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Llawysgrif ddrafft, 1954, o Ragair a Diweddglo 'Yr Argyfwng' gan W. Ambrose Bebb yn ei law ei hun; un llythyr, 1954, a phedwar cerdyn post, 1954, oddi wrth Bebb at Alun Talfan Davies, rhoddwr y llawysgrif, yn ymwneud â chwblhau a chyhoeddi 'Yr Argyfwng'; torion o'r Herald Cymraeg, 1953, sef pigion o Golofn y Llenor a ysgrifennwyd gan Bebb, gan gynnwys rhai o'r wyth o ysgrifau a gyhoeddwyd yn yr Herald dan y teitl 'Yr Argyfwng' yn ystod gwanwyn 1953; sylwadau, 1954, ar 'Yr Argyfwng', fel y'i cyhoeddwyd yn wreiddiol ar ffurf erthyglau yn yr Herald Cymraeg, gan y Parchedig J. P. Davies, Porthmadog, yr Athro Oliver Stephens, John Charles Jones, Esgob Bangor, y Parchedig E. Tegla Davies, a'r Parchedig Lewis Valentine. Cyhoeddwyd 'Yr Argyfwng' ar ffurf llyfr flwyddyn wedi marw Bebb, ym 1956 = Autograph draft manuscript, 1954, of the Foreword and Conclusion to 'Yr Argyfwng' by W. Ambrose Bebb; one letter, 1954, and four postcards, 1954, from Bebb to Alan Talfan Davies, the donor of the manuscript, relating to the completion and publication of 'Yr Argyfwng'; press cuttings from the Herald Cymraeg, 1953, which consist of some of Bebb's weekly columns and including some of the series of eight pieces of writing which were published in the Herald under the title 'Yr Argyfwng' during the spring of 1953; comments and observations, 1954, on 'Yr Argyfwng', in its original form of printed articles in the Herald Cymraeg, by the Reverend J. P. Davies, Porthmadog, Professor Oliver Stephens, John Charles Jones, Bishop of Bangor, the Reverend E. Tegla Davies, and the Reverend Lewis Valentine. 'Yr Argyfwng' was published in book form posthumously in 1956.

Papers of Aneirin Talfan Davies, 1911-1980, consisting of diaries, 1956-1980; papers relating to his work with the BBC, including letters and scripts, [1940s]-[1970]; correspondence, drafts and notes reflecting his literary activities, including his lectures, books, articles, libretti and his editorial duties on Barn (there is comparatively little of his poetry present), 1941-[1979]; material such as letters, radio scripts and articles relating to literary figures such as Dylan Thomas, David Jones and T. Rowland Hughes, 1937-1973; correspondence and minutes of meetings, in connection with Llyfrau'r Dryw / Christopher Davies (Publishers) Ltd., Yr Academi Gymreig, The Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music, the Welsh Arts Council, and a number of bodies within the Anglican Church in Wales, 1971-1977; letters from various prominent Welsh literary figures and successive Archbishops of Wales, 1972-1980; several volumes of press cuttings, 1911-1977; and personal papers, 1963-1974.

A typescript copy, [1962]-1979, of Saunders Lewis's Welsh play 'Excelsior', first published Swansea, 1980, with corrections in the author's hand (ff. 1-56); together with correspondence, 1980, in English and Welsh, of the publisher Christopher Davies, regarding its publication in view of the allegation, when broadcast in 1962, that it libelled the Rev. Llywelyn Williams, MP (ff. 57-81).
The typescript consists of pages from the original script, [1962], transmitted on BBC TV on St David's Day 1962 (ff. 5-16, 20-21, 42-51), interspersed with revised sections, [1979], for an abortive stage version (ff. 17-19, 22-41, 52-56), and the new Preface for the published volume, April 1980 (ff. 2-4). The correspondence consists of nineteen letters, April-October 1980, including copies and drafts, mostly between Saunders Lewis, Christopher Davies, Sir Alun Talfan Davies and Glyndwr Williams, brother of Llywelyn Williams. A cutting of Clive Betts' article, 'Saunders Lewis publishes play BBC abandoned' (Western Mail, 1 December 1980, p. 9), is on f. 82. The 1962 and 1980 versions of the play both appear in Dramâu Saunders Lewis: Y Casgliad Cyflawn, Cyfrol 2, ed. by Ioan M. Williams (Cardiff, 2000), pp. 273-414.