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Correspondence, 1938-1945, between J. Lloyd Williams and Myfanwy Morris.

Manuscript and typescript copies of letters, 1938-1944, from J. Lloyd Williams to Myfanwy Morris; together with a few related diary entries.

Letters, 1938-1945, from Myfanwy Morris to J. Lloyd Williams.

Correspondence, 1875-1945, between J. Lloyd Williams and friends, acquaintances and publishers.

Letters, 1877-1942, from friends and acquaintances, including a few, 1908, congratulating J. Lloyd Williams on gaining his DSc. One letter from Walford Davies, 1934, relating to a private matter and Y Cerddor, another from Sir Harry Reichel, 1910, and four letters possibly from G. J. Williams, geologist and antiquarian, are included.

Copy letters, December 1875 to November 1877, from J. Lloyd Williams, mainly relating to his role as headmaster of Garn Board School.

The file comprises copy letters, October 1883 to December 1884, from J. Lloyd Williams, to various individuals, institutions, &c. A number of letters to family members are also included.

Letters, 1928-1945, from J. Lloyd Williams, many to friends and acquaintances, some of a personal nature and others relating to lecturing and the performing of Welsh music, in particular in relation to the BBC. Letters from 1943 onwards relate mainly to the proof reading and publication of Atgofion Tri Chwarter Canrif, Y Tri Thelynor and the Journal of the Welsh Folk-Song Society, and contain references to his increasing ill-health. Correspondents include J. C. McLean, [?1937] and 1944; R. E. Vaughan Roberts, 1944, and Jennie Alltwen (Mrs Bell), 1934 and 1938.

Letters of sympathy, 1945-1946, on J. Lloyd Williams's death and letters from the Librarian, National Library of Wales, 1946, relating to his papers and manuscripts.

Letters, 1945-1946, from the Librarian, the National Library of Wales, to Dr Idwal Lloyd Williams, relating to the depositing of his father's papers and manuscripts at the Library.

Papers relating to J. Lloyd Williams's memoirs entitled Atgofion Tri Chwarter Canrif; miscellaneous plays, sketches, lectures and radio scripts; and personalia.

Correspondence and papers relating to J. Lloyd Williams's memoirs, Atgofion Tri Chwarter Canrif, published 1937-1944.

Letters, 1937-1945, from publishers, family members and friends, relating to the publication of his memoirs. Copies of a few letters from J. Lloyd Williams, one to Sir Walford Davies, 1940, are also included.

Typescript drafts, together with related notes, photographs (2) and press cuttings.

Lecture notes and one letter, 1940, relating to the history of Llanrwst and Denbighshire, particularly in the context of J. Lloyd Williams's own life. A card advertising his lecture entitled 'Reminiscences of an old Denbighshire Town', for the Denbighshire Society in London, February 1938, is also included.

Plays and sketches written by J. Lloyd Williams and other family members, apparently for the use of literary societies in the Cricieth area.

Typescripts of, and material relating to, a play entitled 'Y Deffro'; an operetta entitled 'Cawl Cymysg'; and the manuscript of the first scene of a play, 'Hwsmon Plas-y-Nant'; all apparently by J. Lloyd Williams. An untitled morality play in his hand is also included, together with a press cutting of his adjudication in a drama competition at Holyhead, 1927.

Sketches written by J. Lloyd Williams, possibly for literary societies in the Cricieth area; together with a few other items, including some apparently written by his brothers Huw, Richard and William.