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A photocopy of a thesis by Nelly Blanchard entitled 'Leo Weisgerber und die Bretagne', submitted by her for her maîtrise at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, in June 1998. The thesis, in German, includes copies of original documents from archives in Berlin, Koblenz, Marburg, Freiburg and Bonn

Papers collated by Leonard Owen, CIE, Gerrards Cross, relating to his work as treasurer of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1952-1964, and to the Welsh Dictionary of National Biography.

A copy of S. Davies, The Reverend Samuel Davies ''The First'', and his Times, relating to Samuel Davies (1788-1854), Wesleyan Methodist minister, Cilcain, Flintshire, re-written by Leonard Twiston Davies in 1932, containing pasted-in photographs, postcards, typescript pedigrees and notes; together with the original Welsh version, Y Parch. Samuel Davies, 1af, a'i Amserau..., published in 1866, bearing the name of Samuel Twiston Davies and set in a protective wooden frame at the end of the volume.

A manuscript of the French prose romance of Tristran, Chevalier de la Table Ronde, illuminated on vellum.

A copy of a thesis 'Joseph Cooper Walker (1761-1810): Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards' presented by Lesa Ni Mhunghaile for the degree of Ph.D.(Galway, 2001), and submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.

A collection of papers, 1997-2004, relating to Lesley McCarthy's campaign to prevent the building of schools on old refuse tips in Conwy and Newport, including correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings with task groups and various bodies, press cuttings and other miscellaneous papers.

A copy of Lesley W. Hanlon's thesis, [2000], relating to manuscript NLW MS 5025B (Bourdillon 25), namely La temple de Bocace by Georges Chastellain (c. 1459-1463), including a transcript of the text, published in 1999 as An examination and transcription of George Chastellain Le Temple de Bocace (ca. 1463) ...

Letter book of Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd'). English. Marbled paper. Donated from the library of the Reverend D. Eurof Walters, M.A., B.D., per Mrs Walters, May 1952.

Letter book of George Burrell. See also NLW MSS 20899D, 20901D. English. Vellum. Purchased from Sotheby & Co., London, July 1972.

Letter book of Hendre-Ddu Slate Quarry Ltd, Porthmadog. See also NLW MS 19654E. English. 1/2 leather. Purchased from J. E. Young, Criccieth, January 1967.

Letter book, 1846-1850, of H[er] M[ajesty's] S[team] S[loop] 'Geyser' containing copies of letters, Nov. 1846-May 1850 (ff. 1 verso-131), and memoranda, June-Dec. 1847 (ff. 179-180), sent by her commander, F[rancis] T[homas] Brown, mainly to his superiors.
The 'Geyser' was employed in famine relief in Western Ireland, Jan.-Apr. 1847 (ff. 6-34), and at the port of Setubal and elsewhere in Portugal during the Patuleia Revolt, June-July 1847 (ff. 43-52). She was subsequently stationed in the Cape Colony (South Africa) and Mauritius, Nov. 1847-May 1850 (ff. 63-131), and was sent on diplomatic missions, meeting with local chiefs and rulers in Madagascar and the Comoros Islands (ff. 81-102). The letters range from brief memoranda to lengthy reports and letters of proceedings; they include references to routine ship business and disciplinary matters, intelligence reports and accounts of diplomacy and treaty negotiations. Two additional copy letters have been pasted into the volume (ff. 119a, 122a).

Purchased from John Morgan, 'Observer', Aberystwyth, 1926.