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A group of documents relating to gold mining in Merioneth. It includes notes on various gold mines in the county; correspondence addressed principally to O. Parry Hughes, 1918-36; typescript evidence prepared for the Merioneth Gold Mining Inquiry, 1930, and a report of the proceedings; memoranda relating to the formation and development of the Merioneth Mining Development Committee, 1930; copies of printed reports by Professor Henry Louis on the possibilities of gold mining in Merioneth, 1930; notes on diamond drilling and its possibilities in Merionethshire; together with a few printed items, two photographs, press cuttings and miscellanea.

Manuscript draft of an article, in Welsh, by Saunders Lewis on 'Owen M. Edwards', published in Triwyr Penllyn (Caerdydd, 1956), edited by Gwynedd O. Pierce, together with a related letter, 1956, from Saunders Lewis to the latter.

The fonds comprises letters from Edwards to various members of his family, 1882-1920, together with letters to him from his wife, son, daughter and other members of the family and early family papers, 1804-1943; letters from friends, leading figures in Welsh public life and academic associates, 1880-1920; diaries and notebooks, 1875-1920; papers deriving from his work as a publisher and editor, 1890-1920, and as Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales, 1907-1920. There are also some papers relating to the proposed biography of Edwards, and a collection of printed material accumulated by him.

Additional papers and correspondence, mostly comprising the letters of Owen and Ellen (Elin) Edwards, Ifan and Haf Edwards, other family members and friends, together with press cuttings, photographs and accounts; April 2022.

Further papers, mainly correspondence between O. M. Edwards and his family; January 2024.

Deeds, documents and letters, 1638-1897, relating mainly to properties in Denbighshire and Shropshire, but also Caernarfonshire, Cardiganshire, Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire, Radnorshire and Cheshire; plans relating to the activities of railway companies mainly in the parishes of Gresford and Wrexham, Denbighshire, 1845-1849; and printed material, 1863-1897.

Papers of Owen Elias Roberts (1908-), comprising his scientific and literary works, c.1927-2000, and six manuscript volumes presented to eisteddfodic competitions.

Papers of O. Cynric Mytton-Davies, 1924-1992, including prose works, 1931-1990; radio scripts, 1946-1967; a television script for an interview in the 'Art and the artist' series, 1964; poetry, 1924-1984; personal papers, 1950-1992; and letters from Vernon Herford, regionary bishop of Mercia of the Evangelic Catholic Communion, 1936-1940.

Papers, posters and photographs relating to the work of NUS Wales; Additional papers and booklets, 1994-2017, including reports and policies, and material relating to conferences and training; July 2024. Further group of papers consisting of Welsh-language campaign posters, 1992-2016.

An album, 1912-1930, 1965, which belonged to Bell Crossfield, the donor's aunt, who was a nurse during the First World War at the Morfa Camp, Conwy, including poems and pen sketches by soldiers from the Third Border Regiment recovering from their battle injuries.

Nursery book etc. of Cothi Vale and a lease of Bryneithin, Pencarreg. English. Between boards. Donated by Mrs Miall Jones and Miss Parry, Aberystwyth, December 1944.

Estate and family records of Parry, later Webley-Parry, later Webley-Parry-Pryse, of Noyadd Trefawr, Cardiganshire, including Noyadd Trefawr and Gellidywyll deeds, 1396-1868, rentals of the Noyadd estate, 1778-1860, and Noyadd estate correspondence, 1808-1902, personal papers of Thomas Lewes, post-1747-[c. 1781], including notes on Saxony compiled 1776-1778 during Sir John Stepney's mission to Dresden, 1776-1782, and Dol-gwm deeds, 1590-1703.

A photocopy of a translation into Welsh, mostly in manuscript, by Eryl McDonald de Hughes of the novel El Evangelio y Don Eduardo (Buenos Aires, 1991) by Roy Centeno Humphreys, and an English translation 'Go Patagonia, said Edwin' by the latter of his novel Go Patagonia, dijo Edwin (Argentina, 1993), both of which relate to the Welsh colonization of the Chubut Valley and were declared works of National Cultural Interest by the Argentine Government in 1996; together with Roy Centeno Humphreys's curriculum vitae and photocopies of research papers including letters to Edward Humphreys, genealogical notes, and reviews of the novels, mainly in Spanish. The author is the great grandson of Elizabeth and Morris Humphreys, who came to Patagonia aboard the Mimosa in 1865; copies of both novels have been transferred to the Department of Printed Books.

Novel: 'A 'Varsity Lad and a Lass' by 'Gwalio'r Gwynn'. English. Between boards. Donated by Mr Richard Booth, Hay Castle, May 1970.

A copy of John T. Godfrey (editor) : Manuscripts relating to the County of Nottingham in the possession of Mr. James Ward, Nottingham ... (London, 1900), with an autograph letter to George Eyre Evans from James Ward, dated April 26, 1902.

Some thirty letters, 1871-1905, from various correspondents, to Cecil George Savile Foljambe (1846-1907), later Viscount Hawkesbury and Lord Liverpool, concerning the history of Nottinghamshire families and churches, together with related notes, sketches, photographs and press cuttings.

A notebook of the Nottingham Welsh Society containing the names of persons present at the Inter-Welsh Societies' Gathering at Nottingham, 20 July 1912, arranged under Welsh counties, and of Welsh wounded soldiers present at various social events, 1917-1919; a list of names and addresses (signatures) headed 'Reception of Welsh Delegates to the Wesleyan Conference [at Nottingham] July 1924'; and printed programmes of various concerts, dinners and religious services, 1904-1929, mainly in connection with the Society.

Accounts and minutes of the Nottingham Welsh Society, 1911-1921.

Papers, [1600x1857], of or in the possession of Henry Hey Knight, including correspondence, 1769-1880, mostly to Knight and miscellaneous notes, transcripts, etc. by him; a solicitor's account book, 1765-1794; early eighteenth century medical treatises; lectures on physiology, 1807; and notes on Classical themes.