Notebook containing manuscript drafts and pasted-in cuttings of poetry by Elphin, [c. 1890]-[c. 1909]. All except one of the poems are in Welsh.

A collection of verses entitled 'O'r Encilion: Cathlau Serch Bywyd ac Angeu', comprising poetry by Elphin (ff. 1-70) and translations into Welsh by him of work by English, Italian, Spanish, French and German poets (ff. 72-103).

Notebook containing poetry by Elphin. A rough outline of a play, found loose inside, has been tipped in on f. 31 verso.

An essay on the free metre poetry of Rowland Williams ('Hwfa Môn') by J[ohn] T[homas] Job.

Papers of Brythonydd and others, [early 18th century]-1952, comprising essays and notes on Teifiside history, 1902-1909; notes on sermons and lectures; diaries, 1906-1923; transcripts of various historical, literary and religious material including Ystradyfodwg parish records, 1735-1930, and Howel Harris' diaries, 1738-1771; transcripts of poetry by Cardiganshire poets including Gwinionydd; letters, 1898-1952; vestry books and account books of Cenarth and Penbryn and other parishes, [pre 1798]-1876; records of Libanus, Treherbert including minute books, registers and account books, 1842-1946; papers of Benjamin Williams (Gwinionydd), including letters, sermons, 1855-1890, essays, notes and poetry; papers of David James (Defynnog), Treherbert, relating mainly to the column he edited in The South Wales News and including sermons and adjudications of his uncle, Benjamin Thomas (Myfyr Emlyn), 1875-1928; papers of John Morris Jones (Ioan Cunllo), John Thomas, Charles Davies, Thomas Cynfelyn Benjamin, Lewis Jones, Treherbert, Rees Price, David Price, Joseph Davies and Rhys Lloyd Jones, Troed-yr-aur, and others, consisting mainly of poetry, accounts, letters, addresses, notebooks and sermons, [19th century]-[20th century].

Llungopïau o gerddi Cymraeg sy'n cyfeirio at frwydr Llangyndeyrn, sef 'Sir Gaerfyrddin (Cân deyrnged i Lywydd Plaid Cymru [Gwynfor Evans] ar ei ethol yn Aelod Seneddol)' gan Gwenallt (o Y Coed (Gwasg Gomer, 1969)); 'Cwm Cymwynas' gan Mererid Hopwood; 'Dathlu 50 Mlynedd Achub Llangynderyn' gan Tudur Dylan; 'Llangyndeyrn' gan Arwel John; 'Y Frwydr' gan Idris Reynolds; 'Pentref (i bobol Llangyndeyrn)' gan Iolo Jones; 'Y Frwydr' gan Geraint Roberts (cyhoeddwyd yn Beirdd Bro Eisteddfod Sir Gâr (gol. Geraint Roberts) (Cyhoeddiadau Barddas, 2014)); 'Llangyndeyrn' gan y Parchedig W. M. Rees (gweler nodyn ym mhrif weithlen yr archif); 'Dŵr' gan Hannah Roberts; a 'Bro Fy Mebyd' gan W. T. Thomas. Cyhoeddwyd 'Cwm Cymwynas', 'Dathlu 50 Mlynedd Achub Llangyndeyrn' a 'Llangyndeyrn' (Arwel John) yn Sefyll yn y Bwlch: Brwydr Llangyndeyrn 1960-1965 gan W. M. Rees (Y Lolfa, 2013) (gweler nodyn ym mhrif weithlen yr archif). 'Y Frwydr' oedd englyn buddugol y Prifardd Idris Reynolds ar gyfer Talwrn y Ddau Gwm (Tryweryn a Gwendraeth Fach) (meuryn: Tudur Dylan) adeg dathlu hannercanmlwyddiant y frwydr yn 2013. Arnodiad, yn ôl pob tebyg yn llaw Hywel Gealy Rees wrth yr englyn 'Pentref (i bobol Llangyndeyrn)' gan Iolo Jones: 'Iolo Jones Y Talwrn Radio Cymru'. Cyhoeddwyd 'Llangyndeyrn' gan y Parchedig W. M. Rees yn y gyfrol Cloi'r Clwydi a gyhoeddwyd gan Gymdeithas Les Llangyndeyrn ym 1983 (gweler dan Dathlu'r ugain mlynedd). Arnodiad, yn ôl pob tebyg yn llaw Hywel Gealy Rees wrth y gerdd 'Dŵr' gan Hannah Roberts: 'Cerdd fuddugol gan Hannah Roberts' (ni enwir y gystadleuaeth).
= Photocopied Welsh poetry which relates to Llangyndeyrn's 'fight for victory', comprising: 'Sir Gaerfyrddin (Cân deyrnged i Lywydd Plaid Cymru ar ei ethol yn Aelod Seneddol)' ['Carmarthenshire (Song in tribute to the Leader of Plaid Cymru [Gwynfor Evans] on his election as Member of Parliament)'] by Gwenallt (from Y Coed (Gomer Press, 1969); 'Cwm Cymwynas' ['Favour Valley'] by Mererid Hopwood; 'Dathlu 50 Mlynedd Achub Llangyndeyrn' ['Celebrating 50 Years Since the Saving of Llangyndeyrn'] by Tudur Dylan; 'Llangyndeyrn' by Arwel John; 'Y Frwydr' ['The Battle'] by Idris Reynolds; 'Pentref (i bobol Llangyndeyrn)' ['Village (to the people of Llangyndeyrn)'] by Iolo Jones; 'Y Frwydr' ['The Battle'] by Geraint Roberts (published in Beirdd Bro Eisteddfod Sir Gâr (ed. Geraint Roberts) (Barddas Publications, 2014)); 'Llangyndeyrn' by the Reverend W. M. Rees (see note in main section of archive); 'Dŵr' ['Water'] by Hannah Roberts; and 'Bro Fy Mebyd' ['My Birthplace'] by W. T. Thomas. 'Cwm Cymwynas', 'Dathlu 50 Mlynedd Achub Llangyndeyrn' and 'Llangyndeyrn' (Arwel John) were published in Sefyll yn y Bwlch: Brwydr Llangyndeyrn 1960-1965 by W. M. Rees (Y Lolfa, 2013) (see note in main section of archive). 'Y Frwydr' was the winning englyn (four-line strict-metre verse) in a competition between poets of the Gwendraeth and Tryweryn Valleys, chaired by the award-winning poet Tudur Dylan, to celebrate the half-centenary of Llangyndeyrn's 'fight for victory' in 2013. Annotation, probably in the hand of Hywel Gealy Rees, alongside the englyn 'Pentref (i bobol Llangyndeyrn)' by Iolo Jones (trans.): 'Iolo Jones Y Talwrn [poetic competition] Radio Cymru'. 'Llangyndeyrn' by the Reverend W. M. Rees was published in Cloi'r Clwydi (pub. Llangyndeyrn Welfare Society, 1983) (see under Twentieth anniversary celebrations). Annotation, probably in the hand of Hywel Gealy Rees, alongside 'Dŵr' by Hannah Roberts (trans.): 'Winning poem by Hannah Roberts' (competition not specified).

A notebook (MS 22861iB) mainly containing pasted-in newspaper cuttings of poems in Welsh by David Morgan ('Cerddwyson', 1862-1935), Merthyr Tudful, composed between 1900 and 1929, with manuscript additions. Items found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (MS 22861iiE); they comprise two pamphlets: the periodical Cenad Hedd for March 1910, which contains an article on Maggie Morgans, the poet's mother, and Lledu'r Gorwelion (Merthyr Tydfil, 1928), being the printed version of Cerddwyson's address to the Congregationalists of the North Glamorgan Association on his retirement as chairman in October 1927; together with two related newspaper cuttings, 1936-1991.

Allbrintiau o bedair ar ddeg o gerddi a gyfansoddwyd gan Iwan Llwyd ar gyfer arddangosfa, 8 Ebrill-30 Medi 2000, yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, i ddathlu chwecanmlwyddiant dechrau gwrthryfel Owain Glyn Dŵr. Fe'u cyhoeddwyd yn Owain Glyn Dŵr 1400-2000 (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, Aberystwyth, 2000). Ceir hefyd gywydd 'Teulu Owain Glyndŵr' nas cynhwyswyd yn y gyfrol.

Copi llawysgrif ddrafft o Cerddi'r Bugail, sef cyfrol goffa o farddoniaeth Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans) (1887-1917), wedi'i olygu gan y Parchedig J. J. Williams ac o bosib yn ei lawysgrifen. = Draft manuscript copy of Cerddi'r Bugail, a commemorative anthology of poetry by Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans) (1887-1917), edited by the Reverend J. J. Williams and possibly written in his hand.

Twelve holograph poems by Waldo Williams, [1956] (ff. 1-10), written down from memory with the encouragement of Prof. J. Gwyn Griffiths and Dr Kate Bosse-Griffiths at their flat in 1 Eaton Crescent, Swansea; with the exception of 'Arfau' (ff. 6 verso-7), all the poems appeared in the volume Dail Pren (Llandysul, 1956). Also included are page proofs of the first typesetting of Dail Pren prepared by Gwasg Gomer in June 1956 (ff. 11-103), arranged by the poet with the help of Prof. Griffiths and Dr Bosse-Griffiths and including a few manuscript emendations in the hand of Prof. Griffiths.
The first typesetting differs significantly from the first published version of November 1956, with the poet having omitted twenty of the sixty-three poems and added twenty-three new poems.

A holograph copy of the adjudication by T[homas] Gwynn Jones [professor of Welsh Literature, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth] on the four poems submitted for the chair competition at the Denbighshire Chair Eisteddfod [held at Denbigh, 3, 5, 6 June], 1922.

Holograph copies of articles, etc., by T[homas] Gwynn Jones [professor of Welsh Literature, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth], published in Y Darian, 1919-1926, including a series of articles entitled 'Iwerddon' (18, 25 Medi, 2, 9, 16 Hydref 1919, subsequently published as a booklet (50 pp.) under the same title, Aberdar, 1919); a series of articles entitled 'I Leddfu Gofid' (26 Mai, 9, 16, 23, 30 Mehefin, 7 Gorffennaf 1921, subsequently published as a booklet (63 pp.) under the title Peth Nas Lleddir, Aberdar, 1921); an essay entitled 'Colofnau Mwg' ( 16 Rhagfyr 1926, subsequently published in the author's Beirniadaeth a Myfyrdod, Wrecsam, 1935, pp.119-27); reviews of Saunders Lewis: A School of Welsh Augustans, Wrexham, 1924 (29 Mai 1924), and of Kate Roberts: O Gors y Bryniau. Naw Stori Fer, Wrecsam, 1925 (7 Mai 1925); a letter headed 'Tafodiaith', in reply to a correspondent's observations in Y Darian, 4 Mehefin 1925, on comments by T. Gwynn Jones in his review of O Gors y Bryniau (see above) on the author's use of dialect (11 Mehefin 1925); and adjudications on 'englynion' submitted in a literary competition organised by Y Darian (28 Rhagfyr 1922), on the 'rhieingerddi' and 'myfyrdraethau' submitted for competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, 1923 (16 Awst 1923; for the adjudication on the 'rhieingerddi', see also Cofnodion a Chyfansoddiadau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1923 . . . Barddoniaeth a Beirniadaethau, pp.95-6), on the chair poems and 'englynion' submitted at the Cardiff and District Welsh Societies Eisteddfod, 1925 (2, 9 Ebrill 1925), and on the short stories submitted in a competition organised by Y Darian, 1925 (26 Tachwedd 1925). Most of these items are listed in A Bibliography of Thomas Gwynn Jones. Reprinted from The Bibliography of Denbighshire, Part 3, Wrexham, 1938. See also the supplement to this work, published in Denbighshire Historical Society Transactions, vol. 5, 1956, pp. 131-49.

Gohebiaeth, 1913-1928, yn bennaf at Robert (Silyn) Roberts oddi wrth y bardd a'r darlithydd prifysgol R. Williams Parry, y llythyrau cynharaf wedi'u hanfon tra 'roedd Williams Parry yn athro yn ysgol Cefnddwysarn ger y Bala a'r rhan helaeth o'r ohebiaeth ddilynol yn olrhain ei hynt yn y fyddin yn ystod Rhyfel 1914-18. 'Roedd Williams Parry ar y cychwyn yn hynod anhapus yn ei yrfa milwrol ac mae'n erfyn ar Silyn, yn sgîl ei swydd fel ysgrifennydd Bwrdd Penodiadau Prifysgol Cymru, i'w symud i gatrawd sy'n cynnwys milwyr Cymreig (ceir tystiolaeth o ymgais Silyn i gyflawni ei ddymuniad). Cafodd Williams Parry air o'r diwedd (llythyr dyddiedig 24 Ebrill 1917) ei fod am gael ei drosglwyddo i'r '1st Welsh (Caernarvon) Battery Royal Garrison Artillery'. Serch annedwyddwch Williams Parry, ceir enghreifftiau yn ei lythyrau o farddoniaeth a ysgrifennodd ar faes y gâd, sy'n cynnwys ei englynion coffa i'w gyfaill Robert Pritchard Evans (1884-1917) (llythyr dyddiedig 26 Ebrill 1917) a'i soned 'Mater Mea' (llythyr dyddiedig 3 Rhagfyr 1917). Yn ei lythyr dyddiedig 11 Tachwedd 1918, mae Williams Parry yn datgan ei orfoledd ar derfyn y rhyfel. Arwyddir sawl un o'r llythyrau oddi wrth Williams Parry â'r enw 'Llion', sef y ffugenw a ddefnyddiodd ar gyfer ei ymgais lwyddiannus i gipio cadair Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1910. Arnodir dau lythyr yn llaw Mary Silyn Roberts.
Ceir hefyd y canlynol:
Llythyr, 1 Mai 1915, at Robert (Silyn) Roberts oddi wrth W. J. Williams (1878-1952), sy'n ymddangos fel pe bai'n adrodd hanes dyfarnu cymhwyster R. Williams Parry ac eraill ar gyfer gwaith rhyfel.
Copi o lythyr, 10 Ionawr 1917, oddi wrth Robert (Silyn) Roberts at Capten Hamlet Roberts, 6ed Bataliwn y Ffiwsilwyr Cymreig Brenhinol, mewn ymgais i drosglwyddo R. Williams Parry i gatrawd Gymreig.
Llythyrau, Ebrill 1917, rhwng Robert (Silyn) Roberts a'r bardd Eingl-Gymraeg, llenor ac addysgwr Arthur Glyn Prys-Jones (1888-1987) ynghylch cyhoeddi cyfrol o farddoniaeth Eingl-Gymreig; yn un llythyr, ceir barn Silyn ar feirdd Cymreig cyfoes.
Llythyr, 3 Gorffennaf 1918, oddi wrth 'Kitty' yn Llundain, yn holi am gyhoeddiadau'n ymwneud ag R. Williams Parry ac â'r addysgwraig Lydewig Marie Souvestre (1830-1905).
Cerdyn post, 16 Mai 1930, wedi'i gyfeirio at Robert (Silyn) Roberts ond sydd â rhan helaeth ohono wedi'i dorri'i ffwrdd.

Ynghyd ag atodiad teipysgrif: 'Datganiad gan Angharad Tomos [un o roddwyr y casgliad] Mai 2022', sy'n cynnig sylwadau ynghylch llythyrau R. Williams Parry at Robert (Silyn) Roberts.

= Correspondence, 1913-1928, largely to Robert (Silyn) Roberts from the poet and university lecturer R. Williams Parry, the earliest letters sent whilst Williams Parry was teaching at Cefnddwysarn school, near Bala, with subsequent correspondence following, in the main, his military career during the First World War. Williams Parry's wartime experience was initially extremely unhappy and he begs Silyn, as secretary of the Welsh Appointments Board of the University of Wales, to transfer him to a regiment which includes Welsh soldiers (there is evidence of Silyn's attempts to fulfil his wishes). Williams Parry would finally receive word (letter dated 24 April 1917) of his transfer to the 1st Welsh (Caernarvon) Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. However, despite his melancholy, the war letters contain poetry written at the time by Williams Parry, which includes his commemorative 'englynion' (strict-metre verses) to his friend Robert Pritchard Evans (1884-1917) (letter dated 26 April 1917) and his sonnet 'Mater Mea' (letter dated 3 December 1917). Williams Parry expresses his joy at the end of the war in a letter dated 11 November 1918. Many of Williams Parry's letters are signed 'Llion', which was the pseudonym he used in his successful attempt to win the bardic chair at the 1910 National Eisteddfod. Two letters are annotated in the hand of Mary Silyn Roberts.
The following are also included:
Letter, 1 May 1915, to Robert (Silyn) Roberts from W. J. Williams (1878-1952), which appears to relate an account of how R. Williams Parry and others were assessed for war work.
Copy of a letter, 10 January 1917, from Robert (Silyn) Roberts to Captain Hamlet Roberts of the 6th Battalion of Royal Welsh Fusiliers in an attempt to obtain R. Williams Parry's transfer to a Welsh regiment.
Letters, April 1917, between Robert (Silyn) Roberts and the Anglo-Welsh poet, author and educator Arthur Glyn Prys-Jones (1888-1987) regarding the publication of a volume of Anglo-Welsh poetry; in one letter, Silyn expresses his opinion of contemporary Welsh poets.
Letter, 3 July 1918, from 'Kitty' in London, enquiring about publications relating to R. Williams Parry and to the Breton educator Marie Souvestre (1830-1905).
Postcard, 16 May 1930, addressed to Robert (Silyn) Roberts, a substantial part of which has been torn away.

Together with a typescript supplement comprising a statement made May 2022 by Angharad Tomos, one of the donors of the collection, containing observations on R. Williams' Parry's letters to Robert (Silyn) Roberts.

Papers relating to Henry Davies ('Abon'), 1884-1932, including poems, [c.1884]-1932; and letters and cards, 1895-1904.

Letters addressed to Huw T. Edwards, 1929-1970, and carbon copies of letters sent by him, 1945-1969, concerning politics, literature, and the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire, including letters to and from political figures in the Labour Party and Plaid Cymru, and Welsh literary figures; pocket diaries, 1929-1968; minute books of the North Wales Labour Federation, 1923-1930; reports and memoranda concerning the activities of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire, political life in North Wales, and the activities of TWW, 1935-1966; press cuttings relating to Edwards' political career and the activities of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire, 1930-1968; illuminated addresses and distinctions presented to him, 1933-1969; miscellaneous printed items, 1912-1967; poems by him, 1950-1958; and other personal papers, 1926-1967; and acquired papers, notably letters from Sir Owen M. Edwards to Hughes and Son, Wrexham, printers, 1894-1895.

Papers of J. Glyn Davies, mainly letters, many relating to antiquarian, academic and library interests, including 400 from Robert Scourfield Mills ('Owen Rhoscomyl'), 1903-1919, almost 200 from Jennie Thomas relating to Llyfr mawr y plant, 1920-1950, and 150 from T. Gwynn Jones, 1908-1947; papers of his family, including the Tanycastell Collection, 1821-1858; and manuscripts collected by him, including the Henblas manuscript (Welsh poems by various authors, 1664-1685) and the Gwallter Mechain manuscripts.

Papers of John Morgan Howell of Aberaeron, 1871-1960, including exercise books containing a memorandum for 1871 and a history, in Welsh, of Dr Thomas Phillips, Neuaddlwyd, by J. M. Howell; books of press cuttings containing articles relating to Aberaeron, 1873-1931, operas, 1920-1960 (collected by G[eraint] M. Howell), and the poetry, 1889-1921, of Margaret Aeron Davies; and articles by J. M. Howell, 1897; family correspondence, 1888-1926, and miscellaneous letters and papers, 1875-1946; a volume of typescript copies of Christmas carols in Welsh composed by J. M. Howell, collected and bound by J. Seymour Rees, 1941; and a pedigree of the Howells family of Penybaily, parish of Llangunllo; together with some papers of his daughter, the late Mrs Nesta Poulgrain (née Nesta Howell), including a diary of a journey to Naples [by Mrs Poulgrain, 1937]; and exercise books, containing a copy of the diary and poetry (1918).

Literary, family and business papers, 1732-1982, of Lewis Lewis ('Awenfab o Wynfe', 1837-1906), poet, of Gwynfe, Carmarthenshire, his son, Dr Ivor Lewis, St Asaph, and other members of his family, including drafts of poetry by Lewis Lewis; denominational diaries, 1848-1908; and letters, including correspondence, 1854-1947, between Lewis Lewis and relatives and friends in the United States and Canada.

Llawysgrifau William H. Griffiths (Llinos Wyre), [1894]-1931, yn cynnwys tair cyfrol o dorion o'r wasg (NLW MSS 8298D, 8300-1B) ac un casgliad llawysgrif (NLW MS 8299E) o'i gerddi ac alawon. = Manuscripts of William H. Griffiths (Llinos Wyre), [1894]-1931, consisting of three volumes of press cuttings (NLW MSS 8298D, 8300-1B) and a volume of manuscript transcripts (NLW MS 8299E) of his poems and melodies.

Notebook, 1959-1961, of Caradog Prichard, poet and journalist, containing a fragment of a diary, in English, 3 November 1959-26 January 1960 (ff. 3-14 rectos); 'A Scheme For A Daily Newspaper In The Welsh Language' (ff. 16-18 rectos); notes for, and fragmentary draft of, Un Nos Ola Leuad (1961) (ff. 18v, 19-23 rectos, 61v); numerous drafts of poems, mainly of parts of 'Cân yr Hen' from his ode 'Cymru'; and miscellaneous notes and personal memoranda.