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RST - R.S. Thomas and M.E. Eldridge Collection

1 - Joliffe Purchase

2 - Cyfeillion Llyn

3 - Pentrefelin Purchase - 2012

4 - Gwydion Thomas Purchase - 2014

5 - M.E. Eldridge Purchase 2016

6 - Raymond Garlick Donation

7 - Poetry Purchase 2006

8 - Colin Huggett Purchase

9 - Varia

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.

9 - 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

Expand 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 eitemau

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 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 2001

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 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 2001

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 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

10 - Elsi Eldridge Artwork

11 - Notebooks 1940s-1950s

12 - James Bennett Collection

13 - Artefacts

14 - Limited edition printed books

15 - Rhodri Thomas Purchase 2021

16 - Posters

17 - Jeff Towns Purchase 2023

18 - Photographs

19 - M.E. Eldridge Journals and Sketchbooks

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