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Notes by the late R E Griffith, Aberystwyth, containing an account of the establishing in 1933 of 'Aelwyd yr Urdd, Aberystwyth' (the Aberystwyth Branch of the Welsh League of Youth), together with miscellaneous papers relating to the history of the Branch.

Particulars by Mihangel ap Iwan concerning the consumption of meat by rural workers in Nant y Pysgod, Patagonia, 1928-1929.

Photocopies of notes compiled by Herbert M. Vaughan detailing the individuals in two illustrations contained in his volume The South Wales Squires (London, 1926), namely the 'Four Ladies of Carmarthenshire' (opposite p. 28) and the 'three subalterns of the Royal Monmouthshire Engineer Militia' (opposite p. 44); together with a few notes relating to George Powell of Nanteos (b. 1842); and a photocopy of a family tree compiled by Phillip Morgan relating to the 'Four Ladies of Carmarthenshire'.

Notes by Enid Pierce Roberts on the township of Cownwy, p. Llangadfan, co. Mont., and in particular on the Lloyd family of Cownwy.

Typescript research notes by Elfed D. Bevan relating to Dr Edward Bevan (1770-1860), apiarian, author of The Honey-Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology and Management (London, 1827).

An account of the life and family of Dr David Williams of Disgwylfa, Llanybydder, afterwards of Liverpool and Cheltenham, also of the Prytherch family of Cnwcderlog and of Thomas Davies of Cwmcwtta, Maesllanwrthwl, being a typescript of notes written by David Williams (b. 1788), a surgeon in the Royal Navy, afterwards a physician in Liverpool and Cheltenham.

Notes by Bob Owen on the woollen industry in Merionethshire. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) Welsh, English. Boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, November 1959.

Notes by Bob Owen on 'Diwydiannau a Chrefftau Sir Feirionydd'. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, November 1959.

Miscellaneous notes and sketches ? by the Reverend Elias Owen [for whom see the two preceding manuscripts], including sermon notes; notes on some archaic words, phrases, etc., of Montgomeryshire; a brief note on the rood loft in Derwen parish church [co. Denbigh]; notes on ‘Ffynnon Vair’, and the ruined chapel of that name in the parish of St. Asaph [co. Flint], being largely extracts from Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1st series, vol. 11, pp. 261-7; pencil sketches of the interior and exterior of Gweddelwern parish church [co. Merioneth]; and copies of memorial inscriptions, etc., in the last named church. Also a holograph letter from [the Reverend] Elias Owen, from Efenechtyd Rectory, to Mr. Pennington, 1887 (the finding of recipient’s certificate, a request for his reports for 1885-7); notes on Christ College, Brecon; a list of Wynn portraits at Nerquis Hall [? co. Flint]; and a note headed ‘Rev. Elias Owen in account with R. Williams - Selections from the Hengwrt MSS’; these last three items not being in the hand of Elias Owen.

Notes and proofs on the Clark pedigree by George Thomas Clark. (Formerly Clark MS.) In boards. Donated by Wyndham D. Clark, May 1949.

Notes and press cuttings, containing biographical details relating to the Reverend John Thomas (1867-1940), Wilmore, Kentucky, a native of Carmarthen, evangelist.

Notes and materialsrelating to The Science of Fairy Tales by E. S. Hartland. English. Between boards. Donated by Ethel Hartland, Gloucester, 1953-1954.

Notes and extracts on Welsh Monasteries in the hand of Sir D. Lleufer Thomas. English. Boards. Donated by Ralph Wishart, Esq., Swansea, January 1967.

Notes relating to early British history taken from Roman and other authors, including Gildas (c. 495-c. 570), with quotations from Cooper's Dictionary (i.e. Thesaurus Linguae Romanae ... (1565) by Thomas Cooper, bishop of Winchester).