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Includes a paper, [?2000], outlining potential developments at Oriel Ynys Môn; and drafts of a letter, 1995, by Kyffin Williams thanking owners of his landscape paintings for the loan of items for an exhibition at the gallery.

Papers, 1973-1999 (with gaps), relating to Honorary Degrees, Honorary Fellowships, and a Knighthood conferred on Kyffin Williams, including Addresses of Presentation, with a signed typescript of Professor Bedwyr Lewis Jones's presentation, 1991.

Papers, [2004], relating to the Kyffin Big Draw competition, including rules, entry form and a letter of inivtation to patrons of the event.

Papers, 1716-1966, relating to Kyffin Williams's mother, Essyllt Mary Williams, including letters and cards addressed to her, 1914-1963; three letters, 1964, to Kyffin Williams from his mother; miscellaneous financial papers, 1938-1963; and recipes, [1850x1960]. One of the letters to Kyffin Williams contains an ink sketch of the side profile of a woman's head, and a bank book containing recipes includes a pencil sketch of the side profile of a woman's head on the inside of the back cover. The file also includes a substantial group of papers, 1716-1966, relating to the estate of Ellen Pritchard, with deeds and documents concerning the property 'Brynhyfryd', near Beaumaris, inherited by Essyllt Williams (see Across the Straits (Llandysul, 2004), pp. 41-42).

Catalogues and cards, 1945-2005, relating to exhibitions by various artists. A catalogue of an Eleri Mills exhibition held at the Thackeray Gallery, 2005, contains a foreword by Kyffin Williams; and a booklet, 1990, on Leo Davy includes a reference to him.

Typescript entitled 'The Lion of the Pampa' by Evelyn Lloyd. A manuscript note on the front page reads "Written in 1936-37 and founded on fact. The original bandit was Barioletti, of the Pampa, Argentina, who was still living in the 1930s".

Photocopies, 2006, mainly colour copies of drawings by pupils of Eglwys Wen Primary School, Whitchurch, Cardiff, copied from the pictures 'Bwthyn' and 'The Hill Farmer' by Kyffin Williams. Also included are letters from the children, and poems by them on the theme 'Snowdonia'.

Includes boxes of loose photographs, slides, albums of colour and black & white photographs accumulated by Kyffin Williams. Includes many 35mm slides of his artworks, slides from his trip to Patagonia as well as Welsh views and informal personal photographs.

A framed watercolour of three children engrossed in a game of chess. Behind them is a grandfather clock and a Welsh dresser. Below the painting is a printed label with the title and the name of the artist which is indistinct, but possibly reads 'Robin Stamp'.

A mounted portrait format naive painting of a couple standing either side of a goblet containing fish. In the background are a tower and two houses.

A mounted naive painting of a middle aged couple in the foreground. Behind them are a yellow car, a smoking industrial chimney and a building.