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Thirty-four autograph letters to 'Myrddin Fardd', 1892-1914, from [Sir] Owen M. Edwards.

The file includes correspondence with O. M. Edwards (1 letter) and Thomas Charles Edwards (1 letter).

Most of the letters, 1892-1916, are devoted to the writer's researches, writings and editing of Wales, Y Llenor, Heddyw and Cymru for which he solicits contributions from the pen of J. H. Davies. Several letters refer to the death of Thomas Edward Ellis in April 1899, the preparation of his biography and the erection of a memorial statue at Bala. Others relate to J. H. Davies's application for the position of Registrar of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and some to Edwards's duties as Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales.

Letters, 1895-1918, relating mainly to William Thomas (Islwyn) (1832-1878), to manuscripts and to books, written to Sir Owen Morgan Edwards (1858-1920) by M. Jenkyns (sister to Islwyn), R. E. Roberts (Cwmfelinfach, Ynysddu), Daniel Davies (Ton, Ystrad, Glamorgan) (1840-1916) and John Kyrle Fletcher (1872-1942).

The file includes letters from O. M. Edwards (4), 1893-1903, D. Emlyn Evans (1), 1912, George Eyre Evans (13), 1893-1914, J. Gwenogvryn Evans (2), 1884, 1921 and Alex Gordon (78) 1885-1923.

Page proofs of Ceiriog (ed. Owen M. Edwards), 1910, pp. 89-112 used as copy for an edition of Alun Mabon, Gwrecsam, 1910, with title page, introduction, table of contents and instructions to printer in the autograph of [Sir] Owen M. Edwards.

Letters, 1855-1904, of miscellaneous provenance, including letters, 1871-1894, to and from Welsh emigrants to Australia and the United States of America (ff. 11-24, 49-50, 69-70, 108-123); a letter, 1855, from the artist Penry Williams relating to a proposed visit by Lady Charlotte Guest to the Vatican; and a letter, 1857, from the Rev. Calvert Richard Jones, photographic pioneer, to his friend Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam, written from Nice. Other correspondents include Owen M. Edwards (1) 1891, Thomas E. Ellis (1) 1892, David Lloyd George (5) 1879-1892, William E. Gladstone (3) 1857-1875, Sir Lewis Morris (2) 1890-1895, Daniel Owen (1) 1885 and John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) (4) 1891-1904.

Miscellaneous autograph letters, the correspondents including John Barrow (Prince Edward Island), Francis Buckland, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Philip Burne-Jones, John 3rd Marquis of Bute, William Benjamin Carpenter, David Charles (the younger, Carmarthen), Frances Power Cobbe, Griffith Davies, F.R.S., John Cadvan Davies (Cadvan), W. Cadwaladr Davies, G. A. Denison (archdeacon of Taunton), J. P. Earwaker, Edward Edwards (Llanuwchllyn), Sir Owen M. Edwards, John Gwenogvryn Evans, Lewis Edwards, Thomas Charles Edwards, Robert Ellis (Cynddelw), Thomas Edward Ellis, Max Förster (Munich), Thomas Frewen, W. E. Gladstone, Laurence Housman, Father Ignatius (Llanthony), John Banks Jenkinson (bishop of St. Davids), L. D. Jones (Llew Tegid), W. Basil Jones (bishop of St. Davids), Joseph Loth (Rennes), H. E. Manning, Sir Lewis Morris, J. H. Newman, Kate Norgate, James Gordon Oswald, C. T. Owen (Hampstead), Sir Richard Owen, Alfred Neobard Palmer, Joseph Parry, John Cowper Powys, J. Roland Phillips, Evan Rees (Dyfed), William Rees (Llandovery), Henry Richard, Brinley Richards, Sir John Rhys, Jeremy Taylor (a modern transcript), Connop Thirlwall (bishop of St. Davids), Brandon Thomas, William Thomas (Islwyn), Sir John Williams (first President of the National Library of Wales), Samuel Wilberforce (bishop of Oxford), and E. Llywelyn Williams (New York).

Letters, 1886-1916, from [Sir] Owen Morgan Edwards to J. Gwynoro Davies.

The editor's own set of Cymru (O. M. Edwards), Vols. 1-44, 1891-1913 containing manuscript notes, some original manuscripts of contributions and letters by correspondents.