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A manuscript copy of the Rev. Michah Thomas's biography, 1855, by Thomas Lewis, and loose leaves of the memoir of the Rev. John Michael.

A manuscript, [1826x1845], entitled 'The Morris, and all other Officers attending upon it', relating to the meeting of veteran Morris dancers at Hereford races in 1609, an event reputedly arranged by John Hoskins. The manuscript is a transcript of part of a larger work which was published as a tract, Old Meg of Herefordshire for a Mayd Marian and Hereford Towne for a Morris Daunce ... (London, 1609). Also included are two letters, 1845, from William Cooke, vicar of Banbury, to an unnamed descendant of John Hoskins at Harewood, Herefordshire, concerning 'a celebrated Morris Dance exhibited before his Sovereign by yr [sic] memorable and learned Ancestor - Mr Sergeant Hoskyns'.

Photocopies of a manuscript in the hand of Harri Webb (1920-94) containing his lectures 'Dic Penderyn a Gwrthryfel Merthyr 1831', delivered to Cymreigyddion Merthyr Tydfil in 1955; together with an English version 'Dic Penderyn and the Merthyr Rising of 1831', delivered to the Merthyr Tydfil Trades Council and Labour Party, 1955, and to other groups and societies in the area in 1956 (it was later published in 1956 as Dic Penderyn and the Merthyr Rising of 1831 (Swansea: Gwasg Penderyn, 1956)); and an account 'Brwydrau Beca'

Transcripts and indexes compiled by Dr E. L. James and Dr M. A. James of monumental inscriptions in the parishes of Llanwenog and Llanwnnen (vol. xii) and the Aberaeron district (vol. xiii), all in Ceredigion.

Papurau, c. 1979-81, yn ymwneud â MADRYN (Mudiad Amddiffyn Dynoliaeth Rhag Ysbwriel Niwclear), yn cynnwys cofnodion, gohebiaeth a phapurau'n ymwneud â'r gwrthwynebiad i'r Rhaglen Ymchwil Daearegol; ynghyd â phapurau mudiadau gwrthniwclear eraill, yn cynnwys PANDORA (Pobol yn Erbyn Dympio Niwclear ar Ardaloedd Gwledig); SCRAM ('Scottish Campaign to Resist the Atomic Menace'); ANC (Anti-Nuclear Campaign); GWNG (Y Gynghrair Wrth-Niwclear Gymreig), a Chyngor Heddwch Canolbarth Cymru.

A copy of an additional talk by Professor Richard Loomis entitled 'Growing up in Wyoming Valley', relating to the reminiscences of the Rev. Dr Richard Owens and Dr Roy Morgan, and given to the St David's Society of Wyoming Valley, 17 November 1999; together with a transcript of his conversation with Roy Morgan.

Two notebooks relating to choirs in Llandybïe, Carmarthenshire, conducted by D. J. Griffiths, father of the donor, including lists of members of the tonic sol-fa class, 1902, and the children's choir, 1903; reports on the performances of the various choirs, 1903-1917; minutes of meetings and accounts of the United Choir, 1906-1907; together with programmes of local eisteddfodau, 1917, in which the choir took part.

Nine volumes relating to members of the Stepney-Gulston family of Derwydd, Llandeilo, co. Carmarthen, and elsewhere, including an account book, 1894-6, diaries, 1906-7 and 1957-61, and notes and extracts, 1902-3, by Agneta Justina Stepney-Gulston (1882-1996).

Records of the Bradford and District St David's Society ('Cymdeithas Dewi Sant Bradford a'r Cylch') including photocopies of the Society's minute books, 1929-1949, including minutes of executive committee meetings and annual general meetings; rules of the Society, and press cuttings relating to its activities; together with typescripts of the first part of the history of the Society, 1902-1914. Additional records were donated in April 2001, comprising photocopies of minute books, 1966-2000, including minutes of executive committee meetings and annual general meetings; together with a photocopy, in English and Welsh, of a brief history of the Society which was presented to the Trelew Eisteddfod committee during Mr Glyn G. Roberts's visit to Patagonia in Oct. 2000.

Further papers, 2000-2010, relating to the Bradford and District St David's Society. This group remains uncatalogued.

Photocopies of works by Robbit Jon Clow (Robert John Armstrong, 1877-1952) comprising an incomplete memoir of his mother entitled 'The Life of Frances Edwards' (1838-1921) written in a manuscript volume, dated 1932, which also includes the autobiography of Matthew Owen (1769-1839), cousin of Goronwy Owen (1723-69), and grandfather of Frances Edwards; together with an undated pamphlet The Royal Charter containing biographical information relating to Frances Edwards, with an account of the events leading up to the tragic end of the ship 'Royal Charter' which hit the rocks at Moelfre, Anglesey, on 26 October 1859 (Frances Edwards visited the scene of the disaster). She was also related to the Rev. John Elias (1774-1841) and, in 1860, she emigrated to Australia

Additional Dyfed Family History Society publications on microfiche comprising surveys of monumental inscriptions at St Davids Church, Llannarth, Y Drewen Independent Chapel, Bron-gwyn, Llanddeiniol Church, and Neuadd Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Llandysiliogogo, all in co. Cardigan; St Sawyl's Church, Llansawel, Llandyfeisant Church, Llan-y-crwys Church, Llidiadnennog Independent Chapel, Rhydcymerau Methodist Chapel, Rhydybont Independent Chapel, Capel yr Erw (Independent), Cellan, Caeronnen Unitarian Chapel, Bethel, Cynwyl Gaeo, Baptist Chapel, Cwrtycadno Methodist Chapel, Pumsaint Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Saron, Cwm Twrch (Cynwyl Gaeo), Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Bethel, Parc-y-Rhos, Pencarreg Chapel, and St Cynwyl Church, Cynwyl Elfed, all in co. Carmarthen; St Michael's Church, Whitechurch, and Blaenwaun Baptist Chapel, St Dogmaels, co. Pembroke.

Photocopies of documents and photographs relating to the ancestors of Jon Bradley Jeffreys, including a genealogy of the Jeffreys family of Llywel, Breconshire, and Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, 1400-1900, prepared by him, 1999; papers concerning the career of Admiral David Powell Price (1790-1854), together with his portrait, a transcript of his memorial tablet at Cil-y-cwm Church, Carmarthenshire, and an extract from the Mobile Press Register, 1980, referring to him; the pre-nuptial settlement, 1869, of Walter Powell Jeffreys (1843-1920) of Henllys near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, and his first wife Agnes Robinson (d. 1877), Frankton Grange, Ellesmere, Shropshire, referring to Llwynyfron and Llwynyfron Mill in the parish of Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, together with a conveyance, 1886, concerning the same properties; a reprint of a tribute to his son Geoffrey Jeffreys (1885-1953) from The Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, April 1954; and a photocopy of Nicholas Robinson, Some memoirs of Nicholas Robinson 1769-1854 and his family (London, 1915), containing references to family members.

Two scrapbooks relating to the novelist Oliver Onions (1873-1961), husband of the novelist Berta Ruck (1878-1978), the first mainly containing press cuttings of reviews of his works of fiction, 1900-12, including The Compleat Bachelor (London, 1900), The Odd-Job Man (London, 1903) and Little Devil Doubt (London, 1909); and the second compiled by Berta Ruck containing press cuttings, 1946-65, mostly relating to his novels Poor Man's Tapestry (London, 1946), Arras of Youth (London, 1949), A penny for the harp (London, 1951) (see NLW MS 20805C for a corrected typescript), and A shilling to spend (London, 1965); together with obituary notices; and letters from family members, writers and publishers including Dorothy Charques, undated, Rupert Croft-Cooke, 1949, Olwen Caradoc Evans, 1956, John Gawsworth, 1947, Pat Lawlor, 1955, Moray Maclaren, 1957, Martin Secker, 1965, and Raleigh Trevelyan, 1965.

Additional records of Portland Street United Reform Church, Aberystwyth (see Annual Report 1985-86, p 62), formerly the English Congregational Church, Portland Street, comprising a volume entitled 'Records of the Congregational Church Assembling at Portland Street, Aberystwyth', including an historical account of the Church up to 1880; church minutes, 1868-93; roll of church members, 1868-99; marriage register, 1873-1900; baptismal register, 1869-98; and burial register, 1874-99; together with papers relating to the chapel organ, 1901-59, enclosed in the volume

Rhai cannoedd o osodiadau cerdd dant mewn sol-ffa, 1929-71 a heb ddyddiad, gan Ted Richards ('Iorwerth Maldwyn', 1893-1973), tad y rhoddwraig a chefnder Nansi Richards ('Telynores Maldwyn', 1888-1979), a luniwyd gan mwyaf ar gyfer cystadlaethau yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Eisteddfod yr Urdd, Eisteddfod Powys ac eraill

Eight letters, 1951-1961, from the Reverend Professor John Evans (1858-1963), Memorial College, Brecon, to Sidney Rees Powell, Pentwyn Farm, Llanddew, Brecon, father of the donor, relating to his preaching engagements at Tredomen Congregational Church, Llanfilo, co. Brecon

Llythyrau, 1966-75, at Richard E. Huws yn ymwneud yn bennaf â'i waith fel is-gadeirydd cangen ieuenctid Plaid Cymru Caerfyrddin, ac fel trefnydd cangen tref Caerfyrddin yn ystod Etholiad Cyffredinol 1970, yn trafod materion yn ymwneud â Phlaid Cymru, arwyddion dwyieithog ac ymgyrch Etholiad Cyffredinol 1970. Ymhlith y gohebwyr y mae Gwynfor Evans AS, D. Cyril Jones, Peter Hughes Griffiths, Dafydd Iwan, Geraint Howells AS, Ffred Ffransis, Owen Edwards, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Donald Stewart AS, Elystan Morgan AS, Dafydd Elis Thomas AS, Emlyn Hooson AS, Dafydd Williams ac Elwyn Roberts. Ceir hefyd doriadau papur newydd, araith forwynol Gwynfor Evans yn Hansard, 1966, a'i daflen etholiadol yn 1970.

A photocopy of the autobiography, in Welsh, of Trevor Axworthy's great grandfather, John Coslett Thomas (1863-1936), who was born in Tredegar, emigrated with his family to Chubut, Patagonia, in 1875, and to Bangor, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1905, and settled, about 1920, in Los Angeles; together with a pedigree of the Canadian branch of the family, from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Surname index on microfiche to the 1881 census for England and Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and the Royal Navy at Sea; together with microfiche indexes for the counties of Cardigan and Rutland

Papers, 1997-1999, relating to the Techniquest / Pan Tecnicon Millennium Award funded by the Millennium Commission, entitled 'Cycling to Work' (a panoramic landscape photographic project), submitted by the photographer Paul Brewer (b. 1946), including the original application; project details; contract and letters supporting his application; marketing and Techniquest correspondence; budget details; monthly financial reports; and certificate; together with correspondence, 1995-1996, relating to the Gold Medal in Fine Art which was awarded to him for monumental photographs at the Bro Colwyn National Eisteddfod 1995, and to the exhibition 'Seven contemporary artists from Wales' held at John Martin of London, March 1996.