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Llythyrau, [1953]-[1979], oddi wrth Saunders Lewis yn cynnwys newyddion personol. Mae'n diolch iddi am anfon copi o Iolo iddo [cf 4/5] ac yn dweud iddo ddarllen sylwadau'r beirniaid am y ddrama yn y wasg. Yr oedd wedi gwrthod ei gwahoddiad i ddarlithio yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Bro Myrddin 1974. Ceir hefyd lythyr a anfonodd ati wedi iddi dderbyn llawdriniaeth yn Ysbyty Westminster, Llundain, yn 1979. Derbyniwyd llungopïau o'r mwyafrif o'r llythyrau hyn eisoes (Papurau Norah Isaac 146/135 a 211).

Ymhlith y gohebwyr mae Saunders Lewis (8); Gareth Miles (2); Derec Llwyd Morgan (5); Dyfnallt Morgan (3); Prys Morgan (1); T. J. Morgan (2); W. Rhys Nicholas (4); Dyddgu Owen (1); Gerallt Lloyd Owen (1); ynghyd â chopi o dystysgrif marwolaeth ei dad John Lloyd, 1979.

The file contains a typescript draft, 1951, of 'The lion and the owl', a translation by Glyn Jones of 'Blodeuwedd' by Saunders Lewis. Also included is a programme, tickets and press cuttings of reviews of the play presented at the Everyman Theatre, Cardiff, 1955.

Llyfr cofnodion Cangen Caerdydd a'r Cylch o Blaid Genedlaethol Cymru, 1930-1934, gyda rhestr aelodau yng nghefn y gyfrol. Ffurfiwyd y Gangen yn 1930, a bu Iorwerth Peate yn Is-lywydd, a Nansi Peate yn Ysgrifennydd yn 1932.

The series comprises lectures, notes and correspondence relating to meetings, the publication of articles by HFJ in Y Ddraig Goch, contributions to a fund on behalf of Saunders Lewis, D J Williams and Lewis Valentine, and towards party finance.

Papurau, 1936-1939, yn ymwneud â llosgi'r Ysgol Fomio ym Mhenyberth, gan gynnwys neges Saunders Lewis yn ei law 'Cofiwch y cysur a geisiais ei roi i chwi amser cinio'; copi o lythyr D. J. Williams, 1936, at lywodraethwyr Ysgol Sir Abergwaun, yn gwneud cais am gael dychwelyd i'w swydd fel athro; torion o'r wasg gan gynnwys 'Request for Assistant Master's reinstatement'; anerchiad a baratowyd gan Victor Hampton Jones ar gyfer y prawf yn yr Old Bailey yn 1937; 'The story of the burning' gan Saunders Lewis (ceir copi drafft o'r adroddiad hwn yn llawysgrif LlGC 23078C); argraffiadau D. J. Williams wedi iddo gael ei ryddhau o Garchar Wormwood Scrubs, [1937]; a thorion o'r wasg, 1939, yn ymwneud â gwrthwynebiad un o lywodraethwyr Ysgol Sir Abergwaun i'w weithgareddau gwleidyddol.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys gohebiaeth gyffredinol yn ymwneud â chyhoeddi Cyfres y Clasuron, adroddiadau a llythyrau yn ymwneud â materion gweinyddol yn ogystal â gohebiaeth gweddol fanwl rhwng Geraint Gruffydd a Saunders Lewis ynglŷn â chyhoeddi Meistri a'u Crefft, Gwynn ap Gwilym, gol. (Caerdydd, 1981), 1977-1980.

Mae'r gyfres yn cynnwys deunydd yn ymwneud â chais yr Academi i ennill Gwobr Nobel am Lenyddiaeth i Saunders Lewis yn ystod y 1970au a'r 1980au, syniad a gyflwynwyd yn wreiddiol gan Vernon Jones, athro yn Ysgol Y Berwyn Y Bala, ym 1966. Mae'n cynnwys gohebiaeth a deisebau yn erfyn cefnogaeth unigolion dylanwadol o gylchoedd gwleidyddol, crefyddol ac academaidd, yn ogystal â chopïau o'r cais gwreiddiol ar gyfer 1971 a chais diwygiedig ar gyfer 1977. Parhawyd i gyflwyno'r cais tan o leiaf 1981.

The file comprises forty letters from Saunders Lewis to David Jones, relating to David Jones' literature, broadcasts, and art exhibitions, and to Saunders Lewis's plays, Tynged yr Iaith and to his incarceration. There are two letters from Margaret, Saunders Lewis' wife (ff. 2-3), and a letter from Thomas Charles Edwards, 1937 (f. 1).

Sgript y ddrama 'Cell y Grog' gyda nodiadau yn llaw Saunders Lewis ei hun [118/1]; ynghyd â chopi, wedi ei lofnodi, o'i ragair Wrth Aros Godot (Caerdydd, 1970), ei gyfieithiad o'r drama 'En Attendand Godot' gan Samuel Beckett [118/2]. = A copy of the script of 'Cell y Grog' with notes in Saunders Lewis's hand [118/1]; together with an initialed copy of his preface to Wrth Aros Godot (Caerdydd, 1970), his Welsh translation of Samuel Beckett's play 'En Attendand Godot' [118/2].

Papurau Kate Roberts, 1866-1985, papurau llenyddol a gohebiaeth yn bennaf, yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth Saunders Lewis, 1923-1985 (a gyhoeddwyd yn Annwyl Kate, Annwyl Saunders, gol. gan Dafydd Ifans (Aberystwyth, 1992)), ac oddi wrth ei gŵr Morris T. Williams; gohebiaeth yn ymwneud â gwahanol aelodau o deulu Kate Roberts, 1911-1977; cardiau cyfarch, 1910-1985; darlithoedd,1914-[c. 1975]; papurau'r teulu, 1950-1985; dramâu, 1931-1969; dyddiaduron, 1939, 1944 a 1978-1983, drafftiau nofelau a storiâu byrion a phapurau'n ymwneud â chyfieithu rhai ohonynt i'r Saesneg; erthyglau a nodiadau cyffredinol, [c. 1937]-1974; erthyglau a nodiadau ar lenyddiaeth,1917-1973; cyfrifon Gwasg Gee, 1934-1953; papurau'n ymwneud ag Ysgol Gymraeg Dinbych, 1958-1964; nodiadau ysgol a choleg, 1904-1913; eitemau printiedig, 1898-1988; a phapurau Gwasg Aberystwyth, 1942-1944. Mae'r archif hefyd yn cynnwys grwpiau helaeth o bapurau Morris T. Williams a'u cyfaill E. Prosser Rhys. = Papers of Kate Roberts, 1866-1985, mainly literary papers and correspondence, including letters from Saunders Lewis, 1923-1985 (published in Annwyl Kate, Annwyl Saunders, ed. by Dafydd Ifans (Aberystwyth, 1992)), and from her husband Morris T. Williams; correspondence relating to various members of Kate Roberts's family, 1911-1977; greetings cards, 1910-1985; lectures, 1914-[c. 1975]; family papers, 1950-1985; plays, 1931-1969; diaries, 1939, 1944 and 1978-1983, drafts of novels and short stories and papers concerning the translation of some of them into English; articles and general notes, [c. 1937]-1974; articles and notes on literature, 1917-1973; Gwasg Gee accounts, 1934-1953; papers relating to the Welsh School at Denbigh, 1958-1964; school and college notes, 1904-1913; printed items, 1898-1988; and Aberystwyth Press papers, 1942-1944. The archive also includes extensive groups of the papers of Morris T. Williams and of their friend E. Prosser Rhys.

Papers, 1901-1991, of dramatist, poet and literary critic John Saunders Lewis consisting mainly of correspondence and comprising letters, 1914-1955, between Saunders Lewis and Margaret Lewis (née Gilcriest), including letters written whilst Saunders Lewis was serving in the First World War and whilst he was imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs in 1937; letters, 1919-1984, to Saunders Lewis from various correspondents, including seventy-three letters, 1923-1983, from Kate Roberts, and fifty-three letters and cards, 1948-1974, from artist and writer David Jones, together with letters, 1937, to Margaret Lewis from David Jones and from various correspondents to her, 1919-1951; letters, 1919-1924, to Saunders Lewis from his father Lodwig Lewis, and letters, 1952, 1984-[c. 1986], to Mair Saunders Jones, daughter of Saunders and Margaret Lewis, including a letter, 1952, from Kate Roberts; together with autograph and typescript drafts of plays by Saunders Lewis, 1936-1983, articles, notes and addresses by him, including students notebooks of 1914-1920, and poetry, 1912-1947, by both Saunders and Margaret Lewis.
References include those to Plaid Cymru, Welsh nationalism, contemporary Welsh literature, the state of the Welsh language at the time, and Roman Catholicism.

The file comprises one fragment of one sheet of the preface to The Anathemata; a typescript sheet of comments on The Anathemata possibly by Saunders Lewis, and miscellaneous notes on The Anathemata manuscripts and typescripts prepared by Harman Grisewood for his catalogue, 1975-1976.

The file contains a BBC script of 'The Dream of Private Clitus' with an introduction by Saunders Lewis. The last page is missing.

Llungopi o ddau bennill a ysgrifennwyd yn llaw Saunders Lewis mewn copi o'i ddrama Blodeuwedd yn cyfeirio at Dad y rhoddwr 'Tom' yn chwyrnu. = A photocopy of two verses containing a cheerful reference to the donor's father 'Tom' snoring written on the endpapers of Saunders Lewis's copy of his drama Blodeuwedd.

Photocopies of drafts and proofs of works by Saunders Lewis, comprising Problemau Prifysgol, Cymru Fydd, Y Cyrnol Chabert and T1938, 'Cell y Grog', Dwy Briodas Ann and the English version of 'Serch yw'r Doctor' (see NLW MSS 22953-4, 22956-8, 22960-2), together with a copy of Steven Runciman, The Sicilian Vespers (Cambridge, 1958) used by Saunders Lewis while compiling notes for a play set in the Pope's palace at Orvieto, 1281 (see NLW MS 22959).

Barddoniaeth o'r ail ganrif ar bymtheg hyd yr ugeinfed ganrif, gan gynnwys gweithiau gan Alan Llwyd (f. 2), W. J. Gruffydd (f. 14), Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (f. 76), Ray Howard-Jones (ff. 98-104), R. Williams Parry (ff. 106-110), Saunders Lewis (ff. 132-136), Vernon Watkins (f. 146), Harri Webb (ff. 153-154), Katherine Philips (The Matchless Orinda) (f. 158), ac Euros Bowen (ff. 161-169), ynghyd â nifer o feirdd llai enwog a rhai darnau anhysbys. Cynigiwyd rai o'r cerddi mewn cystadlaethau eisteddfodol (ff. 36-51, 53-61, 63, 113-124). Mae nifer o'r cerddi yn llaw y beirdd eu hunain, eraill yn gopïau neu mewn teipysgrif. Ceir hefyd garol plygain, a nodwyd i lawr [?19 gan., ¼ olaf] (ff. 155-157 verso), a llythyr, 1994, oddi wrth Jon Meirion Jones at Dafydd Ifans yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru yn ymwneud â Dafydd Jones (Isfoel) y Cilie (ff. 149-150). = Poetry, seventeenth to twentieth centuries, including works by Alan Llwyd (f. 2), W. J. Gruffydd (f. 14), Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (f. 76), Ray Howard-Jones (ff. 98-104), R. Williams Parry (ff. 106-110), Saunders Lewis (ff. 132-136), Vernon Watkins (f. 146), Harri Webb (ff. 153-154), Katherine Philips (The Matchless Orinda) (f. 158), and Euros Bowen (ff. 161-169), together with many lesser-known poets and some anonymous pieces. Some of the poems were submitted for competition at eisteddfodau (ff. 36-51, 53-61, 63, 113-124). Many of the poems are autograph while others are copies or in typescript. Also included is a plygain carol, noted down [?19 cent., last ¼] (ff. 155-157 verso), and a letter, 1994, from Jon Meirion Jones to Dafydd Ifans at the National Library of Wales regarding Dafydd Jones (Isfoel), Cilie (ff. 149-150).

Original manuscript of the Welsh text of Saunders Lewis's address to the jury during his trial at Caernarfon Assizes, October 1936, for arson at the Penyberth Bombing School. The Welsh text, described by Saunders Lewis as 'partly strict translation but in part a separate and different composition' (see NLW MS 22951C, f. i), was subsequently published as a pamphlet Paham y Llosgasom yr Ysgol Fomio (1936).

A copy of a typescript draft, 1962, with autograph revision, of Saunders Lewis's play Problemau Prifysgol (Llandybïe, 1968).

Manuscript draft of an article, in Welsh, by Saunders Lewis on 'Owen M. Edwards', published in Triwyr Penllyn (Caerdydd, 1956), edited by Gwynedd O. Pierce, together with a related letter, 1956, from Saunders Lewis to the latter.