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ADRODDIAD BLYNYDDOL / ANNUAL REPORT 1964-65 CLOGAU GOLDMINE 1965001 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Mr Ifor Lewis, Llanbedr, Merioneth, per Mrs Nesta Gore, Harborne, Birmingham. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1964-65 Disgrifiad / Description Photographs of the Clogau gold mine in Merioneth, including the interior of the mill, the entrance to Ty'n-y-cornel level, a group of workmen outside the New Mill, the slate yard at Llanfair, and a general view of the mountains and the Mawddach estuary (Dept of Pictures and Maps). H J RANDALL 1965002 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Mr H J Randall, LL.D., F.S.A., Bridgend. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1964-65 Disgrifiad / Description Notebooks of H. J. Randall as a law student and later as a lecturer in law and politics; articles and correspondence about the question of land registration; daily rainfall records for Bridgend, 1912-58 (kept as a Meteorological Office observer); material for, drafts of, correspondence concerning, and reviews of H. J. Randall's published works:--History in the Open Air, 1936, Bridgend: The History of a Market Town, 1955, The Vale of Glamorgan, 1962, and the volume of The South Wales and Monmouthshire Record Society devoted to L. W. Dillwyn (Vol. 5, 1963); typescripts, drafts, and notes for papers, addresses, and obituaries; and correspondence, 1915-62, mostly with fellow archaeologists and historians. RHEOLA 1965003 Ffynhonnell / Source An Anonymous Donor Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1964-65 Disgrifiad / Description A miscellaneous archive of deeds, documents, and papers relating to the estates of the family of Edwards-Vaughan of Rheola. There are three deeds of the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, but the bulk concern the period from the late eighteenth century down to the death of Col. John Edwards- Vaughan in 1929. Selected items of interest include a transcript, with translation, of an inspeximus, 1358-9, concerning the grant of the land of Resolven to the monks of Margam; a lease of a water mill, tithe of corn, and fisheries in the river Neath within the lordships of Resolven, 1483; a lease of the manor of Resolven, 1555; papers, case for counsel's opinion, and correspondence relating to disputes about fishing rights in the river Neath, 1666-1883; correspondence relating to the inclosure of the Drim Mountain, 1812-13; presentments at courts leet of the manor of Resolven, 1817-49; a typescript copy of articles for the augmentation of the chapel of Blaengwrach, 1754; correspondence concerning the provision of services in the chapel of Rheola, 1899-1906; papers concerning the presentation to the living of Glyncorrwg, 1900-1; a copy of a scheme for the transfer of the patronage of the Glyncorrwg vicarage with the Blaengwrach curacy to secure the augmentation of the living, with correspondence relating thereto, 1907; a collection of pamphlets published by the Conservative Party in the 1890's, the election address and posters advertising meetings of John Edwards-Vaughan, the Conservative candidate in the Mid-Glamorgan election of 1895; notes of speeches delivered, questions asked, answers given, and miscellaneous correspondence relating to the same election; a schedule relating to a plan of the Rheola estate, 1815; particulars of sale of the Rheola mansion, undated; inventories of furniture at Rheola, 1868, 1882, and 1896; an abstract of accounts of the Leavington, Dillington, co. Somerset, Lanelay, and Rheola properties, 1885; two letters from J. H. Speke, the explorer, to Nash Vaughan Edwards Vaughan concerning his preparations for his last African expedition and thanking him for his assistance, 27 February and 6 March 1860; correspondence concerning the exchange of tithes between the Rheola and the Aberpergwm estates, 1829-46; proof of James Mansergh in support of a bill of the Ystradyfodwg UDC to acquire the Ystrad Gas & Water Co., 1896; a typescript report to the Neath RDC concerning the water supply of their area, 1897; correspondence and papers concerning the sale of land in connection with the Resolven Sewerage Scheme, 1901; an act to empower the Neath RDC to obtain a supply of water from the river Tringarth in the parish of Ystradfellte, to acquire the Cwm Avon gas and water undertaking and other purposes, 1902; a printed report by the parliamentary committee of the Neath RDC upon the Ystradfellte Water Act; a printed report by W. E. Cleason Thomas on the proposed sewerage of Resolven, 1910; a report on the situation and prospects of Rev Thomas Basset's colliery in Ystradgynlais as compared with others on the line of the Swansea Canal, and proposals for leasing stone coal and culm under his land in Glyntawe, 1799; memoranda relating to proposals for leasing Glyntawe colliery, c. 1800; a report of John Brough on coal discovered on the Rheola estate, 1825; a printed prospectus for the formation of the Neath Vale Iron & Coal Co., with reports by William Brough & Sons and Mathew Wayne & Sons on minerals on the Blaengwrach, Forchgoch, and Venallt estates, 1836; a printed report on the stone coal belonging to N. V. E. Vaughan in the vale of Neath, 1840; extracts from minutes of the Neath Canal Navigation, 1813; balance sheets and resolutions passed at meetings of the Neath Canal Co., 1885, 1887, 1888; printed acts for improving the port and harbour of Neath, 1843; a printed act relating to the TUR, 1836-49; papers and letters relating to the Vale of Neath Railway, including the crossings at Venallt and Resolven brook; correspondence and papers relating to the Venallt Coal & Iron Co., 1834-50; letters concerning the pollution of the River Neath by the Aberdulais Tinworks, 1851-64; a printed prospectus of the Welsh Steam Coal Collieries Ltd. for working coal under the Gnoll estate, Neath, 1873; correspondence relating to claims against the Copper Miners Co., and the Rio Tinto Co., for damages caused to lands in the parishes of Llantwit Lower, Clyne, Resolven, Glyncorrwg, Llangynwyd, Michaelston Higher, and Baglan Higher, 1872-98; accounts of rents paid and coal worked at the Resolven collieries, 1871- 97, and various correspondence and papers concerning the same undertakings, 1873-1900; and a number of deeds and correspondence relating to mineral leases in Cadoxton juxta Neath, Llantwit juxta Neath, Glyncorrwg, Resolven, and Michaelston-super-Avon, co. Glamorgan, and Ystradgynlais and Ystradfellte, co. Brecknock, 1860-1926. WILL OF MICHAEL DANIEL JONES 1965004 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs. T. ap Rhys, Bangor. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1964-65 Disgrifiad / Description Probate, 11 March 1899, of the will (dated 4 July 1891) of Michael Daniel Jones, of Bodiwan, Bala, co. Merioneth, Principal of Bala Independent College (NLW Deeds 1215). SIR H IDRIS BELL 1965005 Ffynhonnell / Source Sir H Idris Bell, C.B., O.B.E., D.Litt., F.B.A., Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1964-65 Disgrifiad / Description Sir Idris has continued his long-standing custom of forwarding to the Library several foreign journals to which he has been a regular subscriber, and also many other overseas publications which have encouraged the Department of Printed Books to acquire interests in new fields of learning (Dept of Printed Books). PEDIGREE OF TIMOTHY AND MARY EVANS, ESGAIRFYNWENT 1965006 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Tabitha Beynon, Kenilworth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1964-65 Disgrifiad / Description An annotated transcript, August 1964, by the donor, of a summary of the family pedigree of her grandparents Timothy and Mary Evans, Esgerfynwent, parish of Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn, co. Carmarthen (NLW MS 18889A). MARY LAURA LLOYD PHILIPPS 1965007 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Muriel Bourne, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1964-65 Disgrifiad / Description An album of late nineteenth and early twentieth century press cuttings, etc., of family and local interest, compiled by the donor's mother, Mary Laura Lloyd Philipps (nee Bonsall), afterwards Davies, wife of Morris Davies, of Ffosrhydgaled, Llanychaearn, co. Cardigan (NLW Misc Volumes 155). J B S HALDANE 1965008 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr John B. Bowen, B.Sc., A.R.I.C., Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1964-65 Disgrifiad / Description Holograph notes of a public lecture on 'Bad air' delivered by Professor J. B. S. Haldane, FRS, to the Scientific Society of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, at Shiloh Schoolroom, May 1940 (NLW MS 17743E). BRECKNOCK SOCIETY 1965009 Ffynhonnell / Source The Brecknock Society, per The Reverend J Jones-Davies, R.D., Trecastle. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1964-65 Disgrifiad / Description Seven typescript catalogues of documents preserved in the Brecon Museum - (1) Maybery Collection; (2) Sir John Lloyd (of Dinas) Collection; (3) Enclosures; (4) Quarter Sessions; (5) Friendly Societies, Charities, Churchwardens and Overseers, Church, and Tithe Apportionments; (6) Bridges, Canals, Railways, and Turnpikes; and (7) Elections and Politics (Open Shelves). GEOFFREY W BRIGHT 1965010 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Geoffrey W Bright, F.A.L.P.A., Leominster. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1964-65 Disgrifiad / Description A watercolour drawing of Goodrich Castle by Oliver Baker, and a mid-nineteenth century scrapbook containing a number of silhouette cut-out designs by a painter at the Royal Worcester china manufactory (Dept of Pictures and Maps). CHARLES A H FRANKLYN 1965011