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Minute-book, 1870-1902, of the Welsh Language Debating Society at St David's College, Lampeter.

Over seventy letters, 1940-1955, to John Cowper Powys from various correspondents, including W[illiam] J[ohn] Gruffydd (1) 1942; Timothy Lewis (13) 1943-1954; Iorwerth C[yfeiliog] Peate (19) 1942-1951; Keidrych Rhys (9) 1943-1946; and Sir Ifor Williams (1) 1941. The letters relate mainly to John Cowper Powys's work, the Welsh language and culture, and personal matters.

'Diquisitions by Various Persons on the Welsh Language and Welsh Poetry', being transcripts by John Jenkins of letters, 1821, in The Gentleman's Magazine, etc., by David Williams (Rumsey, Hants.), John Parry ('Bardd Alaw'), and Walter Davies.

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

Three volumes of transcripts and notes made by Walter Davies, including extracts relating to the history, language, topography, and archaeology of Wales, 'englynion' and other poems, extracts from the Bible, etc.

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 composite volume (pp. 1-332; one hundred and sixty-two pages blank) containing miscellaneous notes, lists, extracts, etc., in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'). The contents include pp. 13-15, extracts from the manuscript copies of 'Liber Landavensis' in the 'Library of Mr. Davies of Llannerch' [now NLW MS 17110E] and 'in Coll. Jesu, Oxon.' [Jesus College MS 20], including transcripts of the Welsh version of the privilegium of St. Teilo; 21-5, 29-36, extracts from the English version of [William] Camden['s Britannia] relating to the language of the Gauls, with additional notes by Edward Williams himself (see Edmund Gibson (ed.): Britannia . . ., 2nd ed. (London, 1722), Vol. I, cols. xxii-xxix); 69-76, comments on William Owen [Pughe]'s letter on the Welsh language and the Gwentian dialect published in [William] Coxe: [An Historical Tour in] Monmouthshire . . . [(London, 1801), part II, pp. 405-10]; 87-98, historical notes on Welsh literature; 99, 101-03, brief miscellaneous notes on the Silurian, North Wales, Venedotian, and modern literary dialects of Wales, the use of verse amongst the early Greeks, the Ancient Britons, and the early Scandinavians, the mechanical and other skills of the Ancient Britons, and 'Ancient manners still retained in Wales', and brief extracts from one of the published letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu from Adrianople, 1718, relating to certain social customs in Turkey; 127, an extract 'Ex Alit yr Odyn MS.' relating to 'Griffine, the sonne of Conane', and an assembly of musicians convened at Caerwissc; 129- 31, extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis: Descriptio Kambriae, book 1, chapters 3, 12, 13, referring to the genealogies of the princes of Wales, the musical instruments of the Welsh, their bards, etc.; 138, 143-6, 148-9, 151, 153, 178-203, 231-46, 249-69, lists of Welsh words of a specific nature grouped together under descriptive headings ('Enwau Duw', 'Enwau Duw - Barddas', 'Walicized Roman Names', 'Geiriau sathredig yng Ngwent'), lists of Welsh words of a more general nature and of Welsh phrases, mainly poetic or bardic, sometimes with English definitions and/or illustrative excerpts from the works of Welsh poets, miscellaneous etymological and grammatical notes on the Welsh language, etc.; 159-72, lists of Welsh 'wisdom sayings' including lists with the superscriptions 'Llyma eiriae Gwynda Hen', 'Llyma eiriae Selyf dhoeth', 'Llyma gynghorau Catto Ddoeth ag Ystudfach Fardd a'r Bardd Glas o'r Gadair . . .', and 'Llyma Gynghorion y Doethion'; 207-08, notes headed 'Peculiarities of Dr. R[ichar]d Davies New Testament'; 247-9, a list of 'Welsh Agricultural Terms in Glamorgan'; 283- 6, 292-3, notes on Welsh bardic rites and ceremonies; 289-91, notes on Welsh poetic metres headed 'Llyma fal y mae Lewys Morganwg yn son am y mesurau Cerdd Dafawd a'u dosparth yn y Llyfr Cerddwriaeth a wnaeth efe Yr Arglwydd Wiliam Herbert, Iarll Rhaglan'; 311-13, notes on the metrical foot in Welsh verse headed 'Llyma Gorfannau cerdd dafawd'; 314-15, further notes on the same topic headed 'Llyma fal y mae am y Corfannau yn Llyfr Owain ap Rhydderch o Dresigyn'; and 316-21, comments on some of the Welsh strict metres, notes on the type of poem called a 'carol neu ddyrif, a elwid cerdd deuluaidd gan yr hen athrawon', and notes on an assembly of bards convened by King Arthur at Caerleon ('Llyma son am Gadair Arthur o Lyfr Rhys Brydydd o Dir Iarll').

A printed report by a sub-committee of the Cymmrodorion Council on the use of the Welsh language in elementary schools in Welsh speaking districts, 8 September 1884, printed for a meeting of the Society at Liverpool, 18 September 1884. Printed by Whiting and Co., Sardinia Street, London

Literary, research and personal papers of Louis P. Nemo (Roparz Hemon, 1900-1978), comprising personal and general correspondence, 1941, 1947-1978; manuscript and typescript drafts of novels and novellas, short stories, poetry and plays; drafts of articles by Roparz Hemon and collected by him as editor of Ar Bed Keltiek; research papers, including notes and transcripts of Breton literary texts; miscellaneous fragments of manuscript and typescript draft translations into English; personal papers, including papers collected by Roparz Hemon or submitted to him by other authors and scholars; notebooks relating to the Breton language, drafts of Breton dictionaries including Geriadur Istorel ar Brezhoneg, and drafts of articles on the Breton language; notes on other Celtic languages, including Irish, Welsh and Manx, and notes on Esperanto; papers relating to organisations of Breton or Celtic interest including Skourr Breizh ar C'hendalc'h Keltiek, the Breton Branch of the Celtic Congress; papers of other Bretons, including Francois Vallée (1860-1949) and Dr Louis Dujardin (1885-1969); and miscellaneous notes and papers, [1940s]-[1950s], chiefly relating to Breton and Irish, mainly in the hand of Anton Ar Roue, cook and gardener to Roparz Hemon.

Comprises Gwilym Prys-Davies' political papers, 1954-2008, including letters, articles, minutes and reports, as well as subject files, 1912-2012, and letters between Harri Webb and John Legona and some papers relating to William Abraham (Mabon). The papers relate mainly to devolution, Welsh language legislation, language rights and contain files relating to the Welsh Republican Movement and civil rights group Cefn.
Papers relating to the funeral of Gwilym Prys Davies, 8 April 2017, comprising the order of service, tributes and a booklet containing family photographs; April 2017.
Five letters, 2005-2006, from Gwilym Prys Davies to Prys Davies and Meri Huws of the Welsh Language Board, together with three attached documents; September 2018.

Papurau John Davies, 1962-1971, y cyfan yn ymwneud â Chymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg a'r iaith Gymraeg, yn cynnwys gohebiaeth John Davies ag arweinwyr cynnar y Gymdeithas,1962-1971, yn eu mysg E. G. Millward, 1962-1965; cofnodion cyfarfodydd y Gymdeithas, 1962-1963; ffurflenni treth Cymraeg a dwyieithog, 1963-1964; amrywiol erthyglau llawysgrif a chyhoeddedig John Davies ac eraill, 1963-1968; copïau o Tafod y Ddraig, 1963-[1971]; papurau ariannol, [1960s]; a chardiau, taflenni a phamffledi, [1960au] = Papers of John Davies, 1962-1971, all relating to Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg and the Welsh language, including correspondence of John Davies with early leaders of the Society, 1962-1971, including E. G. Millward, 1962-1965; minutes of Society meetings, 1962-1963; Welsh and bilingual tax forms, 1963-1964; various manuscript and published articles by John Davies and others, 1963-1968; copies of Tafod y Ddraig, 1963-[1971]; financial papers, [1960s]; and cards, leaflets and pamphlets, [1960s].

Comprises records of Fforwm Iaith Genedlaethol, including administrative records, correspondence collected by Dr Carl Clowes as chairman, along with papers from Dr Clowes' involvement with the campaign for a Welsh Language Act in the 1980s and his campaign for a General Register Office for Wales.

The file comprises correspondence, 1926, mainly relating to radio programmes in Welsh and the need for a Welsh national broadcasting station.

A papers written by Elfyn Llwyd on the use of the Welsh language in criminal courts in Wales.

Torion papur amrywiol, 1934-1978, y mwyafrif yn cynnwys cyfeiriadau at genedlaetholdeb, addysg Gymraeg, a chrefydd a diwylliant Cymru. Ymddengys mai torion a grynhowyd gan Elizabeth Williams yw'r rhain, ac yn eu plith mae erthyglau ganddi hi a G. J. Williams ar yr iaith Gymraeg. Ceir hefyd nodiadau ar ddiwylliant, crefydd ac iaith, nifer gan ac yn llaw Elizabeth Williams.

Llythyrau, 1915-1977, at Elizabeth Williams, nifer yn ymwneud â G. J. Williams a chyhoeddi ei waith; capel Bethesda'r Fro; dyfodol yr iaith Gymraeg; Undeb Cymru Fydd a Phlaid Cymru. Ymhlith y gohebwyr amlycaf mae Glyn Ashton, Rachel Bromwich (2), D. Simon Evans (4), Aneirin Talfan Davies, Cassie Davies, Rachel Ellenborough (21, ynghyd â pheth o'i gwaith dan yr enw Rachel Law, a gwybodaeth yngŷn ag achau'r teulu (Iolo Morganwg)), Gwynfor Evans (2), Raymond Gower, Bedwyr Lewis Jones (2), Bobi Jones (2), D. Gwenallt Jones (3; ac 1 oddi wrth Nel Gwenallt ar farwolaeth ei gŵr), E. D. Jones (6), Ceri Lewis, Saunders Lewis (3; un oddi wrtho at ei wraig, Margaret, pan oedd yn y carchar; a 3 oddi wrth Margaret at Elizabeth Williams; ac 1 llythyr, 1931, at Saunders Lewis oddi wrth J. Alun Pugh), Timothy Lewis (2), T. J. Morgan, Rhys Nicholas, Iorwerth Peate, Eurys Rowlands, R. J. Thomas (6), a D. J. Williams (6).

Mae'r grŵp hwn yn cynnwys anerchiadau, darlithoedd a pheth gohebiaeth berthynol mewn llawysgrif a theipysgrif, 1996-1998.

The file includes correspondence between Ffred Ffrancis, Chairman of Cymdeithas Yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society), and Hywel I Evans concerning the Welsh language in the curriculum, 1988-1991.

Various pamphlets relating to the Welsh language including material on holiday homes, education and the target to have a million Welsh speakers.

The file comprises Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg ephemera including a 1993 calendar, stickers, posters and flyers relating to various campaigns including "Mwy na Miliwn" and "Cymunedau Byw".