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A volume of press cuttings, circa 1865-1869, relating mainly to parliamentary affairs, elections, etc.

A facsimile copy, presented to Sir William Thomas Lewis (afterwards 1st Baron Merthyr), of a study by W. Nelson Greenwood, Lancaster, illustrated with statistical tables and diagrams, entitled The influence of atmospheric pressure on the free flow of the Tidal Wave in the Bristol and St George's Channels, 1890.

A collection of over seventy autograph and typed letters and cards from Sir John Barbirolli, together with some from Evelyn Barbirolli to the singer Parry Jones between 1936-1963, and a further group of autograph and typed letters and cards, 1925-1963, to Parry Jones, signed by a number of prominent men and women of the day, including John Coates, Lilian Baylis, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Sir Neville Cardus, Ernest Newman, Ian Parrott, Maurice Miles, Steuart Wilson, Peter Gellhorn and others.

Log-book of the yacht Ayesha, 4 August 1923 - 15 August 1927, kept by Joseph Boumphrey (1881-1951) of Liverpool, later of Aber-soch, shipping engineer, describing races, regattas and sailings on Merseyside, the North Wales coast, in particular the Llŷn peninsula, Menai Straits and Anglesey, and the Isle of Man (see Beti Isabel Hughes, The Log-books of the yacht Ayesha and the S. C. Y. C. at Abersoch, Cymru a'r Môr, 16 (1994), 116-23). A reference to the formation of the South Caernarfonshire Yacht Club is found on f. 5. An incomplete draft of the same, 21 May - 3 September 1927, found loose inside the volume, has been filed separately (MS 22633iiA).

A scrapbook containing autographs, franks and prints compiled, [1831]-[c. 1867], probably by Sarah Dorothy Grey of Norton, Stockton-on-Tees (later Sarah Dorothy Robinson of Silksworth Hall, County Durham, and Quedgeley, Gloucestershire).
Nearly all the autographs are in the form of 'free fronts', mostly dated 1806-1839, being franked address panels signed by Members of Parliament (or Lords) to allow them free postage (ff. 2-110 passim; a number of these are addressed to members of the Grey family of Norton). The prints include engravings depicting Royalty (ff. 1 verso, 4, 16, 34), topographical and architectural views (ff. 4 verso-111 passim) and female fashions of 1830 (ff. 10 recto-verso, 28 recto-verso). Also included are cuttings of a few ballads (ff. 12, 18, 22 verso, 72) and two 'skit notes' (f. 18). Items found loose inside the volume (19 ff.) have been placed in an archival envelope; these include eleven free fronts, 1828-1837, and three invitations (in French) to the Robinson family to attend events at the French Court in Paris, 1867.

The fonds comprises research material relating to drovers and drove roads in Wales, and in other parts of Britain and Ireland, reflecting R. G. Avent's interest in the subject. The papers include manuscript notes, notebooks and offprints from journals and magazines, together with some related publications. Also included is a card index containing references to relevant printed sources, some of which are cross-referenced with the notes.

A manuscript entitled Causes in Chancery gathered by Sir George Carye, one of ye Masters of the Chancery ..., containing reports of cases in Chancery from 1469/1470 to 1603.

Medical recipes and prescriptions bound with four pamphlets, namely Herbal, neu Lysieu-Lyfr ... Wedi eu casglu allan o waith N. Culpeper, ... Gan D. T. Jones (Caernarfon, 1816-1817), in three parts, and Drych i Ddwfr Cleifion ... (Caerfyrddin, 1765).

Two tracts - (a) a description of England, in fifteen chapters, compiled in 1445, beginning 'tractatus iste compendiose extractus de diversorum historiographorum diversis ... describit Angliam ... '; (b) a genealogical chronicle in the same hand projected from Adam to Brutus and from Brutus to Henry VI, but in execution brought only to Edward I, with a continuation in a sixteenth century hand to Henry VIII (1518). The pattern of this genealogical chronicle is that of the Promptuarium Bibliae attributed to Petrus Pictaviensis. The text begins 'Adam in agro damasceno ...' (cf. Thomas Jones, Y Bibyl Ynghymraeg (Cardiff, 1940), p. xiii) and has lines added for the Saxons, kings of Britain, princes of Wales, the different divisions of Saxon England, kings of England, princes of Demetia, princes of Venedotia, &c.

The file comprises papers relating to a proposed Bibliography of British Dog Books, 1960, 1976-1979, together with stray insurance certificates, 1977, 1980.

'An Essay on the evils arising from killing salmon out of season and when full of spawn', written for a competition organised at Merthyr Tydfil by Thomas Hennay, 1844, together with a Welsh translation, the rules relating to the competition and a copy of an Act relating to salmon fisheries passed by Parliament in May 1843.

Correspondence and papers, memoranda, discussion papers and reports, 1964-1990, relating to the Labour Party, many to the Labour Party Wales. Some of the papers concern policy formulation and reviews.

The file comprises nearly one hundred pamphlets and leaflets published by the Communist Party, the Labour Party and Trade Unions, relating mainly to Communist policy, employment, trade unions, equal opportunities, and the economy.

Cofnodion Plaid Cymru, 1915-1999, yn cynnwys cofnodion, agenda and gohebiaeth y pwyllgor gwaith a phwyllgorau eraill, 1925-1997; gohebiaeth gyffredinol, 1925-1998, gyda nifer o aelodau a swyddogion blaenllaw y blaid; cofnodion, gohebiaeth a phapurau eraill y gwahanol bwyllgorau rhanbarthol, 1925-1997, a changhennau,1930-1992; cofnodion a dogfennaeth y Cyngor Cenedlaethol, 1967-1997; cofnodion ariannol, yn cynnwys rhai papur newydd misol y blaid Y Ddraig Goch a Welsh Nation a Chronfa Gŵyl Ddewi, 1927-1996; rhaglenni a threfniadau ar gyfer cynadleddau ac Ysgolion Haf, 1933-1998; cofnodion aelodaeth, 1930-1996; papurau y Grŵp Ymchwil, [c.1960]-1995; papurau, yn cynnwys areithiau ac effemera, yn ymwneud ag etholiadau, 1929-1999; papurau yn ymwneud ag Adran y Menywod, 1924-1996, a'r Mudiad Ieuenctid, 1964-1998; papurau yn ymwneud â refferendwm datganoli 1979,1969-1983, a refferendwm 1997, a Chynulliad Cymru,1992-1998; papurau yn ymwneud â Y Ddraig Goch, Welsh Nation a chyhoeddiadau eraill, 1932-1996; deunydd printiedig gan Blaid Cymru ac eraill yn cynnwys llyfrau, cyfnodolion a phamffledi,1913-1996; torion o'r wasg, 1924-1996; cylchlythyron, 1938-1992; papurau yn ymwneud â'r Blaid Seneddol,1980-1996; papurau unigolion ac rhai ar wahanol bynciau amrywiol, 1926-1998 = Records of Plaid Cymru, 1915-1999, including minutes, agendas and correspondence of the executive and other committees, 1925-1997; general correspondence, 1925-1998, with many prominent party members and officials; minutes, correspondence and other papers of the various regional committees, 1925-1997, and branches, 1930-1992; minutes and records of the National Council, 1967-1997; financial records, including those of the party's monthly newspaper Y Ddraig Goch and Welsh Nation and Cronfa Gwyl Dewi, 1927-1996; arrangements for and programmes of conferences and Summer Schools, 1933-1998; membership records, 1930-1996; papers of the Grŵp Ymchwil (research group), [c.1960]-1995; papers, including speeches and ephemera, relating to elections, 1929-1999; papers relating to the Adran Menywod (Women's Section), 1934-1996, and the Mudiad Ieuenctid (Youth Movement), 1964-1998; papers relating to the 1979 devolution referendum, 1969-1983, and the 1997 referendum and Welsh Assembly, 1992-1998; papers relating to Y Ddraig Goch, Welsh Nation and other publications, 1932-1996; printed matter by Plaid Cymru and others including books, periodicals and pamphlets, 1913-1996; press cuttings, 1924-1996; circulars, 1938-1992; papers relating to the Parliamentary Party, 1980-1996; papers of individuals and to various miscellaneous topics, 1926-1998.

Transcripts of correspondence, 1656-1661, between John Lewis, Glascrug, Aberystwyth and Richard Baxter, also of letters from John Ellis, Dolgellau to John Lewis and from Sam. Jones, Coedrawen, Glamorgan to Richard Baxter; together with a few extracts from state papers.

Papers by John Ballinger:- 'Public Libraries in 1882'; 'Hopes and fears for libraries in Great Britain'; 'Notes on a library catalogue'; and 'Books for very young children'.

Transcripts of 'Trioedd Ynys Prydain' and 'Bonedd y Saint neu Achau Saint Ynys Prydain'.