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The History of the Gwedir Family by Sir John Wynne, edited by Daines Barrington, with MS notes by Canon Owen Jones. English. Donated by the Rev. D. A. Jones, Rhuddlan, July 1942.

Genealogy of the Griffiths family of Hayscastle, Pembrokeshire, compiled by the donor William George Griffiths in 2003, illustrated with family photographs, and completed after 30 years of research work. Copies are available at the Pembrokeshire Record Office, Haverfordwest, and also at La Trobe Library in Melbourne.

The History of the Civil War (1642 - 1649) in Pembrokeshire and on its borders by Arthur Leonard Leach (autographed typescript). (Formerly G. V. Roberts MS.) English. Between boards. Purchased from Patrick Roberts, Pencader, June 1965. See also NLW MSS 19421D-19422C.

The History of the Baptist Churches in Wales by Joshua Thomas. See also NLW MS 21161B. English. 1/4 leather. Purchased from Bristol Baptist College, February 1996.

'The History of Philocles in a series of Letters to his Friends, Volume the first', 1761-1766, purporting to give an account of the love affairs of 'Philocles'. The book is dedicated to 'Mr Michael Jones of Brecon in the county of Brecknockshire' by 'his affectionate Brother Philocles'.

The History of English Literature 1815-1833 by C. H. Herford and A. J. Grieve. English. Exercise book. Donated by A. J. Grieve, M.A., D.D., Cavendish, January 1949.

The History of English Literature 1798-1815 by C. H. Herford and A. J. Grieve. English. Exercise book. Donated by A. J. Grieve, M.A., D.D., Cavendish, January 1949.

The History of English Literature 1760-1798 by C. H. Herford and A. J. Grieve. English. Cloth. Donated by A. J. Grieve, M.A., D.D., Cavendish, January 1949.

The History of English Literature 1640-1670 by C. H. Herford and A. J. Grieve. English. Exercise book. Donated by A. J. Grieve, M.A., D.D., Cavendish, January 1949.

The History of English Literature 1580-1620 by C. H. Herford and A. J. Grieve. English. Exercise book. Donated by A. J. Grieve, M.A., D.D., Cavendish, January 1949.

The History of English Literature 1485-1547 by C. H. Herford and A. J. Grieve. English. Exercise book. Donated by A. J. Grieve, M.A., D.D., Cavendish, January 1949.

The History of English Literature 1400-1500 by C. H. Herford and A. J. Grieve. English. Exercise book. Donated by A. J. Grieve, M.A., D.D., Cavendish, January 1949.

A proof sheet (Vol. II, pp. 41-2, 47-8), of Theophilus Jones: The History of Brecknockshire, with the author's manuscript corrections.

A manuscript entitled A true Copy of an Ancient memorable Treatise of Record touching the Progeny and Descent of the Honorable Name & Family of the Herbert's, by Commission from Edward IV. An. Dom. 1460, the copy including genealogies of and notes on the family of Herbert, lords of Raglan, earls of Pembroke, and their descendants, together with similar information on other Monmouthshire families.

A volume compiled in 1881 by or for Colonel Thomas Lewis Hampton-Lewis, comprising a list of deeds and documents, 1567-1878, with copies and abstracts, relating to the Henllys estate in the counties of Anglesey, Caernarfon, Denbigh and Gloucester (ff. 3-176) (cf. UCNW Bangor, Catalogue of Henllys Papers); and copies of memorial inscriptions and extracts from parish registers and other sources, 1460-1885, relating to the Hamptons and their ancestors (ff. 177-88 verso). Related items, 1880-1904, tipped into the volume, include two letters, 1880, concerning the granting of a faculty to erect a mausoleum for the Hampton family in Llan-faes churchyard (f. 189).

An illustrated history of the family of Harries of Tre-gwynt, parish of Granston, co. Pembroke, compiled in 1918, with additions to 1933, by N[elson] G[eorge] Harries, Wolverhampton. Relevant press cuttings are mounted in the volume, and the illustrations are largely in the form of photographs of the interior and exterior of the house and of family coats of arms.

A group of 'vouchers' collected by N. G. Harries towards the history of the family of Harries of Tre-gwynt contained in NLW MS 12062E. The material includes attested copies of wills and extracts from parish registers; birth, baptism, and marriage certificates; pedigrees; holograph and autograph letters of C. F. Egerton Allen, Tenby, [19]03, A. T. Butler, Heralds College, 1906-1912, Francis Green, St. Davids, 1907-1917, J[ohn] Harries, Ripon, 1910, and E[dward] Laws, Tenby, 1902-1903 (partly typescript copies); lists of Harries entries from the indexes to the St. Davids probate records; a printed sale catalogue of the Tregwint estate in the parishes of Grandston and Mathry, 1830; a transcript of a 'General Nominal Index to Pembrokeshire Families' by F. C. [sic] Egerton Allen; military commissions and a certificate of proficiency of Nelson George Harries, 1896-1914; transcripts of statements of account of Thomas Fred[eric]k Harries, 1807-1809, and of a covering letter, 1809, from Wm. Evans, Haverfordwest, in connection with the will of the former's father [George Harries]; transcripts of letters, 1810-1815 and undated, of Sir George Beaumont, [Colonel] O[wen] Philipps, Bath, Wm. Evans, Haverfordwest, Gwynne Harries, Haverfordwest, [Thomas] Fred. Harries, Haverfordwest, and Eliza Powell, Haverfordwest and Dale 'Arbour' [Harbour]; etc.

Correspondence, historical sketches, etc. relating to the historical pageant in aid of a Harlech War Memorial Hall held in the Castle grounds at Harlech, August 1920.

A copy, 2009, of the memoirs of William Haggar's children, edited by the donor Peter Yorke, his great grandson, including an introduction and appendices and notes by him. William Haggar was a showman and travelling film-maker who spent a great deal of time in South Wales producing and showing his films.