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Manylion o gyfraniadau Waldo Williams ac aelodau o'i deulu i weithgareddau Guild y Bobl Ifainc Capel Bedyddwyr Blaenconin, Llandysilio, Sir Benfro, 1927 - 1935, y wybodaeth yn deillio o bapur newydd lleol (yn ôl pob tebyg, The Narberth, Whitland and Clynderwen Weekly News - gweler Alan Llwyd: Waldo: Cofiant Waldo Williams: 1904-1971 (Y Lolfa, 2014), tud. 161).

Deunydd gan, ym meddiant neu'n ymwneud â John Edwal Williams, tad Waldo Williams, gan gynnwys cyfnodolion a phamffledi yn bennaf o ddiddordeb sosialaidd; torion papur newydd yn cynnwys erthyglau gan John Edwal a gyhoeddwyd yn y wasg leol; deunydd yn ymwneud â gyrfa John Edwal; deunydd yn ymwneud â theulu John Edwal, gan gynnwys gwybodaeth achyddol, manylion cyfrifiadau a deunydd gan neu yn ymwneud â William (Gwilamus) a Lewis Williams, brodyr John Edwal; a gohebiaeth.

Llungopi o lythyr, dyddiedig 3 Gorffennaf 19[?88], at Mr & Mrs John Hughes, Llangernyw oddi wrth 'Gareth' o'r Baptist Missionary Society, Llundain yn diolch am ei ymweliad â bwthyn Syr Henry Jones, ewyrth Angharad Williams (née Jones), yn Llangernyw (am Syr Henry Jones, gweler yr enw hwnnw dan bennawd Angharad Williams (née Jones)).

Deunydd gan, at, ym meddiant neu'n ymwneud â Dilys Williams, chwaer ieuengaf Waldo Williams, gan gynnwys gohebiaeth at ac oddi wrth Dilys; amrywiol ddeunydd ym meddiant Dilys; a theyrnged i Dilys a gyhoeddwyd yn Y Cymro yn dilyn ei marwolaeth.

Llythyr, 2 Awst [blwyddyn heb ei nodi], at Dilys Williams oddi wrth Margaret [Snell] (née Edmond), merch Mwynlan Mai Edmond (née Jones), chwaer Angharad Williams (née Jones), mam Dilys. Cyfeirir at sawl aelod o'r teulu, gan gynnwys gwaeledd Mwynlan Mai.

Llythyr, 5 Ionawr [blwyddyn heb ei nodi], at Dilys Williams oddi wrth Margaret [Snell] (née Edmond), ynghyd â llungopïau o'r cardiau oedd ynghlwm wrth flodau angladdol Mwynlan Mai. Yn y llythyr, crybwyllir sawl aelod o'r teulu, yn ogystal â hanesyn am Waldo yn ystod ymweliad Margaret a'i chwaer Glenys ag Elm Cottage, Llandysilio-yn-Nyfed, Sir Benfro pan yn blant.

General administration papers relating to Welsh Women's Aid, which include information leaflets, booklets and posters and an account of setting up the first Women's Aid refuge in Wales in 1974.

Material relating to events marking the fortieth anniversary of Welsh Women's Aid (1978-2018), including the launch of the Future Forty/Deugain Ymlaen campaign to end violence against women.

Material relating to welfare payments, housing and council tax, particularly in relation to women and children accessing Women's Aid services.

Articles, prose work, poems, reviews, interviews, presentations and notes by Niall Griffiths, with related correspondence and press cuttings.

The articles comprise: manuscript and typescript drafts by Niall Griffiths, with manuscript and typescript notes by him, and also proof copies, relating to articles intended for publication on subjects including his own work, his graduation, his most embarrassing moment, life as a writer, writing and rebellion, drugs, Aberystwyth, the Swansea ‘Art across the city’ festival, Dylan Thomas, contemporary British fiction, British politics and society, football, tattoos, Liverpool, Pembrokeshire, the expense of living in poverty, seaside towns, Welshness, places to visit in Wales, the Cambrian mountains, Cardiff, emerging from winter, encounters with big cats and a snake, meeting an army sniper, visiting a rehab centre, photography and memory, racism in a Devon pub, spring, Europe, birds of prey, finding old friends on the internet, Anthony Gormley, artists, an interview with Leanne Wood, queuing at Birmingham airport, holiday accommodation in Wales, raves, the relationship between Wales and England, a visit to Scotland, the set of Hinterland, an interview with John Cale, a conversation with a homeless man, remnants of the British empire, Bohemianism, hippies, Llandrindod Wells repair café, ‘Noir’ writing, albums to get drunk alone to, ageing, Bardsey, Laugharne, Llandudno, Folly Farm (Somerset), London, St Helena, Greenland, Namibia, Ireland, Australia, Croatia, Cumbria, Morocco, Poland, Transylvania, Split, Berlin and Egypt, with associated correspondence, press cuttings, publicity literature and ephemera; press cuttings relating to his appearances in Croatia; and posters, event programmes and other ephemera relating to his readings in Wales, Liverpool, Germany, Croatia, Romania and America.

The prose work comprises: manuscript drafts, proofs and printouts of short stories by Niall Griffiths written for publication or broadcast, some in two or more drafts, including ‘A break in the journey’, ‘A mountain between them’, ‘A wee word’, ‘Bingo master’s break out’, ‘Birthday card from Ward B-4’, ‘Britain’s little lion’, ‘Car’, ‘Coming of age’, ‘Fran and the witch and me’, ‘Fresher’s week’, ‘Further education’, ‘It was obviously a phrase of which he was fond’, ‘Like there’s no tomorrow’, ‘Mackintosh’s dreams’, ‘Never die’, ‘Prescription’, ‘Psycho-therapy’, ‘Puck’s tale’, ‘Redder Ridge’, ‘Rupert, I can’t stop thinking about you’, ‘Scenes from an Aberystwyth bedsit’, ‘Skewered’, ‘Snowstorm’, ‘Stigmata’, ‘The best death ever’, ‘The character’, ‘Turd burglars’, ‘Welshing’, ‘While the fire still smoulders’ and untitled work, together with copies of published stories; a manuscript draft by Niall Griffiths of a drama script set in Liverpool; typescript and manuscript drafts by Niall Griffiths of his contributions to published editions of work by Ron Berry, Charles Bukowski, Jörg Fauser, Rosamond Lehman, Oliver Onions, Kevin Sinnott, Caradog Prichard and others, with associated correspondence, notes and ephemera; drafts of presentations given by Niall Griffiths at literary events (including a typescript of a presentation on ‘Sheepshagger’); and a typescript draft of an adjudication by Niall Griffiths and Stevie Davies in the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for Welsh writers.

The poems comprise: manuscript drafts and printouts of poems by Niall Griffiths including ‘Like some half-remembered nightmare’, ‘Liverpool necessity’, ‘To the Mabinogion’, ‘When stars hum like bad reception’, and ‘You don’t always have to try it to know you won’t like it’, with associated correspondence; and a manuscript draft by Niall Griffiths of the introduction to ‘Red roar’, together with the editor’s comments on the poems, annotated by Niall Griffiths.

The reviews comprise: typescript and manuscript drafts and printouts of reviews, responses and publicity material composed by Niall Griffiths relating to the work of Eduardo Blanco Amor, Philip Ball, Ron Berry, Seán Burke, Gordon Burn, Augusten Burroughs, Merlin Coverley, Toni Davidson, Robert Frost, William Gay, Ken Grant, Jay Griffiths, John Harrison, Tony Harrison, Denis Johnson, Cynan Jones, Karl Ove Knausgård, Bernard MacLaverty, Gautam Malkani, Cormac McCarthy, Matthew McIntosh, Robert Minhinnick, Tiffany Murray, Sean O’Reilly, Mark Ryan, Ben Okri, Max Page, Ferdinand Pessoa, Youssef Rakha, Dan Rhodes, Paul Seawright, William T. Vollman, Alan Warner and others, with related letters to Niall Griffiths from Jay Griffiths, William T. Vollman and the Daily Telegraph, as well as related notes by Niall Griffiths and others, press cuttings of these and other reviews by Niall Griffiths, and related ephemera; manuscript notes by Niall Griffiths for reviews of restaurants, intended for publication; and copies of published and draft reviews of Niall Griffiths’s work. Also included is a typescript draft of an article that refers to ‘Grits’ in passing.

The interviews comprise: manuscript and typescript drafts, press cuttings and printouts of interviews with Niall Griffiths and articles about or relating to him, as well as his responses to a questionnaire relating to a University of London project on narrative and nature, with related notes by Niall Griffiths, correspondence and ephemera.

The notes by Niall Griffiths (manuscript, and often fragmentary and disordered) comprise: notes made during research for ‘Real Aberystwyth’ and ‘Real Liverpool’; notes made for a sequel to ‘Sheepshagger’; notes made in order to record useful information and observations on a wide variety of subjects, activities, experiences and issues, and containing ideas for use in his writing as well as other aspects of his personal, professional and domestic life; and notes on a viva voce examination in Lund, Sweden; together with press articles and publicity material collected by Niall Griffiths during the course of his research on a wide variety of subjects.

The correspondence relates almost exclusively to Niall Griffiths’s work, including details of projects, travel arrangements, contracts, funding, ideas for new projects, and letters to him from readers; notable subjects include his work on articles and other pieces for publication, ‘The dreams of Max and Ronnie’, the film of ‘Kelly + Victor’, the stage version of ‘Grits’, and a typescript response by Niall Griffiths to the editor’s comments regarding ‘Ten Pound Pom’. Also included are a draft of a personal letter by Niall Griffiths to friends, and a cutting of an anonymous letter [by Niall Griffiths] published in the New Statesman.

Published periodicals and collections, 2010-2018, containing material contributed by Niall Griffiths including articles by him, reviews by him, extracts from his novels, a short story by him and an interview with him, together with other material relating to his work.

The articles by him cover subjects including a meeting with a ‘character’ (In the Red [2010]); homecomings (New Welsh Review Autumn 2010); a big cat in Montana (Red Handed Winter 2010); the expense of living in poverty (Red Handed Spring 2010); life as a writer (Red Handed Summer 2010); writer’s block (Red Handed Autumn 2010); a visit to Bardsey (Red Handed Summer 2011); the filming of Kelly + Victor (Red Handed Autumn 2011); a visit to a rehab centre (Red Handed Spring 2012); invasive species and toffs (Red Handed Autumn 2012); a conversation with a homeless man (Red Handed Winter 2013); a close encounter with a deadly snake (Red Handed Summer 2013); the football World Cup in South Africa (Red Handed Autumn 2013); looking forward to spring (Red Handed Winter [2014]); the set of Hinterland (Red Handed 2014 [Autumn]), artists and directors behaving badly (Red Handed 2014 [Autumn]); a visit to St Helena (New Welsh Review 2014); finding old friends on the internet (Red Handed 2015 [Winter]); his own graduation (Red Handed 2015 [Autumn]); and a tribute to his first agent, together with a typescript letter from the publishers (Memories of David Miller 2018).

The reviews by him discuss: Diamond star halo by Tiffany Murray (New Welsh Review Summer 2010); Cloud road: a journey through the Inca heartland by John Harrison (New Welsh Review 2011); On a bender by Eduardo Blanco Amor (Planet 2012); Seán Tyrone: a symphony of horrors by Mark Ryan (New Welsh Review 2013); Limestone man by Robert Minhinnick (Planet Winter 2015/16:); The cove by Cynan Jones (The Spectator 2016); Midwinter break by Bernard MacLaverty (The Spectator 2017); Limestone country by Fiona Sampson (Planet Winter 2017/18:); and American histories by John Edgar Wideman (The Spectator 2018).

The extracts from his novels include A great big shining star (Blown 2010/11) and Broken Ghost (The Lampeter Review 2015).

Also included are: his short stories, ‘Lesson’ (The Flash 2010) and ‘Snežna ujma’ ([‘Snow damage’] Ffiniau aflonydd: antologija sodobne valižanske književnosti 2010); an interview with him (In the Red [2011]); words by him to accompany photography by David Barnes in King tide (Blown 2012); and an article about Liverpool which refers to him (New Statesman 2012).

Literary papers of Niall Griffiths, 1962-2018, comprising material relating to all aspects of his career as a writer, and in particular the conception, research, writing and publication of his books, short stories, poems, articles and media scripts.

The archive contains language which some readers may find offensive. While much of Niall Griffiths's work does not employ such language, its use is integral to his writing style.

Certificates denoting awards and honours awarded to Siân Phillips in recognition of her work in the theatre, comprising: Laurence Olivier Award 1996 for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical (A Little Night Music) (nominated); Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 1996 for Best Actress in a Visiting Production (Marlene) (nominated); Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award [1999] for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Marlene) (nominated); Drama Desk Award [1999] for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Marlene) (nominated); Drama League Award for Outstanding Performance 1998-1999 (Marlene) (recognition); Olivier Award 2013 for Best Performance in a Supporting Rôle in a Musical (Cabaret) (nominated); UK Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance 2013 (This Is My Family) (nominated); BBC Audio Drama Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 (won); together with the list of nominations for musical theatre achievement 1980 and the list of nominations for the 1998 Laurence Olivier Awards.

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Miscellaneous items of or relating to Siân Phillips, ranging from her earlier life in the Swansea Valley to her latter-day career. A number of items are annotated by Siân Phillips and others, primarily what appears to be the hand of her good friend, the actor Edward Duke.

Some items of note include:
Booklet titled 'Pererindod Ann Griffiths' ('Ann Griffiths Pilgrimage'), outlining a proposed journey of visits to various sites associated with the Welsh hymnist Ann Griffiths (inscribed and dated, Sunday 2 October 1955, inside front cover to Siân Phillips from the Welsh poet and dramatist Albert Cynan Evans-Jones (bardic name Cynan) (1895-1970)).

Printed programme relating to a performance by the Cwmllynfell Welfare Amateur Operatic Society of the musical play The Belle of New York at the Welfare Hall, Cwmllynfell, 26-30 April 1955, by Cwmllynfell Welfare Amateur Operatic Society, of which Siân Phillips was one of the presidents.

Completed land registry certificate, dated 21 January 1981, in the names of Siân Phillips and her second husband Peter O'Toole.

Siân Phillips publicity photographs.

Measurements for stage costume.

Printed programme for the 1935 production of Romeo and Juliet at the New Theatre, London, starring John Gielgud, Alec Guinness, Peggy Ashcroft and Laurence Olivier.

Driving test appointment card addressed to Siân Phillips, test date 16 March 1992.

Copies of publicity photographs of the actress Ellen Terry (1847-1928) (one inscribed 'Ellen Terry' on dorse in Siân Phillips' hand).

Photographs of Siân Phillips' cats.

Work schedules of Siân Philips.

Photocopied photographs of the cottage acquired by Siân Phillips and her second husband Peter O'Toole in Connemara, western Ireland (annotated in Siân Phillips' hand).

Admittance ticket and printed programme relating to Siân Phillips' attendance at the investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle, 1 July 1969.

Text, annotated by Siân Phillips, taken from the memoirs of Swedish actor Fredrik Ohlsson, with whom Siân Phillips had a relationship during their time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). While both were still at RADA, Ohlsson took the part of Jörgen Tesman alongside Siân Phillips' rôle as the title character in a 1957 production of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler (see under Stage productions: 1930s-1950s).

Dust-jacketed copy, with added protective plastic binding, of History of Pontardawe and District from Earliest to Modern Times by Emeritus Principal John Henry Davies; Christopher Davies (Publishers) Ltd (Llandybïe, 1967). Title-page inscribed 'Siân Phillips' in her hand. Inserted at title-page is a printed black and white photographic plate showing a view of Brynaman, Carmarthenshire in the year 1895. 'Mynydd Du' inscribed at top right of plate in Siân Phillips' hand.

General notes, including notes relating to Welsh political activist, poet, dramatist, historian and literary critic Saunders Lewis.

Screenplay titled Flower Walk by Siân Phillips' good friend, the actor Edward Duke.

Script of a one-man show titled Cowardly Lion, based on the life and work of Noel Coward, adapted and devised by Siân Phillips' good friend, the actor Edward Duke. Annotated in what appears to be Edward Duke's hand.

Typescript text of children's book The Gondolier's Cat (published 1993) by author William (Bill) Corlett.

Bound typescript script of a stage adaptation by Jane Stanton Hitchcock of Edith Wharton's 1913 novel The Custom of the Country.

Bound copy of John Edmunds' translation into English of Jean Racine's 1677 tragic play Phèdre (Phaedra), inscribed and signed to Siân Phillips in John Edmunds' hand.

Bound typescript script, dated 1965 at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, of Sophocles' play Antigone, translated by Paul Merchant; with covering letter to Siân Phillips from academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest Moelwyn Merchant (father of Paul Merchant), the letter referencing Siân Phillips' second husband Peter O'Toole.

Bound script of Tennessee Williams' 1981 play The Notebook of Trigorin, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (1895).

Bound script of Jean-Claude Carriere's 1968 comedy play L'Aide-Memoire. Inscribed title on cover possibly in the hand of Siân Phillips' good friend, the actor Edward Duke.

Three bound copies of the script of a play by author William (Bill) Corlett titled Elizabeth and her Will.

Piece of fabric depicting the Norwegian banner, bearing the printed inscription in Norwegian: 'Det Nye Teater Axel Otto Normann'.

Correspondence relating to Glyn Mathias's work at Ofcom.

Papurau (1940-2018), yn cynnwys proflenni, teipysgrifau, nodiadau, a drafftiau, yn ymwneud â chasgliadau cyhoeddedig o farddoniaeth gan Emyr Humphreys, gan gynnwys y teitlau ‘The Kingdom of Brân’ (1975-1980); ‘Penguin Modern Poets’ ([?1979]); ‘Collected Poems’ ([?1962]-2007); a ‘Shards of Light’ (1974-2018), ymysg eraill. / Papers (1940-2018), including proofs, typescripts, notes, and drafts, relating to published collections of poetry by Emyr Humphreys, including the titles ‘The Kingdom of Brân’ (1975-1980); ‘Penguin Modern Poets’ ([?1979]); ‘Collected Poems’ ([?1962]-2007); and ‘Shards of Light’ (1974-2018), among others.

Proflenni, yn cynnwys cywiriadau a nodiadau, ar gyfer y gyhoeddiad o ‘Shards of Light’ (Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 2018). / Proofs, including corrections and notes, for the publication of 'Shards of Light' (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2018).

Set anghyflawn o broflenni (2018) ar gyfer ‘Shards of Light’ (Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 2018), ynghyd â dau lythyr oddi wrth Dafydd Jones a ‘Dewi H’. / An incomplete set of proofs (2018) for ‘Shards of Light’ (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2018), together with two letters from Dafydd Jones and ‘Dewi H’.

Cyfrol o ryddiaith greadigol (y fedal ryddiaith).

Gosodiad dan 25 oed ar y geiriau 'Tymhorau' gan Dewi Jones; darn i fand pres yn seiliedig ar y thema seryddiaeth (Tlws y cerddor); emyn-dôn i eiriau Cen Williams; darn rhwng 4 a 6 munud i ensemble siambr o unrhyw offerynnau; darn i gôr plant/ieuenctid SSA/SAB; darn i gerddoriaeth i gyd-fynd â ffilm o'r archif Sgrin a Sain y Llyfrgell genedlaethol gyda'r ffilm ar y thema gofod a/neu sêr; a chân werinol ac acwstig ei naws (Tlws Sbardun).