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Twenty-seven letters, 1845-1847, from the engineer James Watt, jnr, of Aston Hall, Warwickshire, to Robert William Mylne, architect and engineer, relating to the rebuilding for Watt of Doldowlod, parish of Llanyre, Radnorshire, and containing references to the Gloucester and Aberystwyth Railway, the Central Wales Railway and the Welsh Midland Railway (ff. 29-30, 31 verso-32).

Letters, 1828-1857, written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (the Brothers Grimm) mainly concerning literary and academic matters.
They comprise a letter from Jacob to Dr Adolf Hellfrich, 21 September 1857 (item 2), concerning research in Spain, with an excerpt of a report of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 1857 (item 3); and a report by Jacob on a French language examination, [1829x1837] (item 5); ten letters from Wilhelm to Georg Heinrich Pertz, 1828-1857 (items 7-16), and a letter from Wilhelm [?to Pertz], 28 August 1842 (item 18), containing references to King Arthur and to the Mabinogion.

Letters and papers, 1823-1863, including letters from J. Meredith Jones of Wrexham written from Buenos Aires, Cordova and Tucaman to his mother, brother and sister, letters to him from his brother, Meredith Jones, Wrexham, letters and papers relating to the effects of J. Meredith Jones in South America, etc., and later transcripts of the letters.

Three holograph letters of F. (Fanny) Humphreys (aft. Davies) [i.e., Frances, wife of Robert Joseph Davies, Cwrt-mawr, Llangeitho, co. Cardigan] from London, Edinburgh, and Cwrtmawr, to Mrs. Lewis [? her aunt Mary Lewis, Carmarthen], [18]61-1871 (personal, news of relatives and friends, the writer's wedding and honeymoon, the purchase of crockery, etc.); a list of persons present at the wedding of Frances Humphreys and R. J. Davies, 1863; a copy of a prescription issued to Frances Davies by Dr. Simpson, Edinburgh, 1863; and a card announcing the birth, 15 April 1871, to Mrs. R. J. Davies of a son [John Humphreys Davies, Principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth].

Fifteen holograph letters, [1830x1831]-1888, apparently brought together as a collection of autographs. They include nine in French from Eugène Sue, the novelist, to Camille Pleyel, the piano manufacturer, mostly personal correspondence, [1830x1851] (ff. 9-26), and one from Mélanie, wife of Metternich, the Austrian Chancellor, to an unnamed count, concerning her brother, 1854 (ff. 5-6).
There are also letters in English from Charles Bradlaugh, politician, to Emile Hatzfeld, music publisher, regarding political and religious matters, 1882 (ff. 1-2), Robert Browning to a Mrs Stanley, 1882 (f. 3), W. E. Gladstone to J. M. Davidson, 1888 (f. 4), the Marquess of Salisbury to Edouard Silas, composer, [c. 1860] (watermark 1858) (ff. 7-8), and Alfred Tennyson, to Silas, 1863 (ff. 27-28).

Eight letters, 1860-1865, from Eliza Phillipps Hughes (Eliza Carmarthen) to the Rev. John Oliver, Llanfynydd.

A copy of Anthony Berridge (ed.), The Letters of Edward Thomas to Jesse Berridge (London, 1983), formerly in the possession of Wilfrid Berridge. -- Purchased with NLW MS 23695E.

Nine holograph letters from [Dr.] Joseph Parry, U[niversity] C[ollege] of Wales [Aberystwyth], to W[illiam] R[oderick] Williams [chemist] of Pentre, Pontypridd [previously of Maes-teg], 1878-1879 (performances of the writer's opera 'Blodwen' at Maes-teg and Bridgend); together with annotations, 1936, by the recipient's son Roderick G. Williams [Bridgend].

Holograph letters, 1807-1820, of David Price, the orientalist re. Mahommedan History.

Letters of condolence, obituary notices, etc. German, English. (Formerly T. R. Lewis MS 17.) Donated by Colonel W. H. Lewis, London, November 1925.

Letters, 1893-1897, from Charles Ashton, Dinas Mawddwy, to Hubert Smith, Bournemouth (sometime town clerk of Bridgnorth), and press cuttings, 1899, relating to Charles Ashton, etc.

Correspondence, 1961-1970, received by the donor’s husband, Canon Geraint Evans, as Vicar of Strata Florida, including letters from Sir David James, Pantyfedwen, businessman and philanthropist, and the Bishop of St Davids, the Right Honourable John Richards Richards, relating to the burial service of Lady Grace James at Strata Florida in 1963 and other matters, together with a few press cuttings about Sir David James as a benefactor.

Letters, 1872-1875, relating to musical matters from Brinley Richards (1819-1885), and from his wife, on his behalf, to C. Hughes, Dorking and London and to D. Emlyn Evans (1843-1913); letters from Lewis Thomas, on behalf of Edith Wynne, to John Jones (Ivon) (1820-1898), Aberystwyth; etc.

Letters, 1691-1909, of miscellaneous provenance, to and from bishops, mostly of Welsh dioceses, and other dignitaries relating mainly to social, personal and church matters. Among the correspondents are John Randolph, bishop of Bangor (1) [c. 1807]; Edward Copleston (1) 1844, Joshua Pritchard Hughes (1) 1909, Richard Lewis (1) 1901, Alfred Ollivant (4) 1849-1858, and John Shipley (1) 1769, bishops of Llandaf; John Owen (3) 1897-1899, and Connop Thirlwall (7) 1845-1871, bishops of St Davids; Edmund Gibson, bishop of London (2) 1731; Samuel Butler, headmaster of Shrewsbury School, later bishop of Lichfield (2) 1834; and Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, archbishop of Westminster (3) 1886-1893. Also included is a letter, 1790, from Selina Hastings, countess of Huntingdon.

Sixty-seven letters, 1912-1939, nearly all in German, mostly from Berta von Schiltberg, Munich, to the sisters Lilian and Violet Reeks at Appleton Manor, Berkshire, and Oxford, and later to Violet at Bristol and Monmouth. Schiltberg ran a pension (boarding house) for young ladies in Munich and the correspondence follows the two girls' stay with her.
The letters reflect Schiltberg's active and happy life before 1914 with many references to Munich high society and the music scene. There are numerous references to acquaintances such as the pianist Anna Hirzel-Langenhan (items 3-66 passim) and the composer and conductor Ludwig Berberich (items 8, 38, 43, 45-66 passim). Schiltberg writes on the social and economic misery in Germany during the First World War, the financial crisis of the 1920s and 1930s and her own increasing poverty. The post-war political upheavals and the disappointments and confusion of the time are also described (item 53). A frequent social guest at this time was a Herr Drexler (items 43-53 passim), possibly to be identified as Anton Drexler, founder of the German Workers' Party (DAP). Among Schiltberg's tenants from 1918 to 1923 was Leutnant Rudolf Hess, the future Nazi Party deputy leader, who is mentioned in two letters, dated 16 May 1919 (item 54) and 29 December 1935 (item 63); his future wife also lived at the pension. Six group and individual photographs, 1915-1919, mostly identifiable, are also included (items 38, 41, 44, 54).

Some fifty letters and cards, 1903-1931, to Margaret Sampson (née Sprunt), wife of Dr John Sampson (1862-1931), Librarian of the University of Liverpool, from Augustus John, 1903-1931 (ff. 1-25 verso), his first wife Ida John (née Nettleship), 1903-1906 (ff. 30-85), and his sister Gwen John, 1911-1913 (ff. 26-29). The letters contain mainly family and personal news.

Over a hundred letters, 1901-1991, of miscellaneous provenance from twentieth-century Anglo-Welsh writers to various recipients; the correspondents include Gillian Clarke (10, and three poems) 1986-1988, Rhys Davies (10) 1928-1929, 1975-1978, W. H. Davies (13, together with press cuttings, 1905-1950s, and four printed poems) [1909x1913]-1925, David Jones (8) 1960-1973, John Cowper Powys (7) 1927-1953, Dylan Thomas (10) 1938-1952, Edward Thomas (7) 1901-1912, Gwyn Thomas (2) 1952-1953, R. S. Thomas (6) 1956-1960 and Vernon Watkins (5) 1962-1966.

Letters mainly to the Reverend H. Jones Davies. Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from the Reverend H. Jones Davies, Llangollen, April-May 1961.

Letters mainly addressed to R. Ivor Parry and A. Ivor Parry. (Formerly Borth-y-gest MS 88.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from the library of Mr R. E. Jones, Borth-y-gest, 1959-1961.