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A short history of the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire by Matthew Davies Williams. English. Between boards. Donated by the Reverend Emlyn Davies, Aberystwyth, April 1972.
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A short history of the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire by Matthew Davies Williams. English. Between boards. Donated by the Reverend Emlyn Davies, Aberystwyth, April 1972.
A short typescript essay: 'Croesor Valley and Village: A short history' by Bob Owen. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) English. Between boards. Purchased from Mrs Bob Owen, Croesor, December 1963.
A small collection of papers in Welsh relating to events held in Trefriw, co. Caern, to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd', 1795-1855).
A small collection of papers relating to Thomas Pennant and David his son,
Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798
A small group of papers of J D Jones (d. 1952), of Llanymddyfri and Builth Wells, including notebooks containing autograph and typescript poems and pasted-in press cuttings of poetry by him; a typescript entitled 'Lora-Li. Adroddiadau a Chaneuon i Blant Ysgol'; pasted-in press cuttings of poetry by J D Jones and others published in the column 'Y Babell Awen' in Y Cymro.
A small group of papers of James Richings of Neath consisting mainly of press cuttings relating to the Welsh tin-plate industry and the history of the Neath and Swansea districts.
A small group of papers relating to the musician Thomas Hopkin Evans (1879-1940) and his family, including cards and letters from him to his wife and sons, and a copy of the order of the memorial service held at Catharine Street English Presbyterian church, Liverpool, 5 May 1940. Four photographs of Thomas Hopkin Evans have been transferred to the Department of Pictures and Maps.
A small group of papers, 1840-1864, relating to the army career of Daniel Gronow of the parish of Llan-gan, co. Glam., together with a notebook in his hand containing Welsh folksongs; and papers, 1918-1919 and 1933, concerning Ebenezer Richard Gronow of Newport, co. Pemb. See Annual Report 1957-58, p. 23.
Autobiography, apparently unpublished, of William Owen of Cardigan, 'The Birth, Life, Education and Transactions of Captn. William Owen the noted Smuggler ...', the original having been either written at Carmarthen gaol in 1747 by Owen himself whilst awaiting his execution for murder or dictated by him to the Reverend John Davies, prison chaplain, who has attested that he attended Owen during his confinement (f. 161). It contains an account of his personal life and of his smuggling exploits in the West Indies, in Ireland, and on the western coasts of Britain, with a transcript of his trial (pp. 119-60). The manuscript [watermark 1808] is apparently a copy in the hand of Daniel G. Matthias, whose name is inscribed inside the front cover with the date 12 January 1811. An account detailing expenditure on food and lodging, in a different hand, is found inside the back cover.
Matthias, Daniel G.
A sol-ffa copy of Sleepers, Wake! by J. S. Bach, including manuscript and typescript drafts of a translation into Welsh by T. H. Parry-Williams of part of the work; together with a sol-ffa copy of Brahms's Rhapsody containing a manuscript translation into Welsh of the text.
A song - 'The Butterfly' by S. Rogers & James Battye. (Formerly Jack Edwards MS 36.) Paper. Donated by Miss Elizabeth Richards, Aberystwyth, 1942.
A typescript copy of a song prepared for Aberdare 'Men's Own' Party to sing at an Unemployed Rally at Stuart Hall, Cardiff, 7 April, 1936.
Manuscripts and papers, 1825-1938, of or collected by A. Stanley Davies, consisting mainly of correspondence addressed to Abraham Howell, solicitor, of Welshpool, by members of his family, including his cousin Samuel Roberts (S.R.); together with other correspondence and papers of the Howell family, and letters addressed to Arthur Stanley Davies. The majority of the material is of Montgomeryshire interest.
Davies, A. Stanley (Arthur Stanley), 1889-1951
A study of narrative methods in the Mabinogion.
A photocopy of Dr Sioned Mair Davies, Department of Welsh, University College Cardiff's thesis for the degree of D. Phil. (Oxon.), 1982, entitled 'A study of narrative methods in the Mabinogion'.
Davies, Sioned
A study of the 'Ecology of the salt-marsh at the Ogmore estuary', together with drawings and maps, compiled by Colin T. Guile.