Accumulated manuscript volumes
Manuscript volumes, previously in the possession of musicians, collectors or precentors, and accumulated by Dr J. Lloyd Williams. Many were evidently acquired by him from J. H. Davies, Cwrt-mawr, and contain mainly folk songs and hymn tunes, recorded in eighteenth and nineteenth century Wales.
The financial accounts of J. Lloyd Williams, a will written by him in 1906, and other miscellaneous items.
Miscellaneous lectures and radio scripts
Lecture notes and radio scripts on topics other than music or botany.
Plays and sketches written by J. Lloyd Williams and other family members, apparently for the use of literary societies in the Cricieth area.
Correspondence and papers relating to J. Lloyd Williams's memoirs, Atgofion Tri Chwarter Canrif, published 1937-1944.
Notebooks containing diary entries, recorded chronologically, relating to Welsh folk songs, music in schools, religious services broadcast on radio, and botany examinations.
Pocket diaries kept by J. Lloyd Williams, 1885-1945, containing only brief notes of appointments and engagements.
Diaries and memo books of various sizes, containing entries relating to his daily activities and, to a great extent, the role played by music in his life. Entries refecting his work as a collector of folk songs and as editor of the Journal of the Welsh Folk-Song Society occur regularly. References reflecting his vocation as a botanist are sometimes included, particularly in the earlier diaries, and are noted at the appropriate file level descriptions.
Correspondence relating to J. Lloyd Williams
Letters of sympathy, 1945-1946, on J. Lloyd Williams's death and letters from the Librarian, National Library of Wales, 1946, relating to his papers and manuscripts.
Correspondence, 1875-1945, between J. Lloyd Williams and friends, acquaintances and publishers.
Correspondence, 1938-1945, between J. Lloyd Williams and Myfanwy Morris.
Morris, Myfanwy
Correspondence with close family members, including his wife, sons, brothers and sister.
Notes of lectures delivered by J. Lloyd Williams, [1905x1937], relating mainly to plant life and often drawing analogies with life in general.
Material relating to a land survey in North Wales and notes compiled by J. Lloyd Williams during field trips.
Card indexes and lists of names of plants and flowers, together with related correspondence.
Diaries, journals and log books, 1871-1920, containing entries reflecting J. Lloyd Williams's interest, research and vocation in the field of botany, spanning his entire career.
Letters, 1892-1942, many from prominent botanists, mainly covering the period J. Lloyd Williams spent studying at the Royal College of Science, South Kensington, 1893-1897, as an assistant lecturer in the Department of Botany and Agricultural Botany at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1897-1915, and as Professor of Botany at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, from 1915 until his retirement in 1925.
Correspondence, 1907-1941, relating to the publication of musical works by J. Lloyd Williams, the proposal to establish a 'Welsh Academy of Music', and the Iorwerth Glyndwr John Memorial Shield.
Correspondence, 1899-1945, reflecting the various aspects of J. Lloyd Williams's interest in the music of Wales. Amongst the topics discussed are singing festivals, lectures, concerts, broadcasting and the publication and performance of his own works. Some letters also include references to Y Cerddor, and to the work of the Welsh Folk-Song Society.
Y Cerddor and the National Council of Music
Correspondence relating to the publication of Y Cerddor and the work of the National Council of Music.