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Copies 'Bought at the Cardiff Bazaar, October 5th 1842', of Lines by J. Dix, on the Rebuilding of St. Mary's Church, Cardiff, Lines by T. W. Booker ..., Lines by Is. Montgomery ..., and Sonnet by Wm Wordsworth ... .

Miscellanea, including 'Llinellau Priodasol Cyflwynedig i Mr. a Mrs. E. R. H. Turner, B.A., Llanidloes' by 'Rhigymwr o'r Glyn'; a mimeograph list of 'books wanted' by E. R. Horsfall Turner; 'Hiawatha (A parody)' by 'W. K.'; and facsimiles of letters of Queen Victoria, William Wordsworth, 1834 (from British Museum Add. MS. 34225, f. 193), and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1859 (from B. M. Add. Ms. 35155, f. 2), and of the agreement, 27 April, 1667, between John Milton and Samuel Symons, printer, for the publication of Paradise Lost; etc.

Pryddest yn dwyn y teitl 'Yr Aipht' gan ac yn llaw Edward Ffoulkes, sef yr ymgais fuddugol yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Lerpwl, 1884, ynghyd â drafftiau o'r un gwaith a thystysgrif enillydd; llythyr, dyddiedig 12 Ebrill 1885, oddi wrth Edward Ffoulkes at Alfred, Arglwydd Tennyson, ynghyd ag ateb Tennyson, dyddiedig 15 Ebrill 1885, a llythyr, dyddiedig 17 Hydref 1885, oddi wrth y Parch. Henry Griffith, Ventnor, Ynys Wyth at Edward Ffoulkes, ynghyd ag ateb Ffoulkes, dyddiedig 24 Hydref 1885; anerchiadau yn llaw Edward Ffoulkes ar '[William] Wordsworth' (i'w draddodi yng Nghymdeithas Lenyddol Moriah, Caernarfon, d.d.), ar 'Eben Fardd' [Ebenezer Thomas] (i'w draddodi yng Nghymdeithas Genedlaethol Gymreig Lerpwl, 10 Chwefror 1891, ynghyd â thoriad o'r Cymro, dyddiedig 5 Chwefror 1891, yn cyfeirio at y digwyddiad), ac ar 'Dadblygiad' (i'w draddodi yng Nghymdeithas Lenyddol Capel Coch, Llanberis, 26 Ionawr 1898) = An autograph pryddest entitled 'Yr Aipht' by Edward Ffoulkes, the winning entry in the National Eisteddfod held at Liverpool, 1884, together with rought drafts of the same work and a winner's certificate; a letter, dated 12 April 1885, from Edward Ffoulkes to Alfred, Lord Tennyson, together with Tennyson's reply, dated 15 April 1885, and a letter, dated 17 October 1885, from the Rev. Henry Griffith, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, to Edward Ffoulkes, together with Ffoulkes's reply, dated 24 October 1885; addresses in the hand of Edward Ffoulkes on '[William] Wordsworth' (to be delivered at Moriah Literary Society, Caernarfon, n.d.), on 'Eben Fardd' [Ebenezer Thomas] (to be delivered at the Liverpool Welsh National Society, 10 February 1891, together with a cutting from Y Cymro dated 5 February 1891, relating to the event), and on 'Dadblygiad' ['Development'] (to be delivered at Capel Coch Literary Society, Llanberis, 26 January 1898).
Ceir cyfeiriadau at Edward Dowden (ff. 59-60), William Angus Knight ((f. 61 recto-verso) ac eraill = There are references to Edward Dowden (ff. 59-60), William Angus Knight (f. 61 recto-verso) and others.

Material relating to Tony Curtis's proposal to edit an anthology of poetry and writing on the themes of orphans and childhood in support of the former Foundling Hospital, now the Foundling Museum, in London, comprising: correspondence from Tony Curtis to the Foundling Museum, to Curtis from potential contributors to the anthology, card to Curtis from textile artist Rozanne Hawksley, with examples of prints to accompany the poem 'Coram's Cloths', and letter from Curtis to Seamus Heaney, one of the contributors; poetry submitted to the anthology; framed copy of engraving, c. 1879, titled 'Gateway of the Foundling Hospital' and signed 'P. Justyne' (Percy William Justyne (1812-1883)), taken from printed source; leaflets detailing the history and contents of the Foundling Museum, events and guided tours; press cutting relating to the Foundling Hospital; and artist Mary Husted's account of her handing over her ten-day-old infant for adoption aged 17, together with printed invitation to an exhibition by Husted in Barry town hall and a list of her art works.
Correspondents and contributors include Tony Curtis, Lawrence Sail, Dannie Abse, Seamus Heaney and Ruth Bidgood, together with copies of poems by, amongst others, William Wordsworth and William Blake. Tony Curtis's contributed poems 'Megan's First Snow' and 'Coram's Cloths' are published in, respectively, Crossing Over (Seren Books, 2007) (see February 2006 papers under heading Crossing Over (Seren Books, 2007)) and From the Fortunate Isles: New & Selected Poems (Seren Books, 2016) (see April 2018 papers under heading From the Fortunate Isles (Seren Books, 2016)).

See also letter to Tony Curtis from Pauline W. Macauley under heading Letters to Tony Curtis.

Contributors to the anthology are not indexed. For access to full range of correspondents, it is recommended that this section of the archive be requested for viewing.

WARNING: SOME POEMS CONTAIN THEMES OF CHILD ABUSE AND DEATH; TWO POEMS DESCRIBE VIOLENT ANIMAL DEATHS (DOG AND RABBIT) Warning marked on envelope. MARY HUSTED'S ACCOUNT OF HANDING OVER HER NEWBORN BABY FOR ADOPTION MAY BE DISTRESSING FOR SOME READERS Warning marked on attached 'post-it' note.

Two drafts of an incomplete autobiographical work by Idris Davies, [c. 1936], entitled 'Collier Boy' (ff. 1-53); an account of early experiences as a miner (ff. 54-77); a 'Plan For A Novel' set in Rhymney (f. 78 recto-verso); a fragment of a novel or short story (ff. 79-81); a dialogue between William Wordsworth and Greta Garbo (ff. 82-7); an account of the lying-in-state of George V (ff. 88-92); and a short piece looking forward to the publication of A. E. Housman, More Poems (London, 1936) (ff. 93-4).

A volume of vocal and instrumental music composed by, and partly in the hand of, Norman Grosvenor, Moor Park, etc. The compositions belong to the period 1871-1875 and include a composition inspired by William Blake's 'Songs of Innocence and Experience', rondos, quartets, minuets, a rondo to words by A. C. Swinburne, 'Daffodils' to words by William Wordsworth, nocturnes, a dirge to words by P. B. Shelley, carols, works influenced by Chopin, part songs, a composition to words by Alfred Lord Tennyson, etc.