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Two sets of cyclostyled papers, 1919-1925, containing copies of Welsh folk-tunes, with commentaries, to which some notes have been added in pencil and red ink, possibly by Mary Davies (1855-1930) (f. 6). These papers may have been circulated by J. Lloyd Williams (1854-1945) to members of the Welsh Folk Song Society for comments prior to publication in the Society's Journal. The tunes were published in the Welsh Folk Song Society Journal, vols. 1-2 (1909-1925).

Two tune books, written at the beginning of the nineteenth century, now bound as one volume. The first part (ff. 1-23 recto) contains hymn-tunes and Welsh traditional tunes, including 'Can y Proffwyd Davydd' ('cafwyd y Don ar geiriau oddiwrth y Doctor Pugh', f. 16 verso). The second part of the manuscript (ff. 23 verso-45) contains Welsh and English traditional tunes and marches.

The music book of Mary Clara Lucena, dated August 1812 (inside front cover), containing popular waltzes and duets of the early nineteenth century, together with a few Welsh traditional tunes.