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A volume containing holograph copies and press cuttings of strict- and free-metre poetry in Welsh by Evan Williams ('Glyn Myfyr'; d. 1937) of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Also included are holograph copies and cuttings of poetry by R[ichard] R[oberts] Morris, [J. G. Moelwyn Hughes] ('Moelwyn'), [Humphrey Jones] ('Bryfdir'), [Rolant Wyn Edwards] ('Rolant Wyn'), etc.; cuttings of prose contributions by 'Glyn Myfyr'; reviews of poetry of 'Glyn Myfyr'; an obituary of 'Glyn Myfyr' by 'Bryfdir'; adjudications by [John Owen Williams] ('Pedrog'), T. R. Jones ('Clwydydd'), and 'Glyn Myfyr'; autograph letters to 'Glyn Myfyr' from John Ballinger, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1921, D. Lloyd George (aft. 1st earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor) (signed by J. L. Stevenson, 1931, and A. J. Sylvester, 1934), and the Home Office, 1936; and a list of eisteddfod chairs awarded to 'Glyn Myfyr'.

Correspondence and notes relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S., mathematician and actuary. They comprise typescript copies of ten letters, 1925-1929, from G. J. Williams, Coed Menai, Bangor, to [John Ballinger] (librarian), National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth (2); Timothy Davies, London; W[illiam] Llewelyn Davies, National Library of Wales; the Rev. J. E. Hughes, Caernarfon; O. Morgan Owen (general manager), Alliance Assurance Company, London; W. Roberts, Caernarfon; the secretaries of the Bank of England, London, and of Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, London; and the Rev. John Thickens, London, all in connection with the writer's proposed article on Griffith Davies; together with eighteen holograph and autograph letters, 1925-1929, to G. J. Williams, from John Ballinger, National Library of Wales (2); Ronald Dale (secretary), Bank of England, London; J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies (principal), University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; William Ll[ewelyn] Davies, National Library of Wales; Grace Ellis, The Library, University College of N[orth] Wales, Bangor; the Rev. J. E. Hughes (ed. of Y Traethodydd), Caernarvon (2); Nellie Hughes, Nantlle, Penygroes, and Pwllheli (?3); [the Rev.] D[avid] E[rwyd] Jenkins, Denbigh; O. Morgan Owen, Alliance Assurance Company, London; W. Roberts, Carnarvon (2); W. P. Wheldon (registrar), University College of North Wales, Bangor (enclosing a letter from the above mentioned O. Morgan Owen); and W. Gilbert Williams, Rhostryfan, Llanwnda (2), all replying to the queries sent by the recipient concerning Griffith Davies; and typescript notes on Griffith Davies extracted from The Insurance Cyclopaedia.

Includes letters from T. F. Tout (4), Mary Davies (3), Almeric W. FitzRoy, Edward Anwyl, Edith F. Carey, E. Ch. Babut, W. H. Clark (2), W. A. Craigie, J. G. Frazer, Kuno Meyer (6), E. W. B. Nicholson (7), E. Vincent Evans (2), Salomon Reinach (3), Henry Owen (9), Edward Clodd (2), F. Haverfield (2), A. H. Sayce (3), John Ballinger, Henri Lechat (6), A. S. Green (12), Bertram C. A. Windle, Johannes Hoops, W. Boyd Dawkins (2), Alfred P Graves (2), Alfred Daniell, D. Rhys Phillips, Arthur L. Smith, Alfred E. Hudd, R. A. Stewart Macalister (2), G. L. Barstow (2), A. S. Napier, Edward Laws, J. E. de Hirsch Davies, James H. Cousins, C. P. Molhuysen, T. A. Glenn, T. Mansel Franklen (2), Émile Espérandieu, George Eyre Evans (6), D. Lleufer Thomas (2), Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville (2), Michel Jouve, Patrick Lyons (2), Thomas Powel, J. Glyn Davies, Alfred G. Edwards, W. A. Henderson, Robert Cochrane (2), H. R. Reichel, John Edward Lloyd, I. Gollancz, P. M. C. Kermode (2), Henri Gaidoz (2), Julius Pokorny, Richard Lydekker, Charles Plummer, and J. P. Mahaffy.

Letters addressed to William Oliver by John Ballinger, 1902, O. M. Edwards, 1902, E. Vincent Evans, 1903-1904, W. B. Gurdon, 1869, Henry Morley, 1887, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1903, Alfred Nutt, 1901, Alfred Neobard Palmer, 1903, John Ruskin, 1868, T. F. Tout, and Josiah Thomas, Liverpool (the ownership of Y Tyst).

Letters of condolence, 1915-1916, from individuals and on behalf of various institutions, expressing sympathy with Myvanwy and Olwen Rhys following the death of their father, John Rhŷs. The correspondents include W. J. Lewis, W. Llewelyn Williams, A. H. Sayce, Herbert Warren, C. Grant Robertson, D. Arthen Evans, W. P. Ker, C. M. E. Burrows, Goddard H. Orpen, Emily Penrose, H. E. D. Blakiston, W. J. Watson, George Curzon, Egerton Phillimore, A. S. Green, William Evans Hoyle, E. C. Quiggin, Kuno Meyer, J. E. Lloyd, Edward Owen, John Ballinger, and J. Fisher.

Includes letters to and from Sir John Herbert Lewis. Some of the correspondence concerns the appointment of a new Librarian for the National Library of Wales as successor to Sir John Ballinger.