Notes, 1833-5, by James Griffiths, mainly on horticulture and natural history, together with prayers and Bible readings (see also NLW MS 22,203B).
Miscellaneous family and estate papers.
Griffiths & Lewis (Glanhafren) Family Papers
Family papers of the Griffiths and Lewis families of Glanhafren, Newton, later of Milford Hall, Newton, Montgomeryshire, comprising mainly the personal and professional papers of James Griffiths (b. 1821), Medina Sara Griffiths (1840-1928), a headmistress and pioneer of education for girls, Eveline M. Lewis (1871-1958), and Medina Lewis (1898-1984). The archive also includes pamphlets and press cuttings of family interest, 1858-1944, papers on estate maintenance, 1930-1952, and family photographs, 1887-1949.
Lewis family, of Milford Hall and Glanhafren
File of personal papers including two notebooks containing rough notes, 1912, and recollections of J M Barrie, 1913; linguistic notes, c. 1952-3, by EML and by her husband, Hugh Lewis, 1876; translations from Welsh by EML of a sermon by R Gwynedd Jones, 1953, and of part of the autobiography of her great-grandfather, the Rev James Griffiths (1782-1858), as preserved in NLW MS 22,205B; printed leaflet and draft, n d, of a brief history of Cwrt-yn-dre house, Newtown, formerly sited at Dolgellau; printed hymn sheets containing memorial hymn to Hugh Lewis (1860-1928), with English words by EML, his widow; Christmas and greetings cards sent to Hugh and Eveline M Lewis, 1908-57.
File of papers relating to Medina Sara Griffiths, headmistress and pioneer of education for girls, including prospectuses for Caldecote Towers, Bushey Heath, 1896, and for Leigh Court, Clifton, 1908; speeches delivered by her on the education of girls, 1878-88 and n d; two correspondence cards from her, 1922-5; and a brief biography and appreciation of her by Eveline M Lewis [1929].
Counterpart lease, 1904, relating to a house called 'Saint David's' in p Llanllwchaiarn, co Mont, let by Hugh Lewis to A W Pryce-Jones.
Bundle of printed pamphlets mainly of family interest, including Cofiant y Parch James Griffiths (1860); nine sermons, 1873-90, by the Rev Henry Griffiths (1812-91); [E M Lewis], A Shining Path [1907] (memorial to her son, Hugh Griffith Lewis Lewis (1896-1907) ); memorials to Hugh Lewis (1860-1921), and to David Davies, 1st baron Davies of Llandinam (1880-1944); extract from Bishop Morgan Bible, 1588, reprinted by the Gregynog Press, 1927.