Identity area
Reference code
NLW MS 22674E.
Title
Miscellaneous papers relating to Merthyr
Date(s)
- 1822-[c.1950] (Creation)
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File
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229 ff.
Guarded and filed at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
John Parker; Cardiff; Purchase; 1989.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Miscellaneous papers in Welsh and English, 1822-[c.1950], mainly of Merthyr Tudful interest, accumulated by Elias Thomas, comprising poems and essays by his great-grandfather Rowland Thomas ('Idris Ddu'), his grandfather, William R. Thomas, and others, including an essay on the origin of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks by Rowland Thomas, with a translation of the same by Thomas Stephens (1821-75) of Merthyr; draft letters, articles and notes by Thomas Stephens; printed rules, 1846, of 'Cymdeithas Cadarn Graig y Cymry', Merthyr; and miscellaneous notes and press cuttings.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
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Welsh, English
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22674E
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004275005
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000275005
Access points
Subject access points
- Art festivals Eisteddfod at Merthyr Tudful, essays at (mid 19 cent.), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 158-73 Eisteddfod at Merthyr Tudful, c. 1845, subjects for competition at, NLW MS 22673E, ff. 48v-9 Eisteddfod at Merthyr Tudful (Y Gwir Iforiaid), 1855, essay at, NLW MS 22674E, ff. 25-64 -- Wales
- Welsh Letters from emigrants to (1853-1925), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 188-210 -- Australia
- Friendly societies Merthyr Tudful ('Cadarn Graig y Cymry'), poem to (1889 x 93), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 20-2 Merthyr Tudful ('Cadarn Graig y Cymry'), printed rules of (1846), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 182-7 -- Wales -- Merthyr Tydfil
- Iron mines and mining Cyfarthfa, essay on (1855), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 25-64 Cyfarthfa, press cutting rel. to (1920s), NLW MS 22674E, f. 225 Statistics rel. to production costs and prices of iron, 1806-52, NLW MS 22674E, ff. 116-21v -- Wales
- Music Church music, notes on (early 1850s), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 155-7 South Wales Choir, press cutting rel. to (1873), NLW MS 22674E, f. 211
- Strikes and lockouts Draft letters rel. to (1853), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 107-15 -- Iron mining -- Wales -- Merthyr Tydfil
- Names, Geographical Accounts of, NLW MS 22674E, ff. 188-207 -- Wales
- Welsh literature Chapter on, by Thomas Stephens (1850 x 75), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 133-45.
- Runes Coelbren y beirdd, monumental inscription in (1844), NLW MS 22674E, f. 83r-v -- Wales
- Australia Voyage to, letter describing (1853), NLW MS 22674E, f. 188
- Cyfarthfa (Wales) Ironworks, essay on history of (1855), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 25-64 Ironworks, press cutting rel. to, NLW MS 22674E, f. 225
- Merthyr Tydfil (Wales) Cyfarthfa ironworks, essay on (1855), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 25-64 Eisteddfod, essays at (mid 19 cent.), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 158-73 Friendly Society ('Cadarn Graig y Cymry'), poem to (1889 x 93), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 20-2 Friendly Society ('Cadarn Graig y Cymry'), rules of (1846), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 182-7 Iforiaid Eisteddfod, 1855, essay at, NLW MS 22674E, ff. 25-64 Parl. election, 1835, printed letter rel. to (1834), NLW MS 22674E, f. 181
- Penderyn (Wales) Bodwigaid in, notes on (1920 x 50), NLW MS 22674E, f. 84
Place access points
Name access points
- South Wales Choir Performance by, press cutting of report on (1873), NLW MS 22674E, f. 211 (Subject)
- Plantagenet (Ship) Voyage to Australia of, letter describing (1853), NLW MS 22674E, f. 188 (Subject)
- Gwir Iforiaid (Friendly Society) Merthyr Eisteddfod, 1855, essay at, NLW MS 22674E, ff. 25-64 (Subject)
- Crawshay, William, 1788-1867 Politics of, printed letter rel. to (1834), NLW MS 22674E, f. 181 (Subject)
- Evans, Harry, 1873-1914 Article on, press cutting of, NLW MS 22674E, f. 229 (Subject)
- Thomas, Rowland, 1789-1856 Biographical notes on, press cutting of (1928), NLW MS 22674E, f. 223 Letters rel. to (1942), NLW MS 22674E, f. 68r-v (Subject)
- John ap Morgan, Sir, Tredegar Elegy to, translation of (1850s), NLW MS 22674E, f. 106r-v (Subject)
- Turberville, James, fl. 1845 Biographical essays on (mid 19 cent.), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 158-73 (Subject)
- Beynon, Rosser, Asaph Glan Tâf, 1811-1876 Notes on church music by (early 1850s), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 155-7 (Subject)
- Crawshay, William, 1788-1867 Letter to, draft of (1853), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 112-15 rectos (Subject)
- Abraham, William R., 1820-1892 Poem by, NLW MS 22674E, ff. 18v-19 (Subject)
- Davis, Rhys L., Merthyr Tudful, fl. 1853 Letters from (1853), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 188-210 (Subject)
- Edwards, John, 1813-1906 Letter from (1847), NLW MS 22674E, f. 105 (Subject)
- Jones, John Washington, Rev. Letter from (1942), NLW MS 22674E, f. 68v Letter to (1942), NLW MS 22674E, f. 68 (Subject)
- Evans, Howell, fl. 1872 Poem by (1860 x 90), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 16-17v (Subject)
- Evans, William Downing, 1811-1897 Poem by, press cutting of (1853), NLW MS 22674E, f. 1 (Subject)
- Fothergill, Rowland, 1794-1871 Letter from (1822), NLW MS 22674E, f. 179 (Subject)
- Llywelyn Sion, 1540-1615? MSS in hand of, list of poems in, NLW MS 22674E, ff. 146-54 (Subject)
- Simons, Lewis Christmas, Rev., 1885-1974 Letter from (1942), NLW MS 22674E, f. 66 (Subject)
- Stephens, Thomas, 1821-1875 Letter to (1847), NLW MS 22674E, f. 105 Letters from, drafts of (1853), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 107-15 Notes and draft articles by, NLW MS 22674E, ff. 116-54 Translation by, of elegy to Sir John ap Morgan, NLW MS 22674E, f. 106r-v Translation by, of essay on Cyfarthfa ironworks, NLW MS 22674E, ff. 33-8v (Subject)
- Thomas, Rowland, 1789-1856 'Can i Gwn Hela' ... (1854) by, NLW MS 22674E, ff. 2-3v History of Cyfarthfa ironworks by, copy and English translation of (1855-c. 1950), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 24-64 Letter from (c. 1856), NLW MS 22674E, f. 5 Poetry by, press cuttings of (1928), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 223-4 (Subject)
- Thomas, Elias, Merthyr Tudful Letters from (1942), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 67, 68 Letters to (1929-48), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 65-6v, 67v, 68v-77 (Subject)
- Turberville, James, fl. 1845 Poem by (1845), NLW MS 22674E, ff. 46v-8 (Subject)
- Games family, of Brecknock Notes rel. to (1920 x 50), NLW MS 22674E, f. 84 (Subject)