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Original manuscript of the Welsh text of Saunders Lewis's address to the jury during his trial at Caernarfon Assizes, October 1936, for arson at the Penyberth Bombing School. The Welsh text, described by Saunders Lewis as 'partly strict translation but in part a separate and different composition' (see NLW MS 22951C, f. i), was subsequently published as a pamphlet Paham y Llosgasom yr Ysgol Fomio (1936).

A satirical poem entitled Will of J[ohn] D[effett] Francis, Esq. [1815-1901], 30 June 1876 - a satirical poem by Wyndham Lawrence, with references to some of Francis's contemporaries in Swansea.

A register book of baptisms ('Cofrestr Bedyddiadau') of Saron Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, Vriog, parish of Celynnin, Merioneth, 1865-71, 1889. The form of the volume was printed and published (by authority) by P. M. Evans, Holywell.

Transcripts and indexes of memorial inscriptions at Capel Saron, Llangeler, graveyard, compiled in 1999 by John and Beti Jenkins.

A notebook containing draft poems in Welsh and English, apparently unpublished, by Thomas Jacob Thomas (Sarnicol, 1872-1945).

A copy of a thesis 'Endangered Masculinities: Political Rhetorics of Gender in the Irish Colonial Contest' presented by Sarah Elizabeth McKibben in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Ph.D. (Cornell, 2003) and submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.

'Sant Joan', a draft manuscript translation into Welsh by Thomas Parry, Bangor, of the first act of George Bernard Shaw's play Saint Joan, for performance by students of UCNW, Bangor, 1956; together with a letter, 1995, from Lady Enid Parry concerning the translation.

Letters, 1824-1848, from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848) to Abraham Kirkham of Crickhowell and London.

Letters, 1807 [?1809] - 1834, from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848) to Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (1791-1865), London and Thomas Maurice (1754-1824), British Museum.

A copy of 'Gweithiau Samuel Roberts' (Dolgellau, 1856) with an inscription by the author 'On Board the "Circassian" May 16 1857' to Captain Powell (f. iir-v) in which he refers to his scheme of an 'Ocean Penny Postage'.

A photocopy of a letter, 1841, from Samuel Roberts, Llanbrynmair ('S R', 1800-1885) to the Rev. Michael Jones, Llanuwchllyn (1787-1853), together with a card produced by E. W. Roberts in 1985 to commemorate the centenary of the death of Samuel Roberts.

Samuel Pepys, being a typescript work by Arthur Christopher Benson (1862-1925), together with two autograph letters. (Formerly G. V. Roberts MS.) English. Boards. Purchased from Patrick Roberts, Pencader, June 1965.

An incomplete notebook of Samuel Jones (1628-97), nonconformist minister and teacher, of Brynllywarch, Glamorgan, containing notes of sermons; a catalogue of his books; accounts, 1664-5 and undated, including particulars of receipts and disbursements for 'Sister Prichard' at Brymbo, etc., and of payments at Whitechurch, Newport, Norton, Meredin, Dunchurch, Holmby, Horton, Hockley, Harding, Hilmorton, etc.; and extracts from a philosophical work (e.g. 'De accidente', 'De proprietatibus praedicabiliorum', etc.).

Papers and letters relating to Samuel Holland (1728-1801), M.P. for Merioneth, including a copy of his address to the electors of Merioneth, 1869, his warrant of appointment as deputy constable of Harlech Castle, 1869, correspondence, etc. and a printed copy of an address on the history of Pwllheli given in 1856 by David Williams, Castell Deudraeth.

Notebook, 1749-1777, of Samuel Deykin of Carmarthen, including a journal of his travels to London and Barnsley, March-June 1950; an imaginary journal for 1746, had Charles Edward Stuart acceded to the throne (ff. 11-16); topical verse, miscellaneous notes and memoranda, and religious meditations.

One of two volumes containing transcripts made by Samuel Ayscough (1745-1804) and another of English Romances from the Harleian and Cotton manuscripts in the British Museum and other sources.

One of two volumes containing transcripts made by Samuel Ayscough (1745-1804) and another of English Romances from the Harleian and Cotton manuscripts in the British Museum and other sources.

A copy of a thesis 'Popular Religion in Gaelic Ireland 1445-1645' presented by Dr Salvador Ryan for the degree of Ph.D. (Maynooth, 2002), and submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.