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A volume lettered 'From an Old Politician to a Young Politician. 'Cardi i Geredigion!", being typescript copies, with manuscript additions and annotations, of five speeches delivered by T. J. Macnamara on 14-15 February 1921 in support of the candidature of Captain Ernest Evans in the Cardiganshire parliamentary by-election. The speeches were delivered respectively at Newcastle Emlyn, Cardigan, Lampeter, Aberaeron, and Aberystwyth.

An essay by John Mortimer Green on the prophet Elijah.

A bill for vesting the real Estate, late of Elihu Yale, Esq.; deceased, in Trustees, with a pedigree, by R. D. Roberts, Bethesda, of the descendants of Elihu Yale, and a copy of the will of Lewis ap Griffith ap Ieuan of Llewenny, 1565.

Poems, essays and other prose items written by Eliza Carmarthen (1825-1872), i.e. Eliza Phillipps Williams, Carmarthen, who married (1) the Rev. John Saunders Hughes and (2) the Rev. Thomas Johns.
The volume contains short essays and thoughts on Scriptural and other subjects, two short stories entitled 'I wish to be happy' and 'The Dying Student' and a large number of hymns and poems, mostly in English. Also included are two poems in English by Eliza's father John Williams, with a Welsh translation of one of them, and silhouettes by the late Miss Aldrit, Highbury Hall, Weston-super-Mare, and Mrs Johns.

A volume belonging to Elizabeth ('Bessie') Kerfoot Davies (1851-1879), Abergele, daughter of the Reverend Ellis Thomas Davies (1822-1895), containing verses, cuttings and sketches.

Autograph letters, 1765-1782, of Elizabeth Montagu (1720-1800), authoress, and James Woodhouse (1735-1820), known as the poetical shoemaker, her house steward.

Account books, 1796-1942, containing details of receipts and payment in respect of Ellen Glynne's charity, including details of rents received from trust property in the parishes of Llandwrog and Llanllyfni, co. Caernarfon, and in the parish of Llangoed, co. Anglesey.

Minute-book, 1796-1909, of the trustees of the charity created by the will of Ellen Glynne of Elernion, parish of Llanaelhaearn, co. Caernarfon, spinster, respecting the almshouse at Llandwrog and property in the parishes of Llandwrog and Llanllyfni, co. Caernarfon, and in the parish of Llangoed, co. Anglesey. The minutes include details of admittances to the almshouse and details of tenants, rents and repair of trust property. Also included in the volume are copies of the will, 1727, with codicils, 1728 and 1732/3, of Ellen Glynne, proved at London, 1733 (tipped in between ff. i and ii; ff. 1-6v).

Journal, June 1890-June 1905, with entries mainly in the hand of Ellen Sophy, wife of Stuart Rendel, Baron Rendel of Hatchlands, relating to family life at Hatchlands, Surrey. Blank pages filled by a later hand with details of 'excessively Rare books' and 'Rare Alchemical works'.

A holograph poem entitled Cerdd ar y Cymsumsiwn, beginning Fy nghariad hardd o ryw am gwnfyd .M ag .V., written by Ellis Cadwaladr (fl. 1707-1740, DWB), Llandderfel, co. Merioneth, on f. U2v of Llyfr Gweddi Gyffredin (Llundain, 1634), lacking gatherings A1-D1, K1-8, and on ff. Aa1-3 of Psalmau Dafydd ... (Llundain, 1634), lacking gathering Mm2, both bound with Llyfr y Psalmau ... by Edmund Prys, archdeacon of Merioneth (Llundain, 1638), lacking gatherings A1-8, G8 to end.

A poem entitled Er Serchog Gof am y ddiweddar Miss Lizzie Roberts, Twr Maen, Trawsfynydd by Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn) (1887-1917).

An account, written by Mabel W[illia]ms Ellis, February, 1911, of the pedigree of the family of Ellis of Gwynfryn, parish of Llangibby, co. Caernarvon.

A copy of the New Testament in Greek, printed at Geneva, 1619, bearing the autograph of Ellis Wynne, Lâs Ynys, Merioneth, with several notes and memoranda in the autograph of his son, William Wynne.

A copy of Ellyn June Harris Francis's family history 'The Mountain to the Mountains', relating to the Harries, Williams, Rees and Davies families in Glamorgan and Carmarthenshire, and containing scanned photographs and maps, together with extracts from census returns, parish registers and civil registration records.

Papers, 1978-98, relating to the Conservative Party, including an Information Pack for schools on 'The Conservative Party' published by the Conservative Central Office, [1978]; and correspondence and papers relating to the Conservative 2000 Foundation, 1995-6; Conwy Conservative Association, 1996-8; and the campaign for the Leader of the Conservative Party for the Welsh Assembly elections, October 1998.

A revised copy of Elwyn V. Jones's essay on Pryce Jones (1834-1920) of Newtown, entitled 'Pryce Jones, Pioneer of Mail Order and Parcel Post and Founder of the World-Famous Business Pryce Jones Limited Royal Welsh Warehouse'.