Davies (Gregynog) art collection,
- NLW MS 22322C.
- File
- 1952-1960.
Black and white photographs of some one hundred and fifty items from the collection, including those sold at Sotheby's in 1960.
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Davies (Gregynog) art collection,
Black and white photographs of some one hundred and fifty items from the collection, including those sold at Sotheby's in 1960.
Davies (Gregynog) art collection,
The second of two notebooks (see also NLW MS 22319B) containing a list and index compiled, 1952, by T. W. Hughes, agent to the Gregynog estate, of pictures and sculpture collected by Margaret and Gwendoline Davies, Gregynog, Montgomeryshire.
Typescript lists and rough notes found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (NLW MS 22321C).
Hughes, T. W., of Gregynog.
Davies (Gregynog) art collection,
The first of two notebooks (see also NLW MS 22320B) containing a list and index compiled, 1952, by T. W. Hughes, agent to the Gregynog estate, of pictures and sculpture collected by Margaret and Gwendoline Davies, Gregynog, Montgomeryshire.
Hughes, T. W., of Gregynog.
Rate book, [1827x1829], for the parish of Berriew, Montgomeryshire, listing owners and occupiers and description of property by township.
Miscellaneous accounts, 1864-1868, relating to Bryn-lloi Schoolroom (the British school), Glanaman, Carmarthenshire, including the names of those contributing towards it.
Letters to Rachel Bromwich from David Jones, artist and writer (3) 1961-1965, together with a copy of Agenda, vol. 4, no. 1 (April-May 1965), containing David Jones's poem The Hunt, with notes and corrections in the author's hand, and from Colin Wilcockson, Cambridge (2) 1974, one enclosing a copy of a letter, 1974, from David Jones (ff. 39-46).
Jones, David, 1895-1974
Tune book, first half of the nineteenth century, containing hymn-tunes and anthems together with notes on the rudiments of music.
A notebook containing autograph poetry by David J. Owen ('Dewi Gwyrfai'), Waunfawr, Caernarfon, composed mainly between 1919 and 1943, together with memorial verses to him. Poems found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (MS 21886iiB).
Dewi Gwyrfai, 1877-1945
CMA: History of the Calvinistic Methodist cause at Aberthin.
A small manuscript volume, containing copious notes relating to the Calvinistic Methodist cause at Aberthin, 1779-1883. There is also mention of Peter Williams, Methodist cleric, author, and Biblical commentator.
Forty-three letters, 1932-1942, from Alyse Gregory, author and wife of Llewelyn Powys, to James Venn, bookseller, of Weymouth, a Mr Dibben and another correspondent, with a postcard, 1937, from Llewelyn Powys to James Venn.
Gregory, Alyse, 1884-1967
Minute-book, 1864-1947, of the Machynlleth Gas Company Limited including directors' reports, annual revenue accounts, and notices of meetings.
Papers relating mainly to Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd bart, of Chirk Castle, co. Denbigh, and his daughter, Mary Myddelton, and to the Lloyd family of Plas Power, co. Denbigh (cf. NLW Annual Report 1970-71, pp. 64-7), including correspondence, 1704-1804, mainly on personal and estate matters, and domestic and estate accounts, bills and vouchers, 1709-1736.
Cyfarfodydd cystadleuol Llanuwchllyn,
Poems and essays, most of them entered for competition at literary meetings in Llanuwchllyn, [c. 1861]-1874; and other miscellaneous items relating to Llanuwchllyn.
Llythyrau at David Jones, Aberystwyth,
Fourteen letters to the Reverend David Jones, Aberystwyth, from Euros Bowen, 1952 and 1962, W. J. Gruffydd, 1952, and Waldo Williams, 1962, his co-adjudicators in the competition for the crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1952, and the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llanelli, 1962.
A notebook containing summaries by Robert Williams, Pen-y-bryn, Bethesda, co. Caernarfon, of sermons preached at Brynteg, Bethesda, Calvinistic Methodist church from its opening, 28 August 1864, until 27 August 1865, together with a pulpit supply list, 1865-1867 (inverted text ff. 86-8); two scriptural essays, 'Traethawd ar y Pwysigrwydd o Iawn-dreulio Boreu'r Oes' and 'Bywyd Iesu Grist yn Fywyd o Esiampl' (inverted text ff. 83-5 verso and 80-1 verso); and verses, 'Englynion Cyfarchiadol I'r Ieuengctyd' (inverted text ff. 81 verso-2).
Williams, Robert, ca. 1840-1894
Account book, 1887-1902, of Thomas Williams, Aberystwyth, co. Cardigan, mason and foreman, including details of wages paid to workmen engaged in the construction of Aberystwyth bridge and sums paid for materials.
Williams, Thomas, stonemason
Journal of Gertrude J. Stratton describing a tour of Chester and North Wales, August-September 1865, illustrated with contemporary engravings.
Stratton, Gertrude J.
Eleven letters, [c. 1830]-1850, from Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Indian official, and five from his wife, Emma, mostly addressed to his manservant, referring to domestic matters, including preparations for travel to India, and arrangements with Sir Herbert's publishers.
Edwardes, Herbert B. (Herbert Benjamin), Sir, 1819-1868
Kidwelly & Llanelly Canal Company: Letter-book,
Letter-book of Thomas Bowen of Pen-bre, co. Carmarthen, superintendent of the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal and Railway Co., comprising an inventory of the company's records, 1831 (ff. 1-4), copy and draft letters, 1838-1840 (ff. 5-136 verso), a humorous poem on the failures of an anonymous colliery proprietor (ff. 151-5) and an arithmetical problem in Welsh, English and Latin (ff. 155 verso-6).
Bowen, Thomas, Company superintendent
A volume [watermark 1813] in the hand of Richard Robert Jones ('Dic Aberdaron') containing 'Peithadur neu Lythyreg Hebrëig', an Hebrew Grammar in Welsh (ff. 41 verso-50 verso, 54 verso-132 verso, text in reverse, written mainly on the versos); a short Hebrew-Welsh vocabulary (f. 9 recto-verso); and miscellaneous extracts from the scriptures in English, many written in shorthand (ff. 1-14).
Jones, Richard Roberts, 1780-1843