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A photostat facsimile of a Llanover manuscript containing Welsh folk tunes.

A photostat facsimile of a Llanover manuscript containing Welsh folk songs, airs and dance tunes some of them transcribed by John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri) (1770-1829) and John Parry (Bardd Alaw) (1776-1851).

Welsh folk songs in the hand of Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover, etc. (Formerly J. R. Hughes MS 23.) Welsh, English. Box file. Purchased from Mr J. R. Hughes, Dolgellau, January 1955.

A copy of a lecture given at the National Library of Wales, 31 January 2008, by Richard Livsey, Lord Livsey of Talgarth.

Photocopies of biographical notes and of printed material relating to Welsh emigrants and their descendants in Queensland, Australia, compiled by Professor W. Ross Johnston, Department of History, Queensland University.

Draft typescript (Transcript from the Shorthand Notes of Messrs J Moore & Son ...) of the minutes of proceedings of the Royal Commission on the Welsh Church, days 1-4, 19-20, 26-27 October 1906, varying somewhat from the published Minutes of Evidence of the Commission. The evidence relates to the parishes of Abergwili, Carmarthen, Llanelli, Llan-gain and Llanpumsaint, co. Carmarthen.

A List of Catholics connected with Wales who suffered death for the Faith, 1539-1680 A.D., with an addition and a corrigendum in manuscript by Thomas Peter Ellis.

Papers, 1906-2006, relating to the boxers Freddie Welsh and Jim Driscoll, collected by Glyn Moses, father of Ms Pamela Jones, the donor. The papers include an article 'The pride of Pontypridd' by Alexander Cordell, photocopies of articles from newspapers, a copy of the birth certificate of Freddie Welsh, 1989, and letters, 1993, from Elizabeth Efferson, his daughter to Glyn Moses, together with a calendar, 2006, to commemorate 120 years since his birth.

Welsh Baptist Chapel, Llanelli: applications for the post of precentor. English, Welsh. Between boards. Donated by Mrs E. Tudno Jones, Cemaes, November 1970.

A copy of Ruth Shade's Phd thesis, ''Welsh Assemblies': The phenomenon of contemporary, professional, English-language theatre practice in Wales' (University of Wolverhampton, July 1999).

A two dollar note featuring the Welsh Americans (Lewis Morris, Robert Morris, Francis Lewis and William Williams) who signed the Declaration of Independence, 1776, together with an identification key.

Research papers, 1981-1994, collated by the donor Fred Jones, Professor of Art at Western Illinois University, for his project which involved Welsh-American artists and Welsh poets. It was purchased by the Library in early 2011. The letters include contributors to the project such as Glyn Jones, Jonah Jones and Gwyn Thomas.

Photocopies of Cardiff MS 2.1363 comprising a collection of Welsh Airs by John Parry ('Bardd Alaw', 1776-1851), 1826-47, arranged for the pianoforte and presented by him to Lady Hall ('Gwenynen Gwent', 1802-96) in 1849.

A manuscript music book, [?1820s], belonging to a Mrs Fletcher, containing arrangements of eight Welsh folk-tunes for harp or pianoforte.

Thesis: 'Welsh Agriculture 1815-1914' (University of London Ph.D.) by David Wesley Howell (typescript).