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Notes, transcripts, speeches and other papers of Mari Ellis, 1953-2004, relating to the Richards family of Darowen in general and to the Rev. Thomas Richards (1754-1837) in particular.
The papers comprise copies of some six speeches by Mari Ellis, including one on Mary Richards, [?1970s]-2004 (ME 9/1); a Letts 1981 Diary containing notes and transcripts relating to Thomas Richards and several of his sons (ME 9/2); a group of miscellaneous notes on the family (ME 9/3); offprints of Mari Ellis's article 'Teulu Darowen' (Journal of the Historical Society of the Church in Wales, 3 (1953), 120-139, and 4 (1954), 58-88) (ME 9/4); a transcript of Thomas Richards's diary for 1782-3 (Cwrtmawr MS 239) and related notes by Mari Ellis, [?1989]-[?1998] (ME 9/5); and the manuscript of 'Thomas Richards 1754-1837' (100 ff.), [c. 1991] (ME 9/6). Three letters, 1985, 2003, from Iolo Wyn Williams, Tregarth, to Mari Ellis, together with a typescript by him entitled 'Llyfrgell Darowen' are in ME 9/3.

Notebook containing journal entries by Mari Ellis for 1 February-23 May 1996.

Exercise book containing journal entries by Mari Ellis for 14-25 November 1996.
A final entry, dated 3 January 1997, explains the suspension of the diary due to a broken wrist sustained on 26 November, and gives a brief account for the intervening weeks.

Notebook containing journal entries by Mari Ellis for 25 May-13 November 1996.
The entries are written initially on the rectos, with the volume then being inverted and subsequent entries written on the versos.

Exercise book containing journal entries by Mari Ellis for 1-31 January 1996.

W. H. Smith diary for 1993 re-purposed by Mari Ellis to record journal entries for 14 April-31 December 1993, and subsequently 2 January-21 October 1995.
The entries for 1993 are written from the beginning of the volume rather than on the designated diary pages.

Manuscript and typescript copies, [1950s]-1995, of various talks and articles by Mari Ellis relating to the parish of Dylife, Montgomeryshire, the place of her birth, or to her childhood generally (ME 23/1); together with notes, cuttings and photographs relating to Dylife (ME 23/2).

School exercise book containing journal entries by Mari Ellis for 24 October-31 December 1995.

Miscellaneous papers, 1681, 1759-1994, acquired by Mari Ellis (and in a few cases by T. I. Ellis).

Miscellaneous papers, 1759-1994, acquired by Mari Ellis (and in a few cases by T. I. Ellis).

A letter, 1994, from Maldwyn Hughes, Cefn Dinas, Bangor, to Mari Ellis, his [?second] cousin on her mother's side, concerning their shared ancestry in Bethesda, Gwynedd, together with copies of printed publications and photographs relating to the history of Bethesda.

Six Merched y Wawr pocket diaries, 1988-1993, used by Mari Ellis mostly to record appointments.

Notebook containing journal entries by Mari Ellis for 18 February 1992-13 April 1993.

Twenty-four letters and cards, 1950-1951, from Bedwyr Lewis Jones to T. I. Ellis, together with four to Mari Ellis, 1951-1984.
Also included are two letters to ME relating to the memorial fund for Jones, 1993, and a letter to her from Jones's daughter Eleri Bedwyr, 1993.

Papers of Mari Ellis, [1974]-1993, concerning the Rev. Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), comprising two notebooks and loose papers containing notes and transcripts, [1980s]-[early 1990s], together with two printed booklets on Price by Mari Ellis, [1974]-1993.

Papers of Mari Ellis, 1975-1993, concerning the Rev. William Jenkins Rees of Tonn and Cascob, and also the Rev. John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri).
The papers comprise four notebooks, entitled W. J. Rees 1-4, containing mostly transcripts of the correspondence of W. J. Rees and Ifor Ceri from the Tonn manuscripts, Cardiff (ME 13/1-4), and a fifth volume of Ifor Ceri’s letters to W. J. Rees (ME 13/5); three further notebooks containing transcribed letters to W. J. Rees and other material (ME 13/6-8); loose notes concerning W. J. Rees (ME 13/9); a notebook containing transcripts of various letters, including from J. Griffiths, Carmarthen, to Ifor Ceri (ME 13/10); and a notebook containing miscellaneous notes and transcripts (on ff. 47 verso-78 verso) of Ifor Ceri material (ME 13/11).

Correspondence of T. I. Ellis, 1904-1970, comprising letters from his mother, Annie J. Hughes Griffiths, his wife, Mari Ellis, and other correspondents, together with a few letters and copy letters from T. I. Ellis. Some six letters, 1951-1993, are addressed to Mari Ellis.