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A set of several thousand index cards compiled while researching A History of the Hay (1972).

Papers of the journalist Geoffrey Woolley, including a group of letters, 1906-1915, from the poet Edward Thomas to W. H. Hudson.

Papers of George A. Morrison, mainly relating to the work of the Welsh Liberal Party, 1967-1984; records relating to Liberal Party Associations, 1971-1983; District Council elections records, 1978-1983; West Wales European Parliamentary constituency records, 1978-1984; and records relating to Welsh Liberal party conferences, 1969-1982, and the Joint Liberal Assembly, 1977-1984.

Translations by George Henry Borrow of a Cornish prose text (ff. 1-4), and of Welsh poetry, including works by Iolo Goch, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Roger Cyffin, Goronwy Owen, Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn) and Huw Morys, and a translation from Greek of an ode in praise of Rome (f. 4 verso), with notes by Borrow and others.

Autograph translations by George Borrow (1803-1881) of cywyddau by Iolo Goch (c. 1320-1398) and Goronwy Owen (1723-1769).

A quarto sheet containing the beginning of the original manuscript of George Borrow: Wild Wales (London, 1862).

Letters from Sir George Cornewall Lewis, statesman, of Harpton Court, co. Radnor, to W. E. Gladstone (78) 1841-1863, and to Frederick Calvert (6) 1855-1860, together with three letters, 1863-1864, from Gladstone to Lady Lewis, a letter, 1863, from him to Sir George's brother, Sir Gilbert Frankland Lewis, and a letter, 1863, from Calvert to Lady Lewis. The letters to Gladstone largely concern matters arising during the writer's tenure of office as chancellor of the exchequer, 1855-1858, as home secretary, 1859-1861, and as secretary for war, 1861-1863. Some of them also reflect the literary and scholarly interests shared by Gladstone and Lewis.

Papers relating mainly to the candidature of Sir George Cornewall Lewis for the Herefordshire constituency in the general election, 1852, including: correspondence, [1852]-[1854]; canvassing lists, 1852; electoral registers, 1851; lists of voters, polling lists and election bills, [c. 1852]; miscellaneous election papers, [1847]-[1852]; and miscellaneous, 1844-[1859].

Letters from George Ernest John Powell (1842-1882), friend of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) and a member of the Powell family of Nanteos, Cardiganshire, to his father (Thomas Rowland Powell (1815-1878)), and to John Cox (d. 1870), printer and bookseller, Aberystwyth.

Papers of George Ewart Evans, including manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poetry, short stories, children's literature, a drama, oral history and autobiographical material, 1932-1986; illustrations, including drawings and photographs, [1932x1985]; journals and pamphlets, 1922-1988; other publications, 1950-1969; notebooks, 1927-1987; oral history, dialect and local history notes, 1941-1988; miscellaneous notes and source materials, [1894x1988]; notes for lectures, [1950]-[1984]; radio, tape transcripts, television and film material, [1947x1988]; correspondence and related material, including official and private letters, 1934-1987; personal items such as certificates, university papers and diaries, 1866-1988; engagement diaries and address books, [1927x1988]; cuttings, reviews and articles by or about George Ewart Evans, 1947-1988; and miscellaneous articles and reference books, 1875, 1906, [1927x1986].

January 2024 donation comprises:
Additional papers relating to the life and work of folklorist, writer and schoolteacher George Ewart Evans, comprising diaries, notes, correspondence, photographs, material relating to Evans's published works and to works relating to him, details of centenary and other commemorative events, press cuttings, obituaries and miscellaneous items. 1867-2019

Papers collected by George Eyre Evans, 1565-1939, comprising deeds and documents relating to properties in the parishes of Llangynog, Llansteffan and Llanybri, 1565-[1848], 1938; other Welsh properties, 1565-1909; papers relating to the county of Devon, 1693-1939, including deeds, correspondence and papers relating to the Powell and Evans family; together with miscellaneous papers, 1757-1939, including papers relating to antiquarian matters, correspondence and deeds.

Papers of George Eyre Evans, 1669-1939, including personal papers; family papers; notes, transcripts, correspondence and other papers relating to his religious and antiquarian interests and to his publications; copies of printed books and journals with insertions and annotations; and various original manuscripts collected by him.

Genealogical papers, 1991-1995, of the George Family Name Society, mainly comprising photocopies of pedigrees and correspondence realting to George family branches in Pembrokeshire.

Memoranda and drawings, by George Fosbery Lyster (1821-1899), engineer, relating to the Holyhead harbour works.

Pedigree (ff. 1-4) and achievement (f. 4), [1664x1673], of George Gwynne of Llwyn Hywel, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, and Llanelwedd, Radnorshire, with one hundred and nineteen other coats of arms, all emblazoned and painted, probably compiled by David Edwardes, Rhyd-y-gors, Carmarthenshire.
The pedigree is traced, sometimes spuriously, from Gwyriad (fl. c. 800), father of Merfyn Frych (f. 1), Coronac, King of Dublin (4 cent.), Caradog Freichfras, earl of Hereford (?6 cent.), Drew de Ballon, 'baron of Abergavenny' (11 cent.), Drym[benog] ap Maenyrch (fl. c. 1100), and Gwrydr Hir (?10 cent.), of Dryslwyn (all f. 2).

The collection includes the personal and professional correspondence and papers of George Julian Selwyn Scovell while employed by the Ministry of National Service at the end of the First World War and the Coalition Liberal Organisation during the post-war premiership of David Lloyd George along with correspondence, photographs, postcards, ephemera and publications related to David Lloyd George which were collected by Tony O'Connor.

Archival material relating to Lt Colonel G.J.S. Scovell CBE, additional material relating to Rt Hon. D. Lloyd George MP, and miscellaneous ephemera; August 2024.

A collection comprising manuscripts and correspondence of or relating to the Revs George Lewis, D.D. and Michael Jones, both of Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire. They include drafts of Lewis's Drych Ysgrythyrol ... and Esponiad ar y Testament Newydd ...; correspondence and other papers of George Lewis and a biography and genalogy relating to him; nonconformist documents and material relating to the North Wales Academy; correspondence of Michael Jones, Lewis Jones Davies and Dr A. L. Davies; poetry; a copy of William Gurnall's Cristion mewn Cyflawn Arfogaeth ...; and miscellaneous items relating to Bala, Llanuwchllyn and district.

Diaries etc, 1903-1930; sermons; addresses and articles, 1916-1948; correspondence, notes and articles relating to penal reform, 1907-1917, Ireland, 1920-1924, education, 1925-1931, reparations, 1926-1931, Tom Nefyn Williams, 1926-1931, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1916-1947; poetry, 1900-1947; genealogical and miscellaneous notes and family papers, 1884-1926; articles and addresses by various authors, 1903-1949; letters to and from George M. Ll. Davies, other members of the family and others, 1826-1964.

Notes by George Ormerod (1785-1873), Sedbury Park, Gloucestershire, author of The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester ... (London, 1819), of a tour along the former Marches of Wales following the line of Offa's Dyke from Ledbury to Chirk Castle, 8-12 July 1845, also of a tour of North Wales, ending at Chester, 26 July 1845; notes, also by Ormerod, of a tour of the Low Countries and Normandy, 1840.

A collection which includes George Owen's Description of Wales, Arms of Pembrokeshire Families, and Genealogical Notes, John Jones's History of Brecknock, and William Sargeant's Glamorganshire Collectanea; also a note on Owen's map of Pembrokeshire by John Browne.