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A collection of papers, [1950s]-2013, relating to Brenda Chamberlain, comprising three letters, 1955-[?1964], from Chamberlain on Bardsey Island and Ydra, Greece, to her friend Henry [Mitchell], concerning personal news and her work (ff. 1-6), together with one letter, 27 September 1971, from Joan Rees, Bangor, to Mitchell, belatedly informing him of Chamberlain's death (ff. 7-8); and manuscript fair copies, probably in Chamberlain's hand, [?1950s], of four poems, 'Endymion's Sleep', 'Midwinter', 'Islandman' and 'What the old man said' (ff. 9-13).
The letters discuss Chamberlain's painting 'The Acrobats at Practice', then recently purchased by Mitchell (ff. 1-2 verso), and a funeral on Ydra (ff. 3-4). A version of 'Islandman' was published in The Green Heart (London, 1958), p. 27; drafts of 'Midwinter' are NLW MS 21508B, ff. 1-6. Also included are newsletters, 2011-2013, of Cyfeillion Murluniau Brenda Chamberlain ar Enlli / The Friends of the Brenda Chamberlain Bardsey Murals (ff. 15-22) and a cutting from The Times, 21 September 1955, p. 3 (f. 14).

Papers, 1913-2011, of Julian Thomas, relating mostly to his brother, the poet Edward Thomas; with other family papers, photographs, ephemera and personalia.
The papers comprise: (i) proofs, drafts and related correspondence of Julian Thomas, 1917-1938; (ii) proofs of Edward Thomas, The Last Sheaf (London, 1928) with corrections [?in the hand of Julian Thomas]; (iii) papers, 1935-1937, relating to the Edward Thomas Memorial Fund; (iv) typescript copies, [1938], of letters (1897-1916) of Edward Thomas to David ('Dad') Uzzell; (v) printed books, periodicals, offprints and cuttings, 1913-2011, mostly relating to Edward Thomas; (vi) family photographs; (vii) five photographs of Reginald Thomas, together with an official message of sympathy on his death from Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War, [1918], and the 'King's Message' accompanying the Memorial Plaque (see xvi); (viii) some fifteen family postcards, 1929-1992; (ix) passport, 1931-1938, of Edward Eastaway Thomas; (x) miscellaneous photographs and papers of David Christopher T. Thomas, R.N.V.R., 1941-1946; and (xi-xiii) three notebooks of [?D. C. T.] Thomas, [1940s]. Also included are: (xiv) a first edition copy of Edward Thomas, The South Country (London, 1909), inscribed by him on the half-title page 'To Father & Mother 15.XI.09', with a few further annotations in pencil in a different hand; (xv) a Morocco leather case containing a sepia photograph, [1916x1917], of Corporal Edward Thomas in uniform; (xvi) the bronze Next of Kin Memorial Plaque issued to Reginald Thomas' family following his death; and (xvii) a stamp containing the monogram 'MH' or 'HM' in a case decorated with a rose design.

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 copy of the donor's genealogical research relating to the Rev. John Mawddwy Jones (d. 1922), Wesleyan minister at St Paul's Church, Aberystwyth, and his descendants, 2011.

A two dollar note featuring the Welsh Americans (Lewis Morris, Robert Morris, Francis Lewis and William Williams) who signed the Declaration of Independence, 1776, together with an identification key.

A copy of by the donor Lois Elizabeth Mundle Richards's genealogical research relating to the Powell family of Nanteos, Ceredigion, and in particular to Maude Elizabeth Powell, her paternal grandmother.

Correspondence, 1961-1970, received by the donor’s husband, Canon Geraint Evans, as Vicar of Strata Florida, including letters from Sir David James, Pantyfedwen, businessman and philanthropist, and the Bishop of St Davids, the Right Honourable John Richards Richards, relating to the burial service of Lady Grace James at Strata Florida in 1963 and other matters, together with a few press cuttings about Sir David James as a benefactor.

A collection of official documents, 1892-1927, dealing with the clerical career of Gilbert Cunningham Joyce, afterwards bishop of Monmouth.

Extracts from the Ysgeifiog Vestry Book, 1848, relating to William Edwards ('Wil Sgeifiog', 1790-1855); two photographs of William Edwards's grave in Ysgeifiog churchyard; and a photograph of Molly Owen, sister of William Edwards, taken in 1867.

Indenture of apprenticeship, 3 January 1920, whereby Samuel Herbert Grice of Welshpool was apprenticed to Messrs. I. G. M. Morris, Ltd., Engineers, Millwrights and Ironfounders, Mill Lane Ironworks, Welshpool.

A volume of sermons, 1898-1910, by David Williams, Llanwnda.

A blue-print plan of the vicarage at Pentrefelin drawn by the late Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, February 1912 (completed 1913); plans for a dual purpose church and church hall at Pentrefelin by Clough Williams-Ellis, with specifications, building contract, correspondence including letters from the architect, bills, etc., 1930s; and drawings, specifications, and a letter from Harold Hughes, Diocesan Office, Bangor [author of Old Churches of Snowdonia, etc.], relating to proposals for a new western doorway and repairs to windows at Ynyscynhaearn Church, 1934-1935.

A medical dictionary with notes on health and diet.

Memorandum of agreement, 1873, between Thomas Baker, shipowner, of Cardiff, and others, re the purchase of shares in the S.S. Llandaff (258 tons); five bills of sale, 1876-1894, relating to the sale of shares in the said vessel registered at Cardiff; and four bills of sale, 1883-1894, relating to the sale of shares in the S.S. Ouse (441 tons) also registered at Cardiff.