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Arithmetic exercises in the hand of Owen Morris while at Wheaton Aston School, Staffordshire. English. 1/2 leather. Donated by Mrs J. R. Roberts, Porthmadog, September 1971.

Notebook of John Nicholas (b. ca. 1829), son of Phillip Nicholas, Pantygwyddel, Llanfyrnach, co. Pembroke, containing arithmetic exercises, 1839-41.

Arithmetical exercises and problems, 1741-1742.

Arithmetic rule books belonging to Margaret Adams, Maes-yr-wyn, Mynachlog-ddu and William Griffith, Mynachlog-ddu probably while at Daniel Jones's school at Dre-dyrch, Mynachlog-ddu. English. Between boards. Donated by Mr E. T. Lewis, Mynachlog-ddu, June & October 1968.

Arithmetical examples written by John Davies, Glyn, Llangeitho.

A volume containing arithmetical exercises, form letters and stories, compiled by John Lloyd (b. 1808) of Pant, parish of Llanegryn, co. Merioneth, 1824-1825, whilst a pupil at Mr Harling's Commercial School, Chester; family memoranda, including copy letters from John Lloyd's father, David Lloyd, have been added, [1820s]-1847 (ff. 344v-345, 378v-380).

An arithmetical exercise book, with transcripts of 'cerddi' by Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant') and others, transcripts of 'bidding' letters, and miscellanea.

A volume compiled, 1811-1830, by Thomas Llewellyn of the parishes of Cardigan and Ferwig, Cardiganshire, chiefly containing arithmetical exercises but also miscellaneous notes and memoranda in English and Welsh, perhaps partly composed by him and partly derived from printed sources. These include a bidding letter for the marriage of Mary Owen and John Williams, both of the parish of St Dogmaels, Cardiganshire, 1816; draft documents relating to property in Cardigan and Ferwig; love letters and verse in English, including a number of Valentine rhymes; prognostications in Welsh and English on the weather and on lucky and unlucky days, together with astrological notes; two apparently unpublished ballads in Welsh, one of them, perhaps by Thomas Llewellyn, recounting a case of alleged slander by Sara Evans, a Methodist, against the Rev. John Herring (1789-1832), Baptist minister at Cardigan; and a transcript of the title-page of The [Supposititious] Works of Aristotle (Arbroath, 1801) (not recorded in the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue).

Papers, [1846]-1915, of Thomas Henry Thomas ('Arlunydd Penygarn') comprising correspondence, geological and antiquarian notes, translations of manuscripts and miscellanea largely of Welsh interest, including an account of the 'Mari Lwyd' and material relating to 'druidic' books and runes.

A transcript by Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan) of an extract from Edward Williams: An Essay on the Equity of Government and the Sovereignty of Divine Grace (London, 1809), and a fragment of the New Testament bearing notes of sermons preached in the Bangor district.

Copies of the coat of arms, and family tree, 1721-2008, of the Touchet and Davies families, compiled by the donor.

Two army field service books containing reports on mining operations during the fighting at Hill 60 in the Ypres Salient, 1916-17, which belonged to J. E. Jones (d. 1920), 2nd Lieut. (after Lieut.), father of the donor Olwen Caradoc Evans, together with press cuttings, 1927-1930, and photographs of him in Johannesburg.

Photocopy of Neil Sulley of the National Library of Wales's thesis 'Arolwg: ansawdd y famiaith. gwallau iaith, cywirdeb iaith, a gramadeg', submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of BA in the Department of Welsh at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Aron Elias on stage with the flag of Owain Glyndwr wrapped around his shoulders.

A file labelled, 'Diwylliant Cymru Heddiw. Celfyddyd. Wrexham. 23.11.66. Round Table/C'von. The Artist in Wales. Welsh Studies Group', containing manuscript notes of two lectures entitled 'The Artist in Wales' and 'The Fine Arts in Wales'. A list, originally inserted within the folder and later transferred to the accessions correspondence files, contains the following description of the papers: '4. Two manuscript lectures:- (a) 'Art and Meaning', (b) 'Diwylliant Cymru Heddiw'. These items were originally donated to NLW in September 1973, together with a collection of pen and ink drawings used to illustrate several books, a design for a dust jacket for the book Absalom fy Mab, pencil drawings of a bardic chair and designs for the Red Dragon of Wales (PB7959-62).