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Professor Thomas Jones Papers File
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Wil Brydydd y Coed

The file includes the manuscript of Thomas Jones's edition of Wil Brydydd y Coed, by David Owen (Brutus). This satire on nonconformity and lay preachers was published in the Anglican magazine Yr Haul, between 1863 and 1865. Thomas Jones's edition was published by the University of Wales Press, in 1949. Also included are photocopies of Bangor MS 988B, being letters from 'Brutus' to 'Scorpion' (Thomas Roberts).

Welsh

The file comprises notes on the history, grammar and orthography of the Welsh language, including notecards which give examples of words and phrases, and which list manuscripts in which they appear; a typescript of the additional appendix to the Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, 1967, and a list of business and office terms with their Welsh equivalents.

Typescript reports

The file comprises a report produced by the Mid-Wales Industrial Development Association entitled 'A Review of Population Changes in Mid-Wales, 1901-1951', 1959, together with an annotated typescript entitled 'Liberal Education in the Age of Science and Technology', 1962, produced by Thomas Jones for the Central Advisory Council for Wales.

Personalia

The folder includes a notebook containing lecture notes and her graduation certificate, 1945, from Aberystwyth University; scripts which she wrote for her work as Assistant Organiser for the Children's Hour for the Welsh Home Service, 1945-1947, and papers relating to the sale and restoration of property at 4 Castle Terrace, Llansawel, 1969-1976.

Personalia

The folder includes Thomas Jones's reports from Ystalyfera school, 1922-1928; receipts for royalties paid to him, 1939-1948; publication contracts, 1939 and 1944; medical prescriptions, 1941-1943; two letters in French, 1954 and 1958; circular correspondence from, and minutes of meetings of, the National Library of Wales, 1961-1962; a report on his pension provision, 1970; letters, 1970, wishing him well on his retirement, and copies of his obituaries, 1972.

Notes for history lectures

The file includes notes for lectures for an Honours class on Gildas, the Brythonic monk and Latin author, and Nennius, the name given to the ninth century author of an early history of Britain down to the end of the seventh century. The folder also includes notes for a lecture entitled `Hanes y Daith drwy Gymru'.

Newspaper cuttings

The file comprises cuttings, primarily from Welsh newspapers, including Y Ddraig Goch, Y Faner and Y Cymro. They include obituaries, book reviews and articles on political affairs.

Manuscripts and general notes

The file comprises transcripts of 'Cronica de Wallia' and other documents from Exeter Cathedral Library, together with a photocopy of a fragment of the manuscript 'Seven Wise Masters of Rome' in Trinity College Cambridge, and three notebooks containing notes on manuscripts and literature.

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