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Articles, reviews, correspondence, addresses, etc., by T. I. Ellis, 1949-1959, including Welsh travel articles; radio talks on travel, with related correspondence; book reviews; addresses concerning Thomas Edward Ellis's centenary, [1959]; and some correspondence with publishers.
Also included are manuscript translations, 1940, by TIE of three poems by Walter de la Mare, submitted for competition at that year's National Eisteddfod.

A copy of the script for 'Tom Ellis - Rhaglen ar gyfer canmlwyddiant ei eni' by Frank Price Jones, transmitted 16 February 1959, which featured a contribution from T. I. Ellis. Also included is correspondence relating to the programme.

Essays on 'Dyddiau Boreu Thomas Edward Ellis' by R. Roberts, Penrhyn, and on his associations with Y Goleuad by [E. W. Evans], and press cuttings relating to Thomas E. Ellis and to the matter of H. J. Ellis Nanney and his Merioneth tenants, 1888.

Material collected by Thomas Edward Ellis, M.P. and Principal John Humphreys Davies in preparation for the publication, by the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, including notes, facsimiles of the autograph of Morgan Llwyd, transcripts from printed and manuscript sources, part of the first volume (which was edited by T. E. Ellis) and letters containing bibliographical and other information, most of them written to T. E. Ellis by Sir John Ballinger, J. Glyn Davies, John Humphreys Davies, Daniel Silvan Evans, Edward Griffith (Springfield, Dolgellau), Messrs Jarvis and Foster (Bangor), Sir John Edward Lloyd, Alfred Neobard Palmer, Sir John Williams, bart, etc.

Papers of Mari Ellis, 1986-[c. 2001], relating to Thomas Edward Ellis, comprising items relating to the centenary of his election to Parliament, 1986 (ME 21/1); typescript pages, apparently from a draft of Y Golau Gwan, [?late 1990s] (ME 21/2); cuttings of reviews of Y Golau Gwan, together with letters of congratulation on the book to ME from Lord Hooson, George Noakes and others, 1999 (ME 21/3); manuscript drafts of three talks, in Welsh, by ME on T. E. Ellis's correspondence with Annie Davies, 1999-2000 (ME 21/4); notes and transcripts relating to T. E. Ellis, derived from the D. R. Daniel Papers and other sources at NLW, [c. 2001] (ME 21/5, ME 21/7); and manuscript drafts of two talks, in Welsh and English, the one entitled 'T. E. Ellis a Cheredigion', together with a pamphlet by her on the same subject, [c. 2001] (ME 21/6).
Also included is a letter, in Welsh, [1975], from W. D. [Williams], Barmouth, enclosing an original election pamphlet of T. E. Ellis, dated 28 June 1886 (ME 21/8); and a letter, in Welsh, [1985], from Rhodri Morgan, University of Wales Press, requesting her help locating photographs of T. E. Ellis (ME 21/9).

Letters, memoranda, maps and plans and other material submitted as evidence to the Welsh Land Commission by landowners, tenants and others, including notes of the evidence of Thomas E. Ellis, M.P., together with the rent receipt books, 1852-1879, of David Evans, tenant of farms on the estate of H[ugh] Powell Williams.

A collection of press cuttings relating to T. E. Ellis and to Welsh politics, some of which are contributed by T. E. Ellis.

The collection comprises correspondence, including general correspondence to Sir J. Herbert Lewis, 1886-1933, drafts and copies of correspondence from Sir J. Herbert Lewis, 1887-1933, letters from Sir J. Herbert Lewis to Adelaide, his first wife, 1891-1893, letters from Sir J. Herbert Lewis to Ruth, his second wife, 1902-1933, letters from Sir J. Herbert Lewis to his daughter Kitty, 1915-1925, letters from Lady Lewis to Sir J. Herbert Lewis, 1899-1930, letters to Lady Lewis, 1901-1939, and miscellaneous correspondence, 1890-1920; diaries, 1872-1933; Liberal Party in Wales, 1889-1896; subject files (including correspondence), 1865-1933; press cuttings, 1879-1933; deeds and documents, 1442-1864; miscellaneous papers, 1750-1949; and photographs, c. 1890-1929.

Article by Ruth Lewis - 'Early Memories'; letters between Saunders Lewis and Sir Herbert Lewis and other letters; article by Kitty Idwal Jones - 'Early Memories'; article by Olwen Foreman - ''Wartime and College Memories', deposited by Mrs Olwen Foreman, February 2008.

Papers of and relating to Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, 1599-1941, comprising general correspondence of Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, 1893-1919 and 1922-1940; general correspondence of Lady Thomas, 1895-1941; American letters from descendants of relatives who emigrated, 1873-1931; letters of Welsh interest mainly concerning localities and place-names, 1892-1919; letters relating to T.E. Ellis, 1898-1935; personal letters and cards from Daniel Lleufer Thomas to his wife, 1902; political letters, 1906-1933; papers relating to Daniel Lleufer Thomas's legal career and interests, 1891-1938; subject files relating to his public offices, including his appointment to the Welsh Land Commission, 1887-1941, societies and institutions to which he belonged, 1886-1940, Llandovery School, 1880-1935, the translator and poet Richard Morris Lewis, 1866-1933, general literary and historical interests, 1889-1940, and miscellaneous subjects, 1915-1933; and personal papers which include deeds of Brynmaen, once the family home, 1599-1885, and diaries of Daniel Lleufer Thomas and Lady Thomas, 1892-1899.

Lord Rosebery [Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl]: Robert Burns ... (Edinburgh, 1896), being a vellum-bound presentation copy by the author to D. R. Daniel (marked 'For the sake of Tom Ellis ...'), and a covering letter from 'Tom' [Thomas E. Ellis] to David [R. Daniel] which is bound in the volume.

Proofs of printed books, with manuscript notes, and manuscript drafts of the introduction to and contents of T. E. Ellis's edition of 'Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd', Vol. I.

A scrap-book of J. H. Davies containing press cuttings of reviews of Thomas E. Ellis (ed.), Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, Vol. I (Bangor, 1899), J. H. Davies (ed.), Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, Vol. II (Bangor, 1908), J. H. Davies (ed.), The Letters of Lewis, Richard, William and John Morris of Anglesey (Morrisiaid Mon) (Aberystwyth, 1907-9), J. H. Davies (ed.), The Life and Opinions of Robert Roberts, a Wandering Scholar (Cardiff, 1923), J. H. Davies (ed.), The Letters of Goronwy Owen (1723-69) (Cardiff, 1924), and Charles Ashton, Gweithiau Iolo Goch (Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion, 1896); of obituary notices of Thomas E. Ellis; of 'The Pembrokeshire Antiquary', edited by Professor J. Young Evans; of 'The Curate-Seer. Mr Meredith Morris's Visions'; etc.

The series comprises personal letters written from Oxford, Cardiff, London and other places discussing his career and professional activities, as well as illuminating the complex relationship, full of tensions and problems, between husband and wife. The letters also refer to many members of the family and to a host of prominent contemporary figures, amongst them Sir Edward Anwyl, Thomas Edward Ellis, Sir John Morris-Jones, Sir John Rhys and Daniel Lleufer Thomas. There are many references to Llanuwchllyn and Penllyn more generally and to O. M. Edwards's wide-ranging services to Wales, including his editorship of a number of journals and his work as Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales after 1907.

Most of the letters, 1892-1916, are devoted to the writer's researches, writings and editing of Wales, Y Llenor, Heddyw and Cymru for which he solicits contributions from the pen of J. H. Davies. Several letters refer to the death of Thomas Edward Ellis in April 1899, the preparation of his biography and the erection of a memorial statue at Bala. Others relate to J. H. Davies's application for the position of Registrar of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and some to Edwards's duties as Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales.

Extracts by Tom Ellis from 'Y Traethodydd', 'Llyfr y Tri Aderyn', 'Hanes y Ffydd', etc. on Welsh language and literature, religious revivals in Wales, etc.

A notebook in the hand of Thomas Edward Ellis (1859-99) containing notes and extracts mainly relating to Morgan Llwyd (1619-59) and the religious background of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, probably compiled in connection with the preparation of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, ed. Thomas E. Ellis (Bangor and London, 1899). The second volume of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd was published in 1908 and edited by J. H. Davies, who states (p.v) that T. E. Ellis had left a large number of disconnected notes which he had found very useful in preparing his work.

Llythyrau, 1914-1933, at Ellis D. Jones, yn bennaf yn ymwneud â sefydlu Neuadd Goffa Owain Glyndŵr yng Nglyndyfrdwy, 1931-1932, y gohebwyr yn cynnwys T. E. Ellis (3), T. Gwynn Jones (3) a Syr John Edward Lloyd (2), ynghŷd â llythyrau eraill, 1936-1952, rhai ohonynt wedi'u cyfeirio at Syr Alfred Thomas Davies a'r gohebwyr yn cynnwys Syr John Ballinger (1) a W. Ambrose Bebb (3); ac eitemau amrywiol sy'n cynnwys cynllun, 1932, ar gyfer plannu planhigion ar dir Neuadd Goffa Owain Glyndŵr, llyfr lloffion yn ymwneud yn bennaf â'r Neuadd Goffa, a nodiadau yn ymwneud ag Owain Glyndŵr, ac â threfn gwasanaeth sefydlu'r Neuadd Goffa, 5 Medi 1931 = Letters, 1914-1933, to Ellis D. Jones, mainly relating to the establishment of the Owain Glyndŵr Memorial Hall in Glyndyfrdwy, 1931-1932, the correspondents including T. E. Ellis (3), T. Gwynn Jones (3) and Sir John Edward Lloyd (2), together with other letters, 1936-1952, some of which are addressed to Sir Alfred Thomas Davies, the correspondents including Sir John Ballinger (1) and W. Ambrose Bebb (3); and miscellaneous items which include a proposed 'planting plan', 1932, for the Owain Glyndŵr Memorial Hall grounds, a scrap book mainly relating to the Memorial Hall, and notes relating to Owain Glyndŵr, and to the order of service at the establishment of the Memorial Hall, 5 September 1931.

Miscellaneous papers consisting of occasional verses (2) repeated to J. H. Davies by his mother as attributed to W[illiam] W[illiams, Pantycelyn]; items in the autograph of Thomas E. Ellis, viz. a draft advertisement for his intended edition of the writings of Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd in two volumes and a draft of the foreword ('Rhagair') by T. E. E[llis] dated 'Dydd Calan 1899' to [Banciau pentre neu glybiau tir i dyddynwyr, gweithwyr, siopwyr, &c. ... (Bala, [1899]), a translation by Ivan T. Davies of a booklet by Henry W. Wolff]; and a holograph 'cywydd' by T. Gwynn Jones 'I'r Nyth Gwag ym Mro Gynin Mawrth 19 1910. I'm cyfaill, J. H. D.' in a wrapper addressed to J. H. Davies 'From T. G. J. with Compliments'.

Miscellaneous papers of Thomas Darlington, one of his Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales, including essays and articles, drafts of speeches and addresses, letters from Ellis Edwards, Tom Ellis, Beriah Gwynfe Evans, D. Silvan Evans, David Howell (Llawdden), J. Puleston Jones, Sir John Rhys, A. Neobard Palmer, and Hugh Williams, and press cuttings.