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Addresses and lectures by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd'): press cuttings. Welsh, English. In boards. Donated from the library of the Reverend D. Eurof Walters, M.A., B.D., per Mrs Walters, May 1952.

Addresses and lectures by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd'). Welsh, English. In boards. Donated from the library of the Reverend D. Eurof Walters, M.A., B.D., per Mrs Walters, May 1952.

Addresses and lectures by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd'). Welsh, English. In boards. Donated from the library of the Reverend D. Eurof Walters, M.A., B.D., per Mrs Walters, May 1952.

Addresses relating to the political scene in Wales, written by Saunders Lewis on behalf of his daughter, Mair Saunders Jones, the donor; three are from the late 1940s and another from the 1950s.

Holograph and/or typescript copies of addresses by George Arbour Stephens, M.D., Swansea, including 'Was Dozmare Pool a Celtic lake of the Underworld?', published in Folk Lore, March, 1935, 'A Green Cross Service for the Celtic Fringe', delivered at the Celtic Congress, Isle of Man, 4 July, 1935, 'The Topographical Importance of Kidwelly and the Burry Estuary in connection with the Arthurian Romances. Caerwen as the old name for Kidwelly', published in The Carmarthen Journal, 25 November, 1938, and 'Radnorshire as a Centre of Celtic Mythology', delivered to the Radnorshire Antiquarian Society at Llandrindod, 2 December, 1938; together with some miscellaneous papers of G. Arbour Stephens, including army certificates, 1897-1918, notices of the leet court with view of frank-pledge of the borough and manor of Swansea, 1919-31, etc.

Addresses, &c., presented to Henry Richard. Dutch, Italian. In a portfolio. Donated by the Reverend H. R. Evans, Broadhampton, April 1948.

Addresses, articles, etc by Richard Morris, H. Jones Davies and G. J. Williams. Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from the Reverend H. Jones Davies, Llangollen, April-May 1961.

An essay on the history of education in Lledrod ('Trem ar hanes Cyfraniad addysg yn ardal Lledrod'), submitted by John Davies, Lisburne House, Crosswood, to an eisteddfod held at Rhyd-lwyd, Lledrod, 21 February, 1936.

A holograph essay on 'Addysg yn Nghymru: Yn gosod allan ansawdd bresenol a neillduolion yr addysg a weinyddir; awgrymiad at ddiwygiad; yn nghyda'r pwysigrwydd o gysylltu Ysgolion Elfenol a'r sefydliadau Gramadegol a'r Colegau' written by 'Ofydd' [i.e., Hugh Pritchard, Llannerch-y-medd, co. Anglesey], and submitted for competition at the National Eisteddfod at Caernarfon [1880]. Bound in at the end of the volume is a cutting, from Baner ac Amserau Cymru, of the adjudication of Thomas Powell [sic], [University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff]. One half of the prize money was awarded to 'Meurig ap Iorwerth' ( Mr. M. E. Morris, Minffordd, Portmadoc, co. Caernarvon).

Correspondence and other papers, 1805-[?late 20 cent.], relating to the soprano Adelina Patti and to her friend Edward Hall, Box Office Manager at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.
The papers comprise: (i) Some eight letters (one an envelope only), 1893-1898, from Adelina Patti, at Craig-y-Nos Castle, Nice and Paris, to Edward Hall, London (ff. 3-5, 9-25), together with one letter to Hall from [?Pittman], Ystalyfera, 10 August 1883 (ff. 1-2), and a letter from Patti, in Indianapolis, 1 January 1894, to [?W. E.] Gladstone (ff. 6-8); (ii) typescript transcripts of the Adelina Patti letters, [?late 20 cent.] (11 ff.); (iii) some twenty-seven newspaper cuttings, December 1893-February 1894, relating to Patti's tour of America, apparently sent to Edward Hall from Toronto, possibly by Patti herself; (iv) photographs, postcards and ephemera relating to Patti, 1889-1984; (v) an insert book for the EMI long play record 'Adelina Patti' (RLS 711), 1973; (vi) copies of five newspapers, 1805-1809, containing news relating to the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, together with a few other printed items, 1875, 1925, concerning the Theatre and Edward Hall; and (vii) largely unrelated items, comprising photographs of Nellie Melba, [?1911], Queen Elizabeth [the Queen Mother], [?1940s], and a 'Souvenir Programme of the Visit of… the Duke and Duchess of York to Cardiff... and Blaina', [1932].

Scrapbook, 1885-1892, compiled by the amateur actor Augustus Spalding, a close friend and supporter of the opera singer Adelina Patti, containing press cuttings, photographs, printed items, letters and ephemera.
The volume contains material relating to Patti's wedding to Ernesto Nicolini (ff. 11 verso-12 verso, 12c, 13), various charity concerts in Swansea and Brecon (ff. 17-20, 30-31 verso, 41a-b, 42-43, 81-84 verso), her tour of South America in 1888 (in particular Buenos Aires and Montevideo) (ff. 32 verso-36, 39 verso-41 verso), engravings of Craig-y-Nos Castle (ff. 43 verso-45), her birthday party, 19 February 1889 (ff. 50 verso-51), performances at the Patti Theatre, Craig-y-Nos (ff. 62 verso, 67, 78-80 verso, 85), and the Grand Autumn Concert Tour of 1890 (f. 63 recto-verso), all being events in which Spalding participated. The majority of the material however relates to Spalding's acting activities as a member of the Old Stagers during the annual Canterbury Cricket Week, and with the Windsor Strollers.

Adgofion am Aber-Gwyn Gregin gan Morris Thomas, ynghyd â thair stori fer (teipysgrif) gan?Morris Thomas. Rhwng byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Miss N. Thomas, Conwy, Medi 1959.

Adgofion gan 'Watcyn Wyn' (llawysgrif wreiddiol 'Adgofion Watcyn Wyn', 1910). Gweler hefyd NLW MS 14121A. Mewn byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan T. Bassett, Wrecsam, Medi 1941.

Adgofion o'r flwyddyn 1844 a ysgrifennwyd y dydd diweddaf ohoni, by Griffith Thomas Evans. Welsh, English. (Formerly Oakford MS 5.) See also NLW MSS 14036-14060. Donated by Mr S. Jones, Oakford, Llanarth, January 1942.

Adjudications by John Jones, Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire on green crop competitions organised by agricultural societies in the county. Welsh, English. Between boards. Donated by John Jones, Llanbadarn Fawr, February 1965.

Administrative papers of the Aberystwyth branch of Urdd Gobaith Cymru including Committee minutes, balance sheets, correspondence, reports on the activities of the branch, and applications from various local organisations to hire the branch's facilities.