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Poetry, songs and prose literature, mainly manuscript, accumulated by the Pryse family of Gogerddan, [1650x1950]. The main themes of the poems are eulogies of the distinguished house of Gogerddan, Pryse family birthdays, love, hunting, drinking, mortality, contemporary national and local events, politics and elections. They include an early ‘cywydd’ to Sir Richard Pryse [1650x1675] and a notebook containing ‘Barddoniaeth’ and other writings of John Lewis of Cardiff, compiled in 1879-1880. Other items of interest are a sheet of maxims framed in a decorative roundel, traced from the original manuscript of Elizabeth Henrietta Phelps (printed 1782), an early 19th century Welsh-English vocabulary, and typescript essays on salads and dressings, possibly by Sir Lewes Pryse (d. 1946)

Newspapers accumulated by the Pryse family of Gogerddan, consisting of complete editions, articles and cuttings from The Aberystwyth Observer, 1860, 1866, The Craftsman or Say’s Weekly Journal, 1784-1785, The Daily Mirror, 1909, The London Evening Post, 1771, The Morning Chronicle, 1822, The Republican, 1819, The Times, 1805, The Traveller, 1822, Western Mail, 1882, cuttings mainly collected by Pryse Pryse, 1760-1844, and miscellaneous press cuttings, [?1922-1925]. Some articles are marked where they concern members of the Pryse or Loveden families or reflect their interests.

Rule books and membership lists of various clubs and societies to which the Pryse family of Gogerdan belonged or in which they were otherwise interested, [post-1804]-1925. They include the Horticultural Society [post-1804]; several lodges of the Freemasons to which Sir Pryse Pryse belonged in England and South Wales, 1867-1884; and Cheltenham Croquet Club, Cheltenham Steeplechase Club, the Country Gentlemen’s Club and the Hove Club, of which Lewes Thomas Loveden Pryse was a member, 1915-1925.

Letters and other papers relating to the Polish pianist, Auguste de Radwan, 1926-1959. The bulk comprises a large number of personal letters from Radwan to Marjorie Howell (later Lady Pryse), tracing the course of their love affair and Radwan’s career as a concert pianist based in Paris, moving in the elite circles of European society, 1926-1959. Other items include Radwan’s wallet [1926x1957], letters to Marjorie Pryse concerning Radwan, 1941-1959, and a printed article by Radwan about the life of Chopin, 1949.

Miscellaneous personal papers of Lady Marjorie Pryse (formerly Howell), comprising Post Office savings books, 1911-1972, the divorce certificate of Sir Lewes Pryse, 1938, bills and articles from magazines, 1971-1984.

Manuscript and typescript articles, in Breton, collected by Roparz Hemon as editor of Ar Bed Keltiek, together with related correspondence. Regular contributors include Anjela Duval, Alain Heusaff, Hervé Le Menn, Théophile Jeusset.

The series comprises deeds, 1620-1916, relating to the Clettwr estate in the parishes of Llanarth and Llanllwchaearn, Cardiganshire.

The file comprises deeds relating to leasehold premises in Aberdare, co. Glam., and succession and legacy duty papers.

The series comprises legal papers, 1834-1856, relating to Nantyrymenyn and Clettwr Mill, p. Llandysul, co. Card., and to unpaid debts of David Rees.