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Some seventy letters , almost entirely written by the Reverend Richard Williams, Liverpool. (Formerly Bontdolgadfan MS 51.) Welsh, English. Betweem boards. Donated by the late Eluned M. Williams and the late Emyr Williams, Wrexham, per Mr Gwilym Evans, Aberystwyth, March 1963.

Some production figures relating to Bryn Eglwys Slate Quarry, Abergynolwyn copied by E. R. Griffith, Llandrillo, also references to Abergynolwyn School Board copied from the records of Bryn Eglwys Slate Quarry, also by E. R. Griffith. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) English, Welsh. Between boards. Purchased from Mrs Bob Owen, Croesor, December 1963.

Some one hundred and eighty-four letters of sympathy sent to Mrs Ruby Davies, December 1937, on the death of her husband John Davies, district secretary to the Workers' Educational Association in South Wales, including letters from James Griffiths MP, Iorwerth C. Peate, Robert Richards MP, R. Silyn Roberts and D. J. Williams, Abergwaun; together with typescript notes and correspondence, 1936-7.

A manuscript monograph, [1878], entitled 'Some Notice of William Herbert, first Earl of Pembroke of the present creation', by J[ames] E[dward] Nightingale, F.S.A. (ff. 1-59). It was published, under that title, in The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 18 (October 1878), 81-131. The notice places particular emphasis on the politics of the time, in which Herbert played a prominent role, and on his Wiltshire connections.
The text is complete except for some two paragraphs (corresponding to the top of p. 114 in print), missing due to the bottom of f. 36 having been cut away, and a single sentence (top of p. 128) missing from f. 55. There are manuscript emendations throughout, including some revisions supplied as pasteovers (ff. 11, 21, 22, 23, 33, 42, 47); footnotes have been inserted on paper flaps attached to page margins (ff. 2-3, 5, 8, 12, 14, 16-17, 19-20, 22, 23-24, 25-30, 32-35, 37-44, 46, 48-49, 52-53, 56, 57, 59), and occasionally as separate leaves (ff. 6a, 6b, 24a). Also included are earlier drafts of a few sections of text and footnotes (ff. 22a, 22b, 43a, 56a, 61-62) and notes, references and transcripts of related letters and documents (ff. 60 recto-verso, 61 verso-64).

Some Montgomeryshire Reredoses, notes on earthworks and obituary notices for Montgomeryshire Collections by D. R. Thomas, etc. English. (Formerly D. R. Thomas MS 68.).

Some memories of my life by John H. Roberts, Lord Clwyd (typescript). English. Cloth. Donated by the Honourable Mervyn Roberts, Abergele, April 1959.

Account book, containing lists of subscriptions, balance sheets, press cuttings, and other records of the Solva 'Roads of Remembrance', 1919-56.

Papers of the Reverend Hugh Jones ('Cromwell o Went'), including letters, 1825-1871, mainly addressed to him and relating to preaching engagements and church affairs during his ministry at Tredegar and Carmarthen; drafts of letters, articles and sermons [1825x1872]; diaries, 1833-1853; and miscellaneous material, [1809x1872].

A mutilated bill book, 1840-1848, of Edward Rumsey Williams, solicitor, Caernarvon. Among the subjects to which the accounts refer are the engrossment of the agreement of tithe commutation for the parish of Llanbadrig, Anglesey, and the execution of conveyances, etc. of properties in Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Caernarvon, Bontnewydd, Llanbeblig (including a piece of ground for the building of a school), Pwllheli, and Llanfair is gaer, Caernarvonshire, Llandegfan, Anglesey, Flint, Flintshire, etc.

An incomplete day-book containing professional, personal, and domestic financial accounts of R. Phillips of ---, co. Salop, 1750-3. The accounts relate to professional fees for the preparation of legal instruments; the receipt of rents (with references to Great Dawley Chapel and properties in Hadley Common, etc.); the hiring of servants and of horses; the payments of legacies and annuities; housekeeping allowances; the bottling of beer and wine; and the purchase of books, butter, meal, malt, coals, etc. Several entries refer to visits to, or transactions with residents of, Bridgnorth, Shiffnal, Shrewsbury, Wellington, Wrockwardine, Brockton, Newport, Madeley Wood, etc. At the beginning and the end of the manuscript are answers to algebraical problems, and recipes for inks, etc.

Letters, 1917-1918, from Private John Roberts of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, to his parents in Tanygrisiau, Wales. Private Roberts was taken prisoner in Germany on 23 March 1918, and included is a notification of his death, 1 August 1918, stating that he died in an accident there 31 May 1918, and was buried at East Cemetery Gelsenkirchen, together with a photograph of his grave. = Llythyrau, 1917-1918, oddi wrth y milwr John Roberts o'r Royal Welsh Fusiliers, at ei rieni yn Nhanygrisiau, Cymru. Cafodd ei garcharu yn yr Almaen ar 23 Mawrth 1918, a cheir nodyn, 1 Awst 1918, yn dweud iddo farw mewn damwain ar 31 Mai y flwyddyn honno ac iddo gael ei gladdu ym mynwent East Cemetery Gelsenkirchen, ynghyd â ffotograff o'i fedd.

The Written Epistle of the Society of Friends to the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings, 1798. Included in it are minutes of meetings held at Brecknock, 22 and 23 August 1798.