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Letters and other papers of, or relating to, W. H. Davies, 1908-1960, accumulated by his biographer Lawrence Hockey of Newport.
The collection includes twenty-six letters and postcards from W. H. Davies to his literary agent C. F. Cazenove, concerning his literary activities, 1908-1910 (ff. 1, 3-29), and six, mainly personal, letters from Davies to Lawrence Hockey, 1930-1938 (ff. 30-35), as well as letters to Hockey, mainly concerning Davies, from Augustus John, 1941, 1942 (ff. 36-37), Bertram Rota, 22 October 1947 (ff. 38-39), Louis Blake Duff, 1 January 1949 (ff. 40-43), John Gawsworth, 1949 (ff. 44-45), and Huw Menai, 10 February 1955 (f. 51), and a letter from C[harlotte] F[rances] Shaw (wife of G. B. Shaw) to Cazenove, 1 August 1908 (f. 2). Also included are miscellaneous papers relating to W. H. Davies, including typescript copies for publication of three poems, 'The White Horse', [1927] (published in The London Mercury, 15 (1926-27), 344) and 'The Little Devil', [1930], and 'Love Lights his Fire', [1930] (both published in The London Mercury, 23 (1930-31), 105) (ff. 52-54); a photostat copy, [1946], of his will (f. 56); three photographs (ff. 57-59); and newspaper cuttings, [?1930s] (f. 60), 1960 (ff. 62-63); as well as an unpublished letter, 1 February 1955, from Hockey to the Western Mail, in defence of Huw Menai and criticising Dylan Thomas (ff. 47-50).

Papers, 1905-1962, from the collection of E. E. Bissell relating to W. H. Davies, comprising fifty-eight letters and cards, 1905-1938, from Davies to various correspondents including John Gawsworth, Harold Monro and Edward Thomas, with four draft poems by Davies and miscellaneous related papers; together with twenty-one letters, 1951-1962, to Bissell from Richard J. Stonesifer and others concerning Davies.

W. H. Davies: Forty New Poems, with autograph postcard. English. Cloth. Donated by the Misses A. N. & M. G. Lloyd Thomas, Llanarth, August 1955.

W. H. Davies: Autobiography of a Super Tramp, with autograph letters. English. Cloth. Donated by the Misses A. N. & M. G. Lloyd Thomas, Llanarth, August 1955.

Personal and family papers of Sir W. Goscombe John, 1822-1953, comprising letters and cards, 1889-1953; other personal papers, 1870-1952; and genealogical notes and memoranda, partly in his hand, 1822-1952, with additional notes accumulatd by a later family historian, [1970x1990].

Records relating to the Brigstocke family, including deeds of properties in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire prior their acquisition by the Brigstockes, 1496-1889; deeds and documents of members of the Brigstocke family, 1655-1912; miscellaneous deeds, documents and papers relating to the Brigstocke family and lands in Carmarthenshire, including the Dolhaidd estate, 1846-1892, Cenarth, 1741-1838, and Llandyfaelog and Kidwelly, 1772-1833; legal papers, 1751-1775; and deeds and documents collected by W. Evans George relating to other estates, including: papers of the Lewes family of Gellidywyll, mostly bills and receipts, 1741-1792; draft deeds of W. Evans George for property in the Lower Teifi Valley, Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire, 1896-1922; sale and account books of W. Evans George and Sons, 1863-1884; printed material, 1837-1925; papers concerned with local elections in Cardiganshire, 1741-1937; weekly account book of the surveyor of the South Wales Highway for Llanfihangel-ar-arth, 1866-1873; records of the Court of Petty Sessions, Penrhiw-pal, Cardiganshire, 1903-1927; and records of the Newcastle Emlyn Town Improvement Committee, 1903-1906.

Papers of W. Emrys Pride, 1936-1987, comprising correspondence and other papers relating to devolution and economic policy, 1969-1978; papers relating to his work as a civil servant, mainly on economic topics, 1940-1978; research papers for his publications, including 'Tinman's progress' (1966), 'Rhondda my valley brave' (1975), 'Why Lloyd George met Hitler' (1981), and 'Pride in Britain's High-Tech Progress' (1985), 1966-1985; personal papers and miscellaneous correspondence, 1936-1977; financial papers, 1949-1977; and offprints and typescripts of articles and booklets, 1949-1987.

Papers and calligrams of William Emlyn Davies, 1931-1985, including calligrams based on the poetry of Dylan Thomas, 1946-1983, as well as on his own poems and those of other poets; presentation copies of his calligraphy, 1954-1967; catalogues and printed matter, 1970-1983; calligraphic programmes of the Oxford Street Senior Boys' School, Swansea, 1932-1939, the Glanmor School for Girls, Swansea, 1953-1965, and Swansea and District Society for Mentally Handicapped Children programmes, [?1960sx1980s], of which his wife was assistant secretary and subsequently president; and family papers, 1969-1972.

A piece entitled A Selection from the Book of Revelation, set to music, 1913, by William Edmund Stevenson, organist of Stow-on-the-Wold (1920).

Deeds collected by W. E. R. Allen relating to premises in the parishes of Crinow and Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, 1753-1850.

A collection of manuscripts, comprising a pharmacist's shop-ledger kept by the donor's father during 1852-95, and nineteenth-century material of Portmadoc interest, relating to shipping and shipping shares, the Tremadoc estate, the water supply, the District School for Intermediate and Technical Education, and eisteddfodau.

A memoir of John Hancock (1896-1918), artist, by W. Dyfed Parry.

Papers, 1738-[1925], from the library of William David Roberts comprising: papers of W. D. Roberts which include details of his parochial duties at Porthmadog, Llanidloes and Llanddyfnan, 1887-1904, correspondence, 1906, sermons, lecture notes and theological notes; tunebooks, hymns, prayers, poetry and notes of the Rev. John Timothy Lewis; sermons of Lewis Gilbertson, 1839-1877, ?Thomas Richard Lloyd, 1839-1883, John Rees, Tregaron, 1849, Lewis Thomas Rowland, 1859-1887, ?Rees William Price, 1868-1886 and others, prayers by Lewis Gilbertson and hymn tunes of John Rees, Tregaron; letters of Captain T. L. P. Laugharne, 1819-1838, and of W. Edward Williams (Gwilym Rhug), 1893; poetry of John Lewis (Ioan Mynyw); parochial matters relating to Llanidloes, 1888-1899; material relating to Llanddyfnan, and to Llanidloes National Schools, 1846-1900, St Mary's Church, Bangor, 1905-1906, and Llanfyrnach parish church, 1893; and material dating from the First World War (1914-1918) or soon after, referring to Llanfair-juxta-Harlech and Harlech, and to St Mary's Church, Llanfair-juxta-Harlech.

Deeds relating to properties at Deep Dean, Walford, Herefordshire, 1799-1816, and in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, 1788-1859.

Musical papers and other compositions of John Jones and William Bradwen Jones, [late 17th cent.]-1970, including printed works, 1932-1964, chants and hymn tunes, 1929-1956; anthems, 1934-1942; sacred music, 1931-1961; arrangements for eisteddfodau, 1932-1962; music for piano and for violin and piano, 1929-1960; music for organ, 1928-1950; and draft poems and family memoranda, 1859-1877.

A copy of W. A. Leighton: The Armorial Bearings of Shropshire Families, from a MS. of ... George Morris ... (Shrewsbury, [1885]), interleaved, with manuscript additions, corrections and additional coats of arms.

Deeds purchased from W. A. Evans, relating to Denbighshire, Flintshire and Anglesey, 1310-1795.

A volume containing an account by a midshipman of his service on board H.M.S. Ranger and H.M.S. Doris on duty in South American waters, 1825-1828. Amongst the ports the ships called at were Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, Rio [de] Janeiro, and St. Catharine's, on the eastern, and Valparaiso, Talcahuano, Arica, Islay, Pisco, and Callao, on the western seaboard of South America. A visit was also made to the island of Juan Fernandez. At the reverse end of the volume are transcripts of miscellaneous late seventeenth and early eighteenth century memoranda and accounts, including tithe accounts of [the Reverend] Thomas Nepiker, rector of Bepton [co. Sussex].

A notebook containing an account, 16-22 December 1941, in diary form with interleaved carbon copy, of part of a wartime voyage from Liverpool to the Seychelles via Durban by Joseph Boumphrey (see MS 22633 above). An unbound typescript account of the same voyage, 16 December 1941 - 28 December 1942, by his wife has been tipped in between ff. 17 and 29 of the notebook (see Mewn Gwisg Nyrs. Atgofion Annie Boumphrey (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1990).

Vouchers, 1844-1857, relating to work done by Andrew and Richard Humphreys of the Smithy, Llawr-y-glyn, parish of Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, for David Jones, grandfather of Professor E. T. Jones; and a further group of vouchers, 1844-1864, relating to purchases by the said David Jones (lime, sheep, butter, etc.)