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Letters and papers from the library of Ellis William Jones of Plasteg, Bala, largely relating to agricultural co-operation in Wales, and with particular reference to the Welsh Agricultural Organisation Society Limited, Stapleton-Cotton House Limited, etc. Among them are addresses and notes; a notebok containing the names and postal addresses of officers and committee members of agricultural co-operative societies in Wales; letters from J. Nugent Harris, secretary to the Agricultural Society, 1909, Charles O. Hughes, Menai Bridge, 1925, George Florance Irby, 6th baron Boston, 1925, and R. Parry, Bangor, secretary to the Stapleton-Cotton House Ltd, 1925, with some typescript and draft replies; typescript copies of testimonials to E. W. Jones from Lord Boston, Major-General A. E. Sandbach, C.B., D.S.O., Bwlchycibau, Colonel the Hon. R. Stapleton-Cotton [of Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, etc.], R. J. Lloyd Price, Rhiwlas, Bala, 1911, D. D. Williams, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1911, and J. E. Jones, vicar of Rhosygwaliau, Bala, 1911; and cyclostyled copies of addresses delivered at the Liberal Speakers' School at Oxford and at the Liberal Summer School at Cambridge, 1925.

A collection of poems, medical and veterinary recipes, and miscellanea entitled 'Ail Biser Sioned sef Casgliad Cadwalader Davies [Gwyddelwern] wrth ei bleser . . .', with some additions. The poems include 'carolau', 'cerddi', 'cywyddau' and 'englynion' by Hugh Morys, Dafydd Nanmor, Maredudd ap Rhys, William Wynne, John [Siôn] Cadwaladr, Jonathan Hughes, Lewis Morris ('Llywelyn Ddu'), Ellis Roberts, Rees Ellis, Roger Thomley, Ellis Cadwaladr, Matthew Owen, Edmwnd Prys, Dafydd Manuel and others. A valentine from Cadwaladr Davies to Jane Jones is dated 14 February 1749.

Airman's Service and Pay Book (entries for the period 1939-1949) of Cyril Phillips' brother-in-law Richard Kenneth Lewis (1920-1991); a printed list of successful entrants to the Royal Air Force Aircraft Apprentices School, Halton, co Buckingham, 1936; official programme of the Royal Air Force Empire Air Day, 1938; and a Battle of Britain brochure, 1950.

A collection of popular airs of the early nineteenth century compiled by E. Adams, Ruthin, 1830.

Papers of Arthur John Williams, 1881-1943, including political papers comprising letters, 1868-1911; papers relating to legal, electoral and land reforms, 1867-1911; papers relating to his parliamentary elections in Birkenhead and Glamorgan, 1880-1895; papers relating to South Glamorgan politics, 1886-1924; material concerning the National Liberal Club, 1883-1951; diaries, 1864-1911; diaries of Rose Harriette Thompson Crawshay 1868-1943; and family and financial papers, 1767-1943.

Seven notebooks containing notes made during, or immediately after, interviews conducted by the donor with Welsh politicians, public figures and activists during the period 1968-70, as research for his D.Phil thesis at Oxford University on Welsh nationalism 1945-70, later published as: The Welsh question: nationalism in Welsh politics, 1945-1970 (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1975). The names of those interviewed are listed at the back of The Welsh Question.

Mr Owen allowed the Library to photocopy his research work entitled 'Letters written by the Hall Family Jamaica and London, 1779-1796', including transcripts of letters from the Hon. Charles Hall (1729-1795) in Jamaica to his nephew Edward Hall (1747-1798), surgeon in London and first secretary of the Whig Club; letters from the latter to Charles Hall; and letters from Charles Hall (1751-1797) in Jamaica to his brother Edward Hall, the surgeon.

Mr Owen allowed the Library to photocopy his work entitled 'The Boer War Adventures of Edward, Duncan and Logie Fitzwilliams', containing extracts from the letters and diaries of the three sons of Charles Home Lloyd Fitzwilliams, Cilgwyn, Newcastle Emlyn. The first volume relates to Edward Charles Lloyd Fitzwilliams, October 1899-December 1901, and the second to Duncan Campbell Lloyd Fitzwilliams, March 1900-March 1901, and William Logie Lloyd Fitzwilliams, February 1900-May 1901.

A collection of hymn-tunes and other pieces composed in the second half of the nineteenth century by William Evans Alaw Afan.

Account books, 1883-1940, of Jacob Davies and his predecessor at Felinfach Forge, Blaen-y-coed, Cynwyl Elfed; a volume containing a history of Blaen-y-Coed Congregational church, 1895-1953; notebook containing miscellaneous accounts, 1910-1952, including wage accounts at Plasyrhendy, Boncath; memoranda and accounts, 1928-1945, relating to the Gymanfa Ganu of the Congregational chapels in the Trelech area of Carmarthenshire; minute book, 1912-1914, of 'Pabell Blodau'r Grug'; and musical and poetical compositions.

A volume entitled 14 Poems, containing autograph and typescript fair copies, 1937, of apparently unpublished poems by Alban A. Levy, Swansea, author of Nab Valley (London, 1945).

This collections comprises minutes of meetings and subscriptions relating to Aberystwyth Baptist College, college note books, sermons, lectures and correspondence.

A collection, 1804-1908, which includes parochial and financial returns, reports and correspondence relating to the diocese of Bangor.

Deeds, 1815-1931, relating to the manor of Llanfihangel Talyllyn and other properties in Brecknockshire, together with a court book, 1859-1908, of the manor of Llanfihangel Talyllyn; notebooks and exercise books, containing notes on historical, genealogical, and heraldic material mainly about the town and county of Brecon, taken from various printed and manuscript sources; notes and sketches relating to the armorial bearings of Brecknockshire families, and extensive transcripts of parish registers and of monumental inscriptions; a file of typescript notes concerning the Breconshire Agricultural Society; some notes in the hand of John Lloyd compiled in pursuance of his historical researches; a file of notes, transcripts, and correspondence relating to the parish of Llanfeugan; a manuscript volume, compiled c. 1880, of transcripts of inscriptions, sometimes with additional notes and sketches, of tablets and monuments in Brecknockshire churches and a few Nonconformist chapels, drawings of archaeological remains, etc.; a further file of transcripts of monumental inscriptions in several Breconshire churches and churchyards; a scrap- book of newspaper cuttings relating to the Turco-Greek war of 1897; and a group of eleven deeds, mainly of Brecknockshire interest, 17th-19th cent.

An album kept possibly by Marianne Jones-Bateman, 1836-1838, containing miscellaneous notes and poems, some of them by William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850), notes on the Bowles family, engravings and fashion designs, orginal drawings, etc.

Album containing signatures and letters addressed to Benjamin Hall, Lord Llanover, and to Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover. English. Boards. Donated by Winifred Myers, May 1967.

Album containing two letters and two telegrams from F. A. V. Campbell, Viscount Emlyn,and press cuttingsrelating to the charitable activities of Messrs Henry Studt and Sons, amusement caterers, Swansea. English. Boards. Purchased from R. G. Booth, Hay-on-Wye, January 1965.