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An album, [19 cent., second ¼], probably compiled by a member of the Clay family of Liverpool and St Asaph, which includes some thirty-one items, (1545/6)-[1716], relating to John Jones, son of Col. John Jones, the regicide, and his family (ff. 1-14, 16-19).
Among these items are some fourteen letters addressed to John Jones, Junior, 1663-1714 (ff. 1-3 verso, 4 verso, 5-6, 16, 17), and two to his wife (f. 3); three letters to Thomas Jennings, Dudleston, 1633-1634 (ff. 7 verso-8); a copy of The Post Man, And the Historical Account, &c., 230 (27-29 October 1696) (f. 9); a poem on the Battle of Oudenaarde, 1708 (ff. 10-11); a handbill for a performance of Henry IV, [Part I], [1716] (f. 13); a final concord levied on properties in Salisbury, (1545/6) (f. 18); and a letter from Robert [?Nedham] to Roger Puleston of Emral, [?1582] (f. 19). The album also includes papers of the Clay family, 1739, 1743, 1806-[?1843], being mostly letters addressed to Henry Clay (onetime Mayor of Liverpool) from correspondents including aristocrats connected with Liverpool (ff. 66 verso-73 verso passim, inverted text); various pencil or pen and ink sketches and watercolour paintings, [19 cent, first ½], at least some of which are by Henry's daughter B[arbara] F[rances] C[lay] (ff. 57 verso, 60 verso, 61 verso, 62 verso, 76 verso-81 verso (versos only), 84 verso, 85 verso, 86 verso); newspaper cuttings, [1831]-[1841] (ff. 26 verso-35); and miscellaneous engravings, 1809-[?1840s] (ff. 14 verso, 36-37, 39-43, 88 verso-90 verso). Items found loose within the volume have been tipped in, either in situ or on blank leaves (some 22 ff.).

Miscellaneous papers and letters, including letters, or copies of letters, from Esther Hughes, widow of John Hughes (1776-1843), Lot Hughes (1787-1873) and Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) (1787-1848), and a copy of Rhagnodiad Sabbothol Gweinidogion a Phregethwyr y Methodistiaid Wesleyaidd yn Nghylchdaith Gymreig Merthyr Tydfil, 1848.

Typescripts and ephemera concerning the Welsh composer, singer and actor Ivor Novello, including the order of service for his funeral, 6 March 1951, an address by Christopher Hassall read at the memorial service (printed and typescript), 26 March 1951, and the order of service; and papers relating to 'Redroofs', his home near Maidenhead, later used as a place of convalescence for members of the theatrical profession.

Papers relating mainly to Iorwerth C. Peate (1901-1982), including press cuttings relating to his dismissal and reinstatement, in 1941, to his post as Keeper of the Department of Folk Culture and Industries at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; and reviews, correspondence, etc., relating to the publication of his work, The Welsh House: a study in folk culture (London, 1940; 2nd rev. ed. 1944).

Papers relating to Hebron Congregational Chapel, Llyn. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, October 1959.

Research papers, [2006]-[2008], of the donor David N. Thomas for his book Fatal neglect : who killed Dylan Thomas? published by Seren in 2008, concerning the circumstances of the poet's death, including material photocopied mainly from sources at the Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, and also at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

A postcard in the hand of the novelist E[velyn] Waugh, 1958, sent to a Miss Kirby and other papers relating to his family including a newspaper cutting relating to his son Auberon's accident in 1958, and references from Auberon Waugh, Will this do? : the first fifty years of Auberon Waugh : an autobiography (London, 1991).

Deunydd yn ymwneud â sefydlu Welsh Unity, ym 1957, sef cymdeithas a chylchgrawn ar gyfer y di-Gymraeg.

Papers relating to education, politics and local affairs in the hand of H. C. Fryer and others. English, Welsh. (Formerly Oakford MS 47.) See also NLW MSS 14036-14060. In boards. Donated by Mr S. Jones, Oakford, Llanarth, January 1942.

Photocopies of papers relating to the death of Dylan Thomas, including a statement and particulars of death from St Vincent's Hospital, New York, 9 November 1953, a post mortem report, 10 November 1953, together with copies of two letters, 1964, to Constantine FitzGibbon, relating to Dylan Thomas's admittance to and discharge from a London hospital, 1946.