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Forty three notebooks, 1873-1915, the majority of which are numbered and labelled with a list of contents, recording inscribed stones examined by John Rhŷs mostly in Wales, the Isle of Man, Scotland, and Ireland. They contain descriptions of his journeys, of stones and inscriptions, folklore and other related notes. Also included are unbound diaries of 'ogham hunts', 1883-1899.

Various notebooks, [1855x1915], most of which appear to have belonged to John Rhŷs and are written in his hand; some appear to be school books and lecture notes. They mainly relate to philology, including lists of words, names in pedigrees, and notes on manuscripts and inscriptions. Several books also record folklore and legends.

Engagement diaries, 1862-1915 (with gaps), belonging to John Rhŷs, together with a journal of a visit to St Jean de Luz, 1893-1894. Most contain brief, often occasional, entries recording meetings, tours, domestic and personal matters, accounts, and other notes and observations. Also included are accounts, exemplars of German phrases, lists of various places visited probably in his capacity as HM Inspector of Schools, and inscriptions of stones.

Papers, 1878-1916, relating to Oxford University and, in particular, Jesus College, including a book of visitors to the Principal's lodgings, 1897-1916; a register of students attending John Rhŷs's lectures each term, 1878-1915; cuttings and reports relating to the Meyrick Fund, 1889-1896; letters, 1897-1905, relating to the sinecure rectory of Clynnog Fawr annexed to the headship of Jesus College; and papers, 1909, relating to the unveiling of a memorial tablet to J. R. Green.

Miscellaneous papers, 1887-1942, of Myvanwy Rhys, including undated notes on Crown Officials and Sheriffs of Wales, Chester, and the Marches during the reigns of Edward III and Richard II; an undated thesis entitled 'The New Testament Logos Conception its sources and contents'; ration books, 1939-1942; and printed material containing references to her, 1887-1918.

Letters, 1893-1927, addressed to Olwen Rhys, mostly from her sister, Myvanwy. Also included is an undated letter from Olwen Rhys to her father, John Rhŷs.

Papers, [1873]-1886, relating to John Rhŷs's father, Hugh Rees, comprising letters, 1879-1886, from him to his son, with a telegram, 1886, notifying John Rhŷs of his father's death; and miscellaneous papers, [1873]-1886, including reminiscences and autobiographical notes in his hand, [?1884]-[1886], manuscript and printed copies of poetry by him, [1873x1886], and a copy of the volume, Blodeu Rhosydd Moab (1884).

Personal diaries, 1896-1909 and 1912-1914, of Mrs Elizabeth Hughes, maid, recording everyday life in the Rhŷs household, including the engagements and movements of the family and visitors to their home, as well as domestic matters.

Includes letters from Lewis Morris (3), Eleanor Hull, T. Fisher Unwin, Harry Speight, J. Strachan (2), H. R. Reichel (2), Paul Vinogradoff, R. A. Stewart Macalister (6), Goddard H. Orpen (3), T. Mansel Franklen (10), D. Lloyd George, Rowland Ellis, Robert Cochrane (2), W. Warde Fowler (2, one enclosing a letter from Georg Wissowa), Marcus N. Tod, E. S. Dodgson (16), Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington (Earl Carrington), A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl') (7), J. Glyn Davies (5), Norman Lockyer (2), J. H. Hessels, Betha Hills-Johnes, J. Jenkins ('Gwili'), James Hastings, Robert Mowat, P. M. C. Kermode (6), Kuno Meyer (2), W. R. Morfill (2), Hugh Williams (2), F. Haverfield (3), Edward Clodd (4), E. Maunde Thompson, E. Sidney Hartland, Patrick Lyons (9), John Beddoe, John Williams, E. Lorimer Thomas, John Garstang, Julio de Urquijo, Otto Franke, Camille Jullian (6), B. Nogara, O. A. Danielsson, E. Vincent Evans, H. Gaidoz, Émile Espérandieu, Sidney Herbert (Earl of Pembroke) (2), George Eley Halliday, W. H. Preece, Douglas Hyde, T. H. Thomas (14), E. P. Wright (2), Maurice FitzGerald (Duke of Leinster), W. Baldwin Spencer, S. H. Butcher, A. W. Howitt, J. Romilly Allen (4), T. Herbert Warren, Alfred P. Graves (2), E. C. Quiggin, E. Ch. Babut, W. H. Stevenson, D. Brynmor Jones (2), F. Carruthers Gould (2), Paul Meyer, T. C. Evans ('Cadrawd') (2), J. Mortimer Angus, William Osler, W. Llewelyn Williams, W. Temple (2), Francis J. Jayne, John Edward Lloyd, Martin Hume (2), Henry Owen, Frederick York Powell, Evan Jones ('Ieuan Buallt'), and Marcus Hartog.

Letters, 1864-1910, addressed to Elspeth Rhŷs, including some from John Rhŷs and other family members, with occasional letters and replies in her hand. Among the correspondents are Charles de Gaulle (12), Henri Gaidoz, A. H. Sayce (3), Hugh Derfel Hughes, E. R. Wharton, Eluned Morgan (2), Grant Allen, Edwin Hatch, Queen Victoria (copy), James Darmesteter (2), James MacFadden (2), David G. Ritchie, Frederick York Powell (2), O. M. Edwards, W. R. Morfill, Thomas Ellis (4), Paul Meyer, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart (Marquess of Bute, 2), William Jones (2), Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick, J. A. Simon, Annie J. Ellis, James Hills-Johnes, Ellis J. Ellis-Griffith, Alfred Daniell, D. Brynmor Jones, Marie Corelli, Edward Anwyl, E. Vincent Evans, Lydia E. Becker, A. Darmesteter, Frances Hoggan, and John Dillon.

Includes letters from Georg Curtius, and Samuel Ferguson.

Includes letters from John Evans, William W. E. Wynne (3), T. H. Huxley, Emil Hübner, E. Maunde Thompson (2), John Quine, and James Backhouse.

Includes letters from Llewellyn Thomas (2), Gilbert Goudie, Henry Matthews (to Lord Balfour), Frederick York Powell, James W. Lowther, William C. Borlase (3), John Lloyd Warden Page (2, one letter to Charles Elton), Charles Elton (3), Stanley Leighton, John H. Puleston (3), Frederick A. V. Campbell (Viscount Emlyn), Stuart Rendel (11), Kuno Meyer, J. Romilly Allen (3), Thomas Gee, W. A. Craigie, John Jones ('Ivon'), H. L. D. Ward, G. F Browne, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, Alexander Hugh Bruce, and Paul Meyer.

Includes letters from E. C. Quiggin, Salomon Reinach (6), Ernest Renan (2), Franklin T. Richards (2), George E. Robinson (5), William Sanday (2), Hugo Schuchardt, Cuthbert Shields, W. W. Skeat, William Stubbs, John Thickens, Llewellyn Thomas, A. O. Vaughan (Owen Rhoscomyl (3), H. L. D. Ward (2), T. Herbert Warren, Jessie L. Weston (2), Oscar Wilde, John Wordsworth, Joseph Wright, and Frederick G. Wynn (3).

Letters, 1889-1915, from John Morris-Jones to John Rhŷs, in which he discusses his academic research and published work, the work of other academics, and Welsh grammar including the pronunciation, etymology and the meaning of words and phrases. Reference is also made to Welsh poetry and manuscripts, and inscriptions on stones.

Papers, 1899-1900, relating to Celtic Folklore by John Rhŷs (Oxford, 1901), comprising manuscript drafts of the preface, table of contents, 'A geographical list of authorities and sources . . . to Welsh folklore', 'List of bibliographical references', and 'Additions & corrections'; printed copies of chapters I-VI, with manuscript amendments by the author; a typescript draft of chapters VII-XII; galley proofs and page proofs containing manuscript amendments and corrections by John Rhŷs, with additional manuscript notes in his hand. Amongst the typescript draft, chapter 10 (f. 62), is a letter, dated 1900, to John Rhŷs from J. Gwenogvryn Evans. Also included are cuttings, 1900-1901, containing reviews of the book.

Papers, 1913, relating to 'The Celtic inscriptions of Cisalpine Gaul' by John Rhŷs, a paper originally delivered at the British Academy, and subsequently published in its Proceedings, vol. VI (London, 1913). The file includes galley proofs and page proofs, some containing manuscript amendments and corrections by the author; photographs and sketches of plates; and reviews of the article.

Cuttings of reviews, 1882-1908, of published works by John Rhŷs, including Celtic Britain (London, 1882), On the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by Celtic Heathendom (London, 1888), and The Celtic inscriptions of France and Italy (London, 1906).

Exercise books, 1860, containing lecture notes whilst John Rhŷs was a student at the Bangor Normal College.