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Llythyrau at Saunders Lewis

  • NLW MS 23918E.
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  • 1908-1978

Papurau, gan gynnwys un llythyr ar bymtheg, 1933-1978, a ddarganfyddwyd yn rhydd y tu mewn i gyfrolau o lyfrgell Saunders Lewis. = Papers, including sixteen letters, 1908-1978, found loose inside volumes from the library of Saunders Lewis.
Maent yn cynnwys llythyrau at Lewis oddi wrth Sir John Herbert Lewis, 1933 (f. 1), Edouard Bachellery, 1950-1951 (ff. 2-4, yn trafod ei lyfr L'oeuvre Poetique de Gutun Owain (Paris, 1950, 1951)), Tony Conran, 1961 (f. 7), Gareth Alban Davies, 1964 (f. 8), Aneirin Talfan Davies, 1969-1970 (ff. 9-10 verso), R. Brinley Jones, 1970 (f. 11), Donatien Laurent, 1975 (f. 14), a Michael T. Davies, 1977 (f. 15). Mae yna hefyd nodiadau amrywiol, 1908-[?1971], yn llaw Saunders Lewis (ff. 18-27), gan gynnwys nodiadau ar G. J. Williams, Traddodiad Llenyddol Morgannwg (Caerdydd, 1948) a G. J. Williams, Iolo Morganwg: Y Gyfrol Gyntaf (Caerdydd, 1956) (ff. 22-25), a Gwaith Tudur Penllyn ac Ieuan Ap Tudur Penllyn, gol. gan Thomas Roberts (Caerdydd, 1958) (f. 27). = They include letters to Lewis from Sir John Herbert Lewis, 1933 (f. 1), Edouard Bachellery, 1950-1951 (ff. 2-4, commenting extensively on his own L'oeuvre Poetique de Gutun Owain (Paris, 1950, 1951)), Tony Conran, 1961 (f. 7), Gareth Alban Davies, 1964 (f. 8), Aneirin Talfan Davies, 1969-1970 (ff. 9-10 verso), R. Brinley Jones, 1970 (f. 11), Donatien Laurent, 1975 (f. 14), and Michael T. Davies, 1977 (f. 15). Also included are miscellaneous manuscript notes, 1908-[?1971], by Saunders Lewis (ff. 18-27), including notes on G. J. Williams, Traddodiad Llenyddol Morgannwg (Cardiff, 1948) and G. J. Williams, Iolo Morganwg: Y Gyfrol Gyntaf (Cardiff, 1956) (ff. 22-25), and on Gwaith Tudur Penllyn ac Ieuan Ap Tudur Penllyn, ed. by Thomas Roberts (Cardiff, 1958) (f. 27).

Lewis, J. Herbert (John Herbert), Sir, 1858-1933

Darnau i Blant

  • NLW MS 24050C.
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  • [?1935], [1955]

Llyfr ysgrifennu yn cynnwys cerddi, [?1935], yn llaw Waldo Williams a gyhoeddwyd yn E. Llwyd Williams a Waldo Williams, Cerddi'r Plant (Aberystwyth, 1936). = An exercise book containing holograph poems, [?1935], by Waldo Williams, published in E. Llwyd Williams and Waldo Williams, Cerddi'r Plant (Aberystwyth, 1936).
Mae pob un o'r ugain cerdd y cyfrannodd Waldo i'r gyfrol yn bresennol yn y llawysgrif, yn ogystal â chwe cherdd ychwanegol, 'Y Falwaden' [sic] (f. 7), 'Twmi Bach Pendre' (ff. 11-12), 'Y Ceiliog Gwynt' (f. 18), 'Storiau Tadcu' (ff. 25-27), 'Can y Fegin' (f. 28) ac 'Ar y Ffordd' (f. 29) (cyhoeddwyd 'Y Falwaden', 'Storiau Tadcu' a 'Can y Fegin' yn Robert Rhys, Chwilio am Nodau'r Gân (Llandysul, 1992), tt. 222-225). Mae braslun, [1955], gan D[avid] J. Morris, [Clunderwen], o'r darlun a ddefnyddiwyd ar glawr Cerddi'r Plant, 2il arg. (Aberystwyth, 1955) hefyd wedi ei gynnwys (f. 30). Mae ff. 23-30 yn ddail rhydd ychwanegol. = All twenty of the poems contributed to the volume by Waldo are present in the manuscript, as well as six additional poems, 'Y Falwaden' (f. 7), 'Twmi Bach Pendre' (ff. 11-12), 'Y Ceiliog Gwynt' (f. 18), 'Storiau Tadcu' (ff. 25-27), 'Can y Fegin' (f. 28) and 'Ar y Ffordd' (f. 29) ('Y Falwaden', 'Storiau Tadcu' and 'Can y Fegin' appeared in Robert Rhys, Chwilio am Nodau'r Gân (Llandysul, 1992), pp. 222-225). A sketch, [1955], by D[avid] J. Morris, [Clunderwen], of the drawing used on the cover of Cerddi'r Plant, 2nd ed. (Aberystwyth, 1955) is also included (f. 30). Folios 23-30 are additional leaves loose in the volume.

Williams, Waldo, 1904-1971

Hanes Cwm Manwledd,

  • NLW MS 21714B.
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  • [c. 1883].

Traethawd ar hanes Cwm Manwledd, ger Llanidloes, sir Drefaldwyn, yn ystod y cyfnod 1843-1883. = An essay, in Welsh, on the history of Cwm Manwledd, near Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, during the period 1843-1883.

Hanesion ardal Tanygrisiau,

  • NLW MS 21707B.
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  • [1885x1915].

Dros ddau gant o straeon digri a ffraeth o ardal Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, sy'n cyfeirio'n bennaf at fywyd y chwarel. Ceir hefyd sawl braslun, rhai ohonynt gan J. Kelt Edwards. = Over two hundred anecdotes and witticisms from the Tanygrisiau district, Blaenau Ffestiniog, mainly relating to quarry life. A number of sketches are also included, a few of which are by J. Kelt Edwards.
Ymddengys fel pe rhai dalennau wedi'u anodu yn llaw plentyn. = Some folios appear to be annotated in a child's hand.

Awdl 'Iesu o Nazareth' gan Dyfed

  • NLW MS 23796E.
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  • [?20 gan., cynnar]

Copi llawysgrif, [?20 gan., cynnar], mewn llaw anhysbys, o'r awdl 'Iesu o Nazareth' gan Evan Rees (Dyfed), yn cyfateb yn agos i'r testun a gyhoeddwyd yng ngyfrol Dyfed, Gwlad yr Addewid a Iesu o Nazareth (Caernarfon, 1894), tt. 155-220 (ff. 1-13 verso). = A manuscript copy, [?early 20 cent.], in an unidentified hand, of the awdl 'Iesu o Nazareth' by Evan Rees (Dyfed), corresponding closely to the version published in Dyfed, Gwlad yr Addewid a Iesu o Nazareth (Caernarfon, 1894), pp. 155-220 (ff. 1-13 verso).
Mae rhan o'r testun wedi ei gamleoli, a dylai f. 3 (sef diwedd rhan II) ddilyn f. 4 verso. Cynhwysir hefyd gopi teipysgrif o gerdd Dyfed 'Yr Iesu ar y ffynon' (gw. Gwlad yr Addewid a Iesu o Nazareth, tt. 109-110) (f. 14). = Part of the text is displaced, with f. 3 (the end of part II) following on from f. 4 verso. Also included is a typescript copy of Dyfed's 'Yr Iesu ar y ffynon' (see Gwlad yr Addewid a Iesu o Nazareth, pp. 109-110) (f. 14).

Dyfed, 1850-1923

Leaflet containing verses in memory of David Evan Rees, Llanelli,

  • NLW Misc. Records 463.
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  • 1897.

Leaflet, printed in Welsh, containing verses by W. Walters (Talmai) Llanelli, in memory of David Evan, son of Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Rees of the 'Ship and Pilot', Llanelli, who died 22 July 1897 at the age of 12, after being crushed by a steel roll near Pantyffynon, which he was delivering by a waggon with his father.

Teulu Syr Ben Bowen Thomas,

  • NLW Misc. Records 288.
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  • 1827-1838.

Tudalen o Feibl teulu yn cynnwys dyddiadau geni tad-cu a mam-gu Syr Ben Bowen Thomas. = Page from a family Bible giving dates of birth of Sir Ben Bowen Thomas's grandparents.

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Cyfrifon crydd.

  • NLW MS 16249D.
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  • 1887-1906

Llyfr cyfrifon, 1887-1906, [David Hughes], crydd, o Lanuwchllyn, sir Feirionnydd, yn cynnwys manylion atgyweiriadau a wnaethpwyd, costau'n daladwy, ayyb. = A ledger, 1887-1906, of [David Hughes], bootmaker, of Llanuwchllyn, Merioneth, containing details of repairs carried out, costs payable, etc.

Hughes, David, 1838-1923.

Alun Lewis (Jeff Towns) manuscripts

  • NLW MS 24178E.
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  • [1941]-1944, 1974

Papers of, or relating to, the poet and short story writer Alun Lewis, collected together by Jeff Towns, Swansea, comprising typescript copies, [?March 1941], of three lectures by Lewis (ff. 1-17); correspondence and papers of Charles Hamblett, Derek Sandford and Alun Lewis relating to the pamphlet Call Wind to Witness (London, [1942]) (ff. 18-34); and correspondence of W. G. Archer with Alun Lewis and others, [1943]-1944, 1974 (ff. 35-48).
Also included with the Charles Hamblett papers is a copy of Call Wind to Witness (now NLW MS 24178E(a)).

Lewis, Alun, 1915-1944

Llythyrau Kate Roberts at Olwen Samuel

  • NLW MS 23991i-ivE.
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  • 1929-1983

Cyfres o 241 llythyr, 1929-1983, oddi wrth Kate Roberts at Mrs Olwen Margaret Samuel (née Rees), Glynebwy. Bu'r derbynydd yn ddisgybl i Kate Roberts yn Ysgol Ramadeg y Merched, Aberdâr, a chyfranodd atgofion yn Bobi Jones (gol.), Kate Roberts: Cyfrol Deyrnged (Dinbych, 1969), tt. 182-8. Ceir rhai o lythyrau Olwen Samuel at Kate Roberts yn Archif Kate Roberts yn LlGC. = A series of 241 letters, 1929-1983, from Kate Roberts to Mrs Olwen Margaret Samuel (née Rees), Ebbw Vale. The recipient was a former pupil of Kate Roberts at the Aberdare County Grammar School for Girls, and contributed reminiscences to Bobi Jones (ed.), Kate Roberts: Cyfrol Deyrnged (Dinbych, 1969), pp. 182-8. Some of Olwen Samuel's letters to Kate Roberts are in the Kate Roberts Archive at NLW.
Cynhwysa un llythyr gyfeiriad at amgylchiadau marw'r bardd David Ellis ym 1918 (f. 74). = One letter in this series refers to the circumstances surrounding the death of poet David Ellis in 1918 (f. 74).

Roberts, Kate, 1891-1985

Wales-Yemen exhibition visitors' book,

  • NLW ex 3052
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  • 1990-1995

A visitors' book, 1990-1995, of the exhibition 'New Traditions: contemporary Welsh craft / Traddodiadau Newydd: crefftau Cymreig cyfoes' by Charles and Patricia Aithie, which accompanied the Welsh-Yemeni Festival held in Sana, Yemen. Most entries are in Arabic; a typescript containing an English translation is included in the front of the volume. The visitors' book was transferred to NLW among the Charles and Patricia Aithie photographic collection.

Aithie, Charles James

Gibbet or Cross?

  • NLW ex 2938
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  • [1896x1908]

Manuscript story, [1896x1908], entitled 'Gibbet or Cross?', by Allen Raine; together with a copy of Carmarthenshire Life (Autumn 2008), including an article 'Allen Raine, a voice from the past' by Carol Byrne Jones.

Raine, Allen, 1836-1908

Letters from R. Glynn Griffiths,

  • NLW ex 2942
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  • 1915-1918

177 letters, 1915-1918, from Sapper Robert Glynn Griffiths (1898-1991), Royal Engineers, mainly to his parents in Deganwy whilst receiving military training in Bletchley and Birmingham, and in the battlefields of France. Also included is a volume compiled by his son D Geraint Griffith, the donor, entitled: ‘Letters of the First World War from Sapper Robert Glynn Griffiths’, 2009-2015, together with a Welsh version.

Griffiths, R. Glynn

'Election Bites' scripts

  • NLW ex 2943
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  • 2016

Six scripts, 2016, of the television programme 'Adrian's Election Bites', being interviews between Adrian Masters, political editor at ITV Wales, and leaders of the political parties in Wales, broadcast on ITV Cymru Wales prior to the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections. The leaders interviewed were Alice Hooker-Stroud (Wales Green Party), Nathan Gill (UKIP), Kirsty Williams (Liberal Democrats), Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru), Andrew R. T. Davies (Conservatives) and Carwyn Jones (Labour).

Llythyrau T. Gwynn Jones at R. S. Rowlands

  • NLW MS 24174E.
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  • 1889-1892, 1909

Wyth llythyr ar hugain, 1889-1892, oddi wrth T. Gwynn Jones at ei gyfaill R[owland] S[amuel] Rowlands, Tywyn, Abergele (yn ddiweddarach yn fyfyriwr yn Holt Academy, sir Ddinbych, ac yna yn astudio milfeddygaeth yng Nghaeredin), ynghyd ag eitemau eraill amgaeëdig, yn cynnwys tua un ar hugain o gerddi, i gyd yn ôl pob golwg heb eu cyhoeddi. Yn y llythyrau mae Gwynn yn trafod barddoniaeth, gwaith a materion personol. = Twenty-eight letters, 1889-1892, from T. Gwynn Jones to his friend R[owland] S[amuel] Rowlands of Tywyn, Abergele (later a student at Holt Academy, Denbighshire, and then a student of veterinary medicine at Edinburgh), together with other enclosed items, including some twenty-one poems, all apparently unpublished. In the letters Gwynn discusses poetry, work and personal matters.
Mae'r cerddi un ai ar ddalennau ar wahân (ff. 3-4, 7-8, 10-12, 14, 26, 31-32, 38-39, 71-74) neu wedi eu cynnwys yn y llythyrau (ff. 23-25 verso, 27 verso, 29 verso, 44 verso, 46 recto-verso, 62, 63). Mae'r amgaeëdigion eraill yn cynnwys llyfryn o gartwnau yn dwyn y teitl 'Darluniau Cymdeithasol', [1889] (ff. 15-22), 'Rhestr o Destynau [sic] Eisteddfod y Beirdd Serch' (ff. 35-36), darn o ryddiaith am y cymeriadau 'Ned y Dolphin' a 'Syr Harri' (ff. 75-78) a cherdd gan R. S. Rowlands ar 'Synnwyr y Fawd', ar gyfer Cyfarfod Cystadleuol Abergele, Nadolig 1889 (f. 37). Mae llythyr at Rowlands oddi wrth Griff[ith] Evans, Brynkynallt, Bangor, 13 Ebrill 1909, yn ymwneud a'r N[orth] W[ales] V[eterinary] M[edical] A[ssociation] (f. 79). Mae Gwynn yn arwyddo'i lythyrau mewn nifer o ffyrdd, gan gynnwys 'Gwynn ap Iwan', 'Gwynnvre ap Iwan', 'Thomas Gwynn ap Iwan' a 'Syr Pedr Bennwann'; ceir 'T. Gwynn-Jones' am y tro cyntaf ar 15 Ionawr 1891 (f. 44). = The poems are either on separate leaves (ff. 3-4, 7-8, 10-12, 14, 26, 31-32, 38-39, 71-74) or incorporated in individual letters (ff. 23-25 verso, 27 verso, 29 verso, 44 verso, 46 recto-verso, 62, 63). Other enclosures include a booklet of cartoons entitled 'Darluniau Cymdeithasol' ['Society Pictures'], [1889] (ff. 15-22), a satirical list of competitions for 'Eisteddfod y Beirdd Serch' (ff. 35-36), a prose fragment concerning the characters 'Ned y Dolphin' and 'Syr Harri' (ff. 75-78) and a poem by R. S. Rowlands entitled 'Synnwyr y Fawd', written for Cyfarfod Cystadleuol Abergele, Christmas 1889 (f. 37). A single letter to Rowlands from Griff[ith] Evans, Brynkynallt, Bangor, 13 April 1909, relates to the affairs of the N[orth] W[ales] V[eterinary] M[edical] A[ssociation] (f. 79). Gwynn signs his letters in a number of ways, including 'Gwynn ap Iwan', 'Gwynnvre ap Iwan', 'Thomas Gwynn ap Iwan' and 'Syr Pedr Bennwann'; 'T. Gwynn-Jones' appears for the first time on 15 January 1891 (f. 44).

Jones, T. Gwynn (Thomas Gwynn), 1871-1949

Joan Rimmer research papers, 1970-80

  • NLW ex 3072
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  • 1895, 1970-1980

A collection of research papers, mostly of the period 1970-80, accumulated by musicologist Joan Rimmer, largely relating to Nansi Richards (Telynores Maldwyn), with some relating to John Parry (John Parry Ddall) and Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin). The papers include letters, offprints, and manuscript music scores, including one copied in 1895 by W. Ll. Roberts of Penyceunant.

Rimmer, Joan, 1918-2014

John Betjeman letters to J. D. K. Lloyd

  • NLW MS 24177E.
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  • 1947-1982 (mainly 1970-1978)

Correspondence and other papers, 1947-1982, of the antiquarian J. D. K. Lloyd, Garthmyl, relating to his friend the poet Sir John Betjeman, including four letters, seven postcards and a compliments slip, some typed, 1970-1978 and undated, from Betjeman to Lloyd (ff. 1-4, 7-14). The letters are mostly personal, routine or frivolous; there are references to a print interview conducted by Wilfred De'Ath (f. 7) and to architectural conservation, with several mentions of Lloyd's brother, Wyndham E. B. Lloyd.
Also included are a postcard, 23 March 1970, from A. L. Rowse, Oxford, to Betjeman, later forwarded by him to Lloyd (f. 5), a postcard, 1 June 1973, from an unknown sender, enclosing a pasted-on press cutting of part of Betjeman's 'Lenten Thoughts…' (f. 6) and a carbon copy typescript letter, 23 July 1975, to Peter Topley, likely from Betjeman (f. 15); Betjeman's notes for a talk on poetry at Newtown High School, [18 December 1963] (f. 16); transcripts by Lloyd of '"9 AM" Unpublished poem by John Betjeman; of which Wyndham has his MS copy' (f. 17) and of the [12] March 1974 letter (f. 18; see f. 7); a list by Lloyd of poems omitted from [an unspecified edition of Betjeman's Collected Poems] (ff. 19-20); printed ephemera and invitations for Betjeman's Honorary Degree ceremony at Trinity College Dublin on 10 July 1975, attended by Lloyd (ff. 22-32); and press cuttings relating to Betjeman, 1947-1982 (ff. 33-40), including the 1974 Wilfred De'Ath interview 'The lonely Laureate' (f. 38; see ff. 7, 18). Betjeman signs several letters 'Evan ap etje' (ff. 3-4, 8-9, 10, 14) and addresses Lloyd as 'Widow' or 'Gwyddo' [i.e. 'Gweddw'?].

Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

National Hostess of Wales Goodwill Tour

  • NLW ex 3082
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  • 1955

Janet Jones was selected from 1099 other female applicants to embark on a tour of the USA to spread awareness Wales and Welsh culture. Leather bound scrapbook entitled, 'National Hostess of Wales Goodwill Tour 1955'. A typed paper pasted to a page at the beginning of the volume reads "Prepared for: Miss Janet Jones as a memento of her successful Goodwill Tour by the Public Relations Department, British Travel Association, 336 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N.Y.". The scrapbook contains newspaper cuttings of articles and photographs, telegrams, letters, typed daily schedules, and interviews.

British Travel Association

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