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Eight letters of introduction, 1924, written by Marion Morgan Kemp in Rome on behalf of Leila Mégane in connection with her visit to the United States of America.

A scrap-album compiled by Leila Mégane containing press cuttings, 1925, 1955-1956, relating to her life and singing career, in particular a series of articles about her from the Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald & North Wales Observer, November 1955-April 1956 (ff. 1 verso-23 verso).

Letters and papers, 1933-1959, concerning Jean de Reszke in connection with the proposed publication of Leila Mégane's autobiography. They include letters to Leila Mégane from Walter Johnstone-Douglas (4), 1956-1958, permits from members of the de Reszke family to publish the correspondence of Jean and Edouard de Reszke (4), 1956-1957, a review of Clara Leiser, Jean de Reszke and the Great Days of Opera (London, 1933), and miscellaneous notes, 1958-1959, by Leila Mégane.

Letters, 1934-1949, to Leila Mégane concerning the proposed publication of her autobiography. Among the correspondents are Eric Johns (1), 1937, Gwilym Richard Jones (1), 1934, Caradog Prichard (1), [1930s], Robert David Rowland (Anthropos) (1), [1930s], and Count John Francis Charles de Salis (1), 1935. Also included are a foreword to the autobiography by Sir Percy Loraine, 1934, a list of photographs for inclusion in the book, and four letters, 1955-1956, concerning its serialization in the Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald & North Wales Observer, November 1955-April 1956.

Miscellaneous papers, 1938-1969, consisting of autobiographical notes, [1950s], by Leila Mégane, including a list of corrections to the series of articles about her published in the Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald & North Wales Observer (ff. 1-6); inventories of her possessions, 1956-1959 (ff. 42-64); and her instructions, [c. 1959], regarding her death and burial (f. 69), together with notes, 1960-1969, by her daughter, Effie Isaura Osborne Hughes, and her sister, Jane Esther Jones Musgrove.

Two notebooks, 1938 and 1945, containing settings by T. Osborne Roberts of 'Seasons' Dreams', words by C. G. Parr (ff. 1-6 verso); and 'Slumber Song', words by George Withers, with a Welsh translation by R. E. Jones (Cyngar) (ff. 7-11 verso).

A typescript copy with autograph revisions, additions and notes, 1946-1947, of 'In the Springtime of Song', the unpublished autobiography of Leila Mégane.

Papers of Leila Mégane, [1948x1960], including a typescript with revisions and additions in her hand of 'The Parting', being an account of the life and death of her husband, Thomas Osborne Roberts (ff. 1-15); additional notes in her hand relating to his death (ff. 16-20); typescript and autograph copies of an account of her conversations with Dame Nellie Melba concerning Jean de Reszke (ff. 21-25); and her observations on life, death and the arts (ff. 26-33).

A scrap-album compiled, [c. 1951]-1979, by Leila Mégane and her daughter, Effie Isaura Osborne Hughes, containing correspondence, photographs, press cuttings and other papers, [c. 1906]-1979, relating to the life, career and death of T. Osborne Roberts, including a letter, [c. 1949], from his brother, Conway Roberts, to Leila Mégane (f. 25) and a letter and testimonial, 1931-1934, from Sir Granville Bantock (ff. 22, 27 verso).
Notes in the hand of Leila Mégane are added on ff. 1, 17 recto-verso, 18 verso-19 verso, 21 recto-verso, 23, 24-25, 29 verso, 30.

Typed annotated transcripts and English translations by Heulwen and Hedydd Isambard Owen, Abersoch, 1956-1959, of the letters in NLW MS 15285E, with notes added, 1956, in the hand of Leila Mégane.

A notebook containing a journal kept by Leila Mégane during her visits to Rome and Paris in 1957.

A scrap-album compiled, 1958, by Leila Mégane, containing correspondence, photographs, press cuttings and notes, 1919-1958, relating to her life and career, including a series of articles about her from the Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald & North Wales Observer, November 1955-April 1956 (ff. 2-27, 28 verso, 29 verso-30 verso), and papers pertaining to the Leila Mégane Scholarship Trust Fund, 1955-1957 (ff. 32 verso, 34-35, 36), with notes by Leila Mégane. The correspondents include Walter Johnstone-Douglas (1), 1958, Emyr Humphreys (1), 1958, and Jean de Reszke (2), 1919.

A typewritten transcript, [c. 1960], by Effie Isaura Osborne Hughes, of NLW MS 15281C, incorporating her mother's corrections, additions and notes.