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Holograph manuscripts of three tenor solos composed in 1930 by Thomas Hubert J. Rees - 'Y Gwylanod', 'Y Seren Unig', and 'Y Cwmwl', words by Sir John Morris-Jones.

The file comprises tributes, both typescript and manuscript, to O. M. Edwards following his death in 1920. Among those paying tribute are Sir Alfred T. Davies, Sir E. Vincent Evans, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, H. A. L. Fisher, D. Lloyd George, Sir Henry Haydn Jones, Sir John Morris-Jones, J. Puleston Jones and Sir John Edward Lloyd.

Testimonials to Edward Edwards by Henry Jones, H. R. Reichel, W. E. Heitland, J. Morris Jones, J. N. Keynes, H. Holman, J. C. Evans, Bala, A. Caldecott, Edward V. Arnold, Hugh Williams, J. S. Mackenzie, W. Cadwaladr Davies, H. S. Foxwell, Ellis Edwards, Henry Sidgwick, Roger Hughes, Bala, James Ward, G. F. Stout, all in 1892, and T. A. Walker, W. Macneile Dixon, and J. Mortimer Angus, 1902.

A printed circular, 1930, relating to the Sir John Morris-Jones Memorial Fund, with typescript statements, balance sheets, and lists of subscribers, 1934-6.

The series comprises personal letters written from Oxford, Cardiff, London and other places discussing his career and professional activities, as well as illuminating the complex relationship, full of tensions and problems, between husband and wife. The letters also refer to many members of the family and to a host of prominent contemporary figures, amongst them Sir Edward Anwyl, Thomas Edward Ellis, Sir John Morris-Jones, Sir John Rhys and Daniel Lleufer Thomas. There are many references to Llanuwchllyn and Penllyn more generally and to O. M. Edwards's wide-ranging services to Wales, including his editorship of a number of journals and his work as Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales after 1907.

Notes on Welsh grammar, idioms, loan words and dialect words, the teaching of Welsh in schools, etc. by David Samuel, D. Tecwyn Evans, Sir John Morris-Jones, T. Gwynn Jones, Sir John Rhys, etc.

Notes on Welsh grammar, idioms, loan words and dialect words, the teaching of Welsh in schools, etc. by David Samuel, D. Tecwyn Evans, Sir John Morris-Jones, T. Gwynn Jones, Sir John Rhys, etc.

Notes on Welsh grammar, idioms, loan words and dialect words, the teaching of Welsh in schools, etc. by David Samuel, D. Tecwyn Evans, Sir John Morris-Jones, T. Gwynn Jones, Sir John Rhys, etc.

Letters addressed to Ellis Pierce by John Jones, Cefn Du, 1901; Owen Jones ('Meudwy Môn'), Llandudno, 1880-1882; Robert Jones, Rotherhithe, 1878; [Sir] John Morris Jones, 1894 (incomplete); Elias Owen (incomplete); Edward Pugh and Co., Wednesbury, 1905; John C. Roberts, Utica, U.S.A., 1908; Morris Williams ('Nicander'), 1872; and E. Ylltyr Williams (with an incomplete transcript of an elegy on the death of Edward Lloyd, Cwmbychan, 25 July 1728).

A holograph letter, 9 June, 1921, from [Sir] John Morris-Jones, Llanfair P. G., to [Sir E. Vincent Evans], containing a brief outline of the writer's personal, academic, and literary career. The letter was written on the occasion of the award to Sir John in 1921 of the Medal of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, and was published almost in full in the Society's Transactions ... 1919-1920 (London, 1921), pp. 153-5. Also included is a holograph letter relating thereto, 9 September, 1936, from [Lady] Mary Morris-Jones to [Sir D. Owen] Evans.

An album of miscellaneous press cuttings from Welsh and Welsh American newspapers compiled by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'). The titles include 'Y Diweddar Dr Spinther James, Llandudno', 'Y Parch. W. Elvad Davies, DD, Clydach Vale', 'Y Gwir Anrhyd[eddus Alfred Thomas] Arglwydd Pontypridd', 'Matho Dafydd. Stori fer Seiliedig ar Ffeithiau' (by the Reverend T[homas] Morgan, Skewen), 'Marwolaeth D. R. Jones, Cambria, Wis.', 'Yr Athraw J[ohn] M[orris] Jones a'i Feirniaid Americanaidd', 'Schubert, Papyr a Ddarllenwyd yn Nghyfarfod Cymdeithas y Cymreigyddion, Utica, N.Y...... Gan Proff. Samuel Evans' 'Gosod Carreg Sylfaen Eglwys St Iago, yn Llawr y Bettws ....', 'Yr Athro Kuno Meyer. Llythyr Pigog oddiwrth Nofelydd', 'Hawddgaraf Hedd y Geiriog', 'Hynafiaethau Plwyf Llanrhaiadr-yn-Nghinmeirch', 'Adgofion am Waen Gynfi, Arfon, Gc' (by Humphrey Griffith, Utica, N.Y.), 'Pererindod i Fynachdy Llanthony', 'David F. Lewis, Cleveland, O.' (by Edward Blythin), 'Cwm Ucha' [in the parish of Llanberis] (by O. W. Rowlands, Ipswich, S[outh] D[akota] ), 'Llyfrau a Llenorion. Cyrnol John Jones [Maesygarnedd]', etc.

Letters, mainly to Edward Anwyl, the correspondents including J. Mortimer Angus, Sir John Ballinger, Vernon Bartlett (Oxford), Sir Joseph A. Bradney, Charles E. Breese, W. N. Bruce, O. H. Fynes-Clinton, John Daniel ('Rhabanian'), Thomas Darlington, C. Dauncey, D. H. Davies (Cenarth), R. Isgarn Davies, E. S. Dodgson, Sir Owen M. Edwards, Thomas Charles Edwards, Thomas Edward Ellis, Sir E. Vincent Evans, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, John Young Evans, Samuel J. Evans, A. M. Fairbairn, John Fisher, W. Foy (Cologne), Alfred Perceval Graves, John Griffith (Llangynwyd), W. B. Halhed (Llanrwst), James Hastings (editor of the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics), C.H. Herford, N. Marais-Hoogenhout, Paul Hook, Ivor B. John, Sir John Morris-Jones, L. D. Jones ('Llew Tegid'), M. H. Jones, T. O. Neill Lane, Edward Laws, Philip H. Lawson, Sir John Herbert Lewis, Charles Lloyd (Maesycrugiau), R. Luyten (Haarlem), Jean Marx (Paris), A. Meillet (Paris), Kuno Meyer, A. W. Moore (Douglas, I.O.M.), Eluned Morgan (Patagonia), Sir James M. Murray (Oxford), E. W. B. Nicholson, Henry Owen (Poyston), A. C. Humphreys-Owen, Owen Owen (Chief Inspector, Central Welsh Board), Sir T. Isambard Owen, Julius Pokorny, Stuart (1st baron) Rendel, Sir John Rhys, T. Francis Roberts, Sir Walter Runciman, K. G. Schilling (Giessen, Germany), E. A. Sonnenschein, John E. Southall, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Ludwig Christian Stern, John Strachan, Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl'), J. Vendryes, Sir Paul Vinogradoff, Alfred T. Warren, Stanley J. Weyman, Hugh Williams (Bala), and Sir Thomas Marchant Williams.

Letters, 1879-1920, to David Samuel from Sir Edward Anwyl, J[ames] F[ranklin] Bethune-Baker, D[avid] H[enry] Davies (Cenarth), Sir Owen M[organ] Edwards, Thomas Edwards ('Gwynedd'), D[avid] Tecwyn Evans, Gruffydd Evans (Newcastle Emlyn), John Young Evans, S[amuel] J[ames] Evans (Llangefni), C[harles] L[ett] Feltoe, E[dmund] Tyrrell-Green, [James] Rendel Harris, David Howell ('Llawdden'), J[ames] Spinther James ('Spinther'), Edward Jenkins (Llandrindod Wells), Evan Jones (Caernarvon), Gwilym Hywel Jones, J[ohn] Cynddylan Jones, John Morgan Jones (Cardiff), Sir John Morris-Jones, T[homas] Gwynn Jones, T. Wolseley Lewis, Thomas Lloyd (Liverpool), William Morgan (Pant, Dowlais), Sir Hugh Owen, O[wen] G[riffith] Owen ('Alafon'), E. Wynne Parry (Bala), T[homas] Mordaf Pierce, Thomas Powel, Evan Rees ('Dyfed'), Sir John Rhys, Eleazar Roberts, L[ewis] J[ones] Roberts, Robert Arthur Williams ('Berw'), W[illiam] Gilbert Williams, etc.

Six autograph letters to 'Myrddin Fardd', 1893-1899, from Sir John Morris-Jones.

The correspondents include Prof. David Jenkins (4), D. A. Jones (25), J. Morris Jones (1), Owen Bryngwyn (3), Ioan Brothen (2), Llew Tegid (5), T. Gwynn Jones (10), Frank Kidson (1), D. Morgan Lewis (1), Ruth Lewis (18), J. E. Lloyd (1), Alun Llywelyn-Williams (1), J. Chas. MacLean (4), Myfanwy Morris (5), and Haydn Morris (1).

Includes letters from: Sir John Morris Jones (58)

A typescript essay entitled 'Casgliad o weithiau Sion Brwynog, gyda nodiadau hanesyddol a beirniadol' by the late the Reverend Gilwym H[ywel] Jones, Welsh Presbyterian minister, Blaenclydach, co. Glamorgan. The essay, under the pseudonym of 'Emrys', was awarded the prize at the National Eisteddfod at Holyhead, 1927, and pasted into the volume is a typescript copy of the adjudication of Professor Sir John Morris Jones and Professor Henry Lewis.

Reports by John Edward Lloyd and John Morris-Jones on an edition of the De Invectionibus of Giraldus Cambrensis, edited by W. S. Davies, 1921.

The file includes letters from O. H. Fynes-Clinton, J. Gwynoro Davies, Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith, Henry Haydn Jones, John Morris-Jones, Owen Griffith Owen ('Alafon'), J. F. Rees, J. Herbert Roberts, afterwards Lord Clwyd, T. J. Thomas ('Sarnicol'), and E. R. Horsfall Turner.

The file includes letters from J. Gwynoro Davies, 1890, Ellis Edwards, 1890, Thomas Gee, 1891, John M. Howell, Aberaeron, 1891, Edmund D. Jones, 1891, Sir Henry Jones (3), 1890-1891, John Morris-Jones, 1890, Bishop John Owen (4), 1890-1891, T. F. Roberts, 1890-1891, David Samuel, Aberystwyth, 1891.