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Papers, lecture and research notes of and acquired by Mary Williams, relating to Middle French, Middle Welsh and medieval literature and Arthurian studies, 1907-1963; books collected by Mary Williams, 1897-1911; letters to Prof. Victor Spiers, 1898-1916; vouchers and receipts, 1924-1973; newspaper cuttings, 1911-1940; school books 1909-1916; papers relating to University College Swansea, 1921-1975, University of Wales Aberystwyth, 1924-1974, University of Durham, 1948-1952, and National Library of Wales, 1941-1974; correspondence, 1927-1976; and family papers, 1898-1944.

A copy-book, [c. 1864], in the hand of William Thomas (Islwyn), containing adjudications in Welsh on four poetical competitions at an unspecified eisteddfod (ff. 3 verso-24 verso), including writing an epic elegy for John Robert Pryse (Golyddan) (ff. 3 verso-6).
There are also notes on epic poems (f. 1 recto-verso).

Volume recording monthly contributions, 1863-1871, to the Llandyssul Benefit Society (ff. 1-38 verso).

Adysgrif, 1863, yn bennaf yn llaw D[aniel] L[ewis] Moses, gynt o Lanbedr Pont Steffan, o'r gyfrol Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym, gol. gan Owen Jones a William Owen (Llundain, 1789). = Transcript, 1863, mainly in the hand of D[aniel] L[ewis] Moses, formerly of Lampeter, of the volume Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym, ed. by Owen Jones and William Owen (London, 1789).
Mae'r llawysgrif yn cynnwys y cyfan o gerddi Dafydd ap Gwilym yn y gyfrol, heblaw am ambell i fwlch, damweiniol mae'n debyg, ar tt. 67, 354 a 423 ac eraill o bosib (tt. 1-210, 249-492). Mae hefyd yn cynnwys cerddi ffug Iolo Morganwg o'r atodiad (tt. 211-243); crynodeb, yng Nghymraeg, o hanes Dafydd (yn Saesneg) gan Owen Jones (ff. vi-xii); y marwnadau i Dafydd (ff. xii verso-xv verso); a chychwyn (Abermaw-Gwdion ab Don) yr eirfa Saesneg o bobol a llefydd yn y cerddi (tt. 493-502). Heblaw am Moses, ysgrifennwyd y llawysgrif mewn dwy law ychwanegol (tt. 249-279 a 297-328 yn eu tro). = The manuscript contains all the Dafydd ap Gwilym poems, except for a few apparently unintentional lacunae on pp. 67, 354 and 423 and possibly elsewhere (pp. 1-210, 249-492). It also includes Iolo Morganwg’s forgeries from the appendix (pp. 211-243); a precis, in Welsh, of Owen Jones's (English) biography of Dafydd (ff. vi-xii); the elegies to Dafydd (ff. xii verso-xv verso); and the beginning (Abermaw-Gwdion ab Don) of the English glossary of people and places mentioned in the poems (pp. 493-502). Besides Moses, parts of the manuscript are written in two additional hands (pp. 249-279 and 297-328 respectively).

Papurau o eiddo J. Dyfnallt Owen neu a grynhowyd ganddo, 1863-1956, yn cynnwys pregethau; nodiadau bywgraffyddol ar weinidogion anghydffurfiol; llythyrau a phapurau eraill yn ymwneud ag achos yr Annibynwyr, 1863-1953; llythyrau amrywiol pellach, 1878-1956, rhai ohonynt yn cyfeirio at yr Orsedd yn Llydaw a Chernyw; dyddiaduron, 1897-1956; cyfraniadau ar gyfer eu cyhoeddi yn Y Tyst, etc., 1923-[1953]; sgriptiau radio, 1931-1955; pregethau, 1919; torion o'r wasg, [1872]-1954; dyddlyfrau taith, a nodiadau ar bynciau hanesyddol a llenyddol, 1901-1953. = Papers of and accumulated by J. Dyfnallt Owen, 1863-1956, including sermons; biographical notes on nonconformist ministers; letters and other papers concerning the Independent cause, 1863-1953; further miscellaneous letters, 1878-1956, some of which refer to the Gorsedd in Brittany and Cornwall; diaries, 1897-1956; contributions for publication in Y Tyst, etc., 1923-[1953]; radio scripts, 1931-1955; sermons, 1919; press cuttings, [1872]-1954; travel journals, and notes on historical and literary subjects, 1901-1953.

A manuscript journal, 20 December 1863-10 February 1864 (watermarks 1843, 1844), of a voyage by John Griffith, [of Bangor, Caernarvonshire,] from Gravesend to New Zealand on board the sailing ship The Indian Empire, describing the crew and passengers, the accommodation and rations and daily life on board.
The volume consists of sheets of lined paper, folded in half and stab-stitched together using tarred twine; the text is written lengthways down the page. Griffith describes the 'Dead Horse' ceremony, marking one month at sea (pp. 56-61), the publication, by him, of the first issue of the 'Atlantic Telegraph', a newspaper for the passengers and crew (pp. 62-63, 65), and his twenty-first birthday on the 5 February 1864 (pp. 64, 72); the volume also includes a plan of the cabin in which Griffith was accommodated (pp. 1-2). The Sotheby's and Charles Miller auction catalogues both assert that John Griffith was one of several passengers to have died from scarlet fever during the voyage, hence the abrupt ending of the journal on 10 February, some six weeks before reaching New Zealand; Griffith himself records the death of a passenger on 26 January (p. 61). However, contemporary newspaper reports of The Indian Empire's arrival in Port Lyttelton, Canterbury Province, on 23 March 1864, list a 'Griffiths' amongst the passengers in the second cabin, rather than as one of the passengers to have died on the passage (see for instance 'Shipping Intelligence', Lyttelton Times, 26 March 1864, p. 4). The actual fate of John Griffith is therefore uncertain.

Snowdon Visitors' Books, 1863-1889, containing the autographs, addresses and comments of visitors to the summit of Snowdon. They contain entries for the periods 11 July 1863-1 July 1866 (NLW MS 16083C), 20 June 1883-25 September 1885 (NLW MS 16084C) and 9 January-20 October 1886, 30 May-25 December 1887, 29 June-11 October 1889 (NLW MS 16085C).

Llawysgrif yn dwyn y teitl 'Detholiad o adroddiadau (recitations) Cymreig mewn rhyddiaith a barddoniaeth, dwys a llon. Testun yr Eisteddfod Genhedlaethol 1863' yn cynnwys englynion (tt. 1-7), awdlau a chywyddau (tt. 7-15), caneuon a phryddestau (tt. 15-21), canu caeth a chanu rhydd (tt. 21-48) a rhyddiaith (tt. 49-72). Mae'r awdur yn anhysbys. = A manuscript entitled 'Detholiad o adroddiadau (recitations) Cymreig mewn rhyddiaith a barddoniaeth, dwys a llon. Testun yr Eisteddfod Genhedlaethol 1863' ['Selection of Welsh Recitations in Prose and Poetry, Grave and Gay. Subject for the National Eisteddfod 1863'], containing transcripts of englynion (pp. 1-7), odes and cywyddau (pp. 7-15), songs and pryddestau (pp. 15-21), verse in strict and free metres (pp. 21-48) and prose (pp. 49-72). The author is unknown.
Ymysg y beirdd a gynrhychiolir mae [William Williams] (Caledfryn) (tt. 1, 34, 41-42, 44-48), [William Rees] (Gwilym Hiraethog) (tt. 1, 8-9, 37, 40-44), [Richard Foulkes Edwards] (R[hisiart] Ddu o Wynedd) (tt. 2, 3), [Evan Jones] (Ieuan Gwynedd) (tt. 3, 38), [Thomas Essile Davies] (D[ewi] W[yn] o Essyllt) (tt. 3-4, 7-8, 17-18), [David Owen] (D[ewi] Wyn o Eifion) (tt. 4, 9), [Robert Ellis] (Cynddelw) (tt. 9-10, 23-24), [William Ellis Jones] (Cawrdaf) (tt. 10-11, 33-34), [John] Ceiriog [Hughes] (tt. 19-20, 25, 29-31, 47), [John Jones] (Tegid) (tt. 24, 31), [Robert Parry] (Robyn Ddu o Eryri) (tt. 36, 45-46) a [David Thomas] (D[afydd] Ddu o Eryri) (tt. 36-39, 42, 44). Ymysg y darnau rhyddaith mae yna dri darn gan J[ohn] Roberts [J.R.] (tt. 49-56, 60-64, 66-69). Roedd y testun yn rhif 4 yn adran Rhyddiaith Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1863; yn y pen draw rhannwyd y wobr rhwng J. D. Jones, Rhuthun, Rhydderch o Fôn a Gwilym Teilo. = Amongst the poets represented are [William Williams] (Caledfryn) (pp. 1, 34, 41-42, 44-48), [William Rees] (Gwilym Hiraethog) (pp. 1, 8-9, 37, 40-44), [Richard Foulkes Edwards] R[hisiart] Ddu o Wynedd (pp. 2, 3), [Evan Jones] (Ieuan Gwynedd) (pp. 3, 38), [Thomas Essile Davies] (D[ewi] W[yn] o Essyllt) (pp. 3-4, 7-8, 17-18), [David Owen] (D[ewi] Wyn o Eifion) (pp. 4, 9), [Robert Ellis] (Cynddelw) (pp. 9-10, 23-24), [William Ellis Jones] (Cawrdaf) (pp. 10-11, 33-34), [John] Ceiriog [Hughes] (pp. 19-20, 25, 29-31, 47), [John Jones] (Tegid) (pp. 24, 31), [Robert Parry] (Robyn Ddu o Eryri) (pp. 36, 45-46) and [David Thomas] (D[afydd] Ddu o Eryri) (pp. 36-39, 42, 44). The prose pieces include three items by J[ohn] Roberts [J.R.] (pp. 49-56, 60-64, 66-69). The subject was No. 4 in the Prose section of the 1863 National Eisteddfod; the prize was ultimately shared between J. D. Jones, Ruthin, Rhydderch o Fôn and Gwilym Teilo.

Papers, 1864-[1910], of John Griffiths, relating mainly to his career as an artist and Principal of the Bombay School of Art in India, comprising thirty-eight letters, 1864-1905, mainly from colonial administrators and officials in India and London, including several Governors of Bombay, and from noted artists (items 1-38); together with miscellaneous papers, 1870-[1910] (items 39-47).
The correspondents are Evelyn Baring, Government House, Calcutta, 2 January 1874 (item 1), [Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of] Northbrook, June-October 1876 (items 2-3), [Sir] George Birdwood, India Office, 19 October 1888 (item 4), [Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl] Brassey, [n.d.] (item 5), [Sir] Ja[mes] Clark, Bagshot Park, 1864-1865 (items 6-8), John Collier, 11-15 June 1905 (items 9-10, with a draft reply by Griffiths on item 9), Arthur Ellis, [Equerry to the Prince of Wales], January-March 1876 (items 11-13), [Sir] B. H. Ellis, Calcutta, 1874, and India Office, 1885 (items 14-15), [Sir] James Fergusson, Governor of Bombay, 8-12 October 1882 (items 16-17), H. B[artle] E. Frere, 1870-1972 (items 18-19), William Gill, 15 July [?1880] (item 20), [Sir] A[rthur] E[dward] Hardinge, Commander in Chief, Bombay [Army], 2 March [1881x1886] (item 21), [G. R. C. Harris, Baron] Harris, [Governor of Bombay], 16 April 1893 (item 22), [George James Howard, Earl of] Carlisle, 20 September 1892 (item 23), [Donald James Mackay, Baron] Reay, [Governor of Bombay], 6 April 1890 (item 24), F. G. J. [Mackay, Baroness] Reay, 16 October 1890 (item 25), Daniel Maclise, 1 September 1865 (item 26), [Sir] M[axwell] Melvill, 24 March [?] (item 27), George [Porter], Archbishop of Bombay, 21 August 1889 (item 28), Samaldas Parmanand[d]as, [Divan of Bhavnagar], 24 October 1883 (item 29), Val Prinsep, 21 April 1882 (item 30), [Sir] J[ohn] Scott, [?1890s] (items 31-32), Takhtsinhji, [Maharaja of Bhavnagar], 3 March 1893 (item 33), [Sir] R. Temple, [?Governor of Bombay], Matheran, [1877x1880] (item 34), T. H. Thornton, Delhi, 2 January 1877 (item 35), G. F. Watts, 23 July 1865 (item 36), W[illiam] Wordsworth, 24 December 1890 (item 37), and J. Young, Freemasons' Hall, Byculla, 30 October 1888 (item 38). Other papers include an account of a tiger shoot, 16-18 May 1883 (item 39); a table plan for a Farewell Dinner to [G. R. C. Harris, Baron] Harris, 14 February 1895 (item 42); an illustrated brochure concerning the 'Sir J. J.' School of Art, [1910] (item 43); and six newspaper cuttings, 1894-1898, concerning Sir Charles Hutton Gregory and his wife Mrs Fanny Stirling (item 47).

Notebook containing diary entries by the Rev. Ellis Thomas Davies, Abergele, Congregational minister, October 1864-March 1865 (ff. 4-38 verso), November-December 1866 (ff. 50-56), recording personal news and preaching engagements.
An englyn by Davies is on f. 18.

Papurau Llywelyn Phillips,1864-1982, yn cynnwys gohebiaeth, 1937-1981; erthyglau, darlithoedd, anerchiadau a chyfansoddiadau llenyddol,1933-1980; papurau amrywiol yn ymwneud â'i yrfa, pynciau amaethyddol, bywyd a llenyddiaeth Cymru, 1864-1952; llyfrau lloffion o dorion,1949-1956; cerddi, gan gynnwys y rhai a gyflwynodd i eisteddfodau a chyfansoddiadau ar gyfer achlysuron arbennig, 1957-1981; erthyglau amrywiol a sgriptiau radio,1940-1981; teyrngedau i Llywelyn Phillips,1864-1982; a gweithiau printiedig,1954-1981 = Papers of Llywelyn Phillips, 1864-1982, including correspondence, 1937-1981; articles, lectures, addresses and literary compositions, 1933-1980; miscellaneous papers relating to his career, agricultural matters, Welsh life and literature, 1864-1952; scrap books of cuttings, 1949-1956; poems, including those submitted for eisteddfodau and compositions for special occasions, 1957-1981; miscellaneous articles and radio scripts, 1940-1981; tributes to Llywelyn Phillips, 1981-1982; and printed works, 1954-1981.

Gohebiaeth 'Alaw Ddu', 1870-1904; copïau llawysgrif o'i gyfansoddiadau cerddorol, yn cynnwys alawganau, 1878-1901, anthemau,1875-1903, emynau,1865-1895, caneuon crefyddol,1875-1896, caneuon seciwlar, 1879-[c. 1900], a darnau cerddorfaol, 1889-1899; ac eitemau amrywiol, 1879-1894 = Correspondence of 'Alaw Ddu', 1870-1904; manuscripts of his musical compositions, comprising cantatas, 1878-1901, anthems, 1875-1903, hymns, 1865-1895, religious songs, 1875-1896, secular songs, 1870-[c. 1900], and orchestral pieces, 1889-1899; and miscellaneous items, 1879-1894.

A group of letters largely relating to Harry H. Davis of Pennsylvania, Consul of the United States of America at Cardiff, which include certificates and other material relating to Davis's diplomatic career. There is also some material relating to Ephraim Henry Davies of Barry, including a holograph letter, 1933, from J. Dyfnallt Owen.
Amongst the references made are those to President Ulysses S. Grant; Lady Schreiber (formerly Lady Charlotte Guest); and Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover.

Field notes, May-September 1865, by Thomas Sopwith of London relating to a survey of the mountains of Moelwyn Mawr and Moelwyn Bach, Merioneth. The notebook contains thirty-eight sketches (ff. 2-39, 124 verso), ten of which are executed in ink and wash colour, and the remainder in pencil, all drawn in May 1865. A further section of explanatory notes in ink, May-September 1865 (ff. 92-117), records the background to the survey, together with details of the work undertaken by Sopwith and his surveyor, Henry Robinson, including trials for slate (ff. 110-111).
The work was commissioned by the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues in preparation for a three-dimensional geological model by Sopwith. This 'model of the mountain Moel Wyn' is referred to in Sopwith, Description of a Series of Elementary Geological Models (London, 1875), p. 78, as being 'open to public view', but its present whereabouts is unknown; see further Robert Sopwith, Thomas Sopwith Surveyor: An Exercise in Self-help (Bishop Auckland, 1994), p. 196.

Dyddlyfr John Davies, Blaenafon, Troed-yr-aur, Ceredigion, yn disgrifio ei daith, yng nghwmni ei chwaer Elizabeth, o Lerpwl i Sydney, Awstralia, Tachwedd 1865–Chwefror 1866; ynghyd â’i brofiadau yn Sydney, Chwefror–Mai 1866. = Journal of John Davies, Blaenafon, Troed-yr-aur, Cardiganshire, describing his voyage, in the company of his sister Elizabeth, from Liverpool to Sydney, Australia, November 1865–February 1866; with an account of his experiences in Sydney, February–May 1866.

Journal of two tours in North Wales by Charles Edward Rawlins (1811-1884) of Liverpool, merchant and political writer, in June 1866 and September 1868, accompanied on the first by Isaac Bancroft Cooke and Samuel Bulley, both cotton brokers of Liverpool, and on the second by his wife and children, including his son, Herbert, whose later signature appears on f. i. Two maps showing the itineraries are included, and the second tour (ff. 27-110 verso) is illustrated with engravings, [1850s]-[1860s].

Autograph album, 1866-1868, belonging to the journalist John Griffith (Gohebydd), compiled during visits to Reconstruction Era America to report for Baner ac Amserau Cymru. The album contains eighty-four signatures and inscriptions, mainly by Senators and other senior politicians and social reformers (ff. 3-49).
The signatories include the future Presidents James A. Garfield (f. 32) and U[lysses] S. Grant (f. 37), future Vice-Presidents Tho[mas] A. Hendricks (f. 7) and Schuyler Colfax (f. 26), Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton (f. 36), presidents pro-tem of the Senate L[a] F[ayette] S. Foster (f. 19) and B[enjamin] F. Wade (f. 22), the abolitionists and social reformers Frederick Douglass (f. 38), Wendell Phillips (f. 45) and Anna E. Dickinson (f. 46), the actor James E. Murdoch (f. 41) and the writer R[alph] Waldo Emerson (f. 43). A few autographs are of Welshmen (ff. 44, 49).

Papers of George Ewart Evans, including manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poetry, short stories, children's literature, a drama, oral history and autobiographical material, 1932-1986; illustrations, including drawings and photographs, [1932x1985]; journals and pamphlets, 1922-1988; other publications, 1950-1969; notebooks, 1927-1987; oral history, dialect and local history notes, 1941-1988; miscellaneous notes and source materials, [1894x1988]; notes for lectures, [1950]-[1984]; radio, tape transcripts, television and film material, [1947x1988]; correspondence and related material, including official and private letters, 1934-1987; personal items such as certificates, university papers and diaries, 1866-1988; engagement diaries and address books, [1927x1988]; cuttings, reviews and articles by or about George Ewart Evans, 1947-1988; and miscellaneous articles and reference books, 1875, 1906, [1927x1986].

Cyfrol o gerddi yn llaw Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai), [1866]-[1882], yn y mesurau caeth yn bennaf, gan gynnwys beddargraffiadau a chyfieithiad o emynau; cerdd brintiedig i W. R. M. Wynne, a Mrs Wynne, yn dilyn eu priodas, Mai 20, 1891, a cherdd goffa i’w wraig, 1892; copi o’i bregeth a draddodwyd ganddo yn ei wasanaeth ordeinio yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Llanelwy yn 1893; ynghyd â dau lythyr a ysgrifennodd at ei ferch Esther Margaret (‘Essie’), 1894 a 1895 a ‘Marwnad ar ol y diweddar Barch. Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai), Llangwm’ gan awdur dienw. = A volume of poems in the hand of Elis Wyn o Wyrfai, [1866]-[1882], mainly in strict metre, including epitaphs and translations of hymns; two of his printed poems: Welcome home. To W. R. M. Wynne, Esq, and Mrs Wynne, after their marriage, May 20, 1891, and In memoriam. My wife, 1892 and a copy of his ordination sermon preached at St Asaph Cathedral, 1893; together with two letters from him to his daughter Esther Margaret (‘Essie’), 1894 and 1895 and an elegy to the poet by an unknown author.

A volume containing humorous prose (ff. 4-16 verso) and poetry (ff. 19-33), [1867], by a young woman identifying herself as 'Angelina Workington' (f. 9), for her uncle, 'Slatey Hughes Esquire', as a memento of their visit to Llandudno and the surrounding area in July 1867.
The volume consists of a fanciful prologue (ff. 4-6), followed by equally fanciful accounts of excursions to the Great Orme (ff. 9-10 verso, 12-13 verso) and Capel Curig (ff. 14 recto-verso, 16 recto-verso), and poems entitled 'Ffos Noddyn' (ff. 19-20), 'A Growl from Gelert's Ghost' (ff. 22-25), 'The Streamlet's Song' (ff. 27-29) and 'Excelsior' (ff. 31-33). The manuscript is written mainly in black ink, with some words in red, blue, green and gold paint. In addition there is an illuminated title page (f. 2) and dedication (f. 3), with further illuminations or decorative initials on ff. 4, 8, 9, 16, 19, 22, 31; together with five pen drawings (ff. 7, 11, 15, 17, 22) and a photograph of the Great Orme, Llandudno (pasted in on f. 8). The name 'Angelina Workington' is presumed to be a pseudonym; the writer may actually be the Isabella Slater to whom the volume was gifted in 1862 (see f. 1).