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Personal papers of William Marshall Dugdale (1881-1952), including birth and marriage certificates, twenty-first birthday speech, warrants as DSO, 1918, deputy lieutenant for co. Mont., 1945, and Order of the Bath, 1946, and order of funeral service, 1952. Also other marriage and funeral orders of service, 1918-1952, and invitations and programmes relating to the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in London, 1897, and George VI and Queen Elizabeth's visit to Caernarfon, 1937. Also summary farm and private accounts, 1919-20 and 1921-22, three Chirk Castle shoot cards, 1927-1934, and a Llangedwyn estate shoot card, 1935.

Letters relating to John Dugdale's daughter's trust fund, probably Mary Fenwick, wife of Thomas F. Fenwick of Burrow Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale, co. Lancs.

Letters and papers relating to T. M. and Clara Colmore trust. Clara, the second daughter of John Dugdale of Llwyn, married Thomas Milnes Colmore (1845-1916) of The Warren, Knowle, co. Wark., in 1878.

Index of recipients at the front of the volume.

Commonplace book relating to Irish home rule, including precises of speeches by Max O'Rell, Justin McCarthy MP, S. C. Buxton MP; the heads of the Government of Ireland Bill; newspaper cuttings; the platform of the first meeting of the Home Rule Party, May 1870; and poems.

Also includes summary accounts for J. Marshall Dugdale & Bros for the half-year ended June 1891.

Original bundle of letters from Edward Thomas to W. H. Hudson, 1 December 1906-25 December 1915; letter to C. F. Cazenove, 8 May 1913; letter to James Guthrie, 21 January 1917; a letter from W. H. Hudson to an unnamed recipient, 5 October 1892; and proofs of Poems by Edward Eastaway [Edward Thomas's pseudonym] (London: Selwyn & Blount, 1917) (pp. 1-16 only); and the dealer's original envelope and description, 1942. Also a letter from Joan Stevens, indexing Garnett (ed.), Hudson's Letters, exploring the possibility of publishing something in connection with Edward Thomas's centenary, 1973.

Original bundle of letters from James Ashcroft Noble, usually of The Grove, Wandsworth, to Coulson Kernahan of Southend on Sea, 30 Jan. 1893-25 Dec. 1895. Also signed copies of poems: 'A lover in June', March 1894, 'To a sonneteer', May 1894. James Ashcroft Noble was the father of Helen Thomas, Edward Thomas's wife.

Bundle of letters, mainly to Sir Charles Philipps, but also to Lady Philipps and H. L. Lowe, including relating to Slebech School, bird protection literature from the Humanitarian League, the Pembrokeshire Fox Hunt, the Pembrokeshire County Club, the Pembroke Hunt Steeplechase and the Land-Owners' Association of South Wales and Monmouthshire. Also appeals for subscriptions to church restoration funds for Llanwrda, Martletwy and Llanfyrnach, Lamphrey vicarage, and augmenting the benefice at Llangynllo. Also a personal appeal from the missioner at Troedrhiwfuwch, co. Mon., an anonymous letter about the feeling against the Conservatives at Haverfordwest, and Sir Charles Philipp's optician's prescription.

Papurau, 1897-2006, gan gynnwys llythyrau, 1901-[1958], a anfonwyd gan William Rhys Thomas (1879-1962) at ei chwaer Bess a’i rieni yng Nghlyn-nedd, wedi iddo ymfudo i Awstralia yn 1901 i weithio yng ngwaith glo Collie ger Perth fel gyrrwr injan. Ceir adroddiad ‘Ychydig o hanes fy nhaith o Plymouth i Awstralia’; ynghyd â llythyrau diweddarach oddi wrth ei ferched Gwladys ac Olwen at eu modryb Bess, a llythyr oddi wrth wyres William Thomas at y rhoddwr, ynghyd â gwybodaeth achyddol amdano a sgwrs a draddodwyd gan y rhoddwr am y llythyrau.

Share certificates in the name of William Abraham for a number of companies; The North Wales Quarries Ltd., Housing Reform Company Ltd., The London and Provincial Bank, the Automatic Free Directory Company of America and The Rhondda Leader Ltd. along with cheques and other paperwork related to companies.

Original bundle of letters to and from W. H. Davies, 23 July 1908-12 Oct. 1928, including from Arthur C. Fifield of London, publisher, July 1908-March 1909; letter from R. Hamilton Edwards re. the sale of the serial rights of 'The autobiography of a super-tramp' to the 'Penny Pictorial', July 1909, forwarded by Davies to [C. F.] Cazenove, his agent, Aug. 1909; from Alston Rivers of London, publishers of 'The soul's destroyer', Aug. 1910-Dec. 1915; and a letter to Coulson Kernahan with a signed print of Davies, Oct. 1928. Also signed, corrected typescript copies of four poems, probably for publication in the Mercury: 'The two stars', 'The doll', 'Timepieces' and 'Secrets', undated.

Loose pages from 'The bookman', comprising copies of Edward Thomas's poetry columns and book reviews, and articles about Edward Thomas, 1909-1930. Also a printed copy of 'Sowing ; song by Edward Thomas, music by Ivor Gurney', 1925.

Contains essays and articles about the history of the Labour Movement and a copy of "The Miner's Next Step".

Papurau ychwanegol, [1915]-[1993], y cerddor William Llewelyn Edwards, yn cynnwys drafft o’i gyfrol gyntaf o emyn-donau Clychau’r maes (Llandysul, 1976) gyda’r hen nodiant yn ei law; llyfrau lloffion yn cofnodi ei lwyddiannau cerddorol a darlledu eu emyn-donau ar ‘Caniadaeth y Cysegr’; llythyrau yn ei longyfarch ar ennill y wobr gyntaf am gyfansoddi emyn-dôn yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Abertawe 1982; a nodiadau cefndirol ar ei emyn-donau. Ceir traethawd ‘Golwg ar fywyd a gwaith William Llewelyn Edwards, Bron Rhiwel, Llandre, Bow Street, cyfansoddwr emyn donau’ gan Anwen Ebenezer, a chyfrol ’Iesu bia’r gân’ yn cynnwys emyn-donau J. T. Rees a fu’n dysgu cerddoriaeth i William Llewelyn Edwards.

The file comprises ephemera relating to Lord MacDonald and his family, including a passport, ration books, Lord MacDonald's birth and death certificates.