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A collection of press cuttings of adjudications, poems, and obituary notices of John Ceiriog Hughes.

A volume containing poetry, [c. 1863], in Welsh, by Richard R. Williams, Llangollen.

A copy of John Ceiriog Hughes, Oriau'r Hwyr (Ruthin, [1860]), with press cuttings of reviews on blank leaves bound in at the end of the volume.

A volume, 1860-1862, in the autograph of John Ceiriog Hughes, formerly bearing the title 'Ysgriblau Rhif 3', containing the following poems [titles or first lines]: 'Ryw frawd o Sais oedd Laurence Lowe'; 'Yn araf y cerddasom'; 'Ar y dolydd eang'; 'Calon Wladgar ydyw Calon Dyn'; 'Tua Thegid Dewch'; 'Ar Noson galan Gauaf'; 'Mae'r eira'n dod'; 'Mae llawer ffordd i lofruddio dyn'; 'Cath Modryb Mari'; 'Ymgom' - [Pobol Ty nesaf]; 'Wrth weled fy enw mewn argraff'; 'Aeth Owain Glyndwr ar ei daith'; Penillion; 'Bore ddoe pan oeddwn allan'; 'Mae gan i ac mae gan lawer'; 'Dywedwyd wrthyf gan gyfreithiwr'; 'Difyrwch gwyr Dyfi a gwyr Dinas Bran'; 'Clywais edliw ar y pentan'; 'Main a mwyn yw min menywod'; 'Bran y mor yw'r deryn dua'; 'Mae'r hen eisteddfod eto'n fyw'; 'Gwn am wraig yn Nghymru wen'; 'Mae Llyn Tegid meddynt hwy'; 'Mae dy wraig di mewn caledi'; 'Er i Lewis Morys Mon'; 'Anhawdd iawn yw penderfynu'; 'Iaith fy mam, wyf fi am'; 'Bum am bedair blwydd ar hugain'; 'Gadael y Tir'; 'Lili'r dwr a gar y llynoedd'; 'Hir bu'r bachau cig yn weigion'; 'Serch-hudol yw, pobpeth sy'n byw'; 'Calon drom a meddwl isel'; 'I gadw'r iaith Gymraeg yn bur'; 'Y postman sydd yn dyfod'; 'Alun Mabon'; 'Ffarwel iti Gymru fad'; 'Mae gennyf bedwar bachgen'; 'Roedd pedair geneth fechan'; 'Castell Conwy'; 'Hen frenin symyl oedd Morgan Hen'; 'Hir oes i'r Frenhines'; and 'Castell Caernarfon'; and a draft of a letter relating to the publishing of 'Alun Mabon' in Oriau'r Bore (Ruthin, 1862).

A group of papers of John Ceiriog Hughes and his family, 1860-[?1933], including some nineteen letters, 1860-1861 and undated, from Ceiriog to his wife Annie, shortly before and after their marriage (ff. 1-28); six letters and fragments written by Ceiriog, 1886-1887 and undated, including one, 22 January 1887, to his daughter Delia Ceiriog Evans and her husband, and one, 3 March 1887, to Richard Bennett (incomplete) (ff. 29-38); four letters from Annie Ceiriog Hughes, [1860x1861], three addressed to Ceiriog and one to her mother (ff. 39-47); miscellaneous correspondence addressed to Ceiriog (ff. 48-50), including an envelope from [Richard Davies (Mynyddog)], addressed in verse (postmark 15 February 1870) (f. 48) and fragments of letters containing the autographs of William Williams (Carw Coch), Trecynon, [John Jones] (Mathetes) and Thomas Jones (f. 50); miscellaneous items in Ceiriog's hand (ff. 51-53), including a holograph copy of the words to 'Anthem Tywysog Cymru' (f. 53, together with an explanatory letter from Delia, [?1932], f. 54); correspondence, 1905, between R. Williams, Celynog, the Rev. R. Peris Williams, Wrexham, and Mrs. [Annie] Ceiriog Hughes and Mrs. Delia Evans relating to the purchase of certain Ceiriog books and manuscripts from R. Peris Williams, together with a letter to Mrs. Evans from John Ballinger, 1906, and a copy of a letter, dated 14 September 1913, from A[nnie] Ceiriog Hughes to [Charles] Tudor Hughes, [Hughes & Son, Wrexham], concerning the same manuscripts (ff. 57-70); eisteddfod programmes and other ephemera, 1883-1886 (ff. 72-76); photographs of 'Nain Penybryn' [?Phoebe Hughes], Ceiriog, and Annie's grave (ff. 77-79); and cuttings of newspaper articles relating to Ceiriog, 1907-[?1933] (ff. 80-83).

A volume, 1860-1867, containing holograph poetry by T. Glwysfryn Hughes, together with a number of press cuttings of his poetry, published in Yr Herald Cymraeg, 1864-1867.

Miscellaneous papers kept by John Ceiriog Hughes comprising draft poetry, adjudications, correspondence, notes, and accounts; lawsuit papers, including a draft summons to Isaac Clarke, printer and publisher, of Ruthin, 1862, concerning inter alia the copyright of Oriau'r Bore; proof sheets of John Ceiriog Hughes's application and testimonials for an appointment as commercial traveller, 1871, and of the prospectus of the Mynyddog Memorial appeal, 1877; and a small poster advertising meetings of 'Cymdeithas Lenyddol Gymreig Manceinion', 1858, including lectures by John Hughes (Ceiriog) and William Williams (Creuddynfab).

A portfolio (T. J. & J. Smith's Improved Manifold Writer) containing two copy books of letters and poems by John Ceiriog Hughes, 1857-1860.

Llyfrau nodiadau o waith William Cosslett (Gwilym Elian) yn cynnwys cerddi holograff, 1856-1900, ar amryw destunau. = Notebooks of William Cosslett (Gwilym Elian) containing holograph poems, 1856-1900, on various subjects.

Cyfrol, [1856x1857]-[1860au cynnar], yn llaw Ceiriog, yn bennaf yn cynnwys barddoniaeth, anerchiadau a hwiangerddi (ff. 1-49), ynghyd ag eitemau rhyddion, 1862-1886 (ff. 50-63, mewn amlen archifol). = A volume, [1856x1857]-[early 1860s], in the hand of Ceiriog, containing mostly poetry, speeches and nursery rhymes (ff. 1-49), together with loose items, 1862-1886 (ff. 50-63, in an archival envelope).
Mae'r gyfrol yn cynnwys drafftiau, neu rannau o ddrafftiau, [1850au hwyr]-[1860au cynnar], o dros ugain o gerddi (ff. 17-27 a 36 verso-49 verso (tesun wyneb i waered), 59-60 verso), gan gynnwys 'Gair Tros y Delyn' (f. 24), 'Syr Meurig Grynthwth' (ff. 24 verso-25 verso) ac 'Y Telyniwr dall' (ff. 39-40 verso), a gyhoeddwyd yn Oriau'r Hwyr (Rhuthun, 1860); 'Alun Mabon' (ff. 17 recto-verso), 'Lisi Fluelin yn deir blwydd oed' (f. 18), 'Garibaldi a Charcharor Naples' (ff. 18 verso-19), 'Tywysog Cymru' (f. 23), 'Myfanwy Fychan' (ff. 36 verso-38 verso), 'Y Wlanen' (ff. 43 recto-verso, 46-47), 'Y Glowr' (ff. 44-45 verso), 'Datod mae rhwymau' (f. 48 verso), 'Bum tros y Wyddfa fawr' (f. 48 verso), 'Eich Bachgen' (ff. 48 verso-49) ac 'Evan Benwan (Ail Ran)' (f. 59 recto-verso), a gyhoeddwyd yn Oriau'r Bore (Rhuthun, 1862); a 'Paham mae Dei mor hir yn dod' (ff. 63-64), a gyhoeddwyd yn Oriau Eraill (Wrecsam, [1868]), tt. 63-64. Mae cerddi ar yr Ysgol Sul (f. 41 recto-verso) a Samuel Roberts, Llanbrynmair (f. 42 recto-verso), ymysg eraill, o bosib heb eu cyhoeddi. Ceir hefyd casgliad o saith deg dwy hwiangerdd, [1856x1857], tua chwe deg ohonynt yn ymddangos yn Oriau'r Haf (Wrecsam, [1870]), tt. 21-47 passim (ff. 1-10 verso); ac eitemau o ryddiaith, gan gynnwys anerchiad ar farddoniaeth i Gymdeithas Lenyddol Gymreig Manceinion, [?1858] (ff. 27 verso-34 verso), 'Pilsen i Ffarmwyr' (ff. 35-36 verso), a nodiadau (ff. 23 verso, 26 verso). Mae'r papurau rhyddion yn cynnwys rhestr anghyflawn o alawon Cymreig, [1862], o bosib mewn perthynas â'r gyfrol Cant o Ganeuon (Wrecsam, [1863]) (ff. 50-57), ac anfonebau am gario nwyddau, 1874-1886, oddi wrth y Van Railway Company (ff. 61-63). = The volume includes drafts, or parts of drafts, [late 1850s]-[early 1860s], of over twenty poems (ff. 17-27 a 36 verso-49 verso (inverted text), 59-60 verso), including 'Gair Tros y Delyn' (f. 24), 'Syr Meurig Grynthwth' (ff. 24 verso-25 verso) and 'Y Telyniwr dall' (ff. 39-40 verso), published in Oriau'r Hwyr (Ruthin, 1860); 'Alun Mabon' (ff. 17 recto-verso), 'Lisi Fluelin yn deir blwydd oed' (f. 18), 'Garibaldi a Charcharor Naples' (ff. 18 verso-19), 'Tywysog Cymru' (f. 23), 'Myfanwy Fychan' (ff. 36 verso-38 verso), 'Y Wlanen' (ff. 43 recto-verso, 46-47), 'Y Glowr' (ff. 44-45 verso), 'Datod mae rhwymau' (f. 48 verso), 'Bum tros y Wyddfa fawr' (f. 48 verso), 'Eich Bachgen' (ff. 48 verso-49) and 'Evan Benwan (Ail Ran)' (f. 59 recto-verso), published in Oriau'r Bore (Ruthin, 1862); and 'Paham mae Dei mor hir yn dod' (ff. 63-64), published in Oriau Eraill (Wrexham, [1868]), pp. 63-64. Poems on the Sunday School (f. 41 recto-verso) and on Samuel Roberts, Llanbrynmair (f. 42 recto-verso), amongst others, are possibly unpublished. Also included is a collection of seventy-two nursery rhymes, [1856x1857], some sixty of which appear in Oriau'r Haf (Wrexham, [1870]), pp. 21-47 passim (ff. 1-10 verso); and prose items including a speech on poetry for Cymdeithas Lenyddol Gymreig Manceinion, [?1858] (ff. 27 verso-34 verso), 'Pilsen i Ffarmwyr' (ff. 35-36 verso), and notes (ff. 23 verso, 26 verso). The loose papers include an incomplete list of Welsh airs, [1862], possibly in connection with the publication of Cant o Ganeuon (Wrexham, [1863]) (ff. 50-57), and invoices for the carriage of goods, 1874-1886, from the Van Railway Company (ff. 61-63).

A volume containing press-cuttings, consisting of adjudications, notes on old Welsh melodies, poems, etc., by Ceiriog; notes relating to Brinley Richards; accounts of various eisteddfodau, etc. There is one autograph poem entitled 'The train'. There are a few other papers including a telegram, 17 December 1855, asking Ceiriog to compose four lines for a memorial card from [?Roger] Edwards, Mold, a portion of a letter from Ceiriog to 'Alaw' and three autograph verses, [1860x1879].

Manuscripts of, and relating to, J. Ceiriog Hughes (Ceiriog), including manuscript copies of four of his poems ('Ti wyddost beth ddywaid fy nghalon', 'Y Gwely o Gymru', 'Carol Nadolig' and 'Ymadawol Gân'); three Ceiriog letters, comprising two to his parents and one to his sister Jane; letters of Jane Hughes, comprising six to her brother Ceiriog, six to her mother or other members of the family and one to a Miss Roberts; three earlier letters from members of the family in America; manuscript and printed pedigrees; three photographs; etc.

A volume, [19 cent., third ¼], containing a copy of the poem Myfanwy Fychan by John Ceiriog Hughes (Ceiriog) in the author's hand.

Papers of William Roberts including letters to him, 1850-1886, and notebooks containing drafts and copies of letters from him, 1869-1878; sermons and sermon notes; notes and notebooks on genealogy and local history, 1867-1885, and papers relating to his work as minister and evangelist, 1861-1884; material relating to the Denbighshire Monthly Meeting (Presbytery) of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, [c. 1868]-1870; literary compositions including poems and essays, 1863-1881; newspaper cuttings, 1870-1889; family papers including biographical material of William Roberts compiled by Charles Williams, [c. 1916]; letters, especially to Charles Williams and Mrs Edward Thomas, 1874-1954; a diary of a sea voyage, [1892?]; and sermons of Rev. John Bevan Roberts, [1930s]-[1940s].

Transcripts by Robert Oliver Rees of poetry, letters, etc., by David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) and of poetry by others relating to him and his work.

Awdl y Gwanwyn, written by Morris Williams (Nicander) (1809-1874) and sent by him, with a letter, to Ellis Owen, Cefnymeusydd (1789-1868), 1841.

Account book, 1840-1851, of [the Rev. Lewis Richards] of Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire.
The volume also contains a few memoranda, as well as an 'Englyn i Barlwr y Parchg L. Richards' by Ieuan Cadfan [?Evan Breece], dated 6 January 1844 (inside front cover), and a verse by [John] Black[we]ll (on front flyleaf).

Poetry and prose pieces, mainly drafts, by John Ceiriog Hughes (ff. 5 verso-6 verso, 11 recto-verso, 25 verso, 27 verso-52), written in a volume previously used as a ledger, probably by a Yorkshire or Lancashire manufacturer or trader, 1833-1850, and containing particulars of financial and trade transactions and details of wages paid to weavers, 1834 (ff. 2 verso-30 verso).
Ceiriog subsequently repurposed the volume as a scrap book, pasting in numerous press cuttings and obscuring the original text. At NLW the cuttings were floated off and mounted in separate volumes (see NLW MSS 4552-3D).

Poetical compositions, 1824-1827, submitted for competition at 'Eisteddfod y Fottas' (the Boot Eisteddfod), held by Cymdeithas Cadair Merthyr Tydfil at the Boot Inn (Arwydd y Fottas), Merthyr Tydfil, together with some adjudications (T9/1, 2 folders). Also included are copies, 1823-1827, of posters advertising the eisteddfodau (T9/2).
Taliesin Williams was secretary to Cymdeithas Cadair Merthyr Tydfil. Some of the compositions were printed in Awenyddion Morganwg; neu, Farddoniaeth Cadair Merthyr Tudful (Merthyr Tydfil, [1826]).

Notebooks and other volumes containing Welsh poetry, including drafts, fragments and notes, mostly by or in the hand of Taliesin ab Iolo (T6/1-22).
Seven volumes (T6/16-22) appear to been used by school pupils to copy out English poetry, later re-purposed by Taliesin for his own Welsh poetry.