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Wages account book of the schooner Catherine of New Quay. English. Between boards. Donated by Mr T. Brisbane Jones, New Quay, February 1965.

WABLAHE records, 1982-1992, including agenda, minutes and papers of the Board and Standing Working Group, 1982-2003; Committee and Wales Advisory Body, 1982-1991; financial papers and Finance Working Group agenda, minutes and papers, 1982-1988; Chairman's Study Group papers, 1984-1988; Panel on Teacher Training papers, 1982-1985; Programme Review Working Group papers, 1988-1990; and Planning Review Group papers, 1990-1992.

A manuscript entitled An account of the Grammatical and other peculiarities in the Welsh Dialect prevailing in the district about Brynamman, written by W. Watkins, 1882.

Papers of W. Watkin Davies including diaries, 1904-1973; letters from family and friends, 1895-1926; letters relating to his work, [c. 1932]-1971; typescripts and manuscripts of unpublished works including Lloyd George, 1914-',Woodrow Wilson' and 'Men and Movements in American History' and an autobiographical work, `Wales of my Youth', [1907x1973]; lectures, articles and notes, [1910]-1933; personal papers relating to his career and private life, [c. 1915]-1946; notebooks, 1922-1953; family papers, 1890-1935; and letters, pictures and other material relating to David Lloyd George, 1887-1971.

A collection of autograph manuscripts of philosophical works by the Rev. W. Tudor Jones, Unitarian minister and philosopher.

The fonds comprises mainly his professional papers, 1908-1976, a few personal papers, [1800x2001], and papers of his father, W. Pencerdd Williams, [c. 1890]-[c. 1924]. Papers relating to the Welsh Folk-Song Society and to his role as first musical director of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod are not included.

Seven diaries (1845, 1847, 1849, 1850, 1854, 1855, 1858) and two notebooks (1857 and 1858) of William Southern Clark.

An interleaved copy of W. R. Williams, The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales..., 1541-1895 (Brecknock, 1895) with copious manuscript additions and corrections in the hand of the author, [c. 1912], in preparation for a projected second edition.
Deletions and minor corrections were generally made directly to the original text with more substantial changes supplied on the interleaves opposite. Among the main additions are details of elections, 1895-1910. There are a few further additions to the List of Subscribers (pp. 213-218) up to about 1919. Three items found in the volume have been loosely inserted opposite pp. 77 and 78.

The reminiscences of William Robert Hall (1849-1937), written in forty exercise books and published serially in The Cambrian News, 1920-1921.

Letters and papers from W. J. Macqueen-Pope (1888-1960), commonly known as "Popie". He was a theatre historian, publicist, biographer and close friend of Ivor Novello (David Ivor Davies, 1893–1951).
Many of these papers were referenced by Macqueen-Pope when writing the Ivor Novello biography 'Ivor: The Story of an Achievement'.
The papers include a small number of original letters from Novello, reminiscences and correspondence from Novello's friends and associates including his librettist Christopher Hassall, business manager Fred Allen, novelist G. B. Stern, actresses Constance Colm, Mary Ellis, Olive Gilbert, Zena Dare, Jean Webster-Brough, actors Lyn Harding, Barry Jones, Henry Kendall, Keneth Kent, Philip Desborough, costume designer Gilbert Clark, aristocratic friends Lord Cromer and Lady Juliet Duff.
The main subjects are writings by Macqueen-Pope relating to Novello (including drafts from the biography); material relating to Novello's will; Macqueen-Pope’s role in organising Ivor Novello’s funeral (including funeral addresses by Hassall, Macqueen-Pope and Rev. E. Gwyn Evans); a memorial service; the placing of his memorial bust (by Clemence Dane) at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; Macqueen-Pope's involvement in the BBC memorial radio broadcast; an apparently unsuccessful effort to found an Ivor Novello Fellowship; and letters from Novello fans.
An earlier programme of "I Lived With You”, has been added to the papers.

This collection consists mainly of Chirk Castle and Chirk Castle Estate account books, rentals, etc.

Manuscripts comprising a seventeenth-century collection of cywyddau and awdlau by numerous Welsh poets; transcripts of letters from Goronwy Owen to William and Richard Morris; and a volume of manuscript music which once belonged to Harriett Mary Browne (1798-1858).

Papers of W. Llewelyn Williams, KC, MP, 1861-2005, comprising diaries, letters, professional papers, printed material, personal papers, and papers accumulated by his family after his death. The collection also includes the research papers of Neville C. Masterman relating to the life and political career of W. Llewelyn Williams.

A notebook containing notes on the history and practice of the Courts of Great Sessions in Wales accumulated by W. Llewelyn Williams, K.C., M.P. (1867-1922) (see Y Cymmrodor, XVI, pp. 1-87). Many of the extracts are taken from the Llwynwormwood MS, i.e. NLW MS 4492D.

An interleaved copy of William Latham Bevan's Diocesan Histories. St David's (London, 1888) with extensive additional notes and annotations by the author.

A collection of works and letters, both autograph and transcript, of some of the poets of Eifionydd, accummulated by Dr W. Jones Williams.

Lists of eminent Welshmen, including many who were bishops or who held other ecclesiastical offices, and minutes of the Tregaron (St Caron) church council, 1900-1901, both in the hand of W. J. Waterhouse.

A copy of a typescript work entitled 'Agricultural History of Shropshire' by W. J. Slack (d. 1954), brought together in the form of a volume by Frances M. Wright in 1995.

Deeds and documents relating to Cardiganshire, 1590-1751; and Montgomeryshire, 1517-1770; deeds and documents relating to the Hughes family of Gogarth, 1669-1910; and miscellaneous items, 1692-1825.