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Awdlau and cywyddau to George Owen, transcribed partly by J. Gwenogvryn Evans from Llanstephan MS 38, with English summaries of them by J.H. Davies.

Papers, 1852-1884, of Robert Roberts (Y Sgolor Mawr) (1834-1885), including correspondence, notes, an address and copies of testimonials; also included are three letters, 1912 and 1917, from W. Prydderch Williams to Principal John Humphreys Davies (1871-1926).

An essay entitled 'Hen Gerddi Cymru, eu nodwedd a'u dylanwad ar y genedl' by H. A. Jones, Cynwyd, which was awarded the prize at the Corwen Chair Eisteddfod, 1911, with the adjudication by John Humphreys Davies, Aberystwyth.

Sermon notes by James Richards, Newbridge, 1843-1844; and a House of Commons admission ticket for Sir John Williams, J. H. Davies, and T. F. Roberts.

Transcripts by John Humphreys Davies, [Sir] Owen M. Edwards and Henry Rowlands, Llangollen of poetry by Hugh Cadwaladr, Dafydd Nanmor, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Hywel Cilan, Iolo Goch, Mr William Lloyd, Thomas Llwyd, Owain ap Llywelyn Moel y Pantri, Owain Gwynedd, Siôn Mawddwy, Gwerfyl Mechain, William Phylip, Rhys Goch Eryri, Rowland Huw, Tudur Aled, Tudur Penllyn, Siôn Tudur, John Vaughan, Rowland Vaughan, Margaret Rowland, Watcyn Clywedog and Wiliam Llŷn.

Includes letters from R. J. R. Loxdale (3), Betha Hills-Johnes (2), D. Brynmor Jones (11), Edward Owen (7), Richard Jones Owen ('Glaslyn') (4), Ivor James (5), William E. Oakeley, Edward Anwyl (7), E. B. Tylor (8), Charles Roeder (6), Henri Logeman (enclosing letter from Georges Hulin), John Garstang, J. Glyn Davies (5), E. Sidney Hartland (2), W. M. Lindsay (3), John Lloyd (2), Joseph Bailey (Baron Glanusk) (2), J. H. Davies (5), Pym Yeatman (2), Llywarch Reynolds (5), J. H. Hessels, Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant') (9), A. S. Napier (2), W. H. Stevenson (3), Sydney Herbert, J. Fisher (2), W. F. R. Weldon, George Henderson (4, enclosing a letter from Alexander Carmichael), Isaac Craigfryn Hughes (4), Emilia F. S. Dilke (2), John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), S. F. Harmer, S. Baring-Gould (4), Alfred Anscombe (2), D. E. Jenkins, George Noble Plunkett, T. McKenny Hughes, P. M. C. Kermode (7), T. Fowler (2), Henri Gaidoz, George G. T. Treherne (8), Walter J. Evans, J. Brynach Davies (2), W. M. Flinders Petrie (4), W. Lewis Jones (2), Patrick Lyons (13), W. R. Morfill (2), E. W. B. Nicholson, A. L. Mayhew, D. Rhys Phillips (13), J. G. Frazer (6), J. Romilly Allen, Meredith J. Hughes, Charlotte A. M. Johnes, Eleanor Hull (2), Frederick York Powell, H. W. Williams (3), Clarence M. Dobell (2), J. Viriamu Jones, T. H. Thomas, Edward Clodd (2), Kuno Meyer, Thomas Prichard, David R. Hughes, A. H. Sayce (2), Henry Jones (3), J. Anderson, David G. Ritchie (3), Magnus Maclean, Mary Davies, A. C. Haddon, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, F. Haverfield (2), David MacRitchie (2), Fanny Bulkeley-Owen, John L. Myres, Giuseppe Sergi (2), W. J. Sollas, W. A. Craigie, Arthur J. Evans (2), H. G. Keene, D. Emlyn Evans, Wentworth Webster, A. Hutcheson, J. A. R. Marriott, D. Morgan Lewis, and J. Gwenogvryn Evans.

Includes letters from Standish H. O'Grady (12), J. H. Davies, Henry Austin Bruce, A. C. Humphreys-Owen (2), A. H. D. Acland (2), Llywarch Reynolds, Isaac Taylor (2), Paul Meyer, Henry Bradley, W. M. Ramsay (2), D. O'Faherty, W. A. Craigie (2), Goddard H. Orpen (4), William George Black, Frederick Pollock (2), George H. Murray, Sophus Bugge, Alfred Anscombe, John Young Evans, A. W. Moore (2), Laurence Gomme, Edward Anwyl, H. L. D. Ward, R. D. Darbishire, J. Fisher, Robert Welch, and George Henderson.

Letters addressed to William Hobley and others by Frederick Dally, Wolverhampton, 1900; R. Davies, Treborth, 1889; John R. Davies, Bangor, 1924; J. H. Davies, Aberystwyth, 1912; Ellis Edwards, Bala, 1905-1910, Thomas Charles Edwards, Liverpool, Aberystwyth and Bala, 1872-1894; Roger Edwards, Mold, 1881; Thomas Edward Ellis, 1898; J. R. Furness, Conway, 1893; T. W. Griffith, Llandudno, 1897; John H. Hobley, New York and Chicago, 1886-1899; R. Humphreys, Liverpool; W. H. Hume Humphreys, Australia, 1927; E. Penllyn Jones, Aberystwyth, 1897; Francis H. Jones, London, 1900; T. M. Jones, Prestatyn, 1930; J. T. A. Jones, Bala, 1901; John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'), 1910; J. Puleston Jones, 1902-1924; Richard Jones, Llaneurgain, 1905; R[hys] B[evan] Jones, Porth, 1919; [Sir] Henry Lewis, 1904; E. I. Lloyd, Aberystwyth, 1905; John Lloyd, Wallaroo, 1898; Owen Lloyd, Caergwrle, 1898; Hugh Hughes, 1823; T. G. Crippen, London, 1904; A. Hobley, Randolph, 1891; John Davies, London, 1883; R. M. Davies, Bagillt; R. Ellis ('Cynddelw'), 1870; J. Gwenogvryn Evans; John Hughes, Islington, 1887; Selina, Countess of Huntington (autograph signature) to the congregation at Ely Chapel, 19 May 1790; Thomas Hughes, Chester, 1883; David Jenkins, Islington, 1878; Evan Doged Jones; Robert Jones, Llanfair, 1833; James Rhys Kilsby Jones, London, 1864; Howell Elvet Lewis, Hull; Mary Manuel, Llanover, 1878; M. F. Lloyd, Nannerch, 1879; S. A. Maude, Ruthin; R. Morgan, Beaumaris, 1872; Sir Lewis Morris, 1889; John Owen, Southport, 1916-1919; Robert O. Owens, Caernarvon, 1799, (concerning the distribution of Bibles); Alice Gray Jones ('Ceridwen Peris'); Eben Rees, Liverpool, 1883; Morgan John Rhys, Washington, 1795 (a copy of a part of a letter relating to John Evans and his journey up the Missouri); David Roberts, Wrexham, 1872; J. Ll. Roberts, Llanrwst, 1907; John Roberts, Tyddyn Willim, 1859; J. J. Roberts, Portmadoc; Samuel Roberts, 1881; R. R. Richards, Caerwys, 1829, with a copy of 'englynion Llys Ifor Hael' by Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir'); William Roberts, Timmalin, 1799; J. R. Williams, Pwllheli, 1898; W. J. Williams, Salford, 1871; Griffith Williams, Llannor, 1834; William Williams, Llangollen, 1898; Peter Williams, to David Jones, Llangan; L. P. Wynne Yorke, Dyffryn Aled; Thomas Thomas, Pontypridd, 1885; Owen Thomas, Liverpool, Tregeiriog, 1880; John Owen, Bala, 1906; John Owen, West Kirby, 1925; Owen J. Owen, Birkenhead, 1908; John Owens ('Ap Glaslyn'); J. Pritchard, Birmingham, 1908; H. Morgan Pugh, Carmel, 1906; J. E. Quinn, Bangor, 1921; D. Gwynedd Roberts, Conway, 1910; Robert Roberts, Llanbeblig, 1920; John Roberts, Bangor, 1895-1896; Morris Thomas, Bangor, 1910; John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), 1902; John Owen Thomas, Menai Bridge, 1902; R. Thomas, Talsarnau, 1909; [Sir] Ifor Williams, 1908; Isaac Jones Williams, Llandderfel, 1908; Hugh Williams, Bala, 1900; M. Williams, Bala-deulyn; W. Elias Williams, Pen-y-groes, 1922; H. Cernyw Williams, Corwen, 1904; Henry Jones Williams ('Plenydd'), 1910-1921; John Richard Williams ('Tryfanwy'), and others.

Some of the letters relate to the purchase of an estate at Coulin in Scotland by David Davies. Includes letters from Rev. Gwilym Davies, Principal J. H. Davies, Cwrt Mawr, Mrs Annie J. Hughes-Griffiths, Colonel D. Watts Morgan MP, and Frances Stevenson (writing on behalf of D. Lloyd George).

Manuscript and typescript material relating to the history of the parish of Caerwys co. Flint, including 'Caerwys Historical Notes by Sir J. Herbert Lewis (based on the Reminiscences of R. Lewis, John Brunnan and other natives of Caerwys, interviewed by him, and on documentary evidence of Caerwyson, author of a prize-essay on 'Caerwys ei Hynafiaethau a'i Heisteddfodau' and various MSS.' (incomplete); 'The Eisteddfodau of Caerwys (A.D. 1523 and 1568)'; 'Caerwys during the Roman Occupation'; 'Queries re doubtful forms & locations of certain places'; bibliographical references; an inscribed presentation copy by the editor to J. Herbert Lewis of J. H. Davies (ed.): The Roll of the Caerwys Eisteddfod of 1523 [Liverpool, 1910]; etc. Also included is a holograph letter from J. Herbert Lewis, Penucha, Caerwys, to [E.] Stanton Roberts, [19]32 (comments on a manuscript left for the writer's perusal).

The file includes letters from J. Mortimer Angus, J. H. Davies, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, H. J. Fleure, Annie J. Hughes Griffiths, John Hinds (2), J. Seymour Rees (2), and D. J. Williams.

Papers of Mari Ellis, 1924-[c. 2004], all relating in some way to her husband T. I. Ellis's maternal ancestors, the Davies and Charles families, comprising press cuttings, printed matter, a letter and other original materials relating to Annie Hughes-Griffiths's trip to the USA in 1924 as part of the Welsh Women's Peace Memorial, 1924-1925, together with ME's notes and typescripts concerning the trip, [c. 1988] (ME 22/1); a notebook containing transcripts, [?1960s], from various sources, including letters of the Davies and Charles families, J. H. Davies and Eliza Davies (ME 22/2); notes, speeches, a photograph and other material, [1960s]-[1997], relating to Annie J. Davies's sister Sarah Maria Saunders (ME 22/3); transcripts, [?1970s], of correspondence of J. H. Davies with Myrddin Fardd (ME 22/4); incomplete bibliographies by ME of T. I. Ellis, [?1976], and J. H. Davies (ME 22/5-6); and various notes, [c. 2004], mainly relating to David Davies, Castle Green, and to Cardigan Castle (ME 22/7).

Papers and correspondence relating to the exhibition of Welsh Bibles arranged in the Cardiff Reference Library in 1904 and to the publication of The Bible in Wales, 1906; an annotated draft list of Welsh Bibles, 1903; press cuttings of reviews; and letters by Alfred George Edwards, bishop of St. Asaph, William E. A. Axon, H. Arnold Bemrose, Derby; Joseph Bradney, F. J. Burgoyne, Lambeth Library; J. Glyn Davies, Aberystwyth; W. H. Davey, dean of Llandaff; Charles Morgan Davies, Merthyr Tydfil; D. S. Davies, Denbigh; J. H. Davies, Aberystwyth; John Davies, Pandy; E. S. Dodgson; D. A. Evans, Barry; Griffith Ellis, Bootle; Richard Ellis, Oxford; J. Gwenogvryn Evans; S. J. Evans, Llangefni; John Fisher, Cefn; Mrs. Alan Gough, Gelliwig; C. A. H. Green, Aberdare; Edward Griffith, Dolgelley; Alan Stepney-Gulston; William Haines, Penpergwm; Meredith J. Hughes, Colwyn Bay; Ivor James, Chester; D. E. Jenkins, Denbigh; Lewis D. Jones ('Llew Tegid'); R. J. Jones, Aberdare; R. Saunders Jones, Garston; T. W. Lyster, Dublin; Horace F. Moule, London; Thomas Powel, Penarth; R. A. Roberts, Public Record Office; R. Roberts, Sheffield; R. Gwylfa Roberts; Sidney Robinson, M. P.; Smith Brothers, London; D. R. Thomas, St. Asaph; Edmund Verney, Winslow; and G. J. Williams, Bangor.

Manuscript collections containing original and transcribed poetry and prose, 1543-[20th century]; religious works, 1611-1914; biographies, chronicles, archaeological and historical notes, works on travel, folklore, recipes, grammars, vocabularies and philological notes, 1673-1900; rent-rolls, parish registers, tithe account books, bidding books, minute books and registers of various societies, 1608-1863; pedigrees and genealogical notes, [17th century]-1871, commonplace books, [18th century]-1904, volumes of press-cuttings; manuscripts in the hand of J. H. Davies, including transcripts of and indexes to Welsh poetry, bibliographical notes, literary and legal extracts, pedigrees, biographical data and notes on place-names, 1891-1923; autograph letters from prominent Welsh literary figures, 1674-1921; autograph manuscripts of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, Dafydd Ellis of Criccieth, Eben Fardd (including diaries, 1836-1859), Peter Williams, D. Silvan Evans, Thomas Richards and Myrddin Fardd.

Material collected by Thomas Edward Ellis, M.P. and Principal John Humphreys Davies in preparation for the publication, by the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, including notes, facsimiles of the autograph of Morgan Llwyd, transcripts from printed and manuscript sources, part of the first volume (which was edited by T. E. Ellis) and letters containing bibliographical and other information, most of them written to T. E. Ellis by Sir John Ballinger, J. Glyn Davies, John Humphreys Davies, Daniel Silvan Evans, Edward Griffith (Springfield, Dolgellau), Messrs Jarvis and Foster (Bangor), Sir John Edward Lloyd, Alfred Neobard Palmer, Sir John Williams, bart, etc.

Includes letters from G. W. Kitchin (2), J. Romilly Allen (6), Llewellyn Harris, H. Elvet Lewis, Standish H. O'Grady, E. Ray Lankester (enclosing a letter from J. F. Payne), W. M. Ramsay (9), Samuel R. Gardiner (2), A. W. Moore, E. B. Tylor, Gervas Powell Glyn, Hugo Schuchardt, Alfred Daniell (2), Alfred Trübner Nutt, P. M. C. Kermode (4), Edward Clodd, Joseph Anderson (4), Frederick York Powell, J. M. Joass, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, George G. T. Treherne, Thomas Jones, Owen Owen (2), Alltud Eifion, W. A. Craigie, Arthur G. Langdon (4), David Patrick, Charles Plummer, Alfred Hayes, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, W. R. Paton, Thomas Callister, Henry Nettleship, G. Hartwell Jones (7), W. Cadwaladr Davies, Donald Mackinnon, Edward Anwyl, J. Fisher, Herbert Maxwell, William J. McCloskey, J. H. Davies, J. A. Stewart, and Charles Elton.

Includes letters from: D. R. Daniel (2); Alfred T. Davies (4); Ben Davies (6); J. Conway Davies (4); J. Glyn Davies (5); J. H. Davies (16); Mary Davies (5)

Includes letters from Paul Meyer, Goddard H. Orpen (10), F. C. Burkitt (2), Bertram C. A. Windle (2), Michael Beary (5), J. Glyn Davies (6), Donald Mackinnon (2), Norman Lockyer (13), Edward Caird, A. W. Wade-Evans (3), J. B. Bury (7), Llywarch Reynolds (4), F. Madan, E. W. B. Nicholson (4), Ange McKay Mosher (2), A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl') (16), I. Gollancz (2), W. H. Stevenson, Alfred Neobard Palmer, Morgan S. Williams, A. A. Macdonell, Alfred Daniell, Charles E. Breese, James R. Thursfield (2), E. B. Poulton, T. F. Roberts (2), D. B. Monro, R. A. Stewart Macalister (2), E. Lorimer Thomas, A. W. Scott, J. E. de Hirsch Davies, Alfred Thomas (2), E. H. Griffiths (2), Franz Lützow, J. Romilly Allen (2), E. Vincent Evans (3), William B. Halhed, John E. Davies, Douglas Hyde, A. W. Moore, John Rowland (2), D. Brynmor Jones (3), John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), Léonce Pierre Manouvrier, Robert Mowat (7), Léon-Honoré Labande, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville (3), A. H. Sayce, Henri Chabeuf, A. Héron de Villefosse (2), J. Strachan, George G. T. Treherne, Thomas Powel (2), W. J. Watson, Camille Jullian, H. R. Reichel (2), W. M. Lindsay, A. E. Joscelyne (3), E. S. Dodgson, W. A. Craigie, A. V. Dicey, Norman Moore, William Evans, W. Hawker Hughes, J. G. Frazer, J. P. Mahaffy, Edward Anwyl (2), W. Warde Fowler (3), Beriah G. Evans, Ll. J. M. Bebb, Lewis Morris, J. H. Davies, Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington (Earl Carrington), Joseph Wright, W. J. Parry, Arthur Bernard Cook, Percy Gardner, and Lewis R. Farnell.

Includes letters from E. Sidney Hartland (7), Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant') (16), Llywarch Reynolds (11), David E. Davies ('Dewi Glan Ffrydlas') (2), William Davies (3), William Greenwell (3), Douglas Hyde (5), W. Lewis Jones, Edward B. Tylor, Henri Gaidoz, John Thomas (2), Richard Jones Owen ('Glaslyn') (6), T. C. Evans ('Cadrawd') (3), Edward Anwyl (5), A. L. Mayhew (4, one written on reverse of letter by W. H. Duignan), Charles Ashton (2), William Jones, Isaac Foulkes ('Llyfrbryf'), Isaac Craigfryn Hughes (4), A. A. Macdonell, S. Baring-Gould (6), Robert Cochrane (7), A. S. Napier, Francis J. Jayne, W. Hawker Hughes (2), W. Trevor Parkins, Francis Dudley Williams-Drummond, D. Brynmor Jones (5), William Iago, Alfred Neobard Palmer (3), D. Rhys Phillips (2), W. H. Duignan, J. Romilly Allen, J. H. Davies, J. Glyn Davies (4), Constance Gore-Booth (3), G. F. Browne, R. S. Conway, Patrick Lyons (6), John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), E. W. B. Nicholson (9), Lewis Morris (2), J. Viriamu Jones, W. P. Ker, Henry Owen, W. M. Ramsay, Ernest Rhys, R. J. Rice, R. A. Stewart Macalister, D. E. Jenkins (2), T. Marchant Williams, H. W. Williams (3), Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, Arthur Guinness (Baron Ardilaun), J. Fisher (2), J. Anderson (2), D. M. Richards, Robinson Ellis, W. J. Craig (2), Charles Roeder (3), Fanny Bulkeley-Owen, Edward Clodd, F. Haverfield (2), George Charles Herbert (Earl of Powis), David Samuel, J. G. Frazer, D. S. Margoliouth, T. H. Thomas, P. M. C. Kermode, Edward Owen (2), John Quine, Osborn J. Bergin, W. M. Lindsay, E. B. Cowell, J. A. Simon, D. Morgan Lewis, and Ivor James.

Includes letters from R. A. Stewart Macalister (2), J. Glyn Davies (4), D. Lloyd George (3), Robert Mowat (4, one includes a note by Whitley Stokes on reverse), Evan Rees ('Dyfed'), Patrick Power, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville (2), Lewis Morris (3), T. Herbert Warren (4), F. J. Furnivall, Edward Laws (2), Horace Hart (13), Edward Caird (2), A. H. Sayce, Julio de Urquijo (4), Alfred Daniell, Sidney Lee (2), J. Romilly Allen (5), W. James (2), John Rowland, Thomas Shankland, S. H. Church, A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl') (7), Richard Ellis, George Eyre Evans (3), John Edward Lloyd (3), William Jones, Rudolf Thurneysen, J. Strachan, Hugh Williams, J. G. Schurman (3), Goddard H. Orpen (2), Edward Owen (10), E. W. B. Nicholson (3), John C. Roberts, Isaac Craigfryn Hughes (2), George Curzon (2), E. S. Dodgson (40), W. H. Preece, J. H. Hessels, H. H. Asquith (2), D. Brynmor Jones, John Bradbury, W. G. Smith, Henry Owen (3), John Thomas ('Eifionydd') (2), Thomas Powel (2), J. Gwenogvryn Evans (3), Norman Lockyer, Thurstan C. Peter (2), J. G. Swift MacNeill, H. Campbell-Bannerman, S. Baring-Gould, Robert P. Porter, S. L. Clemens, Bernard FitzPatrick (Baron Castletown), A. S. Green, Marie Corelli, Erskine Beveridge (3), Henry Jones (2), W. Hawker Hughes, J. C. Collins, Robert S. Ball, J. Loth (2), J. Jusserand (3), Arturo Campión, Camille Jullian, William Iago, Gustav Roethe (2), Osborn J. Bergin, Heinrich Zimmer, Robinson Ellis, Charles Plummer, Edward Anwyl (2), W. M. Ramsay (2), Andrew Lang, Bernard P. Grenfell, Kuno Meyer (2), F. C. Conybeare, R. R. Marett, T. H. Thomas, Arthur Bernard Cook, Henry Browne, Almeric W. FitzRoy, W. Rhys Roberts, J. H. Davies, Rowland Ellis, T. F. Tout, T. Witton Davies, F. Haverfield (3), Edward Clodd, J. Myfenydd Morgan (2), E. Vincent Evans, Anatole le Braz, H. Osthoff, G. L. Barstow (2), Ingram Bywater, George Eyre Evans, R. Gwyneddon Davies, and Hubert von Herkomer.