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A copy of a lecture given at the National Library of Wales, 31 January 2008, by Richard Livsey, Lord Livsey of Talgarth.

Papers, 1952-1953, of the director Gilbert Gunn relating to the production of the classic Welsh comedy-drama film 'Valley of song' (frequently referred to in these papers as 'Choir practice', the play which it is based on).

Papur a gyhoeddwyd gan Gymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg ar faes yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol a gynhaliwyd yn yr Wyddgrug, Awst 2007, yn dwyn y teitl 'Ardal yr Wyddgrug. Gwers i Gymru gyfan. Astudiaeth achos o ddatblygiadau tai anaddas', ynghyd â thaflen yn hysbysebu protest 'Coleg Cymraeg NAWR' ar y maes.

Research papers of the botanist Richard Henry Roberts, [1953]-[2002], a county recorder for the Botanical Society of the British Isles. The papers including field notes on plants in Anglesey, together with a copy of The flowering plant and ferns of Anglesey (Cardiff, 1982) by him and heavily annotated, and offprints of articles relating to his research.

Two reports written by the donor, 1995 and 1996, for the Welsh Library Association, relating to the 'proposed provision of public library services in the new unitary authorities for Wales', together with an appendix to the second report.

Papers of and relating to the artist and poet Brenda Chamberlain including her radio script 'The Protagonists', 1967, exhibition catalogues, 1962-1973. Also included is a biographical note on the artist, 1973, for Forecast, newspaper of Bangor University students, on an exhibition of her works in the university.

A photocopy of 'What's in a name?', autobiography of boxer Beaumont Valentine Griffiths, known as Beau, born in 1931 in Gilfach Goch in the Rhondda Valley.

Letters and postcards, 1923-1987, sent by Emlyn Williams to Miss Hilda Morris and Miss Dorothy Swinnerton in Abergavenny, two of his teachers at Holywell County School, together with a copy of a script by him: 'Emlyn Williams as Saki', 1977, programme of the ceremony of his conferement of the freedom of the Borough of Delyn, 1982, and signed theatre programmes and newspaper cuttings of theatre reviews and his autobiography George : an early autobiography (London, 1961).

Copi o'r cyhoeddiad Hunaniaeth Gymreig/Welsh identity (Rhiwfawr : Grŵp Ysgrifennu Rhiwfawr, 2004), wedi ei lofnodi gan y cyfranwyr, ac eraill. = A copy of Hunaniaeth Gymreig/Welsh identity (Rhiwfawr Writers' Group, 2004), autographed by the contributors and others.

Papers relating to the Liberal Party of Wales, 1961-1962, mainly pertaining to appointing a national organiser for the Party.

Llythyr ar gyfer y wasg, 4 Mawrth 1905, oddi wrth Evan Roberts y Diwygiwr, Godrecoed, Castellnedd, yn esbonio'r rheswm am ei 'Saith Niwrnod o Ddistawrwydd' diweddar (f. 24). = A letter, 4 March 1905, intended for publication, from Evan Roberts the Revivalist, at Godrecoed, Neath, in which he explains his recent 'Seven days of silence' (f. 24).
Amgaeir llungopi o doriad o'r South Wales Daily News, 6 Mawrth 1905, t. 6, yn cynnwys adysgrif o'r llythyr gyda chyfieithiad Saesneg (f. 25); cyhoeddwyd ffacsimili o'r llythyr yn yr erthygl gwreiddiol. = Included is a photocopy of a cutting from the South Wales Daily News, 6 March 1905, p. 6, containing a transcript of the letter together with an English translation (f. 25); the original article also included a facsimile of the letter.

Llyfr nodiadau, [?1891], yn cynnwys rhan o anerchiad gan Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen) ar yr Ysgolion Sul Cymreig a'r diffygion ymddangosiadol yn y dulliau dysgu a arferwyd ynddynt. = Notebook, [?1891], containing part of an address by Sarah Jane Rees (Cranogwen), on Welsh Sunday Schools and perceived deficiencies in the teaching methods employed in them.
Mae rhan cyntaf y testun ar gefn y dail yn unig (ff. 1-9), wedi hynny mae wedi ei ysgrifennu ar draws pob agoriad (ff. 9 verso-16 verso); mae'r diwedd, ac o bosib y dechrau, yn eisiau. = The first half of the text is on the rectos only (ff. 1-9), thereafter it is written across each opening (ff. 9 verso-16 verso); the end, and possibly the beginning, is missing.

Eleven notebooks containing a draft script, [c. 1989], by Eigra Lewis Roberts, with some revision, of the fifth series of the television drama serial 'Minafon', produced by Ffilmiau Eryri for S4C and broadcast in eight episodes in 1990.

Typescript draft by Ernest Lewis Thomas ('Richard Vaughan', 1904-1983) of his first novel, Moulded in Earth (London, 1951), with corrections by the author, being the final draft submitted to the publishers, incorporating a number of changes to the earlier manuscript draft (now NLW MS 14799C).

Accounts, 1906, in Welsh and English, of the religious revival of 1904-1905, received from eighteen Baptist churches in Wales in response to a questionnaire by the Welsh Baptist Historical Society; together with a list of all twenty-two replies received (f. i).

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

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).

Letters, 1847-1873 and n.d., from Henry Griffiths of Brecon, Liverpool and Bowden, mainly relating to education in Wales and to the proposed Normal School at Brecon. One letter, 1854, contains adjudications in both Welsh and English by Griffiths on essays submitted for competition at an eisteddfod (see also a letter, 1854, relating to the adjudications), while another, 1862, to William Roberts, tutor at Brecon Independent College, relates to Griffiths's application for the Theological Chair at Carmarthen Presbyterian College.
Also included is a letter, 1889, from Samuel Job of Illinois; a letter, 1906, from Hugh Williams ('Hywel Cernyw') at Pontypridd; and a letter, 1928, from Caleb Lewis at Blaina, Monmouthshire. The last two letters relate to the Welsh periodicals of the time.

Cerdd o'r enw 'Aelwyd lan a gwraig lon' gan 'Gwr Mwyn' [o Lanfair Caereinion?], anfonwyd i 'Mr W. P.', Pwllheli, Ionawr 1863. = A poem entitled 'Aelwyd lan a gwraig lon' by 'Gwr Mwyn' [of Llanfair Caereinion?], sent to 'Mr W. P.', Pwllheli, January 1863.

A volume containing culinary and medicinal recipes collected by Mrs John Llewellin, [1850x1870], in which sources are named, dates sometimes given, and comments included on the quality of the resulting fare or remedy.