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Letter, 13 October 1982, from Saunders Lewis, Penarth, to Kathryn A. Klar, Richmond, California, replying to a letter concerning her research into Canu Aneirin at the University of California, Berkeley.
He describes the negative reaction of Ifor Williams, amongst others, to his book Braslun o Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg (Cardiff, 1932), the conclusions of which however correspond with those of Klar and her colleagues; he also describes his current state of health.

Letter, 16 July 1978, from Gwynedd [O. Pierce], Lisvane, to a hitheto unidentified 'John' (f. 55), enclosing notes by Pierce on the meaning of the placename Kilgwrrwg, Monmouthshire (ff. 56-58).

Letter, 17 December [1907], from John Morris Jones, Llangefni, to a Mr John Hughes (f. 76), enclosing a receipt for Hughes' payment of the subscription for a copy of Jones' Caniadau (Oxford, 1907) (f. 77), along with a copy of the book.

A note, 26 July 1969, from Mary Lago to Michael Holroyd (ff. 111-112) enclosing typescript extracts, [July 1969], of a letter from Mrs George Prothero [i.e. Mary Frances Prothero] to Alice Rothenstein, Rye, 11 September [1907x1909] (f. 111).
Prothero's letter contains gossip and news concerning Roger and Helen Fry, Augustus John, Dorelia McNeill, Henry and Euphemia Lamb and Charles Conder.

Fragment of a printed letter, 20 July 1804, from J[ohn] Jones, secretary of the Anglesey Druidical Society, to J[ohn] Lewis, Esq., Bodior, giving notice of the Anniversary (or annual) Meeting of the Society, to be held at the Bull's Head Inn, Beaumaris, on 2 August 1804.

Letter, 4 January 1946, from Robert Graves, Galmpton, nr Brixham, Devon, to Gwyn Jones, in which the sender discusses the literary future of Wales and argues for the Mabinogion as a possible influence on Shakespeare's Tempest.

Two letters, 1946-1947, to Gwyn Jones, the first from Dorothea Braby, London, 6 December 1946 (ff. 28-29), and the second from John Cowper Powys, Corwen, 11 November 1947 (ff. 30-32), both of which concern Gwyn and Thomas Jones's new translation of the Mabinogion, published as The Golden Cockerel Mabinogion ([London]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1947).
Braby discusses her illustration for the title page of The Golden Cockerel Mabinogion and includes a written description of its layout (f. 29) (see Professor Gwyn Jones, 'The Golden Cockerel Mabinogion, 1944-1948', Trans. Cymm. (1989), 181-209 (pp. 197-206) for further details and for extracts of related letters from Braby). Powys congratulates Jones on the translation, requests a cheap edition and gives his thoughts on translations in general.

Llythyr, 5 Ebrill 1955, oddi wrth D. J. Williams, Abergwaun, at Huw Davies, [Llandaf], yn mynegi ei farn ynghlŷn â Mudiad Gweriniaethol Cymru, a sefydlwyd gan Davies ymysg eraill. = Letter, 5 April 1955, from D. J. Williams, Fishguard, to Huw Davies, [Llandaf], giving his views on the Welsh Republican Movement, of which Davies was a founder member.

A bill for services rendered, 18 January 1871, in the hand of Dr William Price, Pontypridd, and addressed to the Rev. Dr Rees [?Henry Rees].

Autograph draft, [1931], in the hand of Helen Thomas of a passage from her memoir World Without End (London, 1931), corresponding to the second paragraph on p. 168 of that work.

Autograph draft by Helen Thomas, [early 1920s], of a possibly unpublished lyrical work about her love of nature in general and of hills and mountains in particular.
References to Kent and the River Darent (ff. 44-45) show that the work was written while Thomas lived at Otford in Kent in the years after her husband's death. There are also references to the Sussex Downs (f. 45 recto-verso) and to her 1919 visit to Scotland (ff. 46-49 verso) and to Glen [?Ample, Perthshire] (f. 49) (see Helen Thomas, Time & Again, ed. by Myfanwy Thomas (Manchester, 1978), pp. 126-127).

Letter, 16 May 1903, from John Ballinger, Central Library, Cardiff, to the Rev. T. Llechid Jones, enclosing requested publications.

A typescript copy, [20 cent., third ¼], of a letter, [Summer 1930], from Augustus John, Renvyle, County Galway, to Will [?Rothenstein], in which John explains his presence in Ireland to paint W. B. Yeats' portrait.
The typescript has the date supplied in the hand of [?Michael Holroyd] and resembles typescripts of other letters to Rothenstein to be found in NLW, Michael Holroyd (Augustus John) Research Papers 4/6.

A facsimile copy, [1965x1985], of a letter, 15 July 1937, from Dylan Thomas, Mousehole, Cornwall, to Vernon Watkins, announcing his marriage to Caitlin Macnamara and apologising for altering a poem by Watkins prior to publication.
The original letter is now BL Add MS 52612, f. 5. It was first published in Dylan Thomas, Letters to Vernon Watkins, ed. by Vernon Watkins (London, 1957), pp. 27-28; see also The Collected Letters of Dylan Thomas: New Edition, ed. by Paul Ferris (London, 2000), p. 294.

Four letters, January 1957, March-April 1961, from Berta Ruck, Aberdovey, to the novelist Richard Blake Brown, mainly concerning family matters and Brown's work.
Ruck gives an account of the declining health of her husband Oliver Onions (ff. 105-106), and his subsequent death (f. 107). She also discusses the work of the novelist Marie Corelli (f. 104) and encloses a poem of her own composition entitled 'The Flying Shadow' (f. 103).

Dau lythyr ac un cerdyn post, Hydref-Tachwedd 1942, oddi wrth J. E. Davis (Clwydian), Putney, Llundain (ff.10-12), ynghyd â cherdyn post, [24] Hydref 1942, oddi wrth R. Rhys Hughes, Bethesda (f. 14), wedi eu cyfeirio at y Parch. T. Llechid Jones, Llangynhafal. = Two letters and one postcard, October-November 1942, from J. E. Davis (Clwydian), Putney, London (ff. 10-12), together with a postcard, [24] October 1942, from R. Rhys Hughes, Bethesda (f. 14), addressed to the Rev. T. Llechid Jones, Llangynhafal.
Ymateba'r gohebwyr i lythyr Llechid yn Y Llan, 23 Hydref 1942, t. 6, yn holi am ddechreuadau gwasanaethau Cymraeg Anglicanaidd yn Llundain. Amgaeir darlun, [1932x1942], o'r Parch. John Crowle Ellis, fu'n gwasanaethu eglwysi Dewi Sant a Bened Sant, Llundain (f. 13), ynghyd â nodiadau yn llaw Llechid, [?1942], ar 'Yr Eglwys yn Llundain' (ff. 15-16). = The correspondents write in response to Llechid's letter in Y Llan, 23 October 1942, p. 6, requesting information on the origins of Welsh-language Anglican services in London. Also included is a photograph, [1932x1942], of the Rev. John Crowle Ellis, who served the churches of St David's and St Benet's, London (f. 13), together with notes in Welsh by Llechid, [?1942], on 'The Church in London' (ff. 15-16).

Letter, 13 January 1977, from R. S. Thomas, Aberdaron, to a Mr Morgan [of ?Leicester], apparently replying to questions about the influences on his poetry and the social and linguistic make-up of his previous and current parishes.

Typescript letter, 26 March 1927, from W. H. Davies, Oxted, to [Aubrey] Herbert, [Oxford], apparently declining an invitation to speak at the Oxford Union.

Letter, [?27 May 1928], from Margaret Lloyd George, Kensington, to a Mr Lewis, concerning her daughter Megan's selection as the Liberal candidate for Anglesey (f. 51), together with a Christmas card from David and Margaret Lloyd George, Brynawelon, Criccieth, 1927, including a portrait of the couple (f. 50).

Two letters from Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, Plas Brondanw, to the publishers David & Charles, 10 December 1975 (f. 62), and to their client, the author Alan Delgado, 21 December 1975 (f. 63), and carbon copies of Delgado's typescript replies, December 1975, February 1976 (ff. 64-65). The correspondence concerns Williams-Ellis's attempt to track down a record by Leslie Sarony, the sleeve of which was reproduced in Delgado's book Have You Forgotten Yet? (Newton Abbot, 1973), p. 86.