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Y Melyn Brith,

A notebook designated 'Y Melin Brith', containing Unitarian Doxologies by Iolo Morganwg, some Unitarian hymns, and Byron's Hebrew or Jewish hymns, etc. The pages are numbered 1-32 and there is an outline of the contents on the cover. There is also another copy of the Byron hymns, with music and some notes on 'Jewish Sacrifices, and Ritual', etc.

Iolo Morganwg.

Esboniad ar Hosea,

Draft manuscript of a commentary by Edward Anwyl on the Book of Hosea published by the Welsh Congregational Union, 1910.

Sir Edward Anwyl.

Committee of Inquiry on Bilingual Road Signs

The file comprises correspondence and papers, 1972, relating to the proceedings and report of the Committee of Inquiry on Bilingual Road Signs chaired by Dr Roderic Bowen. It includes letters from Dr Gwynfor Evans, Peter Thomas MP (later the Lord Thomas of Gwydir) and Dafydd Williams, general secretary of Plaid Cymru.

Evans, Gwynfor

Recipes, &c.,

A volume containing recipes, household and medicinal but mainly relating to the craft of bookbinding (ff. 5-10); a list of books lent, 1827-1837, from an unspecified library, with observations on their condition (inverted text ff. 44 verso-7 verso); notes on the rudiments of music (ff. 2-4, originally pasted together onto f. 1); with late nineteenth and early twentieth-century additions by William Morris, Cydweli.

John Davies and William Morris.

Hymn-tunes

  • NLW MS 13924A.
  • File
  • [19 cent., second ½]

A volume of hymn-tunes, [19 cent., second ½], including works by John Ambrose Lloyd (Emrys Llwyd, 1815-1874), Mold, Richard Mills (Rhydderch Hael, 1809-1844), Llanidloes, and John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt, 1822-1877), Aberystwyth, in the hand of J. Jones, with notes in Welsh and English and an alphabetical index of tunes.

Jones, J., fl. second half 19 cent.

Two Cycle Pivotal Engine Design,

  • NLW ex 2689.
  • File
  • 2009.

Artist's illustration and key, in colour, of the Davies Two Cycle Pivotal Engine Design.

Miscellanea of Thomas Darlington

  • NLW MS 1058C
  • File
  • [19 cent.]

Miscellaneous papers of Thomas Darlington, one of his Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales, including essays and articles, drafts of speeches and addresses, letters from Ellis Edwards, Tom Ellis, Beriah Gwynfe Evans, D. Silvan Evans, David Howell (Llawdden), J. Puleston Jones, Sir John Rhys, A. Neobard Palmer, and Hugh Williams, and press cuttings.

Darlington, Thomas, 1864-1908

John Kelsall : : extracts from manuscripts,

  • NLW MS 16917A.
  • File
  • [19 cent., first half].

A volume, compiled [19 cent., first half], containing a number of homilies on moral and religious topics by an unidentified Quaker (inside front cover-f. 19); together with extracts from the manuscripts of John Kelsall, Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, comprising brief accounts, 1701-1712, of meetings of the Society of Friends, including those held at Dolobran and yearly meetings of the Society in Wales (ff. 19 verso-27).

Reverend D. R. Thomas papers,

  • NLW ex 2555.
  • File
  • 1934-1993 /

Papers of Rev. Daniel Rowland Thomas, pacifist and scholar, including order of services for his induction as minister at Aberdare, 1939 and Merthyr Tydfil, 1945; radio scripts of services conducted by him which were transmitted by the BBC; a programme for his lecture tour in the United States as a visiting lecturer in Biblical Studies in 1967; his poem written for CND Cymru, 1999; press cuttings of articles by him and a leaflet for a Peace festival held in Ammanford in 1990, when he was one of the guest speakers. = Papurau'r Parch. Dr Daniel Rowland Thomas, heddychwr ac ysgolhaig, gan gynnwys taflenni trefn gwasanaeth ei odeinio'n weinidog yn Aberdâr, 1939 ac yn Merthyr Tudful yn 1945; sgriptau o wasanaethau yn ei ofal a ddarlledwyd gan y BBC; rhaglen ei daith ddarlithio i'r Unol Daleithiau fel darlithydd gwadd ar astudiaethau Beiblaidd yn 1967; cerdd a luniodd i CND Cymru, 1999; torion o'r wasg yn cynnwys erthyglau ganddo a thaflen Gŵyl heddwch, Rhydaman, 1990, pan oedd yn un o'r siaradwyr gwadd.

Thomas, D. R. (Daniel Rowland), 1912-

Penpont Antiphonal,

  • NLW MS 20541E [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
  • File
  • [14 cent.].

Antiphonal, known as the 'Pen-pont MS'.

Papers relating to the growth of Welsh Nationalism,

  • NLW Facs 993.
  • File
  • [2005].

A copy of the National Archives's file, HO 144/22915, relating to the growth of the Welsh National Movement in Wales and how to use the royal family in order to try to impede this, 1939-1941.

Cymru Cuba,

  • NLW Facs 1035.
  • File
  • [2007].

Photocopied press cuttings relating to the activities, 1982-2007, of Cymru Cuba and celebrations held to mark the 25th anniversary of solidarity between Wales and Cuba.

Welsh entrepreneurs?,

  • NLW ex 2536.
  • File
  • 2008 /

A copy of a lecture given at the National Library of Wales, 31 January 2008, by Richard Livsey, Lord Livsey of Talgarth.

Livsey, Richard 1935-

Development of opthalmology in St Asaph,

  • NLW ex 2569.
  • File
  • [1984].

A typescript history of the first thirty years of the Department of Ophthalmology (1954-1984), based at H. M. Stanley Hospital, St Asaph, by the donor Edward Lyons, MB ChB DOMS FRCSOphth , and '50 years of NHS opthalmic service in North Wales' by K. P. Chandra.

Lyons, Edward.

Eigra Lewis Roberts 'Minafon' scripts,

  • NLW MS 23074B.
  • File
  • [c. 1989]

Eleven notebooks containing a draft script, [c. 1989], by Eigra Lewis Roberts, with some revision, of the fifth series of the television drama serial 'Minafon', produced by Ffilmiau Eryri for S4C and broadcast in eight episodes in 1990.

Roberts, Eigra Lewis

Papers relating to temperance,

  • NLW ex 2667.
  • File
  • [1926].

Papers relating to temperance, including a circular letter from Aubrey C. Davey, Education Secretary, South Wales Temperance Union, inviting speakers to lecture on the increasing consumption of alcohol; a list of the successful candidates of the temperance knowledge exam at Port Talbot Temperance and Band of Hope Union, 1926, together with a one-act play entitled 'Hit and Run' by K. D. Evans.

Evans, K. D.

Senghenydd mining disaster, 1913.

  • NLW Facs 860.
  • File

Photocopies of papers assembled by Neil Evans whilst researching the Senghennydd mining disaster, 1913, including transcripts of letters from Will Fisher, one of the rescue team, to his cousin; a diary ('the little black book') of the rescue work which inspired Luther Thomas to write his novel The Deep of the Earth (London,1956); together with book reviews and letters, 1966, from the author; and a photocopy of Rev Emlyn Stephens, History of Ebenezer English Baptist Church Senghenydd 1896-1946.

Trefniadau a Deddfau Cyffredinol ...Urdd y Rechabiaid [Rules and Orders of the Order of Rechabites],

Daeth y gyfrol hon i feddiant William Theeling pan ymunodd â'r Rechabiaid yn 1844 ym mhabell Padarn. Roedd hefyd yn aelod o babell St. David yn 1844. = The volume was acquired by William Theeling when he joined the Rechabites in 1844 at the Padarn Lodge. He was also a member of the St. David's Lodge from 1844.

Independent Order of Rechabites.

The Living Countryside

The file comprises articles by Condry entitled: -- 'Our Noble Native Pine Trees', 'Cuckoo: The Nest Squatter', 'Four-tier Woodland Layers', 'Sycamore: Town and Country Tree', 'A Winter's Day in the Oakwoods', 'Ivy: Tenacious Green Mantle', 'Ancient Forests of Scotland', 'The Yew: Our Oldest Tree?', 'The Snowdonia National Park', 'The Rare Wild Service Tree', 'Our Wild Woodland Apple Tree', 'The Pine Marten: Elusive Hunter', 'Mountain and Moorland Mammals', 'A Peat Bog Nature Trail', 'Red-stemmed Dogwood', 'Wistman's Wood', -- 'The Thornless Buckthorn', 'Beauty of the Beacons', 'Life on Perilous Scree Slopes', 'Cwm Idwal Nature Trail', 'County Matters: Nature Notes from Powys', 'Nature Notes from Powys', 'The Pembrokeshire National Park', 'The Sand Dunes of Newborough Warren', 'Ecology of Our Native Oakwoods', 'Wildlife Among the Beeches'

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