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A collection of holograph poems, 1953-1956, by Peggy Eileen Whistler ('Margiad Evans'), including 'The Country Churchyard' (1955) (f. 3), 'God's Love' (1953) (f. 4), 'Autumn' ([1956]) (f. 5), 'Bather' ([1953]) (f. 7), 'The Old Name' ([1953]) (f. 8), and 'Cherry Orchard in Bloom' (f. 9).
Other fragments, also in Whistler's hand, include a page of an original play 'Dear Desdemona' (f. 10) [cf. NLW MS 23373E & NLW, Margiad Evans MS 29], and an excerpt from the second part of her unfinished 'Widower's Tale' (ff. 11-14).

Transcripts of poems by Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg') [1747-1826] and by his son Taliesin Williams ('Taliesin ab Iolo') [1787-1847], including 'Cowbridge Topers', 'Juvenile Topers or Farmers' Sons Triumphant', 'To Cowbridge', etc.

Two holograph poems by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (née Browne) - 'The Silver locks to Mrs Foulkes, Eriviatt', signed F.D.B., 18 August 1809, and 'Our Lady's Well', signed F.H.

Two holograph poems and an autobiographical sketch by Peggy Eileen Whistler ('Margiad Evans'), 1952, written for a special issue of Promenade: the weekly review for Cheltenham (no. 3, 26 July 1952). The poems are 'Epitaph' (f. 3) and 'The Shiny Crown' (f. 4). Also included is a printed copy of Promenade (ff. 5-14), including the sketch (ff. 12 verso, 13), 'Epitaph' (f. 14) and 'The Shiny Crown' (f. 14 verso).

A page from an autograph album containing an original poem of two stanzas signed by Dylan M[arlais] Thomas and written at Hendre Farm, St. Dogmaels, co. Pembroke, in 1930.

Poem by Alun Lewis beginning 'It seemed to me Truth lay at rest'.

Pocket-book, [?1847]-1870, of the Rev. Francis Taynton of Cowbridge, Glamorgan, perpetual curate of the parishes of Ystradowen (1841-1861) and Talygarn (1846-1865), containing memoranda and lists relating to his private life as a houseowner and landowner in Cowbridge and his leisure pursuits on visits to London. The volume was commenced in about 1847 but contains much material copied from earlier pocket-books.
The volume contains memoranda, 1847-1870, listing purchases, house repairs and other expenses, along with summaries of events during the year and comments on his own health and that of his mother and other close relatives (ff. 4-51 verso), together with memoranda of the same sort extracted from old pocket books, dated 1818-1848 (ff. 2-3 verso); various records relating to property (ff. 1 recto-verso, 186-188 verso); his mother’s and his own income and expenditure, 1818-1870 (ff. 181-182 verso, 183, 184 recto-verso); a record of his weight, 1826-1870 (f. 179 recto-verso); horse dealings (f. 175); significant dates of relatives and friends (ff. 176, 177-178 verso); dates respecting his profession (ff. 173 verso-174); a register of places visited or toured, 1821-1870 (ff. 169-173); lists of panoramas visited, 1829-1861 (ff. 165 recto-verso), operas seen, 1821-1869 (ff. 156-163 verso), and plays and concerts seen, 1821-1870 (ff. 128 verso-148 verso, 166), mostly in London; and lists of male (ff. 151 verso-152 verso, 164 verso) and female (f. 150 recto-verso) opera singers seen performing.

The file comprises a leather pocket wallet with the letters 'O.M.E.' embossed in gold, and containing a small notebook marked, 'Hav Edwards, Form II' bearing a few notes on various academic subjects.

Copies of Kearsley's Gentleman and Tradesman's Pocket Ledger, 1810, 1812, 1813, 1814, with manuscript entries recording payments and receipts ? in connection with the Penrhos estate, co. Anglesey.

A notebook kept by Peter Price (? owner of a woollen factory in the Dolgellau-Dinas Mawddwy-Machynlleth district), 1767-1814, containing business details, transactons, etc. as well as recipes for various dyes and particulars of servants' wages and other payments made.

Deeds and documents mainly concerning the Kemeys family of Bertholey, parish of Llantrisant, Monmouthshire, Oystermouth, Glamorgan, and elsewhere, 1481-1780; letter from Lord Arthur Capel to Colonel Davyes at Hawarden, 1643, and an account of the raising of the siege of Montgomery Castle, 1644.

An analysis of iron yield, coal, and mine accounts of Plymouth Iron Works, Glamorgan, for the month ending 3 January, 1863.

Records of the Welsh estates of the earls of Plymouth, 1301-1844; the two most notable groups relate to the family's Alrhey estate, Flintshire, and the Van, Glamorgan, both representing estates acquired through marriage in the 18th century, including deeds, 1301-1844; and manorial records, 15th cent.-1646, including court rolls of the manors of Magor and Undy in Monmouthshire, 1586-1603. The archive contains practically no personal or family papers.