ADRODDIAD BLYNYDDOL / ANNUAL REPORT 1956-57 BRIGSTOCKE 1957001 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Mr G R Brigstocke, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description Eighty notebooks, being copies made by the testator from a great variety of sources, but mainly of wills and chancery pleadings, relating to the genealogy of the Brigstocke and related families (including Parry of Noyadd-trefawr, Pryse of Gogerddan, and Robinson of Gwersyllt), and also to a large number of other West Wales families; over thirty printed volumes, mainly local histories, containing numerous manuscript notes of a similar nature; press cuttings dealing with genealogy and the social and political activity of the Brigstocke family; an index to the Golden Grove Book; a list of Kidwelly burgesses; over 150 letters, 1914-48, dealing with genealogical research; letters and papers relating to the manor of Ashey and Ryde, etc., formerly belonging to the Player family, 1721-1822; and a game book, England and Scotland, 1894-1913. Over 100 volumes of printed books, mainly of historical interest but also including a number of illustrated books on costumes and birds, selected from the testator's library (Dept of Printed Books). Many of the volumes, particularly those relating to genealogical and parochial records, contain a few manuscript notes and emendations made by Mr Brigstocke. Nodiadau Schedule Available. D R JONES, CARMEL 1957002 Ffynhonnell / Source The late The Reverend D R Jones, Carmel, Caernarvonshire. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description A complete library of about 2,000 volumes, chiefly of theological and literary interest (Dept of Printed Books). Many were published during the first decade of this century and thus help considerably towards completing the Library's collection of English books issued before 1911. HESGIN 1957003 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Mr Thomas Owen ('Hesgin'), Swansea. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description Letters and papers of the testator (1872-1956). They include letters received by him, often in reply to letters sent, of which he kept copies; copies of other letters written by him to the press and to various individuals; original compositions (essays, short stories, etc.) which he submitted for competition at various eisteddfodau, including the National Eisteddfod of Wales; two volumes of autobiographical essays and reminiscences, one in Welsh, the other in English; nine books of press cuttings of articles, etc., by 'Hesgin' which appeared in various newspapers and other publications, 1904-56; scrapbooks and notebooks; and a minute book and other material relating to the Swansea district committee formed in connection with the National Petition for the Legal Recognition of the Welsh Language in Wales, 1938-9. The original compositions include his essay on 'David Owen: Heretic', which was awarded a prize at the Caerffili National Eisteddfod, 1950, and published in Yr Ymofynnydd, November 1950, and his essay on 'Yr Achosion am y Dirywiad Crefyddol yn ein Gwlad', for which he was awarded the prize at Eisteddfod Calan Dwyran, Môn, December 30, 1950, and January 1, 1951; this, too, was published in Yr Ymofynnydd, November 1951-February 1952. Nodiadau Schedule Available. TURKISH TOURING AND AUTOMOBILE CLUB 1957004 Ffynhonnell / Source The Turkish Touring and Automobile Club, Ankara (per The British Council). Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description A copy of Les Turcs occidentaux et la Méditerranée by Rechid Saffet Atabinen (Istanbul, 1956) (Dept of Printed Books). RACHEL LEIGHTON 1957005 Ffynhonnell / Source The Welsh Girls' School, Ashford, per Captain G E F Goring-Thomas. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description A finely-bound copy of Rise and progress. The story of the Welsh Girls' School and of The Honourable and Loyal Society of Antient Britons, by Rachel Leighton (London, 1950) (Dept of Printed Books). A R BEDDOWES 1957006 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr A R Beddows, M.Sc., Llanbadarn Fawr. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description Six volumes of Welsh books (Dept of Printed Books)and a manuscript volume of medical recipes, at one time in the possession of David Jones, Nantyrhydd, Cardiganshire (c. 1850-60) (NLW MS 16090A). SIR H IDRIS BELL 1957007 Ffynhonnell / Source Sir H Idris Bell, C.B., O.B.E., D.Litt., F.B.A., Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description Sir Idris continues to present a number of publications issued by foreign learned societies and institutions (Dept of Printed Books). The periodicals section in particular has received some welcome accessions through his generosity. R A BENNETT, LONDON 1957008 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs R A Bennett, London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description A set of eight engravings by Giovanni Volpato (1733-1803), and including one by Raphael Morghen (1758-1833) working under Volpato's direction, after drawings by Guiseppe Cades (1750-1799), Stefano Tofanelli (1752-1812), and Bernardino Nocchi (1741-1812), of frescoes by Raphael (1483- 1520) decorating the walls of certain rooms in the Vatican in Rome (Dept of Pictures and Maps): In the Stanza della Segnatura: The Poetry ('Parnassus'), 1509; The Theology ('La Disputa del Sacramento'), 1509-1510; The Philosophy ('School of Athens'), 1510-1511. In the Stanza d'Eliodoro: The Expulsion of Heliodorus, 1511-1512; The Mass of Bolsena, 1512; The Deliverance of St. Peter from Prison, 1513-1514; The Meeting of Pope Leo I and Attila, 1513-1514. In the Stanza del Incendio: The Fire in the Borgo, 1514. GEOFFREY W BRIGHT 1957009 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Geoffrey W Bright, Leominster. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description A watercolour drawing of Newark Castle and Bridge by David Cox, and coloured lithographs of Pont Aberglaslyn and Conway Castle and Bridge (Dept of Pictures and Maps). Quaker marriage documents - a certificate by the clerk of the Guildford monthly meeting, touching the intended marriage of Robert Moline and Mary Prichard, 1814, and an order to enquire about Edward Prichard who intended to marry Rebecca Merrick of Manchester (NLW Misc Records 102-3). JULIUS CAESAR IBBETSON 1957010 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss R M Clay, Shirehampton, Bristol. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description Patterns of pigment used by Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817) and prepared by him for setting in the margins of his treatise entitled Painting in Oil, published in 1803 (Dept of Pictures and Maps). W V S CORBETT 1957011 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr W V S Corbett, Cardiff. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description Four manuscript plans of farms and lands in the parishes of Whitchurch (1775) and Llanederne and Roath (1835), in the county of Glamorgan, and in the parishes of Llanmihangel Glantorfan (1784) and Llantarnam (1799), in the county of Monmouth (Dept of Pictures and Maps). W R COX 1957012 Ffynhonnell / Source Major-General W R Cox, C.B., D.S.O., G.O.C. 53rd (Welsh) Division, Shrewsbury. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description A finely-bound copy of The History of the 53rd (Welsh) Division in the Second World War, specially inscribed by the donor (Dept of Printed Books). DAVIES, PORTMADOC 1957013 Ffynhonnell / Source Messrs Davies Brothers, Portmadoc. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1956-57 Disgrifiad / Description A supplementary group (see Annual Report, 1950, p. 23) of industrial and personal records of Jonathan Davies, Bryneirian, Portmadoc, who traded with his brother Richard Davies under the name of Messrs. Davies Brothers, quarry owners and slate merchants. Records of the Diphwys Slate Quarry Co. Ltd from its beginning to its dissolution, including two ledgers, a cash book, a day book, a journal, a minute book, and a letter book, 1919-37. Records of the Precelly Green and Rustic Slate Co. These include a report by Edwd. M. Goodwin, architect, Whitland, on Gilfach (or Whitland Abbey) slates, 1897; an agreement by Messrs Davies Bros. for the purchase of the produce of Gilfach Green Slate Quarry, parish of Llandisilio, co. Pembroke, 1898; an agreement by Messrs. Davies Bros for the purchase of the Whitland Abbey or Gilvach Green Slate Vein, 1902; a memorandum on the Quarry and on Gilfach-ddofn Farm, and correspondence relating to their proposed sale, 1925; an agreement between the University College of North Wales, Bangor, and Messrs Davies Brothers, 1907, for the supply of Precelly slates for the new College building, and correspondence and accounts, 1907-11, relating to their cartage and to objections raised against their use (writers include Sir John Edward Lloyd, L. D. Jones ('Llew Tegid'), Henry Lewis, Bethesda, J. Stanford, clerk of the works, etc.); price lists, brochures, and circulars, 1898-1941; accounts, including analyses of costs of production, 1920-40, balance sheets, 1922-31, weekly reports, 1933-40, tables of monthly stocks, 1930-40, haulage charges, 1931-40, and letters from Ithel Davies to [O. J.] Roberts on future prospects, 1940; notices to shareholders and workmen, and agenda of general meetings, 1921-34; and correspondence and accounts with P. F. Campbell, Tyrch