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An account book recording disbursements, 1718-1723, ? by Thomas Cupper, on behalf of Robert Myddelton in respect of the Chirk Castle estate. The volume is a duplicate of, and is partly in the same hand as, NLW MS 6383D.

Estate and family records of the Chirk Castle estate, mainly in Denbighshire, comprising deeds from 1284; manorial records, mainly of the lordship of Chirk and Chirkland, 1322-1853, including receiver's accounts, ministers' accounts, court rolls, etc.; records of the estate's involvement in the coal, iron and lead industries in Denbighshire from 17 cent.; Denbighshire Quarter Sessions records, including order books, 1647-1675, rolls, 1643-1699, and a book of indictments, 1670-1690; Denbighshire militia records, 1602-1797, and related local government records, 1602-1811; business papers of Sir Thomas Myddelton (1550-1631); personal and estate correspondence from c.1600; literary manuscripts, c.1630-1887; and parliamentary election papers for Denbighshire and Denbigh boroughs, 1681-1852, including papers relating to quo warranto proceedings against the mayor and burgeses of Holt, 1739-1743.

In addition to the above, ten designs for stained glass panels, with armorial pedigree of the Myddelton family attributed to A. W. N. Pugin and John Hardman Powell; three hundred and thirty-two volumes relating to the Chirk Castle estates; a collection of miscellaneous volumes and documents relating to the Chirk Castle estates, including an account book of the Nangwrud Slate Quarry, rentals books, account books, volumes relating to the Black Park Colliery, a rabbit account book, and other papers; and an indenture, 1812, relating to Bodlith, Llansilin, part of the Chirk Castle estate, have also been acquired. These remain uncatalogued.
A manuscript account book for Sir Richard Myddelton's properties at Chirk Castle and Soho Square, London, 1686-1700 and 1748-1752.
A manuscript Steward's letter-book relating to Chirk Castle, 1835-1838.

A photostat facsimile of British Museum Additional MS 40174, which is a Court Book, 1595-1599, of the manors of Ysclaudd, Glyn, Llangollen, Moghnant, Kynlleth yr Yarll and Carreckova in the lordship of Chirk and Chirkland.

Additional papers including letters, 1983-2006, relating to his poems, including two from David Holbrook, and a letter, 1997, from the Royal Literacy Fund awarding him a grant.

Papers of Chris Bendon comprising typescript copies of his poetry, including Jewry: a Poetry Collection', [1995] andWinter Sun: a Poetry Collection', as well as unpublished poems, prose poems (or 'prosems'), prose, drama, and a typescript copy of 'Crossover: a Play on Words or Libretto for an Imaginary Opera', together with a collection of anthologies, magazines, periodicals and journals, and also diaries (described by Chris Bendon as 'medico-legal'), mostly comprising details of medical and social problems and the minutiae of everyday life, as well as other papers collected during his literary activities.

A brief account of the origin of the Christ Church English Baptist Church at Gadlys, Aberdare, written by W. Bugent.

A notebook in the hand of 'R. Lloyd, Bala College, 1873' (aft. of Llangristiolus), containing extracts from Hans Lassen Martenson: Christian Dogmatics (1865, etc.), and a synopsis in English of Griffith Williams (Talsarnau): Yr Hynod William Ellis, Maentwrog [1875]. Blank leaves at the end of the volume have been used to record a sale of household effects.

'Christian poetry in medieval Wales': three essays by Andrew Charles Breeze on 'The oldest animals and the day of Man's life', 'The number of Christ's wounds' and 'The girdle of Prato and its rivals'.

Papers of Christian Rebuild, 2000-2008, donated by its secretary The Reverend Christopher Gillham. Christian Rebuild is a UK Charity, first established in Wales, which gives aid to Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The papers include leaflets and correspondence relating to the charity.

Manuscript and printed tracts by Eluned Elizabeth Owen (1893-1968), daughter of John Owen, Bishop of St David's, 1897-1927, and his biographer: The early life of Bishop Owen - a son of Lleyn (1958), and The later life of Bishop Owen - a son of Wales (1961). Also included are press cuttings, 1972-73, of articles by Dr W. R. Mathews, Dean of St Paul's.

The fonds comprises mainly correspondence, 1981-1999, of the Christians Against Torture Movement, including the correspondence of the Reverend Roy Jenkins, its first secretary and main founder; profiles of 'adopted' prisoners of conscience, 1982-1989; together with copies of newsletters, 1989-2000, and Robin Gwyndaf, Ai Ceidwad fy mrawd ydwyf i? (Lewis Valentine Memorial Lecture 1991).

Additional papers, 1981-2014, relating to Christians Against Torture, Wales, including minutes of the working group and steering group, 1983-2014; and papers relating to conferences, 1981-2006, and campaigns, 1991-1998. = Papurau ychwanegol, 1981-2014, yn ymwneud â Christnogion yn Erbyn Poenydio, Cymru, yn cynnwys cofnodion y pwyllgor gwaith a'r grŵp llywio, 1983-2014; a phapurau yn ymwneud â chynadleddau, 1981-2006, ac ymgyrchoedd, 1991-1998.

The archive comprises the political papers of Christine Chapman, Labour AM for Cynon Valley 1999-2016, with material related to various issues including women in politics, the campaign for legislation to ban the smacking of children and work in and on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales.

A copy of John Parkhurst : A Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament ... (London, 1809) which belonged to Christmas Evans, Welsh Baptist preacher, and which has notes in his autograph.

Personal and literary papers of Christopher Morgan.

May 2023 donation: Copy of Ian Robinson: Remembrances (Anywhere But Here Publications, 2023), a volume of tributes to university lecturer, literary critic and author Ian Robinson (1937-2020), which includes a piece by Imelda Morgan, sister of Christopher Morgan.

For Christopher Morgan, see also under Tony Curtis Papers at the National Library of Wales (https://atom.prod.llgc.org.uk/index.php/christopher-morgan-2).

A draft version (manuscript notes, intermixed with mounted cuttings) of the fifth chapter of a proposed work on the art of Christopher [David] Williams [Welsh artist], by T[homas] Matthews. According to accompanying draft copies of the title-page and table of contents, the volume, which was to consist of five chapters, was to be entitled 'Celf Christopher Williams', and was to be the first work in a series to be called 'Cyfres Gelf Gymreig'.

Chronicles of the Mathew family by E. M. Bishop. English. (Formerly E. M. Bishop MS 11) In boards. Donated by Alwyn Andrew, Liverpool, 1945.

Three unbound volumes in the hand of Bishop William Lloyd, containing chronological tables of important world events, respectively covering the periods 508 BC-69 AD, 1570-90, and 1600-81. Fragments of two early seventeenth century deeds have been used as protective covers for MSS. 11327 and 11329.

Printed attendance register of Chubut Intermediate School, Gaiman, Patagonia, for 1908, kept by the headmaster, Dafydd Rhys Jones, between 3 March and 2 November 1908.
Among the pupils listed is Mihangel ap Iwan, son of Llwyd ap Iwan (d. 1909) and grandson of the Rev. Michael D. Jones (1822-1898) and of Lewis Jones (1836-1904), two of the founders of the Welsh colony in Patagonia.

A notebook containing an assessment, 1856, on property in the parish of St Bride's Wentlloog, co. Monmouth, and land in adjoining parishes, for defraying the expenses of the Church and other outgoings; and miscellaneous accounts, 1896-1905.