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A copy of John Foxe: The Third Volume of the Ecclesiasticall Historie ... (London, 1631) and of A Continuation of the Histories of Forrein Martyrs ... (London, 1632) containing memoranda relating to members of the Anwyl and Griffith families and verses by John Hughes to William Anwyl.

Fragment of a cash journal of Daniel Price of Talley. cf. NLW MS 14887D for 1831-1832. English. Between boards. Donated by the Reverend J. S. Marcus Davies, Llandegla, January 1965.

A bifolium containing the text of Livy, Book XXX, xiii.1 to xv.12 and xxviii.1 to xxx.10. Written by a scribe apparently active in Florence c. 1460-1470 who also wrote MSS Genoa, Bibl. Durazzo B.III.18, Vatican Urb. Lat. 51 and Oxford, Lincoln College Lat. 59, given to the College by Robert Flemmyng.

A bifolium of a noted missal, [mid twelfth century], used as wrappers of printed Acts of the Parliament held 8 May to 30 June 1572. The two leaves contain parts of the proper for Septuagesima and Sexagesima Sundays and for the first Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Lent. Written in two columns on 34 lines. Initials in red and green. Reading marks added. Prayers added in hands of fifteenth century.

Leaves from five English manuscripts: two consecutive leaves from the sanctorale of a large missal including the proper for St Credan, presumably from Evesham Abbey, [15 cent.] (ff. 1-2); a leaf from a gradual containing alleluiatic verses and tract for the feast of an apostle, [14 cent.] (f. 3); a leaf from a collection of Latin motets, [13/14 cent.] (f. 4); two conjugate leaves from the temporale of a noted missal, [14 cent.] (ff. 5-6); and a fragment of a leaf from a large antiphonal, [14/15 cent.].

Biographical notes by the donor on the artist Frances Emily Bridgeman-Simpson's (1810-1886), Babworth Hall, Nottinghamshire, who had connections with the Hafod estate, Pontrhydygroes.

Three volumes included with the books of Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) (see also Minor Deposits 1309-1315): a rough list of books at Barmouth Library, probably from Frances Power Cobbe's bequest, together with a copy of an Appeal for contributions for establishing the Frances Power Cobbe Room at the Library; Barmouth Library Visitors Book, 1906-28, including the signatures of W. Goscombe John and George Eyre Evans; and notes on the Holy Gospels according to St Matthew and St John, in the hand of R. Norris, St Bees College [near Whitehaven, Cumberland]. This volume was probably brought to Barmouth by the Rev. James Edwardes, vicar of the parish of Llanaber from 1876 onwards, who was also a student at St Bees College.

Eight scrapbooks compiled by Major Francis Jones (1908-1993) comprising press cuttings from regional and national newspapers, 1966-1969, relating to events leading up to the Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle in 1969, and to the Investiture itself.

The third and last surviving volume of the diary of the Reverend Francis Kilvert, covering the period 11 June-17 July 1870 when the diarist was curate of Clyro, Radnorshire. See The Diary of Francis Kilvert June-July 1870, ed. by Dafydd Ifans (Aberystwyth, 1989).

Letters, 1784-1791, dealing mainly with Shropshire history, antiquities, etc., from Francis Leighton, Shrewsbury to Richard Gough (1735-1809).

A letter, 5/15 August 1673, from Francis Parry at Lisbon to Sir Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of Danby, congratulating him upon his appointment as lord high treasurer of England and referring to the difficulty of collecting the Queen's portion.

A copy, bound in 1859, of Francis W. Newman: Theism, Doctrinal and Practical ... (London, 1858), with manuscript notes and corrections by the author, who was a younger brother of Cardinal John Henry Newman.

A copy of a thesis entitled 'Gwladfa Patagonia: La colonie galloise du Chubut 1865-1915', by Françoise Maurel, submitted for a Doctorate degree (Université de Bretagne Occidentale), 2003.

Notes on Abersoch, Caernarvonshire, compiled by Frank P. Cobb in 1934.

A letter, dated 20th February 1938, from Frank R. Lewis, Fellow of the University of Wales and Editor of the Journal of the Society of Arts, from the Royal Society of Arts, London, to a Mr Davies, in which he discusses the discovery of letters and other papers relating to such people as Sir Joshua Reynolds in the archives of the Royal Society of Arts.

Scrapbooks of the Pontypridd born boxer Freddie Welsh (Frederick Hall Thomas, 1886-1927), world lightweight champion, 1914-1917, mostly comprising press cuttings containing detailed accounts of his contests between 1908 and 1916.

Cloth. Donated by Miss M. A. Lewis, Aberdyfi, September 1963.