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Papers, [19 cent, first ½]-1938, from the library of T[homas] Eurwedd Williams. They comprise mainly essays and notes relating to Welsh and other languages, literatures and mythologies, translations from and notes on Greek and Latin literature, material relating to Dafen, Llanelli, and surrounding districts, and general notes on Welsh public figures, literature, eisteddfodau, political issues, etc.; together with diaries, 1932-1935, of T. Eurwedd Williams, and a commonplace book of the Rev. David Bowen, first minister of Seion Baptist church, Llanelli.

A glossary of Welsh common, personal, and place-names, purporting to trace their derivation from Greek.

A notebook containing minutes of the committee of the Llanelly Bank Holiday Eisteddfod, of which T. Eurwedd Williams and J. Rees Hopkins were joint secretaries, from 23 April to 30 July 1901. The remainder of the volume, beginning from the end, was used during the period 1915-1920 to record orders by T. Eurwedd Williams, on behalf of customers, for books and periodicals.

Diaries of T. Eurwedd Williams for the years 1932-1935.

A volume entitled 'Cyfrol II. Nodion Cyffredinol', covering the period 2 January 1924-27 April 1935. The majority of the entries consist of observations on domestic and international politics. There are also references to some of the literary awards made at the National Eisteddfod held at Pontypool in 1924. Inset are miscellaneous press cuttings.

A volume entitled 'Cyfrol VII. Nodion Cyffredinol', covering the period January 1930-4 March 1931, and relating to domestic and international politics, the death of Dr. J. Gwenogvryn Evans, the National Eisteddfod at Llanelly in 1930, the absence of adult Welsh classes in the Llanelly area, etc. Inset are miscellaneous press cuttings and notes.

A volume entitled 'Llopion Llên', compiled during the period 1930-1934, containing press cuttings of Welsh literary and antiquarian interest ('Welsh Sidelights', 'Llên Gwerin Morgannwg', etc.).

An interlinear translation into Welsh by Thomas Eurwedd Williams of the Greek text of sections 34-45 ('Croesus ac Adrastus'), 84-88 ('Croesus a Cyrus'), and 108-122 ('Cyrus, Astyages a Harpagus'), of the first book of the Histories of Herodotus, with short Greek-Welsh vocabularies at the end of each section; and a short Greek-Welsh vocabulary based upon Sophocles's Antigone.

A file of loose sheets containing notes ('nodiadau cofion') on the history of Llanelly; and abstracts, 1864-1893, from a register of Maescanner Baptist Church recording payments to the minister, the Rev. Phillip Phillips, and to visiting preachers and lecturers.

An essay on old members of Maescanner Baptist Church, Dafen.

A volume entitled 'Hen Gymeriadau', written circa 1890 and containing reminiscences of residents of Dafen and especially of early members of Maescanner Baptist Church. There are also reminiscences of John Rhys Morgan, 'Lleurwg', minister of Zion Baptist Church, Llanelly. The volume contains two pages of notes on Welsh grammar, and may have been originally intended for that purpose.

A volume entitled 'Cyfrol 1. Nodion Cyffredinol' containing journal entries, personal reminiscences, and autobiographical notes by T. Eurwedd Williams for the periods 4 November 1906-6 March 1908, 25 January-24 April 1914, 13 March 1917-22 October 1919, and 8 February-29 December 1923. There are copious references to the writer's business as bookseller and stationer in Market Street, Llanelly, religious meetings at Zion Baptist Church, Llanelly, the progress of World War I, and the writer's employment in an ordnance factory at Penbre. Inset are press cuttings relating to political affairs, poetry by T. Eurwedd Williams, a post card from John Jenkins (Gwili), 1917, and aerial photographs of Llanelly. The volume used by the writer is a dummy of The Harmsworth Encyclopaedia, Vol. I, A-Boë.

A volume entitled 'Cyfrol III. Nodion Cyffredinol', covering the period May 1925-April 1926. The entries relate to domestic and international politics, the writer's removal to Chester, the writer's donation of nearly one thousand books to Llanelly Public Library, the death of the Rev. J. Towyn Jones, M.P., and of Arthur Mee, Welsh place-names, Welsh grammar, the works of Xenophon and Aristotle, numerals used by Cumberland shepherds, etc. Also included in the volume are lists of dialect words from the Llanelly district and of Welsh land measurements.

A volume entitled 'Cyfrol IV. Nodion Cyffredinol', covering the period April 1926-December 1927. The entries relate to the writer's removal to Whitchurch in Salop, the general strike, domestic and international politics, the opening of Llanelly Public Library, the study and teaching of Welsh, the eclipse of the sun, the death of the Rev. Charles Davies, Cardiff, and of Thomas Williams (Brynfab), etc.

A volume entitled 'Cyfrol VI. Nodion Cyffredinol', covering the period 2 October 1928-3 January 1930. The entries relate to domestic and international politics, Welsh orthography, the decline of the Welsh language, the bilingual problem in Wales, the forthcoming National Eisteddfod at Llanelly, the death of Sir John Morris-Jones and of J. B. Rees (Morleisfab), Llangennech, the general election, cancer research, etc. Inset are a few miscellaneous press cuttings.

Copies of Collins' Gardeners' Diary, 1936, Collins' Gentleman's Diary, 1937, and Collins Paragon Diary, 1938, with copious manuscript entries in Welsh for almost every day of the three years by [Thomas Eurwedd Williams].

'Llyfr Newydd Cyfochraeth ... Enwau, Ymadroddion, Traddodiad, Chwedloniaeth, a Llên, Groeg-Cymraeg, wedi eu Taflennu'n Gyfochrol, a'u hegluro ag enghreifftiau o'r clasuron. Y Gyferbyniaeth yn ol Arddull Deheubarth Cymru. Gan Gerwyn Wyn', being a glossary, with index, purporting to trace from Greek the derivation of Welsh (especially Carmarthenshire) common, personal, and place names. The volume was submitted for competition at the National Eisteddfod held at Caernarvon, 1935.

A file of loose sheets containing an essay, written in September 1933, on the eastern affinities of the Welsh Arthurian romances, entitled 'Cyfochraeth Rhamant Arthur A Chwedlau Dwyreiniol. Gyda Dyfyniadau Helaeth Eglurhaol ar y Chwedlau Cymreig'.

A list of lines of defective 'cynghanedd' compiled in 1921 from the 1873 edition by Robert Ellis ('Cynddelw') of the poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym. The volume was originally (1884) used as a trigonometry exercise book, and also contains quotations from Sophocles (Oxford Classics edition). Inset is a letter, 31 October 1891, from Sir Lewis Morris, Penbryn, Carmarthen, to Thomas Williams ('Eurwedd'), Dafen, relating to the writer's nomination for Parliament.

A file of loose sheets containing reminiscences, biographies, and other notes relating to the history of Dafen, near Llanelly, and compiled during the period 1927-1933.