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A transcript, 1853, in the hand of Matilda Pasley, of a version of George Owen of Henllys's 'Description of Milford Haven', dated 17 December 1595 (ff. 2-26), together with a note by the transcriber (f. 1).
The manuscript mostly agrees with the texts of Cardiff 2.46 and BL Add. 22623, as published in George Owen, The Description of Penbrokshire, ed. by Henry Owen, Cymmrodorion Record Series, 4 vols (London, 1892-1936), pp. 529-562; where Henry Owen lists minor variations between those two manuscripts the present transcript does not consistently correspond with one or the other. The wording of the title page (f. 2) is significantly different (see Henry Owen (ed.), p. 533), while the section beginning 'For the more ease…' which concludes the other manuscripts is here interpolated on ff. 17-18. A memorandum concerning Owen's methodology for drawing his map of Milford Haven does not appear to be recorded elsewhere (f. 22). The present manuscript is itself copied from an intermediate transcript made at Worsley [New] Hall, Lancashire, on 22 October 1852, by Mary L[ouisa Egerton, Viscountess] Brackley, from the original 1595 manuscript belonging to her father-in-law [Francis Egerton, 1st] Earl of Ellesmere (probably the manuscript now Huntington Library MS EL 1145 (34/B/32)) (see f. 1). In 1853 Matilda Pasley's husband, Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart, was in command of Pembroke Dockyard and the Pasleys became acquainted with Lady Brackley during visits to Stackpole Court, the seat of her father, the 1st Earl Cawdor (see Lawrence Phillips, 'Captain Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, Bt., R.N., and Pembroke Dockyard, 1849-1854', Mariner's Mirror, 71.2 (1985), 159-165 (pp. 160-161)).

Miscellaneous papers, 1981-96, belonging to Professor David Blamires, author of David Jones: Artist and Writer (1971), who established the David Jones Society in 1975. The collection includes exhibition notes, research papers, conference programmes, postcards, and correspondence. A separate file within the box contains a set of David Jones Society Newsletters, nos.1-38 (1976-84).

Papers and documents of Corporal Herbert L. G. Lewis of the Royal Engineers, a Prisoner of War in the Stalag XX-A camp from May 1940 to April 1945, including a diary, attestation and discharge certificates, service and pay books, German exercise book, maps, and a programme for a 1943 Christmas concert held in the castle at Gniew (Mewe in German), Poland.

Five printed volumes and a proof copy, 1935-1956, of poetry by Clifford Dyment, all containing annotations, emendations or inscriptions in his hand; together with a small bundle of miscellaneous personal items, 1929-1978.

Two volumes, [2015], comprising ‘A millennium of Clement ancestry’ by Dillwyn Clement bearing the Clement coat of arms with the motto ‘I's gorau ein gorau’. The first file contains the ancestry of the Clement family especially in Wales and the second file is an appendix to the study.

A magical charm, issued by an un-named dyn hysbys (cunning man), to cure from illness 'the woman Ingram of Gilfach, Llanwnog, Caersws, Mont.', probably Elizabeth Ingram (1819?-1887). The charm, accompanied by several mystical symbols, is written in black ink on both sides of a leaf of feint-ruled paper taken from an exercise book or notebook. It is preserved along with its envelope, bearing the name 'Mrs Ingram', and a small contemporary cotton bag.
Elizabeth Ingram is recorded as living at Gilfachrhiew [Gilfachyrhiw or Gilfach Farm], Llanwnog, in the 1881 Census.

Casgliad o lythyrau a phapurau yn ymwneud â beic modur T. H. Parry-Williams, KC 16, yn cynnwys dau lythyr at Buddug Thomas (mam y rhoddwr) oddi wrth T. H. Parry-Williams, 1963, ac un gan Amy Parry-Williams, ei wraig, 1976. Ymhlith y casgliad hefyd mae ffacsimili o blât KC 16, y beic modur.

Casgliad bychan o bapurau Gwladys Megan Tibbott, Aberystwyth, aelod gweithgar o Gymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru, gan gynnwys llyfrau nodiadau a mân gyhoeddiadau perthnasol. Cynhwysa'r casgliad ddrafftiau o ddarlith ar Miss Jennie Williams (Mrs Ruggles-Gates), fel casglwr alawon gwerin, darlith a draddodwyd gerbron Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru. Hefyd yn cynnwys nifer o raglenni o gyngherddau cerddorol dros y blynyddoedd.

An agreement with American manager and promoter, Tom O'Rourke, the contract dated 1923 and relating to Jimmy Wilde's defeated challenge against Pancho Villa (or Frankie Genaro. The bout was Jimmy Wilde's unsuccessful return from retirement, held in New York. Former ownership of contemporaneous Welsh boxer Stan Roberts, by descent, private collection Caerphilly.

Solander box in which the volume of Welsh Tract land indentures, now NLW MS 24209E, was housed when transferred to the National Library of Wales, retained as evidence of provenance and of the manuscript's previous condition.
Also retained with the box is a fragment of the old binding, together with copies of auction and bookseller's catalogue descriptions relating to the manuscript.

Monochrome photostat facsimile of the Book of Llandaff (Liber Landavensis) (NLW MS 17110E), presented by the National Library of Wales to P. T. Davies-Cooke of Gwysaney in 1931 on receipt of the family's deposit of manuscripts at the Library.

Typescript of 'Billy Boston Story' by Jack Winstanley, a biography of Billy Boston, the Welshman who went on to become a Rugby League legend for Wigan and Great Britain. He also became the first Black player to represent Great Britain on a Lions tour in 1954, and earned a knighthood in 2025.

Copy of the score Battle of the Trees/Der Kampf der Bäume, based on the work of Taliesin by the Lithuanian composer Bronius Kutavičius. The piece was originally commissioned by John Metcalf on behalf of the Vale of Glamorgan Festival in 1996, and this copy was gifted to the donor by the composer.

A volume, 1681-2, in the hand of Huw Morys ('Eos Ceiriog', 1622-1709), poet, Llansilin, co. Denbigh, containing mainly holograph Welsh poetry in strict and free metres, including a poem dated 1681 (ff. 10-11), together with a cywydd by Siôn Tudur (f. 16 verso), prophetic verses, some attributed to Taliesin (ff. 12 verso, 25 verso), and anonymous englynion (ff. 36 verso-37, 42); the original parchment cover, preserved at the beginning, contains copies by H.M. of 'Diarhebion o waith Taliessin', 'Cynghorion Taliessin' (f. i verso) and 'Tri Thlws ar ddeg o Ynys Brydaine' (f. ii). The manuscript was probably written for the poet's brother John Maurice (d. 1699), Bodlith, Llansilin, whose name appears on f. 1; other signatures in the volume suggest it to have remained in the possession of the family until the [mid-18 cent.].

Cyfrol o gerddi yn llaw Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai), [1866]-[1882], yn y mesurau caeth yn bennaf, gan gynnwys beddargraffiadau a chyfieithiad o emynau; cerdd brintiedig i W. R. M. Wynne, a Mrs Wynne, yn dilyn eu priodas, Mai 20, 1891, a cherdd goffa i’w wraig, 1892; copi o’i bregeth a draddodwyd ganddo yn ei wasanaeth ordeinio yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Llanelwy yn 1893; ynghyd â dau lythyr a ysgrifennodd at ei ferch Esther Margaret (‘Essie’), 1894 a 1895 a ‘Marwnad ar ol y diweddar Barch. Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai), Llangwm’ gan awdur dienw. = A volume of poems in the hand of Elis Wyn o Wyrfai, [1866]-[1882], mainly in strict metre, including epitaphs and translations of hymns; two of his printed poems: Welcome home. To W. R. M. Wynne, Esq, and Mrs Wynne, after their marriage, May 20, 1891, and In memoriam. My wife, 1892 and a copy of his ordination sermon preached at St Asaph Cathedral, 1893; together with two letters from him to his daughter Esther Margaret (‘Essie’), 1894 and 1895 and an elegy to the poet by an unknown author.

Autograph album, 1909-1924 (mainly 1909-1910), also containing verses and illustrations. The name inscribed inside the front cover is M. Evans, Penlan, Pontyberem, who may have been a student at Carmarthen Presbyterian College and Aberystwyth University. Most of the entries are written in English but there are some in Welsh, including verses by Eifion Wyn, Ben Bowen, and Ben Davies.

Papers of John Williams, Archdeacon of Cardigan, schoolmaster and classical scholar (1792-1858), comprising four volumes of notes on Greek and Latin classics, religion, 'Materis superabat opus' and 'Extracts of Letters "Anent" the "Cromlech Question"' compiled as a student at Balliol College, Oxford, and as Vicar of Lampeter; together with a small quantity of other manuscript notes, including a draft of the will of his father, John Williams, Vicar of Ystradmeurig (1745-1818), a volume of genealogical notes compiled by his daughter, Laetitia Cunliffe, and letters and notes on the Cunliffe family.

Three letters, dated 1892 and 1901-1902, from Archdeacon D. R. Thomas addressed to P. B. Davies-Cooke of Gwysaney, together with a prospectus for his publication The Life and Work of Bishop Davies & William Salesbury (Oswestry, 1902).

A manuscript copy, 1729, of Henry Rowlands's 'Antiquitates Parochiales', transcribed by 'G.M.' [William Morgan] (pp. 1-146). The synchronism of free tenants for 1300-1700, 'Synchronismi quinque lustrales liberorum tenentium comot Maenei', is included (pp. 127-146) but the manuscript also includes an addendum not recorded elsewhere, in the hand of William Morgan and possibly a later addition, updating it to 1725 (pp. 147-148). The tract entitled 'Bellum Mariscum', absent from some copies, is also present (pp. 151-160).
Items found loose in the volume have been placed in an archival envelope (pp. 163-168).