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File of typescript notes regarding the Welsh literature of the 19th century. After an introduction dealing with the main characteristics of the period W. J. Gruffydd deals firstly with the authors and works pertaining to the Classical Movement, and secondly with the Lyric Poetry of the age. 80 ff. [cf. MS 16].

File containing an autograph draft (ff. 1-18) and a final typescript carbon copy (ff. 19-38) of an article entitled 'Moses in the Light of Comparative Folklore' [published in Zeitschrift fur Celtische Philologies vol. 19].

File entitled 'Enwau Lleoedd', 97 ff., as follows: ff. 1-51, series of 7 lectures on place names in Wales. In autograph, and full, 1933-34; ff. 52-55, autograph introduction to the study of place names in Wales; ff. 56-83, list of place names found in various parts of Wales, sometimes including the names of the parishes in which places are situated.; ff. 84-87, brief notes on the mutations occurring in certain place-names when preceded by some prepositions.; ff. 88-95, note-book containing cuttings of a series of press articles by W. Gilbert Williams entitled 'Place names in Rhostryfan', 21 March 1919; ff. 96-97, press cuttings from Y Genedl, Oct. 1920, of two articles and one letter dealing with 'Hen enwau plwyf Llanfair-is-gaer'.

Note-book containing a list of words found in the Caernarvonshire dialect (2 ff.) and short disarranged notes regarding Gesta Regum [Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Brittonum] (1 f.).

Note-book labelled 'Intermediate Grammar' containing rough adjudicatory notes, in English, on two plays entitled 'Owain Glyndwr' and 'Riam Sudalwg' respectively (ff. 1-2); a rough draft of an [incomplete ?] political article, in English, dealing with '... the failure of the Liberals and National Liberals to agree...' (ff. 3, 4v, 5); notes, in English, on syntax (ff. 4-15,17-34); brief notes on words found in the text of Brut y Brenhined (ff. 68-9). 70 ff.

File containing English and Welsh press cuttings, including poetry, book reviews, and articles of Welsh literary and political interest. Also, copies of some numbers of Y Ddraig Goch and The Welsh Nationalist for 1940.

Envelope addressed to W. J. Gruffydd containing: 1 black and white photograph of the title page of William Salesbury's A plain and a familiar introduction ... (1567); 1 black and white photograph of part of the introduction to William Salesbury's Welsh translation of the Book of Common Prayer; 1 black and white figured post-card labelled 'Jehan Lecoq' [Transferred to Dept. of Maps and Prints].

Typescript carbon copy of a brief description of NLW MS 10342A, being a volume of 'hymn and psalm-tunes by, and in the autograph of, Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg')', and entitled 'Salmyddiaeth Dwyfundodiaid Deheubarth Cymru'. 1 f.

Typescript carbon copy of a brief description of NLW MS 10343A, being a 'volume of hymns ... by, and in the autograph of, Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), together with a few 'Erddiganau' to which they were intended to be sung'. 1 f.

Small note-book containing extracts from the Llanddeiniolen Parish Registers of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, transcripts of a few 17th century Caernarvonshire wills, and miscellaneous notes on Sir O. M. Edwards. 108 ff.; ff. 1-6, 11-15, 38, 40, 45-54, 86-91, 101-108 used.

File marked 'London. Greenwich 25838', containing the following: (1) Two black and white picture postcards showing the Eglise de la Madeleine and Le Panthéon, Paris; (2) copy of the menu for a dinner held by the 'R.N.V.R. [Auxiliary Patrol] Club' 19 Oct. 1922, at the Connaught Rooms, Gt Queen St, Kingsway [London]. 2 ff.; (3) copy of the menu for a dinner held by the National Liberal Club, 21 Oct. 1922. 1 f.; (4) copy of the menu and programme for the 'Annual St David's Day Banquet' of the London Welsh Society, held 1 March 1933, at the Trocadero Restaurant in Piccadilly (2 ff.) Also a plan of tables for the banquet, in English.; (5) results of the Degree Examinations taken by students of Welsh at the University College of Cardiff [These students graduated c. 1930].; (6) black and white portrait of W. J. Gruffydd in Naval uniform.;. (7) Full typescript and autograph reports and notes regarding the dismissal of Dr Mina J. Moore, lecturer in Education at the University College of Cardiff. Dated 18 Nov. 1940. 15 ff.; (8) typescript copy of the song beginning:. 'Du erchyll fro marwolaeth,. Yw y môr, yw y Môr;'. [See Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru, III, pp. 47-8]. (9) Typescript record of questions asked and speeches delivered in the House of Commons by W. Jones, MP for Caernarvonshire from 1896-1915. 4 ff.; (10) list of competitions, prizes and rules regarding the literary section of the 1953 National Eisteddfod, held at Rhyl. 5 ff.; (11) typescript notes on the syllabus of a General Refresher Course for teachers in Wales, held at St. Peter's Hall, Oxford, 1-15 July 1939. 6 ff.; (12) letter to W. J. Gruffydd from the Registrar, University College of Wales, regarding his being appointed one of a committee to report on various observations on the report of the Academic Board regarding the promotion of Welsh studies in the University, and a copy of the forementioned observations and report. 5 ff.

Indexed note-book containing lists of books, arranged in alphabetical order according to the author's surname. [The writing suggests a very early date]. 187 ff.

Note-book entitled 'Essays in English Literature', containing a 'Paper on the Wordsworth period' [probably incomplete] (5 ff.) and notes (3 pp.); notes on 'Lamb's Prose (1 f.) and on the English writer Landor (3 pp.); and a study of Aryan vowels (5 ff.). 102 ff.; ff. 1-5, 10-14, 92-3, 95-6 used. A few ff. have been removed.

Fersiynau llawysgrif o'r ddarlith 'Folklore and Myth in the Mabinogion' (gw. rhif 89 uchod), a draddodwyd yn Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru ar 27 Hydref 1950, ynghyd â llythyr oddi wrth Beth Williams, BBC, Caerdydd, dyddiedig 10 Hydref 1950.

Crynodebau teipysgrif o'r erthyglau canlynol: R. E. Bennett, 'Arthur & Gorlagon, The Dutch Lancelot, & St. Kentigern', Speculum, XIII; 'Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Paternity of Arthur', Speculum XIII; Sarah Michie, 'The Lover's Malady in Early Irish Romance', Speculum XII; R. Thurneysen, 'Irish 'Eneclann'', Zeitschrift für Keltische Philologie XX; 'Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Modena Archivolt', Speculum XIII.

Sgript radio rhaglen ddramatig, 'Dull y Byd Hwn', gan W. J. Gruffydd a ddarlledwyd gyntaf ar 5 Mehefin 1938 o Fangor gyda Dafydd Gruffydd yn cyfarwyddo, ynghyd â llythyr gan Aneirin Talfan Davies, 27 Tachwedd 1946, o'r BBC, Caerdydd, yn awgrymu ailddarlledu'r rhaglen.

Sgript radio 'Dafydd Gywydd Gwin' a ddarlledwyd o Gaerdydd, 1 Mawrth 1935.

Pryddest radio 'Yr Arglwydd Rhys' gan W. J. Gruffydd a ddarlledwyd o Gaerdydd, 21 Ionawr 1936.