Dangos 65 canlyniad

A notebook of the Reverend J. M. Griffiths (1870-1918), Calvinistic Methodist minister, Goginan, Cardiganshire containing an account of the opening of Dyffryn Chapel, Goginan transcribed from Y Drysorfa, 1843, pp. 244-5; and verses beginning 'Beth yw'r goedwig yn y gauaf' by J. M. Griffiths, 1917. Inset are a brief history of Dyffryn Church; a holograph letter from J. J. Morgan, Mold to [ ] Griffiths, n.d. (inability to trace a photograph), and two letters from Edward Jenkins, Llandrindod Wells to Mr [ ] Morris, 1916 (the possibility of identifying the father of William Morris Hughes, the Australian Prime Minister, with a native of Goginan).

A letter from the Reverend Professor John Young Evans, Aberystwyth to J. H. Davies enclosing printed copies ('"Pembroke County Guardian", Hwlffordd') of 'Awdl i J. H. Davies ... gan Ieuan Mynyw' [i.e. J. Young Evans], originally published in the Pembroke County Guardian, 18 November 1910.

Miscellaneous Welsh poetry by William Roberts ('Clochydd Llannor'), Robert Parry ('Robin Ddu Eryri'), John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') and others; and a report on the Sunday schools of Penygroes.

Welsh poetry by Glan Alaw.

Poetry by Thomas Evans Griffith ('Beren') written for 'eisteddfodau' at Llandudno (1896), Colwyn Bay (1899), Caernarfon (1906), etc.

A collection, compiled c. 1911, of religious and secular verse in Welsh by Griffith Phillips ('Briwlyn'), composed c. 1880-1911, with a list of contents on ff. i-iiv. Poems found loose inside NLW MS 22755iB have been filed separately as MS 22755iiE.

Copies, c. 1913, of englynion by Briwlyn, composed c. 1878-1913 mainly to people and places of local interest.

One of fifteen volumes of 'awdlau', 'pryddestau', etc., by Edward Lloyd ('Tegfelyn').

One of fifteen volumes of 'awdlau', 'pryddestau', etc., by Edward Lloyd ('Tegfelyn').

One of fifteen volumes of 'awdlau', 'pryddestau', etc., by Edward Lloyd ('Tegfelyn').

A volume containing autograph poetry by Catherine Jane Prichard (Buddug), daughter of Gweirydd ap Rhys and author of Caniadau Buddug (Caernarfon, 1911); and transcripts of her poems by her husband, Owen Prichard (Cybi Velyn).

Notebook, 1971-9, in Welsh and English, comprising poetry by Kate Davies and other local country poets, including her uncle Thomas Jacob Thomas ('Sarnicol', 1873-1945), together with penillion calennig and penillion telyn, puzzles and proverbs, and references to folk customs and local traditions. Related papers, found loose inside the volume, have been filed separately (MS 23117iiD).

A poem entitled 'Y Tannau Coll', written by J. D. Richards for competition at the National Eisteddfod held at Ammanford, 1922.

A collection of minor poems by J. D. Richards.

An anonymous poem, 'Bywyd a Marwolaeth Yr Hen Berson', probably written before the passing of the Welsh Church Act of 1914.

A miscellaneous collection of poetry including an incomplete 'pryddest' on the story of Kulhwch and Olwen written on the backs of sheets of a Birkenhead list of voters, 1876; a carol by D[avid] Lewis ('Ap Ceredigion'); a poem entitled 'Sion fy Nhaid' and a hymn by Henry Rowlands ('Henri Myllin'); a poem entitled 'Trefaldwyn' by J. R. Williams ('Tryfanwy'); poems entitled 'Gwlaw Sdiniog' and 'Cyfrinach y Tannau' by Robert Roberts ('Isallt'); an elegy on the death of Evan E. Owen, Assheton House, Ebenezer, 1883; a fragment of a song entitled 'Priodas yr Oen'; 'englynion' on Pont y Benglog taken from Tywysog Cymru, 15 Tach. 1832; English poems entitled 'The Burial of Abel', 'America', and 'Go Forward'; and selections from the writings of Rhys J. Huws written on the back of circulars relating to his Testimonial Fund, 1917.

Some one hundred and forty letters, 1948-1997, in English and Welsh, to John Elwyn from various correspondents (surnames S-W), both personal and work related.
The correspondents include Christopher Sandford, 1953 (ff. 12-13), Meic Stephens, 12 December 1995 (f. 22), Winifred Coombe-Tennant, 19 February 1948 (f. 33), Dewi-Prys Thomas, 1977-1978 (ff. 36-37), David Tinker, 1967 (ff. 44-45), John Ward, 1967-1992 (ff. 75-78 verso), George Weber of Edmonton, Alberta, 1987-1994 (ff. 81-97 verso), Sir Huw Wheldon, 1961, [?late 1970s] (ff. 116-118), Phillip Whitfield, 1991-1996 (ff. 119-146 verso), the Rev. G[wilym] O[wen] Williams, 20 February 1952 (f. 158), Kyffin Williams, [1960s]-1995 (ff. 161-167), Stan Williams, [?early 1990s], (f. 171), and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, 1965-1967 (ff. 148-153). Also included are draft letters from John Elwyn (ff. 53, 58 verso-59 verso, 63 verso, 100) and drafts of two poems by Phillip Whitfield, 1991-1992 (ff. 124, 127, 129, 131, 134, 138, 141), with a translation into Welsh of one of them [?by John Elwyn], [?1992] (f. 147).

A group of fifty-four holograph letters, 1929-1932, from Thomas Jones, Cerrigellgwm[-isa], Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire, to Evan Roberts, Llandderfel, Merioneth, relating to the writer's literary and musical pursuits. Some letters refer to the Welsh ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America. Also included in the collection is a holograph letter, 15 November, 1932, from Einion Jones, Cerrigellgwm-isa, to Evan Roberts, enclosing a pedigree of his father Thomas Jones and a copy of the latter's last poem.

A collection of press cuttings compiled by 'Myrddin Fardd', with manuscript notes and poetry by him.

A collection entitled 'Casgliad o hên Gerddi difyr a digri', being transcripts, with annotations, by J. H. Davies from manuscript and printed sources, notably NLW Add. MS 9 in the hand of David Jones ('Dewi Fardd'), Trefriw, of 'cerddi', 'carolau', and a few cywyddau, by Robt. Humphreys alias Ragad, Angharad James, Rees Ellis, Morus Rhobert, Cadwaladr Morris, Richard Thomas, Hugh ab Evan, William Phylip, William Pyrs Dafydd, Edward Roberts ('o'r Yspytty'), Beuno Ben-noeth ('o Sir Gaer helbul'), Lewis Cynllwyd, Maurice Evans, Rowland Vaughan, Salbri Powel, Richard Phylip ('Philip Bach pan oedd Sawdwr'), Huwcyn Sion, John Edwards ('o Gae-môr'), Morgan Llwyd ('o Faentwrog'), Dafydd Evans ('o Lansilin'), Wm. Sion Wm., Huw Cadwaladr, Dafydd Jones (?'Dewi Fardd'), Huw ap Ifan ap Robert, Edward Rowland, Evan Lloyd Jeffrey, Mathew Owen, William Lloyd ('Llwyd Llundain', 1902, 'gynt Trefynor, Blue Bell, Talsarn'), 'Is-aeron ('O'r Cardi 1902'), Syr Dafydd Llwyd fach, J[ohn] J[ones] [Glanygors], E. Jones ('Clerk of Hope'), Edward Pugh ap Fyllin Fardd, 'Cydymaith y Dyddiau Gwylion', Ellis Roberts and John Jones ('Athraw Ysgol yn Llanddeiniolen'). The volume also contains anonymous poems and a list of 'Cerddi'r Te' or ballads based on the general introduction of tea-drinking into Wales. At the end there are an index of first lines of the poems included in the volume, an index of authors and a calendar of the contents of NLW Add. MS 9. The collection was compiled approximately during February - July 1902.