Dangos 15106 canlyniad

The original manuscript of the Davies Lecture, 1933, by Gwilym Arthur Edwards, printed in 1935 under the title Teyrnas Dduw yng ngoleuni syniadau Apocalyptig yr Efengylau.

Papers, 1911-2005, of and relating to the singing career of donor's mother, the contralto Esther Cooper-Jones, originally from Ynyshir but who lived in Aberystwyth until her death. She won many National Eisteddfod solo prizes in her youth and then went to London where she was lead singer in the Ivor Novello chorus, including certificates and concert programmes, biographical material, letters fron Clara Novello Davies, her tutor, and newspaper cuttings relating to her son Ivor Novello.

A typescript account of the induction service of G. Henton Davies as minister of the West End Baptist Church, King Street, Hammersmith, 1935.

Letters addressed to H. Cernyw Williams, the correspondents including Joseph Angus, London, 1892; Alfred George Edwards, Archbishop of Wales, 1933; Owen M. Edwards, Oxford, 1899-1905; William Hobley, Caernarvon, 1904; Benjamin Humphreys, Llanelli, 1933; Henry Jones, Llangernyw and Glasgow, 1905-1919; Robert Jones, Llanllyfni, 1905; Robert Jones, Rotherhithe, 1898; Wilfrid Lawson, House of Commons, 1889; Daniel Lewis Lloyd, Bishop of Bangor, 1897; Ellis Roberts ('Elis Wyn o Wyrfai'), Llangwm, 1886; Thomas Shankland, Bangor, 1904; Edward B. Underhill, London, 1892; and Peter Williams ('Pedr Hir'), Tredegar, 1895.

Sermon notes by Titus Lewis and Hugh William Jones ('Yr Utgorn Arian'), Baptist ministers at Carmarthen.

Photostat copies, [1935], of original letters, 1826-1840, from John Elias to his wife and children, John and Phebe.

Two volumes containing printed accounts of baronetcies created between 1611 and 1768 with cuttings of coats of arms pasted in the margins. The accounts are arranged in the chronological order of creation and there is a manuscript index of names in each volume.

An essay on the history and development of Welsh industries by Evan Wycliffe Davies, Baptist minister at Ton, Ystrad Rhondda, which was awarded the prize at the National Eisteddfod held in Liverpool in 1900 ('Traethawd ar y Diwydiannau Cymreig, eu hanes, a'r moddion goreu i'w datblygu').

Field notes, May-September 1865, by Thomas Sopwith of London relating to a survey of the mountains of Moelwyn Mawr and Moelwyn Bach, Merioneth. The notebook contains thirty-eight sketches (ff. 2-39, 124 verso), ten of which are executed in ink and wash colour, and the remainder in pencil, all drawn in May 1865. A further section of explanatory notes in ink, May-September 1865 (ff. 92-117), records the background to the survey, together with details of the work undertaken by Sopwith and his surveyor, Henry Robinson, including trials for slate (ff. 110-111).
The work was commissioned by the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues in preparation for a three-dimensional geological model by Sopwith. This 'model of the mountain Moel Wyn' is referred to in Sopwith, Description of a Series of Elementary Geological Models (London, 1875), p. 78, as being 'open to public view', but its present whereabouts is unknown; see further Robert Sopwith, Thomas Sopwith Surveyor: An Exercise in Self-help (Bishop Auckland, 1994), p. 196.

A pocket book belonging to William Thomas, Ty'ngadfan, Llanwnda (d. 1892), containing an incomplete metrical dialogue on temperance by Owen Griffith Owen, Bryncrin; 'Cwynfan gwraig meddwyn' (unsigned); an incomplete carol by Robert Jones, Bryn-y-gro; 'Cân ar ddull o ymdiddan rhwng Dyn a Llyffaint'; names of subscribers to Athraw Cerddorol and towards a Welsh oratorio; notes of sermons preached at associations held at Llangefni, Caernarvon, and Pwllheli, 1857-60; and a table of a Dinorwic quarryman's earnings, 1851-60.

A copy of the first edition of Rhys Lewis by Daniel Owen, Mold, 1885, with an autograph letter by the author.

'The names of the 43,625 Deponents in the "Exchequer Depositions by Commission" from 1 Elizabeth to 18 James I, arranged in eight geographical groups, according to the Counties to which the documents relate'; the same for 44, 924 deponents from 19 James I to 19 Charles II, and for the 39, 079 deponents from 20 Charles II to 7 William III. Issued to members of the Genealogical Co-operative Search Club. No. 20 of 22 sets signed by Charles A. Bernau. 1916-18.

Reviews of Owen Davies and H. Cernyw Williams: Efengyl Ioan gyda Rhagarweiniad a Nodiadau, 1899-1900, and H. Cernyw Williams: Yr Arweinydd Dwyfol, 1907, and letters relating to the same works from Charles Davies, Cardiff, David Davies, Llandudno, J. M. Davies, Cardiff, D. Tecwyn Evans, Portdinorwic, W. Hobley, Bontnewydd, Gwilym H. Havard, London, John Hughes, Pwllheli, John Hughes, Liverpool, R. Humphreys, Liverpool, H. T. Jacob, Peniel, J. Cynddylan Jones, Cardiff, Rees Jenkin Jones, Aberdare, R. G. Roberts, Caernarvon, and Peter Williams ('Pedr Hir'); and a letter, 1878, from Robert Thomas ('Ap Vychan'), in appreciation of H. Cernyw Williams: Hynafiaethau Edeyrnion.

Papers, 1929-[1987], of Kathleen Joan Smith, author, actress, playwright and former assistant governor of Holloway. In 1960 she moved to a smallholding in Clynnog Fawr from London. The papers include a typescript of her novel Twelve months, Mrs Brown: A novel of prison life [pubished in 1964] and a playscript, 1975; manuscripts of a number of plays scripted by her including 'Six days of justice', 1973, for Thames Television and 'The Brontë story', 1986; and scripts written for the series 'Within these walls' in the 1970s. Also included are programmes and posters of plays written by her and in which she appeared as an actress, together with her birth certificate, 1929, and election address as a Conservative candidate for the Caernarfon constituency in the 1970 General Election.

Hymn-tune book of John David Edwards. It contains a copy of his tune 'Lovely' now known as 'Rhosymedre'.

Transcripts of 'cywyddau' by Gryffydd Nannau, Gwilim ab Ieuan Hen, and Llywelyn Goch Amheirig Hen. The transcripts were written on two fly-leaves of Thomas Stanley: History of Philosophy, London, 1655, in the original binding with the words 'E Libris ... Salesbury e Coll: Jesu Oxon'. on the inside front cover. Three sons [William, John, and Gabriel] of Owen Salesbury of Rug matriculated at Jesus College between 1656 abd 1658.

A notebook, [?1920s], containing transcripts of material relating to the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards's actions at Ypres, Cambrai, and elsewhere on the Western Front, January-November 1917 (NLW MS 23977iC). The identity of the compiler is unknown, but he may have been a Guardsman in the regiment and could have been wounded in action in late November 1917 (see ff. 66, 72).
The notebook consists mainly of extracts from C. H. Dudley Ward, History of the Welsh Guards (London, 1920), pp. 141-177 (ff. 2-15, 17-66, rectos only). On the facing pages (ff. 1 verso-5 verso, 7 verso, 24 verso-25 verso, versos only) are extracts from the apparently unpublished journal of a Guardsman, possibly the compiler of the present manuscript, relating to the same period. A list of the battalion's movements during the period (see History of the Welsh Guards, pp. 381-382) is on ff. 68-72, and a series of sketch maps and drawings relating to various engagements are on ff. 73-83. Also included is a booklet (NLW MS 23977iiC) containing research into the manuscript by T. H. Reinallt-James, 1981 (ff. 1-4), which however fails to identify the provenance of the Dudley Ward material; and transcripts concerning Sergeant Robert Bye, VC (f. 5).

A copy of the account of James and William Cecil, trustees named in the Act of Parliament for the sale of part of the estates settled by the will of Robert, Duke of Ancaster, 1780-1789.

Accounts of the Gwydir estates sold in 1781; account of Eglwys-fach tithe, 1780; and bills for business done by William Cecil about conveyances of parts of the Gwydir estates sold, 1780-1788; and an account of the casual produce of the Gwydir estate in 1822.

Rental of the lands late of Sir Richard Wynn, of Gwydir, Bart., 1684.