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An essay, written about 1913, by Dr. Hugh Jones, Liverpool, entitled 'A Scheme for the Diffusion of Knowledge of First Aid, Home Nursing, and Domestic Hygiene in Wales'.

Ratebooks of the parish of St Athan for 1880-1905.

Records of the Fishguard Harbour Improvement Company comprising minutes, 1857-1864; other administrative papers (notices, reports, bye-laws, specifications and estimates), 1857-1897; financial papers (account books, receipts and vouchers), 1857-1897; and correspondence with the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, firms of lawyers and others, 1857-1897. There are no records relating to the later history of the Company.

A copy of the Order Book of the Fishguard Turnpike Trust, 1791-1843.

A file of draft and printed election addresses, with correspondence relating to the same, by Sir John Herbert Lewis, 1891-1910.

A file of papers, certificates, and cards, relating to food rationing, 1917-1920, kept by William Henry Davies, The Stores, Rhuddlan.

A copy of Alun E. Evans's MA thesis 'Football on the Edge. The relationship between Welsh football policy-making and the British International Championship' (De Montfort University, Leicester, 1996).

A collection, c. 1834, by Ffoulk Robert Williams (Eos Llyfnwy, Llanrug) (1774?-1870), entitled Llyfr Cerddoriaeth o Gerddi Sion, A Gwir folianwur yr Arglwydd, containing anthems, hymn-tunes, carols and old airs written by himself and also Edward Jones (Dolydd Byrion, Cricieth), John Williams (Ioan Rhagfyr) and others; also included are triads, ballads and miscellanea.

Papers of Frank H. Cleaver, 1924-1985, mainly accounts, including personal, family and household expenses, 1924-1985; expenses for his work in Argentina, 1929-1931; and summaries of accounts, 1949-1968.

Monmouthshire deeds and documents, 1477-1761, some concerning the families of Thomas, Kemeys and Gardner (later Gardner-Kemeys) of Bertholey, Llantrissent; together with a small number of deeds and documents relating to properties in Denbighshire, Flintshire and Brecknockshire, 1513-1775; Cardiganshire, 1578-1755; Yorkshire, 1398-1605, and Lincolnshire, 1563.

Deeds and documents relating to the Groydd estate in the parish of Cerrigydrudion, Denbighshire, 1753-1886, and deeds, 1706-1830, relating to lands mainly in Gwyddelwern and Llangelynnin, Merionethshire.

Deeds relating to properties in Montgomeryshire, 1610-1890, including y Gelli and Pentyrch, Llanfair Caereinion.

A copy of the results of a survey undertaken between 1898 and 1900.

Deeds and documents, relating to properties in Flintshire, mainly in St Asaph, 1365-1677.

The archive comprises almost entirely of deeds, 1559-1927, relating mainly to the Glanyrafon and Bronheulog estates in the parishes of Llansilin and Llangedwyn, Denbighshire, and to properties in Montgomeryshire and Shropshire.

Printed volume including data recording the names of fishermen and the number of fish caught in north Ceredigion lakes (Llyn Conach, New Pool, Llynpenrhaidr and Llyn Dwfn) owned by the Gogerddan estate, 1944-1960.

Papers relating mainly to the passing of a Bill to authorise the Golden Valley Railway Company to extend its railway to Hay, 1875-1883, including legal papers, 1875-1877; financial papers, 1876-1883; and miscellaneous papers, 1876-1883.

Recollections of agriculture in the vale of Edeyrnion, 1857-1870, written in 1928-1929 by Gomer Roberts, then of Bryn Llyfin, Llanfair, Ruthin.

An incomplete, typescript copy of a work by the Reverend Digain Williams, San Francisco, U.S.A., described on the title-page as 'The Great Hymns of Wales, translated by Rev. Digain Williams . . .', and intended for publication. The text consists of brief notes on twenty-one well-known Welsh hymn-writers (in alphabetical order), with translations into English of some of their best-known hymns. The preface, introduction, and pp. 1-5 of the text, which, according to the table of contents, would have dealt with two other writers, are missing. In some instances, spaces have been left in the text for the insertion of hymn-tunes.

Records of the Gregynog Press, 1902-1963, mainly 1922-1940, including accounts, 1922-1963; correspondence, 1924-1954; documents relating to published works, 1923-1940; documents relating to books printed for private circulation, 1929-1938, documents relating to unpublished works, 1932-1936; ephemera, 1927-1962; prospectuses and catalogues of printing firms, exhibitions, booksellers, 1926-1940; miscellaneous papers, 1917-1954, and photographs, 1902-1924; and draft designs and illustrations, [c. 1930s].
Additional papers relating to individual publications and general documentation concerning the management and operation of the press; December 2018.
A collection of letters to William McCance, the second Controller of the Gregynog Press, 1930-3, including numerous draft responses by him, and various associated documents; September 2024.