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Reports on, together with transcripts and translations, 1868-1937, of records held mainly at the old Public Record Office, now The National Archives (TNA), prepared by Messrs Hardy and Page, record agents, Lincoln's Inn, London, together with relevant legal papers, some drawn up by James G. Wood (1843-1928). The searches were undertaken at the request of solicitors, and used as evidence in legal disputes, often relating to manorial lands throughout Wales, including foreshore rights, mineral rights, and fishery rights.

Papers relating to estate infrastructure at Cefn Cribwr, 1771-1785, including notes on the state of the roads at the forge; plans for two new canals at the forge and at a small colliery nearby; and some notes on stirring canals, improving meadows by mixing canal soils and lime, and on mending a broken dam. The file also contains pages from various booklets on water wheels and troughs; justifications for using one water wheel at Cefn Cribwr; and a printed plan of the canal from Coventry to Oxford, 1771.

Papers of Denis Balsom, 1979-2004, comprising opinion polls and surveys relating to Welsh politics, culture and society. The collection includes pre-election opinion polls, 1979-2004, concerning voting intentions across Wales and public opinion of devolution; constituency polls, 1987-2003, carried out to assess voting intentions on a regional level; surveys on the Welsh language and culture, 1979-1995; surveys relating to social issues in Wales, 1989-1995; and television image surveys, 1979-1996.

Gohebiaeth yn ymwneud â gwaith dydd i ddydd Y Lolfa yn trafod cynigion am gyhoeddiadau, y broses gyhoeddi ei hun, offer argraffu'r Lolfa, staff, grantiau Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru a materion yn codi o gyhoeddiadau'r Lolfa. Ymhlith y gohebwyr mae artistiaid, awduron, gwleidyddion a ffigyrau blaenllaw Cymru, ac yn aml yn y llythyrau cymysgir trafodaethau busnes a materion cyfoes, hynt yr iaith Gymraeg, yr angen am gyhoeddiadau Cymraeg a Chymreig, a naws wleidyddol Cymru. = Correspondence relating to the daily work of the publishing firm Y Lolfa including offers of publications, the publishing process, publishing equipment, staff, Welsh Books Council grants and matters arising from Lolfa publications. The correspondents include artists, authors, politicians and prominent figures in Wales, and the letters often contain a mixture of business discussions and current affairs, news concerning the Welsh language, the need for publications in Welsh and about Wales, and politics in Wales.

Papurau ychwanegol o'r Lolfa yn cynnwys papurau yn ymwneud a 'Y Byd' a 'Cymuned'.

Papers relating mainly to the passing of a Bill to authorise the Golden Valley Railway Company to extend its railway to Hay, 1875-1883, including legal papers, 1875-1877; financial papers, 1876-1883; and miscellaneous papers, 1876-1883.

Letters, 1896, from John D. Evans, Talley, Llandilo to Thomas Levi and from E. Wynne Parry, Bala and Richard Jones, Oswestry to Owen Jones relating to Welsh hymns and hymn-writers; transcripts of hymns by Morgan Rhys and William Williams, Pantycelyn and of a portion of Daniel Williams: Gwagedd Mebyd a Ieuengctid ... At yr hyn y chwanegir, Catechism i rai ieuaingc (Llundain, 1739); etc.

Miscellaneous papers and plans relating to lead mining companies, Cardiganshire, 1847-1937, acquired by the British Geological Survey.

A book of hymn-tunes and anthems described as 'Hen Lyfr Dafydd Jones, Bont'. The majority of the items are anonymous. The following composers are represented: 'R. W.', W. J. White, B. Mills, 'T. W.', J[ohn] Edwards, Llangadog, R[ichard] Mills ['Rhydderch Hael'], J[ohn] A[mbrose] Lloyd and J. C. Edwards ('Minimus'). Pasted to the back cover is a printed copy of 'Pennillion i'w Canu yn Nghylchwyl Cymdeithas Ddirwestol Penllyn'.

Printers' files and related papers relating to divisional Labour Party general and local government election pamphlets, posters and addresses, 1950-1986; Cardiff May Day Rally, 1964-1965; Cardiff ward branches, 1961-1986; the Welsh Centre for International Affairs, 1973-1986; and Brynlliw Lodge and the National Union of Mineworkers (South Wales Area), 1953-1984.

A collection of seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century manuscripts containing sermons and correspondence of Welsh clergymen, who include Lewis Evans of Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn and Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, David Price of Merthyr Cynog and Robert Pughe of Dolgellau.

Two volumes containing reports, correspondence, statistics, replies to questionnaires, etc., all relating to public health, infectious diseases, sanitation, housing, etc., accumulated or written by Morgan James Rees when he was medical officer of health in Aberdare and afterwards in the employ of the Local Government Board. They relate to Aberdare, Caernarvon, St Dogmaels Rural District Council and Swansea, also to certain districts in England.

Records of rent tribunals in Wales: North Wales Tribunal, North East Wales Tribunal, North West Wales Tribunal, Monmouthshire, Breconshire and Radnorshire Tribunal, and Swansea and West Wales Tribunal, including cases arising from the 1946 and 1949 Rent Control Acts, 1946-1960; and papers relating to the Housing and Rent Acts, 1946-1954. They comprise mainly case papers under the 1946 act.

Papurau yn cynnwys cofnodion, 1915-1980; papurau ariannol, 1964-1973; manylion am gwisiau ysgrythurol, 1964-1966; a gohebiaeth a phapurau,1964-1985, yn cynnwys rhai yn ymwneud ag adran glyweled y cyngor, 1966-1974, cynllun creu swyddi, 1976-1980, Antur, 1964-1978, a gohebiaeth a phapurau cyffredinol, 1966-1983 = Papers including minutes, 1915-1980; financial papers, 1964-1973; details of Biblical quizzes, 1964-1966; and correspondence and papers, 1964-1985, including relating to the council's audio-visual department, 1966-1974, job creation schemes, 1976-1980, Antur, 1964-1978, and general correspondence and papers, 1966-1983.

Documents accumulated by A. J. Gwillim, Ystradfellte, including eight deeds, 1703-1816, relating to properties in the parish of Ystradfellte, co. Brecknock; and papers of Morgan Evans ('Pencerdd Mellte'), including a diary, 1887, and a collection of Welsh ballads compiled by him.

Programmes of concerts at which Madame Barbier performed, or which were organised by her, in France, England and Wales, 1886-1921.

Records accumulated by Dr John Herbert, 1968-1984, comprising Welsh Secondary Schools Association records, minutes and papers, 1968-1984; and Headmasters' Association and Secondary Heads Association minutes, correspondence, discussion papers and related material, 1969-1984.

Papurau Dafydd Guto Ifan, 1931-1995, yn cynnwys torion o'r wasg, erthyglau,nodiadau a ffotograffau yn ymwneud ag awduron llyfrau Cymraeg i blant a llên gwerin. = Papers of Dafydd Guto Ifan, 1931-1995, comprising press cuttings, articles, notes and photographs relating to Welsh children's authors and folk lore.

Papers, 1976-1996, of political interest, including copies of speeches of various politicians, 1976-1996; miscellaneous papers, 1981-1994, including interview notes, drafts of newspaper articles, television news scripts, notes from Rhodri Morgan MP and Sir Bernard Braine MP; press releases, 1982-1995; miscellaneous papers, [c. 1980]-1992, concerning Welsh matters, including the Welsh language, Welsh language broadcasting, parliamentary constituency boundaries in Gwent, the Welsh Office, road tolls, the National Museum of Wales, the distribution of a political newspaper, Y Glorian, in Rhondda schools, devolution, Labour Party Young Socialists; printed parliamentary debates, 1977-1994; House of Commons reports, 1986-1992; and miscellaneous printed material, 1993-1995. Additional Papers of political interest, from the late 1980s to 2007, accumulated by the donor as Lobby Correspondent for the Community News Service, at the House of Commons. This additional group remains uncatalogued.

A volume containing recipes, household and medicinal but mainly relating to the craft of bookbinding (ff. 5-10); a list of books lent, 1827-1837, from an unspecified library, with observations on their condition (inverted text ff. 44 verso-7 verso); notes on the rudiments of music (ff. 2-4, originally pasted together onto f. 1); with late nineteenth and early twentieth-century additions by William Morris, Cydweli.

Tune book containing hymn-tunes and anthems.