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Photograph albums containing photographs of completed and uncompleted works of art by Clarence Whaite and source material for his work.

The fonds comprises papers relating to his cultural and political activities and publications, 1920-1962, together with personal papers and correspondence, 1870-1957.

A copy of H. Ivor Jones: Hanes Annibyniaeth yn Sir Gaernarfon hyd ddiwedd y ddeunawfed ganrif (Caernarfon [circa 1897], cut up and mounted, with photographs of ministers, preachers, etc. added in the margins, and with some press cuttings.

Manuscripts and papers, 1725-[1938x1939], from the library of the Rev. H. Jones Davies, although most of the material is not in his hand. The collection includes correspondence of Humphrey Jones Davies and others; material of or relating to Sir Henry Lewis and the Rev. John Phillips, Bangor, and notebooks and sermons of the Rev. Christmas Evans; Welsh poetry transcribed by Isaac Foulkes; deeds, documents and correspondence of mainly Denbighshire and Merioneth interest; and notes, sermons, essays, etc.

Pryddest goffadwriaethol am y diweddar Barch Hugh Edwards, Hen Golwyn by H. Ll. W. Hughes, written for Eisteddfod Gadeiriol y Gro, Christmas 1925.

The file comprises a typescript memoir of a young person's relationship with the explorer H. M. Stanley. As a little girl and young woman, Effie Barrow met Stanley on several occasions. Stanley was a friend of her father and would occasionally visit their home in Bristol. Effie received a personal invitation to Stanley's wedding at Wesminster Abbey. Her reminiscences begin in 1886 with Stanley's dinner with her parents and include an account of the wedding and reception at Stanley's house in Richmond Terrace.

A work by H. Marshall, Dolgarrog entitled A Description and History of the Mid-Conway Vale, mainly relating to the parishes of Eglwys Fach, the Abbey, Dolgarrog, Caerhun and Llanbedr.

Papers, 1679-1983, of and accumulated by H. Noel Jerman, comprising: research papers, 1914-1975; files relating to his work in the Secret Intelligence services, 1941-1945; correspondence, notes and other papers relating mainly to archaeology, and also to his professional activities, 1948-1983; 'Notes and Memoranda' relating to events organised by the Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1883-1894; original records collected by him, 1679-1926, including deeds and documents relating to properties in Kerry, Montgomeryshire, 1679-1885, and Kerry School, 1843-1873, and copies of local newspapers, 1834-1868; records relating to the Dolforgan estate, including deeds and documents relating to properties in Montgomeryshire, Carmarthenshire and Merionethshire, 1807-1910, financial records, 1889-1939, and letter books, 1892-1930.

An additional consignment of materials of, and accumulated by, the late H. Noel Jerman (1909-1994), including his research papers relating to properties in Kerry and surrounding areas, papers relating to the Dolforgan estate, together with maps, sale catalogues, plans and photographs, and a lithograph of Dolforgan Hall by T. Way. This group remains uncatalogued.

Photocopies of papers, [2007], relating to the military career of Lieut. Hugh Richard Watterson of the Royal Garrison Artillery, from Amlwch, Anglesey, including a copy of his military record, a letter, 1919, from the War Office notifying him that he had been demobilized, and a biographical note.

Thirteen letters, 1954-1958, from Henry St John Rumsey (b. 1884), Guy's Hospital, London, to A. Raymond Hawkins, author of Notes on ... Llangenny, Breconshire (1954), relating to the Rumsey families, in particular the Rumseys of Crickhowell (see Theophilus Jones, History of Brecknockshire, IV, 258-65); together with related enclosures including photographs of an armorial pedigree of the Romsey family down to 1682 and of a genealogical table compiled by St John Rumsey corresponding to the pedigree.

A typescript draft, with manuscript emendations, by H. V. Morton of the text of This is Rome (1960).

Log book, 1874-1905, of Hafod Board School, Llanerfyl, co. Montgomery.

Hafod Estate rentals, etc. English. (Formerly Carl Hanson MS 2.) Guarded and filed. Donated by the family of the late Carl Hanson, October 1961.

A rental of the Hafod estate [Cwmystwyth, co. Cardigan], 1881-1891. At the end of the volume are additional entries covering the period 1883-1903 ? relating to the receipt of rents.

Papers, [1700x1925], formerly belonging to the Jones family of Hafod y Porth, Beddgelert, including a volume containing an extensive collection of sheep ear-marks; notebooks containing farming accounts and memoranda; family records, letters, etc.; legal documents; and rent receipts, 1720-1763.

Deeds, 1448-1841, including wills and marriage settlements; legal papers, [c. 1570]-1756; and accounts, 1731-1744, of the Hafodgaregog and Trefan estates mainly lying in Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, together with the correspondence of Maurice Williams of Hafodgaregog, 1620-1666.

Notes on, and extracts from, early nineteenth century farm account books of Hafod-y-porth, Beddgelert, compiled by John Thomas, Brynbela, Caeathraw, c. 1912.

A collection comprising largely of correspondence and material collected by Haines when he was compiling his bibliography of Monmouthshire.

A manuscript, said to be from the Dre-wen district, Newcastle Emlyn, containing (pp.1-41) eight 'halsingod' carols by David Davies [?vicar of Bridell, co. Pembroke, see Geraint Bowen, "Yr Halsingod", Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1945, p. 88]. Two of the 'halsingod' are said to have been composed in 1667 and 1672, but they were all copied between 1723 and 1727. At the end of the manuscript (pp. 315-323) are details of financial loans made to farmers [in the Crymych and Llanfyrnach areas of co. Pembroke] between 1777 and 1790. Also included (pp. 213-288) is a transcript of a medical work entitled "Pro Bono Publico the Sick Man's Companion or Dr Nevett's Mite to his fellow Creatures".

'Halsingau' by Elsbeth Iefan, Alban Thomas, Lewis David, Owen Iefen, Gruffydd Sion, Siencyn Gryffydd, Sion Bowen, Crispianus Jones, Iefan Gryffydd, D. Phillipps, Lazarus Evans, Da. Sion, Jas Gruffydd and Rees David John; hymns; 'Marwnad Elizabeth Davies Rhon a gladdwyd yn Llandy[f]riog Mai 22 1751'; 'Copi o lythyr a gafwyd tan garreg'; fragments of accounts; etc.