.

Autograph draft, with revision, of Y Gosb, a play for television by Emyr Humphreys, first shown on S4C, 6 January 1983.

Papers of Emyr Humphreys, 1882-2019, arranged in two groups.
The first group consists of papers of Emyr Humphreys, 1908-1993, comprising mainly correspondence, 1930-1993, including personal correspondence, 1939-1993, correspondence between parties other than Emyr Humphreys, 1930-1993, and correspondence relating directly to his work, 1942-1994, and his interests, such as the arts and politics, including papers relating to Plaid Cymru and Gymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, 1956-1992; volumes, published and unpublished, [1946]x1991; short stories, in manuscript and typescript form, together with some poems and scripts and unidentified prose, 1937x1981; articles, reviews, adjudications and lectures, c. 1949x1993; radio and television scripts, including scripts containing references to Emyr Humphreys, with contributions by him and reviews of his work, 1946xc. 1993; poems, 1936xc. 1993; together with miscellaneous items, which include a file of official publications, circulars, memoranda and related papers (c. 1945-1946) relating to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in Italy, and Welsh and English newspaper cuttings, 1908-1990.
Additional papers, 1882-2019, were received in February 2022, comprising correspondence, 1929-2019; papers relating to novels and prose works by Emyr Humphreys and others, 1931-2017; papers relating to collections of poetry by Emyr Humphreys, 1902-2019, published and unpublished; notebooks and papers, [?1938x?1948]-2014, relating to collections of short stories by Emyr Humphreys, published and unpublished; scripts for stage and television and related papers, 1882-2010; administrative papers, 1943-2009; articles, lectures, and essays by Emyr Humphreys and others, 1938-2019; published items, 1917-2019, collected by and relating to the works of Emyr Humphreys, including cuttings and magazines; notebooks and papers, 1906-1966, of the Rev. Griffith Jones, Llanwnda; and other miscellaneous items and papers kept and collected by Emyr Humphreys, 1922-2013.