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Papurau W. J. Gruffydd,[1903]-[1952], yn cynnwys drafftiau o erthyglau'n ymwneud â'r Mabinogi; nodiadau darlith ar gyfer ei gyrsiau Cymraeg yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd; nodiadau darlithoedd ac erthyglau eraill; sgyrsiau a darlledwyd gan y BBC; personalia; a grŵp sylweddol o ohebiaeth oddi wrth ffigurau llenyddol blaenllaw = Papers of W. J. Gruffydd, [1903]-[1952], including drafts of articles relating to the Mabinogi; lecture notes for his Welsh courses at University College of Wales, Cardiff; other lecture notes and articles; BBC broadcast talks; personalia; and a substantial group of correspondence from notable literary figures.

Autograph draft [of 'Pwyll Pendevic Dyved - an Inquiry into the sources and development of the first branch of the Mabinogi' ?] (10 ff.), and draft notes, in Welsh, dealing with the origins and development of the Pedeir Keinc (7 ff.), no title. In autograph.

Note-book containing an early draft copy of Rhiannon. An Enquiry into the First and Third Branches of the Mabinogi [published by University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1953], in the autograph and typescript, 137 ff.

Note-book containing a later typescript draft of Rhiannon. An Enquiry into the First and Third Branches of the Mabinogi, 166 ff.

Note-book containing notes on syntax, including notes on the Mabinogion, 125 ff., of which ff. 11, 14-18, 21-5, 44, 46-7, 50-52, 54, 56-8, 60-64, 66-7, 69-86, 94-7, 100-107, 110, 117, 119, 123 are used.

Heavy canvas and leather loose-leaf binder containing an autograph draft of 'Culhwch ac Olwen, a survey', which is to be 'a comparatively short sketch of the conclusions at which I [W. J. Gruffydd] have arrived' regarding Pedeir Keinc y Mabinogi and Culhwch ac Olwen, 28 ff.

Completed literary works, articles, and lectures other than those pertaining to W. J. Gruffydd's college lecture courses. In English and Welsh.

Loose-leaf binder containing a typescript essay, with autograph revisions on Ceiriog. 1925. 22ff. [cf. MS 38]. Also, disconnected autograph notes on Peredur, 3 ff.

Autograph copy of W. J. Gruffydd's play Dyrchafiad Arall I Gymro: Drama Mewn Dwy Act [Published by Welsh Outlook Press, Cardiff. 1914]. 40 ff.

File of articles, in typescript and autographs labelled 'Beirniadaeth Lenyddol'. 28 ff., as follows: ff. 1-6, typescript article on Eben Fardd; ff. 7-11, typescript article on Islwyn; ff. 12-16, typescript article with autograph revisions entitled 'Datblygiad y Delyneg'; ff. 17-20, typescript article entitled 'Y Stori Fer'; f. 21, list of references to and articles on the poets Alun and Ieuan Glan Geirionydd to be found in Y Genhinen, Y Traethodydd, and Cymru; ff. 22-28, autograph article entitled 'Telynegwyr Cynnar y Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Bymtheg'.

File titled 'A short history of Welsh literature', containing an incomplete autograph draft (54 ff.), and the completed article in typescript (61 ff.) with a carbon copy of ff. 1-4. [This article was part published in Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 10]. Also included are seven Englynion transcribed from the Black Book of Carmarthen, pp. 99. 11-100.8, in autograph (2 ff.).

File containing an autograph draft (ff. 1-18) and a final typescript carbon copy (ff. 19-38) of an article entitled 'Moses in the Light of Comparative Folklore' [published in Zeitschrift fur Celtische Philologies vol. 19].

Research material (sometimes disorganised) for projected or incomplete lectures, articles, and literary works. The contents vary between fully written out articles and the roughest of notes, and are in English and Welsh.

File containing a typescript introduction to Huw Lewys, Perl Mewn Adfyd [reprinted 1929] (10 ff.), with one complete and one incomplete carbon copy thereof (10 ff., 5 ff.), a typescript letter to W. J. Gruffydd from Mr Griffith T. Roberts, dated 29 July 1937, drawing his attention to a reference to Huw Lewys in Gwyneddon MS 6 (1 f.), and a typescript transcript of pp. 145a - 146b of BM Add. MS 15,029 (3 ff.).

File of material on the 19th century poet-preacher Islwyn (William Thomas), 34 ff. [Some of this material was undoubtedly used in the preparation of W. J. Gruffydd's Darlith Goffa Islwyn, 1942, published by Bwrdd Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1942], [?1930s], as follows: ff. 1-6, autograph lecture on Islwyn emphasising his importance as one of the new group of poets which arose in the latter half of the 19th century, appealing to man's intellect rather than to his emotions. In Welsh.; ff. 7-11, typescript carbon copy of a review in Welsh by Dr Iorwerth C. Peate of W. J. Gruffydd's Darlith Goffa Islwyn, 1942. This appeared in Y Cymro vol. 20, no. xi., 1942; ff. 12-21, typescript copy of MS 1.607 Cardiff Public Library, a small notebook containing 65 pp. of handwriting and headed 'Amdden ar Fy Hoff Fardd sef William Thomas Islwyn'. Written by 'Jenkins Baptist Local Preacher', it contains Athan Fardd's recollections of Islwyn. This copy was made by Mr Meurig Walters [cf. Darlith Goffa Islwyn, 1942, p. 7] and has typescript on both sides of each leaf. On f. 21 there appears a note made by Mr Meurig Walters. The whole is in Welsh.; ff. 22-30, autograph essay on Islwyn, dealing largely with his mysticism [cf. Darlith Goffa Islwyn, 1942, pp.13-15]. 2 April 1932. In Welsh.; ff.31-32, typescript carbon copy of a brief essay on Islwyn, in English.; ff. 33-34, list, in Welsh, of articles published on Islwyn and of the various editions of his poetry and sermons that are available.