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Elis o'r Nant manuscripts,
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Elis o'r Nant manuscripts,

  • GB 0210 MSELISNANT
  • Fonds
  • [1800x1932].

A collection from the library of Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant') comprising drafts and manuscript versions of works by him, including many biographical sketches, a proportion of the work being submitted for 'eisteddfod' competitions; correspondence; a collection of carols; transcripts of poetry, articles, etc.; miscellaneous notes and transcripts; and manuscripts in the hand of Griffith Jones ('Gytyn Ardudwy').

Elis, o'r Nant, 1841-1912

'Y Mwnwr Cymreig'

The manuscripts of a novel entitled 'Y Mwnwr Cymreig' by Ellis Pierce, which secured for him a share of the prize at the National Eisteddfod held at Wrexham, 1888.

Chwedl fer

A short story depicting Welsh life in the middle years of the eighteenth century by Ellis Pierce.

Traethawd ar fywyd cymdeithasol Cymru

An essay, 1899, by Ellis Pierce on the social changes in rural Wales during the latter half of the nineteenth century - 'Cyfnewidiadau yr hanner can mlynedd diweddaf yn rhanau gwledig Cymru mewn ymborth, gwisgoedd, annedd-dai, iaith, addysg, arferion, gorchwylion, &c.'.

Hunangofiant a bywgraffiadau

A draft autobiography by Ellis Pierce; and biographical sketches of W[illiam] J[ohn] Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd') and 'Morys y Glyn', a local celebrity in the upper reaches of Nantconwy (incomplete).

Brasluniau bywgraffyddol

Biographical sketches by Ellis Pierce of John Jones ('Jack y Gruglan') and 'Cadwalad y Clogwyn', and an account of the adventures of Captain Rhys Llwyd of Merioneth.

Amryw

A short sketch entitled 'Helynt y Degwm'; incomplete drafts of stories entitled 'Syr Williams o Benamnen' and 'Harri Bach'; a transcript of parts of a dialgoue entitled 'Drych y Bugail Drwg'; and extracts by Ellis Pierce. The extracts include copies of tombstone inscriptions of the family of John Jones ('Ioan Glan Cledr') in Penmachno churchyard.

A Guide to Nant Conway

The original manuscript of A Guide to Nant Conway by Ellis Pierce, 1884, and draft articles entitled 'Teuluoedd Nant Conwy' and 'Cistiau a chewyll pysgota Nant Conwy'.

Amrywion

Miscellaneous notes by Ellis Pierce, including a draft adjudication on a collection of Caernarvonshire dialect vocabulary and character sketches.

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