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A holograph journal, 1884, of the Rev. D. B. Griffiths describing a visit to his father in America.

Journal, 1880-1917, of the Rev. William Rees, minister of the Independent Church ['Yr Hen Gapel'] in the village of Llechryd, co. Cardigan, 1864-1880, and of Tabernacle Church in the same village, 1880-19 [ ]. The latter church had been established and a new chapel built by the said William Rees and his followers in 1880, after they had seceded from the Independent Church as a result of friction arising from conflicting views on a number of topics. The contents of the volume consist basically of an account of the writer's life and of the history of the new church from 1880 onwards, but the narrative is interspersed with lengthy passages and entire sections devoted to religious and moral declamation and mysticism. The writer sometimes expresses his thoughts in verse. Biographical data relating to the writer's life prior to 1880 are found on pp. 437 et seq. Inset are a holograph letter from W. A. Williams (honorary secretary of the New Church Missionary Society), Swansea, to [the Rev. William] Rees, 1914 (greetings from the Society's annual assembly), and a holograph letter from John Thomas, Llandilo, also by inference to William Rees, 1911 (an invitation to preach in Horeb Chapel, Llandilo).

Journal, July-October 1788, of Thomas Ellis Owen, then a student at Christ Church, Oxford, later rector of Llandyfrydog, Anglesey, describing a tour of Germany, from London to Weimar.
The journal includes descriptions of Hamburg (ff. 2-3), Hanover (ff. 4 verso-6), Wolfenbüttel (8 recto-verso), the silver mines at Goslar (ff. 9 verso-11 verso), Göttingen (ff. 13-14), Münden (ff. 14-15), Cassel (ff. 15-19), and Weimar and its environs (ff. 21-28). The volume includes an anecdote relating to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (ff. 18-19), and an account of a conversation with Goethe. (ff. 27 verso-28 verso).

A journal of tours to Tenby, Aberystwyth, etc. from 9 August to 3 September 1831, to the English Lakes from 1 to 29 August 1833, and to Matlock and Bakewell from 24 to 29 August 1835, with notes on a later tour, 1840, and some sketches.

Journal of tours of Holland, France and Italy undertaken probably by a member of the family of Rushout of Burford, near Tenbury.
In A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy, 1701-1800, compiled from the Brinsley Ford Archive by John Ingamells (New Haven and London, 1997), p. 829, the manuscript is ascribed to John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick (1738-1800) of Northwick Park, Worcestershire; the Dictionary also briefly describes the manuscript's contents.

Journal or log book recording the duty activities of officers of the Cardiganshire Constabulary stationed at Llandysul. English. Donated by Mrs B. Young Jones, Llandysul, July 1974.

Journal or log book recording the duty activities of officers of the Cardiganshire Constabulary stationed at Llandysul. English. Donated by Mrs B. Young Jones, Llandysul, July 1974.

A file of papers and correspondence, 1980-2, accumulated by Dr. Roberts as chairman of the Literary Committee of the Swansea and District National Eisteddfod, 1982 (NLW ex 823).

Journal, mostly written in shorthand, of Dr Richard Price, writer on morals, politics, etc. Leather. Purchased from Messrs Hofmann & Freeman, September 1971.

A journalist's 'lineage' account book kept by J. G. Morris, Welshpool, 1905.

Journals of Augusta Jane Nicholl, William Lewis Nicholl, and Iltyd Nicholl (1785-1871). (Formerly Llanmaes MS 72.) English. Between boards. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Journals of Augusta Maria Nicholl (1783-1858). (Formerly Llanmaes MS 71.) English. Between boards. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

A volume containing journals of tours through parts of Wales, [27] July-11 August 1812 (ff. 1-45), and along the South Devon coast, 9-[20] August 1813 (ff. 46-71), by W[illiam] Evill of 12 Devonshire Buildings, Bath.
The Welsh tour consists of a journey from the New Passage, Monmouthshire, through Abergavenny, Brecon and Rhayader to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, northwards through Talyllyn, Harlech, Maentwrog and Bala, all Merionethshire, on to Llangollen, then south through Shropshire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, crossing the River Severn at the Old Passage. The Devon tour consists of a journey from Bath, via Glastonbury and Exeter, to Plymouth, Devon, followed by the journey along the coast from Teignmouth, Devon, to Weymouth, Dorset. The writer describes becoming lost on the roads to and from Builth Wells (ff. 8 verso-11), climbing Cader Idris (ff. 19-21), the rivalry of innkeepers in Barmouth (f. 23 recto-verso), the sights of Llangollen (ff. 30-33), and visits to Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall (ff. 54 verso-56 verso), Devonport Royal Dockyard (ff. 57-59) and the partly completed Plymouth Breakwater (f. 59 recto-verso). There are also a few comments on French prisoners seen at Abergavenny (f. 7) and Oswestry (f. 34). Three hand-drawn maps showing the itinerary of the tours have been tipped into the volume (ff. 2 verso, 16, 47 verso). Engravings depicting English and Welsh views have been pasted into the volume; a minority of these relate to the tours (ff. i verso, 3, 43, 45 recto-verso, 72).

Two journals of Sir William Edmond Logan, Canadian geologist, describing his travels as 'provincial geologist' and relating to work conducted in and around the Gaspé Peninsula in that part of the province of Quebec which lies south of the St Lawrence River. In addition to their geological value, the journals contain interesting observations on the people encountered on these journeys. Many of the entries were originally in pencil and afterwards rewritten in ink, and the volumes contain several pen-and-ink sketches. The first volume, 13 July-30 September 1843, records a voyage by canoe along both shores of Baie de Gaspé and as far as Cape Maquereau on the northern side of Baie des Chaleurs. The diarist was accompanied by a Mr Stevens and an Indian, John Basque. The second volume, 31 May-4 November 1844, with a dozen blank pages between 12 and 28 September, describes further explorations of the Gaspé Peninsula. Logan, accompanied by de Rottermond, Murray, Stevens and five Indians, proceeded by canoe from Gaspé up the St Lawrence River to Cape Chatte, then inland over the Shick Shock hills to Bay Chaleur. From around 6 September to 7 October, when they crossed the estuary to Dalhousie on the New Brunswick side, seems to have been spent on the northern shore of this bay, travelling as far east as Paspebiac. A recrossing of the Gaspé Peninsula along the Matapedia River was then undertaken, and afterwards the party followed the right bank of the St Lawrence River towards Quebec.

Works of the theologian Juan de Lugo, SJ: Tractatus de venerabili sacramento eucharistice, 1627 (ff. 1-194); index to the volume (ff. 195-9); De sacramento poenitentiae, 1628 (ff. 205-346); Assertationes theologica de fide, spe et charitate (ff. 346-8 verso); extracts from the Fathers, &c. (ff. 349-66 verso); De Angelis (ff. 367-78 verso). All very likely copied by a student at Rome. None of de Lugo's works were printed until 1631.

The fonds comprises reports and planning papers, minutes, newsletters, briefs, press releases, press cuttings, correspondence, campaign posters, paste-ups, financial records, leaflets, information packs and travelling particulars relating to the Jubilee 2000 campaign in Wales, 1998-2001.

A manuscript souvenir (with illustrations and press cuttings) of the silver jubilee of the accession of King George V and Queen Mary, 1935, as celebrated in Barbados, British West Indies. The volume is in the hand of Evan Taylor, Bridgetown, Barbados.

A group of thirty documents of, or relating to, George Jeffreys, 1st baron Jeffreys of Wem, Lord Chancellor. They include acquittances and releases, 1667/8-77, for the payment of money, partly by the hand, or for the use, of Sir Robert Clayton and Mr. [John] Morris; dockets, 16886-8, from the Treasury Chambers, of the creations of titles (e.g. marquis of Powis, 1686/7), grants of offices and licences, and leases of fines in the Court of King's Bench and of the profits of the Alienation Office, with the counter-signatures of John Belasyse, baron Belasyse, Sidney Godolphin, 1st earl of Godolphin, [Sir] John Ernle, Henry Jermyn, 1st baron Dover, and [Sir] Stephen Fox; an undated petition by Leonard Bryar, gent., to Lord Jeffreys to be one of the Masters Extraordinary for taking affidavits in Chancery, together with a recommendation by Rich[ard] Allibon; recommendations [1688] by Rich. Allibon for the offices of Masters in Chancery in Stratford, Herefordshire, and near Settle, Yorkshire; case, and opinion of [Sir] J[ohn] Holt, 1686, in an action before the Lord Chancellor; and a petition [1689] by Thomas Burdet and the rest of the farmers of the markets of the city of London to Lord Jeffreys for the reimbursement by the city of losses incurred as a result of the reduction of duty payable by tanners at Leadenhall market.