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A letter from the Reverend Professor John Young Evans, Aberystwyth to J. H. Davies enclosing printed copies ('"Pembroke County Guardian", Hwlffordd') of 'Awdl i J. H. Davies ... gan Ieuan Mynyw' [i.e. J. Young Evans], originally published in the Pembroke County Guardian, 18 November 1910.

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'.

A poem entitled 'Y Tannau Coll', written by J. D. Richards for competition at the National Eisteddfod held at Ammanford, 1922.

A poem entitled 'Dafydd ap Gwilym', written by J. D. Richards for competition at the National Eisteddfod held at Pont-y-pool, 1924.

A collection of minor poems by J. D. Richards.

A collection of minor poems by J. D. Richards, with a transcript of verses by Ellis Humphrey Evans ('Hedd Wyn'), and biographical material on 'Hedd Wyn' in the form of answers to a questionnaire.

A collection of poems by J. D. Richards, many written for competition at various eisteddfodau.

A collection of pryddestau and other poems by J. D. Richards.

Poetry by, and in the autograph of, the Reverend H. R. Williams ('Llwydrudd'), Corris, and press cuttings of some of his works, including an essay on old Merioneth poets ('Hen Feirdd Meirion'). Among the poems is an elegy entitled 'Pryddest Goffa i'r diweddar Mr. Richard James, Painter, Talybont', submitted to an eisteddfod held at Tabernacle Baptist Chapel, Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire, 1925.

The original manuscript of an article entitled 'Philistiaeth yng Nghymru' (emended from 'Philistiaeth Lenyddol Cymru') by the Reverend William Richard Jones ('Goleufryn'), published in Y Geninen, 1885, pp. 275-83, under the pseudonym of 'Siluriad', together with the manuscripts of a lengthy footnote by the editor, John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), and five holograph letters, 1890, from 'Eifionydd' to 'Goleufryn' relating thereto; a holograph letter, 1887, from the Reverend J. C. Jones, Mankato, Minnesota, U.S.A., to W. R. Jones ('Goleufryn') (a preaching engagement); a holograph letter, 1904, from [O. G. Owen] ('Alafon'), Cwmyglo, to Mrs. Jones, wife of 'Goleufryn', relating to a contribution to the writer's edition of Gweithiau Llenyddol Goleufryn (Caernarfon, 1904); and a holograph poem ('Cywydd: 'Tylodi'') by 'Alafon'.

A group of fifty-four holograph letters, 1929-1932, from Thomas Jones, Cerrigellgwm[-isa], Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire, to Evan Roberts, Llandderfel, Merioneth, relating to the writer's literary and musical pursuits. Some letters refer to the Welsh ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America. Also included in the collection is a holograph letter, 15 November, 1932, from Einion Jones, Cerrigellgwm-isa, to Evan Roberts, enclosing a pedigree of his father Thomas Jones and a copy of the latter's last poem.

Holograph poems by Evan Williams ('Glyn Myfyr'), among them being an ode ('awdl') on 'Ben Bowen' which was awarded the crown at an eisteddfod held at Resolven, August, 1918.

The original manuscript of John Jenkins ('Gwili'): Caniadau Gwili (Wrecsam, 1934).

A commonplace book of John Lloyd James ('Clwydwenfro'; 1835-1919), Congregational minister at March, Cambridgeshire, etc. The volume, begun in 1907, includes verses entitled 'Deucanmlwyddiant Rhydyceisiad, cyfarfod dathliad, 26 Awst, 1907' by Jonathan N. Davies ('Carnalaw'; 1833-1912), Liverpool; a list of members of Rhydyceisiaid Congregational Church, Carmarthenshire, 1803-17; extracts from accounts of Glandŵr Congregational Church, Pembrokeshire, 1723-60; a list of the themes and texts of sermons preached at the bicentenary services of Rhydyceisiaid Congregational Church, 1907; transcripts of hymns by the Reverend Lewis Thomas, Bwlch-sais, Llanfyrnach (d. 1745), first minister of Glandŵr Congregational Church; extracts from a manuscript which includes notes of sermons by Lewis Thomas; holographs and press cuttings of poetry, and translations of poetry, by 'Clwydwenfro', 1908-10; notes relating to the relationships of family members of 'Clwydwenfro'; a list of baptisms at Glandŵr Congregational Church, 1750-9; a biographical note on Jonathan N. Davies ('Carnalaw'); etc. Inset are the 'call' extended to 'Clwydwenfro' to the Congregational churches of St. Brides-super-Ely and Whitchurch, 1860; the confession of faith of 'Clwydwenfro' at his induction at St. Brides-super-Ely and Whitchurch, 1860; a cutting containing an obituary notice of 'Clwydwenfro', 1919; an incomplete holograph letter from 'Carnalaw' to 'Clwydwenfro'; etc.

Poems by and to John Edwards (Sion o Ferthyr).

A holograph manuscript of poems by Iorwerth Cyfeiliog Peate, described by the author, in a letter [to the Librarian of the National Library of Wales ], 26 June [19]39, accompanying the manuscript, as the printers' copy of his volume of verse, Plu'r Gweunydd. [Cerddi a Sonedau (Lerpwl, 1933)]. Three points of difference, however, can be noted between the text of the present manuscript and the published work - (a) the difference in the order of the poems, which, in the printed volume, have been grouped under subject headings, this not being the case in the manuscript (the author, in the above mentioned letter, mentions this difference, and also answers the charge made by one critic, that, in grouping the poems thus, he had copied the example of 'Eifion Wyn' [Eliseus Williams], by stating that the arrangement under subject headings was not his idea, but had been done at the request of the publishers), (b) the printed volume contains four poems, 'Pentre'r Celyn' (p. 17), 'I Glychau'r Goets Fawr' (p. 38), 'Y Galw' (pp. 43-4), and 'Yn Dawel, Bêr Ddyfi' (p. 61), which do not appear in the manuscript, and (c) minor textual variations, e.g., A'th unllef oriog / O' th unllef oriog ('Maldwyn', line 1), Ofer it ddisgwyl wrth Dduw Dad / ar Dduw Dad ('Adar To yn Chwefror', last line), and Yfory mi rannaf yr holl fyd / i'r holl fyd ('Cyfoeth', line 1).

Typewritten copies of sonnets and other poems composed by T. E. Nicholas in Swansea and Brixton prisons. There is also a typewritten preface and detailed introduction recounting the poet's arrest and imprisonment.

Tri llythyr, 1886, yn Saesneg, at Vincent Evans oddi wrth T. E. Ellis, O. M. Edwards a John Ceiriog Hughes ('Ceiriog'); tair llythyr ar ddeg (un yn Saesneg) ac un cerdyn post, 1903-1918, at J. Owain Evans oddi wrth Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn'), ynghyd â thoriad o'r Darian a gohebiaeth, yn Saesneg a Chymraeg, [1917], oddi wrth y Comisiwn Yswiriant Iechyd Cenedlaethol parthed Thomas Evans, tad Robert Evans ('Cybi'); deuddeg llythyr, yng Nghymraeg a Saesneg, 1912-1914, at J. Owain Evans oddi wrth Robert Roberts ('Isallt'), ynghyd â thoriad o'r Rhedegydd, 15 Chwefror 1913, sy'n dwyn llythyr oddi wrth 'Isallt', toriad parthed 'Isallt' o'r News Chronicle, d.d., a barddoniaeth Cymraeg a Saesneg, 1911-1913, yn llaw 'Isallt' = Three letters, 1886, in English, to Vincent Evans from T. E. Ellis, O. M. Edwards and John Ceiriog Hughes ('Ceiriog'); thirteen letters (one in English), and one postcard, 1903-1918, to J. Owain Evans from Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn'), together with a cutting from Y Darian and correspondence, in English and Welsh, [1917], from the National Health Insurance Commission in relation to Thomas Evans, father of Robert Evans ('Cybi'); twelve letters, in Welsh and English, 1912-1914, to J. Owain Evans from Robert Roberts ('Isallt'), together with a cutting from Y Rhedegydd, 15 February 1913, which contains a letter from 'Isallt', a cutting relating to 'Isallt' from the News Chronicle, n.d., and poetry in Welsh and English, 1911-1913, in 'Isallt's hand.

A manuscript containing poetry written by Trebor Aled, mainly for 'eisteddfodau'.