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A holograph copy of the poem 'Leisure' by W. H. Davies, signed and dated 8 May 1914.
The poem was first published in William H. Davies, Songs of Joy and Others (London, 1911) and thereafter appeared in various collections and anthologies, including William H. Davies, Collected Poems (London, 1916), The Essential W. H. Davies (London, 1951) and The Complete Poems of W. H. Davies (London, 1963). This fair copy was possibly written whilst the poet was in Gloucestershire visiting friends among the Dymock poets (see Selected letters of Robert Frost, ed. by Lawrance Thompson (London, 1965), pp. 122-124).

A manuscript containing a reply by Lemuel J. James (1874-1937) to Thomas Hughes: Ymneillduaeth Eglwys Loegr (Liverpool, 1903).

One twenty four frame film of Ilford HP5 Plus showing Leo & Ania Abse, probably on their wedding day. Most are taken standing in or near a doorway partially obscured by a creeper. Others show them sitting down and holding drinks. There iare also three strips of Ilford FP4 plus which appear to be copies of photos from HP5 negatives.

Group 1: General and parliamentary correspondence, 1961-1987; constituency correspondence, 1970-1987, files relating to constituency affairs, 1947-1987; files relating to the following: Welsh affairs, 1985-1987, including transport, 1959-1973; health service, 1960-1978; Welsh language and nationalism, 1966-1979; devolution, 1970-1979; Select Committee for Welsh Affairs, 1975-1985; the Labour Party, 1964-1987, mainly annual conferences and general elections; industrial affairs, 1958-1985, penal reform, 1961-1987, children, 1968-1987, abortion, 1969-1979, nuclear energy, 1977-1987, genetic engineering, [c. 1977]-1985; and personal papers, mainly letters, [1930s]-1946, and articles, notes and diaries, [1930s]-[1980s].
Group 2: H Political Papers, 1941-1997; I Personal Papers 1915-1996; J Papers relating to Leo Abse's published works 1973-1998.
Further consignments of papers were received; these remain uncatalogued.

A photocopy of a thesis by Nelly Blanchard entitled 'Leo Weisgerber und die Bretagne', submitted by her for her maîtrise at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, in June 1998. The thesis, in German, includes copies of original documents from archives in Berlin, Koblenz, Marburg, Freiburg and Bonn

Personal diaries, 1892-1949, which include detailed accounts of his years in retirement at Barmouth, Merionethshire, from 1939 and subsequently at Ty'n y Ceunant, Islaw'r dref, Dolgellau; draft notebooks, 1895-1946, containing records of appointments, activities and descriptions of holiday visits, including many to Wales, detailed accounts of ascents of Cadair Idris, Merionethshire, and other British mountains, including Snowdon, Elidir Fach and Elidir Fawr in Caernarfonshire, and Pumlumon, Cardiganshire; registers of correspondence, 1939-1940, 1943-1944; a register of snapshots [which are not part of the archive], 1906-1940; a volume of statistics of his mountain ascents, holiday travels, and walks, 1892-1951, and family papers (including some relating to L. W. Brown of Bath), 1846-1926.

Papers collated by Leonard Owen, CIE, Gerrards Cross, relating to his work as treasurer of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1952-1964, and to the Welsh Dictionary of National Biography.

A copy of S. Davies, The Reverend Samuel Davies ''The First'', and his Times, relating to Samuel Davies (1788-1854), Wesleyan Methodist minister, Cilcain, Flintshire, re-written by Leonard Twiston Davies in 1932, containing pasted-in photographs, postcards, typescript pedigrees and notes; together with the original Welsh version, Y Parch. Samuel Davies, 1af, a'i Amserau..., published in 1866, bearing the name of Samuel Twiston Davies and set in a protective wooden frame at the end of the volume.

A manuscript of the French prose romance of Tristran, Chevalier de la Table Ronde, illuminated on vellum.

A copy of a thesis 'Joseph Cooper Walker (1761-1810): Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards' presented by Lesa Ni Mhunghaile for the degree of Ph.D.(Galway, 2001), and submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.

A collection of papers, 1997-2004, relating to Lesley McCarthy's campaign to prevent the building of schools on old refuse tips in Conwy and Newport, including correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings with task groups and various bodies, press cuttings and other miscellaneous papers.

A copy of Lesley W. Hanlon's thesis, [2000], relating to manuscript NLW MS 5025B (Bourdillon 25), namely La temple de Bocace by Georges Chastellain (c. 1459-1463), including a transcript of the text, published in 1999 as An examination and transcription of George Chastellain Le Temple de Bocace (ca. 1463) ...

Papers of Leslie Wynne Evans, [1846x1985], including correspondence, 1931-1974, many of which relating to his research work; research papers and source materials, [1846x1985], including papers of Sir John Herbert Lewis, 1916-1923 and Sir Alfred T. Davies [1904x1949], correspondence of O. M. Edwards, 1907-1911, and xerox copies of Board of Education records, 1880-[c. 1920]; drafts and fragments of articles, chapters etc, [1930x1985]; miscellaneous papers including papers relating to University College, Cardiff, 1962-1977, notes, articles, maps and photographs, [1937]-[1977].

Letter book of Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd'). English. Marbled paper. Donated from the library of the Reverend D. Eurof Walters, M.A., B.D., per Mrs Walters, May 1952.

Letter book of George Burrell. See also NLW MSS 20899D, 20901D. English. Vellum. Purchased from Sotheby & Co., London, July 1972.