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A manuscript containing a translation by T. Z. Jones, Aberaeron, of a portion of 'Yr Ystorm' by William Thomas (Islwyn, 1832-1878).

Poetical commonplace book of William Williams (c. 1625-1684) of Beaumaris. English, Anglo-Latin, Greek, Welsh. Calf. Purchased from Sotheby's, London, July 1978.

Ten letters, 1877-1884, in English and Welsh, to David Edwards, farmer, of Gilfach Glyd, Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, from Thomas Thomas (Twm Ddwywaith), farmer, of Cefn Pennar Ycha, Aberdare, dealing with personal matters and including englynion, tribannau and other poetry in Welsh, mostly by Thomas (ff. 3-20); together with one letter to Edwards from [Henry Austin Bruce], Lord Aberdare, 11 August 1877, thanking him for translating an englyn into English (f. 1).
Also included are verses in English in an unidentified hand (f. 21), and a covering letter, 4 May 1953, from the donor (f. ii recto-verso).

Poesioj Esperantoj per Pacifisto Damnita by [?Thomas Gwynn Jones]. Esperanto. (Formerly Jack Edwards MS 56.) Coloured paper. Donated by Miss Elizabeth Richards, Aberystwyth, 1942.

A manuscript containing poems and prose fragments by Rees Arthur Rees (Rhys Dyfed) (1837-1866) and a letter sent by him, 8th September 1857, to his mother from Liverpool.

Typescript copies of poems by Gloria Evans Davies, given to the writer Pamela Hansford (d. 1981). These poems were published in various anthologies and periodicals including The Spectator and New York Times.

Letter, dated 23 August 1939, from Dylan Thomas to Thomas Taig, enclosing a selection of poems intended 'for some kind of dramatic presentation' (f. 1). The writer encloses holograph fair copies of two of his poems: 'Find meat on bones that soon have none ...' (ff. 2-4) and 'Ears in the turrets hear ...' (ff. 5-6). He also encloses his own transcripts of George Woodcock's poem 'Landore' (f. 7), and Alan Pryce-Jones's 'Voyage' (ff. 8-9), together with three published issues of Keidrych Rhys's periodical Wales, 1937-8 (ff. 10-69), one of which bears Dylan's signature, and notes (f. 69 verso).
Thomas Taig was active in the Swansea Little Theatre, and intended to present poems by Welshmen writing in English at a London theatre at the end of September 1939; see further Dylan Thomas, The Collected Letters, ed. by Paul Ferris (London, 2000), pp. 438 and 452n.

Poems of Taliesin translated into English by H. Berkeley Score (typescript). English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

'The Prytherch poems of R. S. Thomas' compiled by an unknown author and including a list of the poems in the order in which they appeared, together with a poem 'The red fire engine' by John [sic] Dressel which was awarded a prize.

Poems of Llywarch Hen translated into English by H. Berkeley Score (typescript). English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

Poems of John Thomas Jones ('Eiddil Cynon'), and also poems submitted for competition at various eisteddfodau. Welsh, English. Between boards.

Unpublished manuscript poems, 1957-90, entitled 'Songs against the night', composed by the Rev. Islwyn Jenkins (1912-92), biographer of the Anglo-Welsh poet, Idris Davies.

Poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym (translated mostly by Arthur James Johnes, Garthmyl), with a sketch of the poet's life and notes on the poems. English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

Poems from 'The Four Ancient Books of Wales' (translations) (typescript). English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

Poems from the Black Book of Carmarthen translated into English by H. Berkeley Score (typescript). English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

Poems from Evan Evans: Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards (London, 1764) (translations) (typescript). English. Between boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

A volume containing poems by Lewis Roderick (1869-1918), Cil-y-cwm, Carmarthenshire, agent of the Neuadd Fawr estate, written between 1890 and 1909, including a pryddest to the late Rev. David Evans, Vicar of Cil-y-cwm, 'Song of Praise to the Right Honourable The Earl of Cawdor' and 'Dyngarwch'; together with a photocopy of the poem 'Ogof Twm Shôn Cati' published in Cerddi Ysgol Llanycrwys, ed. by Dan Jenkins (Llandysul, 1934), and printed verses in his memory.

Sonnets and other poems and 'a sketch of collections for a memorial of the family of Hanmer' by Sir John Hanmer (3rd baronet, afterwards Baron Hanmer), Bettisfield Park, Flintshire, 1839.