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An interleaved copy of Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Frenhinol Cymru Castell Nedd... 1934 Rhaglen Swyddogol (Liverpool, 1934), containing autographs of many of the important persons who attended. A printed invitation, 1926, to a banquet at Y Garreg Lwyd, Holyhead, in connection with the proclamation ceremony for the National Eisteddfod held at Holyhead, 1927, and containing further autographs, has been tipped in on f. 226.

A collection, [c. 1869]-1936, by Philip Thomas, of miscellaneous hymns and folk-songs in Welsh, including hymn-tunes by Thomas Hopkin Evans, Liverpool (f. 3), John Hughes, Dolgellau (ff. 4-5) and John Nicholas, Port Talbot (ff. 7 verso-8); hymn-tunes from printed detholiadau (ff. 13, 15-28); and copies of tunes for inclusion in The Journal of the Welsh Folk-Song Society, 3 (1936). Also included are facsimile copies of pages from Robert ap Huw's music manuscript (BL Addl. MS 14907) (ff. 64-71).

A volume entitled 'Casgliad o Donau Cymreig', being selections of Welsh hymn-tunes and words extracted from various printed sources and pasted into the volume by Philip Thomas and intended for submission for competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Corwen, 1919, under the pseudonym 'Philos'.

A volume entitled 'Casgliad o Donau Cymreig', being selections of Welsh hymn-tunes and words extracted from various printed sources and pasted into the volume by Philip Thomas and intended for submission for competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Corwen, 1919, under the pseudonym 'Brysiog'.

An exercise book containing a draft, [20 cent., first ¼], by Philip Thomas of an essay entitled 'Rhai o emynwyr Cymru'.

An address in Welsh by Philip Thomas on Griffith Jones, Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire.

A draft of NLW MS 13748D, [20 cent, first ¼], including biographical accounts of some musicians omitted from the final version.

An essay, [20 cent, first ¼], by Philip Thomas entitled 'Hen Gerddorion Cymreig', comprising biographical accounts of some eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Welsh musicians and composers.

A letter book, 1917-1922, of Philip Thomas, Neath, containing mostly copies of his replies to invitations to adjudicate at local eisteddfodau and to conduct cymanfaoedd canu, chiefly in South Wales. Included are five Welsh folk-songs mostly in tonic sol-fa notation (ff. 71-72, 74-76).

Manuscripts and papers of Philip Thomas, [c. 1804]-[c. 1938], including poetry; correspondence; addresses and miscellaneous notes; collections of hymn-tunes and Welsh folk-songs; manuscripts of 'Ynys y Trysor', a translation of Treasure Island, 1920; essays and biographical accounts; minute books and accounts relating to various eisteddfodau, in particular the 1918 Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales in Neath, 1907-1934; and papers relating to Calvinistic Methodism in Neath, 1885-1924.

An exercise book containing a holograph pencil copy, [c. 1938], of a Welsh translation by Lewis Davies, Cymer, Glyncorrwg, Glamorgan, of the libretto to Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah (ff. 1-34).
A letter from Davies, 1938, is on f. 35.

A volume containing notes by Philip Thomas on the history of Neath Abbey (ff. 1-11), including an English prose translation of 'Awdl foliant i Leision, abad Glyn Nedd' by Lewys Morganwg (ff. 3 verso-8) (NLW MS 13780iC). Also included is an address, [c. 1926], by Philip Thomas entitled 'Literary and Musical Associations of Neath' (NLW MS 13780iiC).

An account book, 1917-1919, recording expenditure on the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Neath, 1918.

Minute-book of committees convened under the auspices of the Neath Corporation and Chamber of Trade to invite the Gorsedd and the National Eisteddfod Association to hold the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Neath, firstly in 1915 and secondly in 1918.

Correspondence, 1907-1934, of Philip Thomas, mostly addressed to him as General Secretary of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Neath, 1918 (ff. 16-387 passim).
Also included are a list of subjects and donors at the National Eisteddfod, Aberystwyth, 1916 (ff. 5-15); verses in Welsh written to Philip Thomas on his seventy-third birthday, 1930 (ff. 395-396); four letters of protest, 1934, at the invitation by Neath Council to the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society to visit Neath in 1936 (ff. 397-401 verso); and a musical programme for a reception at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Birkenhead, 1917 (f. 249).

A minute-book, 1917-1919, of the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Neath, 1918, into which has been pasted or inserted many additional papers. These include a list of guarantors (ff. 1-6); a programme of the musical competitions with the value of the prizes and fees paid to adjudicators and accompanists (pp. 32-67); and statements of receipts and expenditure of the eisteddfod and the cymanfa ganu (ff. 99-102).

A minute-book, 1917-1918, of the musical committee of the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Neath, 1918.

A minute-book, 1917-1918, of the musical committee of the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Neath, 1918.

Financial papers, 1918, of the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Neath, 1918, comprising balance sheets of the eisteddfod and concerts, the cymanfa ganu, and allocations of surplus money (ff. 1-4); entertainments tax returns (ff. 5-9 verso); accounts of concert tickets sold at booths (ff. 10-13), and of total receipts and expenditure (ff. 14-17).

A volume containing a translation into Welsh by Philip Thomas of R. L. Stevenson, Treasure Island (London, 1883), submitted for competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Barry, 1920, under the pseudonym 'Dyn yr Ynys'.