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Subscription account book (surnames S-W) of the Morriston War Fund, January-July 1919.

The Military Service Act Fully and Clearly Explained by Philip Snowden, MP; South Wales Miners Federation circulars relating to the Military Service Act; circulars relating to industrial conscription; exemption from military Service; colliery recruiting courts; applications for exemption from military service; lists of workmen belonging to the "barred" classes; attested men belonging to the "barred" classes and of those not in this class; list of men eligible for appeal.

Three postcards sent by Harry Williams to family during the war, diary of illness, note from G.W.R Divisional Superintendent's Office, Pontypool Road, Pontypool to Ministry of Labour, Employment Exchange confirming H. Williams was in their employment before the war.

A ring binder containing records, 1916-1917, of visits to hospital patients on behalf of the Committee for the Care of Wounded Welsh Soldiers in London Hospitals, listed by names of participating churches.

An album, 1912-1930, 1965, which belonged to Bell Crossfield, the donor's aunt, who was a nurse during the First World War at the Morfa Camp, Conwy, including poems and pen sketches by soldiers from the Third Border Regiment recovering from their battle injuries.

An autograph book owned formerly by Eira D. Richards, containing the autographs of hospitalised soldiers and also noting their regiments rind dates and locations of wounding.

South Wales Miners' Federation statements of strike or lock out pay made from the Prince of Wales Fund to various Lodges.

Three surviving folia of a lost manuscript in Middle English, written by a professional scribe during the first quarter of the fifteenth century, containing parts of the ‘Nun’s Priest’s Link' and 'Nun's Priest's Tale’ from Geoffrey Chaucer’s 'Canterbury Tales'. Textual contents: f. l recto, VII2784-2820 (B2, 3974-4010) and 'Here endeth the p(ro)loge and bygynneth the tale'; f. 1 verso, VII2822-2860 (B2, 4012-4050); f. 2 recto, VII3021-3058 (B2, 4211-4248); f. 2 verso, VII3060-3098 (B2, 4250-4288); f. 3 recto, VII3184-3222 (B2, 4374-4412); f. 3 verso, VII3223-3262 (B2, 4413-4452).
The folia were formerly tipped in at the back of a copy of Dr John Davies’s Antiquae Linguae Britannicae Dictionarium Duplex (1632). Linne R. Mooney has suggested that the Merthyr Fragment may be in the hand of Adam Pinkhurst; see Alexandra Gillespie and Daniel Wakelin (eds.), The Production of Books in England 1350-1500 (Cambridge, 2011), p. 199n.

Twenty-three letters, 1940-1971, from David Jones, artist and writer, to his friend T. F. (Tom) Burns, nineteen of which date from the period 1940-1944 and form a valuable source for the life and work of the writer during the war years. The principal subjects discussed in the others are the history of Wales, the early history of the compass, Malory's Morte Arthur and the writer's experiences in the First World War. Twelve of these letters were printed, wholly or in part, by René Hague in Dai Greatcoat: A self-portrait of David Jones in his Letters (London, 1980).

One of three volumes containing minutes and correspondence, 1915-1916, of the Comforts Committee of the 11th Service (the so-called Cardiff Pals) Battalion of the Welch Regiment.

Poetry, masques, short plays, memoranda, etc. by 17th century members of the Salusbury family of Llewenni, Denbighshire, in particular Sir John Salusbury (1567-1612), Sir Henry Salusbury (1589-1632), first baronet, and Sir Thomas Salusbury (1612-1643), second baronet, whose poem 'History of Joseph' was published in 1636.

Autograph poetry by Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn) (1887-1917), Trawsfynydd, including Yr Arwr, the awdl which was awarded the chair at the National Eisteddfod at Birkenhead, 1917, after the death of the author in France; a collection of other poetry by Hedd Wyn transcribed by J. R. Jones, Trawsfynydd.

The first of two minute books of the Barmouth Belgian Refugees Committee, 20 October 1914-11 October 1915.

Minute-book, 1914-1918, of the London Welsh Battalion Committee, including related correspondence.

The diary, 1916-1917, of Edmund Davies, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire, containing an account of his service with the 17th Royal Welch Fusiliers during the First World War.
The diary, which begins in April 1916, records postings in France including action in the trenches and ends in February 1917 when the diarist was injured at the Ypres Salient in Belgium. Papers connected with the diary have been filed separately (NLW MS 23060C).

Minute book, 1915-1920, of the Committee for the Care of Wounded Welsh Soldiers in London Hospitals, organised by the London Welsh Churches.
The majority of the minutes are signed by the Committee's President, the Rev. H. Elvet Lewis. Items found loose within the volume have been either tipped in (ff. 15-16, 24, 28-29, 48) or inserted in an archival envelope (ff. 76-84).

Diary and 6 enclosures (bundles). Giving a day-to-day chronicle of the Battalion on the Western Front; Operation orders, War Diary, Roll of Officers, NCOs and men, articles. Written by Major Wynn Wheldon.
Diary, ff. 1-179; enclosure 1, ff. 180-183; enclosure 2, ff. 184-190; enclosure 3, ff. 191-205; enclosure 4, ff. 206-217; enclosure 5, ff. 218-227; enclosure 6, f. 228.