Sympathy letters addressed to J. H. Davies on the death of Thomas Edward Ellis in April 1899. The correspondents include J. Glyn Davies, H. Elvet Lewis, J. Arthur Price, and Sir John Williams.
Stray, miscellaneous items, 1834-1856, collected together by J. H. Davies relating to a large number of various localities within Wales. They include poems, press cuttings, pieces of local history, and a notebook containing mathematical notes, verses, scriptural texts and other miscellaneous notes. A further notebook contains sermon notes.
Most of the letters, 1897-1925, are relatively short notes, arranging meetings, giving items of news and requesting pieces of information for the author's researches. There are many references to Welsh books and manuscripts, and occasional, passing references to contemporary national and political events. There is also some discussion of the development of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, the University of Wales, and the establishment and early growth of the National Library of Wales. There are several interesting references to the selection of the venue for the National Library and the eventual choice of Aberystwyth and to the appointment of the Library's officers. Sir John also occasionally refers to the early history of the National Museum, founded at Cardiff in the early twentieth century. During 1908 and 1909 there are letters referring to meetings with D. Lloyd George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, and John Herbert Lewis, relating to attempts to wrest improved funding for the National Library from the Liberal government.
The letters, 1900-1926, refer mainly to their author's research work, editorial work and publications, including his reviews. There are also occasional references to his college and lecturing work at Bangor and to various social visits and events. There are occasional references to the administration of the college and the University of Wales, and to various university appointments.
The letters, 1895-1925, discuss Welsh political life, the attempts to regenerate Mudiad Cymru Fydd, historical records relating to Flintshire, the foundation of the National Library of Wales, its location at Aberystwyth, and appeals for increased government funding and the passage of the copyright legislation, developments at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and the federal University of Wales, the possibility of establishing a Public Record Office for Wales, and the selection of Liberal candidates in Welsh constituencies for the 'Coupon' General Election of December 1918.
The letters, 1897-1924, discuss the work of the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, especially its Literature Section, the publication of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, and the work of re-printing the Welsh classics by the Guild. There are also references to the internal politics of the University of Wales and the colleges at Aberystwyth and Bangor and to other appointments in which Sir John Edward Lloyd had an interest.
Most of the letters, 1897-1926, relate to academic and research matters, many of them bibliographical queries, or to J. H. Davies's researches and publications. Some concern professional matters and developments at the Cardiff Free Libraries and later the National Library of Wales where Ballinger was the first chief librarian. Some of the later letters relate to the establishment and early growth of the National Library and to Davies's membership of its court, council and internal committees. There are many references to the National Library's campaign to secure the status of a copyright receipt (legal deposit) library and to wrest improved funding from the exchequer, and some to the deposit of the early archival collections and printed works at the Library. There are a few references to family life. A few of the letters from the Cardiff period are written by Harry Farr on behalf of Sir John Ballinger.
The letters, 1895-1926, relate mainly to Sir Daniel's researches and writings. There are also several references to the University of Wales, the University College of South Wales, Cardiff, and the National Library of Wales.
Bills and receipts, 1867-1890, relating to shipping activities. Some relate to the Aberystwyth Mutual Ship Insurance Society and some concern a vessel called 'the General Picton'.
Correspondence and papers, 1904-1905, relating to the administration of the Transvaal War Fund run by the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation set up to assist war widows and orphans. They include copies of statements of allowances granted to widows of servicemen in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the Welsh Regiment and the South Wales Borderers. The correspondents include Sir John Williams, 1904.
Miscellaneous volumes, 1857-1926, including a 'cultivation book', bearing entries for the years 1857-1867, containing plans of the farm and buildings of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester; an account book containing entries for the years 1906 to 1925 in the hand of J. H. Davies; and a commonplace book kept by J. H. Davies.
