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A collection of manuscripts and papers of Dr John Pughe, 'Ioan ap Hu Feddyg', Aberdovey, David Roberts Pughe, Clynnog, William Owen, Chwaen Wen, Anglesey, and other members of the donor's family.

The fonds comprises diaries, 1883-1933, principally detailing farming activities, a volume of farming wage accounts, 1916-1938, and reports of the cultivation officer under the Montgomeryshire Agricultural Executive, 1918-1921.

E.H.T. Bible's natural history diaries, recording sightings of birds, mammals, sea creatures, insects and plants, mainly in and around Aberdyfi, Wales, with notes on location, species, identification, habits, migration patterns and weather conditions. Names of species are often underlined in red ink. Instances of dead animals, egg collecting, fur dealing, trapping and shooting are recorded, and the need for protection acknowledged. The observations of others are frequently noted, including Dr J.H. Salter and Miall Jones, both of Aberystwyth, Wales, and Mary Richards of Dolgellau, Wales. There are touches of humour in Bible's descriptions of encounters with animals and people. Gardening activities are noted in the later diaries, and, from 1943, rainfall records are kept. Most of the diaries are labelled 'Fair Copy', but the series includes two small notebooks containing draft versions.

Papers of the Poundley family comprising deeds of The Black Hole, 1885-1928, probate records, 1896-1951; financial papers, 1864-1938; estate correspondence, 1854-1947; receipt bills, 1865-1920; farming memoranda, 1904-1915, and personal papers, 1837-1921. Papers of Gwenvron Mary Griffiths, 1909-1964; Eryl Whiteman (née Griffiths), 1910-1951; and Mary Nesta Griffiths, 1913-1954; and also papers relating to the General Strike, 1926.

Correspondence and papers, 1842-c. 1955, of poet and socialist Robert Jones Derfel and including letters and cards, c. 1852-1905, from various correspondents; poetry and sermons, 1842-1913; scrapbooks, 1855-1905, containing material relating to Welsh socialism, etc.; books and pamphlets; and research material, 1911-c. 1955, compiled by T. J. Roberts in the course of his study of Robert Jones Derfel.

Papers, [1769x1860], mainly of the political writer David Williams (1738-1816) from the collection of Dr T. W. Thomas, Caerphilly. They comprise: correspondence, 1783-1818, mostly addressed to David Williams; material, 1769-1845, by or relating to David Williams, his niece Mary Watkins and his daughter Emilia; papers, 1780-1807, relating to the Royal Literary Fund, which was founded by David Williams; and a draft prospectus, 1800, of a projected daily newspaper titled 'The Imperial Gazette', one of the prospective partners being David Williams; together with material, [19 cent.], of Monmouthshire interest

A collection, mainly of essays, 1883-1905, written for the National Eisteddfod of Wales by Moses Owen Jones.

Academic papers of Edward Arthur Lewis, [c.1910]-1941, comprising abstracts from medieval and modern public records, including Chancery, Exchequer, Star Chamber and Court of Requests Proceedings, Ministers' Accounts, Subsidies, Chamberlains' Accounts, Pleas before the Justice of North Wales, and Quarter Sessions and Great Sessions records; abstracts from the Powys, Wynnstay, Brogyntyn, and Bronwydd Archives, with schedules of manorial records contained in these deposits; memoranda on the Welsh records in the Public Record Office; abstracts of records and notes on the lordships of Cydewain, Arwystli, Cyfeiliog, Broniarth, and Ardudwy; material for the history of Welsh boroughs (supplementing that published in Lewis, E. A., Medieval Boroughs of Snowdonia (London, 1912)); collections for the study of Welsh trade, commerce, customs duties, industry, shipping and agriculture; drafts of studies on Welshmen in London and the Welsh Fair (Barnet) from the Sessions Records of Middlesex in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Rebecca Movement, the Abbey of Strata Florida, claims of the study of Welsh History upon the attention of the University of Wales, country life in medieval Merioneth, the Kyffin family, the Raglawship of Cardiganshire, the coal and tobacco trade in Pembrokeshire; reports on theses and essays; and letters from Sir William Llewellyn Davies (1887-1952), Sir John Edward Lloyd (1861-1947), and others.

The fonds comprises political papers accumulated by Councillor Mrs Cecilia Barton, Lampeter, including the minute book, 1952-1987, of the Lampeter and District Liberal Association; issues of the Campaign Bulletin, 1984-1888, of the Welsh Liberal Party; records, 1983-1888, of the Alliance Committee for Wales; correspondence and papers, 1986-1997, of the Ceredigion and Pembroke North (later the Ceredigion) Liberal Democrat Association; papers, 1988-1990, concerning the foundation and the early development of the Welsh Social and Liberal Democrats; and papers, 1998-1999, relating to the selection of the Liberal Democrat list candidates for the Mid and West Wales region in the First National Assembly elections in May 1999.

The fonds comprises records of City Road Presbyterian Church, formerly the Octagon Chapel, Chester, including deeds, 1814-1864, minute books, 1879-1929, accounts, 1901-1969, and transfers of members, 1912-1965.

Two account books of the schooner 'New Valiant' of Portmadoc (Griffith Griffiths, Tal-y-sarn, master), 1849-1852, 1857-1862.

Minutes and correspondence, 1871-1872, of the Aberystwyth Carpenters' and Joiners' Union, relating to the 'nine hours system' of employment.

A song, 'Awake Beloved', written and composed by 'Yehunda', i.e., Mrs. Hettie Luscombe, Perth, Western Australia, and arranged by Harold Partington [c. 1936].

An account book of the Llangwm Tithe Defence Fund, 1887-1889. Inset is a blank form of a printed notice, 1887, to collectors on behalf of the Fund.

A volume lettered 'Etchings, Sketchings, and Scribblings by F. P. G.', being a collection of holograph poetry in English, with copious pen-and- wash illustrations, by F. P. Gwynne, St. Julian House, Tenby. Among the titles are 'The Border Legend, or A Fiction of the Welch Marches', 'The Battle Field, or The Gallant Soldier, Dedicated to The Royal Welsh Fusiliers', 'The Welch Harper's Lament', and 'The County Church in Pembrokeshire'. The paper is watermarked 1856, and one of the poems is dated 1858.

A volume of popular Welsh poems on religious and scriptural themes written c. 1673-1674 by James Phillipp(es), with additions made a generation later by Phillipp James. The poems belong to the type of verse known in Cardiganshire as 'halsingod'. Linguistic evidence suggests that the authors were natives of East Carmarthenshire.

A register of births of Tal-y-wern Baptist Church, parish of Penegoes, co. Montgomery, 1809-1851 (with a gap for 1838-1845 inclusive). The entries are recorded in A Register printed by John Jones, Llanrwst, in 1832, but the greater part of the volume is blank and the entries to June 1847 are recorded on printed sheets (watermark 1817) which are an insertion from a separate source. The entries to 1837 are registered by the minister William Evans and the remainder, with one exception, by the minister Richard Davies ('Yr Hen Belican').

Original manuscripts and typescripts of editorial notes, articles, poems, and reviews published in Y Llenor during the period 1925-1927.

An imperfect account book of Ffrydan Woollen Factory, Bala, co. Merioneth, 1845-1848.

Minute book, 1927-1929, of the 'Gorsedd' Committee of the Liverpool National Eisteddfod, 1929.