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Letters to Elwyn Davies, translator and poet, from literary friends. They contain personal news and observations on the correspondents' own writing, on Anglo-Welsh literature and on current affairs in Wales. The main correspondents are Raymond Garlick (44) 1963-1980, Glyn Jones (23) 1934, 1944-1981, and Roland Mathias (7) 1965-1972.

A manuscript armorial of English and Welsh families entitled The nomenclature or Heralds Alphabett of Surnames, A-K (vol. I), with additional notes by Peter Le Neve (1661-1729), Norroy King at Arms. Painted coat-of-arms have been affixed to the manuscript at relevant points throughout the work.

Printed Sothebys sales catalogue, Bibliotheca Phillippica, 1895-1908, of the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps of Middle Hill, co. Worcester, and Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham, with marginal notes by W. Roberts of Clapham Park, London.

Papurau T. Rowland Hughes (1903-1949), gan gynnwys copi o'i draethawd MA 'The element of melancholy in English poetry from Widsith to Chaucer' (Prifysgol Bangor, 1928); tystysgrifau BA, 1925, cymhwyster athro, 1926, MA, 1928, a BLitt, 1931; geirda, 1932 a 1939, oddi wrth Ben Bowen Thomas, Coleg Harlech; llythyr, 1935, oddi wrth y BBC, yn cynnig swydd iddo fel cynorthwy-ydd rhaglenni nodwedd yng Nghaerdydd; sgriptiau radio 'Home fires burning', 1940, gyda Jack Jones, a'i nofel 'O law i law', 1945; cytundebau cyhoeddi, 1944-1949, a hawlfraint, 1941 a 1949; nofel mewn teipysgrif 'Good inheritance. A novel of North Wales', [1923-1949]; a chasgliad o'i gerddi mewn teipysgrif gyda chywiriadau - cyhoeddwyd y mwyafrif ohonynt yn Cân neu ddwy (Dinbych, 1948).

A volume, [1813x1815] (watermark 1813), containing translations into English verse, probably by Sir John Bernard Bosanquet (see pencil note on f. 2), of Welsh poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym (ff. 4-5), Aneirin (ff. 6-7 verso), Taliesin (ff. 8-10), Gwalchmai ap Meilyr (ff. 11-13), Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr (f. 14 recto-verso) and Iolo Goch (ff. 16-17 verso).
Also included are notes on the poets and their works (ff. 20-30 verso) and an English translation of triads attributed to Catwg Ddoeth (ff. 18-19 verso). The volume is illustrated with six ink and wash sketches (ff. 3, 4, 5, 11, 17 verso, 26), including one of Cilgerran Castle, Pembrokeshire (f. 4). Frances Elizabeth Lewis (d. 1846), to whom the volume was given (see f. 2), was the sister of Mary Anne (d. 1819), wife of J. B. Bosanquet.

Additional indexes on microfiche to Glamorgan parish registers, as follows, all prepared by members of the Glamorgan Family History Society: Ewenny (priory church of St Michael); Llangennith (St Cennydd); Cheriton (St Cadoc); Aberpergwm and Blaengwrach (St Cadoc and St Mary); Swansea, Waunarlwydd (St Barnabas); Coity (St Mary); Llanmadoc (St Madoc); and Briton Ferry/Llansawel (St Mary and St Clement).

Copïau microffilm o ddyddiaduron Howell Harris (1714-1773) i'w defnyddio gan ddarllenwyr yn lle'r gwreiddiol. = Microfilm copies of the diaries of Howell Harris (1714-1773) to be consulted by readers in place of the originals

Mynegai ar gardiau a baratowyd gan y rhoddwr ar gyfer llunio'r traethawd ymchwil 'Arolwg o'r Wasg Gyfnodol Gymraeg yn yr Ugeinfed Ganrif' (Aberystwyth, 1977), yn ymwneud â phynciau fel cylchgronau Cymraeg i ferched; cylchgronau i blant; cylchgronau crefyddol; cylchgronau llenyddol; papurau taleithiol; papurau dyddiol; a'r Cymro

Casgliad o lungopïau o emyn-donau W. Llewelyn Edwards (1908-2000); llyfrau nodiadau yn cynnwys nodiadau ar gyfer rhaglenni 'Caniadaeth y Cysegr' o dan ei arweiniad a gynhaliwyd yng Nghapel y Garn, 1958-1972, a chymanfaoedd canu eraill a gynhaliwyd yn lleol, 1965-1976; llyfr nodiadau ar achlysur Cymanfa Ganu a gynhaliwyd i ddathlu canmlwyddiant geni'r cerddor J. T. Rees, 1957; llyfr nodiadau yn cynnwys ei emyn-donau a ddefnyddiwyd yn 'Caniadaeth y Cysegr', 1992; torion o emyn-donau a ymddangosodd yn Trysorfa'r Plant, 1951-1959; nodiadau ar gerddoriaeth; ynghyd â thystysgrifau amrywiol, 1920-1996, am ei lwyddiant mewn eisteddfodau lleol a chenedlaethol ar gyfansoddi emyn-donau ac am lwyddo mewn arholiadau canu'r piano a sol-ffa yn bennaf; a phapurau'n ymwneud â chanlyniadau'r arholiadau sol-ffa gan gynnwys llythyr, 1956, yn ei hysbysu iddo gael ei benodi yn un o arholwyr Coleg y Tonic Sol-ffa.

Microfilm copy of depositions at the Assize courts, South Wales circuit, 1844-1891 (PRO ASSI 72/4-17) (for depositions, 1837-1885 (with gaps), see also NLW Films 1042-4). The microfilm contains depositions (in the following order) for the years 1886-91, 1844, 1856, 1865, 1867, 1869, 1872, 1874, 1879, 1882-5 and 1891.

Copies of letters, 1941-1942, to Rene Le Roux ('Meven Mordiern') from Roparz Hemon and Guillaume Berthou ('Guillaume B. Kerverziou'), relating to the establishment of a standardised orthography of Modern Breton, and formerly in the possession of Armand Keravel; together with copies of documents and correspondence, 1940-1963, relating to Keravel, including letters from Yann Fouere and Joseph Martray.

Typescript transcripts, many indexed, compiled, 1969-1970, by Terence Parsons, of monumental inscriptions in the following churches and churchyards: Llanddewi Nant Hoddni, co. Mon.; Llanddeusant and Myddfai, co. Carm.; Llandeloy and Llanrheithan, co. Pemb.; Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Llanfihangel Nant Brân, Capel Nantddu, parish of Cantref, Capel-y-Ffin, parish of Llanigon, Llanfihangel Abergwesyn, Mynydd Islwyn, Pantycelyn Baptist Chapel, 'Cwm Cnyffiad', and Sardis Baptist Chapel, Llanfihangel Nant Brân; Abbey Cwmhir, Casgob, Llananno, Llanbadarn-y-Garreg, Llanbedr Painscastle, Llandeilo Graban and Rhulen, all in co. Radnor; Capel Soar y Mynydd, Llanddewibrefi and Ystrad Fflur (Strata Florida), co. Cardigan; Meifod, Pennant Melangell and Trelystan, co. Mont.; Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog and Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, co. Denb.; Llanyblodwel, co. Salop.; Llanymawddwy, co. Mer.; Aberdaron and Bangor Cathedral, co. Caern.; and Llanbabo, co. Ang.

Fifty letters, 1937-1961, from John Cowper Powys (ff. 6-49, 51-60 verso), one letter, 1959, from his companion, Phyllis Playter (f. 50), and six letters and two postcards, 1937-1939 (ff. 62-72), together with an inscribed photograph, 1937 (f. 61), from Llewelyn Powys, to Margaret Moon (afterwards Margaret Newton). Many of the letters contain reminiscences of Montacute, Somerset, childhood home of the Powys brothers, and birthplace of Margaret Moon. Two of the letters from John Cowper Powys (ff. 30-32 verso) are in the hand of Phyllis Playter, writing as his amanuensis. Also included are three letters, 1990, from Margaret Newton to Paul Roberts, editor of the Powys Society Newsletter (ff. 1-5).
The letters contain references to Thomas Hardy (ff. 13 verso, 40 recto-verso, 48), Theodore Dreiser (f. 44), W. B. Yeats (f. 29 verso) and Theodore Francis Powys (ff. 38 verso, 39 verso).

A collection of Phillips pedigrees, on microfilm, researched and compiled by Mr Frank Phillips.

A manuscript containing prose texts and strict metre poetry in Welsh in the hand of Robert Richard, an otherwise unknown scribe, c. 1760 (see notes on ff. 1, 29v), with a few later additions. Place-names mentioned in accounts added on ff. 47v and 68v suggest the volume to have been in the Betws Abergele area, co. Denbigh, in the late 18th century. The prose includes 'Erra Pater' (ff. 1-10v) and other prognosticatory texts (ff. 10v-13); astronomical memoranda (ff. 13-15v, 43r-v); 'Histori y Saith Wyr Doethion o Rufain' (ff. 17-29v); 'Athrawieth Historaeawl ...' (ff. 29v-41v); 'Histori y Saith Gyscadur' (ff. 42-3); 'Llyma fal i mae un yn tebygu ei ardeml ... sef ei deml gorphorol' (ff. 44v-6v); and 'Histori o hanes Adda ag Efa' (ff. 46v-7). The poetry comprises englynion including an englyn 'a ganwyd am gladdedigaeth Bytheiad Llewelyn ap Ierwerth Drwyn-dwn ...' (f. 18v); 'Erfynniad Taliessin' (f. 44); and cywyddau by Syr Dafydd Owain, Gwilym ap Siôn ap Dafydd, Huw Morys, Ieuan Brydydd Hir, John Prichard, Maredudd ap Rhys, Siôn Dafydd Lâs, Siôn Phylip, Wiliam Llyn and Wiliam Phylip (ff. 48-68).

Fifteen letters, 1943-1969, from D. J. Williams (1885-1970), Fishguard, to D. Oswald Davies, a native of Rhydcymerau, co. Carmarthen, mainly relating to their mutual interest in the history of the Rhydcymerau area. For corresponding letters from D. O. Davies see the papers of D. J. Williams in NLW.

Diary, October 1894 - January 1901, of Sir Henry Jones (1852-1922), following his appointment to the Chair of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, referring mainly to his research and teaching and to family matters.

Thirty-five letters from Dafydd Ladd (c. 1950- ), who was connected with a series of bombings in England and Wales during the early 1980s and imprisoned in 1983 on charges of possessing explosives. The letters, written from Cardiff, Long Lartin, Featherstone and Leyhill prisons, 1983-1988, to Ioan M. Richard, a 'Welsh republican', relate mainly to Welsh Nationalism, the political situation and personal matters.

Papers of, or relating to, John Owen (1873-1914), Forest Mill, Brechfa, co. Carmarthen, composer, including notes, 1898-1905, by John Owen concerning his musical activities at local 'eisteddfodau' and chapels and autograph and printed copies of his compositions (ff. 1-20); memorial verses to him, entered for competition at 'Eisteddfod Ffynnon Y Byrgwm', Brechfa, 1915 (ff. 24-39); and transcripts of miscellaneous items relating to Brechfa.

A bound volume containing copies of The Curate (London, 1766) and The Powers of the Pen (London, 1766) by Evan Lloyd, annotated with numerous sarcastic comments by William Price. Rhiwlas, Merioneth, who brought an action for libel against the poet. On f. i is a copy of the inscription on the author's grave in Llanycil churchyard.