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Papers of Bodfan, 1893-1935, comprising letters received by him, 1899-1935, mainly from friends discussing current literary trends and etymological and lexicographical matters; sermons, 1895-1901; miscellaneous poems, notes and printed matter, 1905-1933; and papers, mainly notebooks, relating to his brother Sir Edward Anwyl, 1893-1918.

Documents, 1818-1941, mostly of late-nineteenth century Cardiganshire interest, which were collected by and recovered from the Cambrian newspaper salvage campaign, 1940-1941, comprising miscellaneous items including tradesmen's and business records, personal diaries and note-books, hymn and music books, rules for Cardiganshire miners, a school attendance book, and the account book of a brig.

Minute books of the Aberystwyth district of the Cardiganshire Turnpike Trust, 1779-1845; minutes and accounts of the Cardigan district, 1802-1844; and minutes, letters and account books of the Cardiganshire County Roads Board, 1844-1870.

Deeds relating to property in Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, 1812-1817, and papers relating to Hugh Hughes and his family and to Roderick Richards, 1832-[1893].

Research and personal papers of Dafydd Jenkins, comprising correspondence, drafts and other papers relating to his articles and books, [1937]-1997; correspondence, 1935-1989, on subjects including legal and academic matters, 1972-1991, evening classes given by DJ on agricultural subjects, 1944-1957, the New Welsh Language Act Campaign, 1983-1987, broadcasting, 1950-1963, and publishing, 1942-1989; papers concerning the Welsh language, 1972-1992; papers, 1938-1939, relating to the Welsh Language Petition, including circulars and newsletters; papers relating to British Legal History Conferences, 1971-1995, and International Congresses of Celtic Studies, 1967-1975; correspondence, minutes and other papers relating to organisations including Plaid Cymru, the National Eisteddfod, Undeb Cymru Fydd, the Sociological Group of the Church in Wales and the Milk and Dairies Tribunal for Wales, 1947-1979; ecumenical papers relating to Siloh Calvinist Methodist Chapel, Aberystwyth, 1958-1970; miscellaneous papers relating to various associations, societies, and organizations, 1969-1996; printed material relating to Plaid Cymru and Denmark, 1938-1970.

Papers, 1946-1947, relating to an outbreak of typhoid fever in Aberystwyth in 1946; an account of the history of medical services in Aberystwyth (published in Ceredigion, vol. V (1966), pp. 168-208), with related notes and correspondence, 1955-1966.

Notebooks, 1920-1923, copy of thesis entitled 'Daearyddiaeth Hanesyddol ac Economig Cymru'; drafts of published works, including Saints, seaways and settlements in the Celtic lands (1969), Dewi Sant. Nawdd Sant Cymru / Saint David. Patron Saint of Wales (1983) and 'Distribution of the Crown Livings in England and Wales . . . 1539' (?unpublished); lecture notes when he was Gregynog Professor of Geography and Anthropology at UCW, Aberystwyth, 1947-1968; papers relating to United Theological College, 1976-1983; papers relating to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1978-1983; correspondence addressed to him, 1925-1982; maps, diagrams and posters prepared by him [20th century]; and miscellaneous papers, 1924-1981.

Deeds, 1555-1918, of clients and relating to properties in Cardiganshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, including papers of the Penglais estate in the Aberystwyth area, 1555-1918; Aberystwyth borough records, 1759-1813; letters, 1794-1882; papers of John Parry, solicitors, Aberystwyth, including share certificates of the Aberystwyth Gas and Coke Company, 1839; Bwlch Consolidated Lead Mines, 1847; records concerning the Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank, 1813-1844; miscellaneous papers, [c. 1783]-1932; printed items, [c. 1783]-1867; certificates of shares in the Aberystwyth Public Rooms, 1818-1821, and the Robinson Gold Mining Company, 1903; letters and papers relating to the estate of Roderick Richards, Penglais, [c. 1830]; builders' accounts, 1845; and tithe receipts, 1927-1932.

The 1976 group comprises autobiographical data, reminiscences and impressions of Aberystwyth, 1900-1904, recollections of Welsh colleagues, correspondence, 1951-1967, notes and working papers, 1904-1910, notes and drawings for lectures, 1906-1907, copies of addresses, slides, maps, and ordnance survey charts of Aberystwyth, 1905 and 1912; brief manuscript and typescript account of life in the Channel Islands under German occupation during World War II mainly Guernsey, 1944-1954; letters of condolence to Mrs. Fleure; cash books, 1869-1914, which, for the period 1869-89, was kept by Fleure's father; research papers and correspondence relating to the distribution of blood groups in the United Kingdom, with particular reference to Wales. The 1982 group comprises the research notes of Herbert John Fleure, 1966-1967, mainly concerned with the distribution of blood groups in the United Kingdom, with special reference to Wales, comprising notes and drafts for Ada C. Kopc, The Distribution of the Blood Groups in the United Kingdom (London, 1970), lecture notes of Dr. Kopc, 1963-1965, and offprints of articles by Elizabeth S. Brown and I. Morgan Watkin, 1963-1967; correspondence, 1963-1968, mainly from Ada C. Kopc, A.E. Mourant and R.A. Pelham; miscellaneous papers and correspondence on the archaeology of the Channel Islands, Cornwall and Devon, 1963-1965.

Papers and ephemera relating to the Peace Movement, 1976-[1990s]; the Labour Party, 1975-1996; Trade Union activities, [c. 1980s]-[1990s]; the Peace and Nuclear Disarmament movement, 1976-[1990s], including the Greenham Common Peace Camp, the 'Peace Marches' from Cardiff to Greenham Common, the camp at Brawdy Royal Air Force base, Pembrokeshire, and other women's peace camps, and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND); Nuclear Energy and Green Movement, 1973-[1990s]; feminist issues, 1958-1990; issues including animal rights, Europe, the NHS, pensions, public transport, the Poll Tax, unemployment and the United Nations, [c. 1990s]; posters relating to the activities of the various groups and societies supported by them, [c. 1980s]-[1990s], regarding numerous issues, campaigns and events, including the peace movement, the environment, human rights and the 1989 `War on Want' Benefit Concert for Central America, and correspondence with MPs, 1982-1992.

Papers, 1966-1979, accumulated by the International Politics Department of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, comprising interview schedules of the Welsh Election Study, 1979, and papers relating to 'The Welsh Council' study, 1966-1972.

Letters from Jack Edwards in Cincinnati, Ohio, to his family, 1880-1887, relating family matters, his work and singing engagements and news of the Welsh community in Cincinnati; programme cards of various concerts and festivals, 1882-1885; music notebooks of Jack Edwards, Edward Edwards and others, [19th century]-[early 20th century]; account and memoranda books of Edward Edwards' bookselling and binding business, 1854-1895; correspondence of Edward and Jack Edwards, including some in Esperanto, mainly on musical and literary matters, 1881-1936; and other original manuscripts of Jack Edwards, [before 1942].

Deeds, 1810-1892, collected by James R. John, relating to properties in Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.

Papers of John Sheringham mainly reflecting his research interests, including his research into Montgomeryshire place-names, 1980-1995, medieval Welsh history and laws, 1984-1995, and Breton history, 1988-1989; typescript notes on Welsh law, 1986-1990; typescript drafts of published works, and papers of the Machynlleth and District Civic Society, 1979-1993, and the Aberystwyth and District Civic Society, 1990-1994.

Papers of Mrs L. Eirlys Williams, 1905-1978, relating to her work for the Baptist Union of Wales and other Baptist causes, including letters to the Rev. and Mrs E. J. Williams [L. Eirlys Williams], 1949-1964; letters from various correspondents addressed to Mrs M. Christy Davies, secretary of the Welsh Baptist Ministers' and Missionaries' Wives Prayer Union, 1950-1953; Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland papers and printed material, 1930-1978; Baptist Union of Wales papers and printed material, including copies of The Inset, 1941-1978; and Baptist Missionary Society papers and printed material, 1905-1974, including English and Welsh copies of Prayer Partners, 1933-1974.

Papers of Lord Ystwyth, 1895-1920, including Cardiganshire Liberal Association minutes of meetings, accounts, bills and receipts, and correspondence of Lord Ystwyth, 1907-1921; papers relating to the establishment and activities of the Cardiganshire Battery, 2nd Welsh Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 1897-1913; and tickets of admission to events in Aberystwyth, 1898-1904.

Papers, lecture and research notes of and acquired by Mary Williams, relating to Middle French, Middle Welsh and medieval literature and Arthurian studies, 1907-1963; books collected by Mary Williams, 1897-1911; letters to Prof. Victor Spiers, 1898-1916; vouchers and receipts, 1924-1973; newspaper cuttings, 1911-1940; school books 1909-1916; papers relating to University College Swansea, 1921-1975, University of Wales Aberystwyth, 1924-1974, University of Durham, 1948-1952, and National Library of Wales, 1941-1974; correspondence, 1927-1976; and family papers, 1898-1944.

Miscellaneous deeds and documents, mainly relating to properties in co. Card., 1675-1902, co. Caern, 1546-1860, co. Carm., 1702-1914, co. Denb., 1575-1850, co. Flint, 1770-1776, co. Glam., [13 cent.?]-1924, co. Mer., 1598-1890, co. Mont., 1465-1877, co. Mon., 1630-1775, co. Pemb., 1753-1930, co. Rad., 1706-1840, Cheshire, 1703-1789, Gloucestershire, 1656-1788, Herefordshire, 1594-1772, Shropshire, 1710-1809, and Ireland, 1671-1922.

Papers of Alderman R. J. Ellis relating to Aberystwyth Borough Council and Cardiganshire County Council, mainly concerning planning and water, 1937-1975; letters relating to administration of estates, 1902-1976; personal papers, certificates, and diaries of R. J. Ellis, 1910-1972; and a letter from Irish politician Tim Healy, 1886.

Papers of Richard Emrys Bonsall, mainly architectural papers relating to buildings in the Aberystwyth area, Cardiganshire, 1930-1964, including notebook with architectural notes, [c. 1930]-1935; diary of Hywel Owen Jones, 1930-1933; contract certificate counterfoils, 1938-1963; building specifications, 1946-1964; papers relating to alterations to the Wynnstay Arms Hotel, Oswestry and the Royal Hotel, Llangollen, 1955-1964; and copy letters from him, 1959-1961.