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A small group of holograph letters of the family of Williams Wynn of Wynnstay:- a letter, 16 January, 1717/18, from Wat[kin] Williams (aft. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 3rd bart.), from Westminster, to his father Sir William Williams, 2nd bart., at Wynnstay (the writer's visit to Baron Price about 'our Denbigh business', Baron Price's son is to have the lordship of Denbigh, the writer's decision not to send his coach horses down, a request to hasten 'Ned Wynn' with money, news of the King and the Prince, Sir Thomas Hanmer is the greatest man in England with the Prince); a letter, 21 June, 1747, from [Sir] Watkin Williams Wynn, 3rd bart., from Wynnstay, to Mr. Griffiths, apothecary, in Bedford Street near Covent Garden, London (support for Sir Thomas Clargies and Sir John Philips in the Westminster election); a letter, 21 October, ----, from [Sir] Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th bart., to John Evans, Esq., at Wynnstay (Mr. Wyatt's allocation, the writer's return to Wynnstay, etc.); a letter, 26 May, 1789, from Charlotte Williams Wyn, wife of the 4th bart., from Richmond, to John Evans, Esq., at Wynnstay (glass for new rooms, a flood-board to new cascade, money matters, a new malt room, Sir Watkin's health); and the blank dorse of a letter addressed 'To The Members of the Cycle'.

A copy of a typewritten letter, dated 18 June 1986, written on behalf of the Gower Society, and signed by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas in protest against the proposed new hotel to be built at Swansea University Playing Fields at Fairwood.

Papers, 1859-[2000], accumulated by Wyn Thomas, including letters from Raymond Garlick, 1991-2000, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, 1989, and J. M. Cleary, 1993; together with letters sent to T. Ifor Rees responding to his publication, In and around the Valley of Mexico (1954), and from renowned writers including D. J. Williams, T. Gwynn Jones, and T. H. Parry-Williams. = Papurau, 1859-[2000], a grynhowyd gan Wyn Thomas, yn cynnwys llythyrau ato oddi wrth Raymond Garlick, 1991-2000, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, 1989, a J. M. Cleary, 1993; ynghyd â llythyrau a anfonwyd at T. Ifor Rees yn ymateb i’w gyhoeddiad In and around the Valley of Mexico (1954), ac oddi wrth lenorion amlwg megis D. J. Williams, T. Gwynn Jones, a T. H. Parry-Williams.

Transcripts of writs of summons to Parliament, 1264-1377.

Wrexham, Nantwich & Crewe Junction Railway prospectus, &c., written by John Devereux Pugh. English. In boards. Donated by Emyr Williams, Ll.B., Wrexham, July 1942.

Wrexham district pupils' school attendance record cards used in 1905.

Wrexham National Eisteddfod programme, with conductor's MS additions. (Formerly J. R. Hughes MS 7.) Welsh, English. Cloth. Donated by Mr J. R. Hughes, Dolgellau, 1948.

Notebooks containing details of wounded soldiers, 1914-15, listing their regiment; home address; date of admission and discharge; and injury and destination; together with notes, etc.

Worksheet and notes for The Village The City The Village (1956) by Glyn Jones. (Formerly Glyn Jones MS 5.) English. Unbound. Purchased from Glyn Jones, 1971.

Works submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 1998: a copy of an essay 'Towards a fifth and sixth century chronology of southern Britain' by Richard White (NLW ex 1961); a copy of an essay ''Eu hiaith a gadwant': The National Union of Welsh Societies, 1913-41' by Marion Loffler (NLW ex 1962); a copy of a thesis 'Aspects of the syntax and semantics of selected prepositions in Modern Welsh: an integrationalist study', presented by Daniel Rowe Davis for the degree of DPhil (Oxford, 1994) (NLW ex 1963); a copy of a thesis 'Gaelic lexical resources in primary schools', presented by Moray J Watson for the degree of MLitt (Aberdeen, 1995) (NLW ex 1964); a copy of a study 'Peasant languages and Celtic nations: the Englishes of J. M. Synge and Caradoc Evans' by Chris Hopkins (NLW ex 1965); a copy of a study 'The place name element 'tref', its context and development in Cumbric Scotland and the wider Brittonic world, and implications for the Cumbric language' by Davyth Hicks (NLW ex 1966); a copy of a study 'Fetter and Foot: some links in a chain of Celtic-Nordic cultural connections' by Séamas O Câthain (NLW ex 1967); a copy of 'Shamans, poets and Mabinogi: linguistic reconstruction and typological perspective' by Alexander Falileyev (NLW ex 1968); a work entitled 'Ireland and the classical world' by Philip M. Freeman (NLW ex 1969); a copy of a thesis 'Gaelic language maintenance process(es)', presented by Kara Alexandra Smith for the degree of DPhil (University of Sterling, 1997) (NLW ex 1970); and a copy of a study 'Insular Celtic tattooing: history, myth, and metaphor' by Charles W. MacQuarrie (NLW ex 1971).

The donor's research in three parts entitled 'Two are better than one', 'Ben Jonson's disclosures about William Shakespeare', and 'Significant puns on art, heart and Will in the plays of Shakespeare'.

Works by contemporary Welsh authors, including Kate Roberts, Saunders Lewis, John Gwilym Jones, E. Tegla Davies, Alun Llywelyn-Williams, etc. Welsh, English. In a box.

The works, 1676, of Gwilym Pue (d. 1680 - see Llanover MS E.5), a Roman Catholic member of the Pugh family of Penrhyn, near Bangor, Caernarvonshire. In addition to numerous poems by Gwilym Pue, mainly of a religious and devotional nature, the volume also contains transcripts by him of carols and poetry from numerous authors.

A draft, 1762, of a work, possibly by William Stukeley (1687-1765), on the medallic history of the most ancient British kings.

A copy of a work by Ken Dark entitled Britain and the end of The Roman Empire, first published in 2000, and submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.

A copy of a work by Dr John Carey entitled King of Mysteries: Early Irish Religious Writings, published in 2000, and submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.

A copy of Martyn Richards' work 'Brenin reports how "To smash the system"' relating to the Brenin Report on housing ('Will housing authorities survive crisis?'); together with typescript copies of two reports, March and June 1996, sent by Martyn Richards to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, regarding the application of Severn Trent Water Ltd to take over South West Water, and in particular the public liability of Severn Trent Water Ltd to highway users. See also NLW ex 1323.