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An autograph ballad-poem by John Ellis Jones (Elidirfab), Nant Peris, Llanberis entitled Hen Feibl Peter Williams (Alaw - Y Fronfraith, neu Hen Feibl Mawr fy Mam); Elidirfab also wrote Y Bwthyn ar y Bryn.

A manuscript containing a sermon in the hand of John Elias, 1835.

Papers assembled by Peter Black relating to John Edwards ('Eos Glan Twrch', 1806-1887), including an introduction and a list of his known works, together with photocopies of obituaries and of his work Llais o'r Llwyn: sef Barddoniaeth ar Amryfal Destynau (Utica, 1854).

A small collection of the papers of John Edward Williams (1896-1921), Corwen.

An essay entitled The best means of developing the industrial resources of Wales by John E. Thomas, Wrexham, awarded a prize at the Brecon National Eisteddfod, 1889, and printed in The Transactions of the National Eisteddfod of Wales (London, 1890).

John Downame: Annotations upon the books of the Old and New Testaments (1657), with the signature of William Griffith, Gower. English. Leather. Donated by Miss Alicia Gower Jones, February 1969.

John Downame: A Briefe concordance ... (London, 1642), with over one hundred manuscript leaves containing prayers, etc. Welsh, English. Purchased from Charles F. Worel, London, January 1965.

Results of a psychological audit undertaken by the donor, comprising copies of correspondence, newsletters entitled Landore Labour News, and 'An annotated bibliography about Labour's anti-social behaviour measures'.

A collection of pedigrees of English families and a few Welsh families, with the arms coloured in some instances, compiled by John Davies, Rhiwlas, Llansilin, author of A Display of Herauldry ... (Salop, 1716), with additions in later hands.

A collection from the library of John Davies, much of which comprises correspondence and sermons, but also includes translations of segments of the New Testament, with commentaries; lectures; poetry; essays; a commonplace book; an account book; almanacs; miscellaneous papers, notes, etc.

Papers, 1807-1919, mainly of John Davies, Carmarthen, including sermons; a notebook of recipes, including some relating to bookbinding; and bidding accounts, 1807, relating to John Davies's wedding. NLW MSS 21861-21863 contain additions in the hand of William Morris, Cydweli.

An index compiled by John Davies, Aberystwyth (1860-1939) to Vols I-LXXII, 1891-1917, of Cymru, edited by Sir Owen M. Edwards (1858-1920). The material is arranged both under authors' names and under subject matter.

A miscellany compiled partly in his eighty-fifth year (1760) by John Davies or David of Pentre Vidoc (or Foelas) and containing eleven psalms in 'cywydd' metre by Sion Tudur, 'cywyddau' by Humphrey Thomas ('Bardd yr Ennig') and others unnamed, an 'awdl gyffes' by Sion Phylip, 'englynion' by Edward Morys, Richard Jones, and Owen Gruffydd, 'tribanau', a transcript of a Welsh historical chart (beginning with a synopsis of the 'Promptuarium Biblia' and continued to the reign of Richard III) compiled by John Gruffudd Eyton (1513), anecdotes, and holograph 'englynion' addressed to John Davies by T. E. Nant. (i.e., Thomas Edwards, 'Twm or Nant').

A collection comprising correspondence, essays, pedigrees, medical recipes, hymns, and transcripts of hymns and poems, together with sermons and miscellaneous extracts and notes. Also included are papers relating to James Owen, Presbyterian minister; account books belonging to John Thomas of Penddol, Llanllwni and to David Davies ('Dafydd y Gof') of Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire; a manuscript in the hand of the Reverend David James ('Dewi o Ddyfed'); and sermons in the hand of the Reverend John Owen, Thrussington.

Llyfr cyfrifon John Daniels, Gwyn Villa, Bronwydd, sir Gaerfyrddin, 1898-1929, yn cynnwys taliadau am waith adeiladu cyffredinol; ynghyd â llyfr nodiadau yn ymwneud yn bennaf â chapeli sir Gaerfyrddin ac ymweliadau Howell Harris a'r ardal. / Account book, 1898-1929, of John Daniels, Gwyn Villa, Bronwydd, co. Carmarthen, containing payments for general building work; together with a notebook relating to chapels in Carmarthenshire and Howell Harris's visits to the area.

Letters from publishers, 1931-1967; personal letters, 1943-1962; sketches and notes, [1939]-[1945]; a pocket diary, 1958; academic certificates, 1946-1948; manuscript notes, press cuttings, and testimonials and references, [20th century].

The revised and heavily corrected final three pages, 1931, in John Cowper Powys's hand, of his novel A Glastonbury Romance (London, 1932) (ff. 1-3); Powys apparently rewrote the ending at the instigation of Phyllis Playter, who suggested the changes subsequently made to the original text.
Also included is correspondence, 1955-1957, of a Mr Baston, then owner of the novel's manuscript, comprising letters from Powys, 27 July 1955 (f. 4), and the US publishing house Simon & Schuster, 2 September 1955 (f. 6), with a carbon copy letter from Baston to Simon & Schuster, 15 August 1955 (f. 5), concerning Baston’s efforts to find the manuscript's missing chapters, and a letter from the bookseller George Sims, 28 January 1957, offering the present three folios to Baston (f. 7).

Typescript dissertation, 1981, entitled 'John Cowper Powys, landscapist of liberation: a study of space in A Glastonbury Romance' by Jean-Yves Le Disez, a student of l'École Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud, Paris.

Papers of and relating to the novelist John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) and other members of his family, including his correspondence with family, friends and associates, as well as published and unpublished literary works, diaries, lectures, essays, and material relating to his estate and literary executorship. Also included are correspondence and literary and personal papers of Powys's companion Phyllis Playter (1893-1982), as well as personal and estate papers of members of the Powys family including his father, Charles Francis Powys, his paternal grandfather, Littleton Charles Powys, his uncle, Littleton Alfred Powys, his aunts, the Johnson sisters, and his nephew, Francis Llewellyn Powys.

Five letters and a post card from John Cowper Powys, Blaenau Ffestiniog, to Mrs. Olwen Caradog Evans, Conwy.