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Photocopies relating to the genealogy of Benjamin Williams III whose great grandfather Benjamin Williams (d. 1896) emigrated from Wales in 1853 to the United States and was one of the early Welsh settlers in Middle Granville, New York .

Photocopies of papers relating to Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog (NLW MS 23969F) which is a volume in the hand of Hugh Hughes ('Y Bardd Coch o Fôn). The originals are in the possession of the donor John Iwan Parry Hughes, a descendant of Hugh Hughes, and include photocopies of his family tree and the family crest .

Four letters to the actor Huw Tudor, 1993-1994, from the Royal College of Heraldry, Australia, relating to his application for a coat of arms.

Typescript notes relating to the set and sound requirements for the production of the play which was staged at Dynevor Castle, 13-18 August 1968.

Photocopies from the catalogue of the manuscripts of R. Gwyneddon Davies held at the University of Wales Bangor compiled by his son R[obert] G[wyneddon] D[avies], 1916-1917.

A photocopy of an MA thesis presented at Liverpool University, 1964.

Photocopies of the genealogy of the Edwards family of Tregeiriog in Denbighshire, compiled over ten years by the donor.

A journal of a tour through the counties of Denbigh, Merioneth, Cardigan, and Caernarvon, and the island of Anglesea in 1793. The author lived in Bridgnorth, Salop.

A fifteenth century calendar bound in 1815 by W[illiam] S[haw] Mason.

A volume of poems, 1890-1901, by three 'Rhymers'. It contains poems by A. E. Lomax, L. I. E. P[ughe] and C. E. L[omax], many of them having a Montgomeryshire setting, poems by G. R. G. P[ughe] and Jane Gould Pughe; and a copy of The Church in Wales: A versified review of her reverses by G. R. G. Pughe, vicar of Mellor, Lancashire, 1894.

The diary, 1865-79, of Hugh Charles Howells, containing an autobiography, reminiscences, and records of his ministry at Baptist churches at Sirhowy and Clydach.

'Grande Variations pour le piano sur le choeur favorite de l'opéra Norma de Bellini composée par Rossellen'; and 'Les jolies filles de Parme, cinq valses Brillantes pour le piano composée par Camille Schubert'.

Photocopies of the title page and other pages with manuscript notes on the contents.

A book of hymn-tunes and sacred songs, belonging to Margaret Elizabeth Jones, Wolfscastle.

A volume of text and sketches illustrating various engines used in the production of coal and iron industries in England and Wales.

The diary of Captain Samuel Roach (1833-1914), Master Mariner, in manuscript and typescript form, together with copies of probate items and other papers relating to him. Captain Roach was born in St David’s, Pembrokeshire. He bequeathed a thousand pounds in his will towards the building of the Town Hall in his native town, where a plaque in his memory is seen to this day.

A bilingual address, [1850x1894], presented to N[oah] M[organ] Jones ('Cymro Gwyllt') by his friends and admirers on the occasion of his wedding. = Anerchiad dwyieithog [1850x1894], a gyflwynwyd i N[oah] M[organ] Jones gan ei gyfeillion a'i edmygwyr ar achlysur ei briodas.

An account of a tour of North Wales, August-September 1860, by John [ ] of Bath, in the form of letters to his parents, together with a pencil sketch of 'My Villa [Snowdon House] at Llanberis' (f. 1).

An inscribed roll presented to the National Library of Wales on behalf of the Shanghai Library in 1988. The inscription is the work of the calligrapher Han Tiang-heng, Vice-director of the Institute of Chinese Classical Painting. Translated, the text reads 'Books form the steps leading to paradise'.

A hand-painted valentine, c. 1804, containing eight verses written in the corners, originally folded so that the messages could be read when opened.