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Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/includes letters from: Dr D. J. Davies (2); E. Curig Davies; Ithel Davies; John Eirian Davies (2); T. Eirug Davies (2); T. I. Ellis (9); Huw Ethall; Rev. E. Lewis Evans; R. E. Griffith (2); Moses Griffith (2); J. Gwyn Griffiths (4); James Griffiths; Kate Bosse Griffiths (2); T. Elwyn Griffiths; A. O. H. Jarman; Parch./Rev. Fred Jones, Talybont; Saunders Lewis (2); D. Myrddin Lloyd; D. Eirwyn Morgan; Rev. J. Dynallt Owen (2); Robert Williams Parry; Iorwerth C. Peate; Mati Rees (5); Beti Rhys; E. Prosser Rhys; Keidrych Rhys (5); Gomer M. Roberts (2); J. Oliver Stephens; Ceinwen H. Thomas; Morris T. Williams (3); W. Nantlais Williams.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/includes letters from: Alun Oldfield Davies, 1947; Gwilym Prys Davies, 1947; Ithel Davies, 1947; Dr Noelle Davies, 1948 (3); T. I. Ellis, (4), 1947-1948; J. Gwyn Griffiths, 1948; Mari Headley (Ellis), 1947; Gwenallt, 1948; Saunders Lewis, 1947; D. Myrddin Lloyd, 1948; Thomas Parry, 1947; Iorwerth C. Peate, 1947; Delwyn Phillips, (4), 1947; Dewi Watkin Powell, 1947-1948; Kate Roberts, 1948; Ceinwen H. Thomas (2), 1947-1948; Alun Llywelyn Williams, 1948.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Alun Oldfield-Davies (2); Cassie Davies (2); D. Hywel Davies; Gareth Alban Davies (3); Dr Noelle Davies (3); Huw T. Edwards (2); T. I. Ellis; J. Gwyn Griffiths (6); Mathonwy Hughes (2); Saunders Lewis; Geraint Morgan AS/MP; E. T. Nevin (2); Thomas Parry; Kate Roberts; Syr/Sir Wyn Roberts; Meic Stephens; David Gibson-Watt (2); Jac L. Williams; Gordon Wilson (3).

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/includes letters from: W. Ambrose Bebb; Gwilym Bowyer; Dr D. J. Davies; E. Tegla Davies (2); Dr Noelle Davies (2); Marion Eames; T. I. Ellis (2); D. Ellis Evans; Moses Griffith (3), J. Gwyn Griffiths; E. D. Jones; Parch./Rev. Fred Jones, Talybont; Huw Morris-Jones; T. I. Jeffreys Jones; Saunders Lewis, D. Eirwyn Morgan (2); Rhys Hopkin Morris (3); Parch./Rev. Rhys Nicholas; Mati Rees (5); Keidrych Rhys, Morris T. Williams; W. Nantlais Williams.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/includes letters from: Tegwen Clee, 1943; Alun Talfan Davies, 1943; E. Curig Davies, 1943; J. Eirian Davies, 1942; Ithel Davies (4), 1943; Dr Noelle Davies (3), 1943; Huw T. Edwards, 1943; Ifan ab Owen Edwards (2), 1943; T. I. Ellis (3), 1942-1943; J. Gwyn Griffiths, 1943; Saunders Lewis (2), 1942; D. Myrddin Lloyd (3), 1942; Rhys Hopkin Morris (2), 1942-1943; Bob Owen, Croesor (2), 1942; J. Dynallt Owen (2), 1943; Iorwerth C. Peate (4), 1943; Mati Rees (4), 1942; Keidrych Rhys (10), 1942-1943; Gomer M. Roberts, 1943; Morris T. Williams (4), 1943; Sian Williams (Mrs D. J. Williams), 1943.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: John Clement; Ifan ab Owen Edwards; T. I. Ellis; D. R. Grenfell AS/MP (2); Moses Griffith; J. Gwyn Griffiths (4); A. O. H. Jarman; Sam Jones, BBC; Saunders Lewis; J. Dyfnallt Owen; Keidrych Rhys; Dr Ceinwen H. Thomas.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Trefor Beasley; Gwennant Davies, Urdd Gobaith Cymru; Dr Noelle Davies (5); T. I. Ellis (2); Meredydd Evans; William George; J. Gwyn Griffiths (7), Roparz Hemon (2); Saunders Lewis; Rhys Hopkin Morris; Delwyn Phillips; Kate Roberts (3); Mallt Williams.

Some one hundred and thirty letters and cards, 1966-1994 and n.d., to Dedwydd Jones, mostly from actors, playwrights and other prominent theatrical and literary figures in response to receiving copies of his works. Among the correspondents are Alan Ayckbourn (3) 1975-1981, Stanley Baker (4) 1968-1975, Cyril Cusack (2) 1968, Anthony Hopkins (1) 1987, Eugène Ionesco (1) 1974, Glyn Jones (10) 1969-1978, J. Saunders Lewis (1) 1969, Spike Milligan (2) 1977-1978, John Osbourne (3) 1991-1993, Siân Phillips (1) n.d., Kate Roberts (10) 1971-1977, Harry Secombe (1) 1982, and Sam Wanamaker (9) 1990-1993.

One hundred and twenty-four autograph letters, 1959-1974, from painter-poet David ('Dafydd') Jones, all addressed to Valerie ('Elri') Wynne-Williams (née Price), with the exception of two to her husband Michael ('Mihangel') (ff. 54, 112-113) and one to them both (ff. 55-56), discussing a variety of topics including his, and her, health and living conditions, his work, his friends, the Welsh language and Welsh history and politics. Some letters are illustrated with coloured pencil, pen and ink drawings, mainly of animals and flowers (ff. 8, 32, 33, 45 verso, 46 verso-47, 48 verso, 76, 103, 104 verso, 152), inscriptions (ff. 9, 34, 124 verso, 128, 136 verso) and sketch maps of Harrow (ff. 143, 144).
There are references throughout to friends and correspondents including Saunders Lewis (ff. 2-11 passim, 42-188 passim), Harman Grisewood (ff. 4-192 verso passim), René Hague (ff. 42 verso-187 passim), David Blamires (ff. 160, 186, 190 verso, 192), Louis Bonnerot (ff. 123, 186 verso), Tom Burns (ff. 13, 14 verso, 48, 64 verso, 68 verso, 77, 85 verso, 86 verso, 89 verso, 110, 116, 140 recto-verso, 188 verso), Douglas Cleverdon (ff. 68 verso, 160 verso, 162, 163 verso, 187), Aneirin Talfan Davies (ff. 9 verso, 11, 14 verso, 16, 33 verso, 63 verso, 71 verso, 123, 124, 128, 129 verso, 154 verso, 162), Clarissa Eden (f. 107 verso), T. S. Eliot (ff. 51 recto-verso, 62 verso, 67 verso, 69 verso, 71, 73, 74, 85), Gwynfor Evans (ff. 29 verso, 31, 131-192 verso passim), Illtud Evans (f. 6, 11 recto-verso, 37, 46 verso, 57, 61), Arthur Giardelli (ff. 150, 151 verso, 171 verso, 186), Eric Gill (ff. 45 verso, 66, 67 verso, 68 verso, 121), Stanley Honeyman (ff. 84, 140, 154 verso, 159 verso), Morag Owen (ff. 59, 98, 140), Catherine Rousseau (née Ivainer) (ff. 36 verso-127 passim), Stephen Spender (ff. 81 verso-82, 83 verso, 91), Bill Stevenson (f. 158 verso) and Helen Sutherland (ff. 68, 97 verso, 157). There are also occasional references to Desmond Chute (f. 120 verso), Idris Foster (ff. 60 verso, 63 verso), Philip Jones Griffiths (ff. 1, 131), David Lloyd George (ff. 108 verso-109, 127 verso), Megan Lloyd George (ff. 18 verso, 20, 21-22), J. D. Innes (f. 49 verso), Augustus John (f. 85 verso), Alun Oldfield-Davies (ff. 37, 77), Tristram Powell (ff. 142 recto-verso, 144), Caradog Prichard (ff. 19 verso, 77, 108), Kathleen Raine (f. 59 verso), Keidrych Rhys (ff. 6 verso, 8, 9, 16, 30 verso, 36 verso), Meic Stephens (ff. 171, 175), Vernon Watkins (ff. 47, 128 verso), D. J. Williams (f. 106 recto-verso), Kyffin Williams (ff. 49, 63, 77) and R. O. F. Wynne and his family (ff. 61, 62, 63, 64 verso, 67 verso, 81, 94 verso, 96 verso¸ 98, 130 verso), and brief reminiscences of his experiences during the First World War (ff. 70 recto-verso, 76, 79 recto-verso, 108 verso-109, 130 recto-verso, 151 verso, 164). Also included is a copy of his letter, dated 10 August 1959, to Megan Lloyd George (f. 21; for her reply see NLW, David Jones (Artist and Writer) Papers CT3/3, f. 247); cuttings of letters to the Times by David Jones, Valerie Price and others, 1958 (ff. 193-196); and a copy of a 1959 photograph of the two by Philip Jones Griffiths (f. 197). The letter of 23 September 1973 (ff. 178-179 verso) was published under the title 'Yr Iaith' in Planet, 21 (January 1974), 3-5.

Notebook of Berta Ruck, January-June 1937, containing diary entries, ideas for fiction, comments on the progress of her writing, and pasted-in letters and cards to her, together with her typescript account of attending the trial at the Old Bailey of Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine and D. J. Williams, sketches of the defendants and related press cuttings and correspondence. Also pasted in are press cuttings relating to other contemporary events, including the coronation of George VI and the marriage of Edward, duke of Windsor.

Correspondents include F. R. Leavis (2), Alun Lewis, Saunders Lewis, Lilo Linke (3), Ben Nicholson (9), Marco Pallis (14), R. Williams Parry, T. H. Parry-Williams (2), and John Petts (enclosing Caseg Press broadsheets, nos 1-4).

Over seventy letters and cards, 1917-1986, of miscellaneous provenance from twentieth-century Welsh writers to various recipients; the correspondents include E. Tegla Davies (1) 1956, W. J. Gruffydd (1) 1952, R. T. Jenkins (1), 1946, David James Jones (Gwenallt) (1) 1953, T. Gwynn Jones (9) 1923-1939, J. Saunders Lewis (5) 1931-1976, Caradog Prichard (4) 1962-1972, Kate Roberts (28) 1937-1983, D. J. Williams (6) 1917-1969, and T. H. Parry-Williams (1) 1953.

Papurau, 1948-1982, a gasglwyd ynghyd gan yr Athro J. Gwyn Griffiths, y mwyfarif yn lythyron yn ymwneud â chyhoeddiad a olygwyd ganddo ar D. J. Williams, Abergwaun. Mae'r gohebwyr yn cynnwys Kate Roberts, Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine, D. Gwenallt Jones, Gwynfor Evans, Aneirin Talfan Davies a Bobi Jones. Mae'r ffeil hefyd yn cynnwys papurau yn ymwneud â Phlaid Cymru, gan gynnwys llyfr cofnodion, 1948-1958, Cangen Abertawe o'r Blaid, a phapurau amrywiol eraill.

Includes letters from Neville Masterman (12); Glyn Jones (13); Jeremy Hooker (8); Sam Adams (13); Elwyn Davies (3); Kyffin Williams (5, including a card with an original print of Patagonian rider, signed by him); Cecil Price (10); John Idris Jones (8); Alun Llewellyn (12); Gwynfor Evans (2); Tom Earley; Andrew McNeillie (2); Moira Dearnley (4); Saunders Lewis; Randal Jenkins (5); L. Alun Page (6); Roy Thomas (3); Jane McCormick (3); R. George Thomas (2); Dannie Abse (2); Dora Polk (6); H. P. Collins (4); John Stuart Williams (5); Annemarie Ewing (2); Raymond Garlick (7); Alun Talfan Davies; Ray Howard-Jones (4); Stephen L. I. Pettit (4); Alan Perry; Leslie Norris (7); A. G. Prys-Jones; John Petts (4); R. S. Thomas; John Ackerman (2); Nigel Jenkins (2); Alison Bileski (2); Robert Morgan (3); and Peter Finch (2).

Llythyrau a anfonwyd at y Parchedig W. M. Rees yn cefnogi safiad trigolion Llangyndeyrn yn erbyn Corfforaeth Abertawe. Y gohebwyr yw'r beirniad, gwleidydd a'r dramodydd Saunders Lewis, y bardd, nofelydd a'r gweinidog Bedyddwyr Rhydwen Williams, y cenedlaetholwr a'r gwleidydd Gwynfor Evans a'r awdur, adolygydd a'r seiciatrydd Harri Pritchard-Jones. Yn atodol, ceir nodiadau printiedig yn cyfeirio at yr ohebiaeth a dderbyniodd W. M. Rees yn ystod cyfnod y frwydr, ynghyd â detholiad wedi'i atgynhyrchu o'r ohebiaeth honno (gweler hefyd Sefyll yn y Bwlch: Brwydr Llangyndeyrn 1960-1965, tt. 140-153).
= Letters sent to the Reverend W. M. Rees in support of Llangyndeyrn residents in their stand against Swansea Corporation. The correspondents comprise the adjudicator, politician and dramatist Saunders Lewis, the poet, novelist and Baptist minister Rhydwen Williams, the nationalist and politician Gwynfor Evans and the author, reviewer and psychiatrist Harri Pritchard-Jones. Supplementary material comprises printed notes referencing the correspondence received by W. M. Rees during the fight for victory, together with a reproduced selection of that correspondence (see also Sefyll yn y Bwlch: Brwydr Llangyndeyrn 1960-1965, pp. 140-153).

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys gohebiaeth yn trafod sefydlu'r Academi Gymreig dan ysgrifenyddiaeth a chadeiryddiaeth dros dro Bobi Jones a Thomas Parry, ac yn cynnwys, trafodaeth ar natur ac aelodaeth wreiddiol yr Academi, gwahoddiadau i ymuno â hi ac ymatebion y rhai a wahoddwyd, ynghyd â llungopïau o'r ymateb a fu i'r newyddion yn y wasg. Mae'r llenorion dan sylw yn cynnwys Gwilym R. Jones, J. Gwyn Griffiths, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Kate Roberts, Alun Llywelyn-Williams, Emyr Humphreys, R. Gerallt Jones, T. H. Parry-Williams, R. T. Jenkins, E. Tegla Davies, Cynan, Iorwerth Peate, Saunders Lewis, G. J. Williams, D. J. Williams, J. M. Edwards a Crwys. Yn ogystal â hyn ceir trafodaeth ar gychwyn cylchgrawn yr Academi, y cyfeirir ato fel 'Y Llenor Newydd' a gyhoeddwyd yn ddiweddarach dan yr enw Taliesin.

Deunydd yn ymwneud â dyletswyddau achlysurol John Meirion Morris fel cynhyrchydd llwyfan tra 'roedd yn athro celf yn Ysgol Uwchradd Llanidloes, 1961-1964, a thra 'roedd yn ddarlithydd yn Adran Addysg Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth, 1968-1978. Y cynhyrchiadau dan sylw yw: 'The Pirates of Penzance' gan Arthur Sullivan a W. S. Gilbert (cynhyrchwyd gan John Meirion Morris a perfformwyd gan Gymdeithas Operatig Amatur Llanidloes, 1963); 'Iolanthe' gan Arthur Sullivan a W. S. Gilbert (cynhyrchwyd gan John Meirion Morris a perfformwyd gan Gymdeithas Operatig Amatur Llanidloes, 1964); 'Y Llyffantod'' gan y dramodydd, athro a darlithydd Hugh Lloyd Edwards (cynhyrchwyd gan John Meirion Morris a perfformwyd gan Gymdeithas Drama Myfyrwyr Cymraeg Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth, 1975); a 'Pryderi' gan y prifardd, llenor a chyhoeddwr Myrddin ap Dafydd, oedd ar y pryd yn fyfyriwr yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth (cynhyrchwyd gan John Meirion Morris a perfformwyd gan Gymdeithas Ddrama Myfyrwyr Cymraeg Aberystwyth, 1976). Ceir hefyd lythyrau, 1968 ac annyddiedig, at John Meirion Morris oddi wrth H. Pierce Jones, Y Ficerdy, Pwllheli yn ymwneud â drama anhysbys (?'Y Gweilch'); deunydd yn ymwneud â drama 'Blodeuwedd' gan y gwleidydd, bardd, dramodydd a beirniad llenyddol Saunders Lewis, lle nodir John Meirion Morris fel 'cynllunydd' (perfformwyd gan Gwmni Drama Myfyrwyr Cymraeg Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth, 1978); a llythyrau annyddiedig at John Meirion Morris oddi wrth y gweithredydd gwleidyddol Emyr Llywelyn (Emyr Llew) ynghylch drama o'r enw 'Heledd'. Mae'r deunydd yn cynnwys gohebiaeth, rhaglenni printiedig, torion o'r wasg a ffotograffau. Ymysg y gohebwyr mae Myrddin ap Dafydd; Emyr Llywelyn; y cynhyrchydd, cyfarwyddwr a sefydlwr cwmnïau teledu Wil Aaron; a'r gantores, llenor a'r darlledydd Amy Parry-Williams. Ceir nodiadau cefndirol ar y deunydd yn llaw Gwawr Morris, gweddw John Meirion Morris.
= Material relating to John Meirion Morris' occasional duties as a stage producer while he was working as an art teacher at Llanidloes Secondary School, 1961-1964, and as a lecturer in the Education Department of University College of Wales Aberystwyth, 1968-1978. The productions are: 'The Pirates of Penzance' by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert (produced by John Meirion Morris and performed by Llanidloes Amateur Operatic Society, 1963); 'Iolanthe' by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert (produced by John Meirion Morris and performed by Llanidloes Amateur Operatic Society, 1964); 'Y Llyffantod' ('The Frogs') by the dramatist, teacher and lecturer Hugh Lloyd Edwards (produced by John Meirion Morris and performed by University College of Wales Aberystwyth Welsh Students' Drama Society, 1975); and 'Pryderi' by the chaired bard, writer and publisher Myrddin ap Dafydd, who was at the time a student at University College of Wales Aberystwyth (produced by John Meirion Morris and performed by University College of Wales Aberystwyth Welsh Students' Drama Society, 1976). Also included are letters, 1968 and undated, to John Meirion Morris from H. Pierce Jones, The Vicarage, Pwllheli relating to an unnamed play (?'Y Gweilch' ('The Hawks')); material relating to the play 'Blodeuwedd' by Welsh politician, poet, dramatist and literary critic Saunders Lewis, where John Meirion Morris is noted as 'designer' (performed bu University College of Wales Aberystwyth Welsh Students' Drama Society, 1978); and undated letters to John Meirion Morris from the political activist Emyr Llywelyn (Emyr Llew) regarding a play titled 'Heledd'. The material includes correspondence, printed programmes, press cuttings and photographs. Amongst the correspondents are Myrddin ap Dafydd; Emyr Llywelyn; the producer, director and television company founder Wil Aaron, and the singer, writer and broadcaster Amy Parry-Williams. Also included are background notes on the material in the hand of Gwawr Morris, widow of John Meirion Morris.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Trefor Beasley; D. J. Bowen; Kitchener Davies; Dr Noëlle Davies, T. I. Ellis (2); E. D. Jones; Saunders Lewis; D. Myrddin Lloyd; Dafydd Miles; Emrys Pride (2); Mati Rees; Keidrych Rhys (3); Jac L. Williams (2); R. O. F. Wynne.

A holograph score of a carol entitled 'Tawel nos' by Geraint Lewis.

Scripts of a number of radio or television plays for which Alun Hoddinott apparently composed the incidental music, but for which no music has been identified. The titles include 'Treason' and 'Yn y tren' (Saunders Lewis), and 'Jackie the jumper' (Gwyn Thomas),