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A register of criminals apprehended by Cardiganshire Constabulary, 1897-1933, with physical descriptions of prisoners and details of previous convictions. Photographs are included of most of those sentenced between 1897 and 1909.

Manuscripts and papers relating to the Lloyd family of Bronwydd, Cardiganshire, and their ancestors, the Owen family of Henllys, Pembrokeshire, and records relating to the Bronwydd estate, including an early 17th century book of South Wales pedigrees, the literary, genealogical and historical manuscripts of George Owen of Henllys (c.1552-1613), including his Vairdre Book and a copy of his Description of Pembrokeshire; estate records including manorial records of Pembrokeshire manors including the barony of Cemais, including court rolls, 1381-1771, estreat rolls, 1474-1748, and court leet presentments, 1660-1885; records relating to the borough of Newport, Pembrokeshire, 1434-1847; toll books of Eglwyswrw and Newport fairs, 1599-1603; title deeds, 1241-1933, but mostly 16-18 cent.; rentals, 1682-1873; and estate correspondence, mainly [late 19]-[early 20 cent.].

Llyfr nodiadau, 1905-1933, y Parch. J. Roberts-Evans, Birmingham, yn cynnwys nifer o ysgrifau yn ymwneud a hanes y Cymry, ac yn benodol y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, yn ardal Birmingham. = Notebook, 1905-1933, of the Rev. J. Roberts-Evans, Birmingham, containing various texts relating to the history of the Welsh, in particular the Calvinistic Methodist causes, in the Birmingham area.
Mae'r gyfrol yn cynnwys adysgrif, [1906], o hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd Cymreig ym Mirmingham gan Evan Thomas, Handsworth (gweler NLW MS 18151A am y llawysgrif gwreiddiol) (ff. 1-92, rectos yn unig); darlith gan J. Roberts-Evans, 1906, ar y pwnc 'Birmingham Cymreig o 1800 i 1850' (ff. 5 verso-40 verso, versos yn unig); ac adysgrifau, [?1920au], o gofnodion cyfarfodydd Dosbarth y Trefi Seisnig o Gyfarfod Misol Trefaldwyn Isaf, 1885-1915 (ff. 41 verso-58 verso, versos yn unig). Ceir hefyd ddeunydd yn ymwneud â Dr John Birt Davies, [c. 1905] (tu mewn i'r clawr blaen), Humphrey Lloyd, Bala, 1905 (f. 106 verso, tu mewn i'r clawr cefn), a'r Methodistiaid Calfinaidd yn Walsall, 1926-1933 (ff. 58 verso-63 verso, versos yn unig). = The volume contains a transcript, [1906], of a history of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists in Birmingham by Evan Thomas, Handsworth (see NLW MS 18151A for the original manuscript) (ff. 1-92, rectos only); a lecture by J. Roberts-Evans, 1906, entitled 'Birmingham Cymreig o 1800 i 1850' (ff. 5 verso-40 verso, versos only); and transcripts, [?1920s], of minutes of meetings of the English Towns District of the Lower Montgomeryshire Presbytery, 1885-1915 (ff. 41 verso-58 verso, versos only). Also included is material relating to Dr John Birt Davies, [c. 1905] (inside front cover), Humphrey Lloyd, Bala, 1905 (f. 106 verso, inside back cover), and the Calvinistic Methodists in Walsall, 1926-1933 (ff. 58 verso-63 verso, versos only).

Papers, 1841-[1933], from the library of Edward Edwards which include lecture notes taken by Edwards mainly at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, [1884x1891], and lectures given by Edwards, [1884x1933], some at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; papers, 1897-1933, relating to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; correspondence, 1889-1929, of Edward Edwards, including letters of condolence on the death of his brother, O. M. Edwards, 1920; papers, [1841x1899], of the Rev. Owen Jones, Llanuwchllyn, cousin of Edwards Edwards; and miscellaneous notes, memoranda, transcripts, etc.

The collection comprises correspondence, including general correspondence to Sir J. Herbert Lewis, 1886-1933, drafts and copies of correspondence from Sir J. Herbert Lewis, 1887-1933, letters from Sir J. Herbert Lewis to Adelaide, his first wife, 1891-1893, letters from Sir J. Herbert Lewis to Ruth, his second wife, 1902-1933, letters from Sir J. Herbert Lewis to his daughter Kitty, 1915-1925, letters from Lady Lewis to Sir J. Herbert Lewis, 1899-1930, letters to Lady Lewis, 1901-1939, and miscellaneous correspondence, 1890-1920; diaries, 1872-1933; Liberal Party in Wales, 1889-1896; subject files (including correspondence), 1865-1933; press cuttings, 1879-1933; deeds and documents, 1442-1864; miscellaneous papers, 1750-1949; and photographs, c. 1890-1929.

Article by Ruth Lewis - 'Early Memories'; letters between Saunders Lewis and Sir Herbert Lewis and other letters; article by Kitty Idwal Jones - 'Early Memories'; article by Olwen Foreman - ''Wartime and College Memories', deposited by Mrs Olwen Foreman, February 2008.

Compositions submitted to the crown competition (MS 23052D), the chair competition (MS 23053D) and the other poetry competitions (MS 23054D) at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Wrecsam, 1933. MS 23052D includes a letter from J. Gwili Jenkins, one of the adjudicators (f. 1) and the winning pryddest by Simon B. Jones (ff. 2-12); MS 23053D includes letters from the three adjudicators, T. Gwynn Jones, R. Williams Parry and J. J. Williams, together with copies of the latter two's adjudications (ff. 1-25) and the winning awdl by Edgar Phillips ('Trefin') (ff. 26-34).

Holograph letters to David Griffith (Clwydfardd), Archdruid of Wales, the correspondents including John Evans, Pontypridd, 1894, John Thomas (Eifionydd), 1894, and T. H. Thomas (Arlunydd Penygarn), 1892-1894; and holograph and autograph letters to Mrs [Sally] Chambers, Abergele, daughter of Clwydfardd, from Anna [Fison] Thomas (Morfydd Eryri), 1894, Francis Knollys (aft. 1st viscount Knollys), Meurig Lloyd Davies, Toronto, 1933, grandson of Clwydfardd, and others. The letters contain references to the Liverpool Welsh National Society; Moriah Calvinistic Methodist church literary society, Caernarvon; St David's Society of Toronto; and Clwydfardd's health, last illness and death, etc.

Photostat reproductions, [1934], of six letters, 1622-1635, of John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, addressed primarily to Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon.

An extract translated into staff notation by Arnold Dolmetsch from British Museum Additional MS 14905, 29 January 1935.

Estate and family records, [c. 1260]-1935, of the Loxdale family of Shrewsbury and Castle Hill, Cardiganshire, and of the Williams family of Pant y Seiri and Castle Hill, comprising deeds, valuations, surveys, correspondence, etc., mainly relating to the estate in the parishes of Caron, Llanbadarn Fawr, Llanddeiniol, Llanddewibrefi, Llangwyryfon, Llanilar and Rhostïe, Cardiganshire, Wednesbury, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, including from [c. 1750] deeds relating to coal and iron mines, in these three Staffordshire parishes, and Brace Meole, St Julian and Wellington, Shropshire. -- The archive also includes records of a number of Shrewsbury guilds, including ordinances of the stewards and warden of the craft of weavers, 1416, and a revision, 1609; accounts, minutes and records of apprenticeships of the Company of Shearmen, 1468-[c. 1632], and the ordinances and constitution of the Guild of Clothworkers, 1614; accounts relating to the office of town clerk of Shrewsbury, 1655-1755; copy translations of royal grants to the town of Shrewsbury, 1189-1396; a session book for the hundred of Condover, Shropshire, 1744-1774; game books, 1828-1942; papers, 1873-1909, relating to Llanilar National School; and deeds and letters about Shrewsbury Free Grammar School, [c. 1870]-[c. 1890].

Papers of, or relating to, Wilhelm Ganz (1833-1914), Professor of Singing at the Guildhall School of Music, and accompanist to Adelina Patti (1843-1919), Craig-y-Nos Castle, co. Brec., including concert programmes, 1855-1935; illustrations and other material for inclusion in his volume, Memories of a Musician (London, 1913); and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings concerning the Musical Copyright Bill compiled, 1929-30, by Alfred W. Ganz. [For papers of Wilhelm Ganz see NLW MSS 23351-6].

A group of manuscript papers of Felicia Dorothea Hemans (née Browne), including eight holograph letters written (where indicated) from Bronwylfa, near St. Asaph, and from Milburn Tower, near Edinburgh, the correspondents including M[atthew] Nicholson, Liverpool (1812) and the Reverend H. H. Milman (1823); English translations of three Italian sonnets, together with copies of the originals, 1811; holograph poems:- 'Imelda', 'The Messenger Bird', 'Gertrude', 'The Tombs of Plataea', 'The View of Castri' (incomplete) and 'The Vespers of Palermo' (fragment); two copies of an engraved portrait of Mrs. Hemans, published in 1839; a short biographical note; and a cutting of an appreciation of her poetry published on the centenary of her death.
Amongst the references made are those to Lord Byron's Childe Harolde, Sir Robert Liston and Dr James Gregory.

Photostat copies, [1935], of original letters, 1826-1840, from John Elias to his wife and children, John and Phebe.

An essay entitled 'Hanes a Gwaith John Jones ('Tudur Llwyd') o'r Weirglodd Gilfach, Plwyf Llanuwchllyn, 1774-1854' by 'Glyn Cothi', i.e. Evan Roberts, Llandderfel, Merioneth. The essay was submitted for competition at a chair eisteddfod at Hen Gapel, Llanuwchllyn, in 1935.

Llythyr, cerdyn a cherdyn post, [1933]-35, oddi wrth Gareth Vaughan Jones at Sarah a William Moses, fferm y Ddorwen, Cwmllynfell, sef hen famgu a thadcu y rhoddwyr, ynghyd â thoriad papur newydd yn cadarnhau marwolaeth yr newyddiadurwr, a thaflen gan y teulu yn diolch am gefnogaeth a chydymdeimlad yn eu galar.

'A History of the Cycle 1710-1869' compiled in 1935 by Nest Lloyd and Susan Mainwaring, recounts the history of 'The Cycle of the White Rose', originally a Welsh Jacobite Club, which was established at Wrexham in 1710 to serve north-east Wales and part of Cheshire. The volumes consist mainly of extracts from the extant minute-books, now designated NLW MSS 14941-2C, supplemented by additional material from other sources. NLW MS 23301C includes a chapter on the Jacobite links of the Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay and an appendix containing details for Cycle meetings kept at Overton, co. Flint, during the period 1760-74 (see NLW MS 14943D); NLW MS 23302C consists of lists of, and notes on, members, illustrated with armorial bearings and engravings of 'Cycle' houses; and NLW MS 23303B includes notes on the Wynnstay Theatre, comprising lists of performances and casts, 1773-87.

Two volumes, 1935, each containing a goodwill message from Romanian children, accompanied by their signatures, in response to similar messages from children in Wales [through Urdd Gobaith Cymru].
The volumes were compiled by the Scoala de Arte si Meserii [School of Arts and Crafts], Botoșani, Romania, [?1935], and signed by 70 pupils (NLW MS 16505iD); and the Liceul de baieti No. 2 [No. 2 Boys's High School] at Cernăuți, Romania [now Chernivts͡i, Ukraine], 1935, with some 250 signatures (ff. 3-9, rectos only) (NLW MS 16505iiD).

Scrapbooks of press cuttings and correspondence relating to Sir John Lynn-Thomas's career, together with notes and annotated copies of his book Key of all Wales in South-West Cardiganshire (1932).

Scrapbooks, 1928-1936, relating to the ice skating career of Mollie Doreen Phillips (1907-1994), covering the eight years in which she was a leading figure skater; together with letters and photographs. Also included are black and white photographs of her carrying the Great Britain flag at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, and carrying the flag in front of the Great Britain all-female ice skating team. She was the first woman to judge at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz.

A holograph copy, [1936], of a poem entitled 'Yn Eden Ardd' by Robert Arthur Griffith (Elphin). The poem was originally composed in 1897.