A table of approximate weekly costs of pig iron at the Tredegar Iron Works, 1878-9, and particulars of weekly yields of puddled bars, refined metal, pig iron, old castings, etc., at the refineries, forges, and mills, 1879-80.
A volume of documents in support of the claim of Francis James Mathew, 2nd earl of Llandaff in the kingdom of Ireland, to the manor of Llandaff and to messuages and lands in the parishes of Llandaff, Whitchurch otherwise Witchurch, and Canton in Glamorgan. The documents comprise a pedigree showing the descent of the Earl of Llandaff from George Mathew of Thurles in Ireland; an abstract of title and an additional abstract of title based on sixteen deeds and documents of the period 1553-1814, among them being an extensive survey of the manor made in 1740; and an injunction issued by the Court of Chancery, prohibiting the sale of three fifth parts of an estate in Glamorgan or the disposal of trust monies charged thereon pending an answer by the Earl of Llandaff and John Evans to the bill of complaint of Kitty Steele, widow, sole executrix of Jonathan Steele formerly of Denmark Hill and late of the parish of Saint Mary Newington, Surrey, deceased. The volume is labelled on the upper cover:- 'The claim of the Earl of Llandaff to the manor of Llandaff, 1810'.
Letters Close of King Henry VIII to Sir Edwarde Northe, knight, Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations of the Revenues of the Crown, permitting Sir William Herbert, knight, to buy two thousand 'fothers' of lead anywhere in England or Wales or the Marches at £4. 6s. 8d. per 'fother'. Given under the sign manual at the manor of Oatlands, 7 December, 1546.
Transcripts of entries of the births and baptisms, 1828-45, of the children of Thomas and Dorothy Peters of Brynyorkin, Hope, Flintshire, taken from the parish registers of Hope, Northope, and Flint, and the register of Northope [Calvinistic Methodist] Church.
A volume of holograph poetry including 'Englynion y Credo' by 'T[wm] Pedrog', unsigned 'englynion' entitled 'Seh Yootuch. Rebmetpes 25 1798', and 'englynion' entitled 'Yr Ochenaid' by 'Tudwal Bach or Cwmmwd'. The latter series is ascribed to 'Twm Pedrog' in John Jones: Cynfeirdd Lleyn (1905). On the last page of the volume is the following inscription:- 'Thos. Williams' Book 1797. Thomas Williams was born at Llan-bedrog, on Wednes[da]y the 25th Day of May, in the Year of ou[r] Lord 1774. Baptized the 31st of May follow[in]g. Bapt[ize]d Twm Pedrog by Dafydd Ddu o'r Eryri at Penmorfa in an Eisteddfod 26th of May 1795'.
Miscellaneous bibliographical and other notes including an incomplete transcript of The Bleeding of Iphigena ... Louvain, 1674; an epigram 'on the marriage of the two sisters the Baroness Howe to Mr. Phipps and the Marchioness of Sligo to Sir William Scott'; a note by Edward Jones ('Bardd y Brenin') on an air entitled 'O Rourk's Feast'; and a drawing of the arms of Ireland by 'R.D.H.I.'.
A volume of poems, 1890-1901, by three 'Rhymers'. It contains poems by A. E. Lomax, L. I. E. P[ughe] and C. E. L[omax], many of them having a Montgomeryshire setting, poems by G. R. G. P[ughe] and Jane Gould Pughe; and a copy of The Church in Wales: A versified review of her reverses by G. R. G. Pughe, vicar of Mellor, Lancashire, 1894.
Research papers of R. F. Treharne and some later items, 1924-1974, mainly comprising notes, manuscript and typescript drafts, and proofs, of articles, books and lectures, together with related correspondence, all relating to mediaeval history, particularly the baronial reforms; together with a manuscript dissertation on Walter de Cantilupe, Bishop of Worcester, 1924, by Ellen Roberts, later Mrs Treharne.
Papers of Alfred T. Davies, 1875-1965, including family and personal correspondence, 1887-1949; papers relating to the British Prisoners of War Book Scheme, 1914-1918; and papers relating to his works, including Student captives, I (1917), Student captives, II, Robert Owen... a memoir (1948), The Lloyd George I knew (1948), and intended books Light through prison bars and Owned of God: or Moody and Sankey, 1875 and 1883: some memoirs and a tribute, with a Welsh translation by Rev. E. K. Jones, 1945. Also three bound volumes of the printed magazine produced by civilian prisoners at Ruhleben Camp near Berlin.
The political diaries of Lord Roberts of Conwy from 1970 to 1996 divided into 18 volumes. The diaries cover most of Lord Roberts' time as Member of Parliament for Conwy and his entire career at the Welsh Office and include letters, newpaper cuttings and pictures added by Lord Roberts. Many subject are covered including the establishment of S4C, Welsh language legislation, inward investment, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, Northern Ireland, the bombing of the Conservative Party conference in Brighton by the IRA in 1984, general elections and the European Union.
Family and personal papers of Marion Warren Williams, 1864-1991, including scrapbooks containing notes, newspaper cuttings and printed ephemera, mainly relating to Guilsfield and Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, 1864-1991; travel notebooks, 1959-1969; family photographs, [c. 1900], and family tree opf Mrion Warren Williams, [20th century]; and watercolour sketches [20th century].
The fonds comprises political papers accumulated by Councillor Mrs Cecilia Barton, Lampeter, including the minute book, 1952-1987, of the Lampeter and District Liberal Association; issues of the Campaign Bulletin, 1984-1888, of the Welsh Liberal Party; records, 1983-1888, of the Alliance Committee for Wales; correspondence and papers, 1986-1997, of the Ceredigion and Pembroke North (later the Ceredigion) Liberal Democrat Association; papers, 1988-1990, concerning the foundation and the early development of the Welsh Social and Liberal Democrats; and papers, 1998-1999, relating to the selection of the Liberal Democrat list candidates for the Mid and West Wales region in the First National Assembly elections in May 1999.