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Three volumes of miscellaneous notes and fragments relating to Welsh literature, history, archaeology, etc.

Miscellaneous notes and extracts made by Walter Davies and dealing with the language, literature, and agriculture of Wales.

Two volumes of miscellaneous transcripts mainly in the hand of Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain, 1761-1849), relating to the antiquities, history, topography, language, and literature of Wales. They include catalogues of Welsh manuscripts; transcripts of manuscripts of Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), of letters of Edward Lhuyd, Lewis Morris, Goronwy Owen, etc., of Strata Marcella abbey charters, of monumental inscriptions, of Evan Evans's transcripts of Richard Farrington's archaeological notes, etc.; notes on Llanerfyl, Llangadfan, and Garthbeibio, written by William Jones, Llangadfan, and sent by him, with letters, to Walter Davies; a letter, 1792, from Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) to Walter Davies; an extract, by Lewis Morris, from his Celtic Remains; Marwnad Lewis Morys ... by Goronwy Owen, in the autograph of Evan Evans; etc. Both volumes are indexed.

A letter, 1855, from John Williams ('Ab Ithel') to [Evan Davies ('Myfyr Morganwg')].

A holograph essay on 'Y Mabinogion fel Llenyddiaeth' by 'Y Macwy Mud' [E. Stanton Roberts]. The essay was submitted in January 1911 for the T. E. Ellis Essay Prize at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Autograph letters from a large number of people to Thomas and others, mainly relating to archaeology, Welsh history, literature and ecclesiastical affairs. The correspondents include B. Beedham, William Buckland, W. Boyd Dawkins, Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'), J. P. Earwaker, D. Silvan Evans, R. W. Eyton, E. A. Freeman, Margaret Gatty, Reginald Heber, Felicia Hemans, H. Longueville Jones, John Keble, Sir Theodore Martin, Sydney (Lady) Morgan, Lord Mostyn, Samuel Rogers, W. F. Skene, Sir Arthur Sullivan, John Williams ('Ab Ithel'), Morris Williams ('Nicander') and Robert Williams (Rhydycroesau); an English poem entitled 'The Sixth Centenary of Dante's Beatrice 1890' by T. Tudno Jones; and a number of 'cut-out' autographs.

Notes in the hand of D. Morgan Lewis of lectures delivered at a Holiday School at Llanwrtyd, 9-19 August, 1921, by Professor W. Jenkyn Jones [University College of Wales, Aberystwyth] ('Yr Ysgol Sul'), the Reverend Fred Jones [Tal-y-bont, co. Cardigan] ('Ysgrifennu Cymraeg'), and Professor [E.] Ernest Hughes [University College of Swansea] ('Hanes Cymru '); together with brief notes of a lecture on Welsh music.

Letters, 1835-1840, from David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion') to Richard Humphreys (Faerdref) , Ellis Owen and James Spooner (Tremadog), together with drafts of letters by David Owen relating to Welsh literary matters.

Manuscripts, [late 12 cent.]-[early 20 cent.], formerly part of the library of the Mostyn family of Mostyn Hall, Flintshire, comprising transcripts and extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Dares Phrygius, Nennius, Gildas, David Jenkins (Judge Jenkins), Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, Lydgate's 'Life of Our Lady', Leland's Itinerary, 'Chroniques de France', historical manuscripts such as Brut y Tywysiogion and Brut y Brenhinoedd, Welsh romances and the Mabinogion; collections of mainly Welsh poetry, among them the seventeenth-century volumes Llyfr Coch Nannau and Llyfr Gwyn Corsygedol, containing poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Guto'r Glyn, Tudur Aled, Siôn Cent and others; genealogies, pedigrees and histories; official papers relating to Caernarvonshire; catalogues of the Mostyn and Gloddaeth libraries, 1692-1842; etc.

Press cuttings relating to Wales and Welsh culture, such as religion, politics, literature, music, education, St. David's Day celebrations and the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, individuals, and the National Library of Wales [1895]-[1939].

Papurau Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion,1951-1993, yn cynnwys gohebiaeth, adroddiadau, copïau llawysgrif a theipysgrif, proflenni a phapurau eraill yn ymwneud â chyhoeddiadau penodol, 1954-1991; papurau gweinyddol yn cynnwys gohebiaeth, cofnodion ac agendâu, adroddiadau blynyddol a ffigurau gwerthiant, 1951-1993; gohebiaeth gyffredinol gyda sefydliadau eraill, 1951-1993; ffeiliau yn ymwneud â Welsh Teldisc,1951-1992; a chofnodion ariannol, 1954-1991 = Papers of Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion, 1951-1993, including correspondence, reports, manuscript and typescript copies, proofs and other papers relating to specific publications, 1954-1991; administrative papers including correspondence, minutes and agendas, annual reports and sales figures, 1951-1993; general correspondence with other organisations, 1951-1993; files relating to Welsh Teldisc, 1951-1992; and financial records, 1954-1991.

Papurau ychwanegol yn perthyn i'r gymdeithas, gan gynnwys papurau gweinyddol, cofnodion cyfarfodydd, papurau ariannol, gohebiaeth a phapurau eraill.

Mae papurau Glyn M. Ashton a dderbyniwyd yn 1992 yn cynnwys ei bapurau ymchwil, ynghyd â nifer o ysgrifau ac adolygiadau, gweithiau llenyddol, sgriptiau radio, gohebiaeth a deunydd printiedig. -- Mae'r papurau a dderbyniwyd yn 2001 yn cynnwys nodiadau a drafftiau o'i erthyglau a'i ddarlithoedd; copïau o lawysgrifau; drafftiau o'i nofelau a'i ddramâu; gohebiaeth; ynghyd â chofnodion Pwyllgor Eisteddfod y Barri, 1968.

Miscellaneous notes and papers of Iolo Morganwg, [18 cent., last ¼]-[1830s], on a variety of subjects, including (mainly Welsh) history (E8/1), religion (E8/2), Welsh and English literature, including Dr Johnson (E8/3), Bardism (E8/4) and biography and genealogy (E8/5); together with further bundles of miscellaneous notes and papers, retained in original order (E8/6-9), with subjects including politics, printing and Poems Lyric and Pastoral, 1784-[c. 1809] (E8/6), patriarchal religion, priestcraft and Lewis Morris (E8/7), poetry and monumental inscriptions (E8/8) and salmau (E8/9); and a case containing notes on Welsh manuscripts in the British Museum and at Jesus College, Oxford (E8/10).

A copy of the first issue of Trysorfa Gwybodaeth, neu Eurgrawn Cymraeg, [?3 March] 1770, each of the four sections separately paginated [1]-8 (ff. 2-5, 10-13, 18-21, 26-29), and copies of the first three sections (the news sheet is missing) from the sixth issue, [?12 May] 1770, each paginated 41-48 (ff. 6-9, 14-17, 22-25).
Also included is a sheet, March 1770, advertising the publication of the fourteenth part of Bibl Cymraeg; Gyd a Sylwiadau ac Esponiadau ar bob Pennod, ed. by Peter Williams (1770, see Libri Walliae 369-372) (f. 1).

Torion papur, [1920x1963], yn ymwneud â Iolo Morganwg, llenyddiaeth Gymraeg, crefydd, diwylliant ac addysg yng Nghymru. Yn eu plith ceir un bwndel o dorion, 1954-1956, o ysgrifau 'Cartrefi Cymru' gan Bob Owen, Croesor, yn Y Cymro.

Cyhoeddiadau a phapurau ymchwil G. J. Williams, [1911x1963], ar lenyddiaeth Gymraeg, gan gynnwys deunydd perthynol i'r cyhoeddiad Gramadegau'r Penceirddiaid; nifer o ddarlithoedd ac erthyglau; ynghyd ag adysgrifau o lawysgrifau o wahanol ffynonellau a nodiadau amrywiol.

Eight notebooks of the Reverend D. Silvan Evans containing notes on Welsh grammar, language and literature.