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Two diaries containing mainly accounts. (Formerly Borth-y-gest MS 72.) English. 1/2 leather. Purchased from the library of Mr R. E. Jones, Borth-y-gest, 1959-1961.

Artist's illustration and key, in colour, of the Davies Two Cycle Pivotal Engine Design.

Two copies of the play 'Ar bwy mae'r bai', a translation by Gerald Morgan of La Dispute by the French dramatist Pierre de Chamblain de Marivaux (1688-1763), performed by Cwmni'r Wig, Aberystwyth, at the National Eisteddfod, Aberystwyth.

Two copies of Dyddiadur am 1943, with ms entries by W. D. Davies. (Formerly W. D. Davies MS 10.) English, Welsh. Cloth. Purchased from Mrs Whiting, Llandrindod Wells, October 1969.

Two certificates, 1927 and 1934, of the purchase of shares in the Swansea & District Labour Hall & Institute Ltd, transferred to Hubert Morgan in 1946, together with one certificate, 1953, of the purchase of shares by Hubert Morgan in the Cymric Democrat Publishing Society, Limited.

Two certificates, 1897-1899, of Selina Foulkes of Conwy, issued by the London College of Violinists and The Incorporated Society of Musicians (NLW ex 913). A duplicated copy of 'A review of population changes in mid-Wales, 1901-1951', commissioned c.1959 by the Mid-Wales Industrial Development Association (NLW ex 914).

Two autograph albums belonging to Annie Jones, Penygroes, Blaenau Ffestiniog, containing entries mostly by Presbyterian ministers, including autograph verses by G Wynne Griffith, John Hughes, Groes, Denbigh, Humphrey Jones ('Bryfdir'), R Bryn Williams, T H Williams, Rhiwbryfdir, Blaenau Ffestiniog, and W Nantlais Williams ('Nantlais').

Two anthems by John T. Levi (1863-1924), Lower Cwm-twrch, Ystradgynlais, co. Brecon, grandfather of Mrs Nina Davies, 'Wrth Dduw yn unig y disgwyl fy enaid'. Anthem goffadwriaethol ... cyflwynedig i ddeiliaid Ysgol Sul, a chynulleidfa Eglwys Beulah, Cwmtwrch, fel arwydd fechan o barch ac anwyldeb i'r diweddar ... David J. Davies .... Bu farw ar y 29ain o Chwefror, 1892, yn 28 mlwydd oed [Hymn-Don. 'Duw a roes i ni eleni' by W. T. Levi, Cwmtwrch, on the back] (Ystalyfera, n.d.), and 'Hauwyd y Goleuni'. Anthem (Treherbert, n.d.); notes in Welsh by Mrs Marian Henry Jones relating to the Levi family; and transcripts by her of poems in Welsh written by Herbert J. Levi (b. 1893), son of J. T. Levi, inside the covers of books belonging to the family.

Twm o'r Nant a'i Amserau gan Isaac Davies, copïwyd gan G. M. Ashton. Mewn byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan Glyn Mills Ashton, Caerdydd, Gorffennaf 1954.

Twenty-eight holograph letters from Augustus John to the following addressees: 'Laura' (Dame Laura Knight, 2 letters, 1938, concerning John's resignation from the Royal Academy), 'Kassie' (3 letters, 1939, 1940 and May 11), Miss Stevenson (Frances Stevenson, later Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor, 7 letters, 1919, Feb. 13 and n.d. [probably mostly, if not all, 1919], several of these letters contain interesting details concerning John's commission to paint the Paris Peace Conference in 1919) 'Haddon' (2 letters, 1927 and 12 July [?1927], concerning Jack Knewstub), [Chaloner] Dowdall (1 letter, 1914), Miss Lion (1 letter, 1935, John's inability to contribute a work to the exhibition of disabled ex-servicemen's industries), Mr. Sadler (2 letters, 1913 and 1918), Mr. Russell (2 letters, 1947 and 1953, book reviewing), 'Castle' and Mrs. Castle (1 letter, 'Sunday' [c. Oct. 1915]), Mrs. Madden (2 letters, 1934 and June 23, this second letter has mounted on its dorse a press cutting containing a reproduction of a sketch of John by Ivan Opffer), Mr. Unwin (1 letter, 1941, the publication of 'The book' [John's autobiography]), Miss Phelps (1 letter, n.d.), 'Dear Sir' (2 letters, Nov. 7 and 1954) and Warner E. Colville (signed and dated card, 1939); together with other items, 1913-1954, in the hand of Augustus John: holograph manuscript and typescript of an article by John entitled 'Ecole de Paris'; holograph description by John, with diagrams, of what appears to be a sea creature; press cuttings and other items concerning the exhibition 'Augustus John in Liverpool', held at the Walker Art Gallery Liverpool, in 1954; proofs and typescripts of articles by John entitled 'Elephants with Beards' (concerning Wyndham Lewis), 'Dylan Thomas & Company', and 'Roy Campbell under the Caryatids' [all included in Finishing Touches (London, 1964)]; and various miscellaneous items.