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Eleven letters, 1938-1940, from John Cowper Powys to the writer Harlan Cozad McIntosh (1908-1940), containing detailed comments on a draft of the recipient's novel, This Finer Shadow (New York, 1941) (ff. 8-34 verso); and twelve letters, 1938-1942, from the same to McIntosh's wife, Jane Hardy, a New York literary agent (ff. 3, 35-58 verso). Also included are a manuscript copy of Powys's foreword to the novel, and carbon copies of three letters from Jane Hardy: two, 1938, to Powys (ff. 1, 5), and one, 1966, to Powys's literary agent, Gerald Pollinger (f. 59).
The letters contain references to Edwin Muir (f. 8 verso), James Hanley (ff. 10 recto-verso, 12 verso, 13-14 verso, 15 recto-verso, 47, 48 verso, 57) and John Redwood Anderson (f. 58 verso), and to the death of Llewelyn Powys (ff. 33 verso-34).

Ninety-two letters and cards, 1938-1960, from John Cowper Powys to C. Benson Roberts and his wife Jane, most of which have been published as Letters from John Cowper Powys to C. Benson Roberts, edited by the recipient (London, 1975); together with a letter and card, 1940, from Phyllis Playter, John Cowper Powys's companion, and two letters, 1954, from Littleton C. Powys.

Eight letters, 1957-1961, from John Cowper Powys, Blaenau Ffestiniog, to Miss Marjorie L. Gay, Edinburgh, together with two letters, 1960, 1964, from Phyllis Playter, Blaenau Ffestiniog, to Miss Gay.

Sixty autograph letters, 1944-1945, 1953-1962, from John Cowper Powys to his typist Mrs Dorothy May Meech, Dorchester (ff. 1-24, 34-37, 40, 43-68, 71-72, 74-77), together with ten letters, 1955-1956, 1960-1961, from Powys's partner Phyllis Playter to Meech (ff. 25-33, 38-39, 41-42, 69-70, 73). The letters mainly concern Powys's works in progress, manuscripts sent to Meech for typing, Mrs Meech's health and that of Powys's relatives, as well as childhood recollections of Weymouth and references to house-hunting in Blaenau Ffestiniog prior to Powys and Playter's move there from Corwen in 1955. Playter's letters are evidently written at times when Powys was too ill or tired to correspond himself. A self-caricature in ink by Powys is on f. 53 verso. Also included is a photograph of John Cowper Powys inscribed to Mrs Meech and dated 20 December 1950 (f. 7).

Fifty letters, 1937-1961, from John Cowper Powys (ff. 6-49, 51-60 verso), one letter, 1959, from his companion, Phyllis Playter (f. 50), and six letters and two postcards, 1937-1939 (ff. 62-72), together with an inscribed photograph, 1937 (f. 61), from Llewelyn Powys, to Margaret Moon (afterwards Margaret Newton). Many of the letters contain reminiscences of Montacute, Somerset, childhood home of the Powys brothers, and birthplace of Margaret Moon. Two of the letters from John Cowper Powys (ff. 30-32 verso) are in the hand of Phyllis Playter, writing as his amanuensis. Also included are three letters, 1990, from Margaret Newton to Paul Roberts, editor of the Powys Society Newsletter (ff. 1-5).
The letters contain references to Thomas Hardy (ff. 13 verso, 40 recto-verso, 48), Theodore Dreiser (f. 44), W. B. Yeats (f. 29 verso) and Theodore Francis Powys (ff. 38 verso, 39 verso).

12 b&w contact prints from glass negatives by John Challinor. Included are views of Aberystwyth harbour, Twr y Gwylan at Monks Cave (aka Egg Rock) & Celtic crosses at Llanbadarn Fawr.

A collection of traditions, anecdotes, and poems made circa 1870, by John Castell Evans, entitled 'Yr Hen Amser gynt, ei Veirdd, ei Varddoniaeth, ei Bobl a'i Chwedlau, sev Casgliad o hen Draddodiadau, Darnau Barddonol a Bywgraffiadau &c. yn dal cysylltiad yn benav a Gogledd Cymru yn enwedig Sir Merionydd ... Casglwyd, yn benav, oddiar lavar gwlad gan John Castell Evans, Pine Cottage, Millbrook, gynt o Gastell-y-Waen, Llanuwchllyn, Merion.'

Transcripts of the journal of John Bryan (1770-1856), one of the pioneers of Welsh Wesleyan Methodism, who was appointed in 1801 to join John Hughes (1776-1843) and Owen Davies (1752-1830) in North Wales; transcript of a copy of a letter sent to the Welsh Calvinists Society by John Bryan on his leaving the Society in 1799; transcript of a letter from Thomas Coke (1747-1814) to J. Gaulter.

Photocopies of papers, 1907-1960 and undated, relating to Jean Gregson's grandfather John Broad, Llwynypia (1862-1951), the 'Peter Pan of Welsh Music', singer and conductor of the Rhondda Veteran Maestro Singers; the papers include biographical notes, newspaper cuttings and a record of his eisteddfodic achievements, together with an extract from his diary, September 1907, recording a voyage to America and Canada with the Rhondda Male Voice Choir and a list of places visited in the USA.

A translation of Alexander Pope's (1688-1744) Messiah, entitled Y Messia. Cyfieithiad o Saesoneg Pope, by and in the autograph of John Blackwell (Alun) (1797-1840) and sent by him from Jesus College, Oxford, with a note dated 25 January 1826, to C. B. Smith, Mold.

Poetry, mainly by William Jones, Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire, transcribed by John Bevan Jones from William Jones's manuscript at Llangadfan rectory.

Journal of a tour in Wales by John B. Scott, August-September 1892.

Llyfr yr hen Shon Ashton, Geseilfa - yr hwn oedd yn Fidler medrus, given by John Ashton (1830-1896) to Nicholas Bennett (1823-1899), being a printed collection of airs with instructions to the dancers.

A photographic copy of a letter, 20 July 1820, written by John Reynolds, Baptist minister at Felinganol, co. Pembroke, to his nephew; and a list of sermons and places at which they were preached, 1836-1849, by William Reynolds, written in a record book of the Misses Hill's School, Haverfordwest.

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.

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

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

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

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