Correspondence, papers and reports, 1968-1979, concerning publishing in the Welsh language, including correspondence between the Publishers' Section of the Union of Welsh Publishers and Booksellers, Secretaries of State for Wales and the Welsh Office, the Welsh Books Council, and the Welsh Arts Council regarding grants for publishing Welsh books for adults and schools (items 6, 11, 12, 13); and correspondence, 1968, respecting a memorandum on the Gittins Report on Primary Education in Wales submitted by the WJEC to the Secretary of State for Education and Science, which contained a recommendation that a new publishing unit be set up to print and publish children's books in Welsh (item 1).
Six letters and fragment of another, 1861-1864, from Guiseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), advocate of Italian unity, to William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), one of which is written on a printed circular for subscribers to an association to succeed the Friends of Italy (ff. 1-13). Four of the letters have been published in William Rees (Hiraethog): A Memoir by his son Ebenezer Rees, ed. by H. Elvet Lewis, M.A. (Liverpool, 1915); see also NLW Journal vol. I (1940), p. 149. Also included is a postcard, 1880, from William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), to Gwilym Hiraethog (f. 14).
An adjudication of the competition Rhestr o Wyr a fu'n flaenllaw gyda Llen, Cân, Celfyddyd a Gwyddor yng ngwahanol ardaloedd Sir Gaernarfon o 1750-1900, gyda bywgraffiadau byrion ohonynt, in which MSS 13701-13702 were the only two entries.
Jones, J. H. (John Herbert), 1860-1943 Adjudication (1921), NLW MS 13703C
Further family papers, [1992]-1999, comprising a short autobiography, [1992 x 1999], by Dr Rosentyl Griffiths; two obituaries, 1999, of Dr Griffiths, from the periodicals GP and British Medical Journal; and an address delivered by the Reverend Noel Evans, Cardiff, on the day of her funeral, 6 March 1999.
Llyfr lloffion yn cynnwys ffotograffau, torion o'r wasg a rhaglenni cyngherddau, 1919-1984, wedi'u pastio yn y gyfrol, yn ymwneud yn bennaf â Chymdeithas Gorawl Pontarddulais a'i harweinydd T. Haydn Thomas, a hefyd â'i ewythr y cyfansoddwr D. Vaughan Thomas (1873-1934)
A typescript draft of 'Have a Cigarette', an English translation by Saunders Lewis of his play 'Gymerwch Chi Sigaret? (Llandybie, 1956); the translation is apparently unperformed and unpublished. The English translation amends the original Welsh version in some places, particularly in the second act, the most substantial emendation being an entirely new beginning to that act (ff. 18-21). There are also manuscript emendations and annotations by the author and another unidentified hand. The manuscript title-page (f. i) is in the hand of Saunders Lewis.
Microfilm copies of Newport Labour Party records, 1912-1977, deposited at the West Glamorgan Archive Service. The records include minutes, financial records and correspondence files
Typescript transcripts prepared by Mrs Alice V. Nissen of the diaries, 1859-1863, of John Baker Gabb (1826-1893), the diaries, 1860, 1863-1864, of David Baker Gabb (1836-1864), two letters, 1864, relating to the death of David Baker Gabb and genealogical notes and pedigree charts relating to the Baker Gabb family. The original diaries and letters are NLW Baker-Gabb Papers and Documents 675, 679, 1095, 1098, 1100, 1170-1174.
Mr Owen allowed the Library to photocopy his work entitled 'The Boer War Adventures of Edward, Duncan and Logie Fitzwilliams', containing extracts from the letters and diaries of the three sons of Charles Home Lloyd Fitzwilliams, Cilgwyn, Newcastle Emlyn. The first volume relates to Edward Charles Lloyd Fitzwilliams, October 1899-December 1901, and the second to Duncan Campbell Lloyd Fitzwilliams, March 1900-March 1901, and William Logie Lloyd Fitzwilliams, February 1900-May 1901.
A letter, 1995, from Roy Bohana to Dr R. Brinley Jones, enclosing a copy of his address delivered at the memorial service for the composer William Mathias (1934-1992), held at St Asaph Cathedral, 15 August 1992
A treatise by W. D. Davies entitled 'The Sufficiency of the Doctrine of Christ as defined in the Exposition of Faith in the Council of Chalcedon' which won the Ellerton Essay Prize at Oxford, 1923.
A typescript dissertation, in two volumes, submitted in 1965 for the degree of M.A. (Manchester) by Donald R. Buttress, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, on 'An Architectural History of Llandaff Cathedral, with special reference to the rebuildings of the 18th and 19th centuries'.
A typescript register of Welsh missionaries compiled, late 1940s, by Nellie Dean of the London Missionary Society and subsequently given to the Reverend Dr W. T. Owen, containing biographical details of over a hundred missionaries.
Four scrapbooks, 1937-1952, compiled by the musician and composer Dr Richard Maldwyn Price (1890-1952), Welshpool, comprising pasted-in press cuttings and programmes mainly relating to performances of music composed and conducted by him.
Additional Dyfed Family History Society publications on microfiche comprising indexes to the 1841 census returns for the Pembrokeshire enumeration districts of St Davids, Fishguard, Haverfordwest, Milford, Narberth, Newport and Pembroke
A file of papers, 1979-1980, accumulated by John Jenkins relating to the claims of Llandovery College and Llandovery Town Rugby Football Club to be founder members of the Welsh Rugby Union at an inaugural meeting held at the Castle Hotel, Neath, 12 March 1881; including letters to and from John Jenkins, the Welsh Rugby Union and the historian Dr Gareth Williams; evidence provided by John Jenkins in support of Llandovery College; press cuttings and press releases.
Miscellaneous papers, 1940s-1997, of the artist John Elwyn (John Elwyn Davies, 1916-1997), consisting mainly of exhibition catalogues, printed material relating to other artists' work, including pamphlets and ephemera produced by the Old Stile Press, papers relating to artists' societies, minor correspondence and personal papers.
Additional bound copies of typescript transcripts and indexes of census returns and parish registers compiled by the late E. Alwyn Benjamin, Penarth, including census returns, 1841-81, for North Cardiganshire Rural Districts and for Aberystwyth and district, 1841-81.
Twenty six letters, 1922-1937, from D. J. Williams, Fishguard, to Flora Forster. They relate mainly to their personal relationship, but also contain references to his imprisonment, 1937 (ff. 48-9), George M. Ll. Davies (ff. 29 verso-30, 41), the 1922 parliamentary election (ff. 1-3), Saunders Lewis (f. 14 verso), and Welsh nationalism (ff. 45-8).
