Dangos 950 canlyniad

File entitled 'Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg' containing copies of articles written by persons other than W. J. Gruffydd. 25 ff. As follows: ff. 1-6, typescript article by Gilbert Williams on 'Morgan ap Huw Lewis'.; ff. 7-21, typescript carbon copy of an article by Dr R. T. Jenkins entitled 'Er cof am Syr Daniel Lleufer Thomas, 1863-1940', which appeared in Y Traethodydd, Oct. 1940. Accompanied by an autograph letter to W. J. Gruffydd from the author.; ff. 22-25, autograph transcript of an essay by Dr Frank Lewis entitled 'Lewis Morris and the Parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire in 1755'.

File marked 'Documents' containing a genealogical study of the Branch family of Glamorgan, 'compiled from public records, genealogies, parish registers, wills, etc. by W. Branch, Clerk and Curate of Llandaff', 13 ff. [Early 20th century].

Note-book entitled 'Essays in English Literature', containing a 'Paper on the Wordsworth period' [probably incomplete] (5 ff.) and notes (3 pp.); notes on 'Lamb's Prose (1 f.) and on the English writer Landor (3 pp.); and a study of Aryan vowels (5 ff.). 102 ff.; ff. 1-5, 10-14, 92-3, 95-6 used. A few ff. have been removed.

Indexed note-book containing lists of books, arranged in alphabetical order according to the author's surname. [The writing suggests a very early date]. 187 ff.

File marked 'London. Greenwich 25838', containing the following: (1) Two black and white picture postcards showing the Eglise de la Madeleine and Le Panthéon, Paris; (2) copy of the menu for a dinner held by the 'R.N.V.R. [Auxiliary Patrol] Club' 19 Oct. 1922, at the Connaught Rooms, Gt Queen St, Kingsway [London]. 2 ff.; (3) copy of the menu for a dinner held by the National Liberal Club, 21 Oct. 1922. 1 f.; (4) copy of the menu and programme for the 'Annual St David's Day Banquet' of the London Welsh Society, held 1 March 1933, at the Trocadero Restaurant in Piccadilly (2 ff.) Also a plan of tables for the banquet, in English.; (5) results of the Degree Examinations taken by students of Welsh at the University College of Cardiff [These students graduated c. 1930].; (6) black and white portrait of W. J. Gruffydd in Naval uniform.;. (7) Full typescript and autograph reports and notes regarding the dismissal of Dr Mina J. Moore, lecturer in Education at the University College of Cardiff. Dated 18 Nov. 1940. 15 ff.; (8) typescript copy of the song beginning:. 'Du erchyll fro marwolaeth,. Yw y môr, yw y Môr;'. [See Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru, III, pp. 47-8]. (9) Typescript record of questions asked and speeches delivered in the House of Commons by W. Jones, MP for Caernarvonshire from 1896-1915. 4 ff.; (10) list of competitions, prizes and rules regarding the literary section of the 1953 National Eisteddfod, held at Rhyl. 5 ff.; (11) typescript notes on the syllabus of a General Refresher Course for teachers in Wales, held at St. Peter's Hall, Oxford, 1-15 July 1939. 6 ff.; (12) letter to W. J. Gruffydd from the Registrar, University College of Wales, regarding his being appointed one of a committee to report on various observations on the report of the Academic Board regarding the promotion of Welsh studies in the University, and a copy of the forementioned observations and report. 5 ff.

Envelope marked 'HMI Mr G. P. Williams. 17.10', containing material relating to Llandovery College, as follows: (1) printed booklet prepared by David Samuel, MA, of Ysgol y Sir, Aberystwyth, entitled Ysgol Llanymddyfri and published at 'Swyddfa Cvmru, Caernarfon'. It bears no date. On the front cover is written 'Y Dr G. Prys Williams oddiwrth yr awdur', and the price of three pence has been deleted. 64 pp.; (2) slip of paper noting references made to Llandovery College in Yr Haul for the year 1848. 1 f.; (3) letter to Dr Williams from one W. Roberts of 8, Gerald Street, Wrexham, and dated 7 Dec. 1920. Reference is made to a meeting of the College trustees, a report [on the College] and an introduction entitled 'Nature and Scope of the School' prepared by Dr Williams. 1 f.; (4) printed booklet entitled Llandovery College. Founded 1848 containing copies of 12 black and white photographs of the College and its surroundings. 12 pp.; (5) printed booklet entitled The Llandovery Jubilee containing articles on the history and development of Llandovery College and a report on the Jubilee celebrations. Inscribed 'Reprinted from the Western Mail, July 28th and 29th, 1898'. 9 pp.; (6) copy of The Welsh Leader - A Weekly Record of Education and Local Government in Wales, 26 Nov. 1903, vol. 1, no. 10, pp. 145-60. The leading article is entitled 'Welsh Leaders of Today. IV. - Llandovery College, - and its Warden'. [The current Warden was the Rev. W. W. Poole Hughes].

File marked 'Llanddeiniolen' containing a typescript copy of 'Hanes Ardal Bethel' by Chwilog Williams (20 ff.), extracts from the Parish Registers (3 ff.), and typescript verses to Owen Llanddeiniolen (2 ff.).

Small note-book containing extracts from the Llanddeiniolen Parish Registers of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, transcripts of a few 17th century Caernarvonshire wills, and miscellaneous notes on Sir O. M. Edwards. 108 ff.; ff. 1-6, 11-15, 38, 40, 45-54, 86-91, 101-108 used.

Typescript carbon copy of a brief description of NLW MS 10343A, being a 'volume of hymns ... by, and in the autograph of, Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), together with a few 'Erddiganau' to which they were intended to be sung'. 1 f.

Typescript carbon copy of a brief description of NLW MS 10342A, being a volume of 'hymn and psalm-tunes by, and in the autograph of, Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg')', and entitled 'Salmyddiaeth Dwyfundodiaid Deheubarth Cymru'. 1 f.

File containing autograph and typescript full lecture notes, 122 ff., [1919-1920], as follows: ff. 1-8, typescript lecture entitled 'Cyfnodau Datblygiad yr Hen Farddoniaeth', covering the period from the Gogynfeirdd to Edmwnd Prys; ff. 9-11, autograph passage in Latin being a dissertation upon the three different types of actor that are to be found; ff. 12, quotation from Vernon Lee: Satan the Waster: a philosophic war trilogy, in autograph, 9 lines; ff. 13-122, series of autograph lecture notes on 'Llenyddiaeth Cymru' and marked as follows:. 'Inter. 1550-1800', 'Ord. 1450-1600', 'Hons. -- 1450', '1919-1920'. The notes are full.

Typescript carbon copy of a brief description of NLW MS 10341A, being 'A volume of hymns ... by, and in the autograph of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), together with 'Erddiganau' to which they were intended to be sung'. 1 f.

Envelope addressed to W. J. Gruffydd containing: 1 black and white photograph of the title page of William Salesbury's A plain and a familiar introduction ... (1567); 1 black and white photograph of part of the introduction to William Salesbury's Welsh translation of the Book of Common Prayer; 1 black and white figured post-card labelled 'Jehan Lecoq' [Transferred to Dept. of Maps and Prints].

File containing material relating to the University of Wales Parliamentary By-Election of Jan. 1943, including press cuttings, typescript and autograph articles and notes written by W. J. Gruffydd (137 ff.), and extracts from The Official Report of the House of Commons (137 ff.), 1943-49, which deal mainly with Education and Welsh Affairs.

Note-book inscribed 'Minutes of the Language and Literature Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies of the University of Wales' but actually containing a few press cuttings, all of which are dated 1929, of Welsh literary interest. 91 ff.; ff.1-7 used.

Album of miscellaneous press cuttings, in English and Welsh, of Welsh social, literary, and religious interest many of them written by W. J. Gruffydd himself.

Official message of thanks and goodwill to W. J. Gruffydd from '... the members of the committee and officials of the Cardiff Workers' Co-operative Garden Village Society Limited' at Rhiwbina on his appointment as sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Signed by members, and dated 26 Nov. 1915. 1 f.