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Papers, [c. 1860]-[c. 1890], of David Davies ('Tremlyn'), a clerk at Pen yr Orsedd quarry, Nantlle, Caernarvonshire, comprising notes on early British history, local history and genealogy, and on figures such as 'Eben Fardd' (Ebenezer Thomas) and 'Dic Aberdaron' (Richard Robert Jones), together with compositions by 'Tremlyn', entered at local eisteddfodau. Papers found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (MS 23630iiE).

A volume containing over eighty letters, 1906-1914, from Charles William Dymond (1833-1915), antiquary and Quaker, to Richard Griffith Owen (Pencerdd Llyfnwy) relating mainly to the correspondent's interest in the Welsh language and culture; together with one letter, 1915, from his son, Philip W. Dymond.
Papers found loose inside the volume have been tipped in on ff. i-v.

A volume containing articles, eisteddfod adjudications, and other material, [c. 1912]-1931, in the hand of Thomas Gwynn Jones, mostly for publication in Y Genedl Gymreig and including a memorial tribute to Daniel Rees.

Letters, 1897-1931, mainly to Beriah Gwynfe Evans, journalist and dramatist, and Recorder of Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain, from various correspondents, including J. H. Davies, Cwrtmawr (1) 1901, T. I. Ellis (1) 1923, H. Elvet Lewis (Elfed) (9) 1923-1925, D. Rhys Phillips (8) 1924-1926, R. D. Rowlands (Meuryn) (1) 1924, Thomas Shankland (3) 1899-1903, J. J. Williams (2) 1924, J. O. Williams (Pedrog) (5) 1923-1924, Watkin Hezekiah Williams (Watcyn Wyn) (2) 1897, and W. S. Gwynn Williams (5) 1924-1925.

Fifty letters and cards, 1924-1955, to Owain Llewelyn Owain from various correspondents, including Frances Lloyd George (2) 1945, Mathonwy Hughes (1) 1945, R. W. Jones (Erfyl Fychan) (2) 1927-1932, T. Gwynn Jones (1) 1942, T. Llechid Jones (1) 1929, William Owen Jones (Eos y Gogledd) (1) 1927, Bob Owen, Croesor (1) 1930, Thomas Parry (1) 1942, and Daniel Protheroe (6) 1927-1933, the latter including autograph music.

Gwahanlith o'r Traethodydd (Ebrill 1946) o erthygl 'Cerddoriaeth yng Nghymru', ynghyd ag adolygiadau a llythyrau ynglyn â'r erthygl, gan gynnwys cardiau post oddi wrth E Tegla Davies a J T Rees a llythyr gan Evan Roberts, Llandderfel.

Papurau amrywiol yn llaw O Llew Owain gan gynnwys llythyr, dim dyddiad, at Gyfrinfa'r Temlwyr Da, Tal-y-sarn, yn honni bod Robert Evans, Paris House, wedi torri ei ymrwymiad.

Dwy emyn-dôn mewn sol-ffa, y naill gan O J Griffith ('Pencerdd Alltwen'), Granville, Efrog Newydd, a'r llall gan W E Parry ('Gwilym Arfon').

Dwy araith deipiedig a draddodwyd gan David Lloyd-George, y naill yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Dinbych 1939 a'r llall ym Mhafiliwn Caernarfon, 21 Hydref 1939.

Anerchiadau amrywiol gan gynnwys un gan y Parchedig Humphrey Ellis, Caernarfon, ar achlysur agoriad 'Aelwyd' Caernarfon; a H W Hughes, Bethel, ar 'Hen Ysgol Y Felinheli'.

A volume containing transcripts, [c. 1931], by Owain Llewelyn Owain of poems by Siôn Prisiart (Siôn o'r Garth), Gwerful Mechain, Huw Morys and others, including carols and occasional verse copied from manuscripts in the possession of the transcriber's father, Hugh Owen, Tal-y-sarn, and englynion copied from gravestones at Llanfachreth churchyard, Merionethshire.

Manuscript draft of Owain Llewelyn Owain, Hanes y ddrama yng Nghymru 1850-1943 (Lerpwl, 1948), being an edited version of the author's prizewinning essay at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bangor, 1943.

Fifty-six letters, 1927-1935, to Owain Llewelyn Owain from Griffith William Francis, Nantlle, Caernarvonshire, author of Telyn Eryri (Wrecsam, 1932); together with manuscript poems, 1905-1935, mostly submitted for publication in Y Genedl Gymreig, and cuttings of printed poems. Included are poems collected for a projected second volume of the poetry of G. W. Francis, entitled '''Bwrdd Gwledd y Bardd Gwlad" neu "Rhwng yr Ordd a'r Eingion'''.

Letters, 1807, from Edward Griffith, Caernarfon and Ymwlch, Justice of the Peace, to Messrs Wood & Innes, printers, London, containing material used in the preparation of the third edition of Correspondence relative to the stationing of a troop of the Fourth Regiment of Dragoons in the County of Carnarvon (London, 1807), which relates to the Caernarfon riots of November 1800.

A notebook containing minutes, 1864-1866, of a committee, appointed by Bethesda Congregational church, Bethesda, Caernarvonshire, under the leadership of Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), for the establishment of a chapel at Treflys, Dyffryn Ogwen, Caernarvonshire; together with minutes, 1886, of a meeting of the deacons of the neighbouring Salem Congregational chapel.

Minute-book, 1890-1900, of the Arfon District Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars ('Urdd Annibynol y Temlwyr Da').

Attendance register, 1900-1907, for branch meetings of the Arfon District Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars ('Urdd Annibynol y Temlwyr Da').

Manuscript of an apparently unpublished pastoral poem by Richard Jones (Gwynfryn), London, entitled 'Bugeilgerdd Gwallter, Bugail Hafod y Cwm', the winning entry at Eisteddfod Tal-y-sarn, Caernarvonshire, 21 May 1903.

Ffeil o lythyrau a phapurau, 1924, ynglyn a llunio rhestr testunau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Pwllheli 1925 i'w chyflwyno i Fwrdd yr Orsedd.

Copi llawysgrif a thorion papur newydd o'r stori 'Cloc Jim Pitars' a gyhoeddwyd yn Y Genedl 21 Rhagfyr 1931 dan y ffugenw 'Gwenllian Lloyd'.