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Between boards. Donated by Mrs Alice Davies, B.Sc., Capel Hendre, Ammanford, April 1973.

Correspondence of the Reverend T. Thomas, Farnden, Leicester from Thomas and John Howell and others. English. Between boards. Purchased from Winifred Myers, March 1969.

Correspondence of the six daughters of Bishop John Owen (1854-1926), Bishop of St Davids: Gwen[onwy], Myfanwy Annie, Enid, Nest, Eluned and Nona. The letters are mainly from the three eldest daughters and were written as boarders in The Grove School in Highgate, London and from university. Mini-biographies of the sisters and their four brothers written by the donor; genealogical information and appreciations by their nieces; photocopies of family photographs of the Owen family have been supplied. Also included are poems by Eluned Owen.

Correspondence of Thomas Davies, Llanuwchllyn, and miscellanea. . (Formerly Dr A. L. Davies MS 5.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Donated by Dr A. L. Davies, Bala, July 1943.

A file of letters and postcards addressed chiefly to W[illiam] J[ohn] Roberts ['Gwilym Cowlyd']. The correspondents include 'Alwen Gadfan' (metrical), 1883, 'Roalun', 1893, William Bottomley, Chester, 1871, Edward Breese, 1869, Charles D. Byford, 1871, David E. Davies ('Dewi Glan Ffrydlas'), 1893, Owen [Humphrey] Davies ('Eos Llechid'), 1883, William Dixon, Liverpool, Douglas Brothers, Bangor, 1876, John Edwards ('Caerwyson'), 1886, Edwin Huggins, Leeds, 1871, F. Hockliffe, Llanbedr, Talycafn, 1899, Erasmus Jones, London, 1875, Humphrey Jones ('Bryfdir'), 1896, John R. Jones ('Teganwy'), 1900, John Jones ('Ogwenydd'), Owen Jones, Llanrwst, 1863, Richard Owen, London, engraver, 1862, H. Roberts, Rhydymain, Robert Roberts ('Trebor Aled'), 1896, William Lloyd Roberts, Penybontfawr, Edward Samuelson, Trefriw, 1889-1893, Isabel[le] de Steiger, Liverpool, 1900, D[avid] R[ichard] Thomas, Meifod, 1890, Robert H. Williams, Cambria, Wisconsin, 1880, and R. Mon Williams, Holyhead, 1895; with draft letters by W[illiam] J[ohn] Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd').

A file of correspondence, copy correspondence, newspaper cuttings, and notes relating to the affairs of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire, 1956-1958, and more particularly to the resignation of Huw T. Edwards as chairman in 1958 and the appointment of Henry Brooke as his successor. The donor served as a member of the Council from 1956 to 1958.

A transcript of correspondence in The Welshman for 20 November 1846 concerning the site of a new Baptist chapel at Adpar, Newcastle Emlyn between John Thomas, pastor of Graig Baptist Chapel and E. C. Lloyd Hall, Emlyn Cottage, the owner of the site.

Correspondence relating to Evan Walters' portrait of T. Gwynn Jones. Welsh, English. Between boards. Donated by Dr Iorwerth Hughes Jones, Swansea, February 1968.

Correspondence relating to Hugh Hughes by William Morgan, Dowlais, etc. In boards. Donated by the Reverend J. Tudno Williams, Llandudno, January 1949.

Correspondence relating to sending Welsh ministers to Patagonia and Toronto. Welsh, English. Between boards. Donated by the Reverend Nefydd Hughes, St Asaph, February 1970.

Correspondence relating to Sir Charles Reid and other miscellanea relating to Pembrokeshire. (Formerly G. V. Roberts MS.) English. Between boards. Purchased from Patrick Roberts, Pencader, June 1965.

Correspondence relating to the Afonwen Paper Mill, Caerwys, co. Flint, together with related items; and 'The Haverford paper mills', a typescript account by Frederick J. Warren, MBE, Haverfordwest.

Final manuscript draft and printers' copy, [1801], for the [?first] edition of Correspondence Relative to the Stationing of a Troop of the Fourth Regiment of Dragoons in the County of Carnarvon (Chester: J. Fletcher, [March] 1801, Libri Walliae 2052), compiled by Edward Griffith of Caernarfon and Ymwlch, Justice of the Peace. The letters, here transcribed by an unidentified hand, relate to the controversy caused by a troop of the Fourth Dragoons being sent to Bangor and Caernarfon on 31 January 1801, in anticipation of further unrest following a disturbance in Caernarfon in November 1800.
Additions and corrections by Griffith, [1801x1806], post-date the publication of the first edition. This has not been seen but a cropped copy of the title-page is included in NLW MS 23626E; the present text corresponds to pp. 1-34 of the second edition (Chester: J. Fletcher, [April] 1801), with some variants. The correspondents represented include Griffith himself, the Duke of Portland, then Home Secretary (pp. 31, 49-50), Viscount Bulkeley (pp. 20-20b, 48, 51), and various county gentry and Dragoon officers.

Correspondence relating to the letting of a furnished bungalow at Edern; letters to the Reverend William Williams, Pwllcrwn; and miscellaneous MSS. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, October 1959.

Twenty holograph letters and postcards, 1899-1906 and undated, from Lewis Angell, Eastbourne, Henry Blackwell, bookbinder, New York (2), A. W. Davies, secretary of 'Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym', Oxford [University], [the Reverend] E[van] Edwardes, Caerdeon Vicarage, Dolgelley (2), Geo[rge] Eyre Evans, Aberystwyth, R. Jenkin Jones, Aberdare, M. Mason, Greenwich, Helen Owen, Weston-super-mare, F. S. Price, Swansea, Tho[ma]s Prichard, Amlwch, J. [ ]. Reed, secretary of the Edward Lhuyd Society, Oxford [University] (2), [the Reverend] W[illiam] Rees, Llechryd, A. Roberts, Llanrwst, M. Roberts, Penrhyndeudraeth (2), and D[aniel] Lleufer Thomas, Swansea (2), all relating to the library, and more particularly the Welsh library, of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Most of the letters contain offers to the library, by way of gift, sale, or exchange, of books, periodicals, and manuscript items (mainly correspondence), or suggestions as to persons who might be prepared to donate items. Addressees, where specified, include [Thomas Francis Roberts], principal, T. Mortimer Green, registrar, [Evan] Penllyn Jones, librarian [1872-1902], [J. D. Williams], librarian [1902- ], and J[ohn] Glyn Davies [all of University College, Aberystwyth].

Correspondence relating to the publication of the above work. See also NLW MSS 19539-19540C, 19541D. Welsh, English. Between boards. Donated by W. Rosser Jones, Trealaw, May 1965.

Correspondence relating to the Sir John Rhys Memorial, Ponterwyd. English, Welsh. Between boards. Donated by T. M. Jones, Ponterwyd, November 1955.