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Appreciations of the Archdruid Dyfnallt (J Dyfnallt Owen) [1956], including one by Magdalen Morgan.

Offprint of an article by Iorwerth C Peate, 1958, entitled 'The Study of Folk Life: And Its Part In The Defence of Civilization', and a copy of the 1948 Lewis Fry Memorial Lectures entitled 'The Responsibilities of Broadcasting' by Sir William Haley, Director-General of the BBC.

Correspondence, 1916-24, mainly congratulatory letters on his various appointments and promotions and on his receiving the Cb, 1927-51, letters on his retirement as Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales, 1952, and invitations to lecture, including letters from Peter Giles, master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1916-27 (5), Percy Watkins, 1932 (1), W J Gruffydd, 1941 (1), W Leslie Richards, 1944 (1), Saunders Lewis, 1951 (1), Cassie Davies, 1952 (1) and Ivor Bowen Rees, 1961 (1).

Correspondence, 1916-74, mainly letters of congratulations on his contributions on radio and television.

Personal and professional papers of Dr William Thomas, 1911-1981, including a diary of his time as a prisoner of war in Germany, 1914-1915; letters relating to his contributions on radio and television, 1916-1974; papers relating to his blind son Ian, 1924-1964; papers relating to his son William, 1937-1944; valuations of stock and farm accounts, 1952-1973; and testimonials, 1911-1922, and papers of his sister-in-law Magdalen Morgan, [1920]-1970, including lecture notes and scripts of plays in which she performed.

Papers [?1940s] on various aspects of education in Wales such as teacher training colleges, teaching through the medium of Welsh, the teaching of music and drama, etc.

Lecture notes, notes [?1920s-50s] on the Arthurian romances, Dafydd ap Gwilym, drama, the history of Israel, etc.

Lectures, talks and addresses [?1930s-1970s] on various aspects of science, world health, world food supply, etc.

Letters to his widow, 1974-81, mainly letters of condolences on his death.

Three letters, 1952-3, two of which relate to Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru.

Obituaries and copy of his memorial service, 1974, and a memorial verse (englyn) by Geraint Bowen, 1974.

Papers, 1924-62, relating to his blind son Ian, including a copy of his birth certificate, 1924; letters from school [early 1930s] and from St John's College Cambridge [1944]; UCW, Aberystwyth law examination papers, 1944; papers concerning St John's College, 1944; letters from the National Institute for the Blind, 1944; deeds, accounts and correspondence relating to his underwriting at Lloyds, 1958-64; and letters of condolences upon his death, 1962.

Papers, 1937-44, relating to his son William, containing letters to his parents, 1937-42, a volume of poetry composed between 1937-42, and letters concerning attempts to posthumously publish the same, 1942-4, including a letter from Stanley Clement Davies, 1944; Cambridge University medical examination papers, 1941-2; papers relating to his voyage to the United States to take up a Rockefeller Scholarship, 1942; and letters of condolences upon his death, 1942.