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Autograph book of "M[ary] Smith, Alavowlia, Denbigh".

An essay entitled ‘Breiniau dyn’ by Ithel Davies with a letter, 1989, from the editor of Y Lolfa rejecting the work, together with two letters, 2021 and 2022, from the donor addressed to Huw Jones.

Two certificates awarded to Ithel Davies: Undeb Ysgolion Sabbathol Annibynwyr Dinas Mawddwy (undated) and the Pelman Institute (1929).

Four copies of ‘Fy nhad: sef penillion coffadwriaethol am y diweddar Mr Edward Davies, Glanyrafon, Tafolog, yr hwn a fu farw Mawrth 26, 1873, yn 72 oed gan Tafolog’.

The file comprises papers relating to Ithel Davies's case as a conscientious objector during World War I, including his tribunal and court martial.

Correspondence mainly relating to the stand taken by Ithel Davies as a Conscientious Objector in the First World War and subsequent terms of imprisonment, April 1916-April 1919, served by him. Also included are draft statements by Ithel Davies relating to his imprisonment, and poetry in English and Welsh composed by him. The letters are mainly in Welsh, and listed according to correspondent and, as far as possible, arranged in chronological order within each group.

The file includes Ithel Davies's Discharge Certificate, 1919, from the 4th Reserve Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers together with his draft reply rejecting the aforesaid, together with a copy [1916] of his reasons for appealing exemption from the Military Service Act.

Family correspondence, including letters from Ithel Davies to his parents, 1923 (350-353), and letters to Ithel Davies from his parents, 1926-1927 (354-362), and from his first wife Gwyneth, 1942 (363-369). A photograph of Ithel Davies's mother, aged 21, is enclosed with no. 354.

Funeral leaflet of Enid Jones Davies, wife of Ithel Davies, with a newspaper cutting of the death notice.

Papers of Ithel Davies, 1884-1983, relating mainly to his imprisonment as a conscientious objector, 1916-1919; and personal papers, 1884-1983, including poetry and prose.

Letters to Ithel Davies and his parents, 1916-1919 and undated, from various correspondents including the Reverend R. E. Davies, R. J. Gregory, C. Bryner Jones, J. Ellis Jones, and W. Llewelyn Williams, MP. Also letters, 1924, relating to the 1924 General Election, namely a letter nominating Ithel Davies as a Labour candidate to contest the Carnarvon Boroughs Parliamentary Division and his draft reply and two letters from his parents. Also a letter, 1927, to Benjamin and Anne Davies from cousin Siân, Bod Ruffydd, Gaiman.