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Two musical compositions: 'Stafell Cynddylan' (holograph) and 'Who is Sylvia?' by D. Vaughan Thomas.

A list of persons balloted, and substitutes, sworn and enrolled to serve as private militia men for the hundred of Llangyfelach, Glamorgan, 1760-1770; with a copy of a letter by L. Griffiths, 4 September 1817, on the deplorable situation of the Glamorgan farmers.

Miscellaneous data (typewritten) relating to the parish of Llandwrog, co. Caernarvon, including extracts from a lay subsidy roll, 1663, a hearth tax return, 1664, an assessment for church mise, 1743, and a land tax assessment, 1788; incomplete lists of the rectors, 1652-1936, curates, 1633-1896, and churchwardens, 1739-1812; lists of freeholders, jurors, and electors, mid-sixteenth century - 1794; etc. The whole has been bound in the form of a small booklet.

Notices relating to proceedings at festivals organised by Calvinistic Methodist Sunday schools in the Towyn [co. Merioneth] district (Cymanfa[oedd] Ysgolion M.C. Dosbarth Towyn), 1933-1939, with the results of examinations and competitions held in connection therewith.

An incomplete, typescript copy of a work by the Reverend Digain Williams, San Francisco, U.S.A., described on the title-page as 'The Great Hymns of Wales, translated by Rev. Digain Williams . . .', and intended for publication. The text consists of brief notes on twenty-one well-known Welsh hymn-writers (in alphabetical order), with translations into English of some of their best-known hymns. The preface, introduction, and pp. 1-5 of the text, which, according to the table of contents, would have dealt with two other writers, are missing. In some instances, spaces have been left in the text for the insertion of hymn-tunes.

A customer's account book - Mr. J. Gibson, Pier Street, Aberystwyth, in account with Alfred Noyes, family grocer, and wine and spirit merchant, Aberystwyth, 1894-1896.

A survey in two volumes by Melvyn Davies of the Worms Head & Mainland Caves, 1-47 undertaken between July and September 1989; a survey of the Gower Coast Caves by R. T. Sutton, Melvyn Davies and Dr Graham Jenkins, September 1990; together with surveys of the caves of the South Gower Coast, Worms Head to Porteynon Point by Melvyn Davies, January 1987, and another copy with a few additions by Andrew Davies, and from Porteynon Point to Pwlldu Bay by Melvyn Davies, May and August 1990.

A second group of sacred songs composed by E. Festin Jones, Blaenau Ffestiniog, to words by J. D. Davies [Blaenau Ffestiniog], Mrs. Albert Jones, B[etws] y Coed and Blaenau Ffestiniog (1922) (partly holograph), Robert John Davies ('Barlwydon'), John Griffith, Dolgelley, Robert Owen Hughes ('Elfyn'), D[avid] Jones, Treborth, D. Mardy Jones, Seven Sisters, Enoch E. Jones, Humphrey Jones ('Bryfdir'), Joseph Jones ('J. J. Drenewydd '), J. W. Jones [Blaenau Ffestiniog], R. Eurog Jones, H. Elvet Lewis ('Elfed'), David Bowen ('Myfyr Hefin'), John Lewis, Dublin, Evan Rees ('Dyfed'), Ioan Rhys, Llannonn, co. Cardigan, David Jones ('Dewi Mawrth'), Robert David Rowland ('Anthropos') (holograph), Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn'), Dr. [H.] Cernyw Williams, Thos. H. Williams, Rhiwbryfdir, W. Nantlais Williams ('Nantlais'), etc.

A transcript of the notebook of Kurt Ockert (1920-2011), a German Prisoner of War, posted to work in Radnorshire during the Second World War who married a Welsh girl from Presteigne and lived there until his death. It was transcribed by the donor George P. Lancett after Kurt Ockert's death in November 2011.

Three holograph musical compositions by J. Morgan Lloyd: - a madrigal: 'Walking by a riverside; Rhodio gyda'r afon'; a contralto song: 'Cathl i'r Eos', 1932; and an extract from an orchestral overture.

A List of Catholics connected with Wales who suffered death for the Faith, 1539-1680 A.D., with an addition and a corrigendum in manuscript by Thomas Peter Ellis.

Notes relating to primary, secondary, and university education, with several references to education in Wales, copied from various sources between 1903 and 1923 by Sir Henry Lewis, Bangor.

The file comprises various newspaper and magazine cuttings, [Oct.] 1966-Dec. 1967, some in photocopied form, concerning the disaster at Aberfan on 21 October 1966, including cuttings regarding the subsequent public inquiry at Merthyr Tydfil, as reported in both the national and local press, as well as articles from the Colliery Guardian. Also included are some pages from a glossy magazine showing pictures of the scene immediately following the tragedy.

Poetry and essays written by John Jones ('Gwalch'), Aberaman, mainly for 'eisteddfodau' in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire.

Mainly manuscript and typescript notes, 1970-1987, prepared by Sir Goronwy Daniel for addresses and speeches on themes relating to the arts in Wales, together with a small quantity of related printed items and press cuttings. The file also contains notes for an address on 'Yr Ieuanc a Disgyblaeth Heddiw' delivered by Sir Goronwy at Cyfundeb Annibynwyr Penfro, 16 July 1980.

A report by John Ballinger and a scheme for a public libraries' service for the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, 1907.

An account book, 1760-1763, of a brewer [? at Caernarfon] dealing mainly with Anglesey and Caernarvonshire customers; the volume was later used as an arithmetic and geometry exercise book, probably by Roberts.

Rate book, [1827x1829], for the parish of Berriew, Montgomeryshire, listing owners and occupiers and description of property by township.

Account book, 1887-1902, of Thomas Williams, Aberystwyth, co. Cardigan, mason and foreman, including details of wages paid to workmen engaged in the construction of Aberystwyth bridge and sums paid for materials.

Two autograph sermons by the Venerable Hugh Jones, archdeacon of St Asaph, first preached at Bagillt and Holywell, June-July 1839.