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A collection of over seventy autograph and typed letters and cards from Sir John Barbirolli, together with some from Evelyn Barbirolli to the singer Parry Jones between 1936-1963, and a further group of autograph and typed letters and cards, 1925-1963, to Parry Jones, signed by a number of prominent men and women of the day, including John Coates, Lilian Baylis, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Sir Neville Cardus, Ernest Newman, Ian Parrott, Maurice Miles, Steuart Wilson, Peter Gellhorn and others.

Papers of Rev. Bernard Evans, including manuscript and printed music by Ian Parrott and Freda Swain, together with letters from R. S. Thomas, Saunders Lewis, Gwenallt, Tydfor Jones, Ian Parrott, Freda Swain, and others. The collection also includes papers, correspondence, notes, and photographs relating to Evans’s interest in antiques (particulary in Llanelli pottery), as well as an edition of the Ceredigion Collectors’ Club Journal (1969–1970), during the period in which Bernard Evans served as Chairman. Also included are numerous poems written under Evans' pen name, Bernard Harding.

Papers of the Department of Music of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1883-1986, including concert programmes, 1898-1988, posters for concerts, 1961-[c. 1983]; minute book of the UCW Aberystwyth Musical Club, 1920-1927; student record cards, 1922-1929; attendance registers, 1933-1981; staff notes and reports, 1951-1983; miscellaneous papers and correspondence relating to the Department, 1921-1984; minute book of the Aberystwyth Music Festival, 1925-1927; papers relating to Aberystwyth and Gregynog music festivals, 1922-1969; music manuscripts and facsimiles by individual composers, including Arthur Charles Edwards, Ian Parrott, and David Wynne, 1916-1982; miscellaneous music papers, 1883-1904; papers of Charles Clements, 1909-1973; and papers of Griff Williams and his wife, 1916-[1980s].