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A scrapbook of material relating to William Thomas ('Islwyn'), including press cuttings, etc., in connection with negotiations for the purchase and restoration of his birthplace at Tŷ'r Agent, Ynys-ddu, 1925-1926, and press cuttings, correspondence (addressed to A. W. Games, Cwmfelin-fach), printed matter, photographs, labels attached to relics and personalia, and a balance sheet, in connection with centenary celebration meetings held in 1932 at Cwmfelin-fach and Ynys-ddu. The correspondents include Timothy Rees, bishop of Llandaff, Joseph Bradney, Saunders Lewis, Ifan ab Owen Edwards and John Kyrle Fletcher.

Llythyrau at Morris Jones, 1933-1977, oddi wrth Saunders Lewis ac eraill; copïau llawysgrif a theipysgrif o ddramâu gan Saunders Lewis. Huw Lloyd Edwards, F. Sladen-Smith ac Ieuan Griffith, a chyfieithiadau o ddramâu Shakespeare gan J. T. Jones, Porthmadog,[1934]-[1968]; posteri ar gyfer dramau a berfformiwyd gan Gwmni Garthewin neu yn Theatr Garthewin,1946-1958; cynlluniau mewn dyfrlliw a phensil o wisgoedd a setiau, [1948]-[1959]; cynlluniau llwyfan,[1968]; ffotograffau o berfformiadau, [c. 1947]-[c.1980]; tocynnau, raglenni ac effemera arall, 1946-1977; gohebiaeth ynglŷn â'r theatr a'r cwmni,1946-1954; llyfrau cofnodion, 1949-1989 (ynghyd â nodyn, 1994); papurau ariannol,1946-1985; papurau cyffredinol,1946-1971; torion papur newydd,1946-1977; a rhaglenni'n ymwneud â chwmnïau theatrig eraill,1947-1984 = Letters to Morris Jones, 1933-1977, from Saunders Lewis and others; manuscript and typescript copies of plays by Saunders Lewis, Huw Lloyd Edwards, F. Sladen-Smith, and Ieuan Griffith, and translations of Shakespeare plays by J. T. Jones, Porthmadog, [1934]-[1968]; posters of plays performed by Cwmni Garthewin or at Theatr Garthewin, 1946-1958; watercolour and pencil designs of costumes and sets, [1948]-[1959]; stage plans, [1968]; photographs of performances, [c.1947]-[c.1980]; tickets, programmes and other ephemera, 1946-1977; correspondence concerning the theatre and company, 1946-1954; minute books, 1949-1989 (with a note, 1994); financial papers, 1946-1985; general papers, 1946-1971; newspaper cuttings, 1946-1977; and programmes relating to other theatre companies, 1947-1985.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llyfr lloffion 'Rhif 9, 1961-62', sef toriadau papur newydd 1961-1962, llythyrau oddi wrth Thomas Parry, 1961, W. E. Jones ac eraill ar ymddeoliad John Ellis Williams o Ysgol Glanypwll, 1961, llythyr oddi wrth Saunders Lewis, 1961, ynghyd â cherddi i John Ellis Williams ar ei ymddeoliad, a rhaglenni, 1961-1962.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau, [1930 x 1999], oddi wrth ysgolheigion a llenorion Cymraeg a Cheltaidd, gan gynnwys nifer o lythyrau oddi wrth Saunders Lewis (17), Syr Thomas Parry (18) a Kate Roberts (18).

Llythyrau gyda nifer o ohebwyr gwahanol yn trafod carchariad Saunders Lewis a'i iechyd tra yn y carchar, ynghyd â chopi o gwestiynau a holwyd iddo mewn cyfarfod yn Nhŷ Cyfarfod y Crynwyr, yn Heol Fawr, Abertawe, yng nghanol y 1930au, [1935]-[1937].

Typescript and manuscript copies of political essays and letters by John Legonna, many of them written for publications such as 'Baner ac Amserau Cymru', 'Wales' and 'Catalyst', with related press cuttings and letters, concerning Welsh and Celtic nationalism, the New Nation Group, Plaid Cymru, Welsh history, pacifism, the border of Wales and England, the border of Cornwall and England, Breton nationalism, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, the U.S.S.R. and its relations with Germany, and the relationships of Capitalism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Nationalism and Christianity, including a review of Ned Thomas, 'The Welsh extremist: a culture in crisis', and some observations on Saunders Lewis and Julian Cayo Evans, together with an invitation to Legonna to speak on national reconstruction at the Oxford Union, 1944, a review by John Davies of Plaid Cymru's performance in an Abertillery by-election, the agenda of a Welsh nationalist conference held at Caernarfon, 1943, a copy of the Liberal Review, 1944, and a notice of Labour Party meetings in Penryn and Falmouth.

Papurau'n ymwneud yn bennaf â gyrfa Saunders Lewis yn sgîl llosgi'r Ysgol Fomio yn 1936. Yn eu plith ceir deiseb yn datgan cefnogaeth iddo a phapurau'n ymwneud â'r cyfarfod protest a gynhaliwyd yn Abertawe, 22 Mai 1937.

Papurau'n ymwneud â gyrfa G. J. Williams, gan gynnwys ceisiadau am swyddi a thystlythyrau, 1914-1927, 1946; ynghyd â chopi o gais Saunders Lewis am swydd yng Ngholeg Rhydychen, 1947.

Ymhlith y papurau ceir llythyr, 1909, oddi wrth Cybi at 'Mr [O. M.] Edwards'; enghreifftiau o waith cwrs ei myfyrwyr drama gan gynnwys cyfieithiad Robert Wynne, 1951, o ddrama Saunders Lewis 'Amlyn ag Amig' i'r Saesneg gyda'r teitl 'The Christmas Candle' [fe'i darlledwyd gan y BBC yn 1948 a 1950]; drama am Ellis Wynne gan Janet B. Thomas; 'Ysgol Sir Tregaron a'r ddrama' gan Eirlys Morgan; 'Golygfa o fywyd Richard Wilson' gan ?; stori 'The adventures of Arabella Penn. "The ivory doll"' gan Tudur Watkins, 1954; 'By the waters of the Towy' gan Richard Vaughan, [1973]; llyfryddiaeth 'Wil Hopcyn and the Maid of Cefn Ydfa' gan Brinli [Brinley Richards], 1978; 'Marwnad Saunders Lewis' gan Alan Llwyd, [1985], mewn teipysgrif; a llungopi o bapur arholiad Cymraeg ar gyfer ysgoloriaeth y Frenhines, Coleg Hyfforddi Caerfyrddin, Mawrth 1849.

Eitemau printiedig, 1886-[1983], gan gynnwys cerdd goffa Myfyr Emlyn, 1886, i'r Parch. R. Hughes (1820-1885), Bethania, Maesteg; rhaglen, 1949, ar gyfer perfformiad Aelwyd yr Urdd, Aberystwyth, o 'Amser' (cyfieithiad Elsbeth Evans o J. B. Priestley, 'Time and the Conways') pan fu Norah Isaac yn actio rhan Eirian; y cylchgrawn Llwyfan, Gwanwyn 1969, yn cynnwys erthygl 'Y ddrama yn y Coleg Addysg' ganddi; rhaglen cyflwyniad teyrnged Theatr yr Ymylon i Saunders Lewis yn bedwar ugain oed yn [1973]; taflen angladd Aneurin Jenkins-Jones, 1981; a rhaglen gwasanaeth angladd Carwyn James, 1983.

Sgript 'Gwaed yr Uchelwyr' gan Saunders Lewis a berfformiwyd gan Gwmni Cofio, 1985, yn Theatr Halliwell, Coleg y Drindod, Caerfyrddin, ynghyd â rhaglen, ac adolygiad, 1985, o bapur bro Y Gambo.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Syr/Sir Goronwy Daniel; Alun Talfan Davies; Jennie Eirian Davies; Per Denez; Robat Gruffudd (2); Ieuan Wyn Jones; Robyn Lewis; Saunders Lewis; Manon Rhys (2); Meic Stephens; Dafydd Wigley.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Clive Betts; Alun Talfan Davies; Gwilym Prys Davies; Dr Noelle Davies (2); Thomas Charles Edwards; Mari Ellis; R. E. Griffith; Peter Hughes Griffiths (3); Tweli Griffiths; Robat Gruffudd; David Jenkins; Saunders Lewis; Athro/Professor T. J. Morgan; Thomas Parry; Delwyn Phillips (2); Alwyn D. Rees; Ted Rowlands AS/MP; Elan Closs Stephens (3); Ben Bowen Thomas (2); Dafydd Elis Thomas; Dafydd Wigley (3); Jac L. Williams.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Cassie Davies; Gwilym Prys Davies; Dr Noelle Davies; Tom Ellis AS/MP; Meredydd Evans; Winifred Ewing; Raymond Garlick; J. Gwyn Griffiths (2); Peter Hughes Griffiths; Syr/Sir Keith Joseph; Saunders Lewis; Gerald R. Morgan; John Osmond; Dewi Watkin Powell (2); Ted Spanswick; Syr/Sir Cennydd Traherne; Syr/Sir Tasker Watkins; Marcia Williams.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Teleri Bevan; Per Denez; Winifred Ewing; Ffred Ffransis (3); Raymond Garlick (2); Moses Griffith; Robin Gwyndaf; Dafydd Jenkins; Robyn Lewis (3); Saunders Lewis; D. Tecwyn Lloyd; Iorwerth C. Peate.

The file comprises papers found in the Library of David Jones which was deposited at the National Library of Wales in 1975 (see The Library of David Jones. A Catalogue, 1995). They include galley proofs of 'Religious Enthusiasm' by Christopher Dawson with manuscript corrections by David Jones; University of Wales Press copy of O'Donnell lectures, 'Angles and Britons' by J R R Tolkien, 1963, with manuscript notes by David Jones; 'For the pyre at Oeta' a poem by Harman Grisewood; typescript article 'La reve du Simple Soldat Clitus' translated by Professor Louis Bonnerot; typescript article by Saunders Lewis, 'A note on the asumption', 1951; typescript poem by Mrs I K Moon, 1941; BBC radio broadcast script of 'The dying God' series, 1951; typescript review of Lucerna: studies of some problems in the early history of England by H. P. R. Finberg, 1964; and newspaper cuttings, 1950-1967.

The file comprises typescript, manuscript and printed copies of poems by various authors (in many cases the author's name is not noted). Includes a typescript copy of a poem by Peter Levi entitled 'Thirty ways of drowning in the sea', with a letter from Alasdair Clayre at All Souls College, Oxford, dated 17 Sept. 1965, asking David Jones whether he would like 'a drawing or two drawings of yours to be used as illustrations for a limited edition of this poem?' (for drafts of a reply to this letter see A2/1), and typescript copies of poems by Charles Madge ('The Storming of the Brain', dated 2 July 1950), Dylan Thomas ('Elegy'), Saunders Lewis ('The Choice', translated by R. Wynne), Stefan George ('Come in the Park described as dead and see', translated by Vernon Watkins and signed by him), William Hayward, Herbert Read, and a translation of 'Wales' by Gwenallt Jones.

The file comprises scripts of three broadcasts concerning David Jones and his work: a review of an exhibition of his paintings in Edinburgh, 21 November 1954; a review of The Anathemata, 19 December 1952; and a talks feature entitled 'David Jones', compiled and introduced by Goronwy Rees and with contributions by T. S. Eliot, Saunders Lewis, Nicolette Gray and Gwyn Williams, 29 Oct. 1954, produced by Aneirin Talfan (two copies of the script, one corrected by David Jones).