Henry Williams Collection of Merionethshire Deeds,
Deeds and documents, mainly relating to premises in the parish of Llangelynnin, Merionethshire, and to properties in the town of Barmouth, Merionethshire, 1731-1893.
Williams, Henry, (Archdeacon of Merioneth)
A list, [September] 1795, by the artist John Malchair of Oxford, of drawings made by him on a tour of north Wales, 22 July-21 August 1785, written on returning to Oxford.
The drawings are described in chronological order, with some additional details and comments on the surroundings, people and weather. The itinerary includes Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire (f. 1), Dinas Mawddwy (f. 2 recto-verso), Barmouth (f. 3) and Harlech (f. 3 recto-verso), Merionethshire, and Beddgelert, Caernarvonshire (f. 3 verso). For a transcript of the list see Colin Harrison, John Malchair of Oxford: Artist and Musician (Oxford, 1998), pp. 150-152.
Malchair, John, 1730-1812.
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.
Brown, Leonard Joseph, 1873-1951.
Barmouth Harbour Trust Records,
Barmouth Harbour Trust records, including minute books, 1852-1930; financial records, 1848-1930; correspondence, 1863-1920; and deeds relating to Barmouth, 1797-1920.
Barmouth Harbour Trust.
A file of programmes, pamphlets, reports, etc. relating to literary societies, 'eisteddfodau', literary festivals, concerts, schoolboard reports, county council elections, etc. mainly in the Barmouth and Porthmadog districts, with specimens from other districts in North Wales and London, 1869-1908; press cuttings and transcripts; papers relating to W. H. Roberts, bookseller, London; and letters by John Richard Williams ('Tryfanwy').
Morris and Son (Drapers) Records,
Records of Morris and Son (Drapers), Merionethshire, mainly financial records, 1860-1936, including day books, 1860-1936; ledgers, 1847-1931; cashiers' check book, 1874-1908; petty cash & expenditure books, 1874-1897; customers' minor account books, 1878-1911; debts books, 1878-1891; suppliers' account books, 1899-1924; and household account books, 1901-1906.
Morris and Son.