Descriptions, with diagrams, of sheep ear-marks used on farms mainly in Caernarvonshire together with the names of the farms and their occupiers, and a few accounts.
Two typescript papers by the donor John Dorian Evans entitled 'The coal mining industry and government policy' (December 2006) and 'Cwmgwili colliery, 1960-1992' (December, 2009).
Journals, January 1897 - June 1908, April 1920 - October 1932, of Samuel D. Williams, Pen-y-graig, Brynaman, Carmarthenshire, written in Welsh and containing a record of deaths in the district and of various, mainly local, events. MS 22127B, ff. 1-38v is a draft copy of MS 22126B, ff. 5v-36v. Genealogical memoranda, 1828-1894, copied from the family Bible, are contained on f. iii of MS 22126B.
Journals, January 1897 - June 1908, April 1920 - October 1932, of Samuel D. Williams, Pen-y-graig, Brynaman, Carmarthenshire, written in Welsh and containing a record of deaths in the district and of various, mainly local, events. MS 22127B, ff. 1-38v is a draft copy of MS 22126B, ff. 5v-36v. Genealogical memoranda, 1828-1894, copied from the family Bible, are contained on f. iii of this manuscript.
Account book containing a record of contributions made, 1885-1892, by employees at the Park Slip colliery, Ton-du, Glamorganshire to the medical insurance scheme operated by Dr Thomas Jones, Abercynffig, surgeon.
Commonplace book, 1866-1916, in Welsh, of Owen Roberts (1848-1917), Frondeg, Tre-garth, co. Caernarfon, containing transcripts of hymns and secular verse, and notes of local events, including notes concerning chapel activities and the Penrhyn slate quarry.
Two composite commonplace books of Edward Jones, Cyrchynan-uchaf, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, 1824-1831, containing lists of preachers' texts, farming accounts and memoranda, overseers' accounts, sheep ear-marks, a ' carol plygain' (1830) by R. Williams and other verses in free metres, equivalent Welsh and English words and expressions, etc.
Account book, 1849-1852, 1864-1875, of the Rev. Joseph Morris, a Congregational minister in Nefyn and elsewhere in Lleyn, Caernarvonshire, also employed by the Madryn estate as a joiner. The volume records general accounts, January 1849-January 1850 (ff. 2 verso-10); payments received at Nefyn, February 1851-June 1852 (ff. 10 verso-11 verso, 14); and payments for preaching and other work, January 1851-August 1852, January 1864-January 1875 (ff. 12-13 verso, 14 verso-38, 39, 40 verso).
Mary Pearson's book of cookery and household recipes, with printed copies of a number of maps of the counties of England and Wales, some of them made by Emanuel Bowen and R.W. Seale, 1755.
Microfilm copies of the Presteigne, parish registers, comprising baptisms, 1561-1912, marriages, 1561-1922 (Banns 1754-1948) and burials, 1561-1904. Baptism, marriage and burial entries, 1671-1866 (with gaps), are also included for the parish of Ross.
Photostat copy, [20 cent., first ½], of declarations and oath taken by the Rev. John Jones of Taldrwst, Talysarn, Caernarvonshire, as a Dissenting Minister, 20 October 1824. The original document is NLW, CMA Bala College 1/788.
