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ADRODDIAD BLYNYDDOL / ANNUAL REPORT 1934-35 DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON THE TEACHING OF WELSH 1935001 Ffynhonnell / Source The Honourable W N Bruce, Albury Heath. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description A complete set of typescript and printed memoranda submitted by various persons and bodies to the Board of Education Departmental Committee on Welsh in 1925 (NLW MSS 9353-60 E). TOM CARRINGTON 1935002 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Tom Carrington, Coedpoeth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description Autograph copies of two hymn-tunes, 'Y Ddôl' and 'Bryn Du', of the donor's own composition (NLW MS 9644D). BEN DAVIES 1935003 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend Ben Davies, London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description The original manuscript of the donor's poem 'Tu hwnt i'r llen', which won the chair at the National Eisteddfod held at Llandudno in 1896 (NLW MS 9124B). Mynegai Eisteddfod Genedlaethol. E T DAVIES, BANGOR 1935004 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr E T Davies, Bangor. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description The original autograph score of four musical compositions by the donor-'The Winds', a part-song for male voices; 'A Ballad of Glyndwr's Rising, 1400'; 'The Child and the Robin', a part-song for soprano and contralto: and 'Eos Lais', an old Welsh melody for string quartette (NLW MS 9390E). Mynegai Owain Glyndwr. DAVID JONATHAN, FFWRNEITHIN 1935005 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr J Llefelys Davies, London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description Fifteen volumes containing agricultural accounts kept by David Jonathan of Ffwrneithin, Llanarth, Cardiganshire, between 1841 and 1876 (NLW MSS 9600-11A, 9612E, 9613A, 9614C) Mynegai Llannarth. GENEALOGY OF THE PHILLIPS AND CHARLES FAMILIES 1935006 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr J R Davies, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description A manuscript pedigree chart, compiled by the donor, of the descendants of Samuel Levi Phillips, founder of the Haverfordwest Bank, and of Rees Charles, father of Thomas Charles of Bala and David Charles of Carmarthen, showing the connection between the two families (NLW MS 9118D). Mynegai Hwlffordd, Caerfyrddin. JOHN DAVIES 1935007 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr John Davies, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description Some hundreds of autograph letters received by the donor in the course of his genealogical researches, including a large number from the late Sir Joseph Bradney. Many of the letters contain pedigrees, extracts from pedigrees and genealogical notes. SIR LEONARD TWISTON DAVIES 1935008 Ffynhonnell / Source Captain L Twiston Davies, Monmouth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description A group of letters and legal documents relating to properties, including collieries, in Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, 1614-1875. A group of deeds relating to properties in Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, one of which is of particular interest inasmuch as one of the parties to it was John Kyrle, 'The Man of Ross'. An indenture of apprenticeship, 1859, between Joseph Potter of Haverfordwest, printer, and W. Ellis Jones of Haverfordwest. (Miscellaneous Documents, Pembrokeshire box) Mynegai Swydd Gaerloyw, Sir Fynwy, Sir Forgannwg, Swydd Henffordd, Hwlffordd. W HUBERT DAVIES 1935009 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr W Hubert Davies, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description The autograph manuscript score of three musical compositions by the donor - 'Passacaglia for Full Orchestra'; 'Variations for String Quartette on Clychau Aberdyfi'; and a song, 'In Normandy' (NLW MS 9333E). Mynegai Aberdovey. J GWYNORO DAVIES 1935010 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend W Watkin Davies, Birmingham. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description A number of autograph letters mainly written to the donor's father, the late Rev J. Gwynoro Davies, Barmouth. Among the writers are Dr Lewis Edwards, Thomas Charles Edwards, Owen M. Edwards, T. E. Ellis, Thomas Gee, John Morris-Jones, J. Puleston Jones, Edward Matthews, Dr Hugh Williams and W. Llewelyn Williams (NLW MSS 9629-32C). Mynegai Bermo, Thomas Edward Ellis. ANTHEM 1935011 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Olive V Williams-Davies, Wrexham. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description An autograph manuscript copy of an anthem, 'O tyn y gorchudd yn y mynydd hyn', composed by the donor, and printed copies of some of her other musical compositions (NLW MS 9144D). CANIAD LLYWELYN AB IVAN AB Y GOV 1935012 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Arnold Dolmetsch, Haslemere. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description An autograph transcript into staff notation of one of the tunes, 'Caniad Llywelyn ab Ivan ab y Gov', contained in British Museum Additional Manuscript 14,905, in a notation key to which had been lost for generations. Considerable attention has recently been drawn in the press and elsewhere to the deciphering and playing by Mr Arnold Dolmetsch, the well-known expert in old musical notation and instruments, of this music, which is the earliest Welsh music known (NLW MS 9391D). LLANDDEWIBREFI ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROSECUTION OF FELONS 1935013 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr D D Evans, Llanio, Cardiganshire. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description A group of papers containing regulations, minutes, balance-sheets, etc., of the Llanddewibrefi Association for the Prosecution of Felons, 1785-1805 (NLW MS 9142E). Mynegai Llanddewi Brefi. T D GWERNOGLE EVANS 1935014 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend T D Gwernogle Evans, Neath. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description Copies of twenty-five Welsh poems ('pryddestau') of the donor's own composition and mainly in his autograph (NLW MSS 9122C, 9123D). DR T HOPKIN EVANS 1935015 Ffynhonnell / Source Dr T Hopkin Evans, Liverpool. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description The original autograph manuscripts of the following eight musical compositions by the donor:-'Gwywa y Gwelltyn'; 'Cân y Gwanwyn'; 'Hosanna'; 'Crowns of Golden Light'; 'Memories'; 'Enchantment'; 'Cân y Planedau'; and 'Clychau Bethlehem' (NLW MS 9332E). TABERNACLE WELSH BAPTIST CHURCH, CARMARTHEN 1935016 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr T J Evans, Carmarthen. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description Press-cuttings relating to the history of the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church, Carmarthen (NLW MS 9133D). Mynegai Caerfyrddin. THOMAS LEWIS JAMES 1935017 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Francis Green, St. Davids. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description Twenty-five documents, mainly transcripts made by Thomas Lewis James, solicitor, Haverfordwest, relating to property in Haverfordwest, 1552-1866 (NLW MSS 9671-3E). Mynegai Hwlffordd. DAVID EVANS (`DEWI DAWEL') 1935018 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr D G Griffiths, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description Papers of the donor's grandfather, the late David Evans, 'Dewi Dawel', of Cwmdu, Talley, relating mainly to Talley Abbey. These supplement a group of 'Dewi Dawel' manuscripts and papers presented in 1933 by Mrs J. P. Griffiths, mother of the present donor (NLW MS 9510E). Mynegai Talyllychau, Cwm-du. ANTHEMS AND HYMN-TUNES 1935019 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr E R Gronow, Newport, Pem. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description Two manuscript volumes of sacred music. One, containing anthems, hymn-tunes, etc, by various composers, belonged in 1862 to Martha Rees, Carnmenynisaf, Mynachlogddu, Pembrokeshire (NLW MS 9388A). The other, which contains no indication of authorship, bears the name of Margaret Elizabeth Jones, Wolfscastle, Haverfordwest (NLW MS 9389A). Mynegai Mynachlog-ddu, Hwlffordd. JOHN JENNINGS 1935020 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr W Ferguson Irvine, Corwen. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description A volume of typescript extracts from a manuscript written about 1857 by Rev John Jennings, then curate of Llandderfel, Merioneth, containing personal observations on the topography and archaeology of the parish (NLW MS 9134E). The original was placed by the author in the Church Chest at Llandderfel, with the stipulation that it was to be preserved there for all time. DR MIHANGEL AP IWAN 1935021 Ffynhonnell / Source Dr Mihangel ap Iwan, Buenos Aires. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1934-35 Disgrifiad / Description Two further groups of items relating to the activities of the Welsh colony in Patagonia. They include two volumes of the diaries of the donor's brother, Llwyd ap Iwan, 1886-7; letters to the donor from Mair, daughter of Llwyd ap Iwan, and from G. R. Pierce, Elias Owen, E. F. Hunt, D. R. Daniel, Bishop Every, John Howell Jones, 'Llew Tegid', Erasmus Jones, Cyril Moore and others; portions of illustrated papers, press-cuttings and miscellanea. (NLW MSS 9651-3A, 9654-5D, 9656E) These supplement previous gifts by the same donor. Mynegai Argentina, Yr Ariannin, South America, De America. MEDICAL RECIPES ETC 1935022 Ffynhonnell / Source Sir Henry Mather Jackson,