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  • John Morris-Jones sent this letter to his sweetheart, Mary Hughes, Siglen, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, on New Year's Day, 1892. He wrote the first half of the letter in verse form and the first page also includes a watercolour sketch painted by John Morris-Jones himself. In his letters, John expresses his feelings for Mary quite freely, but it is clear that Mary is not as open in her letters to him. At the end of this letter John asks why Mary does not express herself as freely in her letters as she does when they are together - he would like her to tell him more about the things she has been doing, and not to write as though she is addressing a stranger ('paham nad ydi Mary bach y llythyrau ddim mor rydd, mor
Letter sent by John Morris-Jones to his sweetheart Mary, New Year's Day 1892 [page 1 of 4]
  • Memorial to Bob Owen Croesor (1885-1962), the antiquarian and book-collector. Robert Owen (or 'Bob Owen Croesor' as he was better known) was a native of Llanfrothen, Merionethshire. After leaving school he was employed as a farm worker and shepherd, but later worked as a clerk at the Parc and Croesor slate quarry. He became a lecturer with the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) and was a popular radio broadcaster. He was particularly interested in the fields of local history and Welsh genealogy and transcribed the parish records of a number of parishes in Merionethshire, Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire. He was also an avid collector of books and manuscripts. He undertook extensive research on the history of the Welsh in America and published a number of articles on the history of Welsh homes.
Memorial to Bob Owen, Croesor (1885-1962)
  • The journal of Edward Roberts, Pant Hafodlas, Llanrug, who emigrated to Australia in 1886. Roberts left Llanrug on 16 May 1886, accompanied by his companion T. Roberts, and travelled to London where he stayed at the Emigrants' House. He set off on his voyage to Australia on board the steamer 'Merkara' on 22 May, arriving at Queensland on 14 July. Edward Roberts was a cousin of Sir John Morris Jones, the eminent Welsh scholar and first Professor of Welsh at the University College of North Wales, Bangor.
Journal of Edward Roberts, Pant Hafodlas, Llanrug, charting his voyage to Australia 1886 [front cover, image 1 of 89]
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles. Ifor Williams (1881-1965) was born in Tre-garth, Caernarfonshire. He enrolled as a student at the University of Wales, Bangor, and later joined the staff of the Welsh Department. He was given a personal Chair in 1920 and gained the position of Head of the Department in 1947. His scholarly interest lay mainly in the field of early Welsh poetry and he published numerous volumes of edited verse. Among his most well-known works are his edited versions of 'Canu Llywarch Hen' (1935), 'Canu Aneirin' (1938) and 'Canu Taliesin' (1960).
Sir Ifor Williams (1881-1965), 27 February 1958
  • Photographed by John Thomas. John Morris-Jones (1864-1929) was born in Llandrygarn, Anglesey, but was brought up at Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll. He was educated at Friars School, Bangor, and Christ College, Brecon, before graduating in Mathematics at Jesus College, Oxford, in 1883. During his time at Oxford, he began to take an interest in Welsh studies under the influence of Sir John Rhŷs, and studied Celtic for a year. In 1886, he was one of the founding members of 'Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym' - the Welsh student society at Oxford. In 1889, he was appointed lecturer in Welsh at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, and was made Professor of Welsh six years later. He was knighted in 1918. John Morris-Jones excelled in a number of literary fields: he edited the work of Ellis Wynne, 'Gweledigaethau y Bardd Cwsc' (1896), and published a pioneering analysis of the strict metres ('cynghanedd') in his volume 'Cerdd Dafod' (1925). He is perhaps best known for his work as a grammarian: in addition to his substantial work, 'A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative' (1913), and 'Welsh Syntax' (published posthumously in 1931), he broke new ground in his attempts to reform the orthography of the Welsh language in his volumes 'Welsh Orthography' (1893) and 'Orgraff yr Iaith Gymraeg' (1928).
Professor John Morris-Jones (1864-1929), c. 1890