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Diaries, 1967-2005, of Sir Glanmor Williams, reflecting his personal and professional work, including political observations and remarks on contemporary affairs.

Glanrhyd, Edern, Caernarvonshire farm account books in the hand of G. Hughes Roberts. Welsh, English. Between boards. Donated by J. E. Roberts, Glanrhyd, Edern, January 1968 or 1969.

Includes two group portraits taken outside a country house by Peters, Photographer of Oswestry; carte de visite of Robertson, consul in China (possibly Sir Daniel Brooke Robertson, consul in Canton, 1864); an un-named steam locomotive made at the Atlas Works, Manchester in 1861 (possibly no 1297); a panorama taken at Garthmyl, Otago, New Zealand.

The catalogued portion of the archive contains records of the family of Owen, later Humphreys-Owen, of Glansevern, and Johnes of Garthmyl, mainly comprising title deeds and documents, [late 12 cent.]-1929, mainly relating to property in Montgomeryshire; estate papers, 1767-1924, including rentals, accounts and surveys; records relating to Campobello island, New Brunswick, Canada, 1767-1902; substantial family correspondence, 1633-1926, political correspondence of Arthur Charles Humphreys-Owen, 1856-1905, including letters from Lord Rendel; naval papers of Captain William Owen, 1746-1778, [c. 1797]. The uncatalogued part of the archive includes correspondence of the Owen and Humphreys-Owen families, 1754-1905; pedigree of the Owen family, 1839; and material relating to S. P. F. Humphreys Owen, [c. mid 20 cent].

Family and estate records of the Lloyd family of Glansevin and Mandinam, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, and of the associated families of Harries of Llandovery and Price of Ystrad-ffin, Carmarthenshire, Lloyd of Wern Newydd and Edwards of Derry-odyn, Cardiganshire, and Price-Jones of Glanhafren, Montgomeryshire, including rentals of the Glansevin estate, 1740-1742 (including Wern Newydd estate), 1888-1915, Glanhafren estate, 1749-1757, and Wern Newydd, 1844-1851; household and farming accounts of the Glansevin estate, 1731-1892, title deeds and abstracts of title, 1542-1872, mainly Glansevin estate; estate and legal correspondence, mainly second half of the nineteenth century, rentals of the estate of David Lloyd Harries, Llandingat House, Llandovery, 1843-1863; and estate, legal and personal papers relating to Penllwyn, Llanddewibrefi, Cardiganshire, 1788-1858, and the Derry Odyn estate in the same county, 1800-1865.

The archive comprises almost entirely of deeds, 1559-1927, relating mainly to the Glanyrafon and Bronheulog estates in the parishes of Llansilin and Llangedwyn, Denbighshire, and to properties in Montgomeryshire and Shropshire.

A poem by Gwyneth Lewis written when she was the National Poet of Wales in 2005, commissioned by Glas Cymru to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its founding in 2000, and printed by the Gregynog Press.

Deeds relating to Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, 1528-1833, notably to the families of Morgan of Pencreeg, Monmouthshire, 1621-1679, and the Mackworth family of Neath, Glamorgan, 1724-1795.

A volume containing 'A Glossary To Explain The Original, the Acceptation, and Obsoleteness of Words and Phrases. And to Shew the Rise, Progress, and Alteration, Of Customs, Laws, & Manners. From [White] Kennett's Parochial Antiquities'; 'A Scottish Glossary Annex'd to Robert Burns's Scottish Poetry'; 'A Catalogue of Animals described by Mr. Pennant in his British Zoology, with their British Names, by Richard Morris, Esqr.'; and an incomplete transcript, with some additions by the scribe, of 'Some part of the Substance of a Letter to the Bishop of Carlisle, about the signification of the Names of Places in the British. by Edw. Llwyd, late Keeper of the Ashmolean Musaeum, in Oxford. Called 'D. E. Luidii Adversaria', & annexed to [William] Baxters Gloss[arium] Antiq[uitatum] Britannic[arum] 8vo Lond[ini] MDCCXXXIII'. There are slight variations in the script, but the volume is probably entirely in the hand of Henry Thomas Payne, archdeacon of Carmarthen.

A volume of notebooks of Robert Williams, rector of Llanbedrycennin, Tal-y-cafn, Caernarvonshire (author of 'The History of Charlemagne', Cymmrodor, vol. XX, 1907), containing material towards a glossary of Welsh words taken largely from Thomas Powel: Ystorya de Carolo Magno ([London], 1883). Inset is an autograph letter, 1922, from the Reverend J. Bodvan Anwyl ('Bodfan'), Aberystwyth, to Robert Williams.

Glossary by Leonard Owen of personal names extracted from his own transcripts of lay and clerical subsidy rolls, etc in the Public Records Office. English. In a file. Donated by Leonard Owen, Gerrard's Cross, October 1965.

Glossary of North Country Words, with MS notes, by John Trotter Brockett. (Formerly Howell Ll. Davies MS 26.) English. 1/2 morocco. Purchased from the library of Howell Lloyd Davies, Ruabon, 1949.

Gloucester Fire and Life Insurance forms and registers. (Formerly Thomas Dyke MS.) English. Between boards. Purchased from Mr Grenfell Jones, Abergavenny, June 1971.

Account book, 1748-1756, of Roderick Richard (d. 1753) and Roderick Rees (d. 1772), glovers, of Pen Bont, Llanbadarn Fawr, co. Cardigan, containing particulars of wool and skins purchased, together with other accounts and memoranda.

Deeds and documents, 1676-1874, relating to properties in Llandinam, Llanidloes, Mochdre and Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, and to affairs of local government and Turnpike Trusts. The Woosnam material covers the period 1691-1844.

Papers of Glyn Hopkins, [c. 1802]-1976, mainly comprising his draft articles and historical notes relating to Llanedi and Yr Hendy, Carmarthenshire, and Pontarddulais, Glamorgan, and to local place names; and a vestry book, [c. 1802]-1827, of Llanedi.

Typescript copies of Glyn Ifans, Canllaw Traethawd (Llandysul, 1974), short guidelines for writing different types of essays, with examples, and of Gwynt yr ynysoedd bach (Llandysul, 1975), a diary of an educational voyage, July 1970, from Swansea, on board the Uganda, to Madeira, the Canary Islands and Tangier; together with an undated letter from Gwasg Gomer.

Copïau teipysgrif o Glyn Ifans, Canllaw Traethawd (Llandysul, 1974) sef cyfarwyddyd byr ar ysgrifennu gwahanol draethodau, ynghyd â phatrymau ohonynt, ac o Gwynt yr ynysoedd bach (Llandysul, 1975), dyddiadur mordaith addysgol, Gorffennaf 1970, o Abertawe, ar long yr Uganda i Madeira, Ynysoedd y Caneri a Tangier; ynghyd ̂a llythyr, heb ddyddiad, oddi wrth Gwasg Gomer.

The fonds comprises the literary and personal papers of Glyn Jones, 1814-1995 (with gaps), including manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry and prose works by him, related correspondence and press cuttings, radio scripts, talks and readings and adjudications. Also included are notes and articles pertaining to Glyn Jones, general correspondence and notebooks; various papers relating to members of his family; and works by other writers.