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Material relating to the introduction of school broadcasts in Wales, and in particular to the case for establishing a Welsh Sub-Committee of the Central Council for School Broadcasting. The papers include autograph letters, 1931-3, to W. Lloyd Pierce, Llanfair Caereinion (for the National Union of Teachers), from the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Central Council for School Broadcasting, and Wm. George, Criccieth; undated memoranda by W. Lloyd Pierce and Sir Percy Watkins; minutes of the Central Council for School Broadcasting and of the Welsh Sub-Committee, 1932-3; etc.

An account book, 1874-1880, of David Williams, Tregaron, co. Cardigan, clerk to the Board of Guardians of the Tregaron Union, largely relating to the expenses of electing members to the School Boards of Ysbytty Ystwyth, Strata Florida and Gwnnws Upper, Llanddewi brefi, Caron Isclawdd and Upper Llanbadarn Odwyn, Llangeitho and Llanbadarn Odwyn Lower, Nantcwnlle, Blaenpenal and Lower Lledrod, Ystradmeurig and Lledrod Upper, and Bettws Leiki. Inset are papers relating to the executorship of the estate of David Williams, including IOU's to him, 1879-1881; accounts with the School Boards of Ysbytty Ystwyth, 1881, and Llanddewi Brefi, 1883; a holograph letter from William Ball, clerk, Ysbytty Ystwyth School Board, to Peter Williams [executor of David Williams], 1883; and two undated draft letters of Peter Williams.

School arithmetic books of John Griffith George of Cardigan Grammar School; Margaret George, Penrallt Hywel; and Mary Edwards, Forest, Cardigan. English. Between boards. Donated by Mrs M. J. Phillips, Rhoshill, Cardigan, April 1959.

School arithmetic books of Henry Williams, Abercastle. English. Leather back. Donated by the Reverend D. J. Evans, Capel Seion, September 1955.

Schedules of deeds relating to the estate of Rev. Pierce Thomas of Hendre, Meirionethshire, 1642-1779, the estate of Arthur Jones in Churchstoke and Kerry, Montgomeryshire, 1623-1776, the estate of Miss Parry in Montgomeryshire, 1684-1789, and the estate of Evan Davies of Caepant in Llandderfel and Llandrillo, Meirionethshire, 1703-1777.

Typescript notes relating to the set and sound requirements for the production of the play which was staged at Dynevor Castle, 13-18 August 1968.

Accounts, receipts, resolutions appointing trustees and other papers, 1866-1872, relating to the Sawel Benefit Society at Llansawel, Carmarthenshire.

A copy of a typescript draft, 1962, with autograph revision, of Saunders Lewis's play Problemau Prifysgol (Llandybïe, 1968).

Photocopies of drafts and proofs of works by Saunders Lewis, comprising Problemau Prifysgol, Cymru Fydd, Y Cyrnol Chabert and T1938, 'Cell y Grog', Dwy Briodas Ann and the English version of 'Serch yw'r Doctor' (see NLW MSS 22953-4, 22956-8, 22960-2), together with a copy of Steven Runciman, The Sicilian Vespers (Cambridge, 1958) used by Saunders Lewis while compiling notes for a play set in the Pope's palace at Orvieto, 1281 (see NLW MS 22959).

Original manuscript of the Welsh text of Saunders Lewis's address to the jury during his trial at Caernarfon Assizes, October 1936, for arson at the Penyberth Bombing School. The Welsh text, described by Saunders Lewis as 'partly strict translation but in part a separate and different composition' (see NLW MS 22951C, f. i), was subsequently published as a pamphlet Paham y Llosgasom yr Ysgol Fomio (1936).

Papers, 1901-1991, of dramatist, poet and literary critic John Saunders Lewis consisting mainly of correspondence and comprising letters, 1914-1955, between Saunders Lewis and Margaret Lewis (née Gilcriest), including letters written whilst Saunders Lewis was serving in the First World War and whilst he was imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs in 1937; letters, 1919-1984, to Saunders Lewis from various correspondents, including seventy-three letters, 1923-1983, from Kate Roberts, and fifty-three letters and cards, 1948-1974, from artist and writer David Jones, together with letters, 1937, to Margaret Lewis from David Jones and from various correspondents to her, 1919-1951; letters, 1919-1924, to Saunders Lewis from his father Lodwig Lewis, and letters, 1952, 1984-[c. 1986], to Mair Saunders Jones, daughter of Saunders and Margaret Lewis, including a letter, 1952, from Kate Roberts; together with autograph and typescript drafts of plays by Saunders Lewis, 1936-1983, articles, notes and addresses by him, including students notebooks of 1914-1920, and poetry, 1912-1947, by both Saunders and Margaret Lewis.
References include those to Plaid Cymru, Welsh nationalism, contemporary Welsh literature, the state of the Welsh language at the time, and Roman Catholicism.

Papers of Thomas Charles Edwards, Ampleforth, 1918, 1935-1976, including fifty-seven letters, in Welsh and English, from Saunders Lewis to him, 1935-1976 (ff. 1-5, 7-11, 13-15, 18, 20-45, 47-48, 50-55, 58-69), to his wife Imelda, 1940-1941, 1950 (ff. 16-17, 19, 49), or to both, 1939 (f. 12), containing personal news and discussing politics, current affairs, the Catholic Church and articles by TCE.
Also included are letters to TCE from David Jones, 17 June 1937, seeking to send Lewis a copy of his 'In Parenthesis' (f. 6), G[riffith] J[ohn] Williams, 16 July 1948, concerning an R. W[illiams] Parry englyn (f. 46) and John B[arrett] Davies, St Dogmaels, 22 October 1962 (ff. 56-57); together with a letter, 19 May 1918, from TCE, Shrewsbury, to his mother (ff. 70-73); a script for Lewis's radio talk 'A Prospect of Wales: 7. Welsh Writers of Today', as transmitted on the Welsh Home Service, 25 April 1961, being the copy sent by Lewis to TCE (ff. 74-84); and seven press cuttings, 1935-1936, mainly relating to Lewis and the burning of the bombing school at Penyberth (ff. 85-91).

A satirical poem entitled Will of J[ohn] D[effett] Francis, Esq. [1815-1901], 30 June 1876 - a satirical poem by Wyndham Lawrence, with references to some of Francis's contemporaries in Swansea.

A register book of baptisms ('Cofrestr Bedyddiadau') of Saron Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, Vriog, parish of Celynnin, Merioneth, 1865-71, 1889. The form of the volume was printed and published (by authority) by P. M. Evans, Holywell.

Transcripts and indexes of memorial inscriptions at Capel Saron, Llangeler, graveyard, compiled in 1999 by John and Beti Jenkins.