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Records of the Welsh estates of the dukes of Beaufort, earlier the earls of Worcester and William Herbert, earl of Pembroke (d. 1469), including records for the Breconshire lordships of Crickhowell, from 1382, and Tretower, from 1532; ministers' accounts for Monmouthshire lordships from 1387 and manorial records for the lordship of Chepstow, from 1568, Monmouth, from 1416, Porthgaseg, from 1262, Raglan, from 1364, Treleck, from 1508, and for the lordship of Usk, from 1517; records for the Seignory of Gower and Kilvey from 1366 and for the borough and manor of Swansea, 1657-1835; deeds from the 13th cent.relating to the Badminton estate in Monmouthshire, Breconshire and in Gower, Glamorganshire; records from the 16 cent. relating to the coal and iron industries in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan; and estate management records including rentals, 1638-1933, accounts of rent arrears, 1669-1839, bailiffs, collectors and stewards' accounts, 1652-1858, and registers of leases, 1629-1918.

Scripts, 1931-2010, of BBC radio and television programmes that were broadcast - or intended to be broadcast - in Wales. The scripts cover a wide range of subjects including news, drama, light entertainment, music, sport, religion, education and children's programmes.

Content Warning: The archive contains some historical material that can cause distress or offence, including discriminatory language and attitudes. It also contains some material that is not suitable for children.

Scripts and copies of scripts, in Welsh and English, including: talks, 1937-1975; plays, 1937-1975; features, 1937-1975; talk features, 1938-1975; Awr y Plant (talks, stories, plays, features and miscellaneous, 1932-1974; schools,1935-1975; Good Morning Wales, 1970-1975; stories, 1970-1975; music, 1937-1975; religion, 1943-1975; sport, 1972-1975; the original series of BBC scripts at the National Library of Wales, 1935-1977; Wales Today, 1972-1998; Heddiw, 1971-1982; and Pobol y Cwm, 1991-1998.

Content Warning: The archive contains some historical material that can cause distress or offence, including discriminatory language and attitudes. It also contains some material that is not suitable for children.

Radio and television scripts, 1931-2010, that were broadcast or intended for broadcast by the BBC in Wales.
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Content Warning: The archive contains some historical material that can cause distress or offence, including discriminatory language and attitudes. It also contains some material that is not suitable for children.

A manuscript containing, in excellent script by William Owen-Pughe, the works of Aneirin and Taliesin, etc. At the beginning of the volume are sketches of human faces, followed by notes on 'Gafis' and 'Deffrobani' and on the Irish alphabet, and a title page headed 'o Gasgliad Huw Morus, Tuddyn Tudur, 1796' (pp. i-2). The text also includes introductions to Aneirin and Taliesin (pp. 7, 63).
There is no evidence that this manuscript was used for the Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales.

Agreements, easements and permissions, including relating to gas and water mains and pipes, electricity and rediffusion cables, lamps, meters and governors, windows and openings, walking permits (mainly 1870s-1900s), game preservation (1870s-1920s) and permissions to catch rabbits (mainly 1950s-1970s).

Llythyr, cerdyn a cherdyn post, [1933]-35, oddi wrth Gareth Vaughan Jones at Sarah a William Moses, fferm y Ddorwen, Cwmllynfell, sef hen famgu a thadcu y rhoddwyr, ynghyd â thoriad papur newydd yn cadarnhau marwolaeth yr newyddiadurwr, a thaflen gan y teulu yn diolch am gefnogaeth a chydymdeimlad yn eu galar.

A dissertation, by the donor, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the BA History degree at the University of Southampton (13/5/2021), entitled 'You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs: an investigation into the role of Western correspondents and governments in the cover-up of the Ukrainian Famine, 1932-33'. The contribution of the journalist Gareth Jones in uncovering the Holodomor is covered in this study.

A postcard from Strasbourg, in Welsh, from Gareth Jones (1905-1935), linguist and journalist, to Richard Lewis who was at college with him in Aberystwyth, 1919-1923. Gareth Jones was private secretary to David Lloyd George, 1931-1933. He was captured and held to ransom by Chinese bandits in 1935, and was later shot after weeks in captivity. Also included is a press cutting relating to his story, and an obituary card.

Studio portrait of Gareth Vaughan Jones in profile by Hugo N van Wadenoyen, Cardiff same as 6603493/2. Signed "Hugo. 1929" on front of mount, photographer's label on rear

Studio portrait of Gareth Vaughan Jones, sepia toned, taken by Hugo N. van Wadenoyen, Cardiff.

Studio portrait of Gareth Jones in profile, photographed by Hugo N. van Wadenoyen, Cardiff. In original mount with photographers label on rear.

File contains a leaflet distributed by Vaughan Gething as part of his campaign to be elected leader of Welsh Labour, papes distributed by Unite the Union for members who were affiliated to the Labour Party including profiels of the candidates, a voting slip and an endorsefment of Mark Drakeford. No material for the other candidate, Eluned Morgan, has been acquired.

The daughter of General Chen Chi-Tang (1890 - 1954) is shown smiling, in an informal portrait taken outdoors. Canton, China.

View of Caerleon Bridge, Monmouthshire, from riverbank. Published by P. Berry, Caerleon.

Documents, [16th century]-1976, relating to the manors of Crucadarn, Rhiwiau, Gwerngoed Owen, and Felin-newydd, in the parish of Llandyfalle, Brecknockshire.

A manuscript containing pedigrees transcribed by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866); a letter, 1663, from George Griffith (1601-1666), bishop of St Asaph, to Robert Davies, Gwysaney; memoranda by Richard Llwyd (Bard of Snowdon, 1752-1835) and correspondence between him and Sir Robert Williames Vaughan (d. 1843), 2nd bart, of Nannau, 1804-1806; letters to Richard Llwyd from Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) (1761-1849), 1803, and John Madocks, 1819; etc.

Eighteen diaries and notebooks containing memoranda and accounts by Howell Vaughan, 1663, Katherine, widow of Griffith Wynn of Bodfean, and later wife of Colonel Hugh Nanney, 1692, Hugh Evans, agent to the said Katherine, 1682-1690, Lumley Williams of Ystumcolwyn, 1696, Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt, 1745 , and others.
Several of the diaries, which include almanacks by Trigge, Gallen, and Rider and the Daily Journal, contain entries relating to the Nannau estate. Rider's British Merlin for 1698 contains a few englynion in manuscript, and in one notebook there are inventories of linen and utensils at Nannau, 1692.