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A scrapbook, compiled by J. W. Jones, Blaenau Ffestiniog, and unbound leaves containing holographs, transcripts, and press cuttings of poetry in free and strict metres, 1893-1903 and 1918?, by William (Gwilym) Morgan, quarryman, of Blaenau Ffestiniog, together with adjudications by [Sir] J[ohn] Morris Jones (press cuttings), [Howell Elvet Lewis] ('Elfed') (transcript), etc. MS. 11064 also contains testimonials, 1901, to William Morgan and Mrs Morgan from Robert Roberts, J. P., surgeon, Blaenau Ffestiniog, the Reverend W[illiam] P[ari] Hughes, Dolgellau, and Wm. Davies, Junior, Managing Partner, The Diphwys Casson Slate Quarries Company, Blaenau Ffestiniog, the first (and presumably the other two) in support of their candidature for the posts of master and matron of Pwllheli Workhouse; and a holograph letter, 1936, from [Humphrey Jones] ('Bryfdir'), Rhiwbryfdir, to [J. W. Jones], enclosing copies of 'in memoriam' verses to Gwilym Morgan. Included in MS. 11065 is a holograph letter, 1899, from Robert Roberts, Blaenau Ffestiniog, to Gwilym Morgan, with observations on 'englynion' in English by the recipient.

Letters addressed to J. Gwynoro Davies by Ben Davies, Castell Newydd Emlyn, 1937; Lewis Edwards, Bala, 1880-1882; Llewelyn C. Edwards, Aberystwyth, 1889- 1893; Annie J. Ellis, Westminster, 1899; Thomas Gee, Denbigh, 1894-1899; W. E. Gladstone; W. J. Gruffydd, Cardiff; Alexander Hill, London, 1927; [Sir] John Morris Jones, Llanfair P. G., 1916; J. Puleston Jones, Bala and Bangor, 1888-1891; Edward Matthews, Bonvilston, 1881; Hugh Williams, Bala, 1891; and W. Llewelyn Williams, House of Commons, 1918-1919.

A typescript essay entitled 'Casgliad o weithiau Sion Brwynog, gyda nodiadau hanesyddol a beirniadol' by the late the Reverend Gilwym H[ywel] Jones, Welsh Presbyterian minister, Blaenclydach, co. Glamorgan. The essay, under the pseudonym of 'Emrys', was awarded the prize at the National Eisteddfod at Holyhead, 1927, and pasted into the volume is a typescript copy of the adjudication of Professor Sir John Morris Jones and Professor Henry Lewis.

A holograph letter, 9 June, 1921, from [Sir] John Morris-Jones, Llanfair P. G., to [Sir E. Vincent Evans], containing a brief outline of the writer's personal, academic, and literary career. The letter was written on the occasion of the award to Sir John in 1921 of the Medal of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, and was published almost in full in the Society's Transactions ... 1919-1920 (London, 1921), pp. 153-5. Also included is a holograph letter relating thereto, 9 September, 1936, from [Lady] Mary Morris-Jones to [Sir D. Owen] Evans.

A minute book of the Literary Society of Gerlan Calvinistic Methodist Church, Gerlan, Bethesda, Caernarvonshire, covering (with some gaps) the period 1906-19. Among the entries are detailed reports of lectures by Principal [Thomas] Rees, Bangor (on 'David Livingstone'), Professor [Sir] John Morris-Jones, Bangor ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion' and 'Pantycelyn'), Thomas Shankland, Bangor ('Morgan John Rhys, y Jacobin Cymreig'), S. Maurice Jones, Caernarvon ('Olion Hen Hanes Cymru', with illustrations, by the recorder, of Caernarvon Castle, Valle Crucis Abbey, the parliament house of Owain Glyndŵr at Dolgellau, Cefn Brith, etc.), J. H. Jones ('Je Aitsh'), Liverpool ('Y Cymro trwy lygad Said'), [Lewis Davies Jones] ('Llew Tegid') ('Trioedd hen a newydd), [Robert] Gwyneddon Davies and Mrs. [Grace] Gwyneddon Davies ('Alawon Gwerin'), T. Gwynn Jones, Aberystwyth ('Pantycelyn'), etc.

Holograph manuscripts of three tenor solos composed in 1930 by Thomas Hubert J. Rees - 'Y Gwylanod', 'Y Seren Unig', and 'Y Cwmwl', words by Sir John Morris-Jones.

A printed circular, 1930, relating to the Sir John Morris-Jones Memorial Fund, with typescript statements, balance sheets, and lists of subscribers, 1934-6.

The file includes letters from Howell T. Evans, Ifan Moelwyn Hughes, Sir John Morris-Jones and Bishop John Owen.

The file comprises tributes, both typescript and manuscript, to O. M. Edwards following his death in 1920. Among those paying tribute are Sir Alfred T. Davies, Sir E. Vincent Evans, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, H. A. L. Fisher, D. Lloyd George, Sir Henry Haydn Jones, Sir John Morris-Jones, J. Puleston Jones and Sir John Edward Lloyd.

The file includes letters from J. Gwynoro Davies, 1890, Ellis Edwards, 1890, Thomas Gee, 1891, John M. Howell, Aberaeron, 1891, Edmund D. Jones, 1891, Sir Henry Jones (3), 1890-1891, John Morris-Jones, 1890, Bishop John Owen (4), 1890-1891, T. F. Roberts, 1890-1891, David Samuel, Aberystwyth, 1891.

The file includes letters from O. H. Fynes-Clinton, J. Gwynoro Davies, Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith, Henry Haydn Jones, John Morris-Jones, Owen Griffith Owen ('Alafon'), J. F. Rees, J. Herbert Roberts, afterwards Lord Clwyd, T. J. Thomas ('Sarnicol'), and E. R. Horsfall Turner.

The file includes letters from Edward Anwyl, O. H. Fynes-Clinton (2), Alfred T. Davies, Ellis W. Davies, David de Lloyd, Bishop A. G. Edwards, Francis Edwards, J. Kelt Edwards (2), E. W. Evans, Frondirion, Alfred Perceval Graves, J. Spinther James, Henry Haydn Jones (5), John Morris-Jones, T. E. Nicholas, Ernest Rhys, J. Herbert Roberts, afterwards Lord Clwyd (3), T. J. Thomas ('Sarnicol'), and W. Llewelyn Williams.

The file includes letters from J. Gwenogvryn Evans, J. Ifano Jones, John Morris-Jones, H. Elfed Lewis ('Elfed'), J. Machreth Rees, H. Cernyw Williams, and W. Llewelyn Williams.

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.

Manuscript and printed copies, 1905, 1948, of anthems, hymn-tunes and songs, composed or arranged by T. Osborne Roberts, including 'Berceuse' (ff. 8-10), 'I Loved a Lass' (ff. 32-35) and 'A Lullaby' (ff. 53-55), words by George Withers; 'Britain', words by John Ceiriog Hughes (Ceiriog) (ff. 16-17 verso); 'Seren fechan, Seren dlos' (f. 21 recto-verso) and 'Seren fechan yn y nos' (ff. 22-23 verso), words by Thomas Jones, Cerrigellgwm; 'Hiraeth' (ff. 30 recto-verso, 107 verso-108) and 'Y Mynydd' (ff. 78-81), words by Robert Williams Parry; 'The Kingfisher', words by William Henry Davies (ff. 38-40), and 'Y Lloer', words by W. H. Davies with a Welsh translation by R. Williams Parry (ff. 64-65); 'Medi' (ff. 58-61) and 'Y Wlad Annwyl Hon' (f. 133 recto-verso), words by Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn); 'Morfudd fy Mûn', words by Gerald Griffin translated into Welsh by Caradog Prichard (ff. 66-71 verso); 'Nefoedd', words by John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) (ff. 82-90 verso); 'Stars of the Summer Night', words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (ff. 131-132 verso); and 'Ymson', words by Heinrich Heine translated into Welsh by Sir John Morris-Jones (ff. 134-141 verso).
Notes are added in the hand of Leila Mégane on ff. 138, 143, 150-158.

Letters addressed to Ellis Pierce by John Jones, Cefn Du, 1901; Owen Jones ('Meudwy Môn'), Llandudno, 1880-1882; Robert Jones, Rotherhithe, 1878; [Sir] John Morris Jones, 1894 (incomplete); Elias Owen (incomplete); Edward Pugh and Co., Wednesbury, 1905; John C. Roberts, Utica, U.S.A., 1908; Morris Williams ('Nicander'), 1872; and E. Ylltyr Williams (with an incomplete transcript of an elegy on the death of Edward Lloyd, Cwmbychan, 25 July 1728).

Reports by John Edward Lloyd and John Morris-Jones on an edition of the De Invectionibus of Giraldus Cambrensis, edited by W. S. Davies, 1921.

Letters addressed to Edward Edwards and others by T. K. Brighouse, W. Cadwaladr Davies, 1892; Timothy Davies, 1890; Owen M. Edwards, 1892; J. C. Evans, Bala, 1892; Samuel Evans, 1889; H. S. Foxwell, 1892; J. Mortimer Green, 1892; Maurice Griffiths, 1920; Hubert Hall; Roger Hughes, 1892; Cecil Jane, 1920; J. Morris Jones; T. D. Jones, 1929; R. Kenrick; John Edward Lloyd, 1901; J. S. Mackenzie, 1892; H. R. Reichel, 1892; H. Sidgwick, 1892; Geo. H. Peacock, 1921; C. P. Tremain, 1923; James Ward, 1902; and Hugh Williams.

Testimonials to Edward Edwards by Henry Jones, H. R. Reichel, W. E. Heitland, J. Morris Jones, J. N. Keynes, H. Holman, J. C. Evans, Bala, A. Caldecott, Edward V. Arnold, Hugh Williams, J. S. Mackenzie, W. Cadwaladr Davies, H. S. Foxwell, Ellis Edwards, Henry Sidgwick, Roger Hughes, Bala, James Ward, G. F. Stout, all in 1892, and T. A. Walker, W. Macneile Dixon, and J. Mortimer Angus, 1902.

Notes on Welsh grammar, idioms, loan words and dialect words, the teaching of Welsh in schools, etc. by David Samuel, D. Tecwyn Evans, Sir John Morris-Jones, T. Gwynn Jones, Sir John Rhys, etc.