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The second of two volumes of scrap-albums compiled, 1937-1940, by R. D. Roberts containing press cuttings of a series of articles entitled 'Hanes Offeiriaid Plwyfi Esgobaeth Bangor' by Richard Rhys Hughes, vicar of Glanogwen, Caernarfonshire, published in Y Llan, August 1937-January 1940, together with cards, photographs and engravings, [mid-19 cent.]-[1930s], mostly of churches within the diocese of Bangor, pasted in on f. xiv verso, pp. 105, 180, 184 and 186; and a transcript with an English translation, 1931, by Richard Rhys Hughes of 'Awdl y caws' by Deio ab Ieuan Du from Peniarth MS 99 pasted in on p. 182.

The first of two volumes containing copies of Notes & Catalogue for the Flintshire & Denbighshire Historical Exhibition held at Rhyl, 23-25 April 1902, with notes added in the hand of R. D. Roberts. Press cuttings, 1899-1939, relating to Flintshire and Denbighshire, and letters (3), 1902-1915, to R. D. Roberts, including one, 1914, from Willoughby Gardner (f. 1v), are pasted or tipped into the volume.

The second of two volumes containing copies, partially interleaved, of Notes & Catalogue for the Flintshire & Denbighshire Historical Exhibition held at Rhyl, 23-25 April 1902, with notes added in the hand of R. D. Roberts. Press cuttings, 1899-1939, relating to Flintshire and Denbighshire, and letters (3), 1902-1915, to R. D. Roberts, including one, 1906, from Llewelyn Nevill Vaughan Lloyd-Mostyn, 3rd baron Mostyn (p. 84), are pasted or tipped into the volume.

A volume containing an interleaved copy of Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Welsh Antiquities ... compiled by William R. Owen, secretary of the Liverpool Welsh National Society, for an exhibition held under the auspices of the Welsh Industries Association in Liverpool, 1902, with notes added by R. D. Roberts, and related press cuttings and correspondence, 1902-1933, tipped or pasted in, including a letter, 1902, to R. D. Roberts from W[illiam] R. Owen requesting the loan of exhibits (f. ii).

A volume containing pedigrees compiled, 1915, by R. D. Roberts, of the Roberts family and collateral families in the parishes of Llannefydd and Henllan, Denbighshire. Pasted-in throughout are photographs, 1906, of Llechryd and Foxhall, together with miscellaneous press cuttings and photographs, 1918-1937, which were added later.

Facsimiles of documents relating to the parish of Llannefydd, Denbighshire, comprising pages from manuscripts in the Peniarth Collection and letters in the Lleweni Papers, together with transcripts of the documents by R. D. Roberts and a letter, 1932, to him from W. Ll. Davies, the Librarian at the National Library of Wales.

A proof copy, with autograph emendations, 1937, of Henry Edmund Theodoric Vale, 'Wales: Its Character and its Dangers'. It was published as a chapter in Britain and the Beast, ed. by Clough Williams-Ellis (London, 1937) (pp. 256-265).

A volume containing notes, [c. 1936]-[c. 1938], by R. D. Roberts and his cousin, Arthur Foulkes-Roberts, on some of the books previously in the library of their grandfather, John Foulkes, Llechryd, Llanefydd, Denbighshire, including details relating to the provenance of the books; also included are memoranda relating to the families of Foulkes of Llechryd and Roberts of Foxhall, Henllan, Denbighshire. Letters, 1936, from A. Foulkes-Roberts to R. D. Roberts are tipped in on pp. 3 and 5.

Miscellaneous documents, 1831-1938, including letters, photographs and press cuttings relating to Peter Roberts of St Asaph, and the families of Foulkes of Llechryd, Llannefydd, and Hughes of Penybryn, Abergele, Denbighshire.

Correspondence, 1936-1938, between T. A. Glenn and R. D. Roberts concerning Katheryn of Berain.

A note, 1926, in the hand of A[rthur] Foulkes-Roberts, highly critical of Saunders Lewis, pasted on a printed review by the latter of Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac Eraill, ed. by Henry Lewis, et al. (1925), which appeared in Y Llenor, October 1926.

This collection is from the library of Robert Davies Roberts and relates principally to family history and to the antiquities of Denbighshire.

Papers from the library of R. D. Roberts, Bethesda, co. Caernarvon, including two copies of 'Wigs on the Green', being typescript notes by R. D. Roberts on the will of Thomas Penkitt of Denbigh, co. Denbigh, periwig- maker, 1718 (proved 1720); a holograph letter from Win. Roberts, Hamilton, Canada, to John Jones, Bethesda, 1925 (deploring the difficulty of getting copies of musical compositions from Wales) (letter-head of Hamilton Eisteddfod); and transcripts of correspondence between Benjamin Evans, Bangor, clerk to the Aethwy Rural District Council, and C. A. [H. Green, archbishop of] Wales, 1937 (right-of-way to the church on Llanddwyn Island, co. Anglesey) (with annotations by R. D. Roberts).

A volume containing the printer's typescript copy, 1935, with revisions in the hand of the author and notes by the compositor, of Henry Edmund Theodoric Vale, The World of Wales (London, 1935); a water-colour of Nant Ffrancon, Caernarvonshire by the author's wife, Ruth Vale, is pasted on f. 2, and nine pictures of Welsh castles, mostly extracted from newspapers, are pasted or tipped in on ff. 117v, 202v-243v, passim. Two letters, 1937, from Henry Edmund Theodoric Vale and Ruth Vale are tipped in on ff. ii and 1.

A scrap-album compiled, 1936-1938, by R. D. Roberts containing press cuttings and other printed items, photographs and engravings, 1808-1938, relating to the town of Denbigh and its history, together with notes by the compiler and Arthur Foulkes-Roberts. Included are bills, 1842-1860, from local doctors and a chemist (pp. 46a-47, 110), and press cuttings from The Free Press, 4-18 February 1911, of a series of articles by A. Foulkes-Roberts entitled 'Denbigh Archives' (pp. 3-31).

A volume containing the first of a limited edition of thirty copies of Frederick Arthur Crisp, The Parish Registers of Kegidog, alias St George, near Abergele, 1694-1750 (London, 1890). Genealogical and other notes by R. D. Roberts and A. Foulkes-Roberts are added or tipped in on f. ii verso, iv, pp. 1-52 passim. Also included is correspondence, 1890-1891, concerning the publication of the registers (pasted or tipped in on ff. i-ii, iv verso); press cuttings, 1928-1936, relating to the parishes of St George and Llanfair Talhaearn (pasted or tipped in on f. v verso, pp. 53-54); and the signatures, 1844-[c. 1845], of the Rev. Thomas Davies and the Rev. Charles Williams, curates of Holyhead, and the Rev. David Roberts, curate of Llangedwyn, Denbighshire (tipped in on f. iii verso).

A volume containing a copy of Joseph William Gleeson White, Ballades and Rondeaus ... (London, 1887), with a transcript in the hand of R. D. Roberts of an English translation by B. M. Cholmeley of an unidentified rondeau by Alain Chartier (ff. iv verso-v) and press cuttings, 1909-1912, of poetry by R. D. Roberts, published mostly in Country Life (pasted on ff. iv, ii, iii and pp. 302-4, 307).

A volume compiled, [c. 1936]-1939, by R. D. Roberts, containing abstracts of wills, 1564-1652, of persons living in Llannefydd, Denbighshire, together with a first name index (pp. 163-77), and related pedigrees (pp. 178-89).

A volume compiled, 1936, by R. D. Roberts, containing abstracts of St Asaph diocesan wills, 1660-1729, of persons living in Llannefydd, Denbighshire, together with a first name index (pp. 149-63), and related pedigrees (pp. 164-89).

Pedigrees compiled, [c. 1936], by R. D. Roberts, of families in the parishes of Henllan and Llannefydd, Denbighshire, together with transcripts of wills and other documents. Included are the families of Roberts of Henllan, and Brickdall, Edwards and Williams families of Llannefydd.