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Miscellaneous papers from the manuscripts of W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), including a bardic letter from a person accused of sleeping during divine service addressed to Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'); correspondence - from John Roberts (valuation of Tyddyn Willim, 1871), Evan Evans, Llanasa (old books), W. J. Roberts to Thomas Blackwall (water supply for Llanrwst); poetry and drafts by W. J. Roberts and others - 'Cerdd Folawd i John Blackwall', 'Desgrifgan o'r "Diwrnod Gosod" yn y Chwarelau', 'Colli Paradwys', 'Chwe Phenill i'r Athraw', 'Mae gwlad fy nghyndadau'n rhy fechan i'w phlant', etc.; a note by 'Brysiog Machno' on the death of Rees Hughes, Penmachno; 'englynion' - 'i'r Corn Bwyd', 'Anerchiad i arwest . . . 1880', 'ar gadeiriad Gwilym Cowlyd' ('Elfyn', 1880), 'Dull y Sarph o dwyllo', etc.; a note on the boundaries of 'Cadair Powys'; an address from the Llanrwst Good Templars to Griffith Owen; draft programmes for 'Arwest Farddawl Glan Geirionydd'; printed matter-programmes of a Llanrwst competitive meeting, 1859, Eglwysbach eisteddfod, 1862, Llanbedr competitive meeting, 1871, and of 'Arwest Farddonol Glan Geirionydd', 1885, pamphlets concerning a controversy over the formation of a School Board in Llanrwst, 1871, an invitation to the first 'Arwest Farddonol (Pic Nic)' on the shores of Llyn Geirionydd, 1863, a list of 'The Honourable Primary elders of the Institutional Order of Bards of Gair Ionydd, Wales, Appointed Efficients for Coronation' (?1902), a poem on the marriage of John Ernest Greaves, Ffestiniog, and Miss Rugby, 1875, and an 'In Memoriam' leaflet for the burial of Robert Williams ('Trebor Mai'), 1877.

Draft stanzas for an ode on 'Prydferthwch'.

A collection of compositions submitted for competition at various eisteddfodau - 'Awdl: Pulpud Cymru' by 'Taliesin Pont-y-pridd', undated; 'Cywydd: Nodwydd Cleopatra' by 'Ysbryd Moses' (Eisteddfod Gadeiriol y Cymry, Llanrwst, 1878); 'Awdlau: Y Goleuni' by 'Adda Jones' and 'Llywelyn' ( Eisteddfod New York, 1884); 'Awdl: Mynydd y Ty' by 'Ysbryd Taliesin' ( Arwest Farddonol Glan Geirionydd, 1896); 'Llawlyfr Eisteddfodol' - a critical essay by 'Eisteddfodwr'.

A notebook used in 1844-1845 as a Sunday and Day School register, with a draft poem entitled 'Adgyfodiad y Meirw'; a notebook containing a draft dialogue by (?William Hobley); and a cyclostyled list of Welsh newspapers in the collection of C. Poma, Italian Consul at Cardiff, 1901.

A collection of press cuttings and transcripts of Welsh lyrics taken by David Lewis from newspapers and periodicals, 1861.

Y Drych Blynyddol ... am 1860, containing 'englynion' and other poems by John Lewis, 1859-1860.

'Y Fronfraith, sef caniadau ar wahanol destynau gan John Lewis (Ioan ap L.) Llanrhystyd' - a collection of lyrics and other poems by John Lewis, 1857-1860.

A selection of popular lyrics and recitation pieces taken from the works of Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), Robert Davies, Nantglyn, and John Jones ('Talhaiarn'), with original poems, elegies and 'englynion' by the compiler, John Lewis, 1858-1866.

Miscellanea of Ben Jones ('P.A. Môn'), including 'Ellis Jones Coach Account for December 24, 1821 To August 3, 1822', 'Sandeman a Morgan Ratler ym Môn o 1790 i 1825', 'Cerdd i'r Gwr y torrwyd ei law, ac y diengodd y lleidr oddiarno - neu'r Gwr a dorrodd ei ffenestr i ffuantu lladroniaeth arno er duo ei gymmodogion ... Mawrth 8, 1825', 'Darluniad o Dy Cyfarfod y Trefnyddion Calfinaidd a elwir Moria, yn nhref Caerynarfon ...', 'Gwrthdystiad merched Cymru' (see Seren Gomer, 1829), etc.

A 'pryddest' entitled 'Ar ddefnyddioldeb yr Ysgol Sabbothol, Testyn Eisteddfod Llysymaen, Hydref 22, 1855', an 'awdl' entitled 'Cymru' sent to 'Eisteddfod Aberafon ... Mehefin 23, 1853', and 'Pryddest i, neu ar Ddyffryn Clwyd, i Sylw Beirniaid Eisteddfod Dimbych, 1860' - all by Daniel Jones.

Poems and drafts of poems by Daniel Jones.

Two volumes of sermons, hymns, poems, and memoranda, written in 1827-1828 and 1835-1836 by David Saunders, Baptist minister, poet, and hymn-writer, with transcripts by him of a few poems by other writers.

A copy of Butler's Improved Cellar Book which belonged in 1862 to William Walters. It contains manuscript notes on the history of England. Pasted in at the end is a press-cutting of 'Ychydig hanes, ar fesur Can, am y braw a'r trallod fu ar drigolion Twynyrodyn, o achos dau ddyn dyeithr ddaethant i lettya i arwydd y "Goron", yn mhentref Merthyr Tydfil, yn Sir Forganwg. Rhai gwragedd synwyrol a ddychymygent mai dau o'r Press gang oeddynt; eraill a honnent mai dau o'r Ffrench oeddynt. Hyn a barodd i'r trigolion ffoi; rhai wrth y naill hosan, eraill wrth y naill esgid, &c. &c.'

A collection of Welsh religious verse successfully submitted for competition at the Cwrtybela, Blackwood, Eisteddfod, 1866, by 'Ieuagolym' (i.e. Evan Jones, James H. Walters, and William Jones ('Asaph Gwent'), all of Blackwood.

Unsigned Welsh poetry consisting of a 'Cywydd Coffadwriaeth am Robert Evan o'r Cornele, a gladdwyd Awst 24 yn y ddeigenfed flwyddyn a phump oedran; Bl. Arg. 1799', 'Myfyrdod ar Salm 90, 5', and 'Ystyriaeth ar Hos. 13, 14'.

Transcripts by Owen M. Edwards and another of 'cywyddau' by John Cent, John Vaughan o Gairgai, William Phylip, William Wynn, Rowland Hugh, Thomas Prys, and Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (Dafydd Llwyd, Mathafarn); and 'englynion' and an elegy by Thomas Edwards ('Dochan Fardd').

A miscellaneous collection of poetry including an incomplete 'pryddest' on the story of Kulhwch and Olwen written on the backs of sheets of a Birkenhead list of voters, 1876; a carol by D[avid] Lewis ('Ap Ceredigion'); a poem entitled 'Sion fy Nhaid' and a hymn by Henry Rowlands ('Henri Myllin'); a poem entitled 'Trefaldwyn' by J. R. Williams ('Tryfanwy'); poems entitled 'Gwlaw Sdiniog' and 'Cyfrinach y Tannau' by Robert Roberts ('Isallt'); an elegy on the death of Evan E. Owen, Assheton House, Ebenezer, 1883; a fragment of a song entitled 'Priodas yr Oen'; 'englynion' on Pont y Benglog taken from Tywysog Cymru, 15 Tach. 1832; English poems entitled 'The Burial of Abel', 'America', and 'Go Forward'; and selections from the writings of Rhys J. Huws written on the back of circulars relating to his Testimonial Fund, 1917.

Letters addressed to [Sir] Owen M. Edwards by L. Emlyn Evans, 1913-1916, relating to the publication of Gwaith Mynyddog in 'Cyfres y Fil'; estimates and accounts relating to 'Cyfres y Fil', 1913-1916; a copy of a poem written by 'Mynyddog's mother ('O na chawn i weld Mynyddog'); and letters and postcards, 1892-1919, by R. Lloyd Williams, Manchester, A. Morris, Newport, Evan Evans, Aberystwyth, Tom Lewis, Cefn Coed Cymer, R. E. Roberts, Llangollen, William Davies, Cardiff, Isaac Davies, Birkenhead, David Rees, Bronant, Daniel Protheroe, David Bowen ('Myfyr Hefin), and T. H. Sifton, Abergavenny.

Two notebooks containing holograph 'cywyddau', 'englynion', 'hir a thoddeidiau', and 'caneuon' by Robert Williams ('Trebor Mai'). Almost the entire contents are included in 'Trebor Mai': Y Geninen (Llanrwst, 1869), and there are some marginal emendations and instructions to the compositor. Inset is an autograph letter, 1930, from John Ballinger, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, to J. T. Evans, Llanrwst, relating to the whereabouts of the two volumes and to the recipient's collection of items printed at Trefriw and Llanrwst.

'Englynion', etc., by John Jones ('Tegid'), Evan James, Robert Davies ('Bardd Nantglyn'), Walter Davies, Hugh Hughes ('Y Bardd Coch'), Roger Wynn, Richard Jones ('Gwyndaf Eryri'), etc., and miscellaneous notes by Walter Davies.