- AC2/4
- Ffeil
- 1937-1948
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The file comprises letters to and from J. L. C. Cecil-Williams (Honourary Secretary of the Society) relating to the removal of Owen Jones' (Owain Myfyr) tombstone from London to Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, and the organisation of a commemorative service on 11 August 1951.
Dr Elvet Lewis testimonial fund
The file comprises letters to and from J. L. C. Cecil-Williams (Honourary Secretary of the Society) and various papers relating to the arrangement of a national testimonial fund to Dr H. Elvet Lewis, which was presented to him in Cardiff, 23 January 1948.
Owen's Pembrokeshire, unpublished volumes IV and V
Three volumes of The Description of Pembrokeshire by George Owen were published between 1892 and 1906 as part of the Cymmrodorion Record Series 1. The letters contained in this folder, to and from J. L. C. Cecil Williams, discuss the preparations for a fourth and fifth volume. The fourth volume was published in 1936 with Egerton Phillimore as editor. Egerton Phillimore died in 1937 before the fifth and final volume could be completed.
Emigration from North Wales to the USA
The file comprises letters to and from J. L. C. Cecil Williams relating to the task of preparing Mrs Russell-Wood's MA dissertation for publication in Y Cymmrodor. Professor J. Glyn Davies was given the task of editing the dissertation, and there are a number of letters between him and Cecil Williams.
The volume contains press cuttings relating to the Cymmrodorion, as well as metters of general Welsh interest.
Miscellaneous articles and addresses
The folder comprises an article written in the hand of the Rev. J. W. Hayes, entitled 'Irish Manuscript and other evidence concerning the use of rough and smooth stone weapons within historic times', an article entitled 'Wales and the Cymmrodorion Society' (author unknown), and three other incomplete artices/lectures.
The folder comprises manuscript copies of addresses, mostly given before the Cymmrodorion Section of the National Eisteddfod by Dr Isambard Owen, D. Brynmor Jones, Prof. H. J. Fleure, R. Arthur Roberts, etc. There are also some Cymmrodorion Section programmes, 1882-1907.
Secretary's account for payments
Cymmrodorion Record Series fund
The file is an account book of income and expenditure of the Cymmrodorion Record Series fund.
The file is an account book of income and expenditure related to the publication of Lives of the British Saints, a Cymmrodorion publication, by S. Baring-Gould and J. Fisher.
The file comprises correspondence relating financial support given to David Richards, organist at the Tabernacle Congregational Church, King's Cross, London, whose wife had died shortly before his home was destroyed in the Blitz, and who had a leg amputated following serious illness
Evacuees in South Wales: correspondence
Correspondence relating to the distribution of boots and shoes amongst young evacuees in South Wales, including letters of thanks from individual children
'Peter Williams' Bible: correspondence
Correspondence relating to the delivery of a large 'Peter Williams' Welsh pulpit Bible from Ivor Price of Scranton, USA, to the Rev. D. S. Owen of Jewin Presbyterian Church, London. This bible was needed for use in the new Jewin Chapel; the old chapel had been completely destroyed in the blitz
Post Office Savings Bank: correspondence
Correspondence relating to the Welsh War Relief Committee's account with the Post Office Savings Bank
Rev. Elisius Howells: correspondence
Correspondence relating to the Rev. Elisius Howells, secretary of the London Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Wales, who lost his home, books and manuscripts in a wartime bomb attack, and the committee's attempt to relieve the losses he had sustained
The South Wales and Monmouthshire Council of Social Service: correspondence
Correspondence relating to the South Wales and Monmouthshire Council of Social Service and its appeal for an allocation of the War Relief Committee's balance of funds to recreate a consciousness of community in Wales