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Letters to Thomas Dyke from William Dyke and others. (Formerly Thomas Dyke MS.) English. Between boards. Purchased from Mr Grenfell Jones, Abergavenny, June 1971.

Some fifteen letters, 1884-90, from various correspondents, to Thomas Gibbon of Newcastle Emlyn, registrar of marriages in the town, c. 1910-1926, mainly concerning personal matters, in particular his marriage and purchase of furniture, and including a letter, 1889, from a Welsh emigrant describing his life in Argentina.

Seventeen letters, [1820x1853], mainly to Thomas Protheroe, Newport, co. Monmouth, solicitor, principally asking for favours and money and including four from Phillip Phillips Morgan 'The Prophet of Risca ... The Second Ruler of the Earth and a Trew Prophet and a frind to the Poor' (ff. 8, 11, 13-14), all apparently preserved because of their crankiness or illiterate English.

Letters to W. Casnodyn Rhys, press cuttings, etc. (Formerly W. Casnodyn Rhys MS 4.) Welsh, Spanish, English. Between boards. Donated by Mrs Jessie M. Rhys, Swansea, June 1944.

Letters, 1890-1901, to William Latham Bevan (1821-1908) mostly relating to Bevan's Appendix to his diocesan history and discussing in particular local history and place-names; together with miscellaneous notes mostly in Bevan's hand. Correspondents include Henry Tobit Evans (2) 1901, John Fisher (1) 1893, and Egerton Phillimore (3) 1890-1893.

Thirty-four letters, 1886-1907, to William Marcus Thompson (1857-1907), barrister-at-law, mostly relating to his editorship of Reynolds's Newspaper and to political life, in particular the activities of the Independent Labour Party and the Social Democratic Federation. The correspondents include Horatio Bottomley (3) 1899-1905, H. Hamilton Fyfe (1) 1894, David Lloyd George (1) 1901, H. M. Hyndman (3) 1893-4, and Benjamin Tillett (2) 1899-1901. Also included are a few legal and other papers.

Letters to William Evans from W. Ll. Davies, J. G. Davies, O. M. Edwards, J. Morris Jonesand others. Welsh, English. Between boards. Donated by William Evans, Cardiff, after 1955.

Letters to William Horstall, Chester, on his silver wedding and to William Horstall, Prestatyn, on his marriage. English. Between boards. Purchased from Mr Tom Lloyd Roberts, Caerwys, December 1972.

Nine letters, 1963-83, addressed to William Robert (Bill) Carrick, including seven from the novelist Richard Vaughan, dated 1963-9 and 1981.

Letters to Winifred, Lady Ingestre (afterwards Pennoyer) from John Betjeman, Dame Melba, H.R.H. Princess Alice and others. English. Between boards. Donated by Judge Gwyn Morris, Q.C., London, October 1973.

Letters, 1937-1939, to William R. Edwards, 'Wil y Glo' (d. 1985), Llanafan, co. Cardigan, together with miscellaneous documents, 1848-1917, formerly in his possession, relating mainly to the Frongoch lead mines and to other property in the parishes of Llanafan and Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, co. Cardigan.

Letters written by Arthur Thomas, Cardigan to his parents while on naval service. English. Between boards. Donated by Arthur Thomas, Cardigan, July 1962.

Letters written by Dylan Thomas to Maurice Carpenter (2), Edith Sitwell, and Cordelia Sewell. English. Between boards. Purchased from Sotheby's & Co. Ltd, London, December 1965 & December 1972.

Eight letters written by Griffith Lloyd of Forest, Carmarthenshire, his son, Samuel, and his daughter-in-law, Lady Beatrice.

Four holograph letters to the Reverend Dr. [William] Buckland, Christ Church, Oxford, from J[oshua] Trimmer, Caerna[r]von, etc., 1834-1836 (a 'good budget' of 'diluvial news' from Caernarvonshire, the 'alluvia' of Dublin Bay, etc.) (together with one draft reply), and from J[ohn] E[ddowes] Bowman [the elder], from Varteg near Ponty Pool, Monmouthshire, and from Gresford, near Wrexham, 1836 (papers read at the British Association meetings at Bristol, the excavation of the Cefn bone cave); and one holograph letter from Geo. Cumming, Dolhyfryd, near Denbigh, to the Reverend Edward Stanley (of Adderley) [sic] at the British Association, Bristol, 1836 (observations on the limestone caves at Cefn).

Twenty-nine holograph letters from Evan Lloyd, Jesus College, Oxford, etc., [cleric and author, aft. absentee vicar of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd] to his father John Lloyd and to his brother Robert Lloyd, Vron [Dderw], near Bala, co. Merioneth, 1751-1773; a holograph letter from Robt. Lloyd, Vron, to Evan Lloyd, Temple Bar, London, 1768; a holograph letter from E[lizabeth] Baker to Miss Lloyd, Vron, 1783; and the blank sheet of a letter to John Lloyd, Vron, franked by J. Dunning.

Two Latin letters, one from Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster, 1569, and the other from Thomas Godwin, master of Abingdon School, and letters from P. Francis, 1787, and John Fenn, 1773.

Fifteen letters, 1816-28, written by William Michell (ca. 1774-1829), vicar of Llantrisant, co. Glamorgan, to his father Dr John Michell, vicar of Fairford, co. Gloucester (4), his mother (10), and his brother Major Edward T. Michell (1), containing mainly news and gossip about the gentry of counties Brecon and Glamorgan, in whose society he moved; included in the last letter is a survey, 1828, of the Michell family estate in Huish Episcopi, co. Somerset.