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Xerox copies of biographical details concerning Rhys Morgan, supplied to the Library, 1983, by his nephew John Morgan, Pontardawe, his son Colonel John Gabe Morgan, USA, and his close friend Gwladys Longmore, New York, USA.

When Night Falls, script of two-act drama (5 ff.), in which three hymns are sung [performed by The New Welsh Choral Society?].

W. A. Williams, Pwyllwyddeg (Phrenology) (Llundain, 1897); with manuscript entries relating to Rhys Morgan, including 'Pwyllgraff o gymeriad, dadblygiad anianyddol, a chyflwr presenol Master Rees Morgan, fel y rhoddwyd hwynt gan William A. Williams', February 1900.

'The Lyric Manuscript Music Book' (10 ff.), containing final copy of A Screen of the Seasons in Four Panels, for male voices, with piano accompaniment (for rehearsals only), presented to 'The New England Federation of Men's Glee Clubs', words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. F. 1r Title page. 2R-3r Spring. 4R-5v Summer. 6R-7r Autumn. 8R-10r Winter.

Ff. 1r-8r. 'The Christmas Rose'; Sacred Choral Ballade (words from the Welsh of J. T. Job by Evan Roberts), for SATB and organ. 'To Edgar Nelson and the Choir of the Sunday Evening Club, Chicago'. Ff. 8v-9v. 'A Prayer' (from the Psalms) for TTBB and piano. Beginning with the words, 'God be merciful and bless us'. F. 10r-v. A Song of Consecration (words by Frances R. Havergal), for SSA and piano ('for rehearsal only'). 'To Miss Edith M. Keller, Music Supervisor, State of Ohio'. F. 11r. 'O do, mi a glywais' (folk song, arrangement by DP), for TTBB, with accompaniment. Incomplete. Ff. 11v and 12v. A Night Song (words by Kate Forman), with accompaniment. Two drafts, incomplete. F. 12r. Part of an untitled song for TTBB, beginning 'We're off to market Johnny, ...'. F. 13r. 'Love's Tryst', for voice and accompaniment. F. 13v. Untitled hymn-tune, with opening words, 'Arglwydd, arwain drwy'r anialwch' [words by William Williams]. F. 13v. 'Sketty'. Hymn-tune, with opening words, 'Mor beraidd i'r creadur gwan ...', [translation by David Charles, the younger]. See also MS 12. F. 14r-v. 'The Birds' (words by Hilaire Belloc). Part-song for mixed voices. See also MS 11, ff. 12v-13r.

'The Lyric Manuscript Book' (13 ff.) with two loose sheets inside, containing mainly drafts of songs from Y Tymhorau, a children's cantata, on words by W. Nantlais Williams. This cantata was not published, but had been completed by DP in February 1934 [see Nantlais, 'A adawodd Dr Protheroe weithiau heb eu gorffen?', Y Cymro, 24 Mawrth 1934] [see also MSS 2 and 5]. F. 1r. Opening of Act 1, Cho[rus] 1 [of a cantata?];. Setting of words 'To the fair'. 1V. 'I've heard of a wonderful country' and While Shepherds, to be sung by Gwyn [a character in a cantata?]. 2R-v. Finale of Act 1 [of a cantata?]; setting of Chorus 19 and various words, mainly from a cantata, the words being 'How in a manger laid', 'The rogue h[im?] f[e]ll hear[ling?]', 'Just do as I tell you', and 'Oh thank you so warmly for charm and for songs, We'll hasten along'. 3R. Anthem; Pa le mae y wennol; setting of '... bwthyn o glai, o ben y to'. 3V-4. A Sea-Scape, part-song for SATB. 4V. 'Yonder, her lily hand'. 5R. The Man of Sorrows. 6R. Ysbryd y Robin, song for mezzo-soprano, with piano accompaniment [see ff. 13r, 15r]. 6V. Blodau'r Haf, song for soprano, with piano accompaniment [see MS 2, f. 23r]. 7V. Introduction to song No. 9. 7V-8r. 'Hardd yw'r iorwg ar y dderwen', with piano accompaniment [see ff. 10v-11r]. 8R-v. Song No. 10; last few bars of an anthem; sketch of a part-song. 9R. The Land-lubber's Chantey, part-song [for male voices?] [see MS 6, f. 31v]. 9V. Y Gwanwyn. 10V-11r. 'Hardd yw'r iorwg ar y dderwen', with piano accompaniment [see ff. 7v-8r]. 11V. 'Jesus, our only joy be Thou' [from the cantata Olivet, see MS 3, ff. 43v-55v; MS 6, f. 46; MS 8, ff. 1-2]. 12R-v. Ar y gwair, with piano accompaniment. 12V. Hymn-tune. 13R. Ysbryd y Robin, with piano accompaniment [see ff. 6r, 15r];. Price, hymn-tune, August 1933. 13V. 'Dyna drist, drist, drist yw yr awel'. 14R. Hoi, Hoi, Song No. 13;. 'Hardd yw'r iorwg ar y dderwen'. 14V. Starling;. 'If I were a queen'. 15R. Ysbryd y Robin, solo, with piano accompaniment [see ff. 6r, 13r]. 15V. Drudwy (Starling), duet, with piano accompaniment [not same melody as 'Ddrudwy Fach', see MS 6, f. 5v].

Salm i'r Ddaear. Psalm to the Earth. Poem by S. T. Coleridge, set to music for tenor (or Soprano) Solo, Chorus and Orchestra, by T. Hopkin Evans. Welsh translation by the composer. Edited ... by Ifor Williams (London, 1931). Complimentary copy from the composer, 'I fy nghyfaill hoff Daniel Protheroe (Mus Doc) fel arwydd fechan o'm parch tuag ato fel Cyfarwyddwr, Arweinydd a Beirniad, oddi wrth yr awdur, gyda chofion cynnes - fil ohonynt', 5 December 1932. Signed by T. Hopkin Evans.

Rhys Morgan's copy of Favorite Welsh And English Hymns, published for the St David's Society of Schuylkill County, PA., with annotations.

Poster of a performance of Handel's Messiah by the Cymric Society of New York, under the conductorship of Rhys Morgan, at the Broadway Tabernacle, New York City, 17 December 1948.

'Passantino Music Writing Book' (53 ff.), being loose and bound folios placed within covers of a music manuscript book, containing drafts of original compositions and arrangements. Endorsed on front cover of manuscript book is name Carol? Ashill?. F. 1v-2v. Jesus Tender Shepherd (Childrens (sic) Day Anthem), arr. for voice and piano. 3R-4v. American Medley, arr. for voice and piano [see ff. 11v-22r, 52r-53r]. 5V-6r. Onward Christian Soldiers!, arr. for SATB [see ff. 28v-29v]. 7V-8r. Moonbeams. A Serenade, for voice and piano, piano copy. 8V-7r. The Jaunting Car, copy of song for soloist and choir, by George H. Gartlan, words by Florence Quick. 9V-10r. Ar Hyd y Nos, arr. for male voices, 1935 [endorsed on f. 9r is stamp - Property of Chrysler Building Employees Chorus, see MS 21, f. 3r]. 11-16. Bound, originally part of separate book. 11V-12r. Patriotic Medley, arr. for male voices, introduction [see ff. 3r-4v, 13v-22r, 52r-53r]. 13V-16v. Patriotic Male Chorus, arr. for male voices [for end of medley see ff. 17r-18r; see also ff. 3r-4v, 11v-12r, 19v-22r, 52r-53r]. 17R-18r. Patriotic Medley, finale [see ff. 13v-16v; see also ff. 3r-4v, 11v-12r, 19v-22r, 52r-53r]. 19V-20v. Patriotic Medley, arr. for voice and piano, with 6 ff. of printed copies of songs attached to f. 20r-v [see ff. 3r-4v, 11v-18r, 21r-22r, 52r-53r]. 21R-22r. American Medley, arr. for voice and piano [see ff. 3r-4v, 11v-20v, 52r-53r]. 23-35. Bound. 23R. Friendship, two drafts. 23V-24r. Thy Will Be Done, sacred song, arr. for voice and piano [see ff. 40r-v]. 24V. 'The Lord is my shepherd', setting of Psalm 23. 25R. Carol beginning 'The beauty that prevailed one night [see f. 26r for variant setting of same words]. 25V. Christmas Night, carol. 26R. Bethlehem Night, carol [see f. 25r for variant setting of same words]. 28R. Untitled sacred work beginning 'I will cry unto God'. 28V-29v. Onward Christian Soldiers, arr. for SATB [see ff. 5v-6r]. 30R. While Shepherds watched their flocks by night, carol, 1938. 30V. Untitled carol beginning 'When marshalled on the nightly plain' [possibly called 'The Star of Bethlehem'. 32R. The Year's (sic) at the Spring from 'Pippa Passes'. 32V-33r. La Petite Jeanneton, song for voice and piano. 33V-34r. Patriotic Medley, arr. for male chorus, instrumental copy [see ff. 11v-22r]. 35R. March of the Musketeers, male chorus, arr. 36R-37r. Sail on O Ship of State (Marche Patriotic), for SATB, dedicated to Franklyn Delano Roosevelt, words by Longfellow [see ff. 38r-39v, 42r]. 39V. Sail on O Ship of State, for voice and piano, words by Longfellow [see ff. 36r-37r, 42r]. 40R-v. Thy Will Be Done, sacred song, arr. for voice and piano [see ff. 23v-24v]. 40V. If I knew, tongue-twisting song. 41R-v. Ha! Ha! Ha! Laughing is Contagious, chorus [for SATB?] by G. F. Rose, arr. Sail on O Ship of State, for voice and piano, words by Longfellow, incomplete [see ff. 36r-37r, 38r-39v]. 42V. Untitled love song beginning 'Oh love if only you and I could wander'. 43R-44v. Harmony exercises. 46R-47r. Will She Remember Too?, for voice and piano. 48R-49v. Sei Du Mit Mir (Be Thou With Me), prayer, for voice and piano, 20 July 1939. 50R-51r. The Victory Won, 2 Feb. [19]43. 52R. Untitled melody [possibly part of a patriotic medley, see ff. 3r-4v, 11v-22r, 53r]. 53R. Patriotic Medley [see ff. 3r-4v, 11v-22r, 52r].

[The cuttings were originally pasted inside a bound volume, but, owing to its poor condition, they were removed and xeroxed on archival paper. The present MS is a file of the xerox copies.].

Miscellaneous papers, including unsigned membership certificate of Daniel Protheroe with the Freemasons in Chicago (16/1); photograph of Dafydd [Jenkins?] presented to Daniel Protheroe (1612).

Miscellaneous papers, including Rhys Morgan's unsigned membership card of the Illinois Freemasons (26/1); receipt from The American Gorsedd, 31 May 1924 (26/2); script of radio programme, The First Easter Dawn, in which the mixed choir of The First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, Long Island, under the conductorship of Rhys Morgan, took part, 13 April 1941 (26/4); and manuscript copy [in hand of ?] of three verses entitled Amy Johnson, Welsh (26/5).

'Manuscript Music Book' (52ff.), all the folios being loose, containing drafts of sacred and secular works, ff. 8r-16v being compositions by Eugenia Wirick [in her hand?, see also MS 9, ff. 26r-29v]. F. 1r. Tu ol i'r dorth, children's song, with accompaniment, words by Nantlais [see MS 9, f. 37]. 1V. 'Pedolwn, pedolwn y sotlau tlws, tlws', children's song, with accompaniment [see MS 2, f. 13r]. 4R. Skaters' Song, chorus for male voices, with piano accompaniment, words by Horatio Spencer Fiske [see f. 33r; MS 4, f. 8r]. 4V. [Mother O' Mine] chorus for male voices, with piano accompaniment [see ff. 6r, 7r, 49r]. 5R-v. Dewch i lithro ar y llyn and 'Ddrudwy Fach' [from the children's cantata Y Tymhorau, see MSS 1, 2 and 5. 'Ddrudwy Fach' does not have same melody as Drudwy (Starling), see MS 1, f. 15v]. 6R. Mother O' Mine, chorus for male voices, piano copy [see ff. 4v, 7r, 49r]. 7R. Mother O' Mine, Tenor I part of chorus for male voices [see ff. 4v, 6r, 49r]. 8R-16v. Compositions by Eugenia Wirick. 8R-v. A Kerry Girl, song for voice and piano, words by Clinton Scollard. 9R-10r. Laughing Song, part-song for SAB, with piano accompaniment, words by William Blake. 11R-12r. Laughing Song, part-song for SAB, with piano accompaniment, words by William Blake. 13R-14r. Laughing Song, part-song for SAB, with piano accompaniment, words by William Blake. 14V. Untitled sacred song beginning with 'I will sing a new song ..., and I will praise Thy holy name'. 15R-16v. Like as a Father, sacred song for voice and piano / organ, words from Psalm 103. 17R-18r. The Rose and You, song for voice and piano, dedicated 'To my friend Daniel Beddoe', words by Kate Forman. 22R. Part of a sacred work for choir and orchestra, words included being 'God sent His Singers upon Earth With songs of sadness' [from the cantata Excelsior?, see ff. 24v-25r, 27r; MS 2, ff. 17r, 25r-v; MS 3, ff. 54v-56v, 71r-v; MS 4, ff. 23r-24v; MS 8, ff. 3r-5v; MS 9, ff. 4r-5v, 33v, 34v]. 24V-25r. Part of a sacred work for choir and orchestra, words included being 'sadness, With songs of sadness, and of mirth, That they might touch the' [f. 24v] and 'wandered, and by streams, By streams' [f. 25r] [from the cantata Excelsior?, see ff. 22r, 27r; MS 2, ff. 17r, 25r-v; MS 3, ff. 54v-56v, 71r-v; MS 4, ff. 23r-24v; MS 8, ff. 3r-5v; MS 9, ff. 4r-5v, 33v, 34v]. 27R. Part of a sacred work for choir and orchestra, words included being 'The most perfect harmony' [from the cantata Excelsior?, see ff. 22r, 24v-25r; MS 2, ff. 17r, 25r-v; MS 3, ff. 54v-56v, 71r-v; MS 4, ff. 23r-24v; MS 8, ff. 3r-5v; MS 9, ff. 4r-5v, 33v, 34v]. 28R-v. Untitled part-song for ladies choir, with piano accompaniment, beginning 'Come, Night, with all thy train of witnesses'. 30R. Suggestions for improvements to a composition. 31R. Preparation work of an orchestral score. 31V. The Land Lubber's Chantey, part-song [for male voices?] [see MS 1, f. 9r]. 32R. Laudamus (Bryn Calfaria), orchestral score, being introduction to the male voice arr. of the hymn-tune [see MS 4, f. 12r-v; MS 9, f. 13v]. 33R. [Skaters' Song] piano introduction and first line [see f. 4r; MS 4, f. 8r]. 35R. Mi af i Lunden, four-part arr. of nursery rhyme. 37V. Untitled song beginning 'A dream of a rose'. 38R-39v. Untitled sacred works, some words included. 40R. Untitled sacred work beginning 'I will extol Thee, My God, O King'. 40V. Untitled duet for SA, no words included. 41R. Once I went to Boston. 41V. Untitled song beginning 'I k[...] around that winding Ad[ .... ] tally? lord [negro spiritual?]. 42R. O Mistress mine, part-song for SATB [see MS 4, f. 1r]. 43R. Thy Way not mine O Lord, sacred song for SATB, no words included [see MS 3, f. 43r; MS 9, f. 1v]. 43V. Dance of the Gnomes, part-song for two voices. 44R. Babi Ni, song for voice and piano. 44V. [Y Bwci-Bo] parts of song [see MS 2, ff. 3r-v, 22r; MS 4, ff. 8v-9r]; untitled sacred song on the words 'At thy command is made anew each day The leaf and fragrant flower [see MS 4, f. 24v]. 45R-v. Untitled drafts including parts of the cantata Olivet [see MS 3, ff. 43v-55v; MS 8, ff. 1r-2v]. 48R. Untitled sacred song, with words of two verses, beginning 'I know the night is near at hand', written on the top of the folio. The names Mac Millan and Silas Wern? Mitchell, and the words 'The World's great religion ...' appear on the top left hand side of the folio. 48V. Two verses of a carol. 49R. Mother O' Mine, Tenor II part of chorus for male voices [see ff. 4v, 6r, 7r]. 49V. Untitled sacred song, only word included being 'Adoramus'. 50R. At the Zoo;. Bunnies?;. Traffic Cop;. The Sea. 50V. Untitled song about a bird, only words included being 'ehedodd i ffwrdd'. 51R-52v. The Old Land (A Celtic Longing Song), for voice and piano, dedicated to Attilio Baggiore, words by Kate Forman.

'Manuscript Music Book' (4 ff.), with one loose sheet, containing drafts of the cantatas Olivet and Excelsior. Endorsed on the front cover is 'The Man of Sorrows'. F. 1r-2v. Parts of the cantata Olivet, for voices and accompaniment [see MS 3, ff. 43v-55v; MS 61 f. 45r-v]. 3R-5v. The Singers, sacred work for voices and accompaniment, beginning 'God sent His singers upon earth' and ending 'But the most perfect harmony' [from the cantata Excelsior?, see MS 2, ff. 17r, 25r-v; MS 3, ff. 54v-56v, 71r-v; MS 4, ff. 23r-24v; MS 6, ff. 22r, 24v-25r, 27r; MS 9, ff. 4r-5v, 33v, 34v].