Fifty years of the Welsh Society in Chelmsford,
- NLW ex 2891.
- Ffeil
- 2012 /
A history of Cymdeithas Gymraeg Chelmsford a'r Cylch / Chelmsford and District Welsh Society.
Alcock, Eddie.
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Fifty years of the Welsh Society in Chelmsford,
A history of Cymdeithas Gymraeg Chelmsford a'r Cylch / Chelmsford and District Welsh Society.
Alcock, Eddie.
Wedding invitation: T. I. Mardy Jones,
An invitation addressed to Mr William Mordecai to the wedding of Miss Madge Mordecai to Mr T. I. Mardy Jones at the Congregational Church, Pontypridd, 5 August 1911.
Typescript copies of poems by Gloria Evans Davies, given to the writer Pamela Hansford (d. 1981). These poems were published in various anthologies and periodicals including The Spectator and New York Times.
Evans Davies, Gloria, 1932-
A poem by Gwyneth Lewis written when she was the National Poet of Wales in 2005, commissioned by Glas Cymru to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its founding in 2000, and printed by the Gregynog Press.
Lewis, Gwyneth, 1959-
The Montgomeryshire Society in London,
Programmes of meetings and social events held by the Montgomeryshire Society/Cymdeithas Maldwyn between 1979 and 2014, including a leaflet promoting the society's activities, a short history and membership details.
Menna Harries looks back on eighty years of farming in Carmarthenshire,
An account of agricultural life on a farm in Pentre-cwrt, part of the Llys Newydd estate. The sketches and maps are by David Leverton.
Dunphy, Angus.
Privately printed account, 2014.
Danzer, Gerald A.
Correspondence between Romilly John, son of Augustus John, and Miss Joan Amos, later Joan Davies, spanning almost sixty years between 1930 and 1990.
John, Romilly.
Memoir of the late Rev. Micah Thomas of Abergavenny,
A manuscript copy of the Rev. Michah Thomas's biography, 1855, by Thomas Lewis, and loose leaves of the memoir of the Rev. John Michael.
Lewis, Thomas, 1823-1900.
A manuscript, [1826x1845], entitled 'The Morris, and all other Officers attending upon it', relating to the meeting of veteran Morris dancers at Hereford races in 1609, an event reputedly arranged by John Hoskins. The manuscript is a transcript of part of a larger work which was published as a tract, Old Meg of Herefordshire for a Mayd Marian and Hereford Towne for a Morris Daunce ... (London, 1609). Also included are two letters, 1845, from William Cooke, vicar of Banbury, to an unnamed descendant of John Hoskins at Harewood, Herefordshire, concerning 'a celebrated Morris Dance exhibited before his Sovereign by yr [sic] memorable and learned Ancestor - Mr Sergeant Hoskyns'.
Cooke, William, of Banbury
Photocopies of lectures by Harri Webb relating to the 1831 Merthyr Rising
Photocopies of a manuscript in the hand of Harri Webb (1920-94) containing his lectures 'Dic Penderyn a Gwrthryfel Merthyr 1831', delivered to Cymreigyddion Merthyr Tydfil in 1955; together with an English version 'Dic Penderyn and the Merthyr Rising of 1831', delivered to the Merthyr Tydfil Trades Council and Labour Party, 1955, and to other groups and societies in the area in 1956 (it was later published in 1956 as Dic Penderyn and the Merthyr Rising of 1831 (Swansea: Gwasg Penderyn, 1956)); and an account 'Brwydrau Beca'
Webb, Harri, 1920-
Monumental inscriptions - Llanwennog, Llanwnnen and Aberaeron
Transcripts and indexes compiled by Dr E. L. James and Dr M. A. James of monumental inscriptions in the parishes of Llanwenog and Llanwnnen (vol. xii) and the Aberaeron district (vol. xiii), all in Ceredigion.
James, E. L. (Evan Lewis), 1929-
Papurau, c. 1979-81, yn ymwneud â MADRYN (Mudiad Amddiffyn Dynoliaeth Rhag Ysbwriel Niwclear), yn cynnwys cofnodion, gohebiaeth a phapurau'n ymwneud â'r gwrthwynebiad i'r Rhaglen Ymchwil Daearegol; ynghyd â phapurau mudiadau gwrthniwclear eraill, yn cynnwys PANDORA (Pobol yn Erbyn Dympio Niwclear ar Ardaloedd Gwledig); SCRAM ('Scottish Campaign to Resist the Atomic Menace'); ANC (Anti-Nuclear Campaign); GWNG (Y Gynghrair Wrth-Niwclear Gymreig), a Chyngor Heddwch Canolbarth Cymru.
MADRYN
Copy of talk by Richard Loomis 'Growing up in Wyoming Valley'
A copy of an additional talk by Professor Richard Loomis entitled 'Growing up in Wyoming Valley', relating to the reminiscences of the Rev. Dr Richard Owens and Dr Roy Morgan, and given to the St David's Society of Wyoming Valley, 17 November 1999; together with a transcript of his conversation with Roy Morgan.
Loomis, Richard Morgan, 1926-
Musical activities in Llandybïe
Two notebooks relating to choirs in Llandybïe, Carmarthenshire, conducted by D. J. Griffiths, father of the donor, including lists of members of the tonic sol-fa class, 1902, and the children's choir, 1903; reports on the performances of the various choirs, 1903-1917; minutes of meetings and accounts of the United Choir, 1906-1907; together with programmes of local eisteddfodau, 1917, in which the choir took part.
Griffiths, D J Llandybïe
Papurau Rhiannon Francis Roberts
Papurau ychwanegol Rhiannon Francis Roberts (1923-1989) yn cynnwys llythyrau, 1944-1988, oddi wrth R. T. Jenkins, Thomas Parry, Griffith John Williams, Ifor Williams ac eraill.
Additional papers of Rhiannon Francis Roberts (1923-1989) including letters, 1944-1988, from R. T. Jenkins, Thomas Parry, Griffith John Williams, Ifor Williams and others.
Roberts, Rhiannon Francis, 1923-1989
Chubut Intermediate School register,
Printed attendance register of Chubut Intermediate School, Gaiman, Patagonia, for 1908, kept by the headmaster, Dafydd Rhys Jones, between 3 March and 2 November 1908.
Among the pupils listed is Mihangel ap Iwan, son of Llwyd ap Iwan (d. 1909) and grandson of the Rev. Michael D. Jones (1822-1898) and of Lewis Jones (1836-1904), two of the founders of the Welsh colony in Patagonia.
Jones, D. Rhys (Dafydd Rhys), 1877-1946
Stepney-Gulston family, Derwydd, diaries and notebooks
Nine volumes relating to members of the Stepney-Gulston family of Derwydd, Llandeilo, co. Carmarthen, and elsewhere, including an account book, 1894-6, diaries, 1906-7 and 1957-61, and notes and extracts, 1902-3, by Agneta Justina Stepney-Gulston (1882-1996).
Stepney-Gulston, Agneta, 1882-1996
Bradford & District St David's Society Records
Records of the Bradford and District St David's Society ('Cymdeithas Dewi Sant Bradford a'r Cylch') including photocopies of the Society's minute books, 1929-1949, including minutes of executive committee meetings and annual general meetings; rules of the Society, and press cuttings relating to its activities; together with typescripts of the first part of the history of the Society, 1902-1914. Additional records were donated in April 2001, comprising photocopies of minute books, 1966-2000, including minutes of executive committee meetings and annual general meetings; together with a photocopy, in English and Welsh, of a brief history of the Society which was presented to the Trelew Eisteddfod committee during Mr Glyn G. Roberts's visit to Patagonia in Oct. 2000.
Further papers, 2000-2010, relating to the Bradford and District St David's Society. This group remains uncatalogued.
Bradford & District St David's Society
Photocopies of works by Robitt Jon Clow (Robert John Armstrong)
Photocopies of works by Robbit Jon Clow (Robert John Armstrong, 1877-1952) comprising an incomplete memoir of his mother entitled 'The Life of Frances Edwards' (1838-1921) written in a manuscript volume, dated 1932, which also includes the autobiography of Matthew Owen (1769-1839), cousin of Goronwy Owen (1723-69), and grandfather of Frances Edwards; together with an undated pamphlet The Royal Charter containing biographical information relating to Frances Edwards, with an account of the events leading up to the tragic end of the ship 'Royal Charter' which hit the rocks at Moelfre, Anglesey, on 26 October 1859 (Frances Edwards visited the scene of the disaster). She was also related to the Rev. John Elias (1774-1841) and, in 1860, she emigrated to Australia
Clow, Robbit Jon, 1877-1952