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A collection of papers from the library of Robert Davies Roberts (d. 1940), Bethesda, Caernarvonshire and which include transcripts by William John Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd) (1828-1904); typescript copies of works by Edmund Vale (1888-1969); a history of Denbigh by R. D. Roberts; notes, etc. relating to Denbighshire and Flintshire and on Katherine of Berain (1534/5-1591), Iolo Goch (c. 1320-1398) and Sir Robert Jones (1858-1933); poetry by Roberts and others.

A copy of Robert Daniel Powell's PhD thesis 'The Politics of Agricultural Settlement: The case of the Welsh in the Chubut Valley, Argentina' (McGill University, Canada, November 1978).

Y Dyddiadur Annibynol am 1879, with manuscript entries and accounts by Robert D. Edwards (Derfel Meirion), Llandderfel.

Papers of Robert Colley comprising a butterfly survey, illustrated with photographs, of the Llanrhystud transect, 2000-2007; and two field notebooks containing Chough surveys in the same area, 2003-2004.

Papers, 1727-1791, relating to both Clive's public and private life but mostly to the former. They include letter books of outgoing letters sent from both England and India, 1752-1774; Clive's financial records, mainly relating to his financial concerns in India, 1752-1774; estate and household records, 1761-1781; records relating to his official duties in India, particularly as governor of Bengal, including records he acquired of earlier East India Company employees, 1727-1772, political papers, including canvassing lists and poll books, [c. 1761]-1775; and records of Clive's trustees and executors, 1774-1791.

Lord Rosebery [Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl]: Robert Burns ... (Edinburgh, 1896), being a vellum-bound presentation copy by the author to D. R. Daniel (marked 'For the sake of Tom Ellis ...'), and a covering letter from 'Tom' [Thomas E. Ellis] to David [R. Daniel] which is bound in the volume.

A view of the Bandstand in Roath Park and the pond in Thompson's Park, both Cardiff. Both images are modern digital prints prepared from the original glass negatives for LENS 2010.

Papers, printed material, photographs and maps pertaining to the River Wye and River Usk fisheries, including Wye River Board fishery committee minutes, the personal papers and publications of J.A. Hutton (former Chair of the Wye Fishery Board), and diaries and correspondence of R. Pashley (the 'Wizard of the Wye'); both Hutton and Pashley are substantial figures from the early 20th century concerning the Wye salmon stock and fishery.

Drafts of the donor's second novel Rifling Paradise (London, 2006), including a note by him on the text which was written in Australia and the first draft of the book's cover.

Rider's British Merlin, with MS notes by the Reverend William Pugh. (Formerly Bontddu MS.) Welsh, English. Leather. Donated by Mrs Anne Pugh, Bontddu, March 1940.

Rider's British Merlin, with MS notes by the Reverend William Pugh. (Formerly Bontddu MS.) Welsh, English. Leather. Donated by Mrs Anne Pugh, Bontddu, March 1940.

Rider's British Merlin, with MS notes by the Reverend William Pugh. (Formerly Bontddu MS.) Welsh, English. Leather. Donated by Mrs Anne Pugh, Bontddu, March 1940.

Rider's British Merlin, with MS notes by the Reverend William Pugh. (Formerly Bontddu MS.) Welsh, English. Leather. Donated by Mrs Anne Pugh, Bontddu, March 1940.

Rider's British Merlin, 1751, with MS notes by the Reverend John Jones, curate of Henllan and rector of Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Denbighshire. Leather. Donated by the late Mrs E. G. Williams, Glan Conwy, November 1965.

Rider's British Merlin, 1748, with MS notes by the Reverend John Jones, curate of Henllan and rector of Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Denbighshire. Leather. Donated by the late Mrs E. G. Williams, Glan Conwy, November 1965.

Manuscripts containing an attorney's accounts, 1693-1700; a catalogue, in the hand of Richard Wynne, attorney, of law and other books in his library; a catalogue, in a later hand, 'of my Books now in my Studdy att Garthewin, April 20, 1722'; an index, by Richard Wynne, to legal works by Edmund Wingate and Joseph Washington.

An account book kept by Richard Wynne, Garthewin, attorney, and secretary on the Brecknock circuit of the Court of Great Sessions, together with a letter from Sir Watkin Williams Wynn dated December 1740.

A holograph letter, 8 July 1751, from the painter Richard Wilson, Venice, to [Admiral] Thomas Smith, London, touching on Wilson's studies of Titian, Francesco Zuccarelli, his portrait of the German ambassador, and various acquaintances in Venice (ff. 3-4). Also included is a letter, 7 November 1750, from the painter's sister E[lizabeth] Wilson, Bristol, to Smith, apparently on behalf of her brother, concerning a dispute with a Mr Harris arising from 'the pictures of the two Miss Jenkins' (ff. 1-2).
Both letters were first published in Maud M. Wyndham, Chronicles of the Eighteenth Century: Founded on the Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lyttelton and his Family, 2 vols (London, 1924), II, 66-69; they have subsequently seen print in Adrian Bury, Richard Wilson, R.A.: The Grand Classic (Leigh-on-Sea, 1947), pp. 17-18, W. G. Constable, Richard Wilson (London, 1953), pp. 19-22, and elsewhere. This is one of only three holograph Richard Wilson letters known to exist (see Constable, pp. 1, 13).

Deeds and documents, 1514-1813, collected by Richard Williams of Celynog, relating mostly to properties in Montgomeryshire as well as Flintshire, Merionethshire and Shropshire, including the township of Rhandregynwen, Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire, 1581-1605, the township of Bodaioch, Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, 1562-1630, and Treuddyn, Flintshire, 1621-1639; and depositions of witnesses, 1580, taken at the Court of the Council of Wales and the Marches, concerning a case of trespass.
There appears to be no single family unifying these deeds, however some individuals and families appear several times: Ieuan ap Richard of Domgay, Ieuan ap Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Sais and his son Gruffith ap Ieuan, Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire (Rhandregynwen deeds), the Pope family of Shropshire (Trefeglwys deeds) and Rees ap John William and Lewis ap John Merton of Treuddyn, Flintshire (Treuddyn deeds).