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The Franco-Welsh text of the ceremony of the entry of the Gorsedd into St. Donat's Castle, 9 August 1934, composed by Morgan Watkin at the request of Geoffrey Crawshay.

Manuscripts and papers of Iolo Morganwg and Taliesin ab Iolo, [16 cent.]-[20 cent., first ¼], comprising correspondence of Iolo Morganwg, 1676-1826; manuscripts and other papers, [16 cent.]-1900, mostly collected or written by Iolo Morganwg, including Welsh and English poetry and prose, pedigrees, grammars, and other literary and personal papers; correspondence, 1809-1864, and other papers, 1761-[1840s], of Taliesin ab Iolo; and family correspondence of Taliesin's grandson, Aneurin Williams, [?1868]-1908.

Papers relating to Richard Rees ('Maldwyn', 1851-1927), of Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, and Edward Walter Rees, ('Gwallter Dyfi', 1881-1940), of Carmarthen, including correspondence, 1874-1940; printed materials, 1866-1937; papers relating to the National Eisteddfod and the Gorsedd of Bards, 1909-1939; papers relating to the National Petition on the Legal Status of the Welsh Language, 1938-1939; papers relating to Maengwyn Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Machynlleth, 1875-1920; and various papers relating to manifold aspects of Machynlleth life.

A copy of Evan Davies (Myvyr Morganwg), Hynafiaeth Aruthrol Trwn, neu Orsedd Beirdd Ynys Brydain a'i Barddas Gyfrin ... (Pontypridd, [1875]). Attached to the upper and lower end-papers are brief notes on Myvyr Morganwg by Henri Gaidoz, a list by Llywarch Reynolds, Merthyr Tudful, of the published works of Myvyr Morganwg and a holograph letter from Reynolds to Gaidoz, 1880, relating largely to the life and writings of Myvyr Morganwg.

A group of poetry and miscellaneous papers from the collection of, and partly in the autograph, of David Griffith (Clwydfardd). They include englynon by Clwydfardd, e.g. 'Ar ymweliad ei rasusolaf Fawrhydi Tywysog Cymru an gwyl Genedlaethol yn Nghaernarfon Gorphenaf [1894]'; 'Ir diweddar barchedig Edward Anwyl Cadeirydd y Dalaith Ogleddol', etc.; englynion addressed to Clwydfardd by Richard Parry (Gwalchmai) and John Cadvan Davies (Cadvan) (1891); copies of the proclamations of meetings of Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain at national and provincial eisteddfodau; a letter, [c. 1891], from Clwydfardd to B. Morris Lewis, Chelsea, giving particulars of nineteenth century national and other eisteddfodau; notes on the key to 'Coelbren y Beirdd', etc., by T. H. Thomas (Arlunydd Penygarn); incomplete notes on the Epistle to the Hebrews; and an incomplete eulogy of the writing pen, 1872.

Mae'r casgliad yn cynnwys papurau personol, rhai ohonynt ynglŷn â pharatoi a chyhoeddi cofiant Brinley Richards i Trefin yn 1963, nodiadau ar achau Trefin a chefndir y teulu a luniwyd gan Maxwell Fraser, llythyrau cydymdeimlad a dderbyniodd Maxwell Fraser yn dilyn marwolaeth Trefin ar 30 Awst 1962, papurau'n ymwneud â marwolaeth, angladd etc. Trefin; personalia, yn cynnwys dyddiaduron Trefin am ychydig flynyddoedd yn unig rhwng 1926 a 1962, llyfrau lloffion, copïau rhydd o dorion o'r wasg, papurau'n ymwneud â gyrfa proffesiynol Trefin rhwng 1923 a 1954, a chardiau cyfarch a dderbyniodd ar wahanol achlysuron; llythyrau cyffredinol, 1936-1962, a anfonwyd at Trefin, ynghyd â grwpiau o lythyrau a dderbyniodd ar adegau penodol, megis ar ennill y Gadair yn Wrecsam yn 1933, ar ei briodas â Maxwell Fraser yn 1951, ac ar gael ei ddewis yn Archdderwydd Cymru yn 1959, ynghyd a grŵp o lythyrau Trefin at Maxwell Fraser, 1948-1962; papurau'n ymwneud â'r Orsedd a'r Eisteddfod, 1923-1962, copïau drafft a theipysgrif o waith llenyddol a chyhoeddiadau Trefin, gan gynnwys cerddi, pregethau, storïau byrion, sgriptiau radio, dramâu, erthyglau i gylchgronau, areithiau ac anerchiadau, a chyfieithiadau o lyfrau taith Maxwell Fraser; papurau'n ymwneud ag ymchwil Trefin ar Aneurin Fardd, 1957-1965, Edmund Jones, 1958-1962, ac ar gyfer Presenting Monmouthshire, 1963-1971; llyfrau nodiadau Trefin yn cynnwys nodiadau academaidd; llyfrau nodiadau'n cynnwys nodiadau a gymerodd Eluned Phillips yn yr ysgol a'r coleg; papurau amrywiol, 1876-1955; eitemau printiedig, 1928-1961, gwahanlithoedd a chopïau printiedig o ddeunydd gan Trefin yn bennaf; ac eitemau printiedig amrywiol, 1898-1960. = The collection comprises personal papers, some relating to the preparation and publication of the biography of Trefin by Brinley Richards in 1963, notes on Trefin's ancestry and family background prepared by Maxwell Fraser, sympathy letters sent to Maxwell Fraser following Trefin's death on 30 August 1962, papers relating to Trefin's death, funeral etc.; personalia, including Trefin's diaries for only a few years between 1926 and 1962, scrapbooks, loose press cuttings, papers concerning Trefin's professional career as a teacher between 1923 and 1954, and greetings cards which he had received on various occasions; general letters, 1936-1962, addressed to Trefin, together with groups of letters on specific occasions, such as winning the chair at Wrexham in 1933, on his marriage to Maxwell Fraser in 1951, and on his selection to be archdruid of Wales in 1959, together with a group of letters, 1948-1962, from Trefin to Maxwell Fraser; papers concerning the Gorsedd and the Eisteddfod, 1923-1962; drafts and typescripts of Trefin's writings and publications, including poems, sermons, short stories, radio scripts, plays, articles for journals, speeches and addresses, and translations of Maxwell Fraser's travel writings; papers relating to Trefin's researches on Aneurin Fardd, 1957-1965, Edmund Jones, 1958-1962, and for Presenting Monmouthshire, 1963-1971; Trefin's notebooks bearing academic notes; notebooks containing school and college notes taken by Eluned Phillips; miscellaneous papers, 1876-1955; printed items, 1928-1961, mainly offprints and printed copies of material written by Trefin; and miscellaneous printed items, 1898-1960.

Papurau O. Llew Owain, 1785-[c. 1955], yn cynnwys llythyrau a phapurau yn ymwneud yn bennaf ag Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Eisteddfod yr Urdd, a Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain, 1901-1951; ceisiadau am swyddi, 1939-1947; gweithiau Owain Llew Owain, 1912-1951; deunydd ar gyfer Y Genedl, 1924-1939; llythyrau, llyfrynnau a thorion amrywiol yn ymwneud ag agweddau ar fywyd a llenyddiaeth Gogledd Cymru, 1858-1950; llyfrau lloffion o dorion papur newydd, 1865-1940, yn cynnwys caneuon etholiadol, am David Lloyd George yn bennaf, teyrngedau i Syr John Morris Jones, torion o Y Genedl ac eitemau yn ymwneud â barddoniaeth Gymraeg; llawysgrifau a phapurau, 1785-[c.1955], o lyfrgell O. Llew Owain, yn cynnwys traethodau eisteddfodol ac arall, llawysgrifau o ddiddordeb i sir Gaernarfon a gohebiaeth. = Papers of O. Llew Owain, 1785-[c. 1955], comprising letters and papers mainly concerning Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru (National Eisteddfod), Eisteddfod yr Urdd, and Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain, 1901-1954; job applications, 1939-1947; works of Owain Llew Owain, 1912-1951; material for Y Genedl, 1924-1939; miscellaneous letters, booklets and cuttings concerning aspects of North Wales life and literature, 1858-1950; scrap books of press cuttings, 1865-1940, including election songs mainly about David Lloyd George, tributes to Sir John Morris Jones, cuttings from Y Genedl and items relating to Welsh poetry; manuscripts and papers, 1785-[c. 1955], from the library of O. Llew Owain, including eisteddfod and other essays, manuscripts of Caernarfonshire interest and correspondence.