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A note by Timothy Lewis reads thus: 'Y mae hwn yn llaw Edward Davies. Pantyrodyn, plwyf Cilmaenllwyd (?), Arweinydd Canu. Nebo, Penfro, yn amser y Parch Simon Evans (Hebron an Nebo). Bu farw Rhagfyr 25ain 1881 yn 83 mlwydd oed'.

A number of letters of sympathy sent to Mrs Beriah G. Evans and other members of the family on the death of Beriah Gwynfe Evans in 1927.

Typewritten and duplicated: Ynys y Moelrhoniaid; Bran Blessed, an inquiry into celtic folklore; Cerdd Dafod a Cherdd Dant Cymru Fu; History of Lludd and Lleuelys, a chapter of Church History treated as Celtic Heathendom; Lay, Lais; The Matter of the "Gododin" (Gwenogvryn Evans Memorial Lecture); The Matter of the Gododin; The Coraniaid of Welsh Folklore or The Normans in Welsh Tradition; Aneirin; Seinnyessyt cledyf ym penn mameu; Traditional and Taliesin and Aneirin; An English Serjeanty in a Welsh Folktale; Celtic Songcraft, Song of Camlan; Caw of Brydyn; Queen Gunivere; Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed; Imago Mundi, Dull y Byd Hwn; Dull y Byd Hwn yn Myned Heibio; Cambrian Dog Days; The Arthurian Legend, a new approach; Ceol, Ceul, Coel (Music), Culbard Duchonn; Inquiry into the traditions about the introduction of Christianity into Britain; Croesan y Croesanaeth; Irish Rhymes in Welsh; The Coranniaid; [The Mabinogion]; The Quest of the Holy Grail and the Arthurian Legend; Bolg. Fir Bolg. Caladbolg (with letters from John Ryan); The Basis of Welsh Scholarship; Aberystwyth Revision, No. 012, No. 014 (Feb. 1933), No. 016; 'Excalibur and the Irish Firbolg'; Material in Connection with Beirdd a Bardd - Rin Cymru Fu (1929); Mabinogi Cymru (1931); 'Celtic Songcraft' (see The Modern Language Review, April 1946); 'Welsh Songcraft. History of the Welsh Minstrel called Y Gler'; 'Early Welsh Songcraft', 1943; The Tribal Systems in Wales (articles, drafts etc.); Miscellaneous rotographs, etc.; Articles published yn Y Tyst, etc. (galley proofs etc.).

'Additamenta Lhwydiana. Copied at the Rylands Library from Dr Davies' Dictionary lent by Cardiff Free Library. January 1906'.

A proof copy, coloured and annotated by Dr J. Gwenogvryn Evans, of the autotype facsimile of the Black Book of Carmarthen (Oxford, 1888), with an index transcribed from that of J. Rhys. It bears the signature of Timothy Lewis, and there are one or two notes in his autograph.

Corrected proofs of the copy of the Black Book of Chirk, Peniarth MS 29, by Timothy Lewis, printed in Zeitschrift fur Celtische Philologie, Band XX, 30-96.

A copy of the Rolls Series edition of Brut y Tywysogion (ed. John Williams ab Ithel, 1860), with corrections by Dr J. Gwenogvryn Evans. The copy appears to have been used by the Oxford University Press in the setting up of The Text of the Bruts from the Red Book of Hergest (ed. John Rhs and J. Gwenogvryn Evans; Oxford, 1890).

'The Chirk Codex of the Welsh Laws. Nach dem Facsimile von J. Gwenogvryn Evans...Umschrift von L. Mühlhausen. 1932. als Manuskript!'. Typescript.

A file of early compositions including the following: (i) an essay (draft) entitled 'Y Daioni mae y gwahanol greaduriaid asgellog yn ei wneuthur i ddyn'; (ii) 'An Historical Essay upon "Llangadock and Its Neighbourhood By "Hanesydd", one of the Subjects of the Llangadog Eisteddvod June 25th 1878'; (iii) an article (draft) entitled 'The Welsh Peasantry'; (iv) a novelette (no title) beginning with a Prologue by the Rev. John Rhys, Vicar of Aberfawr; (v) a copy of Y Dydd, 29 Oct. 1869, containing a letter written by the Rev. Evan Evans formerly of Nantyglo, 13 Oct. 1869, on the occasion of his departure for America, with some verses attributed to his son, Beriah [Gwynfe Evans]; (vi) a number of circulars sent out by Beriah Gwynfe Evans, 1880, inviting orders for Bronwen in the proposed Gwynfe Novels Series. The circulars were sent to other schoolmasters. (vii) A number of letters, 1884, to Beriah Gwynfe Evans from various publishers including Messrs D. Duncan & Sons, South Wales Daily News and Cardiff Times, Cardiff, relating to his literary work. There is also on letter, 1886, from John A. Williams, Guardian Office, Llanelli. (viii) A few letters and papers, 1890, relating to The Society for Utilizing the Welsh Language; (ix) an exercise-book marked 'Dinorwic Quarry' containing a transcript of, or extracts from, 'Cof Lyfr, sef ychydig o goffadwriaethau am Ardal Glanybala a'r amgylchoedd cyfagos sef yn fwyaf priodol am y cloddfeydd llechi sef yr amser y dechreuwyd eu gweithio gan y boneddigion ynghydag amryw bethau eraill buddiol yw eu gwybod i'r oesoedd dyfodol, &c. Gan Gruffydd Ellis Goruchwyliwr y Cloddfeydd am 48 mlynedd (written 1853)'.

Comprising: 'Story of a Strike' (?draft); [No title] Chapter 1, 'At the Admiralty Reception'; 'The Training of Ivor Puw or The Trials of a Young Minister' (?incomplete); 'The Shaming of the Deacon'; 'The Hard Woman of Geithsant'; 'Lady Blair of Blairgowrie. The Episode of the Two Kings'; 'Harry Harris. Politician, Diplomat, & Parliamentary Candidate. An Autobiography...'; 'Bendigo's Bliss' (part only); 'A Tragedy of Love'.