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A collection of press cuttings relating to T. E. Ellis and to Welsh politics, some of which are contributed by T. E. Ellis.

Proofs of printed books, with manuscript notes, and manuscript drafts of the introduction to and contents of T. E. Ellis's edition of 'Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd', Vol. I.

The series comprises personal letters written from Oxford, Cardiff, London and other places discussing his career and professional activities, as well as illuminating the complex relationship, full of tensions and problems, between husband and wife. The letters also refer to many members of the family and to a host of prominent contemporary figures, amongst them Sir Edward Anwyl, Thomas Edward Ellis, Sir John Morris-Jones, Sir John Rhys and Daniel Lleufer Thomas. There are many references to Llanuwchllyn and Penllyn more generally and to O. M. Edwards's wide-ranging services to Wales, including his editorship of a number of journals and his work as Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales after 1907.

Articles by W. Llewelyn Williams, 1919-[2005], including photocopies of manuscript drafts of articles on Disestablishment and the First World War; copies of his introductions to James Anthony Froude's volumes on the Tudors; and copies of various other articles on Disestablishment, the Great War and T. E. Ellis, M.P. for Meirionethshire and Liberal Chief Whip. The file also includes the booklet 'Ballads of Wales', 1919, given as a gift to his nephew, D. Morgan Evans.

Letters, memoranda, maps and plans and other material submitted as evidence to the Welsh Land Commission by landowners, tenants and others, including notes of the evidence of Thomas E. Ellis, M.P., together with the rent receipt books, 1852-1879, of David Evans, tenant of farms on the estate of H[ugh] Powell Williams.

Letters, 1896-1902, to Daniel Lleufer Thomas from Sir Owen M[organ] Edwards, Thomas Edward Ellis, W[illiam] E[wart] Gladstone, W. Thomas, Mining Offices, Bryn-Awel, Aberdare, and W[illiam] Llewelyn Williams.

A collection of letters addressed to various persons by Thomas Edward Ellis, Westminster, 1886, enclosing a short political address, also letters by John Castell Evans, Devonport, 1867, Evan Jones, Tredegar ('Ieuan Gwynedd'), 1845, J. R. Jones, Y Garreg Fawr, 1808, John Mills, London, 1851, Robert Owen, Aberystwyth, 1876, J. R. Prys ('Golyddan'), 1858-1860, William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog'), Chester, 1879, Edward Roberts ('Iorwerth Glan Aled'), Rhyl, 1851, Robert Roberts, 1835, Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), 1850, Owen Williams, Waunfawr, 1864, R. J. Williams, Aberystwyth, 1885; a letter by 'A Subscriber to the Aberffraw Eisteddfod', 1849, and a letter by Jane Edwards, Barmouth, 1909, relating to Athrawiaeth i Ddysgu Ysgrifenu, 1683.

Letters, 1864-1910, addressed to Elspeth Rhŷs, including some from John Rhŷs and other family members, with occasional letters and replies in her hand. Among the correspondents are Charles de Gaulle (12), Henri Gaidoz, A. H. Sayce (3), Hugh Derfel Hughes, E. R. Wharton, Eluned Morgan (2), Grant Allen, Edwin Hatch, Queen Victoria (copy), James Darmesteter (2), James MacFadden (2), David G. Ritchie, Frederick York Powell (2), O. M. Edwards, W. R. Morfill, Thomas Ellis (4), Paul Meyer, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart (Marquess of Bute, 2), William Jones (2), Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick, J. A. Simon, Annie J. Ellis, James Hills-Johnes, Ellis J. Ellis-Griffith, Alfred Daniell, D. Brynmor Jones, Marie Corelli, Edward Anwyl, E. Vincent Evans, Lydia E. Becker, A. Darmesteter, Frances Hoggan, and John Dillon.

The first of seven volumes of about six hundred letters mainly addressed to Thomas Gee and relating to a variety of subjects particularly in the fields of education, temperance reform, religious movements, and political questions. -- The principal correspondents are H. Adams, Ruthin, 1868; William Ambrose ('Emrys'), 1865; R. Myddelton Biddulph, 1868; John Bright, 1866-85; Joseph Chamberlain, 1885-90; David Charles, Abercarn and Aberystwyth, 1866-9; Sir Robert A. Cunliffe, 1872, 85; Dr. R. W. Dale, 1885; David Davies, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1898; Sir. D. S. Davies, 1892; W. Cadwaladr Davies, 1884; O. M. Edwards, 1889-91; Principal Thomas Charles Edwards, 1889; Thomas E. Ellis, Dr. E. Herber Evans, 1877; E. Vincent Evans, 1898; S. T. Evans, 1891-3; and William Evans, Chester, 1883-4.

Letters, mainly to Edward Anwyl, the correspondents including J. Mortimer Angus, Sir John Ballinger, Vernon Bartlett (Oxford), Sir Joseph A. Bradney, Charles E. Breese, W. N. Bruce, O. H. Fynes-Clinton, John Daniel ('Rhabanian'), Thomas Darlington, C. Dauncey, D. H. Davies (Cenarth), R. Isgarn Davies, E. S. Dodgson, Sir Owen M. Edwards, Thomas Charles Edwards, Thomas Edward Ellis, Sir E. Vincent Evans, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, John Young Evans, Samuel J. Evans, A. M. Fairbairn, John Fisher, W. Foy (Cologne), Alfred Perceval Graves, John Griffith (Llangynwyd), W. B. Halhed (Llanrwst), James Hastings (editor of the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics), C.H. Herford, N. Marais-Hoogenhout, Paul Hook, Ivor B. John, Sir John Morris-Jones, L. D. Jones ('Llew Tegid'), M. H. Jones, T. O. Neill Lane, Edward Laws, Philip H. Lawson, Sir John Herbert Lewis, Charles Lloyd (Maesycrugiau), R. Luyten (Haarlem), Jean Marx (Paris), A. Meillet (Paris), Kuno Meyer, A. W. Moore (Douglas, I.O.M.), Eluned Morgan (Patagonia), Sir James M. Murray (Oxford), E. W. B. Nicholson, Henry Owen (Poyston), A. C. Humphreys-Owen, Owen Owen (Chief Inspector, Central Welsh Board), Sir T. Isambard Owen, Julius Pokorny, Stuart (1st baron) Rendel, Sir John Rhys, T. Francis Roberts, Sir Walter Runciman, K. G. Schilling (Giessen, Germany), E. A. Sonnenschein, John E. Southall, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Ludwig Christian Stern, John Strachan, Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl'), J. Vendryes, Sir Paul Vinogradoff, Alfred T. Warren, Stanley J. Weyman, Hugh Williams (Bala), and Sir Thomas Marchant Williams.

Miscellaneous correspondence, mainly addressed to Charles E. Breese. The correspondents include J. Romilly Allen, Charles E. Breese (to Sir Osmond Williams), the Bishop of Bristol, 1905, H. Farnham Burke, James Colquhoun Campbell, bishop of Bangor, 1880, Charles J. Clark, 1906, Lord Clwyd, 1942, Ellis W. Davies, Bethesda, 1910-1912, Jonathan Davies, Portmadoc, 1914, Vaughan Davies, 1921, A. E. Elias, 1913, Thomas E. Ellis, 1895, O. Ll. J. Evans, 1901, W. A .Foster, 1919, W. Fuller, 1921, William George, 1922, S. Baring Gould, 1903, C. M. Greaves, J. E. Griffith, 1911, Wm. B. Halhed, 1912, W. E. Scott-Hall, 1914, W. E. Harries, 1912, H. E. Hollingworth, 1904, D. T. Hughes, 1905, E. Alfred Jones, 1904, Esther Lloyd Jones, 1903, G. E. Lloyd Jones, 1923, J. J. Jones, 1922, James Jones, 1921, John Jones, 1920, J. Maurice Jones, 1911, R. I. Jones ('Alltud Eifion'), 1896, and R. T. Jones, 1895.

Forty-four letters, mainly to Lewis Jones Davies of the Post Office, Llanuwchllyn, father of the donor. The topics discussed are varied and correspondents include: Owen Morgan Edwards (2), 1895-1906; Thomas Edward Ellis (1), 1897; Michael D. Jones (1), 1875; Eluned Morgan (1), 1904; Thomas Francis Roberts (1), 1895; and Sir Osmond Williams (4), 1907-1910.

Llythyrau, 1914-1933, at Ellis D. Jones, yn bennaf yn ymwneud â sefydlu Neuadd Goffa Owain Glyndŵr yng Nglyndyfrdwy, 1931-1932, y gohebwyr yn cynnwys T. E. Ellis (3), T. Gwynn Jones (3) a Syr John Edward Lloyd (2), ynghŷd â llythyrau eraill, 1936-1952, rhai ohonynt wedi'u cyfeirio at Syr Alfred Thomas Davies a'r gohebwyr yn cynnwys Syr John Ballinger (1) a W. Ambrose Bebb (3); ac eitemau amrywiol sy'n cynnwys cynllun, 1932, ar gyfer plannu planhigion ar dir Neuadd Goffa Owain Glyndŵr, llyfr lloffion yn ymwneud yn bennaf â'r Neuadd Goffa, a nodiadau yn ymwneud ag Owain Glyndŵr, ac â threfn gwasanaeth sefydlu'r Neuadd Goffa, 5 Medi 1931 = Letters, 1914-1933, to Ellis D. Jones, mainly relating to the establishment of the Owain Glyndŵr Memorial Hall in Glyndyfrdwy, 1931-1932, the correspondents including T. E. Ellis (3), T. Gwynn Jones (3) and Sir John Edward Lloyd (2), together with other letters, 1936-1952, some of which are addressed to Sir Alfred Thomas Davies, the correspondents including Sir John Ballinger (1) and W. Ambrose Bebb (3); and miscellaneous items which include a proposed 'planting plan', 1932, for the Owain Glyndŵr Memorial Hall grounds, a scrap book mainly relating to the Memorial Hall, and notes relating to Owain Glyndŵr, and to the order of service at the establishment of the Memorial Hall, 5 September 1931.

Papers of and relating to Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, 1599-1941, comprising general correspondence of Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, 1893-1919 and 1922-1940; general correspondence of Lady Thomas, 1895-1941; American letters from descendants of relatives who emigrated, 1873-1931; letters of Welsh interest mainly concerning localities and place-names, 1892-1919; letters relating to T.E. Ellis, 1898-1935; personal letters and cards from Daniel Lleufer Thomas to his wife, 1902; political letters, 1906-1933; papers relating to Daniel Lleufer Thomas's legal career and interests, 1891-1938; subject files relating to his public offices, including his appointment to the Welsh Land Commission, 1887-1941, societies and institutions to which he belonged, 1886-1940, Llandovery School, 1880-1935, the translator and poet Richard Morris Lewis, 1866-1933, general literary and historical interests, 1889-1940, and miscellaneous subjects, 1915-1933; and personal papers which include deeds of Brynmaen, once the family home, 1599-1885, and diaries of Daniel Lleufer Thomas and Lady Thomas, 1892-1899.

Essays on 'Dyddiau Boreu Thomas Edward Ellis' by R. Roberts, Penrhyn, and on his associations with Y Goleuad by [E. W. Evans], and press cuttings relating to Thomas E. Ellis and to the matter of H. J. Ellis Nanney and his Merioneth tenants, 1888.

Sixty-five holograph and autograph letters and postcards, and telegrams, 1888-1913 and undated, addressed to David Robert Daniel (1859-1931) of Fourcrosses, Chwilog, Caernarvonshire. The writers include a circular, 1904, issued by the North Wales Quarries Ltd; P[eredur] Ll. Daniel, London, his son, undated; [Robert Evans] ('Cybi'), Llangybi, undated; [E.] Vincent Evans, London, 1913?; [Henry] Harold Hughes, Bangor, 1903-06; and The North Wales Quarrymen's Union, Caernarvon, undated. Also included in the group are three holograph letters, 1888-1905, from D. R. Daniel to his wife Sara and to his mother Jane; a holograph letter, undated, from Sara [Daniel] to her mother at Llandderfel; a grand jury summons for the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Caernarvonshire, addressed to D. R. Daniel,1905; vouchers, certificates of bank credits, etc. of D. R. Daniel, 1904-13; and other holograph letters which include one to [H. J. Williams] ('Plenydd'), 1890; and a letter, 1898, containing accounts of the North Wales Quarrymen's Union; also verses in Welsh entitled 'The Memorable Temperance Supper Dec. 23rd. 1882'.
References include those to Peredur Daniel, son of D. R. Daniel; memorials and a Testimonial Fund to Thomas Edward Ellis; the illness of Daniel's father-in-law; and the Penrhyn Quarry dispute.

Miscellaneous papers consisting of occasional verses (2) repeated to J. H. Davies by his mother as attributed to W[illiam] W[illiams, Pantycelyn]; items in the autograph of Thomas E. Ellis, viz. a draft advertisement for his intended edition of the writings of Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd in two volumes and a draft of the foreword ('Rhagair') by T. E. E[llis] dated 'Dydd Calan 1899' to [Banciau pentre neu glybiau tir i dyddynwyr, gweithwyr, siopwyr, &c. ... (Bala, [1899]), a translation by Ivan T. Davies of a booklet by Henry W. Wolff]; and a holograph 'cywydd' by T. Gwynn Jones 'I'r Nyth Gwag ym Mro Gynin Mawrth 19 1910. I'm cyfaill, J. H. D.' in a wrapper addressed to J. H. Davies 'From T. G. J. with Compliments'.

Transcripts from several Cardiff manuscripts by various scribes, including T. E. Ellis.

The file includes letters from J. Gwynoro Davies (1), 1884, Thomas Edward Ellis (2), 1884, D. Silvan Evans, 1885, and Sir Henry Jones, 1884.

The file includes letters from J. Glyn Davies, Bishop A. G. Edwards, Ellis Edwards, Frank Edwards, Henry Tobit Evans, W. Goscombe John (2) and Ernest Rhys.