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Papers of Frederick G. Gurney, 1886-1947, including family correspondence, mainly from him to his nephew, Robert G Heley, concerning family, genealogical, literary, and antiquarian matters; drawings and watercolours by him; and books on Welsh literature.

Krishnu Pal's Handwriting, being an offprint of a short article by F. G. Hastings in The Missionary Herald of the Baptist Missionary Society, 1 July 1933, together with a facsimile of the letter in the autograph of Krishnu Pal, the first Indian convert to Christianity, which forms part of NLW MS 1207.

A photostat facsimile of the book of accounts of the churchwardens of the parish of Llandderfel, Merionethshire, 1726-1756.

Facsimiles of a grant of supporters to Sir Edward Herbert, kt (1583-1648), baron of Castle Island, 1624; a pedigree of the Pryce family of Gunley, Montgomeryshire in the autograph of Lewys Dwnn (c. 1550-c. 1616), 1609; etc.

A copy of Richard C. Sutherland's MLitt thesis 'Fact and Fantasy of Publius Aelius Hadrianus. Literary Tradition and Modern Scholarship' (University of Edinburgh, 1999).

Facts and anecdotes of the Mathew family (I) by E. M. Bishop and Edward Hazard Mathew. English. (Formerly E. M. Bishop MS 8.) In marbled boards. Donated by Alwyn Andrew, Liverpool, 1945.

A CD-ROM copy of William Barker's work 'Families of Montgomeryshire, Wales, 1675-1825'

Transcripts of church records compiled by the donor, recording the place names to which families can be connected in the Ystradgynlais and Glyntawe areas, 1814-1901.

Thirteen letters, 1957-1967 from Vernon Watkins to his wife, his mother and his sister, reflecting the poet's family and public life (ff. 1-25). Also included are 30 letters of the same nature, 1938-1967, addressed to Vernon Watkins from various correspondents, including poet Charles Causley, 1962-1967 (ff. 26-32), lifelong friend Eric V. Falk, [1938]-1963 (ff. 35-47), and wife, Gwen, 1945-1947 (ff. 59-66). The correspondence includes a photograph of Vernon, Gwen and Rhiannon Watkins, [1945] (f. 65).
The file also includes 34 letters and cards, 1965 and 1967-2004, addressed to Gwen Watkins from various correspondents, including Roy Fuller, 1976 (f. 74), Michael Hamburger, 1972-2004 (ff. 75-78), John Heath-Stubbs, 1998 (f. 79), Andrew Motion, 1987 (f. 81), Leslie Norris, 1974-1980 (ff. 82-86), Peter Redgrove, 1977 (f. 88), and David Wright, 1971-1988 (ff. 101-106). Most of these letters relate to Vernon Watkins's poetry.

A bound typescript copy of the family history of the Davies family of Eblid and Llansilin, 1833 to 2000.

Letters from the Reverend David Saunders, D.D., Calvinistic Methodist minister, to his sister Annie (3) 1852-4, and to his parents (1) 1854; and other family letters and papers, c. 1860-1881.

Photocopies of a family tree by the donor relating to William Alfred Evan Call (1878-1965), photographer, who was born in Paris but lived in Monmouth for over fifty years, and an obituary from the Monmouthshire Beacon.

(Formerly Ernest L. M. Prichard MS 6.) Music notation, English. Between boards. Donated by the Honourable Mervyn Roberts, Abergele, April 1959.

Three farewell addresses, one being in Oriya, Oct.-Nov. 1951, to Rev. Frank M. Fellows and his wife Dr Muriel Fellows, missionaries of the Baptist Missionary Society, from members of the Oriya Baptist Church, Cuttack and the Cuttack Leper Asylum in India.