Dangos 1650 canlyniad

'Record of the David family and of the families with which it is intermarried' (typescript, 27 pp., signed David Rees Williams, Garth Celyn, Bridgend, 1930); a tracing of the arms of Richard David, bishop of St Davids, copied from the 16th cent. Cardiff Library Heraldic MS 34, n.d.; a heraldic achievement on tracing paper, the arms including three [boars' or dogs'?] heads on a bend, the crest includes a collared dove holding a twig, and the motto is 'Ffyddlon hyd angau' ('Faithful to death'), n.d.; and drawings of two achievements (named 'David' and 'David/Gamage') and two shields of arms on tracing paper, n.d. Also a letter from George Frederick Forsdike, lord mayor of Cardiff, to Miss Connie Wills on behalf of the Save the Children Fund, 1920; a prescription for Mrs J. Wills, 1926; correspondence relating to the title and motto of Baron Ogmore of Bridgend, including with the College of Arms, Bridgend UDC and Ogmore & Garw UDC, June-Sept. 1950; with Burke's Peerage, Jan. 1959; and with the College of Arms relating to registering his descendants with the college, Nov. 1972-March 1973. Also a typescript CV of Lord Ogmore, [c. Aug. 1951]. At the rear of the 'Record of the David family ...' is a copy of the Newcastle petition to Parliament (no. 14); several of the signatories have the first name or the family name/patronymic 'David'.

Original file of letters, mainly from David, c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Beach Street, Penang S. S., to his parents.

Original file of letters from David, c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Penang S. S., to his parents.

Original file of letters, telegrams and cards of congratulations on Lt-Col D. R. Rees-Williams's elevation to the peerage.

Typescript and notes for a lecture delivered by Gwilym Prys-Davies to the Philosophy Department of the University of Wales Guild of Graduates at the University College of Wales, Swansea in 1960.

Papers relating to efforts to pass a Welsh Language Act between 1982 and 1985 including conferences, correspondence, papers of the steering committee along with drafts of the legislation.

Letter received by Gwilym Prys-Davies regarding an amendment to the Welsh Language Act 1993, which would have officially recognised Welsh as an official language. The letters are from a range of individuals and organisations both within and outside Wales.

At the rear of the volume, lists of Christmas correspondence, investments, books lent and books read.

Loose pages gathered into a home-made volume.

Loose pages of typescript and manuscript ("this is really far better than type-clacking") diary entries, many formerly gathered into home-made volumes.

Volume containing one line diary notes similar to monthly memoranda of incidents "to be remembered" (D 1/35), or notes out of appointments diaries. Gaps include March 1959-March 1960 and Jan. 1961-Nov. 1963.

Appointments diaries for 1955, 1959-1961 and 1963-1964.

Bundle of appointments diaries for 1981-1990.

Volume marked '1935/1, 2, 3, 1936/1' [i.e, university terms], containing dated transcripts of poems, Jan. 1935-Feb. 1936, and loose-leaf drafts, Jan.-March 1936.

Manuscript and typescript prose, including a draft play, 'The guest of the absolute', [n.d.] (32 pp.), and an essay, 'A choice of books', about the books taken into active service, [n.d.] (4 pp.). Also a reporter's notebook, mainly relating to speeches by US politicians, 1937-1940.

Notes towards Geoffrey Woolley's bibliography of Edward Thomas, including extracts from works (1920-1938) referring to Edward Thomas.

Original file of poems of William Downing Evans ('Leon', 1811-1897), including acrostics, hymns, songs ('The Tories defeat. Tune, Crawshay Bailey's engine'), eisteddfod entries ('A song in honor of George Crofts Williams Esq'r of Glanrhymney Hall' by 'Lucas' for the St Mellons Eisteddfod, 1877; 'The death of Saul (a poem)' by 'Cwynwr'). Most are drafts, but include some fair copies. Many of the poems are on Christian themes. Most of the poems are in English, but a few, including 'Aderyn Mai' and at least three englynion, are in Welsh, including one composed entirely of vowels. Also at least one translation, 'God, in death sufficient'. Many of the poems re-use the backs of envelopes and other papers, including printed letters from W. Downing Evans as [secretary?] of the committee to promote a national testimonial to Rev. William Roberts ('Nevydd') (1866), and clerk of the Newport Union (1879). Also printed copies of poems, 1843-1892, many inscribed W.D.E. or Leon, on printed cards, 'In memoriam' cards, pamphlets, single sheets and newspaper cuttings, including 'Patriotism, an ode', medal poem at the Llandudno Eisteddfod, 1864; topical verses including 'Hymns for the anniversary of the Newport Sunday school union, 1843', 'Cutting the sod; for the formation of the Alexandra Docks, Newport', 1868; 'Epithalamium on the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh with the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna', 1874; 'In the pit (An impromptu memorial of Tynewydd)', 1877; 'A hymn of praise written for the jubilee of the English Baptist Church, Commercial Street, Newport', 1879; 'An anthem for the Queen's jubilee', 1887; and elegies, including on Prince Albert, 1861, Rev. David Dudley Evans, 1873, Crawshay Bailey, esq., 1874, Lord Tredegar, [1875], S. K., 1877, Catharine Mabli Evans (his daughter), 1880, William Evans JP, 1880, Sir Hugh Owen, 1881, James Salter, 1880, John Andrew Williams, 1881, Caradawc y Venni, 1882, Samuel Homfray, esq., 1882, Henry Collier, 1883, Minna Jones of the Mumbles, Swansea, 1883, Edmund B. Edwards, esq., 1884, Ceiriog, [1887], R. F. Woollett, 1887, the emperor of Germany, [1888], James and Mary Baker of Peterstone, co. Mon., 1891, Rev. Jeremiah Davies, 1891, Rev. J. W. Lance, 1892, Rev. John Jones, Congregational minister of Caerleon, [n.d.], Matthew Jones, jun., of Swansea, [n.d.], T. F. Mullock, [n.d.], Brinley Richards, [n.d.], and Edward Thomas, [n.d.]. Also includes a copy (front and back covers and fly-leaf loose) of a printed book 'Catharine Mabli Evans. Born 5th January 1858. Died 6th November 1880. Memorial chords, by her father, W. Downing Evans, (Leon.)' ([s.l.] : printed for private circulation only, c.1880), containing twenty-five poems, dated 6-30 Nov. 1880. Also a typescript transcript of 'Some poems by Leon (mainly 1880's)'. Also 'Cywydd marwnad yr urddasol bendefig Robert Davies, o Lannerch, yswain, yn sir Flint' by Evan Evans (pp. 23-24), and 'Awdl foliant Risiart ap Sion' by Sion Tudur, 1580 (pp. 23-26), both extracted from [18 cent.?] volumes; and a pamphlet of the 'Speech of Mr. Sheriff Lawrence, M.P., at the state banquet in the town Hall, Manchester' during the state visit of the lord mayor and sheriffs of London to Manchester, 2-10 Aug. 1901.

Copies of 'The Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, Limited : Oakdale Collery, 1st March 1930', and 'The Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners' Association : Report on the exhibition of colliery horses, The Royal Agricultural Show, Cardiff, 1938'.

A list of Army postings, 1939-1943, lists of books read, Sept. 1942-Dec. 1944, a list of books from Percy Muir, including from Edward Thomas's library, Oct. 1943, lists of the works of Arthur Machen and T. E. Lawrence, and other notes.