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Manuscript journal of a tour of south and west Wales, as well as parts of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, 4 June-2 October 1805 (ff. 3-32 verso passim), also including several contemporary illustrations and later pasted-in engravings.
The writer is unknown but appears to be female and was travelling in the company of her 'Papa' and several other presumed relatives. Beginning in Gloucester (ff. 3-4), the journal then recounts a journey down the River Wye from Ross-on-Wye to Chepstow (ff. 7-8, 10-11 verso) and an extended stay at Swansea, 16 June-30 July (ff. 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22), before proceeding to Pembrokeshire (ff. 22 verso-23, 26-28 verso), Aberystwyth (ff. 29-31 verso) and Dolgellau (ff. 32 recto-verso), where the narrative ends abruptly, mid-sentence. The volume includes descriptions of Gloucester Cathedral (ff. 3-4), Margam Park (ff. 12-13), the Brownslade estate, [Castlemartin] (ff. 26-27 verso), St Govan's Head (ff. 26 verso-27 verso), the lower River Teifi (ff. 28-29), Devil's Bridge (ff. 29 verso-31) and the house at Hafod, Cardiganshire (f. 31 recto-verso). The illustrations are of pen and wash in a naïve style and comprise eight full page drawings (ff. 2, 6, 9, 15, 18, 20, 24, 25) and three text illustrations (ff. 8, 14, 17) all depicting views along the route. Conversely the fifteen engravings, [1831]-[1845], pasted into the volume depict various views in England, Wales and India and are, with a single exception, unrelated to the text (inside front cover, ff. 1 verso, 2 verso, 33-44 (rectos only)).

Manuscript journal of a tour of New York State and the Niagara Peninsula, Upper Canada (now Ontario), 15 August-1 September 1816, written by a Welsh Old Etonian, possibly Pierce Wynne Yorke.
The writer and his companion (identified only as Richard, see ff. 18 and 45) leave New York City on 15 August 1816 (f. 1) and travel by steamer and wagon up the Hudson River valley (ff. 1-10 verso) to Albany, staying there 17-20 August (ff. 10 verso-16); they then continue overland, visiting Utica, 21-[23] August (ff. 21-24 verso), the Finger Lakes (ff. 28 verso-33 verso), and Buffalo, 28-29 August (ff. 35 verso, 38 verso). After crossing the Niagara River into Upper Canada they visit Niagara Falls, 29 August-1 September (ff. 40 verso-45), and continue to Newark [Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario] on 1 September (f. 45 verso). The volume contains frequent references to their accommodation, travel arrangements and the often unseasonable weather (1816 being the so called 'Year without a Summer'), as well as descriptions of the scenery and flora, agricultural practices, Indigenous Americans, American manners and politics and the effects of the War of 1812. Also included, in pencil, are a verse on Col. Cecil Bisshopp (inside front cover), brief accounts of bills paid (f. i) and mostly illegible notes apparently relating to the contents of the journal (inside back cover). The author is not named but evidently has close connections with North Wales (see ff. 4 recto-verso, 5 verso, 27 verso, 28 verso-29 verso, 45), is an Old Etonian and a schoolfriend of Bisshopp, whose grave he visits at Lundy's Lane, Niagara (see f. 44); Pierce (or Peirce) Wynne Yorke of Dyffryn Aled appears to be the most plausible candidate.

Travel journal belonging to Bryan Cooke of Owston, Yorkshire, recording various tours undertaken between 1790 and 1797 through Wales and the north of England and other journeys between his seats at Owston, [near Doncaster], and [Hafod-y-Wern], Wrexham.
The volume describes tours of North Wales, beginning and ending at Wrexham, 13-20 September 1790 (ff. 1 verso-3), the Lake District, 14 June-3 July 1793 (ff. 4 verso-9 verso), and South Wales (in the company of his second cousin George Cooke[-Yarborough] and his sons), 10-29 July 1793 (ff. 10 verso-19 verso), together with brief accounts of journeys from Owston to Wrexham, via Leeds and Ripon, 8-15 July 1790 (ff. i verso, 1), Wrexham to Owston, 23-25 September 1790 (ff. 3 verso-4), Owston to Wrexham, May 1791 (ff. 3 verso-4), Owston to Wrexham, via Kilnwick Percy, Ripon and Storrs, May 1797 (ff. 21, 22), Wrexham to Askrig[g], 9-[?10] August 1797 (ff. 22 verso-23 verso), and Askrig to Wrexham, 20-[?22] August 1797 (ff. 24 verso-25). Each account includes a table listing places visited, distances, inns visited, time on the road and remarks on the state of the roads, etc. (ff. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 21, 23, 25); the remaining pages contain general remarks and notes. Items found inside the pocket have been placed in an archival envelope (ff. 35-37). These include a table, [?1793], detailing a tour of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, similar but not identical to that on ff. 10 verso-14 verso, possibly in the hand of George Cooke[-Yarborough] (f. 35 recto-verso).

The file comprises material relating to trades union legislation.

Dau lythyr at Emyr Humphreys (2010), oddi wrth M. Wynn Thomas, ynghyd â theipysgrif o'i draethawd ‘Morgan Llwyd and the foundations of the "Nonconformist nation’'. / Two letters to Emyr Humphreys (2010), from M. Wynn Thomas, along with a typescript copy of his essay ‘Morgan Llwyd and the foundations of the "Nonconformist nation’’'.

Teipysgrifau o ysgrifau gan Emyr Humphreys, gan gynnwys ysgrifau gyda’r teitlau 'Lansio', 'R.S.T.', 'The Empty Space- Creating a Novel' (pob un heb ddyddiad), a 'W.S.J.' (1995), 'Taliesin's Children' (1997), 'Men of Letters’ (heb ddyddiad), ‘Land of the Living’ (2001), ‘A Lost Leader?’ (cyhoeddwyd yn Planet 83 (1990), tt.3-11), a thraethawd gan M. Wynn Thomas, ‘Many happy intellections: the poetry of Emyr Humphreys on his eightieth birthday' ([?1999]). Mae’r ffeil hefyd yn cynnwys amrywiad o bapurau eraill gan gynnwys drafft o gerdd gyda’r teitl ‘Bedd Porius’ (heb ei ddyddio); copi o’r ddarlith ‘The Crucible of Myth’ (Darlith Goffa W.D. Thomas, Coleg Prifysgol Abertawe, 1990), ynghyd â drafftiau teipysgrif pellach; drafft gyda’r teitl ‘Ymddidan Rhwng Awdur a’i Gysgod’ (heb ddyddiad); cyflwyniad i’r gyfres ‘Land of the Living’ (1990); a Memorandwm Cytundeb ar gyfer ‘Conversations and Reflections’ (golygwyd gan M. Wynn Thomas a chyhoeddwyd Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 2002). / Typescripts of essays by Emyr Humphreys, including essays titled ‘Lansio’, ‘R.S.T.’, ‘The Empty Space- Creating a Novel’ (all undated), and ‘W.S.J.’ (1995), ‘Taliesin’s Children’ (1997), ‘Men of Letters’ (undated), ‘Land of the Living’ (2001), ‘A Lost Leader?’ (published in Planet 83 (1990), pp.3-11), and an essay by M. Wynn Thomas, ‘Many happy intellections: the poetry of Emyr Humphreys on his eightieth birthday’ ([?1999]). The file also contains various other papers including a draft of a poem titled ‘Bedd Porius’ (undated); a copy of the lecture ‘The Crucible of Myth’ (W.D. Thomas Memorial Lecture, University College Swansea, 1990), together with further typescript drafts; a draft titled ‘Ymddidan Rhwng Awdur a’i Gysgod’ (undated); an introduction for the ‘Land of the Living’ series (1990); and a Memorandum of Agreement for ‘Conversations and Reflections’ (edited by M. Wynn Thomas and published Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2002).

Letter from Col. Sir Cennydd Traherne to Daniel Jones congratulating him on being awarder the OBE, 1 January 1968.

The file comprises papers relating to the draft trade agreement between the European Union and the United States of America and controversies around food standards, workers' rights and the investor-state dispute settlement process.

Transcripts of deeds in the Court of Chancery in the matter of certain estates devised by the will of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (d. 1840), a private Act of Parliament, 25 & 26 Vic., c.108, and the trusteeship of Edward James, Earl of Powis, and Sir Hugh Williams of Bodelwyddan, Flintshire, 1873-1876

Included are examples of the pre-publication flyers and a talk given by Isabel Hitchman on writing the dictionary, 2005.

The file comprises papers relating to the European's Parliament's Transport Committee visit to the Republic of Ireland.

Trawsgrifiad o gyfweliad ag Emyr Humphreys gan Mieke Stewen (Mai 1996), yn trafod gweithiau Emyr Humphreys gan gynnwys 'A Toy Epic', 'The Little Kingdom', a 'The Taliesin Tradition: A Quest for the Welsh Identity'. / A transcript of an interview with Emyr Humphreys by Mieke Stewen (May 1996), discussing Emyr Humphreys' works including 'A Toy Epic', 'The Little Kingdom', and 'The Taliesin Tradition: A Quest for the Welsh Identity'.