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Gohebiaeth, barddoniaeth, rhyddiaith a phapurau teuluol, yn ymwneud â J. W. Jones, 1878-1954, a'i dad, 'Glan Barlwyd', 1866-1917; deunydd a gasglwyd gan J. W. Jones yn ymnweud ag unigolion a sefydliadau yn ardal Blaenau Ffestiniog, gan gynnwys gohebiaeth, barddoniaeth a phapurau eraill o eiddo 'Gwilym Deudraeth', 1917-1939, 'Elfyn', 1874-1917, Y Parch. R. R. Morris, 1883-1933, 'Alafon', 1875-1915, 'Llifon', 1899-1916, 'Isallt', 1887-1913, a 'Glyn Myfyr', 1893-1937; llythyrau at John Daniel Davies yn rhinwedd ei swydd fel golygydd Y Rhedegydd, 1930-1942; barddoniaeth a phapurau eraill o eiddo T. Gwynn Jones, 1910-1944; barddoniaeth, [1840]-1940, gan amryw feirdd, yn cynnwys Hedd Wyn ac R. Williams Parry; deunydd rhyddiaith amrywiol, peth ohono wedi'i gyhoeddi yn Y Drysorfa ac yn Y Rhedegydd, 1879-1954; llawysgrifau cerddorol, 1876-[c. 1934]; beirniadaethau eisteddfodol, 1870-1939; llyfrau lloffion yn cynnwys torion o'r wasg, [c. 1879]-1940; dyddiaduron, 1864-1935; cofnodion chwareli llechi Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1868-1951; amryw gyfrifon a llyfrau cyfrifon yn ymwneud â gwahanol fusnesau a sefydliadau, 1784-1932; cofnodion yn ymwneud ag eglwysi'r Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, 1840-1951, gan gynnwys rhai Bethel, Tanygrisiau, [1840x1945]; pregethau a nodiadau crefyddol,1846-1952; deunydd printiedig yn cynnwys effemera etholiadol, marwnadau, baledi, carolau ac emynau, 1820-1948; a gweithredoedd a dogfennau yn ymwneud â siroedd Caernarfon, Meirionnydd a Dinbych, 1759-1947. = Correspondence, poetry, prose and family papers, relating to J. W. Jones, 1878-1954, and to his father, 'Glan Barlwyd', 1866-1917; material collected by J. W. Jones relating to individuals and organizations in the Blaenau Ffestiniog area, including correspondence, poetry and other papers of 'Gwilym Deudraeth', 1917-1939, 'Elfyn', 1874-1917, Rev. R. R. Morris, 1883-1933, 'Alafon', 1875-1915, 'Llifon', 1899-1916, 'Isallt', 1887-1913, and 'Glyn Myfyr', 1893-1937; letters to John Daniel Davies as editor of Y Rhedegydd, 1930-1942; poetry and other papers of T. Gwynn Jones, 1910-1944; poetry, [1840]-1940, by various poets, including Hedd Wyn and R. Williams Parry; various prose material, some of which was published in Y Drysorfa and Y Rhedegydd, 1879-1954; musical manuscripts, 1876-[c. 1934]; eisteddfod adjudications, 1870-1939; scrapbooks containing press cuttings, [c. 1879]-1940; diaries, 1864-1935; records of Blaenau Ffestiniog slate quarries, 1868-1951; various accounts and account books relating to various trades and organisations, 1784-1932; records relating to Calvinistic Methodist churches, 1840-1951, including those of Bethel, Tanygrisiau, [1840x1945]; sermons and religious notes, 1846-1952; printed material including electoral ephemera, elegies, ballads, carols and hymns, 1820-1948; and deeds and documents relating to Caernarfonshire, Merionethshire and Denbighshire, 1759-1947.

Papers, [1822]-1953, of John Rhŷs, comprising a considerable group of letters to him, 1860-1915, including those from fellow researchers, friends and family; material, 1864-1919, relating to his published works, including manuscript drafts of books, articles, and addresses; and research notes, 1836-[1920x1945]. There are also personal and professional papers, [1822]-1953, belonging to, and accumulated by, John Rhŷs; and papers, 1862-[1947], relating to various family members, among them a substantial body of material accumulated by Myvanwy Rhys for a proposed biography of her father.

Papers, [late 1920s]-1983, of, or relating to, Idris Davies and including drafts of his poetic anthologies Gwalia Deserta (London, 1938), The Angry Summer (London, 1943), and Tonypandy and Other Poems (London, 1945); proofs of Selected Poems (London, 1953); unpublished poems and drafts and fragments of poems, novels, short stories, etc.; lecture notes; diaries for 1938, 1940, 1946, 1948, and 1951; a typescript of his radio talk 'The valleys revisited' (broadcast 1943); and correspondence of or relating to Davies, 1933-1983.

A holograph letter, dated 16 June 1953, from Dylan Thomas, Boat House, Laugharne, to his lover Elizabeth (Liz) Reitell, New York, concerning various personal and work matters. It was written soon after Thomas's return to Wales from his American tour and he describes his flight to London and his stay there in the days after the Coronation.
The letter is published in Dylan Thomas, The Collected Letters New Edition, ed. by Paul Ferris (London, 2000), pp. 994-5. The original envelope is included (f. 2a).

Printed copies of three of Idris Davies's poetry volumes: (i) The Angry Summer: A Poem of 1926 (London, 1943), (ii) Tonypandy and Other Poems (London, 1945) and (iii) Selected Poems (London, 1953), each inscribed (either on the title page or on the front flyleaf) by Davies to his fiancée Morfydd Peregrine.

Three letters, 1951-1953, from Dylan Thomas and his parents to Dylan's cousin, Mai Griffiths of Cross Hands.
They consist of: a letter from Dylan, 16 December 1952, informing Mai of the death of his father that day (ff. 3-4; apparently unpublished); a letter from his father David John (Jack), 28 June 1951, sympathising with Mai on the recent loss of her husband and giving family news (ff. 1-2); and a letter from his mother Florence (Florrie), 4 May [1953], on the recent death of Florence's daughter Nancy (ff. 5-6).

Fifteen testimonial letters, 1899-1921, for Dafydd Rhys Jones ('Jones Pat'), headmaster of the Gaiman Higher Grade School, Chubut, 1906-1915, and of the Cwmystwyth, Pontrhydfendigaid and Ysbyty Ystwyth Council Schools, Cardiganshire, 1902-1906, 1917-1941.
Among the referees are Professors Edward Anwyl, 1900 (ff. 4-5), and T. Gwynn Jones, 1919 (f. 16). Also included are extracts from the annual reports for Cwmystwyth School for 1903-1905 (f. 19) and newspaper cuttings, [c. 1916]-[1953], mostly relating to Devil's Bridge and Ysbyty Ystwyth (ff. 20-21).

Skokholm Island National Nature Reserve 'chatty log' diaries, 1946-1953.

A holograph draft of a section of Dylan Thomas’s story 'The Outing'.

One page of untitled holograph notes by Dylan Thomas, 1953, written whilst composing his last poem, the unfinished 'Elegy' to his father, David John (D.J.) Thomas, who died on 16 December 1952.
The work first appeared in print, as a 'previously unpublished poem', in Encounter, 6/2 (February 1956), and was included by Vernon Watkins as an appendix to the Collected Poems after 1956. For a copy of the poem as completed by Vernon Watkins, see NLW MS 22552E.

Correspondence, 1952-1953, of A. W. F. Burton, New South Wales, mostly with Major R. Money Barnes, Wiltshire, author of Uniforms and History of the Scottish Regiments: Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, 1625 to the Present Day (London, 1956). The correspondence relates to research conducted by Burton for that book, on Barnes's behalf, with regard to Australian Scottish Regiments (see Appendix III, pp. 332-335).
Also included are apparently unrelated items, 1910, concerning aviation in Britain (ff. 18-22).

Professional papers of Ywain Goronwy ap Griffith comprising agreements, specifications, plans and correspondence, 1927-53, mainly relating to the alteration, repair and erection of new buildings, both private and public, in Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire and Caernarfonshire; files relating to work done in the diocese of Bangor, mainly in the form of alterations and repairs to vicarages, 1932-1952; and papers, 1920-40, relating to the redemption of tithe rent-charges in various parishes of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Cardiganshire and Merionethshire.

Manuscripts and papers from the library of the Rev. D. Teifigar Davies, being mainly papers (addresses, notes, etc.) of Richard Bennett, (1860-1937), relating mainly to Upper Montgomery Presbytery.

A copy of Huw Menai's Through the Upcast Shaft ([1922], 3rd edn), with newspaper cuttings of later poems pasted in and added to the list of contents and notes in the author's hand on flyleaf and f. i (NLW MS 21884iB). Additional cuttings of poems pasted on loose sheets as a continuation of the printed volume, together with three autograph poems, one typescript poem bearing manuscript additions and other cuttings found loose inside the volume, have been filed separately (NLW MS 21884iiD).

Miscellaneous papers in Welsh and English, 1822-[c.1950], mainly of Merthyr Tudful interest, accumulated by Elias Thomas, comprising poems and essays by his great-grandfather Rowland Thomas ('Idris Ddu'), his grandfather, William R. Thomas, and others, including an essay on the origin of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks by Rowland Thomas, with a translation of the same by Thomas Stephens (1821-75) of Merthyr; draft letters, articles and notes by Thomas Stephens; printed rules, 1846, of 'Cymdeithas Cadarn Graig y Cymry', Merthyr; and miscellaneous notes and press cuttings.

Papurau W. J. Gruffydd,[1903]-[1952], yn cynnwys drafftiau o erthyglau'n ymwneud â'r Mabinogi; nodiadau darlith ar gyfer ei gyrsiau Cymraeg yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd; nodiadau darlithoedd ac erthyglau eraill; sgyrsiau a darlledwyd gan y BBC; personalia; a grŵp sylweddol o ohebiaeth oddi wrth ffigurau llenyddol blaenllaw = Papers of W. J. Gruffydd, [1903]-[1952], including drafts of articles relating to the Mabinogi; lecture notes for his Welsh courses at University College of Wales, Cardiff; other lecture notes and articles; BBC broadcast talks; personalia; and a substantial group of correspondence from notable literary figures.

Papers of Brythonydd and others, [early 18th century]-1952, comprising essays and notes on Teifiside history, 1902-1909; notes on sermons and lectures; diaries, 1906-1923; transcripts of various historical, literary and religious material including Ystradyfodwg parish records, 1735-1930, and Howel Harris' diaries, 1738-1771; transcripts of poetry by Cardiganshire poets including Gwinionydd; letters, 1898-1952; vestry books and account books of Cenarth and Penbryn and other parishes, [pre 1798]-1876; records of Libanus, Treherbert including minute books, registers and account books, 1842-1946; papers of Benjamin Williams (Gwinionydd), including letters, sermons, 1855-1890, essays, notes and poetry; papers of David James (Defynnog), Treherbert, relating mainly to the column he edited in The South Wales News and including sermons and adjudications of his uncle, Benjamin Thomas (Myfyr Emlyn), 1875-1928; papers of John Morris Jones (Ioan Cunllo), John Thomas, Charles Davies, Thomas Cynfelyn Benjamin, Lewis Jones, Treherbert, Rees Price, David Price, Joseph Davies and Rhys Lloyd Jones, Troed-yr-aur, and others, consisting mainly of poetry, accounts, letters, addresses, notebooks and sermons, [19th century]-[20th century].

Typescript draft by Ernest Lewis Thomas ('Richard Vaughan', 1904-1983) of his first novel, Moulded in Earth (London, 1951), with corrections by the author, being the final draft submitted to the publishers, incorporating a number of changes to the earlier manuscript draft (now NLW MS 14799C).

Papers, 1927-1952, of the Rev. J. Dyfnallt Owen relating to the imprisonment of Breton nationalists and the alleged suppression of Breton language and culture by the French state following the Second World War, consisting of correspondence, written accounts of the treatment of individual nationalists, papers relating to the visit of the Welsh delegation to Brittany in 1947, a typescript draft of Yann Fouéré, Breton Nationalism (Cardiff, [1946]), and other general papers.

Five letters, 1949-51, from David Jones to Mildred Mary Ede, mother of Jim Ede, founder of Kettle's Yard, Cambridge. The letters refer mainly to the painting 'Vexilla Regis' purchased by Mrs Ede and now at Kettle's Yard. Also included is a letter, 1951, from David Baxandall of the Manchester City Art Gallery, concerning a proposed exhibition.