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Denbigh records and the Peake family by J. Williams and Hugh Budgen Peake. Cloth. Purchased from S. V. Galloway, Aberystwyth, August 1950.

A collection comprising manuscripts of Denbighshire interest, including overseers' accounts, 1823-1836, poor rate assessments, 1843, and highway assessments, 1853-1862; a Llanefydd vestry book, 1788-1868; an account book of Llansilin Friendly Society, 1811-1832; accounts, etc., relating to Bethania Calvinistic Methodist church Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, 1857-1912, to the Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist church, Rhuthun, 1890-1919, and to the Rhuthun District Calvinistic Methodist Sunday School, 1867-1883; and transcripts of material relating to tithes and highway rate assessments in Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd.

Draft documents etc. concerning the establishment of a Trust for building St Asaph Grammar School, co. Denb., together with two coloured hand drawn plans of Penllan Farm where the school was built, 1876/7. Documents connected with restoration work etc on the parish church at Rhosmedre, co. Denb., including a very fine plan by the architect W. H. Spaull of Oswestry, 1888/9. Documents concerning an extension to the churchyard at Ruabon, co. Denb., including two fine plans on linen showing most of the village, one of these is signed as approved by a Secretary of State at Whitehall, 1905/7. Documents concerning the erection of a monument in the churchyard at Llanfechain, co. Denb., including a large drawing by the architect Hy Jones of Southport, dated 1909. Documents concerning an extension to the churchyard at Chirk, co. Denb., including a hand drawn plan, dated 1938. Documents concerning the Redemption of Tithes in Prestatyn and Meliden, co. Denb., with a considerable correspondence with the Land Office etc and a coloured map on linen, dated 1887. And also a considerable number of documents concerning the Redemption of Tithes in Rhuddlan, co. Flint, 1892-1895.

A photostat facsimile of British Museum Additional MS 40175, which is a Denbighshire Quarter Sessions Order Book dated 5 October 1675 - 2 October 1688, with a gap between 13 January 1679/80 and April 1681.

Two volumes of memoranda by Thos. Hughes of proceedings at Denbighshire Quarter Sessions, 1855-1859, 1865-1873.

Music manuscripts, 1935-1995, of Denis ApIvor, including those of his operas She Stoops To Conquer, Yerma, Ubu Roi and Bouvard et Pécuchet, as well as solo and choral works (including The Hollow Men), songs, concertos, chamber music, etc.

Papers of Denis Balsom, 1979-2004, comprising opinion polls and surveys relating to Welsh politics, culture and society. The collection includes pre-election opinion polls, 1979-2004, concerning voting intentions across Wales and public opinion of devolution; constituency polls, 1987-2003, carried out to assess voting intentions on a regional level; surveys on the Welsh language and culture, 1979-1995; surveys relating to social issues in Wales, 1989-1995; and television image surveys, 1979-1996.

Photocopies of papers, 1925-1951, of Denis Martin (1919-1998), relating to the Communist Party, including press cuttings concerning George Edward Maslin [d. 1951] of Tylorstown, a founder member of the Communist Party in Rhondda and a Communist District Councillor; election addresses of George Edward Maslin and Elizabeth Jessie Collingbourne for the Rhondda District Council elections, 1946; and the election address of Arthur Horner (1894-1968) for the Rhondda East By-election, 1933.

Papers, 1956-1994, relating to Dennis Hoare (1922-1995) and his involvement with Welsh Rugby as referee and secretary of the North Wales Society of Rugby Union Refererees.

A volume lettered on the upper cover 'The Honourable The Irish Society. Report of the Deputation to Ireland in the year 1844'. The contents consist of a manuscript copy of the report presented to the 'Honourable Society of the Governor and Assistants, London, of the New Plantation in Ulster', by the deputation delegated in June 1844, to visit the said plantation. The object of the deputation was to inquire into, and report upon, 'the state of the property, the condition of the Tenantry, and the particulars of the several Schools, and other Charities and Institutions, supported in whole, or in part, by Grants [from the Society]. The visitation was carried out, August - September 1844, and the report signed, 27 January 1845, by John Humphrey (Ald[erma]n, Governor), Wm. Jones (Deputy Governor), Wm. Lawrence, W. Hughes Hughes (Ald[erma]n), William Collingwood, and Thos. Henry Hall. According to an inscription on the title-page, this particular transcript was presented by the Society to the aforesaid Wm. Jones, by whom the actual report had been prepared.

A typescript pedigree relating to the Deputy family, dating from the seventeenth century to the present day, compiled in 1999 by Michael E. Deputy; together with a photocopy of an article 'Castles of Wales' taken from Deseret News, 24 August 1986.

Working drafts, 1984, of Marwnad fy Mam, an elegy by Derec Llwyd Morgan on the death of his mother, published in his volume of poetry, Cefn y Byd (Llandysul, 1987).

Letters, 1976-1977, between Derek Baskerville and his employers, The Central Statistical Office, London, regarding his application for financial assistance towards the cost of educating his children at the Welsh School, London.

The fonds consists of the research papers of Derrick Pritchard Webley, mainly relating to his work on the artist Penry Williams. The papers include correspondence, notes and typescript transcripts of letters relating to Williams, his works, his contemporaries and his cultural background, together with catalogues of works by Williams and other artists, and typescript drafts of chapters of Webley's posthumous work Cast to the winds: the life and work of Penry Williams (1802-1885) (Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1997). Also included are papers relating to Derrick Webley's archaeological interests, in particular the palaeolithic geography of the Epirus region of Greece.

The archive comprises almost entirely of title deeds, 1621-1927, of the Derry Ormond estate, co. Carm., mainly dating from its acquisition in 1783 by the Jones family, later Inglis-Jones.

A typescript copy of D. A. Derwas-Read's family history entitled 'A short history of the Derwas Family, Former Princes and Lords of Wales' (subsequently replaced in September 2001 with an updated version entitled 'Derwas - Out of Oak. A Family History Covering 2000 Years and Still Continuing').

Title deeds, 1525-1907, of the Derwydd estate, mainly in Carmarthenshire, and of the families of Vaughan of Golden Grove and Llanelli, Bevan of Laugharne (including Madam Bridget Bevan, 1698-1779), Stepney of Llanelli, and Stepney-Gulston of Derwydd. There are no personal or family papers in the archive.

A copy compiled by the donor of the genealogy of David and Mary Davies and their descendants, 2007. The couple emigrated from Cardiganshire to Jackson County, Ohio, in 1837.

A copy of the donor's research on the family of Rowland Rowlands. He married Elizabeth Samuel in the parish of Llanfihangel Ystrad, Ceredigion, in 1830, and later emigrated to Ohio in the USA. Also included are printouts from America Online, 2006, with a biographical note on J. W. Rowlands, 'one of Lima’s leading citizens'.

A typescript genealogical account of the Bowen family of Llwyngwair, Pembrokeshire, 1858-2006, by the donor Joy Neal.