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Two composite volumes of notebooks containing transcripts by J. H. Davies, c. 1891-7, with some emendations and variant forms, of 'awdlau' and 'cywyddau' by Tudur Aled. The transcripts are mainly from BM Add. MSS. Both volumes contain lists of contents and indexes to first lines of poems and MS 155 also includes additional miscellaneous notes and transcripts, e.g. the introductions to Y Drych Cristianogawl (1585) and Hugh Owen: Dilyniad Iesu Grist (1684). Inset is a note inscribed 'Gyda Diolch diffuant E A[nwyl]'.

Two copies, the second incomplete, of a collection of 'Hen Benillion' compiled probably by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'). The first copy (not in the autograph of' Myrddin Fardd' except for some alterations and additions) appears to be part (pp. 494-573) of a larger work and is headed "Pen. XIV - Crynodeb o Hen Bennillion Gwerinol' (the word 'diardd[el]' has been added to the title at a later date). The second copy is in the autograph of 'Myrddin Fardd' and is earlier in date but the beginning and end are wanting and the section here (pp. 29-72) corresponds to pp. 523-566 in the other copy. Between these two copies is a printed article by E. Anwyl, Oxford on 'Penillion telyn y Cymry' [Y Geninen, 1891], pp. 251-4.

Letters written to John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'). The writers include E[dward] Anwyl, Aberystwyth, 1899 (thanks for present, the writer is greatly interested in Caernarvonshire antiquities), Reverend J[ohn] J[ones] Davies, Llanfihangel y Pennant Rectory, 1906 (he will do his best to trace the recipient's 'Geirlyfr Bywgraffiadol o Enwogion Cymru'), Reverend E[van] Evans, Llansadwrn Rectory [Anglesey], 1904 (Salesbury of Rûg and Vaughan of Llwydiarth pedigrees), William George, Criccieth, 1889-90 (2) (the recipient's attempt to trace copies of the 'Llyfrau Gleision' [Blue Books], requesting the recipient's observations on the enclosed), H[enry] Hughes, Brynkir Station, [18]94-5 (2) (the writer's offer to the recipient for a letter of Peter Williams, etc.), Rob[er]t Ivey, bookbinder, Pen-y-groes, North Wales, 1918 (the delivery of a book), M[ary] I[sabella] Jones-Parry, Aberdunant, Tremadoc and from Plas Tregayan, Llangefni, 1884-5 and undated (18) (the receipt of copies of the recipient's Adgof uwch Anghof, the purchase by the writer of a transcript by the recipient of the Tai Croesion MS, the mutual exchange of books and the loan of manuscripts by the recipient to the writer, critical comments on [J. Y. W. Lloyd] The History .... of Powys Fadog, thanks for a present of dishes, the possibility of publication of the recipient's works by the Cymmrodorion Society, a request for the loan of a Wynnstay MS for transcribing, Caernarvonshire heraldry and pedigrees, the descent of the writer's title to Aberdunant, the delay in publishing the recipient's 'Antiquities' and 'Enwogion Lleyn', discouraging the publication of the diary of [Ebenezer Thomas] 'Eben Fardd'), M. P. Morris, Carnarvon, 1903 (delighted to hear addressee had received a gift from the Government, the forthcoming publication of [Gleanings from God's Acre]), John F. Owen, Aberdunant, Tremadoc, 1884 (5) (the writer's family pedigrees, the publication of Adgof uwch Anghof, the loan of books and manuscripts to the writer by the addressee), A[braham] Jones Williams, Gellewig [sic], Pwllheli, 1886 (requesting an English translation of an extract from Lewis Dwnn), M. Williams, Gellewig Hall, Pwllheli, 1886 (the return of books), and W. Llewelyn Williams, House of Commons, 1918 (thanks for books). Included at the end are letters from W. M. Hughes, Bangor to E. Thomas ['Eben Fardd'], 1853 (thanks for an English translation of a song by the writer, unfavourable prospects for the Bangor eisteddfod, the writer's taking of Nant-y-Bettws Quarry), and Richard Parry ('Gwalchmai'), Llandudno to G. Lewis, 1879 (eisteddfod compositions).

The series comprises personal letters written from Oxford, Cardiff, London and other places discussing his career and professional activities, as well as illuminating the complex relationship, full of tensions and problems, between husband and wife. The letters also refer to many members of the family and to a host of prominent contemporary figures, amongst them Sir Edward Anwyl, Thomas Edward Ellis, Sir John Morris-Jones, Sir John Rhys and Daniel Lleufer Thomas. There are many references to Llanuwchllyn and Penllyn more generally and to O. M. Edwards's wide-ranging services to Wales, including his editorship of a number of journals and his work as Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales after 1907.

The file includes letters from Edward Anwyl, A. G. Bradley, H. A. L. Fisher, H. J. Fleure, Richard Griffith ('Carneddog'), J. Gwili Jenkins ('Gwili'), H. Elvet Lewis ('Elfed'), Bishop John Owen, J. F. Rees, Ernest Rhys, and Dr Thomas Richards.

The file includes letters from John Romilly Allen (2) and Sir Edward Anwyl (2)

Letters, 1864-1910, addressed to Elspeth Rhŷs, including some from John Rhŷs and other family members, with occasional letters and replies in her hand. Among the correspondents are Charles de Gaulle (12), Henri Gaidoz, A. H. Sayce (3), Hugh Derfel Hughes, E. R. Wharton, Eluned Morgan (2), Grant Allen, Edwin Hatch, Queen Victoria (copy), James Darmesteter (2), James MacFadden (2), David G. Ritchie, Frederick York Powell (2), O. M. Edwards, W. R. Morfill, Thomas Ellis (4), Paul Meyer, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart (Marquess of Bute, 2), William Jones (2), Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick, J. A. Simon, Annie J. Ellis, James Hills-Johnes, Ellis J. Ellis-Griffith, Alfred Daniell, D. Brynmor Jones, Marie Corelli, Edward Anwyl, E. Vincent Evans, Lydia E. Becker, A. Darmesteter, Frances Hoggan, and John Dillon.

The correspondents include Alafon (2), 1915, J. Mortimer Angus, Registrar of the University of Wales, (8), 1906-1919 and undated, D. Brynmor Anthony, Registrar of the University of Wales, (7), 1923-1926, Bodfan Anwyl (13), 1920-1924, Sir Edward Anwyl (9), 1892-1914, and Charles Ashton (7), 1893-1894.

Letters from a number of correspondents, including J. Romilly Allen, Alfred Anscombe, Edward Anwyl, Charles Ashton, Joseph Atkins, M. A. Atkins and Donald Attwater.

The archive includes papers and letters of members of the Anwyl family of Chester, 1848-1983, including letters to Sir Edward Anwyl, Welsh scholar.

Papers of Bodfan, 1893-1935, comprising letters received by him, 1899-1935, mainly from friends discussing current literary trends and etymological and lexicographical matters; sermons, 1895-1901; miscellaneous poems, notes and printed matter, 1905-1933; and papers, mainly notebooks, relating to his brother Sir Edward Anwyl, 1893-1918.

Letters mainly addressed to E. W. Evans, in connection with contributions to Y Goleuad and other publications; with some addressed to T. J. Hughes (Adfyfyr), editor of Cymru Fydd, and William Williams, of Dolgellau, etc.
The correspondents include Sir Edward Anwyl, Chester, 1898 (a translation by the writer's brother of Dr. Lentzner's MS); H. H. Asquith, 1895 (Welsh Church Bill); William Canton, Berkhamsted, 1910-1911 (Mary Jones and the British and Foreign Bible Society); D. Charles, Aberdovey, 1878 (the publication of a 'Memoir' by the writer); A. Crawshay, The Waverley Book Company Limited, 1913 (with an inventory of T. E. Ellis papers loaned by the recipient); R. W. Dale, Birmingham, 1886-1893 (Disestablishment, a discussion of Higher Criticism in the Welsh press); D. R. Daniel, Camberwell, [1914x1918] (recruiting for World War I); D. Charles Davies, Upper Bangor, 1885 (a centenary address by the writer, etc.); E. O. Davies, Bala, [?1907] (with a statement on the writer's duties at the Theological College at Bala); Griffith Davies, The Cottage, Walton Workhouse, Liverpool, 1901 (the publication of an account of the case of W. O. Jones); Martin Diosy, formerly secretary to [Ferencz Lajos Akos] Kossuth, from Liverpool, to the editor of Yr Amserau, 1850 (a memorial to Lord Palmerston on behalf of Kossuth and his fellow-prisoners, and the writer's proposed visit to A. J. Johnes, Garthmyl); George C. M. Douglas, Glasgow, 1894 (permission to make use of the writer's printed works on the Scriptures); Ellis Edwards, Bala, etc., 1902 and [n.d.] (Mold C. M. Association, press contributions by laymen, etc.); D. Charles Edwards, Llanbedr, Merioneth, 1901 (the case of W. O. Jones); Lewis Edwards, Bala, to various recipients, 1878-1884 and [n.d.] (an adjudication of Welsh translations from Robert Burns, the purchase of books for Bala College, etc.); O. M. Edwards, Lincoln College, Oxford, etc., 1889-1999 (the writer's co-editorship of Cymru Fydd, the writer's nomination for the parliamentary representation of Merioneth, etc.); and Principal Thomas Charles Edwards, Aberystwyth, Bala, etc., 1881-1896 and [n.d.], with some written on his behalf by his wife Mary Edwards (publications in Y Goleuad, the proposed union of Bala and Trevecca Colleges, a reply to an attack on Dr. Lewis Edwards in Y Goleuad, a proposed official Calvinistic Methodist newspaper, the death of David Morgan, Ysbyty Ystwyth, etc.); with some draft replies.

Cyclostyled questionnaires issued by Section I (The Faith and its Interpretation) of The Free Church Commission (undated, one under the name of [Sir] Ed[ward] Anwyl, Chairman), together with a covering circular letter; and an autograph letter from J. Scott Lidgett, Bermondsey Settlement, London, to E. O. Davies, 1922 (the work of the Commission).

Forty-nine autograph letters and post cards, 1894-1907 and undated, addressed to T[homas] Rowley Morris, Welshpool. The writers include [Professor, later Sir] E[dward] Anwyl, Aberystwyth, 1906, J. Henry Davies, Queensferry, [co.] Flint, [18]97, R. E. Davies, Aberystwyth, 1901 (2), the Rev[eren]d D. Charles Edwards, Llanbedr, Merionethshire, 1900-1903 (2), Ellis Edwards, Bala, [19]06-1907 (2), D. W. Elias, Wrexham, 1900, John Young Evans, Trefecca College, Talgarth, [19]03-[1906] (2), Hugh M. Green, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1901, T. Mortimer Green, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1904 (2), Peter Hughes Griffiths, Swansea and Liverpool, 1900-1901 (2), E. P. Hughes, Guilsfield, 1901, Howell H. Hughes, Theol[ogical] Coll[ege], Bala, 1900, D. Lloyd Jones, Llandinam, undated (2), E. Norman Jones, Three Cocks, Breconshire, 1904, J. Cynddylan Jones, Whitchurch, Cardiff, 1896, M. H. Jones, Treherbert, nr. Pontypridd, 1900, T. C. Jones, Penarth, [19]06, W. S. Jones, Machynlleth, 1900, F. Knoyle, U[niversity] C[ollege of] W[ales], Aberystwyth, [19]00, Celia Dickens Lewis, Shrewsbury, 1902, Fred[eri]ck Dickens Lewis, Shrewsbury, 1901, W. Dickens Lewis, Shrewsbury, 1895, W. Dickens Lewis [?the same as in the preceding letter], Shrewsbury, [19]03, Owen Matthias, Llan-y-Mynech, Oswestry, [19]04, J. Harry Owen, Welshpool, undated, E. Parry, Newtown, [18]94, W[illia]m Pritchard, Garthmyl, Montgomeryshire, 1901, F. Prothero, Hay, 1903, David Pryce, Montgomery, undated (2), Owen Prys, Trevecca College, Talgarth, [18]97-[1900] and undated (3), T. W. Reese, Ruthin, [18]97, [Principal] T[homas] F[rancis] Roberts, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1894, the Rev[eren]d J. Stephens Roose, Pontypridd, 1902, A. Wynne Thomas, Aberystwyth, [19]06, Cuthbert Thomas, Llandilo, [19]06, D. D. Williams, Oswestry, 1904, E. Williams, Trefecca College, Talgarth, 1900-1902 (2), and Howell Williams [Welshpool], 1904. All the letters are in connection with preaching engagements at the [English] Presbyterian Church, Welshpool.

Seventy-seven miscellaneous holograph, autograph, and other letters, 1847-1938 and undated, including:
(a) Twelve letters to A[rthur] Stanley Davies at Welshpool, from E[ric] L[loyd] Horsfall Turner, town clerk, Aberystwyth, 1936 (2) (books borrowed by the writer's father [Ernest Richmond Horsfall Turner], the manuscript of his father's work [? on the Chartists in Montgomeryshire, now NLW MS 12888E]), H. R. Waiting, Richmond, 1935 (3) (enquiries about the making of 'old style, horn lanterns' in Welshpool, the writer's interest in local types of wains or waggons, and his making of scale models of these, suggestions for photographing and measuring local waggons,? at Welshpool), Frank Ward, Bettus y Coed, [19]35 (2) (the writer's interest in Welsh legends connected with Llyn Tarw, Llyn Dau Ychen, and Llyn Du), W[illia]m Watkins, Eastbourne, [19]19 (personal, the purchase of slides), D. R. Comley White, Hereford, 1935 (photographs of the writer's great-great-grandparents, enquiries re books), A. Bailey Williams, Llanymynech, undated (2) (plays called 'Judith' and 'Richard Roberts',? by the writer, the writer's intention of writing a play called 'Wtra Wen', a lecture or talk on Llanymynech by the writer), and Jack B[utler] Yeats, Dublin, 1938 (permission for recipient to use an illustration from the writer's book Life in the West of Ireland [(Dublin and London, 1912)], in his proposed booklet on Welsh ballads [The Ballads of Montgomeryshire (Welshpool, 1938 )]).
(b) Thirty-one letters to Morris Charles Jones [1818-1893, antiquary, founder of the Powysland Club], at Welshpool and Liverpool, from John Black, Garthbeibio, Cann Office, 1883 (the location of a vault found near Gwynyndu farm [parish of Llangadfan. See letters from the Reverend Griffith Edwards below]), [Colonel] Jos[eph] L[emuel] Chester, London, 1865 (2) (recommending Mr. Clarence Hopper, 'the paleologist of the Camden Society', as a transcriber of documents, an offer to, and the dispatch to, recipient of a set of the United States Diplomatic Correspondence for 1863 and 1864, in four 8vo volumes, acknowledging receipt of a copy of 'the Evans pamphlet' [probably the work listed in the British Museum Catalogue under A., J. R. and J., M. C. Evans [Genealogical notices of the family of Evans of Montgomeryshire. By J. R. A. and M. C. J., i.e., John Reed Appleton and Morris Charles Jones], Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1865]], the writer's genealogical researches into the history of the early New England settlers, an offer to procure for recipient a set of the N[ew] E[ngland] Hist[orical] and Gen[ealogical] Register), William Courthope, Somerset [Herald], College of Arms [London], 1865 (acknowledging receipt of the 'Evans Pamphlet'), H. Syer Cuming [London], 1883 (the writer's opinion concerning a ?pre-Roman, stone vessel in the [?Powysland] Museum), [the Rev.] G[riffith] Edwards, Llangadfan Rectory, 1883 (2) (an 'old interment' [sic] discovered in the parish of Llangadfan, notes relating thereto sent by the writer to the Shrewsbury Chronicle [see letter from John Black above, and Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire..., vol. XVI, 1883, pp. 379-80]), E. Bickerton Evans, Worcester, 1864 (comments on a draft copy of [the pamphlet on] the Evans family), Edw[ard] Evans, Beamaris [sic], 1865 (personal, thanks for a copy of 'the Evans pedigree', and comments thereon), Edward Evans, Worcester, [18]65 (acknowledging receipt of a copy of 'the Evans Genealogy', the presenting of 'a rare copy of an old Bible' to [H.R.H. Prince Augustus Frederick], Duke of Sussex [ob. 1843], by John Bickerton Williams, the belief that Mr. Williams had been knighted as a result, and that this was 'the first instance since the accession of the House of Hanover, that such an honour had been conferred on a Dissenter'), J[oh]n Evans, Llanberis and Leamington, [18]61-1865 (2) (personal, the [Evans] pedigree), John H. Evans, London, 1865 (thanks for the 'pamphlet Evans', comments on the name Evan), [ ] Goldsbro, London, 1865 (acknowledging receipt of a copy of the 'Genealogical Memoirs of the family Evans'), Edw[ard] Griffiths, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1865 (personal, acknowledging receipt of two pamphlets, viz. 'Reminiscences of Old Oak Panelling now at Gungrog' [i.e., Morris Charles Jones: Reminiscences connected with Old Oak Panelling now at Gungrog (Welshpool, 1864)], and 'Evans'), H. A. Hudson, Abergele, [18]65 (personal, acknowledging receipt of 'the pedigree of the Evanses'), Roger Kinsey, Berthddu Farm, Llandinam, 1883 (notifying recipient that he was forwarding 'the lumps of lead' for the Powysland Museum, the locations where the lead, a stone vessel, and a quern had been found, payment for the lead), S[amuel] S[avage] Lewis [librarian], Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1879 (publications of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society), William V. Lloyd, Kimbolton Vicarage, St. Neots, 1879 (2) (problems relating to [the Rev. Robert Kater] Vinter [vicar of Kimbolton, 1879-1880], and ?the tenancy of a farm belonging to the living), [ ] Marsden, Bedford Row [London], 1865 (thanking recipient for a pamphlet, and referring him to the Rev. I. C. Evans, Slough, for information), Tho[ma]s Newill, Powis Castle Office, Welch Pool, 1865-1876 (2) (information about minerals, readiness to provide information for the Evans's Pedigree, documents relating to Montgomery castle in the office), John Gough Nichols, Malvern Wells and Brighton, 1865 (2) (acknowledging receipt of the 'Genealogy of Evans', the receipt from Mr. [William] Pagan of a copy of his 'volume on Paterson' [The Birthplace and Parentage of W. Paterson ... (Edinburgh, 1865)]), Rycroft Reece, secretary, Genealogical and Historical Society of Great Britain, London, 1865 (acknowledging receipt of a copy of the Evans pamphlet), Thomas Richards, London, 1879 (a promise to try to make up deficiencies in a set of Arch[aeologia] Camb[rensis], a reference to the printing of Mont. Coll. [Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire...]), [the Rev.] L[awrence] W[illiam] Riley, The Parsonage, S. Cross, Knutsford, 1865 (thanking recipient for the 'Evans Pedigree', mention of the pamphlet on oak panelling, two Bibles, dated 1769 and 1773, in the writer's possession, one containing entries re members of the Evans family, genealogical information, the writer's 'large household ... upwards of twenty pupils'), and W[illia]m Wilding [?town clerk], Montgomery, 1876 (3) (a plan [of the town and castle of Montgomery] in the corner of [John] Speed's map of Montgomeryshire, 1610, documents relating to Montgomery castle, a proposed article [on the said castle] by the Rev[eren]d George Sandford [see Collections Historical ... relating to Montgomeryshire..., Vol. X, 1877, pp. 61-124]).
(c) Twenty miscellaneous letters from Professor [aft. Sir] E[dward] Anwyl, Aberystwyth, to Mrs. Davies, 1910 (permission for recipient to use the writer's name as a reference for her son); [Francis] T[revelyan] Buckland, London, to C. Thomas, Newtown, [18]74 (articles by the writer, his wish to submit the 'mummies' eyes' to Mr. W[illiam White] Cooper, the occulist, for an opinion); H. Syer Cuming [London], to W. G. Smith, 1883 (personal, a stone vessel found in a marsh in Montgomeryshire); [the Rev.] E[dward] B[lackstone] Cokayne Frith, The Vicarage, Market Lavington, to [Charles Edward] Howell, [18]94 (personal, congratulations to recipient on being elected mayor [of Welshpool], a parish council election in the writer's parish, stormy weather and floods); W[illiam] A[rthur] Griffiths, HM Dockyard, Malta, to Mr. Owen, 1915 (genealogical points relating to members of the Griffiths family in co. Montgomery, prehistoric, Phoenician, and Roman remains in Malta, the publication of the writer's book [Tales from Welsh History and Romance (London, 1915)]); R[obert] F[raser] Isaacson, Public Record Office [London], to 'My dear Lloyd', undated (his inability to find any records relating to [?Dolforwyn] castle); Morris Cha[rle]s Jones, Liverpool, to the Rev. Geo[rge] Sandford, 1876 (3 ) (?notes for recipient's proposed article on Montgomery castle [see letter from William Wilding in section (b) above]); Geo[rge] Matthews [Newtown], to Tho[ma]s Bowen, Welshpool, 1847 (a bond for securing £100 on the road leading from Newtown to Machynlleth); [David Pryce Owen], mayor of Welch Pool, to Councillor Rogers, 1873 (an invitation to the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new town hall, 15 September 1873) (in third person; endorsed with pencilled draft of recipient's reply); W[illia]m Pugh Phillips, Newtown, to Mr. [?E. R.] Horsfall Turner, 1935 (the writer's concern because of proposed changes in the administration of justice in co. Montgomery); George Rae, Birkenhead, to Charles [Edward] Howell, 1894 (congratulations to recipient on becoming mayor of Welshpool); Samuel Roberts [S.R.], London, to Mrs. Gardiner, 1872 (written to accompany a printed circular appealing for funds for a proposed new Welsh Congregational chapel in Southwark [London], towards which Samuel Morley, MP, had promised £500); [ ] Rogers [Welshpool], to C[harles] Howell, [18]85 (inviting recipient to become mayor [of Welshpool] for the following year); H. Lester Smith, Llanbrynmair, to Mr. Simpson Jones, 1895 (a gift to the Powysland museum of a stone arrow-head found in 1886); [Archdeacon] D[avid] R[ichard] Thomas, Llandrinio, to [Richard] Williams, 1901 (arrangements with regard to meetings [of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, to be held at Newtown, 29 July-2 August], a promise by the writer of a paper on the camps and earthworks of the [Newtown] district [see Archaeologia Cambrensis, sixth series, vol. II, 1902, pp. 33-42], and by recipient of a paper on Dolforwyn castle [Arch. Camb., sixth series, vol. 1, 1901, pp. 299-317], excavations at Caersws); Isabel M. Welch, Abermule, to Mr. Jones, undated (her brother's failure to find time to search certain documents for recipient); D. R. Comley White, Hereford, to E[rnest] R[ichmond] Horsfall Turner, 1935 (searches in Llanidloes parish registers, genealogical matters); and J[ohn] B[ancroft] Willans, Kerry, local representative of the Office of Works, to Mr. [?E. R.] Hosfall [sic] Turner, [19]35 (arranging a meeting with recipient to discuss proposed alterations to Long Bridge, Llanidloes) (enclosed are copies of a letter from Sam. Evans, divisional road engineer for Wales and Mon[mouthshire], Cardiff, to W. Owen Jones, county surveyor [for co. Montgomery], 1935, and of a letter from the said W. O. Jones to J. B. Willans, 1935, concerning the proposed alterations).
(d) Fourteen letters, in which the addressee is not named, from J. Anderson, The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1883 (a query relating to a two-handled, stone cup), Frances Arbuthnot, Winchester, 1901 (permission for the Cambrian Archaeological Association to visit Newtown Hall), Rob[er]t W[illiam] Eyton, Ripple Court [Kent], undated (the printing of charters of Llanlugan [sic] [nunnery], comments on transcripts of the charters submitted to the writer, Sir Watkin [Williams Wynn]'s objections to publishing charters, similar difficulties encountered by the writer in Shropshire) (this letter is possibly intended for Morris Charles Jones, the recipient in section (b) above, for whose article 'Some Account of Llanllugan Nunnery', incorporating transcripts of charters, see Collections ... relating to Montgomeryshire ..., vol. II, 1869, pp. 301-10), Albert Hartshorne, Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1883 (a query concerning an [ancient] stone ?quern, a ?Roman bronze mortar purchased by the writer), John G. Jones [London], 1884 (Humphrey Jones of Garthmill [co. Montgomery], founder of Berriew school, and some of his immediate descendants), T. G. Jones, Llansantffraid, undated (mention of 'Caer droiau', and the possible engraving of the Figures so called [see Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Rhan VI, Caerdydd, 1953], a reference to monks at Pool ? in a history of Wales by [Robert John Pryse] 'Gweirydd ab Rhys' [?Hanes y Brytaniaid a'r Cymry (Llundain, 2 gyf. ?1873-1876)], a cywydd by Gutto'r Glyn referring to the marble in Ystrad Marchell [abbey] [see Ifor Williams a John Llywelyn Williams, Gwaith Guto'r Glyn (ail arg., Caerdydd, 1961), pp. 14-16], an account of monks and their labours in an ecclesiastical history by [John Williams] 'Ab Ithel' [?The Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Cymry or The Ancient British Church ... (London, 1844)]), John Lloyd, Abermule, [18]85 (the marriage and children of the writer's grandfather), Marquise Catherine Niccolini [née Pryce], Firenze, 1891 (a request for copies of a part of Vol. XI of Collections Historical ... relating to Montgomeryshire ..., [in which a genealogical article on the Price family of Pertheirin, parish of Llanwnog, co. Montgomery, from whom the writer was descended, had appeared], also a request that the marriages of the writer and of her sisters, Sarah and Emelie, to members of the Italian aristocracy, be recorded in the volume), and W. G. Smith, London, 1883 (6) (a 'stone mortar' and another stone vessel submitted by recipient for examination, palaeolithic implements ? in the writer's collection, drawings by the writer of a large cromlech near Glan Conway).

Thirty-one holograph and autograph letters and postcards (surnames A-G), 1874-1934, addressed to the Rev. C. Tawelfryn Thomas. Frequent references to the Rev. Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd) in the correspondence relate mostly to Thomas's biography, Cofiant Darluniadol Mewn Rhyddiaeth a Chân i'r Diweddar Barch. Evan Jones... (Dolgellau, 1909).
The correspondents are [Professor, aft. Sir] E[dward] Anwyl, Aberystwyth, 1896 (2) (a letter to Dr. [Andrew Martin] Fairbairn [principal] of Mansfield College, Oxford, on behalf of a student, the Anglican influence at Oxford, a tendency by students to reject religion, the influence of Dr. Fairbairn and Mansfield College); [the Rev.] R[obert] G[riffith] Berry, Gwaelod y Garth, [18]96 and undated (2) (preaching engagements); Ben Bowen, Ton, Pentre, [19]02 (the writer's ill health, his voyage to [South] Africa, the return trip via the Red Sea, a visit to Pompeii and Naples); [the Rev.] B[en] Davies, C[astell] N[ewydd] Emlyn, 1929 (autobiographical details); Evan Davies, Bala, 1902 (information relating to [?the Rev.] W[illiam] J[ones, 1784-1847, Congregational minister] and his father); [John Davies] (Taliesin Hiraethog), [the] Green, [nr] Denbigh, 1888 (thanks for the list of competitions at Caerphilly eisteddfod, preparatory work on a pryddest on the subject '[Henry Morton] Stanley', sending recipient copies of his awdlau 'Gorsedd' and 'Unigedd' and his rhieingerdd '[Elwy ac] Alwen', leisure hours spent in adjudicating and organising literary meetings, a chair won by [the Rev. William Thomas] (Glanffrwd) at Dolgellau, favourable opinions of the awdl 'Victoria'); T[homas] J[ones] Dyke, Merthyr Tudful, [18]95 (a request for recollections of the Rev. Griffith Hughes [1775-1839, Congregational minister]); Owen M[organ] Edwards, Llanuwchllyn, 1915 (2) (an article and booklet by recipient on the Rev. J. D. Williams [1823-56, Congregational minister]; see Cymru, cyf. XLIX, and C. T. Thomas, Y Diweddar Barch. J. D. Williams… (Caernarfon, 1915)); W. T. Edwards, Cardiff, 1906-14 (2) (a memorial tablet by Goscombe John ? to be set up in the chapel at Whitecross (Y Groes-wen), reluctance to become a trustee ? of recipient's church); Beriah [Gwynfe Evans], Caernarfon, 1900 (attacks on the writer's book [Diwygwyr Cymru (Caernarfon, 1900)] in Yr Herald Cymraeg [19, 26 June 1900], points relating to the said book particularly its treatment of Howell Harris); the Rev. D[aniel] Gwenffrwd Evans, Gelli, Pentre, 1926 (recipient's impending retirement, preaching engagements); [the Rev.] D[avid] Silyn Evans, Aberdar, [undated] (a request for an article for Dysgedydd y Plant); [the Rev.] D[avid] Tecwyn Evans, Birkenhead, 1917 (2) (preaching engagements); [the Rev.] E[van] H[erber] Evans, Carnarvon, 1874 (personal, preaching engagements, a call to the writer from a church in Bath, points relating to Y Dysgedydd); Hugh Evans (publisher), Liverpool, 1934 (thanks for material received, the writer's proposed book on fairy tales [Y Tylwyth Teg (Liverpool, 1935)]); John Evans, Merthyr Tydfil, [19]19 (appreciation of recipient's short biography of the Rev. J. D. Williams [see above]); the Rev. Owen Evans (co-editor of Y Dysgedydd), Liscard, 1908 (forwarding reminiscences of Ieuan Gwynedd); W. Evans, Aberayron, [18]88 (information re the Rev. M[oses] Rees [1796-1856, Congregational minister]); Thomas Gee (publisher), Denbigh, 1885 (the adoption of Mr. Alfred Thomas [aft. baron Pontypridd] as prospective [parliamentary] candidate by the Liberals [in the East Glamorgan constituency]); D[avid] Lloyd George, House of Commons, 1894 (recipient's approval of the attitude taken by the writer, [David Alfred] Thomas [MP for Merthyr, aft. viscount Rhondda], and [Francis] Edwards [MP for Radnorshire, aft. 1st bart.], would recipient write to Alfred Thomas [MP for East Glamorgan], the need to direct public opinion 'so as to form a thoroughly strong independent Welsh party'); Ifor Griffith, Llanfair Caereinion, [19]08 (a promise to obtain information re Ieuan Gwynedd); and the Rev. Alex[ander] B[alloch] Grosart (of Dublin), from Llanfairfechan and Barmouth, 1896 (5) (enquiries concerning a copy of the poems of the Rev. William Williams (Caledfryn), namely Caniadau Caledfryn [(Llanrwst, 1856)], and of the account of his life [Cofiant Caledfryn, ed. By Thomas Roberts (Bala, 1877)], comments on the poem 'Y Gog').

Some sixty letters, 1886-1913, to Alfred Thomas, 1st baron Pontypridd, relating mainly to national and local politics and to secondary and university education in Wales. The correspondents include Sir Edward Anwyl (1) 1905, Henry Austin Bruce, Lord Aberdare (1) 1886, Sir D. Brynmor Jones (2) 1900, J. Viriamu Jones (3) 1900, Sir Isambard Owen (1) 1893, Robert Threshie Reid, Lord Loreburn (4) 1908-1911, Lord Rendel (2) 1899, 1902, and Charles Vaughan, dean of Llandaf (6) 1888-1897.

General correspondence, 1906-8, of David Lloyd George, including letters to him from Sir Edward Anwyl (1), Sydney Buxton (2), Sir John Edward Lloyd (1), Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd baron Tweedmouth (1), Daniel Lleufer Thomas (2), Sir William George Tyrrell (1), and Sir John Williams (1).

Fifteen testimonial letters, 1899-1921, for Dafydd Rhys Jones ('Jones Pat'), headmaster of the Gaiman Higher Grade School, Chubut, 1906-1915, and of the Cwmystwyth, Pontrhydfendigaid and Ysbyty Ystwyth Council Schools, Cardiganshire, 1902-1906, 1917-1941.
Among the referees are Professors Edward Anwyl, 1900 (ff. 4-5), and T. Gwynn Jones, 1919 (f. 16). Also included are extracts from the annual reports for Cwmystwyth School for 1903-1905 (f. 19) and newspaper cuttings, [c. 1916]-[1953], mostly relating to Devil's Bridge and Ysbyty Ystwyth (ff. 20-21).

Letters, 1879-1920, to David Samuel from Sir Edward Anwyl, J[ames] F[ranklin] Bethune-Baker, D[avid] H[enry] Davies (Cenarth), Sir Owen M[organ] Edwards, Thomas Edwards ('Gwynedd'), D[avid] Tecwyn Evans, Gruffydd Evans (Newcastle Emlyn), John Young Evans, S[amuel] J[ames] Evans (Llangefni), C[harles] L[ett] Feltoe, E[dmund] Tyrrell-Green, [James] Rendel Harris, David Howell ('Llawdden'), J[ames] Spinther James ('Spinther'), Edward Jenkins (Llandrindod Wells), Evan Jones (Caernarvon), Gwilym Hywel Jones, J[ohn] Cynddylan Jones, John Morgan Jones (Cardiff), Sir John Morris-Jones, T[homas] Gwynn Jones, T. Wolseley Lewis, Thomas Lloyd (Liverpool), William Morgan (Pant, Dowlais), Sir Hugh Owen, O[wen] G[riffith] Owen ('Alafon'), E. Wynne Parry (Bala), T[homas] Mordaf Pierce, Thomas Powel, Evan Rees ('Dyfed'), Sir John Rhys, Eleazar Roberts, L[ewis] J[ones] Roberts, Robert Arthur Williams ('Berw'), W[illiam] Gilbert Williams, etc.