This series of records includes photographs, photostats and photocopies. Much of the material consists of facsimiles of manuscripts and archives in other libraries and record offices. There is also, however, material of which the original is in private hands. A point to be reflected on is that the boundary between manuscripts and facsimiles has become very indistinct since the arrival of cheap copying machines and printers. While authors' typescripts or carbons have long been accepted as manuscripts, today a photocopy or print may have the same potential status as an author's holograph.
Copies of some thirty-five letters, 1884-1918, from various correspondents to Nellie Evans and to her husband, Jonah Evans, a Salvation Army Major. The original letters are housed in the Salvation Army Headquarters in London. For a volume containing a course of lectures delivered to Salvation Army Cadets, donated at the same time, see NLW MS ex 480.
Photocopy of 'Y Pysgodyn Coch', a play for children by, and in the hand of, Waldo Williams. The original is in the possession of the Welsh National Centre For Children's Literature, Castell Brychan, Aberystwyth.
Photocopy of a thesis by Nerida A. Parry, 'The Brynhyfryd story', an account of the Hon. Lewis Thomas, M.L.C. (1832-1913), a native of Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire, who emigrated to Australia in 1859 and was responsible for pioneering the coalfields in the Ipswich district of Queensland.
Photocopies of two letters, 1836 and 1856, to Rev. Peter Felix, vicar of Llanilar, co. Card., from his nephew, William Williams at Nantmel, co. Rad., and Rev. John Hughes, curate of Llansannan, co. Denb.
Photocopies of E. Alwyn Benjamin of Penarth's study of the borough of Aberystwyth based on the 1851 census returns, and of two draft chapters of a proposed publication on Aberystwyth; an additional study of the borough of Aberystwyth based on the 1861 census returns; and additional chapters, including a statistical analysis based on the 1871 census.
A photocopy of a setting for 'cerdd dant' (penillion singing) by Gareth Mitford Williams (1950-1982), being a selection from 'Cerdd i Hil Wen' from the ode 'Llef dros y lleiafrifoedd' by Alan Llwyd on the melody 'Adlais Nia'.
A photocopy of a setting for 'cerdd dant' by Gareth Mitford Williams (1950-1982) - 'Yr Ysbryd Sanctaidd' on the melody 'Eiddon' - together with a letter from him containing explanatory notes on the setting.
Photocopies of two settings for 'cerdd dant' by Gareth Mitford Williams (1950-1982): a duet 'Ffinlandia' on the melody 'Blodau Ffestiniog' and a solo 'Minion Menai' on 'Clychau'r Cartre'.
Photocopies of two autograph works by Grace Williams; 'The Silent Pool', a piano composition [?c.1932], and an undated pencil draft of 'Cân Rhamantus [sic] (Romance)' for Horn and Harp.
A photocopy of the manuscript of 'Ga'i fenthyg ci?' by Gareth Glyn, a two-part song with piano accompaniment commissioned by Fishguard National Eisteddfod, 1986.
A xerox copy of a catalogue, Exhibition of Works by Richard Wilson, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 1936, containing the text of a 'Biographical Note' of Richard Wilson, c. 1805, by Joseph Farington. The original is in the possession of the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London.