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Letters, 1937, concerning a claim for damages by Morris T. Williams, managing director of Gwasg Gee, and his wife, Kate Roberts, against Periodical Press Ltd, following the allegedly defamatory reference to them in an article in the News Review, 21 January 1937, including two letters from I. D. Hooson and Caradog Prichard (ff. 12-14).

Papurau a gynhyrchwyd gan Robert Williams (1840-1916), prif glerc Cwmni Gee a'i Fab yn Ninbych, a gyflogwyd hefyd fel trafaeliwr i hyrwyddo gwerthiant llyfrau; yn cynnwys ffurflenni parod, 1906-1909, yn dynodi nifer yr archebion a'r symiau o arian a dderbyniwyd, a llythyrau a anfonwyd at aelodau staff Gwasg Gee; ynghyd â gwahanlith o erthygl Philip Henry Jones "'Business is Awful Bad in these Parts': New Evidence for the Pre-1914 Decline of the Welsh-Language Book Trade", a gyhoeddwyd yn Peter Isaac a Barry McKay (golygyddion), The Mighty Engine. The Printing Press and its Impact (Delaware, 2000)

Miscellaneous papers, 1936-1965, relating to the printing and publishing business of Messrs Gee and Son Ltd including an agreement, 1938, between them and Cambrian News (Aberystwyth) Ltd for the purchase of Baner ac Amserau Cymru and an inventory and valuation of the press, 1956, and of the property, 1965.

An account book of work done in the printing office of Messrs. Gee & Son, Denbigh, covering (with gaps) the period 1856-1876. The volume was subsequently used as a scrapbook, and contains printed reports and statements of the North Denbighshire Permanent Building Society ('Cymdeithas Adeiladu Barhaol Gogleddbarth Sir Ddinbych'), 1875-1877, 1881-1885, a printed list of sermons preached at the Calvinistic Methodist Quarterly Assembly at Denbigh, 17-20 June, 1879, and numerous press cuttings relating to the parliamentary election of 1868, the trial of the Tichborne claimant, 1868, political speeches of John Bright, M.P., etc.

Papers and correspondence, 1939-1945, of, or relating to, E. Prosser Rhys mainly concerning publications by Gwasg Aberystwyth and including a copy of an agreement, 1939, between Gwasg Gee and Gwasg Aberystwyth. Correspondents include W. Ambrose Bebb (1) 1945, I. D. Hooson (1) 1942 and R. J. Rowlands ('Meuryn') (1) 1944.

Messages from Saunders Lewis, D. J. Williams and Lewis Valentine to the Welsh Nationalist Party newspaper Y Ddraig Goch, September 1937, following their release from prison after serving a sentence for the arson attack at the bombing-school at Penyberth; together with a note from Lewis Valentine to Morris T. Williams and his wife, Kate Roberts.

Autograph fair copies of 'Mewn Gward Ysbyty (Mr Michaeliones)' by E. Tegla Davies, 'Cathod mewn ocsiwn' by Kate Roberts, 'Ni Thawodd y Bytheiaid' by D. J. Williams, all published in Taliesin 1 (1961), and 'Darparu Yng Nghymru', an article by Saunders Lewis, with revision and sub-headings by Gwilym R. Jones, published in Baner ac Amserau Cymru, 5 June 1940, under the title 'Dylifiad Noddedigion i Gymru'.

Seventy-three holograph and autograph letters addressed to Messrs. Gee & Son Ltd., to Howell Gee, to Sir David S[anders] Davies, and to J. E. Roberts, Baner Office, Denbigh, together with some manuscript and carbon typescript replies. The writers include Joseph Davies, Wrexham, secretary, Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Sir Ddinbych (Rhosllanerchrugog), 1919 (a prize awarded by Messrs Gee & Son in the chief essay competition), R. F. Davies, Dolyddelen, 1902-1903 and undated (an offer to a tenant for hay, [Pontbrenbedw] quarry affairs), East Lancashire Paper Co. Ltd., Radcliffe, 1917-1918 (the supply of paper), [Professor] David Evans, University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff, 1917 (lists of tunes and hymns), Richard Evans, Dolwyddelan, 1902 (an offer to a tenant for hay), Thomas Gee, solicitor, Liverpool, 1900 (handbills of a sale, a letter book of the writer's father [Thomas Gee], the possible purchase of property in Chapel Street [Denbigh], the inspection of Bodfari Mine, Pompren Quarry), Messrs. Lloyd George, Roberts & Co., solicitors, London, 1899 (the action of Symmonds v. Gee), A. E. Harrison, Welsh Weekly Newspapers, etc., Cardiff, 1920-1921 (the affairs of Baner ac Amserau Cymru), John Lloyd Jones, Dolwyddelen, 1890-1899 and undated (Pontpren Quarry affairs), Richd. Jones, Dolyddelen, 1899-1901 (Quarry accounts), Sarah M. Matthews, Amlwch, 1901 ( the transfer of shares, a proposed visit to Llanfaethlu), E. Meredith Owen, slate quarry owner, Festiniog, 1903 (the purchase and carriage of slates), W. Owen?, Bwlchgwyn Quarries, Wrexham, 1900 (the disposal of Pontbrenbedw Quarry), Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant'), Dolwyddelen, 1901 (complaints against the writer), R[obert Henry] Read, The Cambrian News . . ., Aberystwyth, 1921 (the printing of the Baner), A[rthur] Foulkes-Roberts, solicitor, Denbigh, 1901 (a mortgage of Pompren Quarry), F. Smeed, Rhyl, 1919 (assessments), R. E. Thomas, rate collector, Yspytty Ifan, 1898 (poor rate assessed on the quarry at Dolwyddelen), and E. Williams, Mold, secretary, Flintshire & Vale of Clwyd Master Printers' Association, [19]19 ( subscription levy). Also included in the volume are pay sheets, vouchers, etc., of Pompren Quarry, [18]90-1902, and a few vouchers and accounts of Messrs. Gee & Son Ltd. relating to Baner ac Amserau Cymru, 1917-1921 and undated.

A collection of Factory Act records, relating almost entirely to the employment of young persons. They include holograph letters to Messrs. Gee & Son and to Thomas Gee, Denbigh, from R. Humphreys Roberts, clerk, School Board of the Borough of Denbigh, [18]84, E. M. Rae, H. M. Inspector of Factories, Liverpool, [18]82-1883, H. S. Richmond, H. M. Inspector of Factories, Liverpool, [18]84, A. Davies [Love Lane Girls' Board School, Denbigh, 1886], and Chas. Grimsley, clerk to Guardians, etc., St. Asaph, [18]82; certificates of age of pupils signed by Denbigh schoolmasters, 1882-1886; Abstract of Factory Acts, 1874; Registers and Certificates of young persons to be employed in the factory of the Clwydian Office, Denbigh, 1868-1878; certified copies, 1881-1886, of birth certificates, 1868-1873; Register for Young Persons, 1868-1878; etc.

Three job cost books, 1928, 1928-1929, 1929-1930.

A ledger of purchases, 1920-1934.