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1 N/A 1. Prospectuses of the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London, 1929-30 (1/1-2); lecture notes on the history of architecture, 1930-1 ..., 1929-1937. None
2 N/A 2. [Welsh Black Cattle] herd record cards, 1947-84, 1947-1984. None
3 N/A 3. Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales, headquarters: circulars and correspondence, 1939-81; annual reports, 1952-61, 1939-1981. None
4 N/A 4. Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales, Caernarfonshire branch: minutes and agenda, 1939-46, 1960-6; correspondence, 1939-42, 1950-85; copy of constitution ..., 1939-1985. None
5 N/A 5. Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales, Cricieth group: correspondence, 1960-74; minutes and agenda, 1961-3, 1960-1974. None
6 N/A 6. National Trust, 1960-81: mainly correspondence, but including a detailed report of the country houses, farms, commons, etc, owned by the ..., 1960-1981. None
7 N/A 7. Cymdeithas Ddawns Werin Cymru (Welsh Folk Dance Society), 1960-88: annual reports, correspondence, programmes, etc, and copies of the society's magazine ..., 1960-1988. None
8 N/A 8. International Sheep Dog Society, 1961-3: rules for trials, newsletters, etc, 1961-1963. None
9 N/A 9. Gorsedd y Beirdd, 1962-76: reports of the Eisteddfod Court, arrangements for the Gorsedd at various eisteddfodau, etc, 1962-1976. None
10 N/A 10. Summary of the [Archbishops' Commission on Boundaries and Structures], 1980. None
11 N/A 11. Diocesan Church Building Committee: minutes, 1986-8, 1986-1988. None
12 N/A 12. Faculty Advisory Committee: minutes, 1987-8; correspondence, 1987-8, relating to the closure of St Deiniol's church, Cricieth; copy report on the ..., 1985-1988. None
13 N/A 13. Cricieth Parochial Church Council: Cricieth and Treflys church accounts, 1960-80, 1960-1980. None
14 N/A 14. Cricieth Parochial Church Council: bank statements, 1966-76, and correspondence about insuring the churches specified in no 13, 1966-1976. None
15 N/A 15. File of correspondence, 1979-80, between CAG, the Highways Department of Gwynedd County Council and the Welsh Office, relating to increasing ..., 1979-1985. None
16 N/A 16. Correspondence, 1935-81, mainly letters from members of his family and close friends. Other correspondents include Dilys Cadwaladr, 1952-4, 1962-3; Nansi ..., 1935-1981. None
17 N/A 17. Miscellaneous papers, [?17 cent-1970], including two vellum leaves (measuring 750 x 520 mm) apparently from a 17th century Italian gradual ..., [1600]-1970. None
18 N/A 18. Correspondence and invoices, 1962-72, relating to binding CAG's periodicals, together with sale catalogues of books, 1962, including a catalogue issued ..., 1962-1972. None
19 N/A 19-25. MS draft and typescript copies of E G Bowen and CAG, History of Merioneth, Volume 1: From the earliest times ..., 1958-1968. None
20 N/A 26-36. MS draft, typescript copies, illustrations, corrected proofs and revised proofs of Medieval Stone Carving in North Wales (Cardiff, 1968), together ..., 1965-[1968]. None
21 N/A 37-46. MS and typescript drafts, typescript copies, illustrations and corrected proofs of Eifionydd, A study in Landownership from the Medieval Period ..., [pre-1973]. None
22 N/A 47. English text of Teulu'r Tryfan (Caernarfon, 1982), translated into Welsh by Guto Roberts, [pre-1982]. None
23 N/A 48. Typescript copy of James Gresham and the Vacuum Railway Brake (Penygroes, 1983), [pre-1983]. None
24 N/A 49-75. MS and typescript drafts, typescript copies, offprints, etc, of articles published by CAG between 1938 and 1988. All the articles ..., 1938-[1989]. None
25 N/A 76-77. Typescripts of two articles [to be published in the Transactions of the Caernarfonshire Historical Society in 1990] entitled 'Highgate and ..., [pre-1990]. None
26 N/A 78-79. MS drafts and typescript copy of CAG's contributions to Frances Lynch and Colin Burgess, eds, Prehistoric Man in Wales and ..., [1972]-[1974]. None
27 N/A 80. Book reviews, 1934-87, 1934-1987. None
28 N/A 81-83. MS text, written in 1931-2, entitled 'History of Eifionydd' [see CAG's preface to Eifionydd...]. Volume 3 of this four volume ..., 1931-1932. None
29 N/A 84. MS draft (fragments) and typescript copy of an untitled work relating to Welsh rood screens [?late 1930s] [cf no 100] ..., [1937-1939]. None
30 N/A 85-92. MS drafts and typescript copies of unpublished articles: 'Prehistoric Trackways Across North Wales' (with Hugh Irvine), 1962, (no 85); 'The ..., 1962-1987. None
31 N/A 93. MS and typescript drafts (many of them fragments) of shorter articles and notes, [?1960s-1980s], [1960]-[1989]. None
32 N/A 94. File containing texts of talks and addresses, 1956-82, including a draft of his presidential address to the Cambrian Archaeological Association ..., 1956-1982. None
33 N/A 95-97. Field notes of excavations at Bryn yr Hen Bobl [p Llanedwen, co Ang], 1935 (no 95); Tomen-y-Mur [p Maentwrog, co ..., 1935-[1939]. None
34 N/A 98-99. Notes on effigies in North Wales churches [see his Medieval Stone Carving...]. None
35 N/A 100. Notes on Welsh church screens [cf no 84]. None
36 N/A 101-103. Notebooks containing notes and extracts from tithe apportionments, land tax assessments, census returns, exchequer records, etc, all relating to parishes .... None
37 N/A 104. Notes and extracts from various estate records relating to properties in Eifionydd. None
38 N/A 105. Extracts from the correspondence of W A Madocks, 1805-50, 1971. None
39 N/A 106. Notes from the Dolfriog (Trefan) Deeds and Brogyntyn Deeds at NLW. None
40 N/A 107. File of notes relating to the Clenennau estate. None
41 N/A 108-110. Files of notes on churches in Eifionydd (no 108), Lly^n (no 109) and co Mer (no 110). None
42 N/A 111. File of notes on Caernarfonshire [gentry] houses. None
43 N/A 112. File of notes and press cuttings, relating to Bardsey Island, including a letter from Prof Ifor Williams, 1937. None
44 N/A 113. File of notes and press cuttings labelled 'Old Criccieth' [see the collection of photographs transferred to the Dept of Pictures .... None
45 N/A 114. File containing research notes of Philip Lawson of Chester into the heirs of the Broom Hall estate, 1955. None
46 N/A 115. Miscellaneous notes. None
47 N/A 116-118. Transcripts of the tithe apportionment for p [Llanystumdwy], co Caern (no 116), the census returns for Cricieth, 1871 (no 117) .... None
48 N/A 119. Transcripts made by Edward Owen of some of Edward Lhuyd's correspondence, 1693-1708, in the Ashmole MSS in the Bodleian Library ..., [1966]. None
49 N/A 120. Typescript transcripts of pleadings, c 1550-1687, mainly before the Court of Exchequer, relating to lands in the parishes of Llanystumdwy .... None
50 N/A 121. Xerox copies of deeds relating to the Wern estate, co Caern. None
51 N/A 122-123. Photocopies of documents from the Public Record Office, mainly pleadings before the Court of Exchequer [cf no 120]. None
52 N/A 124. Public Record Office, 1937-68, mainly requests for information and photocopies, 1937-1968. None
53 N/A 125. Ordnance Survey Office, Chessington, Surrey, 1951-9, mainly requests for permission to publish maps and concerning his work as an archaeological ..., 1951-1959. None
54 N/A 126. National Library of Wales, 1952-85, largely as no 124, especially concerning the Clenennau estate, 1952-1985. None
55 N/A 127. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales, 1953-82, including letters from D B Hague and A H A Hogg mainly ..., 1953-1982. None
56 N/A 128. Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, Department of the Environment and Welsh Office, 1955-82, mainly concerning archaeological sites in co ..., 1955-1982. None
57 N/A 129. University of Wales Press and other publishers, 1966-76, chiefly relating to the publication of Medieval Stone Carving... and Eifionydd, 1966-1976. None
58 N/A 130. H N Savory, National Museum of Wales, 1954-86, relating to a recently discovered urn at Rhiw, co Caern, archaeological specimens ..., 1954-1986. None
59 N/A 131. D B Hague, Royal Commission on ancient Monuments, 1957-65, including letters about Gelliwig mansion, p Botwnnog, co Caern, 1957-1965. None
60 N/A 132. Prof Sir Idris Foster and Prof Leslie Alcock, 1959-67, relating to CAG's contribution to Culture and Environment: Essays Presented to ..., 1959-1967. None
61 N/A 133. H J Case, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1960-1, relating to loans of archaeological specimens for tests, 1960-1961. None
62 N/A 134. Prof Leslie Alcock, 1962-9, relating to excavations at Sycharth, Deganwy Castle, etc, 1962-1969. None
63 N/A 135. Michael Jarrett, Dept of Archaeology, University College, Cardiff, 1962-9, concerning Tomen-y-Mur [p Maentwrog, co Mer] and CAG's contribution to a ..., 1962-1969. None
64 N/A 136. File for 1936-61 (W J Hemp, 1936-9; Lord Rennell, 1950; Prof T Jones Pierce, 1958), 1936-1961. None
65 N/A 137. File for 1962-7 (Clough Williams-Ellis, 1963, 1967; Bedwyr Lewis Jones, ?1964; Prof R T Jenkins, 1966), 1962-1967. None
66 N/A 138. File for 1968-76 (the Marquess of Anglesey, 1969; Prof E G Bowen, 1970; Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter King of Arms ..., 1968-1976. None
67 N/A 139. File for 1977-89 (Dr Elwyn Davies, 1977-82; Dr E D Jones, 1984; Rev D Ben Rees, 1985), 1977-1989. None
68 N/A 140. Caernarfonshire Historical Society, annual general meetings, 1954-60: minutes, agenda and reports, 1954-1960. None
69 N/A 141. Caernarfonshire Historical Society: council minutes, reports and correspondence, 1957-86, 1957-1986. None
70 N/A 142. Caernarfonshire Historical Society, excavation committee: draft minutes, 1947-51; minutes, 1947-51; agenda, 1947-53; draft balance sheets, 1947-51, and balance sheets, 1947-53 ..., 1947-1953. None
71 N/A 143-144. Caernarfonshire Historical Society, excavation committee: minutes, 1947-53 (no 143) and 1953-61 (no 144), 1947-1961. None
72 N/A 145-148. Caernarfonshire Historical Society, excavation committee: correspondence relating to excavations at Llwyndu [p Llanllyfni, co Caern], 1946-50 (no 145); Cwm Ystradllyn ..., 1946-1960. None
73 N/A 149. Caernarfonshire Historical Society: correspondence, 1948-61, relating to various archaeological sites, 1948-1961. None
74 N/A 150. Caernarfonshire Historical Society: letters, 1956-78, from successive editors of the Society's Transactions, 1956-1978. None
75 N/A 151. Caernarfonshire Historical Society: correspondence, 1961-3, relating to the Society's silver jubilee, 1961-1963. None
76 N/A 152. Caernarfonshire Historical Society: general correspondence, 1939-78, including letters and reports concerning excavations at Deganwy castle, 1961-3, and Castell Odo, 1958 ..., 1939-1978. None
77 N/A 153. Society of Antiquaries, Scotland, 1945-76: publicity material, 1945-1976. None
78 N/A 154. Society of Antiquaries, 1950-85: mainly circulars and ballots for election of fellows, 1950-1985. None
79 N/A 155. Society of Antiquaries, 1952-86: correspondence relating to Antiquity, the society's journal, including letters from Prof Glyn Daniel, 1952-1986. None
80 N/A 156. Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1954-83: correspondence with successive editors of Archaeologica Cambrensis, 1954-1983. None
81 N/A 157. Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1954-64: correspondence, mainly concerning meetings and membership lists, 1954-1964. None
82 N/A 158. Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1964-86: correspondence relating mainly to a CAA meeting at Harlech, co Mer, and to the offer of ..., 1964-1986. None
83 N/A 159. Council for British Archaeology, Group 2 (Wales and Monmouthshire): correspondence, 1952-74; minutes, 1960-6, and copies of its newsletter, Archaeology in ..., 1952-1974. None
84 N/A 160. Council for British Archaeology: council minutes, 1965-84; executive committee minutes, 1966-83, 1965-1984. None
85 N/A 161. Merioneth Historical Society, 1951-88: correspondence concerning the publication of its journal, 1951-1988. None
86 N/A 162. Ancient Monuments Board for Wales: minutes, 1963-71; correspondence 1964-71; papers, 1967-71; annual reports, 1961-9, and lists of ancient monuments in ..., 1961-1971. None
87 N/A 163. Circulars from the Prehistoric Society, 1961-5; the Royal Archaeological Institute, 1962-77, and the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies ..., 1961-1977. None
88 N/A 164. Royal Historical Society, 1972-84: papers concerning CAG's election as a fellow, by-laws, etc, 1972-1984. None
89 N/A 165. Gwynedd Archaeological Trust: minutes 1975-8, and papers, 1979, concerning the Ardudwy District Plan, including 'A report on a survey to ..., 1975-1979. None
90 N/A 166. Miscellaneous [1940 x 1968] including copies of the rules of the Lleyn and Eifionydd Field Club [?1940s], [1940x1968]. None
91 N/A 167. Offprints, 1934-74, of articles on various archaeological subjects, 1934-1974. None
92 N/A 168. Notes, 1966-7, sent to CAG on Roman finds in Brithdir, co Mer, the Roman road at Trawsfynydd, a grooved mound ..., 1966-1967. None
93 N/A 169. Copy report entitled 'Excavations of the Cae Meta Hut Group, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire', 1971 (169/1); xerox copy of an article by ..., 1971-1973. None
94 N/A 170. Revised typescripts of an article by Michael Lewis, University of Hull, entitled 'William Lloyd Caldecot A True Story' [published in ..., 1959-[1977]. None
95 N/A 171. Unpublished plays, [?1930s], entitled 'The Mountain Malice' and 'Bards of Anglesey' and an incomplete draft of an untitled play in ..., [1930x1939]. None
96 N/A 172. Typescript copy of an unpublished play, [?1950s], entitled 'Ysgeier y Graith: An historical play for broadcasting', [1950x1959]. None
97 N/A 173. BBC radio script in Welsh concerning the harpist Edward Jones (1752-1824) entitled 'Bardd y Brenin', 1952, with typescript text in ..., 1952. None
98 N/A 174. BBC radio script in Welsh, with typescript text in English, of 'Telyn y Bardd', 1954, together with letters relating to ..., 1954. None
99 N/A 175. MS draft of part of a play entitled 'Songs of Wales', together with correspondence and papers relating to the composer ..., 1955. None
100 N/A 176. BBC radio script, 'The Broken Wall', 1959, by CAG and Mrs Frank Gresham, together with drafts and typescript copies, 1959. None
101 N/A 177-178. MS drafts of short stories or tales entitled 'Morys of Mynydd Du' and 'Lugus'. None
102 N/A 179. Miscellaneous essays and translations, including an English translation of W R P George's winning pryddest 'Tân', in the 1974 National ..., [1974]. None
103 N/A 180. Essay entitled 'The Birch Tree in the poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym and his contemporaries' and a translation, with notes .... None
104 N/A 181. An early and incomplete version (4ff) of CAG's autobiography, 1937, entitled 'Vita Mea', 1937. None
105 N/A 182. MS draft of autobiography down to, [post-1926]. None
106 N/A 183-184. Typescript copies of no 182 (pp 1-193), [post-1926]. None
107 N/A 185. MS and typescript fragments of autobiography covering the year, [1931]. None
108 N/A 186. Papers acquired by CAG to write the first section of his autobiography, namely the history of the Gresham family down ..., 1957-1977. None
109 N/A 187. Index [to WRP George, The Making of Lloyd George (London, 1976)], compiled by CAG, [1976]. None