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A volume of vocal and instrumental music composed by, and partly in the hand of, Norman Grosvenor, Moor Park, etc. The compositions belong to the period 1871-1875 and include a composition inspired by William Blake's 'Songs of Innocence and Experience', rondos, quartets, minuets, a rondo to words by A. C. Swinburne, 'Daffodils' to words by William Wordsworth, nocturnes, a dirge to words by P. B. Shelley, carols, works influenced by Chopin, part songs, a composition to words by Alfred Lord Tennyson, etc.

Cyclostyled copies of hymn-tunes and other sacred music by Thomas John Hoskins ('The Blacksmith Organ Builder'), Pentre, Glamorgan.

A volume containing two dance tunes ('Tom Jones' and 'The Alcove') in a late eighteenth century hand. Written on the fly-leaf, in a late seventeenth century hand, is a stanza ('O greatness couldst thou not thy self contayne ...').

Tune book of David Thomas, Bremenda, Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, containing anthems, hymn-tunes, and carols by David Thomas and others.

A volume of psalm- and hymn-tunes by 'Zabulonun' [i.e. Thomas Edwards, 'Caerfallwch'], John Francis, Pwllheli and others.

Three musical compositions by W. Hubert Davies: - a variation on the Bells of Aberdovey, 1927; 'In Normandy', 1930; and Passacaglia for full orchestra, 1931.

Eight compositions by, and in the autograph of, T. Hopkin Evans: - a song for children's choir: 'Croesaw i'r Gwcw' (c. 1900); a part-song: 'Crowns of Golden Light (Ei aur Goronau Ef)' written to the memory of C. E. J. Owen, Hengwrt-ucha, 1907; a song: 'Memories-Atgofion' dedicated to Ll. R. Bowen (c. 1904); 'Song of the Spheres: Cân y Planedau', 1928; a carol- lullaby: 'Clychau Bethlehem: the Bells of Bethlehem', 1933; a simple anthem : 'Hosanna' (c. 1913); an anthem: 'Gwywa y Gwelltyn (Gair ein Duw)' (c. 1905); and a composition for the piano: 'Enchantement' (c. 1906).

A photostat facsimile of the old Welsh music transcribed by Robert ap Huw of Bodwigan, Anglesey, from the original by William Penllyn and contained in British Museum Add. MS. 14905.

Two notebooks relating to choirs in Llandybïe, Carmarthenshire, conducted by D. J. Griffiths, father of the donor, including lists of members of the tonic sol-fa class, 1902, and the children's choir, 1903; reports on the performances of the various choirs, 1903-1917; minutes of meetings and accounts of the United Choir, 1906-1907; together with programmes of local eisteddfodau, 1917, in which the choir took part.

Three scores by Hubert Davies: 'Alone', words by Walter de la Mare, 'Bird song', 1934, for piano and violin and 'Rest', translated from the Welsh of W. J. Gruffydd, 1930.

A musical score, 'Castell Dolbadarn' by John Metcalf, a work inspired by Turner's painting. Presented as part of the celebrations of opening Drwm, the new cultural centre at the National Library of Wales, June 2004.

A photocopy of an autobiographical account by Howell William Richards (1865-1963) relating to his life as a farmer in Breconshire, written, 1943-1947.

My Welsh Folk by A. M. Gwladys Cox (typescript). English. Boards. Donated by Mrs Gwladys Cox, Hampstead, May 1955.

Heraldic pedigree roll, [c. 1628], of the Myddelton family of Plas Cadwgan, parish of Esclusham Below, Denbighshire (see W. D. Pink, Notes on the Middleton Family, of Denbighshire & London ([s.l.], 1891), pp. 10-11, and A. N. Palmer, History of the Thirteen Country Townships of the Old Parish of Wrexham (Wrexham, 1903), pp. 12-14).
The pedigree represents the descent of the family from Cunedda Wledig and Bleddyn ap Cynfyn to the children of Captain Roger Myddelton (d. 1642), three of whose sons are described as 'now livinge 1628', and contains some sixty painted coats of arms. It was probably compiled by Jacob Chaloner; further entries, including one dated 1654, were added, mid-seventeenth century, in a current hand to complete damaged portions of text. A shield or achievement at the bottom of the roll is now missing, with only the top part of the crest remaining.

Mydroilyn Reading Room minutes and accounts. See also NLW MS 21109B. English. Boards. Donated by Mr J. J. Davies, Mydroilyn, October 1973.

Mydroilyn Reading Room minutes and accounts. See also NLW MS 21110B. English. Boards. Donated by Mr J. J. Davies, Mydroilyn, October 1973.

A collection of scripts, 1940-54, written, or edited, by Myfanwy Howell, radio and television broadcaster, including her first script ’Dewch am dro’ for Children’s Hour, 1940, 'The Isle of Anglesey' for 'Country magazine', 1947, and a script about Emily Davies and Girton College, 1954, together with a small group of letters, 1939-47, including some from T. Rowland Hughes and biographical information, [1990]. = Casgliad o sgriptiau, 1940-54, wedi eu hysgrifennu, neu a olygwyd, gan Myfanwy Howell, darlledwraig radio a theledu, gan gynnwys ’Dewch am dro’, ei sgript cyntaf ar gyfer Awr y Plant, 1940, 'The Isle of Anglesey' i 'Country magazine', 1947, ac ‘Emily Davies a Choleg Girton’, 1954, ynghyd â grŵp bychan o lythyrau, 1939-47, gan gynnwys rhai oddi wrth T. Rowland Hughes a manylion bywgraffyddol amdani, [1990].

A volume containing poetry in Welsh, c. 1868-1871, by Margaret Jones (Myfanwy Meirion, 1850?-1931), including poems published in Caniadau Myfanwy Meirion (Lerpwl, 1930).