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A journal of a tour through parts of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, c. 1809. The volume is illustrated by over thirty watercolour drawings and unfinished pencil sketches by Rose Sotheby, some of them being original drawings by her and others being after [?]William Sawrey Gilpin (1761/2-1843), Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (bap. 1733, d. 1794) and [?]John Smith (1749-1831). One original watercolour drawing, dated 1809, is by Maria E. Sotheby.

Records, 1842-1957, of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association (MSWCOA), including printed deeds of association, 1864-1945; Association general minute books and circulars, 1873-1944; Cardiff, Newport and Swansea District minute books, 1874-1947; Conciliation Board minutes, verbatim minutes of proceedings, agreements and awards, 1901-1946; Finance Committee minutes, 1888-1956; Transport Committee minutes, 1933-1936; Joint Emergency Committee minutes, 1893-1917; Commercial Committee minutes, 1919-1947; Coal Cutters and Conveyors Committee minutes, 1923-1945; Coal Dust Committee minutes, 1940-1946; General Research Committee minutes, 1940-1946; Parliamentary Bills Committee minutes and papers, 1895-1897; Anthracite and Steam Coal Collieries Committee minutes, 1897-1900; Rescue Brigades Committee papers, 1907-1908; Eight Hours Committee minutes, 1909; Coal Mines Act Committee minutes and papers, 1923-1946; Special Purposes Committee minutes, 1927-1947; Colliery Pit Production Committee minutes, 1943; Education Committee minutes, 1945-1946; Joint Sliding Scale Committee meeting verbatim accounts, 1875-1902; Enginemen Wages Committee minutes, 1908-1944; Joint Standing Disputes Committee minutes and papers, 1917-1947; South Wales Coal Shipment Advisory Committee minutes and papers, 1923-1936; South Wales Committee on the Physical and Chemical Survey of the National Coal Resources minutes, 1928-1943; Safety in Mines Research Committee minutes and reports, 1930-1947; Disputes Finality Committee minutes and papers, 1936-1945; Joint Coal Production Committee minutes, 1940-1942; Pneumoconiosis Joint Sub-Committee minutes and papers, 1942-1946; minutes and papers of several committees of the Mining Association of Great Britain, including its Central Committee, 1919-1954; copies of court judgements, 1848-1939; Railway Rates Tribunal proceedings and papers, 1921-1939; financial account books and balance sheets, 1873-1940; scrapbooks and newspaper cuttings relating to the Sliding Scale, strikes, disputes, wages, and other industry issues, 1874-1948; papers relating to strikes and disputes at associated collieries, 1890-1946; statistics on coal production, prices, transportation, wages, etc., and foreign bulletins, 1842-1950; administrative files of the Commercial and Pitwood Departments, 1890-1950; applications for membership, 1887-1947; subject files containing copies of Association notices, reports, minutes, etc. and papers received from other organisations relating to mining, miners’ health, labour agreements and wages, 1890-1957; and printed material, including coal mine surveys and research reports, and government legislation and other industry reports, 1849-1947. The archive represents a major source of information for the history of coal mining in Wales, and the study of mining practices and industrial relations in the South Wales coalfield prior to nationalisation.

The second of two volumes of Monmouthshire collectanea, including cuttings relating to Monmouthshire from Nicholas Carlisle : A Topographical Dictionary of England ... (London, 1808), a copy of Hymns of Llanthony Monastery (Edinburgh, 1889), and portions of other printed works.

The first of two volumes of Monmouthshire collectanea, including cuttings relating to Monmouthshire from Nicholas Carlisle : A Topographical Dictionary of England ... (London, 1808), a copy of Hymns of Llanthony Monastery (Edinburgh, 1889), and portions of other printed works.

Records of the Monmouthshire Conservative Association, 1903-1988, including minute books, 1908-1981; records of shareholders, 1929-1961; press cuttings describing local political life, 1945-1947; and printed material, 1948-1968.

Two large scrap-books containing numerous miscellaneous material - photographs, newspaper cuttings, original letters, leaflets and publications relating mainly to William Haines, historian of Monmouthshire and the history of Monmouthshire in particular, compiled by his wife, Mary Haines, Y Bryn, Penpergwm, Abergavenny, with annotations by their granddaughter Lorna Pragnell.

A list of English place-names in Monmouthshire and neighbouring counties, with the Welsh forms added.

Bound photostat copies of some of the records of the borough of Montgomery (see Annual Report 1936-37, p 24). The records were transferred from the Library to the Powys Record Office in December 1997.

Record (with judgement) of an appeal, 1632, in the Court of King's Bench against the conviction, before a jury from co. Salop, of John Price for the murder of Edward Sontley at Montgomery, 29 October 1628. Counsel for the convicted man claimed that, as the crime had been committed within the county of Montgomery, the trial should not have been held in the county of Salop.

The minute book for 1796 of the committee of the Montgomeryshire Agricultural Society, which society founded The Montgomeryshire and Chirbury Agricultural Society.

A minute-book, 1869-1878, of the Montgomeryshire and Salop Presbytery (Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church), with statistics for the years 1870-1871, 1873-1876.

A list, with notes, by David Mason, Llansantffraid [-ym-Mechain], of carpenters and smiths in Montgomeryshire.

A copy of the calendar of Gaol Files, 1596-1600, relating to the Montgomeryshire Court of Great Sessions, compiled and edited by Murray Lloyd Chapman, 2012.

A typescript copy of a calendar of an incomplete roll of the Court of Great Sessions for Montgomeryshire, May 5 Charles I [1629].

Jurors' books, 1869, 1873, containing details of persons liable for jury service at the Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions and Assizes. The 1873 volume also contains lists of jurors for the Spring Assizes of 1871, 1872, and 1874 (ff. 66-8).

Minute books, 1895-1971, of the Llandysilio Liberal Association, 1895-1909 and Montgomeryshire Liberal Association, 1920-1970; financial records; 1934-1989; administrative correspondence and papers, 1961-1984; files relating to the Liberal campaign in Montgomeryshire in the parliamentary elections, 1955-1983; constituency papers of Clement Davies, 1945-1962, and Emlyn Hooson, 1967-1979; press cuttings, 1962-1987; bound electoral registers for the parliamentary constituency of Montgomery, 1953-1983; papers relating to the Welsh Liberal Party, 1973-1979, the Montgomery in Europe Group, 1975, Young Liberals, 1970-1980, Liberal Party organization, 1977-1983, Supper Clubs, 1980-1983, Montgomeryshire Liberal Association Annual General Meetings, 1980-1985, Liberal Party Annual Conferences, 1980-1985, and the Welsh Campaign for Fair Votes, 1983-1984; printed materials, 1959-1987; Liberal party materials, 1963-1985; typescript draft policy statements, 1972-1974; Newsletters of the Montgomeryshire Liberal Association, 1978-1984; Association of Liberal Councillors, 1979-1984, and Focus, 1980-1982.

An additional group of records, 1904-1939, were received per Dr David Steeds comprising extensive files of correspondence, the minutes of the Association and its various committees and sub-committees, financial material, press cuttings and printed material. There are also many files deriving from the parliamentary general elections campaigns of the period 1906-29 in Montgomeryshire. There are also papers relating to the North Wales Liberal Federation, 1940-46, and the Liberal Federation of Wales, 1943-45. The records cover the period when David Davies, Llandinam (1880-1944) was the Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire, 1906-29, and the early years of its representation by his successor E. Clement Davies (1884-1962). This group remains uncatalogued.

Copies of surveys of monumental inscriptions at Brynseion Independent Chapel, Cenarth, co Carmarthen, Neuadd Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Llandysiliogogo, co Cardigan; and in co Pembroke, Llanfair Nantgwyn Church, Llantood Church and St David's Church, Manordeifi.

Transcripts and indexes compiled by Dr E. L. James and Dr M. A. James of monumental inscriptions in the parishes of Llannarth and Llanina (vol x), and Llanbadarn Fawr (northern part) (vol xi), all in co. Cardigan

Adysgrifau a mynegeion a baratowyd gan Dr E. L. James a Dr M. A. James o feddargraffiadau ym mhlwyfi Llannarth a Llanina (cyf x), a Llanbadarn Fawr (rhan ogleddol) (cyf xi), sir Aberteifi.