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Cyfrol o gerddi yn llaw Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai), [1866]-[1882], yn y mesurau caeth yn bennaf, gan gynnwys beddargraffiadau a chyfieithiad o emynau; cerdd brintiedig i W. R. M. Wynne, a Mrs Wynne, yn dilyn eu priodas, Mai 20, 1891, a cherdd goffa i’w wraig, 1892; copi o’i bregeth a draddodwyd ganddo yn ei wasanaeth ordeinio yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Llanelwy yn 1893; ynghyd â dau lythyr a ysgrifennodd at ei ferch Esther Margaret (‘Essie’), 1894 a 1895 a ‘Marwnad ar ol y diweddar Barch. Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai), Llangwm’ gan awdur dienw. = A volume of poems in the hand of Elis Wyn o Wyrfai, [1866]-[1882], mainly in strict metre, including epitaphs and translations of hymns; two of his printed poems: Welcome home. To W. R. M. Wynne, Esq, and Mrs Wynne, after their marriage, May 20, 1891, and In memoriam. My wife, 1892 and a copy of his ordination sermon preached at St Asaph Cathedral, 1893; together with two letters from him to his daughter Esther Margaret (‘Essie’), 1894 and 1895 and an elegy to the poet by an unknown author.

Copi ffotostat o 'Harvard MS Welsh 8,' sef cyfrol yn perthyn i gasgliad llawysgrifau William Bodwrda yn cynnwys barddoniaeth Gymraeg gan feirdd o'r 14 gan. hyd at 17 gan., a gopïwyd [1640x1660]. = A photostat facsimile of 'Harvard MS Welsh 8' which is a volume from the collection of manuscripts of William Bodwrda containing Welsh poetry from 14 cent to 17 cent, copied [1640x1660]
Ceir awdlau, cywyddau a darnau o hen ganu brud yn y llawysgrif, nifer ohonynt yn canu i deuluoedd sir Gaernarfon; cerddi a briodolir i Daliesin a Llywarch Hen; a nifer o eitemau sy'n unig gopïau, sef gwaith Huw Pennant (tt. 13-17), Ifan Tew Brydydd (tt. 53-5), Howel ab Reinallt (tt. 65-7), Siôn Phylip (tt. 90-4), Syr Huw Roberts Llên (tt. 94-7), a Siôn Tudur (tt. 127-31). Mae'n debyg nad llaw William Bodwrda mo'r un o'r ddwy brif law yn y gyfrol, ond credir fod y llawysgrif yn gynsail i un neu fwy o lawysgrifau ffolio William Bodwrda, megis BL Add. 14966 a Mostyn 145 (NLW MS 3048D). = The manuscript comprises 'awdlau', 'cywyddau' and old vaticinatory poetry, many relating to Caernarfonshire families; poems attributed to Taliesin and Llywarch Hen; and a number of items which are unique copies, namely the works of Huw Pennant (pp. 13-17), Ifan Tew Brydydd (pp. 53-5), Howel ab Reinallt (pp. 65-7), Siôn Phylip (pp. 90-4), Sir Huw Roberts Llên (pp. 94-7) and Siôn Tudur (pp. 127-31). It seems that neither of the two main hands in the volume belong to William Bodwrda, although it is likely that the manuscript served as the basis for one or more of William Bodwrda's folio manuscripts, particularly BL Add. 14966 and Mostyn 145 (NLW MS 3048D).

Cyfrol o bregethau, 1837-1838, yn llaw y Parch. William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog). = A volume of sermons, 1837-1838, in the hand of the Rev. William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog).
Mae'r pregethau yn bennaf o'r Testament Newydd, ynghyd ag ambell un o Lyfrau'r Salmau a'r Diarhebion, ac eraill. Perthyn y gyfrol i gyfnod Rees yn weinidog ar eglwys Annibynnol Lôn Swan, Dinbych; rhestrir y pregethau a draddodwyd ganddo, Chwefror 1837-Rhagfyr 1838, ar tt. 188-190 (testun â'i wyneb i waered). = The sermons are taken mainly from the New Testament, along with a few from the Book of Psalms, Book of Proverbs and others. The volume relates to Rees's time as the minister of Swan Lane Independent church, Denbigh; the sermons preached by him, February 1837-December 1838, are listed on pp. 188-190 (inverted text).

Llyfr cofnodion, Mai 1935-Mawrth 1937, Pwyllgor Gweithredol Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd, Gwauncaegurwen, Dyffryn Aman, 1937, gan gynnwys manylion y digwyddiadau hynny a arweiniodd at wahodd yr Eisteddfod i'r ardal (tt. 3-11). = Minute book, May 1935-March 1937, of the Executive Committee of the Urdd National Eisteddfod held at Gwauncaegurwen in the Aman Valley, 1937, including details of events leading to the inviting of the Eisteddfod to the area (pp. 3-11).

Taflen gwasanaeth dadorchuddio carreg goffa T. Gwynn Jones, 25 Hydref 1958, a dathlu ei ganmlwyddiant, 9 Hydref 1971, yn Betws yn Rhos, ynghyd â llungopïau o lythyrau oddi wrth y llenor.

Copi teipysgrif o'r ddrama 'Y Drefn' gan Gellenydd. = Typescript copy of a Welsh drama 'Y Drefn' by Gellenydd.

An exercise book, 1930-1955, in the hand of the Rev. W. P. Jones, Principal of Trevecca College, Talgarth, containing an annual record of students admitted to the College for the years 1930-31 to 1954-55 (ff. 2-51 verso). Entries include the names of students and typically list their home and college addresses and, less frequently, ages and subjects studied.
The volume also includes various memoranda, notes, accounts and lists (ff. 1 recto-verso, 60, 70-82 verso and inside the covers), including petty cash and other accounts, 1932-1941 (ff. 60, 73 recto-verso, 75, 76-80 verso, 82), details of scholarship exams and awards, 1936-1940 (f. 72 verso, 74 verso, 75 verso-76), lists of new students, 1949-1952 (ff. 70 verso-71) and a list of landladies at Talgarth (f. 74). Items found loose in the volume (now in an archival envelope) comprise a letter, 14 January 1955, to W. P. Jones from Ieuan Ll. Jenkins, Dowlais (f. 83), and eleven printed copies of the Trevecca College Regulations, each signed by students of the 1954-55 intake (ff. 84-94). From 1906 to 1964 Trevecca was run by the Calvinistic Methodist Church as a preparatory college.

Cyfres o 31 llythyr, 1997-2003, oddi wrth Islwyn Ffowc Elis at ei gofiannydd, T. Robin Chapman, yn ymwneud yn bennaf ag astudiaeth feirniadol Chapman, Islwyn Ffowc Elis (Caerdydd, 2000) a'r bywgraffiad Rhywfaint o Anfarwoldeb (Llandysul, 2003) (ff. 1-71). = Thirty-one letters, 1997-2003, from Islwyn Ffowc Elis to his biographer, T. Robin Chapman, mostly relating to the latter's critical study Islwyn Ffowc Elis (Cardiff, 2000) and biography Rhywfaint o Anfarwoldeb (Llandysul, 2003) (ff. 1-71).
Cynhwysir hefyd nodiadau hunangofiannol gan Islwyn Ffowc Elis, [2001], [2003] (ff. 76-91); copïau o ddau lythyr gan Elis, 1975, 1976 (ff. 72-75, 92-93); a deuddeg llythyr perthynol, 1998-2004, at Chapman oddi wrth amryw o ohebwyr (ff. 94-116), gan gynnwys Huw Ethall, 2004 (f. 99), Harri P[ritchard] J[ones], 2001 (f. 101), Eigra Lewis Roberts, [2002] (f. 102), Robin Williams, 2001 (ff. 109-110), Bobi Jones, 1998 (f. 111), Derec Llwyd Morgan, 1998 (f. 113), a Brynley F. Roberts, 2003 (ff. 115-116). Ceir yn llythyrau Elis atgofion am ei amser yn fyfyriwr yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru, Bangor (1942-7) (ff. 48-52), a’i ymddangosiadau o flaen tribiwnlysoedd gwrthwynebwyr cydwybodol ym 1943 (ff. 53-54), yn ogystal â chyfeiriadau at Adran y Gymraeg, Coleg Prifysgol Dewi Sant, Llanbedr Pont Steffan (1975-1980au) (ff. 55 verso-56, 74, 85 verso-90), Daniel Owen (f. 14), Kate Roberts (f. 14), T. J. Morgan (f. 54) ac E. Tegla Davies (ff. 72-75). = Also included are autobiographical notes by Islwyn Ffowc Elis, [2001], 2003 (ff. 76-91); copies of two letters from Elis, 1975, 1976 (ff. 72-75, 92-93); and twelve related letters, 1998-2004, to Chapman from various correspondents (ff. 94-116), including Huw Ethall, 2004 (f. 99), Harri P[ritchard] J[ones], 2001 (f. 101), Eigra Lewis Roberts, [2002] (f. 102), Robin Williams, 2001 (ff. 109-110), Bobi Jones, 1998 (f. 111), Derec Llwyd Morgan, 1998 (f. 113), and Brynley F. Roberts, 2003 (ff. 115-116). Elis's letters include reminiscences of student life at the University College of North Wales, Bangor (1942-7) (ff. 48-52) and his appearances before tribunals for conscientious objectors in 1943 (ff. 53-54), as well as references to the Department of Welsh at St David's University College Lampeter (1975-[1980s]) (ff. 55 verso-56, 74, 85 verso-90), Daniel Owen (f. 14), Kate Roberts (f. 14), T. J. Morgan (f. 54) and E. Tegla Davies (ff. 72-75).

Casgliad o 37 llythyr a 4 cerdyn a anfonwyd at yr awdur John Emyr (1950- ) yn ystod y cyfnod 1970-1991. Ymhlith y gohebwyr y mae Gwynfor Evans (ff. 1-4), R. Tudur Jones (ff. 11-12), T.H. Parry-Williams (ff. 16-17), Kate Roberts (ff. 18-37) a Lewis Valentine (ff. 39-40). Cyfeiria llawer o'r llythyrau at gyhoeddiadau John Emyr, megis Enaid clwyfus: golwg ar waith Kate Roberts (Dinbych, 1976), Terfysg Haf (Dinbych, 1979), Dadl Grefyddol Saunders Lewis a W.J. Gruffydd (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, 1986) a Dyddiadur Milwr a Gweithiau Eraill (Llandysul, 1988). = A collection of 37 letters and 4 cards in Welsh sent to author John Emyr (1950- ) during the period 1970-1991. Among the correspondents are Gwynfor Evans (ff. 1-4), R. Tudur Jones (ff. 11-12), T.H. Parry-Williams (ff. 16-17), Kate Roberts (ff. 18-37) and Lewis Valentine (ff. 39-40). Many of the letters refer to John Emyr's publications, such as Enaid clwyfus: golwg ar waith Kate Roberts (Dinbych, 1976), Terfysg Haf (Dinbych, 1979), Dadl Grefyddol Saunders Lewis ac W.J. Gruffydd (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, 1986) and Dyddiadur Milwr a Gweithiau Eraill (Llandysul, 1988).

A volume containing records of goods received of the Minera Silica Quarries of Graig Fawr and Tir Celyn, near Wrexham, 1936-1947.

Diary, 1 May 1851-18 September 1852, of Lieutenant Herbert M[illingchamp] Vaughan, 90th Light Infantry, mostly while stationed at Ballincollig and Cork, Ireland. The diary contains an account of his various duties, his social and recreational activities, including balls, regattas, parties and picnics, and hunting and shooting.
Vaughan's company was at Ballincollig until late 1851, when it removed to nearby Cork; the regiment was sent to Dublin in August 1852 (f. 112 verso). Additionally Vaughan spent most of September 1851 on leave in London (ff. 38-46 verso) and was at home at Plas Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire, [9] October-[29] December 1851 (ff. 49-65 verso). Among the incidents recounted are the death by suicide of one of his men during an assignment to transport ammunition (ff. 8-11); [George W. Stone] performing Electro-Biology [i.e. hypnotism] experiments on some of his men (ff. 26 verso, 29 verso-30); several visits to the Great Exhibition in London (ff. 39 verso-43 verso passim); attending the Cork garrison races, [21] April 1852 (ff. 86-87 verso); and a riot by paupers at Cork workhouse, [9] May 1852 (f. 90 recto-verso). Vaughan assisted in keeping order during the Cork County by-election in March 1852 (ff. 82-83) and in Cork City at the General Election in July 1852 (ff. 102 verso-103 verso). His main preoccupation in open season was fox hunting and shooting game (ff. 49 verso-84 verso passim). A memo found loose within the volume, dated 31 July 1852 with additions to 1855, has been tipped in inside the back cover (f. 122, see also f. 109).

A transcript, 1853, in the hand of Matilda Pasley, of a version of George Owen of Henllys's 'Description of Milford Haven', dated 17 December 1595 (ff. 2-26), together with a note by the transcriber (f. 1).
The manuscript mostly agrees with the texts of Cardiff 2.46 and BL Add. 22623, as published in George Owen, The Description of Penbrokshire, ed. by Henry Owen, Cymmrodorion Record Series, 4 vols (London, 1892-1936), pp. 529-562; where Henry Owen lists minor variations between those two manuscripts the present transcript does not consistently correspond with one or the other. The wording of the title page (f. 2) is significantly different (see Henry Owen (ed.), p. 533), while the section beginning 'For the more ease…' which concludes the other manuscripts is here interpolated on ff. 17-18. A memorandum concerning Owen's methodology for drawing his map of Milford Haven does not appear to be recorded elsewhere (f. 22). The present manuscript is itself copied from an intermediate transcript made at Worsley [New] Hall, Lancashire, on 22 October 1852, by Mary L[ouisa Egerton, Viscountess] Brackley, from the original 1595 manuscript belonging to her father-in-law [Francis Egerton, 1st] Earl of Ellesmere (probably the manuscript now Huntington Library MS EL 1145 (34/B/32)) (see f. 1). In 1853 Matilda Pasley's husband, Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart, was in command of Pembroke Dockyard and the Pasleys became acquainted with Lady Brackley during visits to Stackpole Court, the seat of her father, the 1st Earl Cawdor (see Lawrence Phillips, 'Captain Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, Bt., R.N., and Pembroke Dockyard, 1849-1854', Mariner's Mirror, 71.2 (1985), 159-165 (pp. 160-161)).

Notebook of George Henry Strick of Swansea and Brynaman, tinplate manufacturer, recording detailed notes and observations of a visit to America, September-November 1890, where he met with fellow industrialists and visited numerous blast furnaces, steelworks, ironworks and other industrial sites in several states.
Beginning apparently in Philadelphia, PA, 25 September-1 October (ff. 1-4), Strick then participates in a lengthy excursion, visiting the Warwick Furnace, [Pottstown, PA], 6 October (ff. 4-9), Lebanon [Valley] blast furnace, [Lebanon, PA], [?7 October] (ff. 10-11), Altoona Railway Works, [Altoona, PA], 8 October (ff. 11-12), the Edgar Thomason and Homestead works, the Isabella and Lucy furnaces, the Carbon Iron Co. works and adjoining aluminium works, all in Pittsburgh, PA, 9-11 October (ff. 12-17), Joliet Steel Works, South Chicago, IL, 14 October (ff. 18-22), various mines and limestone quarries, Bessemer blast furnaces and steel rolling plant, Bessemer Steel Works and the Ensley and Thomas furnaces, all in Birmingham, AL, 16-17 October (ff. 22-31), blast furnaces in Talladega and Anniston, AL, 18 October (ff. 32-35), Basic Steel Works in Chattanooga, TN, and blast furnaces in South Pittsburg, TN, 20 October (ff. 35-38), the town of Middlesboro, KY, 21 October (ff. 38-42), zinc works and a blast furnace in Pulaski, VA, 22 October (ff. 42-44), and Baltimore, MD, 24 October (ff. 45-46), before returning to Philadelphia, 26-28 October (ff. 46-48). While in Philadelphia and Baltimore particularly (ff. 1-4, 45-48) he discusses with fellow tinplate manufacturers and importers the state of the tinplate industry and the level of tinplate exports from Wales to America, against the background of the Tariff Act of October 1890 (The McKinley Tariff). The notes were compiled by Strick in November 1890 during the return voyage (see f. ii).

A manuscript account of an excursion to North Wales and Cheshire, 3-[6] September 1829, by Elizabeth Bower, [of Broxholme House, Doncaster], travelling with her husband John Seddon Bower (f. 1-19).
The couple left Crosby on 3 September and boarded the Prince Llewelyn steam packet at Liverpool (f. 1 verso), sailing along the North Wales coast (ff. 2-5) to Beaumaris (ff. 5-6 verso). They crossed the Menai Bridge (ff. 7-9) and proceeded to Bangor (ff. 9-10 verso), Conway (ff. 12-13 verso) and Chester (ff. 14 verso-18), returning to Liverpool and then Crosby on the [6] September (f. 19). Included are descriptions of Penrhyn Castle, Bangor (f. 11 recto-verso), and Eaton Hall, Chester (ff. 16-18).

Some ninety-nine letters and postcards, 1975-2013, from the poet and local historian Ruth Bidgood, Abergwesyn and later Beulah, Powys, addressed to the Rev. James Coutts, and frequently also to his wife Stevie, discussing her poetry, publications and public readings, her daily life and her family, containing frequent references to friends including Anne Cluysenaar, Angela Morton and A. M. (Donald) Allchin (ff. 1-188, 191-214).
Also included are typescript copies of eighteen of Bidgood's poems and sequences of poems, published and unpublished, [c. 1979]-2014, notably 'Hymn to Sant Ffraed' (ff. 215-225), most given by her to Coutts and a few re-typed by him, and cuttings and photocopies of a further fifteen poems from periodicals, 1983-2002 (ff. 25, 37-38, 52-53, 70, 116, 120, 215-265); typescript drafts, cuttings and photocopies of articles, interviews and reviews, [1978]-2006 (ff. 266-299), including two typescript articles by Donald Allchin (ff. 279-293); and a letter from Bidgood's friend Mary [MacGregor], of Myddfai, to James Coutts, 2 June 2009 (ff. 189-190). Many of the letters were written on the backs of sixty-three of Bidgood's own photographs, so as to resemble postcards; besides these a further twenty-nine of her photographs are also included amongst the letters.

Copies of 22 speeches given by Dame Margaret Lloyd George (1918-1921) relating to politics, charity functions, social work for the poor and the war wounded, the opening of schools, exhibitions, bazaars, an unveiling of a war memorial, presentations of awards, and addresses to major conventions. Also contains transcribed copies of the speeches, and also contains notes by the donor (grandson of Rev J.T Rhys) providing additional contextual information (2019). A booklet titled 'Mrs. Lloyd George Goes to Lampeter: 17th June 1919, A Rhys/Rees Story in Three Parts ' (see JTR MLG SP4 Lampeter Cardiganshire Liberals 17th June 1919) written by the donor is also included; originally a supplement to an exhibition in Lampeter Museum and a prior publication 'A Lampeter Family Story 1870-1971'.
Also contains copies of four letters from Viscountess Nancy Astor, 3 of which are to Mrs Lloyd-George, and 1 to JTR. Notes regarding the information and context of the letters from the donor are included.

Each speech has been referenced as follows:
JTR MLG SP1: Free Church Council Women, Social Rescue, Bloomsbury Central Church March 1918;
JTR MLG SP2 National Federation of Women's Institutes Exhibition, Caxton Hall, November 1918;
JTR MLG SP3 Garreglwyd, Holyhead, 14th June 1919;
JTR MLG SP4 Lampeter Cardiganshire Liberals 17th June 1919;
JTR MLG SP5 Women and peace on earth, 'Liverpool Courier' article 30th June 1919;
JTR MLG SP6 Bangor, Opening of the new Hostel for the Normal College, 21 October 1919;
JTR MLG SP7 Royal Dental Hospital, Roll of Honour and Prize Giving, 5th November 1919;
JTR MLG SP8 Plymouth in support of Lady Astor, afternoon of 14th November 1919;
JTR MLG SP9 YWCA Bazaar Opening Remarks, Central Hall Westminster, 4th December 1919;
JTR MLG SP10 On Temperance, notes written by MLG at Melchet Court, early March 1920;
JTR MLG SP11 Stockport Women's groups, 25th March 1920;
JTR MLG SP12 Camberwell Women's Rally for Dr Macnamara, 26th March 1920 by-election;
JTR MLG SP13 World Women's Temperance Conference, Central Hall Westminster, April 1920;
JTR MLG SP14 Browns of Chester, 28th October 1920;
JTR MLG SP15 Llandudno Women's Liberal Association, probably early 1921;
JTR MLG SP16 Baptist Women's League, Bloomsbury Central Church, London, 27th April 1921;
JTR MLG SP17 Sunday School Bloomsbury Central Church, London, May 1921?;
JTR MLG SP18 Llanfairfechan, circa May 1921;
JTR MLG SP19 Carnarvon Boroughs, May 1921;
JTR MLG SP20 On Temperance, Purity and Religion, Welsh Presbyterians, Porthmadog, 13th June 1921;
JTR MLG SP21 Milton Mount College 23rd June 1921;
JTR MLG SP22 Liverpool, British and Foreign Bible Society, The Sun Hall, Liverpool, 29th June 1921.

An archive relating to the life history of the Welsh boy soprano, Tom Howell (born 1911), including a letter from the BBC dated 1925 offering an engagement to broadcast, press cuttings relating to his singing awards, prize certificates, and ribbons, letters, a music sheet book for pianoforte, R.A.F. ID service tags and Service Book from his WWII military service as 1127491 Cpl. RAF in the Japanese campaign, a June 26th, 1943 copy of Ceylon Review regarding the Allies' victory over Japan in Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), a group photograph of NTTC (Non-Technical Training Centre) R.A.F. India Equipment Accounts 1944 including Tom Howell, and a pocket watch inset with his photo portrait as a youth.

A manuscript copy, 1729, of Henry Rowlands's 'Antiquitates Parochiales', transcribed by 'G.M.' [William Morgan] (pp. 1-146). The synchronism of free tenants for 1300-1700, 'Synchronismi quinque lustrales liberorum tenentium comot Maenei', is included (pp. 127-146) but the manuscript also includes an addendum not recorded elsewhere, in the hand of William Morgan and possibly a later addition, updating it to 1725 (pp. 147-148). The tract entitled 'Bellum Mariscum', absent from some copies, is also present (pp. 151-160).
Items found loose in the volume have been placed in an archival envelope (pp. 163-168).