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Further family papers, 1909-99 and undated, including letters of condolence on the death of Thomas Griffiths ('Brydan', 1869-1953), father of Dr Rosentyl Griffiths (1903-99), and on the death of her sister Dr Bryneilen Griffiths (1905-91); letters of appreciation from figures in the field of medicine, and letters from Alun Oldfield-Davies, Dr Glyn Jones and George Thomas, Viscount Tonypandy; poems composed by 'Brydan' on the birthdays of his daughters, 1924-52 and undated; his obituaries, Y Tyst, June 1953; an address entitled 'Buddugoliaethau Meddyginiaeth' by Dr Rosentyl Griffiths; press cuttings, 1984 and undated, relating to the birthplace of the hymn 'Calon Lân' which was written by 'Gwyrosydd' (Daniel James, 1872-1914); and the obituary of Dr Rosentyl Griffiths, South Wales Echo, March 1999.

Rose Place Chapel, Liverpool: members of the Children's Society, etc. Welsh, English. Boards. Donated from the library of the late Hugh Lloyd, Liverpool, September 1933.

Correspondence between Romilly John, son of Augustus John, and Miss Joan Amos, later Joan Davies, spanning almost sixty years between 1930 and 1990.

Two volumes, 1935, each containing a goodwill message from Romanian children, accompanied by their signatures, in response to similar messages from children in Wales [through Urdd Gobaith Cymru].
The volumes were compiled by the Scoala de Arte si Meserii [School of Arts and Crafts], Botoșani, Romania, [?1935], and signed by 70 pupils (NLW MS 16505iD); and the Liceul de baieti No. 2 [No. 2 Boys's High School] at Cernăuți, Romania [now Chernivts͡i, Ukraine], 1935, with some 250 signatures (ff. 3-9, rectos only) (NLW MS 16505iiD).

A copy of Catalogue of the inscribed and sculptured stones of the Roman, period, belonging to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, preserved in the Black Gate Museum . . . (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1886) with manuscript notes and a letter (February 26, 1900) and a questionnaire relating to the history of the church of St. Gregory, Kirk Newton, Northumberland, written by Morris Piddocke.

A manuscript containing an account of Roman Catholicism, the Society of Jesus and the Inquisition, written from a Protestant standpoint.

Roll of Gwydir Castle 'Noson Lawen'. Green paper. Donated by A. Clegg, Llanrwst, November 1951.

Letters, 1960-2006, from the poet and Anglo-Welsh writer Roland Mathias to John Trice, a pupil at Pembroke Dock Grammar School where Roland Mathias was headmaster.

A transcript in the hand of Roger Morris (fl. 1590), Coed y Talwrn, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd of the herbal generally attributed to William Salesbury (1520?-1600?), joint-translator of the New Testament and of the Book of Common Prayer into Welsh, 1567. This volume provides an earlier transcript than the 18th century copy in the hand of Evan Thomas (d. 1781), Cwmchwylfod, near Bala, which belonged later to John Peter (Ioan Pedr) (1833-1877) and which was edited by E. Stanton Roberts and published under the title of Llysieulyfr Meddyginiaethol a briodolir i William Salesbury ... (Liverpool, 1916).

A work by Roger Howel entitled The Story of the Monastery of Neath with Notes on a Fateful Period in the History of Glamorgan ... and Remarks on various Antiquities in the District.

The second of two volumes containing account books, 1690-1705, which appear to have been kept by Robert Wynne, Garthewin, chancellor of St. Asaph and vicar of Gresford.

The first of two volumes containing account books, 1690-1705, which appear to have been kept by Robert Wynne, Garthewin, chancellor of St Asaph and vicar of Gresford.

A copy of an essay by Professor Robert Welch entitled 'J. M. Synge: 'I Made my Methods Irish'', submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.

A collection of prose and verse mainly in the hand of Robert Thomas (d. 1774), sexton of Llanfairtalhaiarn, and written between c. 1732 and c. 1756, with later additions.

Photocopies of papers accumulated by the sculptor Robert Thomas (1926-1999) including a letter, 1967, from the Town Clerk of the borough of Llanelli to him regarding the unveiling of his portrait bust of Jim Griffiths (1890-1975) at Parc Howard, Llanelli; a fragment of a letter, c. 1965, by Robert Thomas to Jim Griffiths; four letters, 1966-72, from Jim Griffiths to Robert Thomas; a copy of Robert Thomas's letter, 1975, to Mrs Griffiths following her husband's death; together with press cuttings, 1975 and 1977

Papers, 1852-1884, of Robert Roberts (Y Sgolor Mawr) (1834-1885), including correspondence, notes, an address and copies of testimonials; also included are three letters, 1912 and 1917, from W. Prydderch Williams to Principal John Humphreys Davies (1871-1926).

Robert Roberts Endowment Fund (Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog) application and report book. English. Leather back. Donated by John R. Jones, Blaenau Ffestiniog, November 1955.