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Gohebiaeth a chopïau o ohebiaeth, 1929-1944, yn bennaf rhwng Swyddfa Ranbarthol Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr, a leolwyd yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor, a Choleg Harlech, ynghyd â gohebiaeth oddi wrth bencadlys Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr yn Llundain (prif ohebydd Ernest Green, ysgrifennydd cyffredinol y Gymdeithas) at y Swyddfa Ranbarthol a gohebiaeth rhwng y Swyddfa Ranbarthol a darpar-fyfyrwyr Coleg Harlech. Bu'r Swyddfa Ranbarthol dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Robert (Silyn) Roberts hyd ei farwolaeth ar 15 Awst 1930, pryd y cymerwyd yr awennau gan Mary Silyn Roberts. Bu cysylltiad agos erioed rhwng Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr a Choleg Harlech hyd nes, yn 2001, fe gyfunwyd y ddau fudiad. Prif ohebwyr Coleg Harlech yw'r warden, Ben Bowen Thomas, a'r cadeirydd, Dr Thomas Jones. Sefydlwyd yr ysgoloriaeth a gyfeirir ati gan Dr Thomas Jones yn ei lythyr dyddiedig 25 Tachwedd 1934 er cof am ei fab, Elphin Lloyd Jones, a fu farw trwy ddamwain yn ddeuddeg oed (gweler, er enghraifft, Eirene White Papers yn LlGC). = Correspondence and copies of correspondence, 1929-1944, primarily between the District Office of the Workers' Educational Association, located at the University College of Wales, Bangor, and Coleg Harlech, together with correspondence from the Workers' Educational Association headquarters in London (main correspondent Ernest Green, general secretary of the Association) to the District Office and correspondence between the District Office and prospective Coleg Harlech students. The District Office was under the secretaryship of Robert (Silyn) Roberts until his death on 15 August 1930, after which the rôle was taken over by Mary Silyn Roberts. A close alliance had always existed between the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) and Coleg Harlech, the two bodies eventually merging in 2001. Coleg Harlech's primary correspondents are its warden, Ben Bowen Thomas, and its chairman, Dr Thomas Jones. The scholarship referenced by Dr Thomas Jones in his letter dated 25 November 1934 was established in memory of Dr Jones' son, Elphin Lloyd Jones, who died in an accident aged twelve years old (see, for example, Eirene White Papers at NLW).

Llythyrau, 1899-1917, at Robert (Silyn) Roberts oddi wrth yr ysgolhaig, bardd, beirniad a'r golygydd W. J. (William John) Gruffydd (1881-1954), ac un llythyr, 1918, oddi wrth Gwenda Gruffydd, gwraig W. J. Gruffydd. Cyfeirir at yrfa academaidd W. J. Gruffydd yn Rhydychen; ei garwriaeth â'i ddarpar-wraig Gwenda Evans ac â merch o'r enw Winnie, a'i briodas yn y pen draw â Gwenda; "Miss P." (sef Mary Parry, wedyn Mary Silyn Roberts); barddoniaeth, gan gynnwys enghreifftiau o waith W. J. Gruffydd, ac yntau'n holi am farddoniaeth o eiddo Silyn; ei waith golygyddol; crefydd, athroniaeth, gwleidyddiaeth a daliadau personol; a'i gyfnod o wasanaeth yn y llynges, ac yntau'n dyheu am gael gadael. Mae llythyr Gwenda Gruffydd yn cyfeirio at ei brwydr i ryddhau ei gŵr o'r llynges, ac yn erfyn ar ddylanwad Silyn i'w chynorthwyo yn hyn o beth, gyda chefnogaeth 'Tom Jones' (sef, mae'n debyg, Dr Thomas Jones (1870-1955)). Ceir yn ogystal broflen o erthygl dan y teitl 'Addysg yng Nghymru' a ysgrifenwyd gan W. J. Gruffydd ar gyfer Barn Cymru Ieuanc (Rhif 2); llythyr printiedig a ysgrifenwyd gan W. J. Gruffydd i'r newyddlen Y Brython; a llythyr printiedig dan y teitl 'W. J. Gruffydd a'r Hen Feirdd' a anfonwyd gan W. J. Gruffydd at gyhoeddiad nas enwir ac a grybwylla enwau Silyn Roberts ac R. Williams Parry. Ynghyd â thrawsgrifiadau teipysgrif o'r llythyrau a disgrifiad cryno o'r deunydd atodol.
= Letters, 1899-1917, to Robert (Silyn) Roberts from the academic, poet, adjudicator and editor W. J. (William John) Gruffydd (1881-1954) and one letter, 1918, from Gwenda Gruffydd, wife of W. J. Gruffydd. References include W. J. Gruffydd's academic career at Oxford; his courtship of Gwenda (Evans, later his wife), his dalliance with a woman named Winnie, and his eventual marriage to Gwenda; "Miss P." (Mary Parry, later Mary Silyn Roberts); poetry, including examples of work by W. J. Gruffydd and his request to receive some of Silyn's poetry; his editorial work; religion, philosophy, politics and personal theories; and his period in the navy and his longing to leave the service. Gwenda Gruffydd's letter refers to her battle to have her husband released from his naval service, requesting Silyn, with the support of "Tom Jones" (most likely Dr Thomas Jones (1870-1955)) to help bring this about. Together with the proof of an article titled 'Addysg yng Nghymru' ('Education in Wales') written by W. J. Gruffydd for Barn Cymru Ieuanc (No. 2); printed letter written by W. J. Gruffydd for Y Brython newspaper; and a printed letter titled 'W. J. Gruffydd a'r Hen Feirdd' ('W. J. Gruffydd and the Old Poets'), sent by W. J. Gruffydd to an unnamed publication and which references Silyn Roberts and R. Williams Parry. Also included are typescript transcripts of the letters and a brief description of the supplementary material.