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Scrapbook relating to Tywyn (Merionethshire) and district. See also NLW MS 18602E. Welsh, English. In a file. Donated by the Reverend David Williams, Tywyn (Merionethshire), July 1963.

The scrapbook contains press cuttings, 1967-1969, from newspapers including Western Mail, South Wales Echo and Financial Times, relating to the gas industry and matters such as price increase, profits, sales, appliances, accidents and the Wales Gas Board.

A scrapbook, 1811-1936, apparently belonging to Sir Edward and Lady Hamilton, containing a number of letters and printed items, mainly humorous, from the Rhiwlas estate in the time of Richard John Lloyd Price.

Scrapbook of press cuttings compiled by F. C. Hanbury Williams of Nant Oer, Monmouthshire relating to hunting events, archery, agricultural shows, etc in Monmouthshire and Breconshire. English. 1/2 leather. Purchased from R. G. Booth, Hay-on-Wye, February 1967.

Scrapbook of press cuttings and photographs illustrating 'Direct Action' activities in Wales. Welsh, English. Boards. Donated by Meic Stephens, Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff, June 1968.

Scrap-book of letters, autographs, etc including those of H. M. Stanley, W. E. Gladstone and Florence Nightingale. English. In a box. Donated by John B. Sidebotham, Cwmystwyth, May 1974.

Scrapbook of J. P. Pryse, Aberystwyth [?John Pugh Pryse, Gogerddan], containing press cuttings and photographs, 1820s-40s, and miscellaneous verse, 19th cent. (NLW ex 960). A copy of Two Essays on the subjects proposed by the Cambrian Society in Dyfed which gained the respective prizes at the Eisteddfod held at Caermarthen . . 1819 . . (Caermarthen, 1822), annotated by the Reverend Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'), with 4 ff. tipped in containing notes by him from Alexander Croke, An Essay on the Origin, progress and Decline of Rhyming Latin Verse . . (Oxford, 1828). Bearing inscription 'Presented by the committee of the Cambrian Society in Dyfed to the Revd. Walter Davies ... author of the prize poem ... and the Englyn ...'.

Scrapbook of cuttings of articles of Pembrokeshire interest by G. V. Roberts, Mona M. Roberts, K. M. R. M. Lockley, E. M. G. Lockley and David Salmon. (Formerly G. V. Roberts MS.) English. Paper. Purchased from Patrick Roberts, Pencader, June 1965.

Scrap-book containing newspaper cuttings including cuttings re the typhoid epidemic at Merthyr, 1900.

Scrapbook containing a collection of covers franked 1827-39.

Scrapbook compiled by T. C. Evans ('Cadrawd'), Ellis Roberts ('Elis Wyn o Wyrfai') and others relating to the death of Queen Victoria, etc.. (Formerly J. R. Hughes MS 11.) Welsh, English. Boards. Donated by Mr J. R. Hughes, Dolgellau, 1948.

Scrapbook compiled by R. J. Jones ('Alltud Eifion') and others. (Formerly J. R. Hughes MS 10.) Welsh, English. Paper covers. Donated by Mr J. R. Hughes, Dolgellau, 1948.

Scrapbook compiled by L. D. Jones ('Llew Tegid') and others relating to the Liverpool National Eisteddfod . (Formerly J. R. Hughes MS 12.) Welsh, English. Boards. Donated by Mr J. R. Hughes, Dolgellau, 1948.

Scrapbook belonging to John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'), containing material relating to famous Welshmen. Welsh, English. Boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor.

A scrapbook containing autographs, franks and prints compiled, [1831]-[c. 1867], probably by Sarah Dorothy Grey of Norton, Stockton-on-Tees (later Sarah Dorothy Robinson of Silksworth Hall, County Durham, and Quedgeley, Gloucestershire).
Nearly all the autographs are in the form of 'free fronts', mostly dated 1806-1839, being franked address panels signed by Members of Parliament (or Lords) to allow them free postage (ff. 2-110 passim; a number of these are addressed to members of the Grey family of Norton). The prints include engravings depicting Royalty (ff. 1 verso, 4, 16, 34), topographical and architectural views (ff. 4 verso-111 passim) and female fashions of 1830 (ff. 10 recto-verso, 28 recto-verso). Also included are cuttings of a few ballads (ff. 12, 18, 22 verso, 72) and two 'skit notes' (f. 18). Items found loose inside the volume (19 ff.) have been placed in an archival envelope; these include eleven free fronts, 1828-1837, and three invitations (in French) to the Robinson family to attend events at the French Court in Paris, 1867.

A scrapbook for 1861 compiled by Arthur Owen (1832-1898) containing extracts from newspapers and journals of that year and from printed works, transcripts of poetry by Mrs Penderel Llewelyn, Llangynwyd, and by Alfred Dawson, poetry by Arthur Owen himself, and correspondence in Hebrew between Arthur Owen and Rabbi D. W. Marks.

Album of Dr Robert Owen Morris (1859-1943), comprised mainly of material relating to his year of office as Mayor of Birkenhead, 1902-3. Included are over one hundred and fifty congratulatory and other letters, in English and Welsh, from various correspondents including Arthur James Balfour (2), David Lloyd George (2) and Sir Edward Russell (1); printed cards and programmes; and press cuttings.