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A collection from the library of Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant') comprising drafts and manuscript versions of works by him, including many biographical sketches, a proportion of the work being submitted for 'eisteddfod' competitions; correspondence; a collection of carols; transcripts of poetry, articles, etc.; miscellaneous notes and transcripts; and manuscripts in the hand of Griffith Jones ('Gytyn Ardudwy').

A rough draft of 'Y Mwnwr Cymreig' by Ellis Pierce.

A short story depicting Welsh life in the middle years of the eighteenth century by Ellis Pierce.

An essay, 1899, by Ellis Pierce on the social changes in rural Wales during the latter half of the nineteenth century - 'Cyfnewidiadau yr hanner can mlynedd diweddaf yn rhanau gwledig Cymru mewn ymborth, gwisgoedd, annedd-dai, iaith, addysg, arferion, gorchwylion, &c.'.

The first draft, 1890, of a story entitled 'Rhobert Sion' by Ellis Pierce.

The original manuscript of a novel, descriptive of the sixteenth century, entitled 'Y Sêr-Ddewines Malen Wyllt', by Ellis Pierce.

An incomplete draft, 1884, of 'Rhamant Hanesyddol Gruffudd ab Cynan' by Ellis Pierce.

The original manuscripts of two historical sketches by Ellis Pierce - 'Dafydd ab Siencyn, yr Herwr' and 'Rhys yr Arian Daear'.

An account, 1900, of the life and character of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir by Ellis Pierce.

Rough drafts by Ellis Pierce of an account of the life of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir.

A draft autobiography by Ellis Pierce; and biographical sketches of W[illiam] J[ohn] Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd') and 'Morys y Glyn', a local celebrity in the upper reaches of Nantconwy (incomplete).

Biographical sketches by Ellis Pierce of John Jones ('Jack y Gruglan') and 'Cadwalad y Clogwyn', and an account of the adventures of Captain Rhys Llwyd of Merioneth.

A short sketch entitled 'Helynt y Degwm'; incomplete drafts of stories entitled 'Syr Williams o Benamnen' and 'Harri Bach'; a transcript of parts of a dialgoue entitled 'Drych y Bugail Drwg'; and extracts by Ellis Pierce. The extracts include copies of tombstone inscriptions of the family of John Jones ('Ioan Glan Cledr') in Penmachno churchyard.

The original manuscript of A Guide to Nant Conway by Ellis Pierce, 1884, and draft articles entitled 'Teuluoedd Nant Conwy' and 'Cistiau a chewyll pysgota Nant Conwy'.

Notes and drafts by Ellis Pierce for a guide to Dolwyddelan and district.

Lists of books on sale by Ellis Pierce.

The letter book of Ellis Pierce, 1882-1909.

Miscellaneous notes by Ellis Pierce, including a draft adjudication on a collection of Caernarvonshire dialect vocabulary and character sketches.

Transcripts by Ellis Pierce of poems by Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'): 'Cân ar ddyfodiad y Brenhin George y Trydydd i'w 50 mlynedd o deyrnasiad'; 'Cân mewn dull o gyngor i feibion a merched ...'; 'Cerdd o gynghor i ferched ifaingc ..'; 'Cerdd yn erbyn godineb'; 'Hanes yr ymgyfarfod a fu rhwng y balch a'r diog'; 'Cerdd o gwynfaniad merch ...'; 'Cerdd o hanes fel y digwyddodd i'r Prydydd gael lletty (neu lodging) ddrwg ymhentre Helygain ...'; 'Cerdd mewn perthynas i'r Aur byrion ...'; 'Cerdd cyffes Owen Roberts ...'; 'Cerdd Trugaredd a Barn ...'; 'Cerdd Hanes un Ambros Guinet ...'; 'Cerdd o fflangell ysgorpionog i falchder y merched a'r meibion ...'; 'Cerdd Ymddiddan rhwng gwraig yr Hwsmon a gwraig y Shopwr ...'; 'Cân i ddeisyf ar J. R. o Hersedd ymofyn am lwyth glo i T. E., Nant ...'; 'Cân o ddiolchgarwch i Esq. Ellis o'r Cornist ... am lwyth glo ...'; 'Cerdd o anerchiad i Mr. Evan James, apothecary ...'; 'Cerdd Dduwiol ...'; 'Cerdd yn achos Tid Goed a ddyged ...'; 'Cerdd o achos Cig a gafwyd wedi ei guddio ...' by Jonathan Hughes; 'Cerdd i ateb y Gerdd o'r blaen ...'; 'Cerdd ar ddull tosturus gwynfan Siopwr ..' by John Thomas, Pentrefoelas; 'Cerdd i ateb y Siopwr ...'; and 'Cân Newydd'; and an incomplete transcript of Y Parchedig Gecryn Penchwiban neu Ddrych y Bugail Drwg (Caernarfon, 1835).

Miscellaneous notes and articles by Griffith Jones ('Gytyn Ardudwy'), including 'Mangofion bywgraffyddol' (short biographical sketches of George Casson, William Griffith Oakeley, Griffith Owen, Harry Roberts, Ellis Pugh ('Ap Hu'), Humphrey Humphreys, D.D., John Davies ('Sion Dafydd Las'), Ellis Wynn[e], Owen Wynne Jones ('Glasynys') and John Thomas, D.D.); notes on Dyffryn Ardudwy; 'Gorchestion Celf a Gwyddor'; 'Awr gyda gwallgofddyn yn Mheiriant Railffordd'; 'Hanesyn tarawiadol gan fordeithydd'; 'Dirgelwch Morawl - Hanesyn gan hen forwr o long ei Mawrhydi y Bridge Watter'; a list of Merioneth sheriffs, 1538-1828; a short history of Russia; the lives of the Apostles; an account of a journey by train from Blaenau Ffestiniog to London, 1888; and other extracts.