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A volume of Welsh and English airs compiled, [c. 1858], by John Williams, Llanfachreth, Anglesey.
Williams, John, b. ca. 1792
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A volume of Welsh and English airs compiled, [c. 1858], by John Williams, Llanfachreth, Anglesey.
Williams, John, b. ca. 1792
Jones, G. Megan - Lewis, E. O.
Correspondents include L. D. Jones ('Llew Tegid') (10), T. Gwynn Jones (1), and Frank Kidson (4).
A transcript of diary entries, 1885-1938, on loose leaves, noting engagements in his role as an adjudicator and conductor.
Notes and correspondence relating to a survey on land reclamation in North Wales, [1913x1916], to which J. Lloyd Williams contributed. Notes specifically relating to Caernarfonshire and Anglesey and North Wales grasses are also included.
Index cards noting the Latin names of plants and flowers, with references to the Welsh names and source of information.
Broadsheets advertising lectures and concerts on Welsh music, 1891-1927, including a series to be held at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, Session 1926-1927.
A few paper slips mainly noting lectures and venues.
Lectures by J. Lloyd Williams on various aspects of Welsh music, delivered to various evening classes, societies and conferences.
Notes of lectures delivered by J. Lloyd Williams, [1905x1937], relating mainly to plant life and often drawing analogies with life in general.
Lecture and address notes relating to education and teaching, some delivered at school prize-giving ceremonies; religion; and Welsh nationalism and language. One address, delivered at Bangor, April 1935, relates to his life and work.
The correspondents include Robert Bryan (7), Peter Crossley-Holland (3), E. T. Davies (13), Sir Walford Davies (12, including his correspondence with David de Lloyd, November 1926), Grace Gwyneddon Davies (4), J. Glyn Davies (3), Dr Mary Davies (5), and David de Lloyd (9).
Correspondents include James Britten (3), 1897-1898, of the British Museum; P. W. Carter (3), 1926, of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; and J. B. Farmer (21), of the Royal College of Science, London. A copy of a letter, 1927, from J. Lloyd Williams to T. P. Ellis is also enclosed.
The correspondents include D. Emlyn Evans (4), Prof. David Evans (3), Robert Evans (Cybi) (4), T. Hopkin Evans (19), D. Lloyd George (1), A. G. Gilchrist (2), A. P. Graves (8), R. D. Griffith (11), Ll. Wyn Griffith (1), E. J. Grutchfield (5), Hughes & Son (4), John Hughes, Treorchy (7), and Wil Ifan (1).
The file comprises letters from J. Lloyd Williams's sons, Geraint (26), 1907-1919, and Idwal (7), undated and 1923-1942, to their father.
Letters, 1894-1918, from J. Lloyd Williams's wife, Beti, to her husband.
Letters from J. Lloyd Williams
Letters, 1928-1945, from J. Lloyd Williams, many to friends and acquaintances, some of a personal nature and others relating to lecturing and the performing of Welsh music, in particular in relation to the BBC. Letters from 1943 onwards relate mainly to the proof reading and publication of Atgofion Tri Chwarter Canrif, Y Tri Thelynor and the Journal of the Welsh Folk-Song Society, and contain references to his increasing ill-health. Correspondents include J. C. McLean, [?1937] and 1944; R. E. Vaughan Roberts, 1944, and Jennie Alltwen (Mrs Bell), 1934 and 1938.
Letters from J. Lloyd Williams
Original or copy letters, 1911-1940, from J. Lloyd Williams, mainly relating to his work as editor of the Welsh Folk Song-Society Journal. The addressees include Mary Davies (28), A. P. Graves (2), Hughes & Son (2), Dora Herbert Jones (4), Ruth Lewis (12), and W. S. Gwynn Williams (2). They include copies of letters, 1915 (to Mary Davies), 1921 (to Mary Davies and Ruth Lewis) and 1936 (to the Executive of the Welsh Folk-Song Society), tendering his resignation as editor of the Society's Journal; together with a few miscellaneous items, including notes relating to letters sent to Mary Davies and A. P. Graves, 1908-1909.