Swansea (Wales)

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D. Rhys Phillips Papers,

  • GB 0210 DRHYSIPS
  • Fonds
  • 1622-1951 (accumulated [c.1875-1951]) /

Research and original papers acquired by D. Rhys Phillips, mainly towards a history of the vale of Neath, 1622-1897, including extracts from the letter-books of Alfred Fox of the Neath Abbey Coal Co., 1820-1858, and accounts of the Vale of Neath Railway, 1850-1862; and material towards a history of Swansea, 1622-1814. Papers relating to Nonconformity, 1657-1921, music and hymn books, 1820-1933, Neath Abbey Coal Co., 1865-1874, dialect words, place names, tribannau Morgannwg, poetry, proverbs and folklore, 1896-1948. Correspondence, 1855-1951.

Phillips, D. Rhys (David Rhys), 1862-1952

Hanes lleol

Papurau yn ymwneud ag ymchwil ar hanes lleol, [1919]-1970, gan gynnwys nodiadau amrywiol ar bynciau a phobl lleol; cerdyn â darlun o dad Ceri Richards arno; nodiadau a llythyr ar y Parch. Isaac Williams; nodiadau ar academi Crwys; nodiadau ar gyfer anerchiad ar hen lyfr eglwys Cilfwnwr (nid yn llaw y Dr Iorwerth Hughes Jones); rhaglen cyfarfodydd sefydlu yn Eglwys Annibynnol y Crwys; llyfr nodiadau ar wahanol gapeli yn cynnwys Ebeneser, Dunvant, yn llaw y Parch. W. Glasnant Jones o bosibl; pennill traddodiadol ar Gastell Ystumllwynarth; nodiadau ar y teulu Mansel; nodiadau ar Cila a'r enw Cila; llun o deulu Lewis, Cila; nodiadau ar Wernllath; nodiadau ar, a lluniau o, Gellihir; cynllun o Gellihir; bwndel o achau teulu; hanes y diwidiant copr yn Abertawe; erthygl papur newydd ar hanes Abertawe wedi'i hysgrifennu gan y Dr Iorwerth Hughes Jones; llyfrau nodiadau, un â nodiadau wedi eu cymryd o lyfr R. Rees, hen ysgolfeistr y Crwys ac un ar hanes achos yr Annibynnwyr yn y Crwys; lluniau o Ysgol John Evans y Crwys; amlenni yn cynnwys lluniau a nodiadau ar, a gan, R. Lewis John; lluniau o Sgwd Gwladys; a thorion papur newydd yn ymwneud â hanes lleol.

John Collwyn Rees papers

  • GB 0210 JOHREES
  • Fonds
  • 1949-1979

Research papers and correspondence of John Collwyn Rees, 1949-1979, including academic correspondence, 1956-1978, addressed to Rees; publications, lectures, talks, reviews and notes by Rees, 1953-1978, mainly on J. S. Mill; research papers on political theory, 1951-1979; papers on equality and justice, [c. 1950]-1975; notes on Marxism and Communism, 1951-1974; notes on atomic warfare and disarmament, 1956-1963; notes on philosophy, [c. 1950]-1980; and notes on freedom and liberty, 1960-1978; and miscellaneous papers, 1970-1981.

Rees, J. C. (John Collwyn)

Lewis Weston Dillwyn Diaries

  • GB 0210 LEWWYN
  • Fonds
  • 1817-1852

Diaries, 1817-1852, of Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778-1855) of Penlle'rgaer, Glamorgan, containing entries relating to family and estate matters, his business interests, his work as a naturalist, together with his public duties as a magistrate and as a Member of Parliament. Also included is the journal of his tour on the Continent in 1836. Most of the volumes are partially indexed by him, and many contain appendices, some relating to events before 1817 (see file level descriptions for further details).

Dillwyn, L. W. (Lewis Weston), 1778-1855.

Mary Williams papers

  • GB 0210 MARAMS
  • Fonds
  • 1862-1974 (accumulated [1890]-1977)

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.

Williams, Mary, 1882-1977

Original letters, documents, &c.,

Miscellaneous letters and documents, including transcripts, including a letter, 24 August 1622, from Lewis Davids to the petty constables of Swansea relating to the upkeep of Cardiff Bridge; a letter, 24 May 1624, from Owen Wynn to his father, Sir John Wynn, knight and baronet, of Gwydir; a quittance for chief rents, 1640; a copy of a survey of Iscoed, 1650; a letter, 1690, from Richard Lougher to Thomas Rees; a list of Glamorganshire gentlemen to the west of the Ogmore river; a survey of the number and value of acres, houses and lands in Gower; papers relating to Swansea and to the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) and their stewards; a pedigree of the St John family of Bletso, Bedfordshire; a work entitled Modern division of Glamorgan in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg').

Light verse and prose

Autograph and typescript drafts, [c. 1944]-1967, of light verse, acrostics and poems for children by Vernon Watkins, composed 1925-1967 (ff. 1-85), together with drafts for published articles, lectures and radio talks, 1948-[1964] (f. 86-138).
Most of the verse (ff. 1, 3-28, 35-56, 58-68, 71-82) was published in Vernon Watkins, LMNTRE Poems (Swansea, 1999). The prose includes drafts of an article and radio script variously called 'The Place and the Poem', [?1949] (ff. 86-99), 'The Place and the Poem. Swansea' (ff. 100-101) and 'Swansea Poems', 1948 (ff. 102-107), a version of which was published as 'Swansea', Texas Quarterly, 4.4 (Winter 1961), 59-64; 'Poetry of the Second Phase', 1962 (ff. 111-114), partly published as 'The Second Phase in Poetry', Unicorn, 10 (Spring 1963), 9-10; and radio scripts, 'The Need of the Artist', 1962 (ff. 108-110), published in The Listener, 8 November 1962, pp. 756-757, and 'Problems of Communication', 1963 (ff. 115-122), published as 'The Joy of Creation', Listener, 30 April 1964, pp. 720-721.

Nevill Industrial Records,

  • GB 0210 NEVILL
  • Fonds
  • 1701-1910 /

Records, 1701-1910, of the business concerns of Charles Nevill, his son, Richard Janion Nevill and Nevill, Druce and Co., notably the Swansea Copper Works and the Llanelli Copper Works and collieries in Carmarthenshire, 1797-1910, including: a diary of Charles Nevill containing entries relating to the Swansea Copper Works and to analyses of copper ore, 1797-1802; copies of letters written from Llanelli, 1812-1813, and diary entries relating to lead works, 1811-1813, and to roadmaking at Llangennech, 1812-1813; letter books, 1804-1832; colliery accounts and reports, 1803-1836; bye-laws of the Llanelli Copper Works, 1805-1834; accounts of the sale of copper, rough copper books, etc., 1807-1874; ticketings of lead mainly from mines in Cornwall, Cardiganshire and the Isle of Man, 1852-1853; entry books of offers of lead ore, 1851-1876; registers of purchases, 1860-1875; lead ore produce books, 1862-1872; an account book of the steamer Harriet, 1838-1840; shipbuilding specifications, 1865-1872; and a large number of deeds and documents, 1701-1910, including industrial leases in Llanelli. Papers of Charles William Nevill are not included.

Nevill, Druce & Co.

Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co. Records,

  • GB 0210 RHOSEA
  • Fonds
  • 1883-1898 /

Records, 1883-98, relating mainly to a case of alleged breach of contract between the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company and William Jones of Neath, building contractor. They include the records of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company, 1878-1894, mainly financial; account books of William Jones of Neath, one of the contractors involved in building the Rhondda tunnel, 1884-1898, and papers relating to the breach of contract, 1884-1896, brought by William Jones against the company.

Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company.

Capel Henrietta, Abertawe

Mae'r ffeil hon yn cynnwys papurau'n ymwneud â Chapel Henrietta, Abertawe, gan gynnwys llyfr y trysorydd 1903-1915, a ddefnyddiwyd eto yn 1929 i nodi casgliadau arbennig, ac yna i restru unigolion a oedd o bosib i ddod i gyfarfod a gynhaliwyd yn yr Eglwys yn 1948. Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys hefyd gopi o Y Tyst sydd â stori ar y dudalen flaen yn sôn bod yr Athro Stephen J. Williams, a oedd yn ddiacon yng Nghapel Henrietta, wedi cael ei wneud yn is-gadeirydd yr Undeb.

Capel Henrietta (Swansea, Wales)

Miscellaneous papers relating to Swansea

  • NLW ex 2325
  • File
  • 1904-1998

A folder of miscellaneous material relating to various events in the Swansea area, from Welsh education and music festivals to National Eisteddfodau and Royal visits, 1904-1998.