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Expand 1 - Joliffe Purchase1 - Joliffe Purchase
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Expand 3 - Pentrefelin Purchase - 20123 - Pentrefelin Purchase - 2012
Expand 4 - Gwydion Thomas Purchase - 20144 - Gwydion Thomas Purchase - 2014
Expand 5 - M.E. Eldridge Purchase 20165 - M.E. Eldridge Purchase 2016
Expand 6 - Raymond Garlick Donation 6 - Raymond Garlick Donation
Expand 7 - Poetry Purchase 20067 - Poetry Purchase 2006
Expand 8 - Colin Huggett Purchase8 - Colin Huggett Purchase
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1 - Untitled poem of 8 lines in the hand of R.S.Thomas and written on the back of a blank postcard "I know I must go out... ...that I cannot endure"
2 - Letter from Claudia Sechauer [Bavaria, Germany] to R.S.Thomas
3 - Llythyr oddi wrth Heledd, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch at Beti Thomas
4 - Letter from Chris Mandsley to R.S.Thomas [page entitled "Postscript"]
5 - Postcard from Marie-Thérèse Castay [Toulouse] to RST
6 - Newspaper cutting from "Times Literary Supplement" containing the following poems by Rainer Maria Rilke : "Nike" "Sonnets to Orpheus I,iii" "For Nike (Christmas 1923)"
7 - Christmas card from Carol, John and Dafydd Wood to [?RST]
8 - Small [library] card containing the name and address of Christopher Davies Cyf.
Expand 9 - Penny Condry Donation9 - Penny Condry Donation
10 - Photograph album containing family photographs, mostly of Gwydion Thomas throughout his childhood at Manafon, Packwood [Haugh] School, Shropshire, Bradfield College, Berkshire and Oxford University with handwritten captions by M.E. Eldridge B/W and Coloured
Collapse 11 - Dau lythyr oddi wrth R.S.Thomas, Manafon Rectory, Montgomery at Herr Doktor [Pennar Davies, 1911-1997] ynghyd â 2 nodyn ynglŷn â tharddiad yr eitemau11 - Dau lythyr oddi wrth R.S.Thomas, Manafon Rectory, Montgomery at Herr Doktor [Pennar Davies, 1911-1997] ynghyd â 2 nodyn ynglŷn â tharddiad yr eitemau
12 - Newspaper cutting taken from the 'Western Mail' which includes a letter from RST, Manafan Rectory, Montgomery under the heading "Welsh in World Literature" in response to a statement made by a Mr B.P. Rees
13 - Programme of The Induction by the Venerable Archdeacon Ward Archdeacon of Cardigan of the Rev. Ronald S. Thomas held at St. Michael's Church, Eglwysfach
14 - Newspaper cutting taken from The Times Literary Supplement
15 - 'Letter card' from Ronald [R.S.Thomas], Holyhead to Monica Rawlins, Bron Myhevyn, Ystrad Meurig, Cardiganshire
16 - Letter [airmail] from R.S.Thomas, Aberdaron, Pwllheli to Mr and Mrs C[arl] James, Milwaukee, U.S.A.
17 - 5 llythyr oddi wrth R.S.Thomas at Meic Stephens
18 - Letter from A.D. Laclean, Macmillan, Little Street, London to Mr [R.S.] Thomas
19 - Llythyr oddi wrth RST, Sarn-y-Plas, Y Rhiw, Pwllheli, at Aled Jones Williams, St Michael's College, Llandaff, Cardiff.
20 - Photocopy [signed and dated] of a typewritten poem entitled "R.S.Thomas : His Poems for M.E. Eldridge" by John Wood (1926-1995), American academic and poet "Down thin Lleyn roads above Hell's Mouth... She painted skulls and talons. I understood"
21 - Postcard from Gillian Clarke to RST
22 - Post card from Jagdish Shivpuri, Chandan Niwas, Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Bombay to The Rev. R.S. Thomas
23 - Cerdyn post oddi wrth Marie-Thérèse [Castay] yng Nghaergybi at Mr a Mrs R.S.Thomas, Sarn-y-Plas, Y Rhiw, Pwllheli
24 - Notebook (hardbacked) containing manuscript poems in the hand of RST presented to his wife, Betty. Many are untitled and unpublished
25 - Letter from Cadwallader & Co. Chartered Accountants to RST
26 - Llungopi o atgofion teipiedig gan Islwyn Ffowc Elis am R.S. Thomas dan y teitl "Cymeriadau Cenedlaethol"
27 - Cerdyn post oddi wrth Hazel [Walford Davies], Aberystwyth at RST a Betty
28 - Birthday card from [Betty Vernon, 2nd wife of RST] on his 83rd birthday
29 - Letter from Charlie Usher, Production Secretary of The Unique Broadcasting Company to R.S. Thomas, Cefn Du Ganol, Llanfeiryngchornwy [sic.], Holly Head [sic.]. Gwinedd [sic.]
30 - Letter from Simon St Clair Carter, 147 Harley Street, London to Dr A.H. King, Meddygfa Cemaes, Cemaes, Anglesey along with covering letter from Simon St Clair Carter to RST
31 - Postcard from ?Hugh Thomas, [Llandudno] to R.S.Thomas, Cefn Du Ganol, Llanfairynghornwy, Anglesey
32 - Postcard from Karen T., [Dublin Writers Museum] to R.S.Thomas and Mrs Betty Vernon, Cefn Du Ganol, Llanfairynghornwy, Ynys Môn
33 - File of material donated by John Idris Jones (b. 1938), poet and writer, relating to the occassion when the photographer, Matthew Thomas arranged to photograph three major Welsh cultural figures in the garden of Twll y Cae, Pentrefelin, Cricieth [the home of RST and Betty Thomas], namely, R.S.Thomas, Emyr Humphreys and Kyffin Williams
34 - Letter from S. Kovesi, University of Glasgow, Department of English to Revd. Thomas
35 - Newspaper cutting being an obituary from The Times of Ronald Lockley, (1903-2000) naturalist who took a lease on a Welsh island and turned it into the first working bird observatory
Expand 36 - Deunydd yn ymwneud ag "Emyn i Gymro", gwaith a gomisiynwyd gan Tŷ Newydd ar gyfer Gŵyl Academi Tŷ Newydd 2001 â rhodd oddi wrth Canolfan Ymchwil R.S. Thomas, Bangor i ddathlu bywyd a gwaith y bardd R. S. Thomas (geiriau gan Menna Elfyn, cerddoriaeth gan Pwyll ap Siôn). Fe berfformiwyd y gwaith am y tro cyntaf gan Elinor Bennett yn Neuadd Ercwlff, Portmeirion, 22 Ebrill 200136 - Deunydd yn ymwneud ag "Emyn i Gymro", gwaith a gomisiynwyd gan Tŷ Newydd ar gyfer Gŵyl Academi Tŷ Newydd 2001 â rhodd oddi wrth Canolfan Ymchwil R.S. Thomas, Bangor i ddathlu bywyd a gwaith y bardd R. S. Thomas (geiriau gan Menna Elfyn, cerddoriaeth gan Pwyll ap Siôn). Fe berfformiwyd y gwaith am y tro cyntaf gan Elinor Bennett yn Neuadd Ercwlff, Portmeirion, 22 Ebrill 2001
37 - Astudiaeth deipiedig gan R.M. (Bobi) Jones (1929-2017) dan y teitl "Gobaith ac Anobaith Waldo [Waldo Williams] ac R.S."
38 - Photocopy of typescript entitled "Spindrift: Poems and Prose Poems"
39 - Photocopy of a typescript entitled "Prey: Posthumous Poems"
40 - Photocopy of letter from R.S. Thomas, Y Rhiw, Pwllheli, Gwynedd to [John] Cap
41 - Notebook containing a handwritten copy of the radio play "The Minister" by RST
42 - Gwaith o galigraffeg lliwgar wedi'i gomisiynu a'i gyflwyno gan Gyfeillion Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru i R.S. Thomas yn dyfynnu rhan o gywydd "I wagedd ac Oferedd Byd" gan Sion Cent Maint wedi'i fframio : 66.5cm x 58.4cm
43 - Letter from John Vetterlein, Springfield, Rousay, Orkney to Graham Thomas
Expand 44 - Correspondence etc. between R.S. Thomas and Canon Michael J. Middleton and papers in relation to "An Evening of Celebration of R.S. Thomas" held at Westminster Abbey in March 200144 - Correspondence etc. between R.S. Thomas and Canon Michael J. Middleton and papers in relation to "An Evening of Celebration of R.S. Thomas" held at Westminster Abbey in March 2001
45 - Photocopy of the admission card of Ronald Thomas as pupil at Holyhead County School between 1924 and 1932
46 - Painting of Richard Robert Jones a.k.a. 'Dick Aberdaron'
47 - Framed dust jacket of 'R.S.Thomas Autobiographies : Translated from the Welsh by Jason Walford Davies'
48 - LP Record 'R.S. Thomas Reading his own poems' being a Welsh Arts Council Oriel Record
49 - Wooden board with a draft painting of a ?stoat on paper taped onto it by ?Elsi Eldridge
50 - Cork notice board displaying text and copies of book covers with reference to the artist Will Roberts
51 - Framed manuscript copy of the poem 'The Ancients of the World' by R.S. Thomas, illustrated with the wildlife mentioned in the poem. Presented to Jason Walford Davies by Barrie Parslow-Bristol
52 - Calendars (3) entitled 'Nature's Sketchbook' being a collection of nature sketches by Mildred E. Eldridge R.W.S. produced by Total Oil Great Britain Limited
53 - Photographs of the opening of the R.S. Thomas Centre, Bangor University
54 - Copy photograph of the beach at Aberdaron with boat in foreground and Aberdaron Church in background taken c. 1900
55 - Photograph in an ornate metal frame of an unknown man with a beard in a smart topcoat and holding a stick
Expand 10 - Elsi Eldridge Artwork10 - Elsi Eldridge Artwork
Expand 11 - Notebooks 1940s-1950s11 - Notebooks 1940s-1950s
Expand 12 - James Bennett Collection12 - James Bennett Collection
Expand 13 - Artefacts13 - Artefacts
Expand 14 - Limited edition printed books14 - Limited edition printed books
Expand 15 - Rhodri Thomas Purchase 202115 - Rhodri Thomas Purchase 2021
Expand 16 - Posters16 - Posters
Expand 17 - Jeff Towns Purchase 202317 - Jeff Towns Purchase 2023
Expand 18 - Photographs18 - Photographs
Expand 19 - M.E. Eldridge Journals and Sketchbooks19 - M.E. Eldridge Journals and Sketchbooks
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