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Photocopies relating to the genealogy of Benjamin Williams III whose great grandfather Benjamin Williams (d. 1896) emigrated from Wales in 1853 to the United States and was one of the early Welsh settlers in Middle Granville, New York .

A small collection of programmes and tickets for Wales rugby matches against England, Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand, 1924-1955.

Photocopy of the family tree of the descendants of Griffith Thomas of Rock Farm, Begelly, Pembrokeshire, and of a document relating to Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd, a major Wales based iron, steel and tinplate producer, formed in 1945, and its industrial connections.

Printed items on a wide range of subjects and issues many of them concerning educational matters, the National Library of Wales and the Calvinistic Methodist denomination.

Forty three notebooks, 1873-1915, the majority of which are numbered and labelled with a list of contents, recording inscribed stones examined by John Rhŷs mostly in Wales, the Isle of Man, Scotland, and Ireland. They contain descriptions of his journeys, of stones and inscriptions, folklore and other related notes. Also included are unbound diaries of 'ogham hunts', 1883-1899.

A small group of correspondence relating to the following festivals: Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians, 1992-1993, relating to his role as President; Lower Machen Festival, 1998-1999, relating to a performance of 'One must always have love'; and Swansea Festival, 1984, relating to an invitation to conduct 'The sun, the great luminary of the universe'.

A manuscript containing a list of parishes in Wales, with the names of the incumbents from the sixteenth century to 1840 and the dates of their institution.

A notebook designated 'Y Melin Brith', containing Unitarian Doxologies by Iolo Morganwg, some Unitarian hymns, and Byron's Hebrew or Jewish hymns, etc. The pages are numbered 1-32 and there is an outline of the contents on the cover. There is also another copy of the Byron hymns, with music and some notes on 'Jewish Sacrifices, and Ritual', etc.

Diary for 1867.

Draft manuscript of a commentary by Edward Anwyl on the Book of Hosea published by the Welsh Congregational Union, 1910.

The file comprises correspondence and papers, 1972, relating to the proceedings and report of the Committee of Inquiry on Bilingual Road Signs chaired by Dr Roderic Bowen. It includes letters from Dr Gwynfor Evans, Peter Thomas MP (later the Lord Thomas of Gwydir) and Dafydd Williams, general secretary of Plaid Cymru.

A volume containing recipes, household and medicinal but mainly relating to the craft of bookbinding (ff. 5-10); a list of books lent, 1827-1837, from an unspecified library, with observations on their condition (inverted text ff. 44 verso-7 verso); notes on the rudiments of music (ff. 2-4, originally pasted together onto f. 1); with late nineteenth and early twentieth-century additions by William Morris, Cydweli.

Artist's illustration and key, in colour, of the Davies Two Cycle Pivotal Engine Design.

A volume, compiled [19 cent., first half], containing a number of homilies on moral and religious topics by an unidentified Quaker (inside front cover-f. 19); together with extracts from the manuscripts of John Kelsall, Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, comprising brief accounts, 1701-1712, of meetings of the Society of Friends, including those held at Dolobran and yearly meetings of the Society in Wales (ff. 19 verso-27).

Llawysgrifau cerddorol yn tarddu o blas Llanofer, [1830x1871], yn cynnwys yn bennaf alawon gwerin, rhai gyda geiriau. Cofnodwyd rhai yn llaw Augusta Hall, Arglwyddes Llanofer (ff. 8-13), ac yn eu plith ceir alawon a gyhoeddwyd yng nghyfrol Maria Jane Williams, Ancient and National Airs of Gwent and Morganwg (Llandovery, 1844). = Music manuscripts originating from Llanover, [1830x1871], containing mainly folk tunes, some with words. Some are in the hand of Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover (ff. 8-13), and include tunes which were published in Maria Jane Williams, Ancient and National Airs of Gwent and Morganwg (Llandovery, 1844).
Nodir geiriau'r gân 'Agoriad y wawr' (f. 12 verso) yn llaw Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc'). = The words of 'Agoriad y wawr' (f. 12 verso) are in the hand of Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc').

Papers of Rev. Daniel Rowland Thomas, pacifist and scholar, including order of services for his induction as minister at Aberdare, 1939 and Merthyr Tydfil, 1945; radio scripts of services conducted by him which were transmitted by the BBC; a programme for his lecture tour in the United States as a visiting lecturer in Biblical Studies in 1967; his poem written for CND Cymru, 1999; press cuttings of articles by him and a leaflet for a Peace festival held in Ammanford in 1990, when he was one of the guest speakers. = Papurau'r Parch. Dr Daniel Rowland Thomas, heddychwr ac ysgolhaig, gan gynnwys taflenni trefn gwasanaeth ei odeinio'n weinidog yn Aberdâr, 1939 ac yn Merthyr Tudful yn 1945; sgriptau o wasanaethau yn ei ofal a ddarlledwyd gan y BBC; rhaglen ei daith ddarlithio i'r Unol Daleithiau fel darlithydd gwadd ar astudiaethau Beiblaidd yn 1967; cerdd a luniodd i CND Cymru, 1999; torion o'r wasg yn cynnwys erthyglau ganddo a thaflen Gŵyl heddwch, Rhydaman, 1990, pan oedd yn un o'r siaradwyr gwadd.

Antiphonal, known as the 'Pen-pont MS'.

A copy of the National Archives's file, HO 144/22915, relating to the growth of the Welsh National Movement in Wales and how to use the royal family in order to try to impede this, 1939-1941.

Photocopied press cuttings relating to the activities, 1982-2007, of Cymru Cuba and celebrations held to mark the 25th anniversary of solidarity between Wales and Cuba.