Records, 1841-1897, of Trefeglwys School Board, 1871-1897; Llangurig School Board, 1874-1898; Poor Law Records of Newtown and Llanidloes Poor Law Union for the parish of Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, including: rate books, 1845-1892; Overseer's receipt and payment books, 1849-1872; and Collector's unpaid rates statement books, 1853-1883; and miscellaneous papers, 1879-1897.
Copies of the Queen's instructions to Henry, Earl of Pembroke, Lord President of the Council in Wales and the Marches, 1586; the commission of the lieutenancy of Wales and the Marches to Henry, Earl of Pembroke, March 22, 1600, with power to make deputations to persons named in the commission for the different counties within the lieutenancy; a petition by six members of the Privy Council to the Lord Keeper to renew the commission of lieutenancy for Merioneth and to leave out the names of John Lewys Owen and Cadwalader ap Ris, who had been arraigned before the Court of Star Chamber for misdemeanours, and to appoint Griffith Vaughan and Robert Lloyd to be deputies for the Earl of Pembroke for that county; a Privy Council letter to the same effect covering a renewed commission to the Earl of Pembroke, March 31, 1600, with a list of justices of the peace for Merioneth; and orders for the reformation of the Court of the Marches, 1577.
Notebook of Henry Harris, Ystrad Rhondda, begun in 1921, containing lists of place-names and field names in the Rhondda. Some of the names are taken from a tithe map of 1847 (ff. i, 1-51). Also included is a typescript list of the same place-names, on loose sheets, the names numbered and in alphabetical order (ff. 52-98); typescript and manuscript notes, [?1938], on the Rhondda in the year 1737, including transcripts of Overseers of the Poor accounts (ff. 103-109); notes, 1938, relating to bird life in the Rhondda (f. 110); and three letters to Harris, October 1921-May 1928, including two from M. H. Jones, Penllwyn (ff. 99-102).
Llyfr cyfrifon, 1887-1906, [David Hughes], crydd, o Lanuwchllyn, sir Feirionnydd, yn cynnwys manylion atgyweiriadau a wnaethpwyd, costau'n daladwy, ayyb. = A ledger, 1887-1906, of [David Hughes], bootmaker, of Llanuwchllyn, Merioneth, containing details of repairs carried out, costs payable, etc.
A draft tract entitled 'Proofes drawne from authorities and other reasons why Cadelh prince of Southwales was the eldest sonne of Roderic the greate (kinge of Wales) and that he and his issue after him had a superioritie over the rest of Wales and his two bretheren and the descendantes from them' by, and in the autograph of, Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt. The substance of this tract was subsequently incorporated in Vaughan's British Antiquities Revived (Oxford, 1662). The volume contains both the arguments and answers set forth by Vaughan and therefore differs considerably from Peniarth MS 277 which contains only the arguments. Pasted inside the front cover is a short description of the volume in the form of a cutting from Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge’s Sale Catalogue of the Mostyn Library (1919), p. 22.
Includes letters relating to selection and work as candidate, cuttings from the press covering Peter Temple-Morris as candidate and the elections, election addresses, photographs and electoral papework from the 1964 and 1966 campaigns.
Adysgrif, [?1890au], gan John Williams (Wyr yr Eos), o'r traethawd 'Llawlyfr Cyfarwyddiadau i ganu Penillion ac Awdlau gyda'r Tannau' a ysgrifennwyd yn y 1870au gan ei daid John Williams (Eos Môn). = A transcript, [?1890s], by John Williams (Wyr yr Eos), of an essay on penillion singing, 'Llawlyfr Cyfarwyddiadau i ganu Penillion ac Awdlau gyda'r Tannau', written in the 1870s by his grandfather John Williams (Eos Môn). Cynhwysir hefyd lythyr, 22 Medi 1955, gan y rhoddwr, yn disgrifio hanes y llawysgrif (f. i). = Also included is a covering letter, 22 September 1955, from the donor, describing the history of the manuscript (f. i).
Deeds and documents, mostly relating to cos Ang. and Mer. Several items relate to the Lloyd family of Dduallt, Ffestiniog, co. Mer., 1551-1740. The collection also includes overseer's accounts and other parochial records relating to the parish of Llandyfrydog, co. Ang., 1828-1869.
Four files comprising concert programmes, 1948-67, of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Music Department (see also `UCW Music Department Archives').
Papers, including correspondence, agenda and minutes, 1965-1970, of the Bowling Association of Wales, together with papers from 1962 concerning the secession of the six county associations (Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Mid Wales (Brecon and Radnor), Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire and Pembrokeshire) from the Welsh Bowling Association (co. Glamorgan) in 1965
Papers, 1936-1983, relating to Railway Trade Union Branches at Aberystwyth, including registration cards of members of the National Union of Railwaymen, 1936-1974; minutes of Local Departmental Committee meetings, 1958-1968; a volume containing carbon copies of letters, 1964-1966, mainly written by John Alfred Davies (Local Departmental Committee Secretary); and correspondence, 1967-1983, of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.
Cyfrol o lyfrgell y Parchedig John Herbert Roberts, Y Drenewydd, diweddar ŵr Mrs Roberts, yn cynnwys traethawd ar 'Hanes dechreuad a chynydd Ymneillduaeth ym mhlwyf Llanasa', sir y Fflint, gan 'Ymneillduwr'; ynghyd â nodiadau diwinyddol, 1922, yn llaw'r Parchedig John Herbert Roberts / A volume from the library of the late Reverend John Herbert Roberts, Newtown, husband of Mrs Roberts, containing an essay in Welsh on the beginning and growth of Nonconformity in the parish of Llanasa, Flintshire, by 'Ymneillduwr'; together with theological notes, 1922, in the hand of the Rev. John Herbert Roberts
Llawysgrif yn dwyn y teitl 'Mabws' gan yr Uwchgapten Francis Jones (1908-1993), yn ymdrin â hanes y teuluoedd a fu'n byw yn Mabws Fawr a'u cysylltiadau ag achos y Bedyddwyr yn ardal Mathri, sir Benfro / A manuscript history entitled 'Mabws' by Major Francis Jones (1908-1993), relating to the history of the families who lived at Mabws Fawr, Mathry, Pembrokeshire, and their connections with the Baptist cause.
A copy of the first volume of D. M. D. James's printed work 'Geological Studies in the Late Ordovician to Early Silurian of Central and South Wales', 1996.
An essay entitled 'History of the Knights of the County of Carnarvon from 1542 to 1870' written by an unknown author, n. d., under the pseudonym "Rossell of Isgorfai".