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A copy of The Life Register (London, 1888) with manuscript entries by, and concerning George Eyre Evans from 1857 to 1908. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 97.

A copy of Francis Galton, Life History Album (London, 1909) with entries and photographs relating to the life of George Eyre Evans (1857-1939), son of the Rev. David Lewis Evans and Ophelia, his wife. The photographs include some taken at Colyton, Devon, at historical sites and buildings in Wales, and at various Boy Scout functions. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 96.

A volume of material relating to three Library Service summer schools, 1917-1919, held by the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in conjunction with the National Library of Wales and the Library Association. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 467.

A register of books lent by George Eyre Evans from his private library to members of the public in Whitchurch, co. Salop., together with a few items of correspondence concerning the lending scheme, including four letters from J. Wycherley, postmaster of Whitchurch. Loose within the volume is a cover of a book from the Carmarthen Reading Society. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 162.

A transcript by David Lewis Evans, father of George Eyre Evans, of two poems by Lewis Glyn Cothi, with explanatory notes.

Two bound volumes containing about four hundred and thirty autograph letters and postcards, 1903-1904, written to George Eyre Evans in connection with his appeal for subscribers to his Cardiganshire: A Personal Survey of Some of its Antiquities, Chapels, Churches, Fonts, Plate and Registers (Aberystwyth, 1903).
The names of almost all the writers appear in the published list of 'Subscribers'.

About two hundred and twenty autograph letters and postcards, 1900-1904, addressed to George Eyre Evans, together with a few notes relating to the publication of his Aberystwyth and its Court Leet (Aberystwyth, 1902).
The names of the majority of the writers appear in the published list of 'Subscribers'.

One hundred and thirty-five autograph letters and postcards, 1896-1897, written to George Eyre Evans in connection with his appeal for subscribers to his Vestiges of Protestant Dissent (Liverpool, 1897).
The names of almost all the writers appear in the published 'List of Subscribers'. The volume also contains an index of writers prepared by George Eyre Evans in January 1905.

About two hundred and sixty-five autograph letters and postcards, 1904-1906, written to George Eyre Evans in connection with his appeal for subscribers to his Lampeter (Aberystwyth, 1905).
The names of the majority of the correspondents appear in the published list of 'Subscribers'.

Two hundred and twenty-nine autograph letters and postcards, and a few Christmas cards, 1873-1903, addressed principally to George Eyre Evans, the material being primarily of Unitarian interest.
Included among the correspondents are Sir Edward Anwyl; Walter de Gray Birch; John Humphreys Davies, Cwrtmawr; David Lewis Evans, Llanybydder; Walter Jenkin Evans, Carmarthen; Rees Jenkin Jones, Aberdare; William Rathbone; and Thomas Francis Roberts. Also included are a copy of a testimonial, 1873, to George Eyre Evans from William Thomas ('Gwilym Marles'); printed poems in English by Evan Ceredig Jones, 1901-1903; and an index to the entire volume prepared by George Eyre Evans in January 1905.

One hundred and fifty-nine autograph letters and postcards, and a few Christmas cards, 1904, addressed principally to George Eyre Evans and primarily of Unitarian and genealogical interest.
Among the correspondents are Frances Power Cobbe; Richard Ellis, Oxford; Walter Jenkin Evans; Henry Harold Hughes, Bangor; William James, Llandysul; Morgan Hugh Jones, Carmarthen; Rees Jenkin Jones, Aberdare; William Tudor Jones, Swansea; Lewes Thomas Loveden Pryse, Gogerddan; Edith Spurrell; Daniel Lleufer Thomas; and Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan. Also included are notes by Walter Jenkin Evans on Bridgend and Bettws Unitarian (previously Congregational) churches; a printed poem in English by Evan Ceredig Jones, 1904; and an index to the entire volume prepared by George Eyre Evans in January 1905.

The correspondents include Samuel Martin, Jane Stirling, Dr. James Rowlands, H[arty] D[espencer] Kingdon, W[illia]m Arthur Jones, D[avid] L[ewis] Evans, Laura H[irtzel] Powell, Ann Mardon, Mary Carpenter, Robert W. Higgins, Tho[ma]s Colfox, Walter J[enkin] Evans, Geo[rge] Eyre Evans, James Stephens, James Taplin, Delia Powell, George [Caleb] Powell, Louis A[ugustus] Powell, Alec M. Graeme, Jane Powell, Rev. R. J. Jones, Walter D. Jeremy, Thomas V. Powell, and J. Hunton Smith. Some of the letters relate to Professor D. L. Evans's resignation from the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen. Other items include a copy will of David Davies, Ty-newydd, Pencarreg, blacksmith, 18gi; papers relating to a legal suit in the High Court of Justice involving David Lewis Evans, 1901; an engraving of Amy Robsart; poetry and notes re ships by Commander George Eyre Powell, R.N.; chess moves, apparently copied from The Sporting Magazine for March 1825; various items in the hands of Lavinia, Delia and Mrs. Catherine Powell; epitaphs copied at Dorsington and Bideford churchyards; a copy of the memorial tablet to Edward Williams, 'Iolo Morganwg', and to his son Taliesin Williams, 'Taliesin ab Iolo', at [Flimston] church; remembrance cards, 1889-1903.

Three miscellaneous letters, one, dated 185[3], from John and Elizabeth Morris, emigrants to Wisconsin, USA; the others sent from Bristol, 1824.

The correspondents include Clement Hirtzel Kingdon, George Eyre Powell (one letter from St Helena during Napoleon Bonaparte's exile), George Eyre Powell, junior, C[atherine] Kingdon, C[atherine] P[owell], David [Lewis] Evans, Laura Hirtzel Powell, Lavinia [Powell], Ann Wilmshurst, George] Wilmshurst, William Matthews, George [Eyre Evans], Benjamin Mardon, Tho[ma]s Colfox, and R. Brook Aspland. Other items include details of Clement Hirtzel Kingdon's education at Jersey, 1793-4, and his death shortly afterwards; information, 1810-42, regarding members of the Evans family of Penyrallt, Llanwenog; testimonials, 1824-40, of Commander George Eyre Powell, R.N.; lines of poetry by [Robert] Southey transcribed by George Eyre Powell, junior, c. 1835; a transcript of a memorial inscription to George Eyre Powell, junior, c. 1836; memorials of George Eyre Powell in the Royal Navy, 1838 and 1841; lines of poetry and prayers in the hand of Laura Hirtzel Powell, 1847-56; notes on Colyton and the Powell family by [Lavinia Powell]; an abstract of George Eyre Powell's will dated 1842 and proved 1855, a list of wedding guests, 1856, and a wedding address; and the death certificates of Catherine Powell, 1862, and of John Edward Jones, 1866.

A small group of letters, 1831-1844, received by Catherine Kingdon (1753-1845), from Catherine Powell of Colyton, her niece, 1831; John Melhuish of Honiton, her solicitor (2), 1842; and James Kingdon of Walworth and Exeter, her son (5), 1842-1844. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 377.

A volume of letters, transcribed by George Eyre Evans and David Ivon Jones in 1906, entitled 'Letters relating to Welsh Unitarianism 1806-1905'. The original letters, then in the possession of the Rev. Rees Jenkin Jones, M.A., Unitarian minister of Aberdare, are now to be found in NLW MSS 4367-4368. The letters in the volume are arranged chronologically, and there is an alphabetical index of writers at the beginning. Also included in the manuscript are cuttings from The Christian Life, 1909, entitled 'The Kenrick family', a photograph of Rees Jenkin Jones, and several original letters, 1905 and 1923, from Rees Jenkin Jones to George Eyre Evans. English; Welsh. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 343.

A bundle of letters relating to radio broadcasts made by George Eyre Evans, namely: 'A commentary on the bells of Carmarthen Church', broadcast 14 March 1937; 'Over Carmarthen Bridge', broadcast 23 April 1937, and 'Gogerddan and the Pryses', broadcast 4 April 1938. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 371.

A volume of the letters of the Rev. William Thomas ('Gwilym Marles', 1834-1879) to the Rev. Rees Jenkin Jones, Aberdare, dated 1864-1879, transcribed by George Eyre Evans and [David Ivon Jones]. The original letters appear to have been presented to Cardiff Public Library (see the Annual Report of Cardiff Public Libraries, 1910-11). The volume also includes: a list of contributions to the Llandysul Grammar School Cricket Club, 1872; an article by George Eyre Evans on Llandysul Grammar School reprinted from The Alauda (the school magazine) of 1913; a short paper by the Rev. Talwyn Philips of Bala entitled 'Unitarian ministers as teachers and school masters'; printed items and cuttings re. the 'Gwilym Marles' centenary celebrations at Llwynrhydowen; photographs of 'Gwilym Marles'; holograph letters, 1905-1909, from Rees Jenkin Jones, John D. Lewis, Llandysul, &c.; three holograph letters, 1867-1878, from 'Gwilym Marles', and the remembrance card of Mary Thomas, his wife, who died in 1867; and six letters, 1918-1926, from the Rev. E. O. Jenkins of Llwynmarles, Llandysul, to George Eyre Evans. English; Welsh. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 344.

A volume of English translations of ninety Welsh letters from David Lewis Evans to his father, Esau Evans of Llanybydder, to his sisters Nani and Mary, and of one letter to David James, a friend. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 347.

Forty-six autograph letters, 1901-1903, written to George Eyre Evans by David Ivon Jones from Aberystwyth and Lampeter.