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Sir Edward Anwyl manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSANWYL
  • Fonds
  • 1815-[1910x1914]

Notebooks and papers, 1815-[1910x1914], of or belonging to Sir Edward Anwyl, mainly comprising notes of Celtic, Classical, Biblical, theological and historical or archaeological interest, together with literary, linguistic and grammatical material.

Anwyl, E. (Edward), 1866-1914

Cottesmore Deeds and Documents,

  • GB 0210 COTORE
  • Fonds
  • 1474, 1612-1888 /

Family and estate records of the Williams family of Cotts, Pembrokeshire, 1775-1801, Louis Devandes of Cotts, 1801-1814, the Peel family of Cotts and Denant, 1814-1847, and of the Massy family of County Limerick, Cotts and Cottesmore, 1828-1883, mainly title deeds relating to premises in Pembrokeshire and County Limerick, together with copies and abstracts of the charters of the borough of Askeaton, County Limerick, 1613-1723, returns of MPs for the borough, 1613-1713, burgess lists, 1613-1723, the court book of the corporation, 1692-1724, and other papers relating to the borough, c.1715-95; and a volume containing letters, 1820-1875, relating mainly to British Museum matters.

Massy family, of Cottesmore

Gwernyfed Estate Records

  • GB 0210 GWEFED
  • Fonds
  • 1461-1924

Title deeds of the Gwernyfed estate, Breconshire, mostly in that county, including the Llangors estate, 1461-1924; documents and maps relating to the course of the River Wye, 1753-1884; accounts of the Wye Fisheries Association, 1905-1924; records, 1613-1923, of the Gwenddwr Charity; accounts of the overseers of the poor of the parish of Aberllynfi, Breconshire, 1773-1836; papers relating to the fishery, weir and drainage of Llangors lake, 1753-1884; and records of the manors of Pipton, Glasbury, Gwernyfed, etc., 1561 (19 cent. copy)-1885. There are also a group of papers relating to the estate of the Leheup family of Gunthorpe, Norfolk, 1676-1749, and papers relating to the Lloyd family and the Peterwell estate, Cardiganshire, 18th cent.

Williams family, of Gwernyfed

Colin Gresham Papers,

  • GB 0210 COLERS
  • Fonds
  • [1524]-1988 /

Papers of Colin A. Gresham, [1524]-1988, including personal papers, 1929-1988; research papers, comprising notes prepared for books and articles, transcripts and photocopies of documents, correspondence with institutions and individuals, and papers concerning the affairs of learned societies and bodies, and offprints of papers by other authors sent to Colin Gresham; and literary papers, including plays and radio scripts, short stories and essays, and drafts of an unpublished autobiography; and miscellaneous papers.

Gresham, Colin A.

Gillian Clarke Papers,

  • GB 0210 GCLARKE
  • Fonds
  • 1907-1999 (accumulated 1944-1999) /

The fonds comprises the literary and personal papers of Gillian Clarke, 1907-1999, including correspondence, and drafts of published and unpublished poems and prose works by her. Also included are papers relating to poetry workshops and readings, The Anglo-Welsh Review, Tŷ Newydd and the Frances Horovitz Memorial Trust, together with a small group of personal papers.

Clarke, Gillian, 1937-

Leonard Joseph Brown Papers,

  • GB 0210 LEOOWN
  • Fonds
  • 1846-1926 /

Personal diaries, 1892-1949, which include detailed accounts of his years in retirement at Barmouth, Merionethshire, from 1939 and subsequently at Ty'n y Ceunant, Islaw'r dref, Dolgellau; draft notebooks, 1895-1946, containing records of appointments, activities and descriptions of holiday visits, including many to Wales, detailed accounts of ascents of Cadair Idris, Merionethshire, and other British mountains, including Snowdon, Elidir Fach and Elidir Fawr in Caernarfonshire, and Pumlumon, Cardiganshire; registers of correspondence, 1939-1940, 1943-1944; a register of snapshots [which are not part of the archive], 1906-1940; a volume of statistics of his mountain ascents, holiday travels, and walks, 1892-1951, and family papers (including some relating to L. W. Brown of Bath), 1846-1926.

Brown, Leonard Joseph, 1873-1951.

Snell & Sons Collection of Music Manuscripts,

  • GB 0210 MSSNELL
  • Fonds
  • 1747-1933 (accumulated [1900x1967]) /

Manuscripts, mainly [19 cent., second ½]-1933, of the work of Welsh composers, mostly autograph, comprising holographs, copies and drafts of scores and sets of orchestral parts and also lyrics, including works by John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia), Dr Joseph Parry, David Jenkins, W. T. David and others. The collection also includes part of a Mass and a Te Deum by Giovanni Bononcini, 1747.

Snell & Sons.

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

Dr D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Papers

  • GB 0210 MARLOJ
  • Fonds
  • 1913-1987

The first group of papers, [c. 1927]-[1987] (1-72), which were received in November 1999, comprise sermon notes, correspondence, diaries, medical notebooks and press cuttings of reviews of books written by Dr D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and about him. They also include the papers of his widow Dr Bethan Lloyd-Jones comprising letters received by her during her husband's illness and hospital treatment in 1968; letters to her daughters while on preaching tours in the USA and South Africa; letters of sympathy following his death in 1981; and papers relating to her book Memories of Sandfields 1927-1938 published in 1983. -- The additional papers, 1913-[1967], donated in February 2003 (no. 73), comprise miscellaneous papers including sermon notes, 1966-1967, personalia and press cuttings.

The August 2008 donation (unlisted) comprises holograph sermons, 1927-38, preached by the Reverend Dr David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) during his first pastorate at Bethlehem Forward Movement Church, Sandfields, Port Talbot, with some in the hand of his wife, Dr Bethan Lloyd-Jones; see Bethan Lloyd-Jones, Memories of Sandfields (Edinburgh, 1983) and D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Evangelistic sermons at Aberavon (Edinburgh, 1983). Also included is a manuscript history of the cause at Sandfields entitled 'A brief outline of Sandfield [sic] Church and its Ministry from 1897 to 1938'.

The May 2011 donation comprises mainly newspaper cuttings collated by Dr D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, some referring directly to himself, other cuttings he took from papers etc relating to the ecumenical scene etc. One handwritten page is full of numbers - the record he kept of the hymns sung (from Congregational Praise) over a lengthy period at Westminster Chapel. This group remains uncatalogued.

Lloyd-Jones, David Martyn.

Caerphilly Labour Party Records,

  • GB 0210 CAERTY
  • Fonds
  • 1960-1984 /

Papers of the Caerphilly Labour Party, 1960-1987, including minute book, 1964-1972; general correspondence, papers and posters, 1960-1987; printed material, 1980-1984; and constituency index cards, 1978-1984.

Caerphilly Labour Party.

City of Cardiff Conservative Associations Records,

  • GB 0210 CARCON
  • Fonds
  • 1918-1984 /

Records of local Conservative and Unionist Associations in Cardiff, 1918-1983, comprising minutes of various committees, press cuttings and lists of branch officials of the Cardiff North association, 1948-1983; executive and other committee minutes of the Cardiff North West association, 1972-1983; executive, finance and other committee minutes of the Cardiff South association, 1918-1946; minutes and lists of branch officials of the Cardiff South-East association, 1946-1977; minutes of Inaugural, Annual and Special General Meetings of the Cardiff West Association and other papers, 1948-1984; Cardiff East executive and finance committee minutes, 1945-1948; Cardiff Central executive, finance and other committee minutes, 1925-1939, 1983, and other papers, 1945-1947; Llandaff and Barry annual general meetings, executive committee and other minutes, 1918-1961; and City of Cardiff Conservative Committee minutes, 1965-1983, and committee and sub-committee minutes of Glamorgan Unionist Labour Committee, 1918-1930.

City of Cardiff Conservative Associations

Pandy MSS,

  • NLW MSS 11356-11429.
  • Fonds
  • [1842x1936] /

Papers, [1842x1936], of or from the library of John Davies, pastor of Pandy and Forest Coalpit Calvinistic Methodist churches, both in Monmouthshire. The collection largely comprises material of Monmouthshire and Calvinistic Methodist interest and includes autograph sermons, diaries, correspondence and miscellaneous notebooks of John Davies.

Davies, John, 1843-1917.

W. M. Myddelton Manuscripts,

  • GB 0210 MSWMMYDD
  • Fonds
  • [17 cent.]-[20 cent.].

This collection consists mainly of Chirk Castle and Chirk Castle Estate account books, rentals, etc.

Myddelton, W. M. (William Martial), 1852-1929, collector.

Plas Brondanw Estate Records,

  • GB 0210 PLAANW
  • Fonds
  • 1611-1838 /

Correspondence, 1732-[1820], of the Williams and Ellis family; and deeds and documents, 1611-1838, relating to properties mainly in Merionethshire and Caernarfonshire, together with genealogical material and a brief history of Plas Brondanw.

Ellis family, of Glasfryn and Plas Brondanw

Mali Evans Family Papers

  • GB 0210 MALIEVANS
  • Fonds
  • 1891-1990

Papers of John Evans (d.c.1949) of Tre-boeth and Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, including an autobiographical essay,[c. 1949], programmes of eisteddfodau and singing festivals with which he was associated, 1891-1949, manuscript music composed by him, 1893-1948, his eisteddfod adjudications,[c. 1912]-1926, and records and papers relating to his music shop, 1913-1941; papers of his -- daughter Mali Evans d. 1991), including papers, some collected, relating to the Welsh colony in Patagonia and the Welsh diaspora, [c. 1895]-1987, and letters from her uncle, Jack Edwards of Aberystwyth, bookseller, musician and Esperanto enthusiast, 1928-1935, and correspondence of Arthur W. Wade-Evans (1875-1964), Welsh historian, and his daughter Mary Phillips to Mali Evans together with printed articles presented by Arthur W. Wade-Evans to Mali Evans. Four additional items from the printers Lowe & Brydone pertaining to 'Môr o gân yw Cymru i gyd', including receipts and a letter, dated 1928 and 1938, from among the papers of John Evans, were received in March 2019.

Evans, Mali

Henry Richard manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSRICHARD
  • Fonds
  • [early 19 cent.]-1904

Papers of Henry Richard and his family, [early 19 cent.]-1904, including correspondence, 1808-1904; travel journals, 1849-1886; a few items relating to education in Wales, 1870-1883; sermons by Ebenezer Richard, [early 19 cent.]-1834; a family register, 1809-1836; and papers of James Hughes (Iago Trichrug), [1800x1844].

Richard, Henry, 1812-1888.

Floyd Manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSFLOYD
  • Fonds
  • [16 cent.]-[19 cent.]

NLW MSS 3641-4252 belonged to William Floyd (?1810-?1898), who spent many years at the Public Record Office - he applied for a ticket as from Bridgend, Glamorgan in 1856 - and in the British Museum engaged in research in the various types of records relating to the history of England and Wales preserved in those two institutions. With a few exceptions, most of which are described at the beginning of the collection, all the volumes are Floyd's notebooks and memoranda books. His collection, which had been presented to the London Library, of which he had been a member since its foundaton in 1841, was by that body transferred in 1899 to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth at the time when the Welsh Library Committee of the College was accumulating material of Welsh interest to form a nucleus for the projected national library for Wales.

Floyd, William, ca. 1810-ca. 1898.

Trewern (Whitland) Estate Records,

  • GB0210 TREWERN
  • Fonds
  • 1600-[?1937]

Deeds and documents,1600-1919, relating to the Trewern estate, mainly in Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire, routine estate and financial correspondence, mainly 19th century, sale catalogues, valuations, etc., 1859-1919, rentals of the Trewern estate, 1860-1896, the Manoravon estate, 1875-1896, and the Clynmarch and Coedmor estates, 1875; and deeds and documents, 1892-1908, relating to the Dolwilym and Glyn-taf estates in Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire.

Trewern estate, Carmarthenshire

The Tŷ Cerdd Archive,

  • GB 0210 WMIC
  • Fonds
  • 1893-[1999].

Music manuscripts and miscellaneous papers, 1893-[1999], transferred on the closure of the Welsh Music Information Centre, Cardiff, comprising a large number of music scores and sketches. Among the composers represented in the archive are Robert Bruce, Dilys Elwyn Edwards, John Edwards, J. R. Heath, Alun Hoddinott, Arwel Hughes, Idris Lewis, Ian Parrott and Grace Williams.

Llawysgrifau cerddorol a phapurau amrywiol, 1893-[1999], a dderbyniwyd adeg cau Canolfan Hysbysrwydd Cerddoriaeth Cymru yng Nghaerdydd, yn cynnwys nifer fawr o sgoriau cerddoriaeth. Ymhlith y cyfansoddwyr a gynrychiolir yn yr archif mae Robert Bruce, Dilys Elwyn Edwards, John Edwards, J. R. Heath, Alun Hoddinott, Arwel Hughes ac Ian Parrott.

Additional music manuscripts, 1963-1969, comprising scores by Grace Williams, Daniel Jones, and William Mathias; together with papers [1906-1975], relating to Grace Williams [photographs transferred to NLW Photographic Department].

Tŷ Cerdd (Organization)

D. E. Jenkins Manuscripts,

  • GB 0210 MSDEJENK
  • Fonds
  • [1601x1937] /

Manuscripts and papers, [1601x1937], of or in the possession of the Reverend David Erwyd Jenkins. They largely comprise material of Welsh historical, literary and religious interest, much of which relates to the Calvinistic Methodist movement in Wales during the early nineteenth century and includes transcripts of the letters of the Reverend Thomas Charles and John Jones, Tal-y-sarn. The collection also includes a substantial amount of correspondence addressed to David Erwyd Jenkins.

Jenkins, D. E. (David Erwyd), 1864-1937

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