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Manuscript volumes, previously in the possession of musicians, collectors or precentors, and accumulated by Dr J. Lloyd Williams. Many were evidently acquired by him from J. H. Davies, Cwrt-mawr, and contain mainly folk songs and hymn tunes, recorded in eighteenth and nineteenth century Wales.

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).

Correspondence and other papers relating to the activities of the Cardiganshire Liberal Association, 1917-1923, in particular the selection of a parliamentary candidate, and reflecting the schism in the ranks of local Asquithian and Lloyd Georgian supporters. The correspondents include J. H. Davies (2) 1917, Captain Ernest Evans (1) 1921, Professor T. A. Levi (2) 1921-1923, Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris (2) 1922, and W. Llewelyn Williams (3) 1918-1921.

Correspondence and notes relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S., mathematician and actuary. They comprise typescript copies of ten letters, 1925-1929, from G. J. Williams, Coed Menai, Bangor, to [John Ballinger] (librarian), National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth (2); Timothy Davies, London; W[illiam] Llewelyn Davies, National Library of Wales; the Rev. J. E. Hughes, Caernarfon; O. Morgan Owen (general manager), Alliance Assurance Company, London; W. Roberts, Caernarfon; the secretaries of the Bank of England, London, and of Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, London; and the Rev. John Thickens, London, all in connection with the writer's proposed article on Griffith Davies; together with eighteen holograph and autograph letters, 1925-1929, to G. J. Williams, from John Ballinger, National Library of Wales (2); Ronald Dale (secretary), Bank of England, London; J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies (principal), University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; William Ll[ewelyn] Davies, National Library of Wales; Grace Ellis, The Library, University College of N[orth] Wales, Bangor; the Rev. J. E. Hughes (ed. of Y Traethodydd), Caernarvon (2); Nellie Hughes, Nantlle, Penygroes, and Pwllheli (?3); [the Rev.] D[avid] E[rwyd] Jenkins, Denbigh; O. Morgan Owen, Alliance Assurance Company, London; W. Roberts, Carnarvon (2); W. P. Wheldon (registrar), University College of North Wales, Bangor (enclosing a letter from the above mentioned O. Morgan Owen); and W. Gilbert Williams, Rhostryfan, Llanwnda (2), all replying to the queries sent by the recipient concerning Griffith Davies; and typescript notes on Griffith Davies extracted from The Insurance Cyclopaedia.

Letters addressed to Evan Owen by Thomas Ayre, Rhyl, 1880; John Ballinger, Aberystwyth, 1913-1921; William C. Boulding, Liverpool, 1913-1914; Ben Davies, Ruthin, 1897-1898; D. Davies, Seacombe, 1880; John Humphreys Davies, 1914; Thomas Witton Davies, London, 1878; John Edwards, Harlech, 1898; W. Edwards, Cardiff, 1912-1914; W. Edwards, Ruabon, 1879; Hugh Evans, Liverpool, 1916; R. C. Evans, Llanuwchllyn, 1881; J. Griffiths, Llanfairfechan, 1914; William Evans Hoyle, Cardiff, 1914; Robert Hughes, London, 1882; E. K. Jones, Brymbo, 1897-1899; Humphrey Jones, chemist, Llangollen, 1877; Hugh Jones, Llangollen, 1878; J. H. Jones, Y Brython, 1907; R. T. Llwydwyn Jones, Bootle, 1898; Emily Matthews, Amlwch, 1906; J. A. Morris, Aberystwyth, 1879; John J. Morris, Nottingham, 1906; Moses Roberts, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1899; T. Salusbury, Llangerniew, 1899; Mrs S. M. Saunders, Bridgend, 1906; Thomas Shankland, Bangor, 1905-1920; W. Williams, printer, Llangollen, 1877; and others. Much of the correspondence relates to Evan Owen's activities in connection with Baptist Churches in Liverpool and with the temperance movement in Liverpool and North Wales.

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.

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: 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)

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).

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).

The correspondents include H. Walford Davies (3), J. Breese Davies (2), J. Glyn Davies (3), and J. H. Davies (4).

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.

Includes letters from J. H. Davies, William Jones, Thomas Gray, Patrick Lyons (4), Lewis Morris (2), Lloyd Tyrell Kenyon, Osborn J. Bergin (3), H. W. Williams, Wilfred Ward (2), Edward Anwyl (2), Paul Meyer (2), D. H. Madden, Richard Ellis, J. B. Bury (2), H. R. Reichel, I. Gollancz, Henry Jones, J. H. Adeane, Robert Cochrane (4), John Healy, Goddard H. Orpen (4), J. Strachan, Michael Beary (3), Ernest Rhys, Edmund Hogan (2), John I. D. Nicholl (2), Henry Bradley, E. B. Poulton, Edward Owen (4), Karl Blind, Henry H. Howorth, F. C. Conybeare, W. Trevor Parkins, T. A. Archer, Richard Henebry, Hugh Williams, John Thomas ('Eifionydd') (3), Charles W. Dilke, R. A. Stewart Macalister, A. W. Moore, W. M. Lindsay, Robinson Ellis (2), Thomas Powel, Gilbert Goudie (2), John Abercromby (2), Thomas J. Westropp (2), D. R. Thomas (5), Alfred Neobard Palmer, A. H. Sayce (2), T. Marchant Williams, T. F. Roberts, Augusta Herbert, Theodor Mommsen, E. S. Dodgson (2), Wentworth Webster, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville (2), E. K. Jones (3), Henry Owen, F. T. Barry (3), J. Fisher, Francis Jenkinson (2), W. Boyd Dawkins (2, one enclosing a letter from E. K. Jones), R. H. Charles (2), Arthur G. Langdon, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, D. Brynmor Jones, F. C. Burkitt (2), Sidney Herbert (Earl of Pembroke), and Paul Vinogradoff.

Includes letters from Thomas Powel (3), Edward Laws, William Jones (2), George Eyre Evans (4, one pasted on a report by Jacob Rees Gabriel and GEE, in the latter's hand, on the 'Kilmaenllwyd Stones'), Edward Anwyl (4), Norman Lockyer (3), William Meredith Morris, J. G. Frazer (2), H. J. Fleure, J. Mortimer Angus (2), Hubert von Herkomer (4), J. Glyn Davies, E. W. B. Nicholson (8), Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville (3), Arthur Drews, James A. H. Murray, C. S. Burne (2), John L. Myres, A. Amy Brooke, Kuno Meyer (11), H. R. Reichel (2), Lewis Morris (2), Richard Ellis (4), A. H. Sayce (7), D. Lloyd George, Paul Vinogradoff, Edith F. Carey (2), Henry Bellingham, William R. Anson, T. Fisher Unwin (2), Edward Owen, D. Brynmor Jones, G. L. Barstow, I. Gollancz (5), T. Herbert Warren (2), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, J. Estlin Carpenter, Reginald A. Smith, Jonathan Ceredig Davies, John Williams, Lewis Davies Jones ('Llew Tegid'), Alfred Neobard Palmer (3), W. Llewelyn Williams, P. S. Allen, Douglas Hyde (2), R. L. Poole, R. R. Marett (3), John Rowland, J. Lloyd-Jones, Isambard Owen, W. Lewis Jones, F. Haverfield, T. F. Tout (4), John Hamilton-Gordon (Earl of Aberdeen), A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl') (2), J. H. Davies, and E. Vincent Evans.

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 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.

Includes letters from James Bryce (3), John Lloyd Warden Page, John Joly (2), J. P. Mahaffy (3), H. M. White (3), W. H. Stevenson (2), Owen Owen, John Ward (2), Richard Ellis (2), Osborn J. Bergin, Ifor Williams, S. J. Evans, Solomon Solomon, George Eyre Evans, Edward Owen (22), J. Glyn Davies (3), R. A. Stewart Macalister (3), D. Brynmor Jones (4), Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington (Earl Carrington), F. Haverfield (3), Alfred G. Edwards, T. F. Roberts, J. H. Davies, Ellis Davies, J. L. Strachan-Davidson, E. C. Quiggin, E. S. Dodgson (7), Rupert H. Morris, A. H. Sayce (2), Willoughby Gardner (3), George G. T. Treherne (2), Arthur J. Evans, William Evans Hoyle, E. Vincent Evans, O. A. Danielsson, C. Hercules Read, and Henry Bradley.