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One small bundle in original hard covers, contining accepted tenders for building work at Neuaddyrynys, Bwlchyddwyallt and Lletty Evan Hen, 1899

Typescript copy of a children’s story accepted and published in ‘Our Magazine - For boys and girls taught at home’, published by the West Riding of Yorkshire County Council, including a copy of the relevant issue (vol. Ten, Number 2, May 1962) and correspondence (1958, 1962). The story was not accepted by Sunny Stories as is stated in correspondence which is endorsed ‘Also Mag. For Handicapped Children – 1962’.

Correspondence and typescript copies of articles submitted to ‘Good morning Wales’; most, if not all, were not used. The articles are ‘Whit Monday’; ‘Where to go in North Pembrokeshire’; ‘Safety afloat’; ‘Women’s Institute cooking’; ‘Baptism’ and ‘The smallest room’.

Typescript research on seven sea captains and a quarter-master carried out for the ‘Good morning Wales’ programme in June 1966; only Captains Roberts, Varney and Hughes were used for the recording. Also included is correspondence with various publishers and the BBC and an extract from the Western Telegraph, Haverfordwest, who published all the articles.

Parcel of papers concerning the enclosure and drainage of Cors Fochno (Borth Bog), 1781-1835, and claims to the allotments by other landowners, notably Davies, 1852-1866. For general contents see series level description. The file includes a valuation of allotments near Moel Ynys [1816]; letters and invoices from Charles Hassall of Tenby, 1813; Robert Williams, 1816-1822, Richard Griffithes of Bishops Castle, 1827-1847, Oliver Lloyd of Cardigan, 1835, Charles Mickleburgh of Montgomery, 1852-1862, Parry and Atwood, 1853-1864, Boys and Tweedie, 1856-1866, and an incomplete letter explaining the construction of the sluice at Ynyslas.

Typescript of a children’s story with autograph revision and an extract from ‘Sunny Stories’ in which it appeared on 1 May 1958.

Typescript copy of a modern story for children relating to Henry Tudor written for the Cheltenham Festival of Literature short story competition.

Typescript copy of a children’s story and correspondence from Brockhampton Press of its rejection.

‘Honey and Pollen Plants of Illinois’ by Ellsworth A. Meineke (Illinois State Beekeepers’ Association, [1972?]).

‘How to Start with Bees: A Primer for Beekeepers and Fruit-growers’ by F. Thompson (n.d.).

Part of Francis Bacon’s ‘In felicem memoriam Elizabethae’, translated by Edward Herbert, [c.1630x1648].

Agreement between the Bee Research Association and Wm. Dawson & Son Ltd. to publish the index.

Typescript copy of a children’s novel, and correspondence in relation to its submission to publishers between Oct 1966 and Apr 1968.

Original envelope containing letters to Capt. Edward Lewis Pryse and copies of his replies to his brother John, Matthew Davies of Penpompren, Matthew D. Williams of Cwmcynfelyn, Edward Davies and Mrs Davies of Tanybwlch, and others, 1852-1860. Most of the letters discuss the assertion of Pryse Loveden’r rights as lord of the manor of Genau’r-glyn, in response to landowners’ complaints about trespasses committed by mining prospectors on the farms of Blaennant, Doleruddlan, Lluestgotta and Cyneiniog, and about encroachments on the sheepwalks. The file also contains notes by Capt. Pryse and an information of intrusion commenced in the Court of the Exchequer by the Attorney General representing the Crown against Pryse Pryse and the family trustees, concerning Cwmsymlog mine, asserted by the Crown to be in the royal manor of Perfedd (Watermark 1862).

Correspondence and typescript copies of ten children’s stories submitted to Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, Chicago, USA for their ‘Language Experiences in Reading’. The stories are ‘The lake monsters’; ‘The new sledge’ (Peter and Patsy); ‘Freddie the ferry boat’; ‘Flipper the seal’; ‘The Unicorn’; ‘Picture stories’; ‘The Dragon with toothache’; ‘Mo makes a boat’; ‘The landslide’ and ‘Surtsey – the Young Island’.