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Agenda and minutes, 1948-56, of the Liberal Party of Wales Council meetings. Contents include handwritten and typed notes and minutes, some newspaper cuttings, and Liberal Party of Wales pamphlets and leaflets. The donors' father, the late Elfyn Lloyd-Morris, was a member of the party and was writing a book about its history.

Collection of scripts formerly held as stock at the Drama Association of Wales as donations/loans from theatre companies across Wales. The collection also includes some letters from donors, play flyers, stage directions and notes from numerous playwrights/directors.

Records relating to the administration of the diocese of St Davids and Dean and Chapter of St Davids Cathedral since 1397, comprising episcopal registers, bishops' transcripts, marriage bonds and affidavits, and chapter act books, as well as records relating to: the ordination, appointment and resignation of clergymen and other individuals; the licensing of curates and other individuals; the licensing and consecration of land and buildings; faculty papers; dilapidations and sequestrations; augmentations, the creation of new parishes and boundary changes; dissenters' meeting houses and Roman Catholic chapels; episcopal revenues and accounts; Brecon Collegiate Church; parochial returns; deeds; consistory courts; visitations; correspondence; and miscellaneous volumes and papers, including terriers and documents relating to episcopal elections.

Further records, including correspondence, sermons and papers relating to conferences, were received in April 2016; a watercolour painting of St Davids Cathedral (1791), has been transferred to the NLW visual collection.

Additional records, 2008-2016, among them visitations, correspondence and material pertaining to events, together with papers and photographs relating to the Cathedral, 1994-2008, were received in September 2016.

Three documents, dated 1920, belonging and relating to the Reverend J. T. Davies (1881-1966), Dean of Bangor 1951-55 (SD/P/440); May 2019.

Posters of the Saint Davids Diocesan Guild of Bellringers advertising monthly practice meetings, 2003-2009, quarterly meetings, 2002-2010, the Annual General Meeting, 2006, and striking competitions, 2005 and 2007, together with a copy of striking competition rules, and a statement of accounts to 1 June 2009; August 2021.

Register containing a list of parishes in the Diocese of St Davids that deposited tithe apportionments in the diocesan Registry Office, c.1836/7; April 2023.

Two eighteenth-century documents relating to the appointment of a Bishop to the see of St Davids, together with an unknown printed page dated 1673; October 2024.

Papers from the Bishops’ Office comprising routine administrative records and other material relating to the work of the Bishop, 1990-2020. Material includes meeting notes (staff meetings, Area Deans meetings, Cytun Finance committee, Bishops meetings, and other ministry meetings); action plans and letters, correspondence and papers relating to specific ministry subjects or Commissions, appointments, Ad Clerums, and other miscellaneous papers. Also correspondence and papers of Bishop Wyn, and some printed items including newsletters (Pobl Dewi), yearbooks, leaflets, and training material; February 2025.

Minute book, 1952-64, of the Diocesan Youth Council/Committee; September 2025.

Thirty-six typescript and manuscript letters, 1977-1994, from Thomas Dilworth, University of Windsor, Ontario, to Huw Ceiriog Jones, Bow Street and the National Library of Wales, concerning their research into the poet and artist David Jones as well as relating personal news.
Also included are a printout of an email exchange between Jones and Dilworth, September 2021, and explanatory notes (in Welsh) by the donor, 2024.

Cyfieithiadau i’r Gymraeg, 1958-1988, gan Trefor Williams (bu f. 1988), ysgolfeistr ym Mhorthmadog a Llandudno, o nifer o ddramâu Saesneg. Fe’i cyflwynwyd tros nifer o flynyddoedd mewn cystadlaethau cyfieithu yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol o dan amrywiaeth o ffugenwau megis 'Tudur', 'Madog', a mwy. Ymhlith y casgliad mae copïau Saesneg o ddramâu ochr yn ochr â’u cyfieithiadau Cymraeg, e.e. 'Educating Rita' (Willy Russell 1947-) a 'Death of a Salesman' (Arthur Miller 1915-2005).
Yn wreiddiol o Drefor, sir Gaernarfon, bu Trefor Williams, ynghyd â J.T. Jones, yn gyfrifol am sefydlu Clwb y Garreg Wen, Porthmadog.

Cyfres o lythyrau a chardiau cyfarch oddi wrth J. T. Jones, wedi eu cyfeirio at Trefor Williams a’i deulu, ac at Owen Parry, ynghyd â deunydd coffadwriaethol am J. T. Jones a gasglwyd gan deulu’r rhoddwr; Chwefror 2025.

Archive of the Cambrian Coast Line Action Group comprising papers created and collected during the campaign to prevent the closure of the Cambrian Coast railway line between machynlleth and Pwllheli and to improve services an the line along with the archive of the Welsh Railways Action Group, formed in 1971 to co-ordinate between various railway campaigns in wales and to campaign for improvements to the Welsh railway network as a whole and papers and publications relating to local rail campaign groups in west Wales, along the Heart of Wales line and in the Wrexham area.

Reports, 1874-1926, drawn up by William Galloway and others (including his son, Christian) relating to the mining of coal and other minerals in Wales and elsewhere around the world, examining matters including mining engineering, geology, the economics of working minerals (sinking shafts, mineral extraction, mineral quality, labour, maintenance, transport and selling prices) and the history of mineral working; the reports comprise examinations of mines, mineral fields, mineral seams and other geological strata, as well as statistics, maps, plans, diagrams, photographs, sketches, correspondence, inventories, itineraries and notes; the archive also includes related material, 1957.

Travel journal, [late 1790s] (watermark 1796), of Richard Cust [stationer and gentleman naturalist, of Westminster and Carlisle], containing his 'Observations on the Picturesque Scenery of North Wales in the Autumn of the year 1783' (ff. 7-73 passim), together with thirteen monochrome wash watercolours of landscapes viewed (ff. 15, 16, 23, 25, 26, 28, 35, 41, 42, 46, 47, 49, 50). The journal primarily describes Cust's impressions of the scenery in terms of the ideals of the picturesque and the sublime; the entries are undated.
As explained in the introductory section (ff. 2-5) the Observations were transcribed by Cust from his original 1783 travel journal, with the illustrations being based on brief sketches. Cust and his unnamed companion(s) travelled by coach from London (f.7) to Llangollen (ff. 8 verso-9), then via Conwy (f. 10) and Bangor (f. 13) to Anglesey (ff. 13 verso-17 verso) and Caernarfon (ff. 19 recto-verso, 22 recto-verso). From there they went on excursions up Snowdon (ff. 24-34 passim) and to [Aberglaslyn] (ff. 34 recto-verso, 37-38) and Llanbenys [Llanberis] (ff. 39-40 verso, 43 recto-verso, 44 verso-51 passim, 54-55 verso), before returning to Conwy (ff. 57 recto-verso, 59-61 verso) and Llangollen (ff. 64-65 verso, 68-69, 70 verso, 72-73). There are descriptions of the castles at Caernarfon (ff. 19 recto-verso, 22 recto-verso), Dolbadarn (ff. 40 verso, 43, 55) and Conwy (ff. 57 recto-verso, 59-60); four of the watercolours also depict Dolbadarn Castle (ff. 41, 42, 46, 47), the others are mostly views of mountains and rocky outcrops. The narrative is incomplete and breaks off after a description of the River Dee at Llangollen (f. 73); additionally, eleven pages have been left blank to provide space for further illustrations (ff. 20, 21, 29, 32, 36, 53, 56, 58, 66, 67, 71, usually with indicative captions written in pencil on the otherwise blank versos).

Papers, 1838-2023, mainly of Lucy Penny and Mary Casey, comprising manuscripts and papers, 1838-2005, relating mostly to John Cowper Powys and the Powys family; over seven thousand letters, [c. 1860]-[20 cent., last ¼], comprising correspondence of Lucy Penny, Mary and Gerald Casey and members of the Powys and related families; and catalogues describing the collection, 2012-2023.

Mae'r archif yn cynnwys: pamffledi, cylchlythyron etc., amrywiol; dwy gyfrol o gofnodion cyfarfodydd Pwyllgor Canolog (1967-70) a Senedd (1970-Ionawr 1975) Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg a rhai y cyfarfodydd cyffredinol blynyddol; cofnodion y Senedd,1974-1981 ac adroddiadau gan wahanol grwpiau o'r Gymdeithas, 1976-1981; papurau gweinyddol,1970-1981, yn cynnwys copïau o benderfyniadau a gyflwynwyd yng nghyfarfodydd cyffredinol y Gymdeithas a deunydd printiedig; papurau yn ymwneud â Grŵp y Dysgwyr, 1974-1985; papurau yn ymwneud â Mudiad Rhyddid yr Iaith, 1977; papurau yn ymwneud ag ymgyrchoedd y bu'r Gymdeithas yn eu canlyn,1970-1981, gan gynnwys yr ymgyrch dros sianel deledu Cymraeg; ffeiliau gohebiaeth,1966-1986; ffeiliau swyddfa,1971-1981; datganiadau i'r wasg etc., 1970-1990; cofnodion y Senedd,1979-1991; ffeiliau amrwiol,1975-1991; papurau yn ymwneud â darlledu, 1974-1980; ffurflenni aelodaeth, 1979-1990; papurau ynghylch y grŵp addysg, 1982-1989; papurau ynghylch tanysgrifiadau i Tafod y Ddraig, 1980-1990; llyfrau lloffion, 1965-1967, yn cynnwys papurau yn adlewyrchu ymgyrchoedd a gweithgareddau y Gymdeithas; cofnodion cyfarfodydd, 1966; atgofion am sefydlu'r Gymdeithas yn 1962 a'i datblygiad cynnar; amrywiol dorion o'r wasg; a phosteri amryfal. Y mae grŵp Mai 1996 yn cynnwys papurau, 1971-1993, yn ymwneud â gwahanol ranbarthau y Gymdeithas a phapurau,1984-1993, yn ymwneud â'i chynghorau, cyfarfodydd seneddol etc. Y mae'r grŵp mawr o gofnodion a dderbyniwyd ym mis Gorffennaf 1998 a mis Ionawr 1999 yn cynnwys y canlynol: llyfrau lloffion,1971-1996,yn cynnwys torion o'r wasg yn disgrifio ymgyrchoedd a gweithgareddau y Gymdeithas a bywyd gwleidyddol Cymru; papurau yn ymwneud ag Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd a'r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, 1986-1994, gohebiaeth oddi wrth y Swyddfa Ganolog,1988-1997; papurau ynglŷn â chelloedd a rhanbarthau y Gymdeithas, 1977-1996; papurau gweinyddol, 1977-1998, yn cynnwys dyddiaduron swyddfa, rhestrau aelodaeth, papurau yn perthyn i wahanol swyddogion y Gymdeithas, papurau ynglŷn â grŵp addysg y Gymdeithas, deunydd yn deillio o lawer o ymgyrchoedd y Gymdeithas, papurau ynglŷn â chyrsiau ar gyfer dysgwyr, papurau ynglŷn â'r Ddeddf Eiddo, a datganiadau i'r wasg. = The archive comprises: a series of forms bearing signatures supporting the Welsh Language Society's Petition to the new local authority bodies in Wales requesting them to strengthen the Welsh Language and Welsh Society; a series of forms bearing signatures supporting the Society's declaration of support for the workers of Shotton; miscellaneous pamphlets, circulars; etc.; two volumes of minutes of meetings of the Central Committee (1967-70) and Senate (1970-January 1975) of the Welsh Language Society and of some of the annual general meetings; minutes of the Senate, 1974-1981 and reports from various groups of the Society, 1976-1981; administrative papers, 1970-1981, including copies of resolutions presented to the general meetings of the Society and printed matter; papers concerning the Learners' Group, 1974-1985; papers concerning the Language Freedom Movement, 1977; papers concerning the campaigns pursued by the Society, 1970-1981, including the campaign for a Welsh language television channel; correspondence files, 1966-1986; office files, 1971-1981; press releases etc., 1970-1990; Senate minutes, 1979-1991; miscellaneous files, 1975-1991; papers relating to broadcasting, 1974-1980; membership forms, 1979-1990; papers concerning the education group, 1982-1989; papers concerning subscriptions to Tafod y Ddraig, 1980-1990; scrapbooks, 1965-1967, containing papers reflecting the campaigns and activities of the Society; minutes of meetings, 1966; reminiscences on the establishment of the Society in 1962 and its early development; miscellaneous press cuttings; and miscellaneous posters. The May 1996 group comprises papers, 1971-1993, relating to the various regions of the Society and papers, 1984-1993, relating to its councils, parliamentary meetings etc. The large group of records received in July 1998 and January 1999 comprise the following: scrapbooks, 1971-1996, containing press cuttings describing the campaigns and activities of the Society and Welsh political life; papers relating to the Urdd National Eisteddfod and the Welsh National Eisteddfod, 1986-1994, correspondence from the Central Office, 1988-1997; papers concerning cells and regions of the Society, 1977-1996; administrative papers, 1977-1998, including office diaries, membership lists, papers belonging to various officials of the Society, papers concerning the Society's education group, material deriving from many of the Society's campaigns, papers concerning courses for Welsh learners, papers concerning the Property Act, and press releases.

Deeds realting to Bryntalch, otherwise Cefnbryntalch estate, Montgomeryshire, 1535-[1910]; correspondence, 1758-[?1876], apparently unrelated to the estate; and miscellaneous papers, including weekly returns and correspondence relating to French and Dutch prisoners of war held in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1812-1814.

An illuminated genealogical and heraldic chart compiled in 1866 by Albany Wallace of Worthing, co. Sussex, formerly of Bayswater, co. Middlesex, showing the descent of the Rhys family of Cuffern and Scotsborough, co. Pembroke, who later took the surname Stokes, from Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth, through the families of Warren of Trewarren, Wogan of Wiston, co. Pembroke, and Clement of Caron and Genau'r Glyn, co. Cardigan. The genealogical details, enclosed in decorative cartouches, and the accompanying painted coats of arms are on paper, cut out and pasted on a cardboard base.

Research papers of Douglas B. Hague, including general correspondence relating to research work on lighthouses, 1960-1988; typescript drafts, correspondence, 1967-1975, and notes relating to the publication of Lighthouses: their Architecture, History and Archaeology; notes relating to the publication of Lighthouses of Wales; and miscellaneous papers, 1965-1987.

Letter book, 1846-1850, of H[er] M[ajesty's] S[team] S[loop] 'Geyser' containing copies of letters, Nov. 1846-May 1850 (ff. 1 verso-131), and memoranda, June-Dec. 1847 (ff. 179-180), sent by her commander, F[rancis] T[homas] Brown, mainly to his superiors.
The 'Geyser' was employed in famine relief in Western Ireland, Jan.-Apr. 1847 (ff. 6-34), and at the port of Setubal and elsewhere in Portugal during the Patuleia Revolt, June-July 1847 (ff. 43-52). She was subsequently stationed in the Cape Colony (South Africa) and Mauritius, Nov. 1847-May 1850 (ff. 63-131), and was sent on diplomatic missions, meeting with local chiefs and rulers in Madagascar and the Comoros Islands (ff. 81-102). The letters range from brief memoranda to lengthy reports and letters of proceedings; they include references to routine ship business and disciplinary matters, intelligence reports and accounts of diplomacy and treaty negotiations. Two additional copy letters have been pasted into the volume (ff. 119a, 122a).

Papers of John Fraser and E. C. Quiggin, relating mainly to the publication of poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore, [1913]-1937, including scrapbooks bearing transcripts of poems from the Advocates Library Gaelic Manuscripts and from the Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 477; and six notebooks containing notes on Irish texts, Old Irish grammar, Welsh grammar, Gaelic personal and place names and Gaelic grammar.

(i) Miscellaneous printed material and photocopies, 1972-1981, relating to Dannie Abse and his work; (ii) photocopies relating to Dannie Abse and his work and corrected proofs and bound proof copy of his autobiographical volume A Strong Dose of Myself (1983); (iii) Corrected proofs, published texts and printed ephemera, 1962-1981, relating to Dannie Abse and his plays 'Funland', Pythagoras and Gone.

'Collectanea de rebus celticis' by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick. They include notes on the Celtic language; 'Nomina Cantredorum Wallensium' taken from Cotton MS Domitian A. VIII in the British Museum; a pedigree of the Lloyd family of Mabws, Cardiganshire; a transcript of a letter from John Gillies, Perth, with a translation by him of 'the Gaelic Chronicle of the Kings of Scotland'; a translation of 'an ancient Irish Poem entitled the thirteen wonders of Ireland, by the Revd. Jas Hely A.B.'; letters from Charles Roach Smith and F. Hall; and miscellanea.

Records of the Welsh Town-Planning and Housing Trust Limited, established in 1913, including minute books, deeds, correspondence, financial papers and printed material relating to housing estates in Barry, Burry Port, Llanidloes, Machynlleth, Newtown, Rhiwbina, Weston Rhyn and Wrexham, and other associated papers.

Notes for an essay or address on 'Anfarwoldeb yr enaid' by Edward Roberts, ' ty Capel, Great [?Mersey] Street, Liverpool'.

Welsh Salmon and Trout Angling Association archive including minutes of meetings, annual reports, photographs, membership records and official WSTAA papers.