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Correspondence and papers, 1959-1981, relating to the career of Dafydd Elystan Elystan-Morgan, baron Elystan-Morgan of Aberteifi, Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire, 1966-1974, collected by Howard C. Jones, journalist and Labour Party activist. Most of the letters are from Lord Elystan-Morgan to the donor and relate to his political activities in London and to constituency affairs. There are also letters and copies of letters from, among others, Alice Bacon (1) 1970, Neil G. Carmichael (3) 1968-1969, Will Edwards (1) [c. 1966], Lord Gardner (1) 1968, Roy Hattersley (2) 1969-1970, Cledwyn Hughes (3) 1969, Sir Elwyn Jones (1) 1970, John Morris (1) 1968, D. Ben Rees (3) 1965, Merlyn Rees (1) 1968, Goronwy Roberts (1) 1966, John Stonehouse (2) 1967-1969, Dick Taverne (1) 1969, George Thomas (1) 1970, Shirley Williams (1) 1968 and Lord Winterbottom (2) 1969-1970, as well as miscellaneous papers, mostly on matters relating to the Labour Party in Cardiganshire, and a large number of press cuttings.

Emblazoned pedigree of the family of Jones, afterwards Herbert of Treowen and Llanarth Court, Monmouthshire in the hand of Charles A. Buckley. English. Morocco. Purchased from R. G. Booth, Hay-on-Wye, December 1964.

Four genealogical studies of Welsh families who emigrated from Cardiganshire to Jackson County, Ohio, compiled by the donor. They comprise David J. Thomas and his wife Jessdinah (1988); the Roderick family of Tyn-y-mynydd, Blaenpennal (2007); the Williams family of Bronyfynwent, Lledrod (2007); the Williams family of Henbant, Lledrod (2007); together with a copy of Reverend William R. Evans, History of Welsh settlements in Jackson and Gallia counties of Ohio (1988).

Letters and postcards, 1923-1987, sent by Emlyn Williams to Miss Hilda Morris and Miss Dorothy Swinnerton in Abergavenny, two of his teachers at Holywell County School, together with a copy of a script by him: 'Emlyn Williams as Saki', 1977, programme of the ceremony of his conferement of the freedom of the Borough of Delyn, 1982, and signed theatre programmes and newspaper cuttings of theatre reviews and his autobiography George : an early autobiography (London, 1961).

Thirty-three letters and cards, 1927-1959, from the actor and playwright (George) Emlyn Williams to his friend Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, containing references to readings and productions of his plays.

Three undated programmes relating to performances by the actor and playwright George Emlyn Williams (1905-1987) comprising a production of 'The Corn is Green' at the Duchess Theatre, London, [1938]; a performance of scenes from the novels and stories of Charles Dickens; and a theatrical entertainment entitled 'Dylan Thomas Growing Up' (Welsh Association of Youth Clubs); together with a press cutting from the Daily Herald, [1945], relating to the London première of 'The Wind of Heaven'.

A copy of Rhiangerdd Llyn y Morwynion by William Roberts (Gwilym Eryri) (1844-1895?), 1872, taken in 1907 from the original manuscript then in the possession of Robert Griffith (1847-1911), Manchester, by Emrys Hughes, Delph.

An 18th century manuscript containing miscellaneous Welsh hymns by Owen Roberts (Capel Curig), G. Griffiths, William Rees, Griffith Thomas and others, with a few stanzas in English.

Emynau a Chaniadau Ben Davies, Pant-teg yn llaw J. Seymour Rees. Rhoddwyd gan J. Seymour Rees, Blaendulais, Hydref 1945.

Emynau a Chaniadau Y Parch. Ben Davies, Panteg gan J. Seymour Rees. Lliain. Prynwyd oddi wrth Miss M. Thomas, Sgeti, Mai 1969.

Emynau (argraffwyd yn y Bala, 1808), rhyngddalennog, y tonau mewn llawysgrif. Lliain. Rhoddwyd o lyfrgell Howell Elvet Lewis ('Elfed'), Hydref 1954; trosglwyddwyd o'r Adran Llyfrau Printiedig, 1973.

Torion pellach o'r wasg, 1971-1977, yn cynnwys emynau Ben Jones (m. 1982), Eglwys-fach, Machynlleth, a ymddangosodd yn Y Goleuad; detholiad o'i emynau a gyhoeddwyd yn y wasg, 1969-1972, mewn llawysgrif; a rhestr o gant ac ugain o'i emynau a ddefnyddiwyd yn Y Goleuad, Cambrian News ac Antur, 1971-1978.

A typescript volume of two hundred and thirty-six hymns composed by the Reverend Howell Elvet Lewis ('Elfed'), pastor of King's Cross Welsh Congregational Church, London; together with an index of first lines. The collection, compiled and bound by the Reverend J. Seymour Rees, Seven Sisters, Neath, is classified into (a) general hymns, (b) translations and adaptations, (c) hymns for children, and (d) translations and adaptations for children.

A volume containing two hundred and seventy numbered hymns (four-stanza sections of longer hymns, in some instances, being numbered as one hymn), ? by, and in the hand of, Thomas Williams [weaver, hymn-writer, and lay preacher], of Rhes-y-Cae, Flintshire. Some of the hymns are annotated, ? to denote the specific occasion for which they were written, e.g., 'Dydd ympryd, 1831 Ionawr 19' (No. 18); 'Cyfansoddwd [sic] ar [a]mser pla yn y flwyddyn 1834' (Nos 19-20 ); 'Jubili yr ysgol sabothol yn y flwyddyn 1831' (No. 61); '. . . iw chanu wrth gychwyn corff Meistres Owens tu ar bedd, sef gwraig y Parch. O. Owens, Rhes y Cae' [Anne, first wife of the Reverend Owen Owens, Congregational minister at Rhes-y-cae] (No. 65); 'Canwyd y rhan gyntaf o'r hymn isod yngladdedigaeth Parch. R. Williams, gweinidog yr efengyl yn y Wyddgrug [the Reverend Robert Williams, Congregational minister at Mold]. A'r ail ran yngladdedigaeth Parch. D. Jones, gweinidog yr efengyl yn dref ffynon' [the Reverend David Jones, Congregational minister at Holywell] (No. 68); 'Dydd ympryd Mawrth 21, flwydd [sic] 1832 ' (No. 69); 'Cyfansoddwyd y penillion hyn yn y flwydd [sic] 1832, pan ydoedd llawer meirw gin pla oedd y pryd hynu' (No. 121); 'Diolchgarwch am y cyheuaf [sic] yn y flwyddyn 1832' (No. 126); 'Penillion a ganwyd wrth agor Capel Salem' [Salem Congregational chapel, parish of Cilcain, built 1826] (No. 215); and 'Cyfansoddwyd yr hym hon ar ryddad y Caethion' (No. 268). Inset is a biographical note (typescript) on Thomas Williams [being an extract from the Reverend W[illiam] A[lonzo] Griffiths: Hanes Emynwyr Cymru (Caernarfon [1892]), p. 152]. At the beginning of the volume is a first-line index to the hymns.

Hymns and carols in the autograph of Edward Jones, Maesyplwm, Denbighshire (1761-1836), who composed some of them, and sermon notes and a diary for April - September, 1830, probably by Daniel Jones.