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A register of membership, 1836-1839, of Llanbrynmair Temperance Society, which was founded on 16 September, 1836. At the end is a list of children enrolled with the consent of their parents. A section of the volume is in the hand of Samuel Roberts ('S. R.').

Transcripts by Samuel Roberts ('S.R.') of sermons by James Hughes, London (Machynlleth Association, 1819), John Jones, Tremadoc (Llanbrynmair, 1821), Morris Roberts, Llanuwchllyn (Llanbrynmair, 1822) and David Jones, Dolwyddelan, 1827.

A photocopy of a letter, 1841, from Samuel Roberts, Llanbrynmair ('S R', 1800-1885) to the Rev. Michael Jones, Llanuwchllyn (1787-1853), together with a card produced by E. W. Roberts in 1985 to commemorate the centenary of the death of Samuel Roberts.

A copy of 'Gweithiau Samuel Roberts' (Dolgellau, 1856) with an inscription by the author 'On Board the "Circassian" May 16 1857' to Captain Powell (f. iir-v) in which he refers to his scheme of an 'Ocean Penny Postage'.

Albwm llofnodion, 1872-1878, 1901, a fu'n eiddo i Sarah Williams, Bont Dolgadfan, Llanbrynmair, sir Drefaldwyn, yn cynnwys enghreifftiau o farddoniaeth, emynau a rhyddiaith Cymraeg a Saesneg yn nwylo tua 123 o weinidogion, beirdd ac unigolion eraill a oeddynt yn adnabod ei thad, William Williams (Gwilym Cyfeiliog). Ceir yn y gyfrol yn ogystal dau ddeg pedwar o lythyrau, 1840-1891, 1901, y rhan fwyaf at Gwilym Cyfeiliog neu ei blant, a phedwar eitem arall, i gyd wedi'i tipio i mewn. = Autograph album, 1872-1878, 1901, of Sarah Williams of Bont Dolgadfan, Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire, containing examples of poetry, hymns and prose in Welsh and English in the hands of some 123 Nonconformist ministers, poets and other individuals, mostly acquainted with her father William Williams (Gwilym Cyfeiliog). Also included are twenty-four letters, 1840-1891, 1901, mostly addressed to Gwilym Cyfeiliog or his children, and another four items, all tipped into the volume.
Ymysg y cyfranwyr mae Mynyddog (f. 32), [William Rees] (G[wilym] Hiraethog) (f. 53 verso), [Richard Roberts] (Gruffydd Risiart) (f. 66 verso) a Ieuan Gwyllt (f. 74). Ceir llythyrau gan W[illiam] Rowlands (Gwilym Leyn), [18]64 (f. 3), S[amuel] R[oberts], 1876 (ff. 10-11), [y Parch.] Richard [Williams], [ewythr Sarah Williams], [18]42 (f. 14), John Evans (I. D. Ffraid), 1870 (f. 18), [y Parch.] Henry Rees, [18]59 (f. 21), J. R. Kilsby Jones, Tachwedd-[Rhagfyr] 1866 (ff. 23-24, 28 verso-29 (copi)), J[oseph] Parry, 1870 (f. 26), E[dward] Stephen (Tanymarian) (f. 31), [y Parch.] John Elias, 1840 (f. 41), James Sauvage, 1882 (ff. 45-46), Fre[deri]ck Hanbury Tracy [AS], 1878 (f. 50), Mary Davies, [18]83 (f. 61), Cranogwen, 1867 (f. 65 recto-verso), ac eraill. Hefyd yn y gyfrol mae copi o'r emyn pedair pennill, yn cychwyn 'Er mai hollol groes i nattur…', o waith Ann Griffiths, yn llaw y Parch. John Hughes Pontrobert, [?1840au] (ff. 56 recto-verso; gw., er enghraifft, Gwaith Ann Griffiths, [gol. gan O. M. Edwards] (Llanuwchllyn, 1905), tt. 30-31), ar gefn byr-gofiant Thomas Meredith, Llanbrynmair, gan 'WH' [?William Howell] (ff. 56 verso-57; gw. hefyd f. 52). = The contributors include Mynyddog (f. 32), [William Rees] (G[wilym] Hiraethog) (f. 53 verso), [Richard Roberts] (Gruffydd Risiart) (f. 66 verso) and Ieuan Gwyllt (f. 74). There are letters from W[illiam] Rowlands (Gwilym Leyn), [18]64 (f. 3), S[amuel] R[oberts], 1876 (ff. 10-11), [the Rev.] Richard [Williams], [Sarah Williams's uncle], [18]42 (f. 14), John Evans (I. D. Ffraid), 1870 (f. 18), [the Rev.] Henry Rees, [18]59 (f. 21), J. R. Kilsby Jones, November-[December] 1866 (ff. 23-24, 28 verso-29 (copy)), J[oseph] Parry, 1870 (f. 26), E[dward] Stephen (Tanymarian) (f. 31), [the Rev.] John Elias, 1840 (f. 41), James Sauvage, 1882 (ff. 45-46), Fre[deri]ck Hanbury Tracy [MP], 1878 (f. 50), Mary Davies, [18]83 (f. 61), Cranogwen, 1867 (f. 65 recto-verso), among others. Also inserted into the volume is a copy of the hymn of four stanzas beginning 'Er mai hollol groes i nattur…' by Ann Griffiths in the hand of the Rev. John Hughes, Pontrobert, [?1840s] (f. 56 recto-verso; see, for instance, Gwaith Ann Griffiths, [ed. by O. M. Edwards] (Llanuwchllyn, 1905), pp. 30-31), written on the reverse of a brief memoir of Thomas Meredith, Llanbrynmair, by 'WH' [?William Howell] (ff. 56 verso-57; see also f. 52).