Showing 109 results

Correspondence and obituaries, 1898-1935, relating to T. E. Ellis, including a letter of thanks from Ellis for a present given to him by Daniel Lleufer Thomas and his wife, together with letters from T. I. Ellis, Annie Hughes Griffiths [formerly Mrs T. E. Ellis] and R. T. Jenkins concerning a biography of Ellis and a commemorative plaque.

Papers and printed matter, 1903-1929, relating to societies and bodies to which Annie J. Hughes-Griffiths was a member. They comprise annual reports of the Welsh Folk-song Society as well as manuscripts and a notebook entitled 'Folk Songs', 1906-1919; the Liberal Social Council annual report, 1903; and minutes and reports, 1928-1929, relating to the Committee on the Social Welfare of Girls in London.

Personalia. Of particular interest are: a poem in Welsh endorsed, 'Written & composed by William Jones MP at a dinner given in the House of Commons by Mr & Mrs J. Herbert Lewis on July:9:1913. Found among my papers in February 1931, and given to Lady Carey Evans. Annie J. Hughes Griffiths' (no. 186); OCE's advanced driving certificate, April 1964 (no. 193); and typescript and manuscript drafts of her autobiography Lloyd George was my father (Llandysul, 1985) (nos. 201-2).

Over two hundred letters, January 1897-December 1898, from Thomas Edward Ellis to his fiancee, and later wife, Annie J. Davies.

Some ninety-eight letters, postcards and telegrams, 1898-1940, addressed to Annie J. Davies (later Ellis, later Hughes-Griffiths). The correspondents include [E.] Vincent Evans, T. Gwynn Jones (3), J. Herbert Lewis (3), David Lloyd George, Margaret Lloyd George, Lord Rendel (6), C. A. F. Rhys Davids (2), W. Llewelyn Williams and [Sir] John Williams (2).
Also included are some six miscellaneous family letters; together with a letter, 25 February 1911, from J. Lloyd Williams to Mrs Mary Davies (Mair Mynorydd) concerning the work of the Welsh Folksong Society (presumably passed on by Mary Davies to her friend Annie Ellis).

Papers, 1868-[1964], relating mostly to T. I. Ellis's parents, Annie J. Ellis and T. E. Ellis, and to his uncle J. H. Davies, together with some other family papers.

The file includes letters from Ellis Edwards, Y Bala, 1908-1910 (2), J. Hugh Edwards, 1912, Annie J. Ellis, Aberystwyth, 1903, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, 1916, C. Silvester Horne, 1905 and Dr. Thomas Jones CH

The file includes letters from Emrys ap Iwan, James Bryce, D. R. Daniel (2), Annie J. Ellis, Richard Griffith ('Carneddog'), Thomas Jones, Brynmelyn, J. Herbert Lewis, Sir John H. Puleston, A. Osmond Williams (2) and H. Cernyw Williams.

Papers, 1681, 1759-2015, of T. I. Ellis, his wife Mari Ellis and their respective families.
The T. I. Ellis papers consist of correspondence, 1904-1970; personal papers, 1894-1970, including his diaries, 1943-1970; papers relating to his education and career, 1900-1947; financial papers, 1926-1967; papers relating to organisations including Aberystwyth Old Students' Association, the BBC, the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, the University of Wales and the Welsh Schoolboys Camp Movement, 1920-1979; papers of committees and commissions with which he was involved, 1932-1968; papers relating to ecclesiastical affairs, the Church in Wales and related bodies, 1909-1991; and correspondence, drafts and notes relating to his publications, 1877-1978.
The Mari Ellis papers, 1681, 1759-2015, include correspondence; diaries, 1930-2014; papers relating to her work in journalism and broadcasting, 1948-2004; and research papers, [?early 20 cent.]-[2008x2010].
Also included are papers relating to the Charles family of Carmarthen and the Davies family of Aberystwyth and Cwrtmawr, 1791-1920; and papers and correspondence relating to T. E. Ellis, 1870-1963, Mrs Annie J. Ellis (later Hughes-Griffiths), 1873-1942, the Rev. Peter Hughes-Griffiths, 1871-1940, J. H. Davies, 1883-1929, and the Headley family, [1890x1896]-[2000s].

Eighteen letters, [?1891]-1925, to J. H. Davies from family members, comprising one letter from his brother D. C. Davies, Chicago, [?1891]; one from his future brother-in-law T. E. Ellis, 1 August 1897; six from his sister Annie, 1902-1925; eight from his nephew Tom I. Ellis, 1918-1925; and one each from his sisters Mary, 23 November 1918, and Lily, 25 November 1918.

Papers, 1871-1926, relating to J. H. Davies, together with papers and photographs, 1809-1926, relating to J. H. Davies and his family background collected together by Dr T. I. Ellis while researching his biography John Humphreys Davies (1871-1926) (Lerpwl, 1963). They comprise personalia relating to J. H. Davies, 1871-1920, letters, 1882-1894, from J. H. Davies to members of his family, letters, 1921-1925, from J. H. Davies to his sister Mrs Annie Hughes-Griffiths, pocket diaries, 1883-1924, papers, 1925-1926, concerning J. H. Davies's final illness and death, and the papers and photographs, 1809-1926, assembled by Dr Ellis.

The file includes letters from H. Idris Bell, Alfred T. Davies, Ellis Edwards, Frank Edwards, J. Kelt Edwards (2), Annie J. Ellis, T. P. Ellis, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Leif Jones, J. Herbert Lewis (2), J. Machreth Rees, Ernest Rhys, J. Herbert Roberts, later Lord Clwyd, John Rowland (2), Walter Runciman, and W. Llewelyn Williams.

The file includes letters from J. Glyn Davies (5), Ellis Edwards, Annie J. Ellis, Richard Griffith ('Carneddog') (3), C. Bryner Jones, J. Ifano Jones, Sir John Morris-Jones, J. Dyfnallt Owen ('Dyfnallt'), Alfred Neobard Palmer, J. Machreth Rees (2), David Samuel, Aberystwyth, and T. J. Waddingham.

Letters written to T. E. Ellis, 1876-1899, from correspondents including A. H. D. Acland, D. R. Daniel, Ellis Jones Griffith, Lord Rosebery and others; drafts and copies of letters by T. E. Ellis, [c. 1879]-1899; miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning T. E. Ellis, 1886-1929; diaries, 1889-1897; newspaper cuttings, printed matter, notes, petitions and papers on political matters, 1877-1910; and family papers, consisting mainly of letters to Mrs T. E. Ellis, 1897-1929.

Papers of Mari Ellis, 1924-[c. 2004], all relating in some way to her husband T. I. Ellis's maternal ancestors, the Davies and Charles families, comprising press cuttings, printed matter, a letter and other original materials relating to Annie Hughes-Griffiths's trip to the USA in 1924 as part of the Welsh Women's Peace Memorial, 1924-1925, together with ME's notes and typescripts concerning the trip, [c. 1988] (ME 22/1); a notebook containing transcripts, [?1960s], from various sources, including letters of the Davies and Charles families, J. H. Davies and Eliza Davies (ME 22/2); notes, speeches, a photograph and other material, [1960s]-[1997], relating to Annie J. Davies's sister Sarah Maria Saunders (ME 22/3); transcripts, [?1970s], of correspondence of J. H. Davies with Myrddin Fardd (ME 22/4); incomplete bibliographies by ME of T. I. Ellis, [?1976], and J. H. Davies (ME 22/5-6); and various notes, [c. 2004], mainly relating to David Davies, Castle Green, and to Cardigan Castle (ME 22/7).

A volume originally used by J. H. Davies to record some late nineteenth and early twentieth century legal precedents, including an opinion, 3 February [19]05, on the claim for payment of chief rents by freeholders 'in and about' Dinas Mawddwy. Beginning at the end of the volume is a catalogue compiled by Annie J. Ellis, Thomas Iorwerth Ellis and J. H. Davies, c. 1914, of bundles of deeds and documents numbered 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 (Watkins of Moelcerni, Cardiganshire) and dated 1549-1848 in the Cwrtmawr collection of deeds (now in the National Library of Wales and described in detail in a typewritten catalogue (1956)).

Letters, 1955, addressed mainly to T. I. Ellis, relating to securing a knighthood for Dr T. H. Parry-Williams 'for his services to Wales', including letters from Goronwy [Roberts] and James Griffiths. [He was knighted in 1958].

Letters addressed to J. Gwynoro Davies by Ben Davies, Castell Newydd Emlyn, 1937; Lewis Edwards, Bala, 1880-1882; Llewelyn C. Edwards, Aberystwyth, 1889- 1893; Annie J. Ellis, Westminster, 1899; Thomas Gee, Denbigh, 1894-1899; W. E. Gladstone; W. J. Gruffydd, Cardiff; Alexander Hill, London, 1927; [Sir] John Morris Jones, Llanfair P. G., 1916; J. Puleston Jones, Bala and Bangor, 1888-1891; Edward Matthews, Bonvilston, 1881; Hugh Williams, Bala, 1891; and W. Llewelyn Williams, House of Commons, 1918-1919.

Miscellaneous, unrelated letters, 1822-1924, on a variety of topics. Most of the early letters are addressed to recipients at Aberystwyth (including a number written to David Edwards). A number of the later letters are addressed to Sir John Ballinger. The correspondents include: J. Gwynoro Davies, 1903, O. M. Edwards, 1895, Annie J. Ellis, 1899, Thomas Edward Ellis (2), 1895-1896, Sir E. Vincent Evans, 1922, E. W. Evans, Frondirion, Dolgellau, 1917, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, 1899, J. O. Francis, 1914, H. C. Fryer, 1892, M. H. Jones, 1915, Dr Thomas Jones CH, 1919, John Owen, Bishop of St Davids, undated, Alfred Neobard Palmer, 1897, Sir John Williams, 1915, [Professor] Mary Williams, undated, and W. Llewelyn Williams, 1918.

Original bundle of probates with the wills attached of John Evans of Aberystwyth, master mariner, 1900, Pryse Pryse Pryse of Llangynfelyn, esq., 1900, John Rees of Llanbadarn Fawr, labourer, 1900, Mary Rowlands of Llanbadarn Fawr, widow, 1900, Thomas Edwards of Bow Street, 1901 (copy), Jane Roberts of Aberystwyth, widow, 1901, Jane Rowland of St Helens, Glamorgan (formerly of Llanbadarn Fawr), 1901, Amy Annie Williams of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, 1901, Isaac Edward of Aberystwyth, gent., 1902, Margaret Griffiths of Trefilan, widow, 1906 (extract), Richard Roberts of Llanbadarn Fawr, farmer, 1906 (copy), Catherine Richards of Russell Square, London, widow, 1909 (copy), Richard Toller Seddon of Pontesbury, Shropshire, clerk in holy orders, 1916, and Mary Jones of Aberystwyth, widow, 1926; the original wills of David James of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, farmer, 1896 and 1904, John Hughes of Pennal, Merioneth, innkeeper, 1898 (copy), Morgan Jones of Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, farmer, 1901 (copy), Margaret Anne Lloyd of Aberystwyth, spinster, 1902, David Richards of Lledrod, farmer and carpenter, 1904, Mary Jane Williams of Porthmadog, Caernarfonshire, 1905, David Davies of Llangwyryfon, dairyman, 1907, Mary Lloyd of Aberystwyth, widow, 1907, Robert Ankers of Aberystwyth, tobacconist, 1918, and Francis Williams of Aberystwyth, retired superintendent of the Prudential Insurance Company, 1927 (envelope endorsed 'no need to prove; assets nil'); and administrations of the effects of David Evans of Aberystwyth, widower, 1901, Jane James of Lledrod, spinster, 1901, Mary Hughes of Llanilar, widow, 1903, and Margaret Lewis of Aberystwyth, widow, 1903.