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Volume of mainly estate and business letters, some signed by Lucy Ryle, his private secretary. Paper label endorsed 'I. 1898 to May 1901'. Index of recipients at the front of the volume.

Drafts of J. M. Dugdale's letters, mainly sent from The Hermitage, Holmes Chapel, co. Ches., July 1876-Sept. 1879, plus one letter dated July 1882. Index at the front of the volume. Characters and terms of employment of servants at the back of the volume.

Personal papers of John Marshall Dugdale (1851-1918), comprising university certificates that Johannes Marshall Dugdale satisfied the requirements of the examiners in various subjects, 1870-1873, marriage service of J.M.D. to I.H., 1876, and newspaper obituaries, 1918.

Personal papers of J.E.M. Dugdale and his wife, including order of service for confirmation at Eton College chapel, 1935, and two letters from Clement Davies MP, 1947 and 1959.

(i) Volume of copies of letters written by John Dugdale, several with the additional note 'original in safe at Llwyn'), 1874-1881, with an additional letter at the rear of the volume,1885. Includes an index of recipients at the front of the volume. (ii) Letters found loose in the volume, 1876-1894, many marked 'copy'. Also letters, 1874 and 1882, relating to the sale of chief rents to the Manchester & County Bank.

Original bundle of papers relating to the trusteeship of the estate of James Dugdale of Wroxall Abbey, co. Warw., dec., including printed particulars and conditions of sale of the Maesmynan Hall estate (1,200a.) in p's Caerwys, Bodfari and Ysgeifiog, 1885 and 1888, accounts, 1887-1891, agendas and minutes of trustees' meetings, 1887-1891.

Endorsed 'Letters written for J. M. Dugdale & Bro's, 1883'. Index of recipients at the front of the volume.

Commonplace book relating to Irish home rule, including precises of speeches by Max O'Rell, Justin McCarthy MP, S. C. Buxton MP; the heads of the Government of Ireland Bill; newspaper cuttings; the platform of the first meeting of the Home Rule Party, May 1870; and poems.

Files of notes and other papers relating to aspects of Llanfyllin history, including education, including the British, National, Board and Intermediate schools, the Llanfyllin & District Horticultural Society, Lake Vyrnwy, the railways, notes for a chronology, and Llanfyllin as a military centre. Most of the letters are dated 1913-1916. Also typescript 'history of the parish of Llanfyllin from 1862 to 1913, by J. Marshall Dugdale of Llwyn', and a disbound copy (pp. 1-128) of the article as printed in Mont. Coll, retitled '1861 to 1915'.

Manuscript history and topography of the hundred of Llanfyllin, by "Mechain".

Newspaper cuttings and other papers, mostly 1935-1945, including relating to grass drying, including a report on Llwyn estate farms and hill land, by the Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Aberystwyth, with special reference to pasture improvement and grass drying, 1935, and tickets for a demonstration of grass drying equipment at Llwyn, 1948.

Letters to John Marshall Dugdale other than from John Dugdale his father. A few of the letters are numbered in the range 542-894, at least.

Also includes summary accounts for J. Marshall Dugdale & Bros for the half-years ended June and Dec. 1895.

Includes an exchange of letters with Professor James Long alleging an attempt by the Royal Agricultural Society to extinguish the British Dairy Farmers Association, Nov. 1898.

Letters to John Marshall Dugdale other than from John Dugdale his father.

Also includes summary accounts for J. Marshall Dugdale & Bros for the half-years ended Dec. 1891 and June 1892, and a copy of the Royal Commission on Labour form III, 'The agricultural labourer: notes for the inquiry', with handwritten notes relating to Llanfyllin.

Also includes a printed list of the members of a council [of Conservative Party associations in North Wales?], 1893-94, receipt and expenditure account for the Excelsior Minstrel Troupe entertainment, 2 Feb. 1894, Rugby School book, Easter 1894, summary accounts for Messrs J. Marshall Dugdale & Bros for the half-years ended June and Dec. 1894.

Also includes a printed copy of 'Regulations and syllabus of the examinations for the national diploma in the science and practice of agriculture', 1900; printed copy of a letter from Martin J. Sutton to Cecil Parker, chairman of the special committee to consider the R.A.S.E. Show System, April 1900; secretary's report to the Montgomeryshire Conservative Association AGM, May 1900; programme for the Llanfyllin County School opening ceremony, May 1900 (three copies).

Also includes summary accounts for Messrs J. Marshall Dugdale & Bros for the half-years ended June and Dec. 1893.

Also includes an 'In Memoriam' card for John Ryle of Llanfyllin, d. 18 March 1896; summary accounts for Messrs J. Marshall Dugdale & Bros for the half-year ended June 1896; summons for candidates for UCNW Agricultural Department dairy school certificates at Llanfyllin Dairy School, 26-27 Nov. 1896; balance sheet of Llanfyllin & District Conservative Club, for the year endin Dec. 1896; Marshall Dugdale's British Dairy Farmers' Association judging book for butter-making for class 85a of an un-named show or examination, [n.d.]; and a long newspaper report on a farm and dairy open day at Llwyn, [n.d.].