Dangos 944 canlyniad

Notes by J. C. Davies on Welsh folklore, extracts and drafts, including a draft introduction to his Folk-lore of West and Mid-Wales (Aberystwyth, 1911), and notes on the Sanatoria movement.

A collection comprising correspondence, poetry, notes, extracts and miscellanea (mainly relating to religious matters), an account book from Haverfordwest, sermons by several individuals, a journal of Timothy Davies, Caeronnen, and hymns by Reuben Davies ('Prydydd y Coed').

Deeds, 1759-1862, relating to properties in the parishes of Llandingad, Llanfair-ar-y-bryn, Llangadog, Llansadwrn, and Myddfai, and the town of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire; and accounts, 1847-1849, of a Carmarthen draper.

A collection of hymn-tunes and other pieces composed in the second half of the nineteenth century by William Evans Alaw Afan.

Miscellaneous papers including 'Hanes dechreuad y Genhadaeth yn Penybont yn 1826' by Ebenezer Williams 'Penillion ar Ymadawiad John Lewis ... a'i deulu i Patagonia', notes of a sermon delivered by William Evans (Tonyrefail) at Jerusalem, Ton, August 11, 1878, and circular letters and leaflets relating to various religious and political activities mainly in the Rhondda district of Glamorgan.

Papurau Pwyllgor Ymgyrch Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Penmaen-mawr,1964-1968, yn ymwneud â sefydlu ysgol feithrin Gymraeg a'r ymgyrch dros ysgol gynradd Gymraeg, yn cynnwys cofnodion,1964-1968, copi o'r cyfansoddiad, gohebiaeth gyffredinol,1964-1967, a gohebiaeth gyda'r awdurdod lleol, sefydliadau rhieni ac athrawon Cymru, ac Aelodau Seneddol, 1964-1967 = Papers of the Penmaenmawr Welsh Primary School Campaign Committee, 1964-1968, relating to the establishment of a Welsh nursery school and the campaign for a Welsh primary school, comprising minutes, 1964-1968, a copy of the constitution, general correspondence, 1964-1967, and correspondence with the local authority, Welsh parents' and teachers' organisations, and Members of Parliament, 1964-1967.

Documents, [16th century]-1976, relating to the manors of Crucadarn, Rhiwiau, Gwerngoed Owen, and Felin-newydd, in the parish of Llandyfalle, Brecknockshire.

The second and third of three volumes (see also NLW MS 23701E) of typescript and manuscript accounts by women from Wales of their experiences in the Second World War, selections from which were published in Parachutes and Petticoats: Welsh Women Writing on the Second World War, ed. by Leigh Verrill-Rhys and Deirdre Beddoe (Dinas Powys, 1992). The material was submitted in response to an appeal in 1991 by the publishers, Honno. NLW MS 23073D comprises contributions not represented in the published volume; the reminiscences of Hilda H. Price (ff. 232-241) were published in Llafur, 6 (1992), 110-113. A copy of the complete archive has been donated to the Imperial War Museum, London.

Deeds and documents, 1703-1865, relating to lands in the township of Bodran, Llanfyllin, 1703-1838, the townships of Main and Peniarth, Meifod, 1786-1865, and in Guilsfield, 1828, all in Montgomeryshire.

Deeds relating to the Pit, Dorstone, Herefordshire, and to Brook House, Llanigon, Brecknockshire, 1754-1965; and deeds relating to a cottage in Llanigon, 1854-1898.

Papurau, 1831, 1838 a 1926-1927, yn ymwneud â Chapel yr Annibynwyr, Rhuthun, a Chymdeithas Gymraeg Rhuthun a'r Cylch. = Papers, 1831, 1838 and 1936-1927, relating to the Congregational Chapel, Ruthin, and the Ruthin and District Welsh Society.
Maent yn cynnwys nodiadau o bregeth, 1831, gan y Parch. William Williams, y Wern (ff. 1-2); llythyr, 1838, yn gwahodd y Parch. Richard Jones, Aberhosan, i ddod yn weinidog ar Gapel yr Annibynwyr, Heol y Ffynnon, Rhuthun (ff. 3-4); a derbyniadau a thaliadau, 1926-1927, Cymdeithas Gymraeg Rhuthun a'r Cylch (f. 5). = The papers consist of notes on a sermon, 1831, by the Rev. William Williams, Wern (ff. 1-2); a letter, 1838, inviting the Rev. Richard Jones, Aberhosan, to become minister of the Congregational Chapel, Well Street, Ruthin (ff. 3-4); and receipts and payments, 1926-1927, of the Ruthin and District Welsh Society (f. 5).

Llyfr tonau, [1851x1858], o eiddo Edward Davies, Bryn Morfydd, Y Rhyl, yn cynnwys anthemau a salm-donau yn bennaf. = Tune book, [1851x1858], belonging to Edward Davies, Bryn Morfydd, Rhyl, containing mainly anthems and psalm-tunes.

A court leet record book, 25 April 1771-29 December 1806, of the manor of Bishopston, Glamorgan. The volume also contains loose sheets of notes in a 20th century hand relating to some of the records.
The court records are written in what appear to be four different hands. There is some annotation, possibly in the same hand as the loose sheets. There is an index at the back of the volume; it appears that the last page of the index is written in a later hand and is pasted onto the recto of the previous page.

A volume containing culinary and medicinal recipes collected by Mrs John Llewellin, [1850x1870], in which sources are named, dates sometimes given, and comments included on the quality of the resulting fare or remedy.

A register of services by boars, 1927-1943, recording sows serviced by a boar owned by the Evans family of Old Hall farm, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire.
The register was issued by Montgomery[shire] County Council in accordance with the Swine Fever Order, 1911, and records names and addresses of sows' owners.

Part of the vestry book of the parish of Llanaber, Merioneth, 1812-1825 (watermark 1804), containing minutes, July 1812-March 1823, of meetings concerning the parish poor rate, housing for the poor, etc.
The volume is probably incomplete, consisting of three loose gatherings only. A receipt, dated 5 July 1825 is tipped in on f. 14.

A volume of thirteen sermons in Welsh, 1831-1833, by the Reverend Timothy Thomas (1811-1887), Baptist minister at Rhuddlan, co. Flint, 1830-1836, together with addresses on baptism and Sunday School. For details of Timothy Thomas's pastorate at Rhuddlan, see Llawlyfr Bedyddwyr Cymru am 1888 (Cwmafon, 1888), pp. 128-9, and T. Frimston, 'Hanes Eglwys Fedyddiedig Rhuddlan', Seren Gomer, sixth series, 8 (1886), pp. 30-41.

Papers, 1967-1996, including correspondence, newspaper cuttings, plans and photographs of the memorial site of the Aberfan disaster, 1966. Included are letters from Dewi-Prys Thomas, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff, and his design.

Papers of Professor J. N. Hutchinson, 1940-1996, comprising reports on the Aberfan tragedy including Geotechnical investigation into the causes and circumstances of the disater of 21st October, 1966 , by the donor and others, together with a very rare copy of Rubbish Tip slide, Cilfynydd Common 5 December 1939 (1940), and an offprint of an article by him and others entitled 'Rapid failures of colliery spoil heaps in the South Wales coalfield', Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, 1996.