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Typescript copy of her autobiography, 1907- 2000, by the donor relating to a varied career in nursing including 'A day in the life of a junior nurse' in Stoke on Trent Infirmary, and her new life in Llanrwst; she celebrated her hundredth birthday on 2 January 2007.

Musical manuscripts of the composer Grace Williams, [1928]-1992, including orchestral scores of her works, [1932]-1973, concertos for solo instruments and orchestra, 1950-1973; scripts and scores for narrator and orchestra, 1946-1963; incidental and chamber music scores, [1930s]-1970; choral music scores [1928]-1975; film and incidental music, 1948-1970; personal and miscellaneous papers, 1826-1936; and poetry by Vivien Cutting, 1947-[1967]; note on the papers, by A. J. Heward Rees, 1997.

A facsimile copy of 'Thou Art the One Truth' (1935) and two of 'My Last Duchess' by Grace Williams (1906-1977), which belonged to the late baritone Louis Berkman. The latter work was specially composed for him by Grace Williams, in 1975, to the words of Robert Browning and one of the copies contains manuscript additions by her; together with concert programmes and promotional material, 1975-88, relating to performances of the work by Louis Berkman.

Memoranda by Grace Ellis, Bangor relating to Dr Henry Ellis (1815-1869), Dr Ellis Henry Ellis (1848-1882) and Catherine Ellis (d. 1922).

A typescript copy of a script by Gwyn Alf Williams which was sent to the donor when they were both making a programme on Goya for Channel 4 UK. [His Goya and the impossible revolution was published in 1976 and an Italian translation was later published].

Government papers relating to the Welsh Colony in Patagonia. English. Cloth. Purchased from the library of Henry Tobit Evans, March 1963.

Goulding's Pocket Book in the hand of David Morgan, Llangeitho. (Formerly Jane Morgan MS 45.) Welsh, English. Leather. Donated by Miss Jane Morgan, Llangeitho, August 1944.

Goulding's Pocket Book and Farmers' Diary by W. & H. M. Goulding, with MS notes by Morgan Evans. English, Welsh. (Formerly Oakford MS 35.) See also NLW MSS 14036-14060. Morocco. Donated by Mr S. Jones, Oakford, Llanarth, January 1942.

Rhai cannoedd o osodiadau cerdd dant mewn sol-ffa, 1929-71 a heb ddyddiad, gan Ted Richards ('Iorwerth Maldwyn', 1893-1973), tad y rhoddwraig a chefnder Nansi Richards ('Telynores Maldwyn', 1888-1979), a luniwyd gan mwyaf ar gyfer cystadlaethau yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Eisteddfod yr Urdd, Eisteddfod Powys ac eraill

Llungopi o osodiad Pwyll ap Siôn o'r gerdd 'Ar Ymweliad' gan Alun Llywelyn-Williams (1913-1988) ar gyfer cystadleuaeth Gwobr Goffa Alun Llywelyn-Williams. / Photocopy of an arrangement by Pwyll ap Siôn of the poem 'Ar Ymweliad' by Alun Llywelyn-Williams (1913-1988) for the Alun Llywelyn-Williams Memorial Prize competition.

The Franco-Welsh text of the ceremony of the entry of the Gorsedd into St. Donat's Castle, 9 August 1934, composed by Morgan Watkin at the request of Geoffrey Crawshay.

Deeds, 1507-[1839], mainly relating to Flintshire, and to a lesser extent to Denbighshire and Anglesey.

A small group of the papers of (Morgan) Goronwy Rees (1909-1979), former Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth, 1953-1957, including correspondence, articles, notebooks and photographs. They relate mostly to Goronwy Rees's literary work, his resignation as Principal of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and his links to the Cambridge Spy Ring and Soviet espionage.

An incomplete autograph letter, ?1753, from Goronwy Owen (1723-1769) to Lewis Morris (1701-1765), enclosing Cywydd y Calan.

A volume, 1855 (watermark 1845), in the hand of John Hughes, Llanerchymedd, Anglesey, containing transcripts of letters and poetry, and other texts.
The volume contains items apparently copied from an untraced manuscript of John William Prichard (ff. 1 verso-25 verso), including transcripts of seven letters, 1751-1757, from Goronwy Owen to William Morris (ff. 2-20 verso, Welsh, English), and one, 1741, from Goronwy Owen to Owen Meyrick (ff. 21-22 verso, Latin, English), all of which appear in The Letters of Goronwy Owen (1723-1769), ed. by J. H. Davies (Cardiff, 1924); a transcript of a letter, 1806, from William Owen-Pughe to Prichard (f. 25 recto-verso); Goronwy Owen's Latin poem 'On Captain Thomas Ffoulkes' Escape…' (ff. 23-24); and englyns in Latin, English and Welsh by Edward Morris (f. 24). The volume also contains a copy of a poem ascribed to Robert Duke of Normandy but probably written by Iolo Morganwg (see The Gentleman's Magazine, 76 (1794), 981) (ff. 26 verso-27); a translation into English [by John Hughes] of the poem 'Y Gorwynion' (ff. 27 verso-31); a list describing the parish churches of Anglesey and their founders (ff. 68-74 verso); and descriptions of the Fifteen Tribes of North Wales (and a few others), with the blazons of their arms (ff. 76-81 verso). Items found loose within the volume (7 ff.) have been tipped in on blank leaves (ff. 32-34, 83), with the exception of a copy, 1799, by John William Prichard, of the poem 'Yr Eneth o'r Bryn', said to have been translated from English by Goronwy Owen (see Alan Llwyd, Gronwy Ddiafael, Gronwy Ddu: Cofiant Goronwy Owen 1723-1769 (1997), p. 58), which is loose at the end of the volume (f. 137).

A photostat copy of an article in William and Mary College Quarterly [? 1923] on Goronwy Owen ('Goronwy Ddu o Fôn'), who emigrated to the state of Virginia, U.S.A., where he became master of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1758-60, and later minister of St. Andrew's, Brunswick County.

Typescript copies of the will of Gronow Owen ('Goronwy Ddu o Fôn') of the parish of Saint Andrews, co. Brunswick, Virginia, U.S.A., dated 3 July 1769, and proved in the Circuit Court for co. Brunswick, 26 March, 1770; of the will of his wife Ioney (Ionah) Harrison of the parish of Saint Andrew, dated 15 August, 1780, and proved in Brunswick County Court, 26 February, 1787; and of a dedimus, 20 December, 1762, to examine Rebecca Cocke of co. Lunenburg, and a certificate, 18 February, 1764, of the latter's relinquishments of her right of dower in a tract of 400 acres of land on the south side of the Reedy Creek in co. Brunswick conveyed by William Cocke and the said Rebecca, his wife, to Gronow Owen by indenture of bargain and sale dated 20 August, 1761. The dedimus and certificate were extracted from the Deed Books of the County Court of Brunswick.

Papers of the Goring-Thomas family of Llannon, Carmarthenshire, nineteenth century, including diaries of Rees Goring Thomas, 1841-1848, 1850-1885; a collection of cookery and household recipes; accounts of several journeys made by members of the family; photographs; and miscellaneous letters, accounts and papers.

Five letters and two postcards, 1943-1944, from Gordon Bottomley to Leslie Harries, Llandysul, discussing the latter's proposed free translation into Welsh of Bottomley's verse drama 'Kirkonnel Lea' (see his Lyric Plays (London, 1932)).
The translation was subsequently published as 'Daldir Circonnel' in Leslie Harries and Jack Hughes, Chwe Drama Fer: Trosiadau (Llandysul, 1944), pp. 47-62.