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List of manuscript abbreviations

Abbreviation Description A Aberdare (NLW MSS 5474-5475) B British Musuem Ba Bangor (in the Library of Bangor University) Ba(M) Mostyn Collection (in the Library of Bangor University) Bl…  

List of print abbreviations

Abbreviation Printed Sources, Periodicals and Theses ADLl Dinb 'Astudiaeth o draddodiad llenyddol Sir Ddinbych a'r canolbarth'. University of Wales MA Thesis by Cledwyn Fychan, 1986 ArchCam…  

Maldwyn

The index to the Welsh poetry of the manuscripts Introduction The origins of this database can be traced back to the work of Elizabeth J. Louis Jones and Henry Lewis in their Index to the Poetry…  

Theses Collection Wales

The Theses Collection Wales includes approximately 50,000 theses and dissertations which have been presented for postgraduate degrees in higher educational institutions in Wales. The collection…  

Welsh Ballads

Welsh Ballads Online includes about 4,000 digitised ballads, mainly dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, from the collections of the National Library of Wales and Cardiff University…  

W H Davies manuscripts

William Henry Davies (3 July 1871 – 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer, known as the “tramp poet”. A manuscript copy of Davies' well-known poem "Leisure" was recently bought by the…  

Marriage bonds

Search the pre-1837 index from this form. There is no index available for post-1837, but you can request a box for the required year on the Catalogue. What were marriage bonds? The marriage…  

Archives of Welsh writers in English

For over 50 years the Library has been collecting Welsh authors’ papers (sometimes referred to as ‘Anglo-Welsh’), that is Welsh authors who write through the medium of English. The most prominent…  

Archives of Welsh authors

The Library has collected papers and manuscripts belonging to: poets authors playwrights archdruids journalists scholars who became famous during the 20th century.  What…  

Modern literary archives

The National Library of Wales is home to the archives of some of Wales’ most important poets and authors. They are a valuable research resource for studying literature and the lives of 20th and…  

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