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A volume of autograph Welsh poetry, 1870-1882, by Robert Penbryn Roberts, Garthdderwen, Betws-y-coed, containing englynion, elegies, patriotic and other miscellaneous poems.

A manuscript copy, [?1821] (watermark 1820), of a treatise entitled The Social System, by the philanthropist and social reformer Robert Owen, apparently in the hand of his son, Robert Dale Owen.
The text differs from that published in The New Harmony Gazette, 2.8-2.24 (November 1826-March 1827), for which see Selected Works of Robert Owen, ed. by Gregory Claeys, 4 vols (London, 1993), II, 56-104.

A portfolio of letters, press cuttings, portraits, photographs and prints relating to the life and work of Robert Owen (1771-1858), social reformer.

Two letters written in 1793, from Piccadilly Factory, Manchester, by Robert Owen, social reformer, to Samuel Oldknow, Stockport.

A manuscript containing a list, compiled by Richard Roberts (1874-1945), author of Robert Owen (Caernarfon, 1907), of some publications by or relating to Robert Owen (1771-1858), social reformer.

A typescript list (71 pp., 1303 items) of letters and documents included in the Robert Owen Correspondence in the possession of the Co-operative Union Limited, Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester.

Letters and papers used by Robert Nelson in preparing for publication The life of Dr. George Bull [bishop of St. Davids, 1705-10] ... (London, 1713), the letters including some from R. Bull and Joseph Stephens, son and son-in-law of the bishop, and from John Vaughan (Derllys), David Havard (Carmarthen), and Philip Philipps (Devynnock), and transcripts, some of them in shorthand, of sermons preached at St. Martin in the Fields and elsewhere in London by Thomas Tenison, John Tillotson, and others.

A lecture on the Welsh gypsies by Robert Jones (1845-1906), rector of Llanycil and afterwards of Llysfaen.

The first of two volumes containing miscellaneous papers, letters, poems, etc. from the collections of Robert Isaac Jones (Alltud Eifion) (1815-1905), Tremadog.

The second of two volumes containing miscellaneous papers, letters, poems, etc. from the collections of Robert Isaac Jones (Alltud Eifion) (1815-1905), Tremadog.

A manuscript containing biographical notes relating to Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) collected by Robert Isaac Jones (Alltud Eifion) (1815-1905), Tremadog.

Eleven letters, [1966]-1973, from the poet and novelist Robert Graves, to Owen M. Roberts, Bickley, Kent, his comrade in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, whom Graves credited with saving his life at High Wood in July 1916, during the Somme offensive (ff. 1-3, 5-12).
Also included is a carbon copy typescript letter from Roberts to Graves, 1 January 1968 (f. 4). The letters contain references to the battle at High Wood (ff. 1, 10), the Royal Welch Fusiliers (ff. 6, 8, 11), Siegfried Sassoon (ff. 1 verso, 2, 12 verso) and Harold Macmillan (f. 10 verso). Graves mentions Roberts in his autobiography, Goodbye to All That (London, 1929); Roberts's copy of the 1966 revised edition (see NLW ex 2334) contains an autograph dedication from Graves and a marginal gloss on p. 198.

Poetry transcribed between 1758 and 1765 by Robert Evans, Syrior, Llandrillo (Merioneth), together with a few riddles in verse, etc.

Poetry, including militia songs, transcribed between 1762 and 1766 by Robert Evans, Syrior, Llandrillo (Merioneth).

A brief account by Robert Edwards, Penyffordd, Cynwyd of the rise of Calvinistic Methodism in Llandrillo, Cynwyd, Corwen and the surrounding district, with the writer's reminiscences of negotiations for building a chapel at Ucheldref.

A copy of Robert Daniel Powell's PhD thesis 'The Politics of Agricultural Settlement: The case of the Welsh in the Chubut Valley, Argentina' (McGill University, Canada, November 1978).

Y Dyddiadur Annibynol am 1879, with manuscript entries and accounts by Robert D. Edwards (Derfel Meirion), Llandderfel.

Lord Rosebery [Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl]: Robert Burns ... (Edinburgh, 1896), being a vellum-bound presentation copy by the author to D. R. Daniel (marked 'For the sake of Tom Ellis ...'), and a covering letter from 'Tom' [Thomas E. Ellis] to David [R. Daniel] which is bound in the volume.

A view of the Bandstand in Roath Park and the pond in Thompson's Park, both Cardiff. Both images are modern digital prints prepared from the original glass negatives for LENS 2010.