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A volume containing the order of services conducted at the Alcester Presbyterian Chapel, Warwickshire. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 404.

A volume of press cuttings, being obituaries and reminiscences about Alexander Gordon (1841-1931), the Unitarian minister. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 466.

A cargo discharge book of Chas. Griffith, waiter and searcher at the port of Aberystwyth, 1785-1786.
The volume is inscribed 'Coast Inwards'. At the end is a copy of an agreement for the sale of Llwyncoed, near Rhydyfelin, Cardiganshire, 1831.

An album kept by Catherine Powell Evans, sister of George Eyre Evans, containing press cuttings, portraits, poems and miscellaneous extracts, some of which are of Unitarian interest.

A volume of press cuttings relating to various aspects of archaeology and antiquarianism, including the Bayeux Tapestry; Skipton Castle, Yorkshire; Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds; Whalley Abbey, near Blackburn; Bolton Priory, Wharfedale; Fountains Abbey, near Ripon; Jervaulx Abbey in Wensleydale; Mrs Gaskell of Knutsford; Chedworth Roman Villa; a Roman site at Folkestone; Cockersand Abbey; Kirkby-Ravensworth Charity; an ivory carving of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Llandudno; finds at Beisan in Palestine; 'Up-Helly-Aa', the Norse Festival of the Shetland Islands; the reopening of Tutankhamen's tomb; and photographs of James Ward and Sir Francis Sacheverell Darwin. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 472.

A volume of letters from Arthur A. Rollason of Dixon's Green, Dudley, to George Eyre Evans. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 366.

Three albums containing copies of articles contributed during 1899-1905 by 'Philip Sidney', i.e. George Eyre Evans, to the Welsh Gazette, Aberystwyth.
The articles relate mainly to the history of Aberystwyth and other districts in Cardiganshire, as well as in Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and are accompanied by numerous letters to 'Philip Sidney', posters and tickets of lectures and addresses given by him, illustrations, and also reprints in booklet form of some of the articles.

The autobiography of A. Weight Matthews, dated 1903, and bequeathed to George Eyre Evans, including lists of published works.

An autobiography, dated at Luton 1916, entitled 'An Autobiography of Number 127 'Belpha''. The work, which was probably written by A. Weight Matthews, includes a list of publications and notes concerning the Matthews family. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 398.

An autograph album which belonged to [Delia Powell]. The volume contains several pieces of poetry transcribed between 1856 and 1882 by members of the Powell family and their acquaintances; also included are a number of obituary notices, 1899-1921, from newspapers. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 70.

An autograph album presented to Laura Hirtzel Powell by her sister, Lavinia, on 17 October 1852. The volume contains several pieces of poetry and prose transcribed between 1855 and 1873 by various members of the Powell family and their acquaintances. Also included are printed poetry, dated 1852, obituary notices, dated 1893 and 1897, and seven remembrance cards, dated 1860-1893. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 63.

An autograph album presented to Ophelia Catherine Powell by her sister, Lavinia, on 6 Oct. 1853. The volume contains several pieces of poetry and a hymn transcribed by various members of the Powell family. Much of the volume is blank and six remembrance cards dated 1869-1875 have been inserted onto some of these pages. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 16.

Bundles of subscription forms for published works by George Eyre Evans bearing the autographs of subscribers.

An autobiographical volume, partly in typescript, entitled 'Avtographvm: George Eyre Evans', covering the period 1857 to 1871. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 98.

A volume containing accounts of the proceedings of the General Assembly of Baptist Churches. Handwritten accounts are included for the years 1730 (held at Glashouse Yard, London), 1732-1733 (at White's Alley, London) and 1746-1747, 1749-1770 (at Samuel Fry's Meeting-house in Horsely Down, Southwark); together with printed accounts of proceedings for 1771-1785 and 1787. Most of the reports appear to have been sent to John Geere (?-1774), an elder at Webstone Baptist Church. Also included in the volume are the following items: a re-statement by the Baptist General Assembly of their belief in Universal Redemption following a division of opinion, the document dated 10 June 1731; a printed letter, dated 2 June 1773, of the committee appointed by the General Baptist Assembly to be circulated among the churches; a printed copy of W.M., A Letter to a Friend shewing the inexpediency of Card-Playing, Dancing, Horse-Racing and other Carnal Pleasures; a printed letter, 21 May 1783, from Joseph Jeffries at London, relating to the relief of poor ministers of the General Baptists and for the encouragement of young students; three letters, 1737-1757, transferring members to Dover Baptist Church from Baptist congregations in Canterbury and Deal; and a printed appeal, 1781, from the Baptist congregation at Little Sutton, near Sutton Coldfield, for money towards the building of a chapel. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 402.

A collection of one hundred and twenty-one letters, and thirteen further fragments, 1794-1808 (mainly 1799-1800), being mostly the correspondence of Benjamin Flower (1775-1829), political writer and Unitarian (DNB, vol. 19, p. 339) with Eliza Gould, whom he married in January 1800.
The collection is fullest for the period August to October 1799 (the period of Flower's imprisonment at Newgate for an alleged libel against Bishop Watson of Llandaff, whose political conduct he had censured in the Cambridge Intelligencer) when almost daily exchanges took place between himself and Miss Gould. For the years following their marriage in 1800 the correspondence is less complete and consists mainly of domestic trivia and concern for one another's health and welfare. In two lengthy letters, 1799, Flower provides a detailed account of his 'past life, ... present situation and ... future prospects' (nos 17, 19). There are regular references to the difficulties faced by Flower in writing 'paragraphs' for the Cambridge Intelligencer, and, after 1805, to the problems of running a printing business at Harlow. Accounts of contemporary political and literary life are interspersed with personal details, and there is some discussion of the war against France. The later letters also contain many references to their two daughters Eliza (born 1803) and Sarah (born 1805).

A volume of press cuttings, being a series of notes on antiquarian matters by various writers published under the general title 'Beuno's Chest' in the Welsh Outlook, together with various items of correspondence, 1921, concerning the said series. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 447.

A copy of The Holy Bible ... (London, 1852), presented by George Eyre Powell and Catherine, his wife, to their daughter, Ophelia, on 6 Oct. 1853, in which has been written genealogical memoranda re the Powell and Evans families. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 18.

Unitarian ministers, surnames Moody to Shower.

Five volumes entitled 'Brief Biographies of some Two Thousand Ministers connected with most of the churches (and a few others) now included in the National Conference of Unitarian, Liberal Christian, Free Christian, Presbyterian, and other non-subscribing or kindred congregations' by George Eyre Evans. The volumes contain notes, press cuttings and photographs relating to the ministers concerned. The biographies are arranged alphabetically by surname.