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Papers, 1898-1910, relating to the 'The Coligny calendar' by John Rhŷs. The paper was originally delivered at the British Academy, and subsequently published in its Proceedings, vol. IV (London, 1910). They mostly consist of proofs, 1909-1910, some containing manuscript amendments and corrections by the author, of 'The Coligny calendar', 'Notes on the Coligny calendar: additions and corrections', and 'The reconstruction of the Coligny calendar'. Also included are two letters, 1910, from J. K. Fotheringham, and printed copies of the charts compiled by Dissard and Espérandieu, 1898 and 1900.

Seven small notebooks, 1862-1865, mostly listing John Rhŷs's expenses and accounts whilst headmaster of Rhosybol British School. The file also comprises two exercise books, 1862, which include the rules, the names of the officers, and members, of the Rhos-y-Bol Literary Society, of which John Rhŷs was secretary. Biographical notes, [1920x1945], in Myvanwy Rhys's hand, describing her father's movements between 1861 and 1864, are noted in the back of one of the notebooks used by the Rhos-y-Bol Literary Society.

Personal and professional papers, [1822]-1953, belonging to, and accumulated by, John Rhŷs and members of his family.

Financial papers, 1871-1909, of John Rhŷs. A receipt for a book purchased in Leipzig, 1871, contains notes on philology which appear to be in the hand of John Rhŷs; and a rubbing of an inscription has been made on the reverse of another item, dated 1896.

Manuscript and printed copies, 1876-1877, of testimonials in support of John Rhŷs's candidature for the Celtic Professorship at Oxford, by Samuel Ferguson, Louis Lucien Bonaparte, D. R. Thomas, Ulick Joseph Bourke, A. Leskien, Costantino Nigra, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, Henri Gaidoz, Emil Hübner, Georg Curtius, Hugo Schuchardt, G. I. Ascoli, Robert Jones, D. Silvan Evans, and Whitley Stokes; together with related press cuttings.

Papers, 1869-1915, including reports, correspondence and notes, relating to the various commissions, committees and councils with which John Rhŷs was actively concerned. Included is material relating to the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into Intermediate and Higher Education in Wales, 1869-1880; the Central Welsh Intermediate Education Fund and, in particular, the administration of the Meyrick Endowment, 1879-1901; the Royal Commission to inquire into the operation of the Sunday Closing (Wales) Act, 1881, including a Welsh translation of the report by John Rhŷs, 1890; the Royal Commission on University Education in Ireland, 1902-1911; the Committee on the University of Wales and its constituent colleges, 1872-1915; and the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, 1908-1915, which John Rhŷs chaired.

Papers relating to the copyright action, 1909, brought by J. Gwenogvryn Evans. They comprise holograph notes by John Rhŷs, printed transcripts of evidence given by J. Gwenogvryn Evans, and newspaper cuttings; together with two reports concerning the copyright case of Parry v. Gollancz, 1903.

Notebooks and papers, 1862-1911, of Elspeth Rhŷs, consisting mainly of translation exercises, some containing corrections and notes by John Rhŷs, and including rough drafts of an article by her published in Y Goleuad. Also included is a 'schoolmistresses certificate' containing reports of inspections; an undated verse about her in the hand of her daughter Myvanwy; press cuttings, predominantly 1882, containing references to Elspeth Rhŷs; and papers relating to her death, 1911, including memorial cards for her daughter, Gwladus, 1874.

Undated manuscript drafts and notes, [1922x1947], in the hand of Myvanwy Rhys, of a proposed biography of her father Sir John Rhŷs.

Notes, [1918x1945], in the hand of Myvanwy Rhys, including genealogical research of the Rees, Mason and James families, together with notes relating to John Rhŷs's school years, the history of Ponterwyd, and 'Ponterwyd worthies'.

Research notes, 1869x[1940], compiled by Myvanwy Rhys, including transcripts of correspondence, among which is a group of original letters, 1869-1870, from John Rhŷs to Henri Gaidoz, with letters from the latter, and transcripts of letters from John Rhŷs to Edward Clodd, 1897-1900, in the latter's hand; notes relating to reviews of John Rhŷs's books, and letters etc. by him published in various newspapers and journals.

Personal papers of Myvanwy Rhys, comprising letters addressed to her, 1881-1945; and various papers belonging, and relating, to her, 1887-1942.

Includes letters from G. W. Kitchin (2), J. Romilly Allen (6), Llewellyn Harris, H. Elvet Lewis, Standish H. O'Grady, E. Ray Lankester (enclosing a letter from J. F. Payne), W. M. Ramsay (9), Samuel R. Gardiner (2), A. W. Moore, E. B. Tylor, Gervas Powell Glyn, Hugo Schuchardt, Alfred Daniell (2), Alfred Trübner Nutt, P. M. C. Kermode (4), Edward Clodd, Joseph Anderson (4), Frederick York Powell, J. M. Joass, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, George G. T. Treherne, Thomas Jones, Owen Owen (2), Alltud Eifion, W. A. Craigie, Arthur G. Langdon (4), David Patrick, Charles Plummer, Alfred Hayes, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, W. R. Paton, Thomas Callister, Henry Nettleship, G. Hartwell Jones (7), W. Cadwaladr Davies, Donald Mackinnon, Edward Anwyl, J. Fisher, Herbert Maxwell, William J. McCloskey, J. H. Davies, J. A. Stewart, and Charles Elton.

Includes letters from Paul Meyer, Goddard H. Orpen (10), F. C. Burkitt (2), Bertram C. A. Windle (2), Michael Beary (5), J. Glyn Davies (6), Donald Mackinnon (2), Norman Lockyer (13), Edward Caird, A. W. Wade-Evans (3), J. B. Bury (7), Llywarch Reynolds (4), F. Madan, E. W. B. Nicholson (4), Ange McKay Mosher (2), A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl') (16), I. Gollancz (2), W. H. Stevenson, Alfred Neobard Palmer, Morgan S. Williams, A. A. Macdonell, Alfred Daniell, Charles E. Breese, James R. Thursfield (2), E. B. Poulton, T. F. Roberts (2), D. B. Monro, R. A. Stewart Macalister (2), E. Lorimer Thomas, A. W. Scott, J. E. de Hirsch Davies, Alfred Thomas (2), E. H. Griffiths (2), Franz Lützow, J. Romilly Allen (2), E. Vincent Evans (3), William B. Halhed, John E. Davies, Douglas Hyde, A. W. Moore, John Rowland (2), D. Brynmor Jones (3), John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), Léonce Pierre Manouvrier, Robert Mowat (7), Léon-Honoré Labande, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville (3), A. H. Sayce, Henri Chabeuf, A. Héron de Villefosse (2), J. Strachan, George G. T. Treherne, Thomas Powel (2), W. J. Watson, Camille Jullian, H. R. Reichel (2), W. M. Lindsay, A. E. Joscelyne (3), E. S. Dodgson, W. A. Craigie, A. V. Dicey, Norman Moore, William Evans, W. Hawker Hughes, J. G. Frazer, J. P. Mahaffy, Edward Anwyl (2), W. Warde Fowler (3), Beriah G. Evans, Ll. J. M. Bebb, Lewis Morris, J. H. Davies, Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington (Earl Carrington), Joseph Wright, W. J. Parry, Arthur Bernard Cook, Percy Gardner, and Lewis R. Farnell.

Includes letters from E. Sidney Hartland (7), Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant') (16), Llywarch Reynolds (11), David E. Davies ('Dewi Glan Ffrydlas') (2), William Davies (3), William Greenwell (3), Douglas Hyde (5), W. Lewis Jones, Edward B. Tylor, Henri Gaidoz, John Thomas (2), Richard Jones Owen ('Glaslyn') (6), T. C. Evans ('Cadrawd') (3), Edward Anwyl (5), A. L. Mayhew (4, one written on reverse of letter by W. H. Duignan), Charles Ashton (2), William Jones, Isaac Foulkes ('Llyfrbryf'), Isaac Craigfryn Hughes (4), A. A. Macdonell, S. Baring-Gould (6), Robert Cochrane (7), A. S. Napier, Francis J. Jayne, W. Hawker Hughes (2), W. Trevor Parkins, Francis Dudley Williams-Drummond, D. Brynmor Jones (5), William Iago, Alfred Neobard Palmer (3), D. Rhys Phillips (2), W. H. Duignan, J. Romilly Allen, J. H. Davies, J. Glyn Davies (4), Constance Gore-Booth (3), G. F. Browne, R. S. Conway, Patrick Lyons (6), John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), E. W. B. Nicholson (9), Lewis Morris (2), J. Viriamu Jones, W. P. Ker, Henry Owen, W. M. Ramsay, Ernest Rhys, R. J. Rice, R. A. Stewart Macalister, D. E. Jenkins (2), T. Marchant Williams, H. W. Williams (3), Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, Arthur Guinness (Baron Ardilaun), J. Fisher (2), J. Anderson (2), D. M. Richards, Robinson Ellis, W. J. Craig (2), Charles Roeder (3), Fanny Bulkeley-Owen, Edward Clodd, F. Haverfield (2), George Charles Herbert (Earl of Powis), David Samuel, J. G. Frazer, D. S. Margoliouth, T. H. Thomas, P. M. C. Kermode, Edward Owen (2), John Quine, Osborn J. Bergin, W. M. Lindsay, E. B. Cowell, J. A. Simon, D. Morgan Lewis, and Ivor James.

Includes letters from James A. H. Murray, Edward Owen, Thomas Powel, William Iago (2), Edward Anwyl (4), Thomas Owen, John R. Mowbray, A. G. Boscawen (2), Charles Roeder (2), Hugh E. Seebohm, D. R. Thomas, D. Brynmor Jones (2), T. H. Thomas (2), D. P. Alford, H. Furneaux, Sidney Herbert (Earl of Pembroke) (5), John Owen, A. C. Humphreys-Owen (2), Charles Elton, Augusta Herbert, F. G. Kenyon (2), John L. Myers, Henry Owen (4), E. Sidney Hartland (2), David R. Hughes, H. W. Williams (7), Wentworth Webster, John H. Puleston (2), Hugh Williams, G. Hartwell Jones, George Coffey, Robert Cochrane (2), Richard J. Kelly, Charles Owen O'Conor (3), Reginald Bence-Jones, A. S. Napier, Alfred Holder, Douglas Hyde, W. J. Lewis, J. Edwin Odgers, George St John Colthurst, Arthur Guinness (Baron Ardilaun), Bernard Mallet, Robert Welch (2), Bernard FitzPatrick (Baron Castletown), W. A. Craigie, J. Romilly Allen (2), S. Baring-Gould (3), John Hobson Matthews, F. Haverfield, E. Vincent Evans, William Keith Leask, Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (2), Robert Burnard (2), John Garstang, J. Anderson (5), Alfred Neobard Palmer, C. E. G. Philipps, Norman Moore, E. S. Dodgson (2), Lewis Morris, H. Augusta Mostyn, Charles Mills Gayley, N. MacColl, John Edward Lloyd, Osborn J. Bergin (2), D. Hay Fleming, A. S. Green, C. A. Buckler, R. A. Stewart Macalister, Alexander Carmichael (2), Hugo Schuchardt, Edward Clodd (3), and Alexander B. Grosart.

Includes letters from Joseph Edkins (incomplete), Charles Appleton (2), Henri Gaidoz (3), William F. Skene, W. Boyd Dawkins (2), Emil Hübner (11), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (4), Samuel Ferguson (2), Love Jones Parry, Henry Bradshaw (3), John Peter, William Iago, A. H. Sayce (6), W. W. Skeat (3), and Max Müller.

Includes letters from Patrick O'Leary (3), Douglas Hyde, William Iago (2), David Samuel, A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl') (5), Eleanor Hull (2), Edward Clodd (4), F. C. Conybeare, J. Loth, Charles Ashton (2), Kuno Meyer, John Price, Robert Cochrane (8), E. B. Cowell, T. H. Thomas (4), E. W. B. Nicholson (10), Henry W. Evans, Lucy E. Griffith (4), Mary L. Dawson, J. Viriamu Jones (3), Henry Owen, H. W. Williams (3), Henry Jones, Taliesin Morgan, Ellis Edwards, David G. Ritchie, J. Romilly Allen (2), William Hughes, Edward Owen, William George Black, Charles Grierson, John I. D. Nicholl (2), Edward A. Freeman, W. A. Craigie, E. Crofton Rotheram (3), A. Griffith-Boscawen, R. A. Stewart Macalister (5), Karl Blind (2), William E. Oakeley, Fanny Bulkeley-Owen, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, J. Anderson (2), J. Cynddylan Jones, D. Brynmor Jones (2), C. E. Doble (2), Betha Hills-Johnes, Isaac Craigfryn Hughes, Patrick Lyons, Goddard H. Orpen (2), E. Sidney Hartland (2), Michael Beary (5), Edward Anwyl (2), David E. Davies ('Dewi Glan Ffrydlas'), Elias Owen, A. W. Moore, Margaret L. Huggins, Joseph Wright, Joseph Delcourt, James R. Thursfield, Thomas J. Westropp (2), R. L. Morant (2), A. Sidgwick, Ellis J. Ellis-Griffith, W. P. Ker, Nora Philipps, T. Marchant Williams, John Thomas ('Eifionydd') (2), Ll. J. M. Bebb, Llywarch Reynolds (3), D. E. Jenkins, Isambard Owen, J. Fisher, D. Howell, William Greenwell (2), George Henderson, Hugh Williams (2), Isaac Foulkes ('Llyfrbryf'), and Edward B. Tylor.

Includes letters from R. A. Stewart Macalister (2), J. Glyn Davies (4), D. Lloyd George (3), Robert Mowat (4, one includes a note by Whitley Stokes on reverse), Evan Rees ('Dyfed'), Patrick Power, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville (2), Lewis Morris (3), T. Herbert Warren (4), F. J. Furnivall, Edward Laws (2), Horace Hart (13), Edward Caird (2), A. H. Sayce, Julio de Urquijo (4), Alfred Daniell, Sidney Lee (2), J. Romilly Allen (5), W. James (2), John Rowland, Thomas Shankland, S. H. Church, A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl') (7), Richard Ellis, George Eyre Evans (3), John Edward Lloyd (3), William Jones, Rudolf Thurneysen, J. Strachan, Hugh Williams, J. G. Schurman (3), Goddard H. Orpen (2), Edward Owen (10), E. W. B. Nicholson (3), John C. Roberts, Isaac Craigfryn Hughes (2), George Curzon (2), E. S. Dodgson (40), W. H. Preece, J. H. Hessels, H. H. Asquith (2), D. Brynmor Jones, John Bradbury, W. G. Smith, Henry Owen (3), John Thomas ('Eifionydd') (2), Thomas Powel (2), J. Gwenogvryn Evans (3), Norman Lockyer, Thurstan C. Peter (2), J. G. Swift MacNeill, H. Campbell-Bannerman, S. Baring-Gould, Robert P. Porter, S. L. Clemens, Bernard FitzPatrick (Baron Castletown), A. S. Green, Marie Corelli, Erskine Beveridge (3), Henry Jones (2), W. Hawker Hughes, J. C. Collins, Robert S. Ball, J. Loth (2), J. Jusserand (3), Arturo Campión, Camille Jullian, William Iago, Gustav Roethe (2), Osborn J. Bergin, Heinrich Zimmer, Robinson Ellis, Charles Plummer, Edward Anwyl (2), W. M. Ramsay (2), Andrew Lang, Bernard P. Grenfell, Kuno Meyer (2), F. C. Conybeare, R. R. Marett, T. H. Thomas, Arthur Bernard Cook, Henry Browne, Almeric W. FitzRoy, W. Rhys Roberts, J. H. Davies, Rowland Ellis, T. F. Tout, T. Witton Davies, F. Haverfield (3), Edward Clodd, J. Myfenydd Morgan (2), E. Vincent Evans, Anatole le Braz, H. Osthoff, G. L. Barstow (2), Ingram Bywater, George Eyre Evans, R. Gwyneddon Davies, and Hubert von Herkomer.

Includes letters from A. W. Wade-Evans, R. S. Conway, H. J. Fleure, F. Haverfield (6), Francesco Chiesa, Henry Lewis, Edward Dwelly, Christopher Williams, Solomon Solomon (2), Almeric W. FitzRoy, Kuno Meyer, D. Brynmor Jones, Charles Gore, Edward Owen (2), T. Fisher Unwin, W. M. Lindsay (2), A. G. Cadogan, James Bryce, E. S. Dodgson (5), R. B. Haldane (Lord Haldane), George Eyre Evans (2), Horace Hart (3), Wilfrid Ward, W. J. Watson, Maurice Bonham Carter, Frederick Pollock, Robin Flower, Henri Gaidoz, R. A. Stewart Macalister (2), J. Glyn Davies, A. H. Sayce, Paul Meyer, Thomas Powel, Ubaldo Mazzini, John Lloyd Warden Page (2), and Isaac Craigfryn Hughes.