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ADRODDIAD BLYNYDDOL / ANNUAL REPORT 1973-74 R B FORRESTER 1974001 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Mrs D E Forrester, per Mrs L Jackson, Bangor. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description A miscellaneous collection of works relating to a wide range of subjects including history, religion, biography, texts, in Russian, of three plays by Chekhov, and the French text of works by Anatole France, Leon Frapie, Moliêre, Gustave Lanson and Pascal , also numerous works on economics and economic history, including the personal copies of the late Professor R. B. Forrester's own publications, together with numerous magazines and periodicals relating mainly to Welsh affairs and, in particular, to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (Dept of Printed Books). Notes of lectures, addresses, etc., delivered by the testator and her husband ; papers comprising material compiled by the testator when assisting Dr. Thomas Jones in the preparation of his book on David Lloyd George (NLW Minor Deposits 1115B); and a copy of the testator's M.A. thesis on `The Theory of Reality as Perfect with special reference to its bearing on Ethics'. DR J H HUTTON 1974002 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Dr J H Hutton, Presteigne (William Wise Professor of Social Anthropology, Cambridge, 1937-50) per Mrs Maureen Hutton, Presteigne. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description A rich collection of about a thousand volumes mainly of anthropological and ethnological interest relating to India, Asia and Afro-Asian countries (Dept of Printed Books), including twenty autographed works by the testator himself such as The Angami Nagas (London, 1921), The Sema Nagas (London, 1921), Caste in India (Cambridge, 1946), Report of the Census of India, 1931 (Delhi, 1933). TREFOR THOMAS, LONDON 1974003 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Mr Trefor Thomas per Miss Thomas, London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description A miscellaneous collection of Welsh and English books comprising religious, literary, biographical and veterinary texts and a collection of religious songs (Dept of Printed Books). R I AARON 1974004 Ffynhonnell / Source Emeritus Professor R I Aaron, M.A., D.Phil., D.Litt., F.B.A., Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscripts from the library of Rev Herbert Morgan (1875-1946), Aberystwyth (NLW MS 21196C), including letters from D. Lloyd George, 1908-12 (2), Timothy Richard, missionary to China, from Bristol, ?1915, T. G[wynn] J[ones], from Swyddffynnon, 1917, and E. P. Harries, Honorary Secretary to the County of Pembroke Labour Party, 1918; and two copies of a B.B.C. talk, 1936, on `Erasmws (1466-1536)' (NLW MS 21195C). A TH ARBER-COOKE 1974005 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr A Th Arber-Cooke, Llandovery. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description A photograph under glass, taken pre 1897, of Neuadd Newydd, formerly in High Street, Llandovery, built by Rev Rhys Prichard (1602-44), vicar of Llandingat (Dept of Pictures and Maps). THOMAS ARCHBOLD, BANGOR 1974006 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr F Archbold, Dunston, co. Durham. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description Letters of administration, 28 May 1859, of the estate of Thomas Archbold of Bangor, co. Caernarvon, ob. 25 March 1859, granted to his widow Sarah Archbold (NLW Deeds 1234). ALMA M MAKEIG, DALLAS, TEXAS 1974007 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs M J Baylis, East Sheen. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description A typescript history (35 pp.) entitled `The Texas Makeigs' compiled by Alma M. Makeig, Dallas, Texas, November 1962 (NLW MS 21070E). The history complements the donor's exhaustive study of the Makeig family of the lower Teifi valley. ARTHUR BEDDOWS 1974008 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Arthur Beddows, M.Sc., Bishop's Stortford, Herts. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description A useful collection of works mainly of agricultural and botanical interest including a copy of George Sinclair's Gramineus Woburnensis. 3rd ed. (London, 1826) (Dept of Printed Books). R BENWELL 1974009 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr. R. Benwell, Coventry. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description A typescript personal name index, compiled by the donor, to the marriage register of Llanallgo, Anglesey, 1754-87 (Bangor Parish Records). JOYCE BERIC 1974010 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Joyce Beric, Beckenham, Kent. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description A volume of engraved views - `Seventy two Views of North Wales - published by Newman & Co., 1870-80 (Dept of Pictures and Maps). BOLTON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL 1974011 Ffynhonnell / Source Bolton Metropolitan District Council, per The Archivist, Mr T K Campbell. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description A copy of Report on a Survey of the Welsh Textile Industry made on behalf of the University of Wales by W. P. Crankshaw (1926), twenty-nine letters, 1925-8 and undated, to W. P. Crankshaw relating to the said survey and to recipient's interest generally in the Welsh woollen and textile industry, the writers including Cyril Fox, Director of the National Museum of Wales, Jenkin James of the University of Wales Registry, Cardiff, Iorwerth C. Peate of the National Museum of Wales, and Caroline A. J. Skeel, and miscellaneous notes by W. P. Crankshaw (NLW MS 21215D). ALUN LEWIS 1974012 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Iris Bowyer, Radlett, Herts., per Miss Megan Jones, Mus. Bac., Tycoch, Swansea. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description Holograph of an early unpublished 24-line poem by Alun Lewis beginning `It seemed to me Truth lay at rest' (NLW MS 21177C). WILL OF DAVID (DAFYDD) THOMAS, DAREN FELEN 1974013 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend David Broster, Tredegar. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description Probate copy of the will, dated 9 November 1827, of David (Dafydd) Thomas of Daren felen [Llanelli, co. Brecon], proved at Llandaff, 13 March 1828 (NLW Deeds 1233). Written in Welsh. JOHN KELT EDWARDS 1974014 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss Dilys Cefni Jones, Bangor. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description A collection of the work of John Kelt Edwards, Pwyntil Meirion (1875-1934) (Dept of Pictures and Maps). A portrait in oils of the artist's sister - Miss Ellen Gwendolen Edwards, died 12 August 1902, aged 18 years. A pen and ink and wash drawing of the Gorsedd Ceremony. A set of six charcoal drawings of characters from the Mabinogion. One watercolour drawing and six paintings in oils of scenes [? in the Maentwrog - Talsarnau district], 1912-17. Original designs in pen and ink, in pencil, and in watercolour of: - The bardic chair of the Corwen National Eisteddfod, 1919; badge of the Comrades of the Great War, 1919; book-plates of J. W. Davies, C. Bryner Jones, and Sunday School Union of the Baptists of Wales, 1916. Two copies of a charcoal drawing `Fantaisie Celtique No. 3507 of Societê des Artistes Francaise'. Nine portrait and figure drawings in pencil, charcoal, and pen and ink. Twelve charcoal drawings of a series [? prepared for Dante's work translated by Daniel Rees, 1903]. Half-tone reproductions of the drawings which were published in Dwyfol Gân Dante, translated by Daniel Rees 1903, plates 1-8, 10-12. Half-tone and colour reproductions of the book-plates of T. Witton Davies, O. M. Edwards, Dr. H. Hughes, Edward John, Sir John Rhys and Pauline Taylor, and design for cover of Y Winllan, Vol. LXXIII, no. 1. January 1920. Four etched plates of the book-plate of C. Bryner Jones. An etching of Cei Newydd (home of J. Kelt Edwards, between Maentwrog and Talsarnau). Black and white reproduction of a portrait of E. T. John inscribed 'J. Kelt Edwards 1917'. Photographs of a Gorsedd Ceremony ; bardic chairs of the Corwen, 1919, and Pontypool, 1924, National Eisteddfodau ; an unidentified group portrait taken by G. Williams, Gwalia Studio, Corwen. Reproductions in halftone, line, and colour of design for title pages - Y Rhedegydd, 1916, Cerddi'r Bugail, 1918, Y Winllan, 1920; `Baner Goffa-i gofio'r Bechgyn tu hwnt i'r llen' `Hiraeth Cymru am Hedd Wyn'; book-plates of J. W. Davies, T. Witton Davies, O. M. Edwards, A. Gardi, Dr. H. Hughes, Edward John, H. E. F. Pracy, Sir John Rhys, Pauline Taylor, and J. Hevin Thomas. Photographic copies of portraits of E. T. John, Enoch Ellis Jones, Humphrey Jones, `Bryfdir', and J. Edward Rowlands. Two pencil sketches with ms. notes relating to Ossian (engraved by A. M. Chenevard, Lyons, 1868). Nine sheets mounted with pencil portraits of Robert Griffith, 1922, J. S. Jones, 1919, `To the Dragon from the Donkey', 1918. Designs in pencil, in pen and wash and in watercolour for book-plates of Edward John, Thomas Shankland, and Ffestiniog County School. Designs in pencil together with reproductions for covers of Cymru'r Plant, March 1922, Arweinydd y Plentyn, 1916, and Holwyddoreg by E. Cefni Jones. Two watercolour drawings and a postcard reproduction of a design `Y Ddraig Goch a Ddyry Gychwyn'. A watercolour drawing of a design `Mametz Wood and Pilkem Ridge'. Charcoal drawing `From Kelt to Miss Jones' - being the centre piece of the design for `Hiraeth Cymru am Hedd Wyn'. T CHARLES-EDWARDS 1974015 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr T Charles-Edwards, M.A., York. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1973-74 Disgrifiad / Description Medical and household recipes in the autograph of [Mrs. Thomas Charles (nêe Sally Jones), Bala], and miscellaneous recipes, almost all culinary, in other hands, including one for `Sir Watkin Puddings' bearing the name `M. J. Edwards, 1848', and one for `Mrs. Saunderson's Cake'. There is also a letter, 1858, from 'Elizh. H. Felton, Peterboro', to an unnamed person concerning `receipts' (recipes) (NLW MS 21179B). J J ROBERTS (`IOLO CARNARVON') 1974016 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs F Ciano, Penrhyndeudraeth.