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Papers of the novelist and playwright James Hanley, [1954]-2011, including an annotated script of 'The Queen of Ireland' (only copy), recorded for BBC Third Programme, 1960, signed by him and including a letter from him, 1981, and 'Levine', adapted for television by Catherine Dolan; transcripts of three interviews with James Hanley (one conducted by his son Liam Hanley); a list of his publications; photocopies of book reviews and locations of his manuscripts in other libraries; letters received by Liam Hanley relating to his father's works in particular the controversial novel Boy (London, 1990) and a note by him on his 'Portrait of his father' painted in 1983. -- Additional papers include a programme of his first play Say nothing, 1962, and reviews; letters sent to his friend Philip Barclay and obituaries of James Hanley

(i) Corrected page proofs of James Hanley's collection of stories, What Farrar Saw (London, 1984); (ii) An inscribed copy of Hanley's novel The Ocean (1941), presented to his patron Dr George H Patterson of Los Angeles.

Personal and family papers, 1885-1909, of James Lane Bowen, Llanelli, co. Carmarthen, Post Office receiver, beer retailer and journalist, including reviews of his booklet, The Rise Progress and Future of the Tin-Plate Trade in South Wales (Llanelli, 1893); a plan, 1888, of a shop and house constructed in Lakefield Road, Llanelli; together with related builder's receipts and miscellaneous financial papers, 1885-1909; beer retailer's licences, 1888-1908; an account of festivities at Lakefield Road to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Penny Post, 1890; and miscellaneous documents relating to the family property in Llanelli.

A typewritten copy of the report of James Weeks Szlumper, Esq., C.E. [afterwards Sir James], on the state of the encroachments and obstructions which existed in the river Teifi at Cilgerran, August 1873.

Forty-seven letters, 1830-1846, from James Watt [1769-1848] of Birmingham and Doldowlod House, Radnorshire to William Mylne [1734-1790] and Robert Mylne [1733-1811], London. They relate to the making of machinery, to alternations made by Watt at Doldowlod House, and to the activities of surveyors employed by a company desirous of constructing a railway through part of Watt's property.

A commonplace book of Jane Jenkins, Llandilo, 1810-1853, containing miscellaneous poems, including some of local interest by Julia of Swansea, Miss Beale, and T. Lotherington.

Papers, [1824]-1886, of Jane Williams (Ysgafell), including poetry, correspondence, items of prose and other miscellaneous papers.
The papers include poems by Jane Williams, some holograph, dated 1842-1867 (ff. 1-31), apparently unpublished apart from 'The Leek' (f. 6; Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1.3 (1846), 356-357), 'A Celtic Tradition from Cornwall of a Funeral among the "Small People"' (ff. 14-19; Jane Williams, Celtic Fables, Fairy Tales, & Legends... (London, 1862), pp. 37-40) and 'Lines to the Welsh Harp' (f. 21; Jane Williams, Literary Remains of the Rev. Thomas Price Carnhuanawc, 2 vols (Llandovery, 1854-5), II (1855), 412-413); correspondence, [1824]-1886, including letters (and a copy letter) to Jane Williams, [1824]-1883 (ff. 34-38, 42-43), letters from Jane Williams, 1843-1884 (ff. 39-41, 44), and letters to her niece (and executrix) Eleanor Marsh Williams, 1884-1886, mainly relating to her estate (ff. 44-48); family memoranda, genealogical, heraldic and other notes, in several hands, concerning the Williams and related families (ff. 49-92, 108-109), including designs of coats of arms for the Marsh family and for Wales, [1840s] (ff. 69-70), and a pedigree by Jane Williams, 1826 (f. 92); transcripts, 1826-1870, of various items of poetry and prose relating to Jane Williams's ancestor, the Rev. Henry Williams, and to his home at Ysgafell, Montgomeryshire, in the hands of Jane Williams, her father David Williams, brother Henry David Williams and cousin Mary Ann Hunter Williams (ff. 93-107), and a few miscellaneous prose items (ff. 110-113).

Two English versions, by 'W. Ap Madoc' and J. Daniel Evans ('Ap Daniel') respectively, of a Welsh poem on St. David's Day written by W. Cynwal Jones; a letter, February 22, 1889, from 'Ap Daniel' to his cousin; and a letter, March 6, 1915, from Josiah Jones, Machynlleth, to his nephew Dr. A. T. Evans, Llandyssul, giving biographical details about 'Ap Daniel'.

A late fifteenth-century illuminated manuscript of Les Stratagèmes, the French version of the Latin Stratagemata of Julius Sextus Frontinus, translated, [1439x1460], for Charles VII, king of France, by Jean de Rovroy (fl. 1388-1460), dean of the faculty of theology at the University of Paris, who has added extracts, in French, from the Epitoma Rei Militaris of Vegetius (see R. Bossuat, 'Jean de Rovroy, traducteur des Stratagèmes de Frontin', Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, 22 (1960), 273-86, 469-89). Written by one scribe, 'H. G.', in France (f. 70 verso). Decorated initials with burnished gold for all books and chapters; other initials and paragraph marks in alternate red and blue. Four polychrome miniatures, one representing the translator presenting his book to Charles VII, probably the work of Robinet Testard (fl. 1484-1523), miniaturist to count Charles d'Angoulême (1459 or 1460-1496), later to his wife, Louise de Savoie (1476-1531); retouched in XIX cent.

Papers of Jean Earle (1909-2001), poet, of Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, comprising letters, 1977-2001, draft copies of her poems and short stories.

Papers, 1979-1981, of Jean Hunt (née Ware), relating to the publication of a book she co-wrote with her husband Hugh Hunt, on her grandfather, Dr Griffith Evans (1835-1935), described by some as the father of modern veterinary science. The papers include letters from Jean Ware to Mari Ellis, who assisted with the translations into Welsh for the press releases, press cuttings relating to the publication of the book, and notes by Jean Ware on Griffith Evans taken from sources at the National Library of Wales.

1 photo in poor condition labelled 1st production UMW, photographer Alan Davies, Manchester House, Laugharne; 8 b&w photos in an envelope marked 'Venice Festival 1971' most backstamped 'Giacomelli Fotografia - Eliografia' in which Andrew Sinclair features; 6 b&w photos backstamped 'LPA International Syndicate' and possibly showing the Premiere of the 1972 film version of Under Milk Wood, again Andrew Sinclair features in a number of the photos; 7 further b&w photos connected with the same production and three 'Lobby cards' also of the same production depicting Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole and Elizabeth Taylor.

Photocopies of documents and photographs relating to the ancestors of Jon Bradley Jeffreys, including a genealogy of the Jeffreys family of Llywel, Breconshire, and Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, 1400-1900, prepared by him, 1999; papers concerning the career of Admiral David Powell Price (1790-1854), together with his portrait, a transcript of his memorial tablet at Cil-y-cwm Church, Carmarthenshire, and an extract from the Mobile Press Register, 1980, referring to him; the pre-nuptial settlement, 1869, of Walter Powell Jeffreys (1843-1920) of Henllys near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, and his first wife Agnes Robinson (d. 1877), Frankton Grange, Ellesmere, Shropshire, referring to Llwynyfron and Llwynyfron Mill in the parish of Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, together with a conveyance, 1886, concerning the same properties; a reprint of a tribute to his son Geoffrey Jeffreys (1885-1953) from The Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, April 1954; and a photocopy of Nicholas Robinson, Some memoirs of Nicholas Robinson 1769-1854 and his family (London, 1915), containing references to family members.

An account of tours in England and Wales made in 1819 and 1836 by Captain Jenkin Jones, R.N.

Genealogical and heraldic material relating to the family of Jenkins of Cilbronnau, Cardiganshire.

A typescript copy of 'Jerusalem', a one-act play by Emlyn Davies-Williams, first performed at the Neath Little Theatre, 26 March, 1936.

Papers, 1849-1853, relating to the Baptist churches at Goginan and Cwmsymlog, Cardiganshire and at Ffynnon Henry, Carmarthenshire.

Joan Lent's work on the deaneries of the St Asaph and Bangor Dioceses, comprising draft typescript booklets, with original sketches and photographs, on sixteen St Asaph deaneries (NLW ex 1415-8), two Bangor deaneries (NLW ex 1419), and on four Bangor (Anglesey) deaneries (NLW ex 1420), and miscellaneous research material (NLW ex 1421). See also NLW ex 875.