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One page of untitled holograph notes by Dylan Thomas, 1953, written whilst composing his last poem, the unfinished 'Elegy' to his father, David John (D.J.) Thomas, who died on 16 December 1952.
The work first appeared in print, as a 'previously unpublished poem', in Encounter, 6/2 (February 1956), and was included by Vernon Watkins as an appendix to the Collected Poems after 1956. For a copy of the poem as completed by Vernon Watkins, see NLW MS 22552E.

Notes for a history of St John iuxta Swansea by E. Ernest Morgan. English. Between boards. Donated by Dr Iorwerth Hughes Jones, Sketty, April 1968.

Notes collected from state papers, etc by Arthur Leonard Leach in the preparation of the above book. See also NLW MSS 19420D, 19422C. (Formerly G. V. Roberts MS.) English. Between boards. Purchased from Patrick Roberts, Pencader, June 1965.

Notes collected about the places around Aberdyfi by Elizabeth Roberts, Nantiesin, Aberdyfi. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) English. Leather. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, November 1960.

Notes by the late R E Griffith, Aberystwyth, containing an account of the establishing in 1933 of 'Aelwyd yr Urdd, Aberystwyth' (the Aberystwyth Branch of the Welsh League of Youth), together with miscellaneous papers relating to the history of the Branch.

Particulars by Mihangel ap Iwan concerning the consumption of meat by rural workers in Nant y Pysgod, Patagonia, 1928-1929.

Photocopies of notes compiled by Herbert M. Vaughan detailing the individuals in two illustrations contained in his volume The South Wales Squires (London, 1926), namely the 'Four Ladies of Carmarthenshire' (opposite p. 28) and the 'three subalterns of the Royal Monmouthshire Engineer Militia' (opposite p. 44); together with a few notes relating to George Powell of Nanteos (b. 1842); and a photocopy of a family tree compiled by Phillip Morgan relating to the 'Four Ladies of Carmarthenshire'.

Notes by Enid Pierce Roberts on the township of Cownwy, p. Llangadfan, co. Mont., and in particular on the Lloyd family of Cownwy.

Typescript research notes by Elfed D. Bevan relating to Dr Edward Bevan (1770-1860), apiarian, author of The Honey-Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology and Management (London, 1827).

An account of the life and family of Dr David Williams of Disgwylfa, Llanybydder, afterwards of Liverpool and Cheltenham, also of the Prytherch family of Cnwcderlog and of Thomas Davies of Cwmcwtta, Maesllanwrthwl, being a typescript of notes written by David Williams (b. 1788), a surgeon in the Royal Navy, afterwards a physician in Liverpool and Cheltenham.

Notes by Bob Owen on the woollen industry in Merionethshire. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) Welsh, English. Boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, November 1959.

Notes by Bob Owen on 'Diwydiannau a Chrefftau Sir Feirionydd'. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, November 1959.

Miscellaneous notes and sketches ? by the Reverend Elias Owen [for whom see the two preceding manuscripts], including sermon notes; notes on some archaic words, phrases, etc., of Montgomeryshire; a brief note on the rood loft in Derwen parish church [co. Denbigh]; notes on ‘Ffynnon Vair’, and the ruined chapel of that name in the parish of St. Asaph [co. Flint], being largely extracts from Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1st series, vol. 11, pp. 261-7; pencil sketches of the interior and exterior of Gweddelwern parish church [co. Merioneth]; and copies of memorial inscriptions, etc., in the last named church. Also a holograph letter from [the Reverend] Elias Owen, from Efenechtyd Rectory, to Mr. Pennington, 1887 (the finding of recipient’s certificate, a request for his reports for 1885-7); notes on Christ College, Brecon; a list of Wynn portraits at Nerquis Hall [? co. Flint]; and a note headed ‘Rev. Elias Owen in account with R. Williams - Selections from the Hengwrt MSS’; these last three items not being in the hand of Elias Owen.