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Papers, 1830-1930, of or relating to John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia), including original musical manuscripts, mainly compositions and arrangements for the harp, 1853-1905; correspondence mainly relating to his concerts, compositions and travels, and to musical circles in London and Wales, 1842-1930; journals of European concert tours, 1851-1883; concert programmes, 1851-1905; papers of his wife, Joan Frances Thomas, 1878-1926, including tour journals, 1878-1883; and passports, 1873, 1885.

The papers comprise music manuscripts of the composer and viola player Kenneth Harding (1903-1992), comprising scores and instrumental parts of orchestral works, chamber music, songs and a number of works for the viola.

Papurau Gerallt Jones,1902-1981, yn cynnwys yn bennaf copïau llawysgrif a theipysgrif o'i farddoniaeth a'i rhyddiaith,1937-1981, llawer ohonynt wedi'u cyflwyno i gystadlaethau yn y Genedlaethol ac eisteddfodau eraill, ynghyd â'i ohebiaeth,1952-1982, a hefyd deunydd yn ymwneud â theulu llenyddol 'Y Cilie', yn cynnwys barddoniaeth a rhyddiaith gan y Parch. Fred Jones,1902-1932, y Parch. Simon B. Jones, 1934-1955, ac aelodau eraill o'r teulu, yn ogystal â llythyrau a chardiau,1956-1970, oddi wrth Dafydd Isfoel Jones a Jac Alun Jones = Papers of Gerallt Jones, 1902-1981, consisting mainly of manuscript and typescript copies of his poetry and prose, 1937-1981, much of which was entered for competition at National and other eisteddfodau, together with his correspondence, 1952-1982, and also material relating to the literary family of 'Y Cilie', including poetry and prose by the Rev. Fred Jones, 1902-1932, the Rev. Simon B. Jones, 1934-1955, and other members of the family, as well as letters and cards, 1956-1970, from Dafydd Isfoel Jones and Jac Alun Jones.

The archive includes letters and greetings cards, 1953-1972, and correspondence and papers, 1966-1972, deriving from the many groups and societies with which Olwen Caradoc Evans was associated, including the steering committee of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art and the Nant Conway Rural District Council. There are also family correspondence and papers, 1935-1945, and a file of personal correspondence, 1995-[1998]. There are also biographical and family papers, 1917-1941, research papers, 1904-1988, relating to the ancestry of Dr John Caeradoc Evans; research papers, 1846-1985, concerning the ancestry of Olwen Caradoc Evans herself; and press cuttings and photographs, 1967-1990. There are papers concerning 'Tu Hwnt i'r Bont', 1953-1959, notes relating to her research and business enterprises, 1960-1991, and printed material, 1952-1997.

Mae'r fonds yn cynnwys yn bennaf llyfrau lloffion o doriadau papur newydd o golofnau ac ysgrifau John Ellis Williams, 1918-1975. Mae'r llyfrau lloffion hefyd yn cynnwys toriadau papur newydd eraill ynglŷn â'i gyfansoddiadau, gohebiaeth, rhaglenni cystadlaethau a gwyliau dramâu, ffotograffau a lluniau, a rhaglenni cyfarfodydd Seiri Rhyddion lleol, 1912-1974. Ceir hefyd ddrafftiau o ddwy gyfrol anghyhoeddedig, 1936 a [1973], a llun o Ellis Humphrey Evans ('Hedd Wyn'), a chopi o Cofarwydd, R. Silyn Roberts, 1930.

Deeds relating to Pencrug and other properties in the parishes of Llanafan Fawr and Llanafan Fechan, Breconshire, 1587-1863.

Papers, 1885-[1922x1936], of Ernest Richmond Horsfall Turner, largely of Montgomeryshire interest. They include extracts, notes and draft essays relating to Llanidloes and Montgomeryshire history, including the Chartist movement within that county; addresses prepared for local societies, meetings, etc.; correspondence; and compositions submitted for the Llanidloes Eisteddfod of 1912; together with poetry by John Newton Crowther (Glanceri), Horsfall Turner's father-in-law.

Deeds and documents, [c. 1753]-1927, relating to properties in the counties of Brecknockshire, 1815-1834, Cardiganshire, [c. 1753]-[c. 1853, Glamorgan, 1851, Montgomeryshire, 1803-1857, Monmouthshire, 1843, and Pembrokeshire, 1819-1927, referred to the Treasury Solicitor for advice or litigation.

Papurau T. Ifor Rees, y diplomydd, cyfieithydd, ac awdur, a phapurau ei dad, J. T. Rees, y cerddor.

Ganed Thomas Ifor Rees yn 1890, yn un o blant J. T. Rees ac Elizabeth, Bronceiro, Bow Street, Ceredigion. Ar ôl derbyn ei addysg gynnar yn Ysgol Rhydypennau ac Ysgol Ramadeg Ardwyn, Aberystwyth, aeth ymlaen i Goleg y Brifysgol, Aberystwyth, lle y graddiodd gydag anrhydedd yn y Gymraeg yn 1910. Dechreuodd ei yrfa fel diplomydd pan benodwyd ef yn Is-Gonswl Gweithredol ym Marseilles, Ffrainc yn 1913, ac yna yn Chargé d'Affaires yn Caracas, Feneswela yn 1914. Ar ôl treulio cyfnodau yn Managua, Nicaragwa; Bilbao, Sbaen; Mecsico; Havana, Ciwba; Milan, yr Eidal, fe'i penodwyd yn Weinidog Prydeinig yn Bolifia yn 1943 ac yn Llysgennad Ei Fawrhydi yn 1947 tan ei ymddeoliad yn 1950. Ef oedd Llysgennad cyntaf Prydain yn Bolifia. Bu farw yn 1977.
Mae ei bapurau yn cynnwys yn bennaf gohebiaeth deuluol a phersonol, gyda rhai yn ymwneud â'i yrfa a drafftiau o'i weithiau.

Ganed John Thomas Rees yn 1857 yng Nghwmgiedd, Ystradgynlais, sir Frycheiniog. Treuliodd ychydig o amser yn Aberystwyth o dan hyfforddiant y Dr Joseph Parry, cyn graddio gyda Mus.Bac. ym Mhrifysgol Toronto. Wedi iddo ddychwelyd i Gymru, bu'n athro, yn arweinydd corau ac yn dysgu yng Ngholeg Aberystwyth.

One hundred and thirty-two letters and cards, 1959-1967, from Helen Thomas to Terence Cooper, London, containing mainly personal news and comments on Edward Thomas; also included are two letters, 1962-1965, from Myfanwy Thomas, daughter of Helen and Edward Thomas (ff. 45, 144).

Correspondence and other papers, 1805-[?late 20 cent.], relating to the soprano Adelina Patti and to her friend Edward Hall, Box Office Manager at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.
The papers comprise: (i) Some eight letters (one an envelope only), 1893-1898, from Adelina Patti, at Craig-y-Nos Castle, Nice and Paris, to Edward Hall, London (ff. 3-5, 9-25), together with one letter to Hall from [?Pittman], Ystalyfera, 10 August 1883 (ff. 1-2), and a letter from Patti, in Indianapolis, 1 January 1894, to [?W. E.] Gladstone (ff. 6-8); (ii) typescript transcripts of the Adelina Patti letters, [?late 20 cent.] (11 ff.); (iii) some twenty-seven newspaper cuttings, December 1893-February 1894, relating to Patti's tour of America, apparently sent to Edward Hall from Toronto, possibly by Patti herself; (iv) photographs, postcards and ephemera relating to Patti, 1889-1984; (v) an insert book for the EMI long play record 'Adelina Patti' (RLS 711), 1973; (vi) copies of five newspapers, 1805-1809, containing news relating to the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, together with a few other printed items, 1875, 1925, concerning the Theatre and Edward Hall; and (vii) largely unrelated items, comprising photographs of Nellie Melba, [?1911], Queen Elizabeth [the Queen Mother], [?1940s], and a 'Souvenir Programme of the Visit of… the Duke and Duchess of York to Cardiff... and Blaina', [1932].

Papers, 1946-2017, of Captain Ted Lees, relating to Island Farm Prisoner of War Camp, Bridgend. Captain Lees was the camp's Intelligence Officer and interpreter during the period 1946-1948, when it held some of the most senior German officers, including Feldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt.
The papers include a nominal roll of senior prisoners compiled by Lees (ff. i-ii, I-XVI); some eighteen letters to Lees, from von Rundstedt and others, 1946-1948, 1957 (ff. 1-21); a typescript statement by von Rundstedt concerning the Blomberg-Fritsch affair of 1938 (ff. 22-25); a typescript memorandum, dated 9 July 1947, from a prisoner to a 'Herr Bieri' [?Frederick Bieri of the IRCC], concerning the Geneva Convention (ff. 30-36); Lees's manuscript recollections of von Rundstedt, 1953 (ff. 54-57); and a copy of a War Office urgent memorandum (U.M./4202(P.W.1m)), dated 8 September 1947, enclosing a categorised nominal roll of senior German officers detained in the UK (ff. 38-53). The letters to Captain Lees, mostly in German, are from Generalmajor [Walter] Leuze, 10 May 1946 (f. 1), [Generalmajor Hans] Erdmann, 3 December 1946 (f. 2), von Rundstedt, 25 December 1946 (f. 3), [Generalmajor Burkhart] Muller-Hildebrand, 2 February 1947 (ff. 4-5), [Konteradmiral] Hans Voss, 13 August 1947 (f. 6), General der Flieger Hans-Georg von Seidel, 14 August 1947 (f. 8), General der Artillerie Anton[-Reichard Hermann Friedrich Maria] Fr[ei]h[er]r v[on] Bechtolsheim, 19 August 1947 (f. 9), Dr Rudolf Aettig, 9 December 1947 (f. 11), [General] Gunther Blumentritt, 26 February 1948 (f. 13), and [General Edwin Graf von] Rothkirch [und Trach], 1 May 1948 (f. 14). Also included are a letter to Lees's wife from von Rundstedt, 10 February 1948 (f. 12), a Christmas card from Voss, made in camp, [1946x1948] (f. 17), a note from Voss certifying the handing over of medals to Captain Lees, [1946x1948] (f. 18), and correspondence, 1957, between Lees, Wilhelm Bauer de Betaz and a Manchester bank, concerning the whereabouts of Bauer de Betaz's medals (ff. 19-21). Items subsequently added to the papers include typescript translations of two of the letters into English (ff. 7, 15), photocopies of parts of the Blomberg-Fritsch and Geneva Convention typescripts (ff. 26-29, 37, kept for conservation purposes) and printouts of web pages relating to Lees and von Rundstedt, 2010, 2017 (ff. 62-64).

The collection consists of personal, literary, and editorial correspondence, including correspondence from various poets and literary figures from Wales and other countries, and related papers, 1970-2017; literary contracts, agreements, and statements, 1971-2016; typescripts for published works, 1986-[c.1998]; papers relating to poetry readings, conferences, and events, 1995-2007; press cuttings and reviews, 1974-[c.2012]; papers relating to various music and poetry groups, 1999-2015; and diary notes, 1978-1985.

Papers of the society, and notes and research on individual wells, their histories and current condition, and well-lore.

British Red Cross Society's Note Book and Diary for 1916, of Corporal Howard Ll[oyd] Roberts of Borth, Cardiganshire, serving on the Western Front in France and Belgium with the 129th Field Ambulance of the RAMC, attached to 15th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, part of the 38th (Welsh) Division, containing diary entries for 16 January and 2 February-31 December 1916 (pp. 74, 78-174). The frequent references to water tanks and carts indicate Cpl Roberts was part of the 129th Ambulance's Sanitary Section.
The Division began the year in the Neuve-Chapelle sector, between Merville and Bethune (pp. 78-116), then in June was ordered to the Somme, taking part in the Battle of Mametz Wood during the 1st Battle of the Somme in July (pp. 121-124). On 31 July (p. 130) Roberts's battalion arrived at Poperinghe, Belgium, and spent the rest of the year in the vicinity of Ypres (pp. 130-174). Roberts was on leave in Birmingham and Borth, 3-10 April (pp. 96-98), and was hospitalised at St Omer with German measles, 4-15 May (pp. 104-108). As an artist Roberts contributed sketches to the New Year Souvenir of the Welsh Division for 1917 (see pp. 160-165). A sketch map of the British lines at Windy Corner, [Neuve-Chapelle sector], is on p. 65; a very small pencil sketch is on p. 124.

Copi o Jonathan Hughes, Bardd, a Byrddau Amryw, Seigiau; neu, Gasgliad o Gynghanedd sef Carolau a Cherddi a Chywyddau (Amwythig: Stafford Prys, 1778; ESTC T140501, Libri Walliae 2526), gyda cherddi wedi eu hychwanegu mewn llawysgrif tu mewn i'r clawr blaen ac ar y dail rhwymo (tt. i-vi, 376-382), yn bennaf yn llaw William Samuel, [18 gan., hwyr]. = A copy of Jonathan Hughes, Bardd, a Byrddau Amryw, Seigiau; neu, Gasgliad o Gynghanedd sef Carolau a Cherddi a Chywyddau (Shrewsbury: Stafford Prys, 1778; ESTC T140501, Libri Walliae 2526), with Welsh poetry added in manuscript inside the front cover and on the fly-leaves (pp. i-vi, 376-382), mostly in the hand of William Samuel, [late 18 cent.].
Ymysg y tair cerdd ar ddeg a ychwanegwyd, mae dwy bennill gan William Samuel (tt. v, vi), ['Cerdd y Pren Almon'] gan Owen Griffith, [Llanystumdwy] (tt. 376-381), englyn gan Rhys Jones o'r Blaenau (t. 381) a phennill cyntaf cerdd [gan Dafydd Williams] (t. 382). Ceir mân gywiriadau ac arnodiadau ar tt. 5, 27, 111, 150, 182, 184, 202, 286, 358, 360, 367 a 369. Mae toriad papur newydd, 17 Ebrill 1928, ynglŷn â Jonathan Hughes wedi ei phastio i mewn ar. t. viii. = Amongst the thirteen additional poems are two verses by William Samuel (pp. v. vi), ['Cerdd y Pren Almon'] by Owen Griffith, [Llanystumdwy] (pp. 376-381), an englyn by Rhys Jones, Blaenau (t. 381) and the first verso only of a poem [by Dafydd Williams] (t. 382). There are minor corrections and annotations on pp. 5, 27, 111, 150, 182, 184, 202, 286, 358, 360, 367 and 369. A newspaper cutting, 17 April 1928, relating to Jonathan Hughes is pasted in on p. viii.

Film scripts by Rhydderch Jones, 1974-1987, mainly for television, including 'Mr Lollipop MA', 'Lliwiau' and 'Swallows'. = Sgriptiau ffilm gan Rhydderch Jones, 1974-1987, yn bennaf ar gyfer y teledu, gan gynnwys 'Mr Lollipop MA', 'Lliwiau' a 'Swallows'.

Comprises the correspondence and political and Royal ephemera created and collected by Sir David Treharne Llewellyn, much of it during his time as MP for Cardiff North (1950-1959). Includes letters from Margot Asquith, Philip Noel Baker, Henry Brooke, R. A. Butler, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, David Maxwell Fyfe, Gwilym Lloyd George, Lord Hailsham, Edward Heath, Geoffrey Howe, Douglas Hurd, Selwyn Lloyd, Harold Macmillan and George Thomas, together with a typed letter to his father, Sir David Richard Llewellyn, from David Lloyd George.

Sub-fond A comprises papers related to Ann Jones's campaign for domestic fire safety measures in Wales, centering on the devolution of powers to the National Assembly for Wales for this purpose and the resulting legislation; the Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure, 2011, which required sprinkler systems to be fitted to all newly built or substantially converted domestic residences in Wales. Sub-fond B comprises material related to Ann Jones' campaign against the closure of the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service control room in Rhyl. Sub-fonds C comprises material related to the Children's Society's decision to withdraw from Wales, and Ann Jones' efforts in the the subsequent establishment of Tros Gynnal Plant to continue that work. Sub-fonds D relates to the restructure of the National Health Service in Wales.

Papurau'r bardd Dewi Stephen Jones, 1980-2019, yn cynnwys drafftiau o gerddi, llythyrau oddi wrth Anne Stevenson, Bobi Jones ac Alan Llwyd, ynghyd â theyrngedau a roddwyd iddo yn dilyn ei farwolaeth yn 2019. = Papers of the poet Dewi Stephen Jones, 1980-2019, including letters from Anne Stevenson, Bobi Jones and Alan Llwyd, together with tributes on his death.