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A volume of manuscript text comprising the original version, and notes relating to the popular World War Two song 'We'll keep a welcome in the hillsides', together with a printed booklet containing notes on how the song became an auxiliary Welsh national anthem during and after the war.

A copy of The Holy Bible ... (Cambridge, 1775-6), containing manuscript entries relating to the family of Blackwell, Hendre, Llanrwst, etc.

Material, 1863-1892, relating to the Cambrian Choral Society, Birkenhead, including programmes of concerts, etc. at which the choir took part, press cuttings and press comments, copies of some of the works performed, etc.

Typewritten copies of letters relating to the antiquities of Co. Clare, containing information collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839.

Papurau, 1939-1942, yn ymwneud â changen Dyffryn Aberdâr, Urdd Graddedigion Prifysgol Cymru, gan gynnwys cyfrol o gofnodion cyfarfodydd, gohebiaeth a phapurau eraill.

A volume containing photocopies of a collation of miscellaneous 11-plus examination papers, taken in Wales and England 1921-1949, accumulated by the Rev. J. Aelwyn Roberts, Bangor.

Correspondence, 1859-1904, relating to the trial, sentence and pardon of Sir Thomas Love Duncombe Jones Parry (1832-1891) for assaulting a Spanish sentry at the entrance to the gates of La Linea, near Gibraltar, 14 January 1859, together with the speech of counsel for the defence, copies of petitions for the mitigation of the death sentence and a copy of a letter expressing Jones Parry's gratitude to the mayor and citizens of Algeciras for their sympathy.

Typescript copies of autobiographical work, 1943-1944, by Sir Alfred T. Davies (1861-1949), together with the donor's edited transcripts, 1997-2000, of several of his grandfather's works.

Material relating to Salem Chapel, Blaina, etc. (Formerly Nefydd MS.) English, Welsh. Between boards. Donated by Miss J. L. Lewis, Blaina, 1954.

Collectanea relating to Nancwnlle, Cardiganshire.

Material relating to Morfydd Owen (1891-1918), musician, including a typescript biography by Gilbert Tritschler and letters to Gilbert Tritschler from Dr Ernest Jones and others. English. Between boards. Donated by Gilbert Tritschler, Esq., Pontypridd, January 1963.

Miscellaneous transcripts, abstracts, and extracts relating to Montgomeryshire, including transcripts or abstracts of entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials, 1661-1761, of marriages, 1813-1837, and of baptisms, 1813-1897, from the registers of the parish of Llanmerewig; abstracts of deeds, 1576-1809, relating to property in Montgomeryshire [extracted from The National Library of Wales Calendar of Deeds and Documents, Vol. 1, The Coleman Deeds (Aberystwyth, 1921)], with additional genealogical notes relating to the parties or witnesses; a transcript of an indenture of mortgage, 20 July 1743, relating to property in the township of Llanryney, parish of Llangerick (also mentioned in this document are property in Ludlow, co. Salop, and a forge or iron mill called Strangworth forge or mill in the parishes of Pembridge and Staunton upon Arrow, co. Hereford); a copy of a letter from Herbert M[illingchamp] Vaughan, to Mr. [John Bancroft] Willans, 1921 (tracing the writer's descent from Richard Herbert of Dolforgan, parish of Kerry, late seventeenth century, enclosing a copy of a document relating to Dorothy, viscountess Lisburne (see next item)); a transcript of a document headed 'Household Accounts of a Welsh Peeress in the XVIIIth century', being an account of the personal and household expenditure in 1744, of Dorothy [dowager] viscountess Lisburne, widow of John Vaughan, 2nd viscount Lisburne, and daughter of Captain Richard Hill of Hemblas [sic], Llanwnog, Montgomeryshire; copious extracts from the English Encyclopaedia (1859); and shorter extracts from Spons Dictionary of Engineering [ed. Oliver Byrne (London, 1869-1874)], fournal of the Iron and Steel Institute, Walter [Hume] Long (viscount Long): Memories . . . [(London, 1923)], and the report of the Poor Law Commissioners, 1834. Included also in the volume are extracts from George Gilbert Ramsay: The Annals of Tacitus ... [An English translation ... (1904)], and Burke's Extinct Peerage (1831).

Transcripts of documents in the University Archives and the Bodleian Library, Oxford relating to Michael Roberts (d. 1679), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 1648-1657, including copies of letters sent by Michael Roberts to William Sancroft (1617-1693), Archbishop of Canterbury, a copy of Roberts's will, made 4 April 1678, etc.

Material relating to John Jenkins (1873-1958), Bad Uchaf (Upper Boat), Pontypridd, conductor and composer, comprising xerox copies of some of his compositions, and newspaper cuttings.

Letters, papers, press cuttings, photographs and other illustrations, etc., [c. 1853]-[c. 1869], dealing mainly with the statue by John Gibson, R.A. (1790-1866) called 'The Tinted Venus' and probably collected by Mrs Robert Berthon Preston of Liverpool. There are numerous letters from Gibson to Mr & Mrs Preston, the other correspondents including Mr Preston, Owen Jones (1809-1874), Benjamin E. Spence (1822-1866), Lady Eastlake (1809-1893) and persons connected with the International Exhibition of 1862 held in London, where 'The Tinted Venus' was exhibited.

One of two albums containing material relating to the life and work of John Gibson (1790-1866), sculptor, including biographical material in the form of manuscripts and press cuttings; original pencil sketches, pen-and-ink sketches and engraved prints; letters, mainly to John Bernard Crouchley; miscellaneous papers relating to Gibson and to other sculptors and artists; etc.

One of two albums containing material relating to the life and work of John Gibson, sculptor (1790-1866) collected by Joseph Mayer, F.S.A. (1803-1886), including biographical material in the form of manuscripts and press cuttings; original pencil sketches, pen-and-ink sketches and engraved prints; letters, mainly to John Bernard Crouchley; miscellaneous papers relating to Gibson and to other sculptors and artists; etc.

Material relating to Hugh Hughes (1790-1863), artist, including letters, 1886-1894, to Thomas Henry Thomas (Arlunydd Penygarn) (1839-1915) from J. Deffett Francis (1815-1901), Swansea, Rees Jenkin Jones (1835-1924), Aberdare, J. Pearson, London, and William Williams (Ap Caledfryn) (1837-1915), together with a copy of Yr Ymofynydd for March 1890 containing an article on Hugh Hughes by Rees Jenkin Jones.

Press cuttings, mainly from the Illustrated London News and the Penny Magazine containing descriptions and illustrations of ceremonies connected with various eisteddfodau held at Abergavenny, Aberystwyth, Pontypool, London, etc., 1845-1887.

A typescript of material relating to Edward Jones ('Bardd y Brenin') (1752-1824) copied by Joseph W. Hughes from manuscripts in the possession of Captain Ifor Owen Wynn Williams, Bronwylfa, Llandderfel.