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A volume containing holograph addresses and poetry in Welsh, 1880-1895, including a copy of a poem composed in 1865 (ff. 118 verso-121 verso) by T. Glwysfryn Hughes; the addresses include 'Daniel O'Connell' (ff. 4-17 verso), 'Goronwy Owen' (ff. 52 verso-68 verso), and 'Ann Griffiths' (ff. 141 verso-160); also included is a transcript, 1883, of minutes relating to the closure in 1865 of Rose Place C. M. Church, Liverpool, and the opening of Fitzclarence Street C. M. Church, Liverpool (f. 2 verso).

A volume containing two addresses, 1880-1881, by T. Glwysfryn Hughes, entitled 'Cups and Saucers' (ff. 2-11) and 'Dau Hen Almanac' (ff. 12-55, 61-62 verso).

A volume containing an incomplete holograph essay, in Welsh, by the Rev. T. Glwysfryn Hughes, entitled 'Ychydig o Adgofion Am Fryn Eglwys yn Iâl o'r Flwyddyn 1837 hyd 1867', being a history of the parish of Bryneglwys, Denbighshire, 1837-1867; together with some poetry by Hughes (ff. 23-26; 33 verso-36 verso inverted text).

Three volumes of photocopies of press cuttings relating to the 1934, 1935 and 1936 stay-down strikes in the South Wales Coalfield, together with a volume relating to the papers of the artist Illtyd David compiled by the donor and a volume relating to the Aberdare Naturalists' Society and Cynon Valley History Society.

A sermon by T. Evans preached at Llangammarch, Llanwrtyd and other churches in Brecknockshire, 1769-1800.

T. E. Lawrence's letters to H. S. Ede, with annotations and corrections by Alice B. Winnicott. English. Boards. Purchased from Miss Pauline Taylor, Llanarth, June 1970.

Mr Gwynne kindly allowed the Library to produce print-outs of his database, comprising an index to Montgomeryshire marriages extracted from parish registers and bishop's transcripts, dating from the sixteenth century onwards.

Synopsis of Old English Phonology by A. L. Mayhew (printed text and MS interleaved). (Formerly Howell Ll. Davies MS 33.) English. Green skiver. Purchased from the library of Howell Lloyd Davies, Ruabon, 1949.

Sylwadau ar weinyddiaeth y sacrament gan y Parchedig David Davies, Oshkosh. Lledr. Rhoddwyd gan y Parchedig D. Howell Davies, Oak Park, Illinois, Mawrth 1954.

The original manuscript of the vocal score of 'Sylvia', an operetta in two acts by W. Rhys-Herbert, words by Maude Elizabeth Inch, 1906.

Pedigree book, [mid 17 cent.], each page consisting of a printed arrangement of fifteen empty roundels and eight shields to accommodate four generations, together with a larger shield for an achievement; partially used to enter the Welsh ancestry of King James I, based on George Owen Harry, The Genealogy of ... James ... King of great Brittayne ... (London, 1604) (see p. 38). Apparently in the hand of Sylvanus Morgan (1620-1693) whose pedigree appears on p. 1, although a note by J. E. Oldfield (inside front cover) suggests the scribe to have been Peter Vaughan, sometime of Jesus College, Oxford.

Syllabus and notebook, 1933-1934, of James Gilbert Lane (1889-1952), a teacher at St Peter's elementary school, Cardiff.

Transparencies connected with the professional and personal life of Sydney Wignall. Included are images of the 1981 Loch Ness Expedition, Domestic scenes, Royal Navy vessels, visit to Texas & New Mexico, North Molton Parish church.

Papers, 1907-1915, amassed by the donor's grandfather, the Rev. Sydney Cooper, comprising ephemera, notes, press cuttings and various periodicals relating to the campaign against Welsh Church disestablishment.

Minute book, December 1870-May 1873, of the Swansea School Board, with an index at the beginning of the volume.

A microfilm copy of Swansea Central Library MS A1.57, 'a composite manuscript of fragments of Welsh and Latin Catholic devotions written about 1600 by William David Llewelyn of Llangynidr, Brecknockshire, and another unidentified scribe' (see Geraint Bowen, 'Rhai Defosiynau Resiwsantaidd Cynnar', National Library of Wales Journal, vol VIII, 1963-64, pp 389-96).

A series of reminiscences by Welsh survivors on Svalbard, Spitsbergen, 1942-1943, collated by Boyd Williams, 2006.

Surveys of monumental inscriptions, including original photographs and negatives, at St Illog's church, Hirnant, St Ffraid's church, Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain, and St Melangell church, Pennant Melangell, co. Mont., 1986-7; together with photographs and negatives of gravestones at Llanwddyn church, co. Mont. Negatives and original photographs have been transferred to Photographs and Maps Department 15/8/2000. Further records, including original photographs, of a survey, 1988, of monumental inscriptions at St Wddyn's Church, Llanwddyn, co. Mont.

A survey in two volumes by Melvyn Davies of the Worms Head & Mainland Caves, 1-47 undertaken between July and September 1989; a survey of the Gower Coast Caves by R. T. Sutton, Melvyn Davies and Dr Graham Jenkins, September 1990; together with surveys of the caves of the South Gower Coast, Worms Head to Porteynon Point by Melvyn Davies, January 1987, and another copy with a few additions by Andrew Davies, and from Porteynon Point to Pwlldu Bay by Melvyn Davies, May and August 1990.