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Papers relating to Hebron Congregational Chapel, Llyn. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, October 1959.

Papers relating mainly to Iorwerth C. Peate (1901-1982), including press cuttings relating to his dismissal and reinstatement, in 1941, to his post as Keeper of the Department of Folk Culture and Industries at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; and reviews, correspondence, etc., relating to the publication of his work, The Welsh House: a study in folk culture (London, 1940; 2nd rev. ed. 1944).

Typescripts and ephemera concerning the Welsh composer, singer and actor Ivor Novello, including the order of service for his funeral, 6 March 1951, an address by Christopher Hassall read at the memorial service (printed and typescript), 26 March 1951, and the order of service; and papers relating to 'Redroofs', his home near Maidenhead, later used as a place of convalescence for members of the theatrical profession.

Miscellaneous papers and letters, including letters, or copies of letters, from Esther Hughes, widow of John Hughes (1776-1843), Lot Hughes (1787-1873) and Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) (1787-1848), and a copy of Rhagnodiad Sabbothol Gweinidogion a Phregethwyr y Methodistiaid Wesleyaidd yn Nghylchdaith Gymreig Merthyr Tydfil, 1848.

An album, [19 cent., second ¼], probably compiled by a member of the Clay family of Liverpool and St Asaph, which includes some thirty-one items, (1545/6)-[1716], relating to John Jones, son of Col. John Jones, the regicide, and his family (ff. 1-14, 16-19).
Among these items are some fourteen letters addressed to John Jones, Junior, 1663-1714 (ff. 1-3 verso, 4 verso, 5-6, 16, 17), and two to his wife (f. 3); three letters to Thomas Jennings, Dudleston, 1633-1634 (ff. 7 verso-8); a copy of The Post Man, And the Historical Account, &c., 230 (27-29 October 1696) (f. 9); a poem on the Battle of Oudenaarde, 1708 (ff. 10-11); a handbill for a performance of Henry IV, [Part I], [1716] (f. 13); a final concord levied on properties in Salisbury, (1545/6) (f. 18); and a letter from Robert [?Nedham] to Roger Puleston of Emral, [?1582] (f. 19). The album also includes papers of the Clay family, 1739, 1743, 1806-[?1843], being mostly letters addressed to Henry Clay (onetime Mayor of Liverpool) from correspondents including aristocrats connected with Liverpool (ff. 66 verso-73 verso passim, inverted text); various pencil or pen and ink sketches and watercolour paintings, [19 cent, first ½], at least some of which are by Henry's daughter B[arbara] F[rances] C[lay] (ff. 57 verso, 60 verso, 61 verso, 62 verso, 76 verso-81 verso (versos only), 84 verso, 85 verso, 86 verso); newspaper cuttings, [1831]-[1841] (ff. 26 verso-35); and miscellaneous engravings, 1809-[?1840s] (ff. 14 verso, 36-37, 39-43, 88 verso-90 verso). Items found loose within the volume have been tipped in, either in situ or on blank leaves (some 22 ff.).

The file comprises a small folder of correspondence and two sale catalogues relating to David Lloyd George's family. They came from amongst the papers of J. E. Young, previously of Rhoslan, Cricieth.

Photocopies of papers relating to Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog (NLW MS 23969F) which is a volume in the hand of Hugh Hughes ('Y Bardd Coch o Fôn). The originals are in the possession of the donor John Iwan Parry Hughes, a descendant of Hugh Hughes, and include photocopies of his family tree and the family crest .

Papurau, c. 1979-81, yn ymwneud â MADRYN (Mudiad Amddiffyn Dynoliaeth Rhag Ysbwriel Niwclear), yn cynnwys cofnodion, gohebiaeth a phapurau'n ymwneud â'r gwrthwynebiad i'r Rhaglen Ymchwil Daearegol; ynghyd â phapurau mudiadau gwrthniwclear eraill, yn cynnwys PANDORA (Pobol yn Erbyn Dympio Niwclear ar Ardaloedd Gwledig); SCRAM ('Scottish Campaign to Resist the Atomic Menace'); ANC (Anti-Nuclear Campaign); GWNG (Y Gynghrair Wrth-Niwclear Gymreig), a Chyngor Heddwch Canolbarth Cymru.