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Letters, 1847-54, to Hugh Jones ('Erfyl') from H. Gryffydd, Bodlondeb, near Gwyndy, Anglesey, together with enclosed lists of errors in Y Bibl Darluniadol, 1844-50.

Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan... (Oxford: W Dawson, T Bensley and J Cooke, 1799), presented to Herbert Evans, Bryneglwys, co. Denbigh, in 1922 on his entering the ministry; originally belonging to Mathew Evans (d. 1815), Brynmeredydd, Llandderfel, co. Merioneth, and afterwards to his brother John Evans (d. 1872), Hendremorfydd, Corwen. Bears the signatures of Evan Evans and Mathew Evans and manuscript memoranda, including religious verse and a note on the death of Mathew Evans.

Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan... (Llundain, 1752) which belonged to Josiah Towyn Jones (1858-1925), Congregational minister and Member of Parliament, bearing a few manuscript memoranda.

A copy of Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan ... (London, 1769).

A set of Y Beirniad, Vols I-XX, 1860-1879, with the names of the contributors written at the foot of their articles.

A manuscript containing a literary address by Robert David Rowland (Anthropos) (1853?-1944).

Twenty-seven letters and cards, 1948-1974, in French, from the Breton artist Xavier de Langlais (Langleiz), and his wife, Annick, to Anna Wyn Jones (née Richards), Neath Abbey (ff. 1-47), together with prints by Langleiz, [1947]-1954 (ff. 70-79).
The prints include five lino-cuts, [1947]-1948, containing representations of Saint David (f. 70), King Nevenoe [Nominoë] (f. 74) and Saint Erwan [Yves] (ff. 75-76). Also included are a further twelve letters and cards, [1950s]-2000, to Jones from Annick de Langlais and her children (ff. 48-69), and ephemera, 1948-2000, concerning Langleiz (ff. 80-91).

Estate and family records, 1183-1957, of the Wynn and Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay, Denbighshire. The archive includes a group of architectural drawings, c. 1770, by James Byres; a group of early charters and deeds, 1183-1676, from the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Marcella (Ystrad Marchell) near Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, and elsewhere; antiquarian, legal and literary manuscripts; account rolls of Sir Richard Wynn, Treasurer to Queen Henrietta Maria, 1627-1649; manorial records relating to manors and boroughs in Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, 1364-1895 (1934-40 and 1952 deposits); parliamentary election papers for Anglesey, Cardigan (county and borough), Denbighshire, Flintshire and Montgomeryshire, 1621-1883; family and estate correspondence, including part of that of Sir William Williams (1634-1700), Speaker of the House of Commons; rentals and account books, 1300-1925 (preserved in an almost unbroken series from the time of Sir William Williams); over 5000 title deeds and documents, [pre-1290]-[c. 1910], mainly relating to properties in the six North Wales counties and Shropshire, including records for Glascoed and Llanforda, Llwydiarth, Llangedwyn and Glanllyn, Plas-y-Ward, Rhiwgoch and Mathafarn, estates acquired either by marriage or purchase in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; together with papers relating to administration of the estates, 1573-1946; family papers, 1499-1913, county and central government administration papers, 1608-1880; two discrete groups of Much Wenlock estate records, 1534-1860, and Nantcriba estate records, 1381-1680; and various maps. There is an additional group of papers relating to the Wynnstay estate which came from the office of Longueville Gittins solicitors, Oswestry, dated 1582-1957.

A small group of holograph letters of the family of Williams Wynn of Wynnstay:- a letter, 16 January, 1717/18, from Wat[kin] Williams (aft. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 3rd bart.), from Westminster, to his father Sir William Williams, 2nd bart., at Wynnstay (the writer's visit to Baron Price about 'our Denbigh business', Baron Price's son is to have the lordship of Denbigh, the writer's decision not to send his coach horses down, a request to hasten 'Ned Wynn' with money, news of the King and the Prince, Sir Thomas Hanmer is the greatest man in England with the Prince); a letter, 21 June, 1747, from [Sir] Watkin Williams Wynn, 3rd bart., from Wynnstay, to Mr. Griffiths, apothecary, in Bedford Street near Covent Garden, London (support for Sir Thomas Clargies and Sir John Philips in the Westminster election); a letter, 21 October, ----, from [Sir] Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th bart., to John Evans, Esq., at Wynnstay (Mr. Wyatt's allocation, the writer's return to Wynnstay, etc.); a letter, 26 May, 1789, from Charlotte Williams Wyn, wife of the 4th bart., from Richmond, to John Evans, Esq., at Wynnstay (glass for new rooms, a flood-board to new cascade, money matters, a new malt room, Sir Watkin's health); and the blank dorse of a letter addressed 'To The Members of the Cycle'.

Personal papers and especially papers relating to the public offices of members of the Wynn family of Gwydir, Caernarfonshire. These include letters and orders from the Privy Council and from Thomas Gerard, Ralph Eure, William, earl of Northampton, etc., as Lords President of the Council of Wales and the Marches to Sir John Wynn, 1st baronet, relating to the government of Caernarfonshire and the mustering of soldiers for various wars. The papers from the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary chiefly relate to preparations for wars in Scotland and France, whilst the papers from the reign of Elizabeth I chiefly relate to preparations for wars in Ireland and against Spain. The archive also includes papers relating to the Civil war and to elections in Caernarfonshire. The archive is an important source for local administration in late sixteeenth and seventeenth century Wales and for the relationship between local and central government. Most of the papers relating to the Gwydir estate for this period have not survived.

Papers of Wynford Vaughan Thomas, 1850-1986, including war despatches, 1943-1945; papers relating to Indian independence, 1947; scripts of radio programmes on the Middle East, 1956; papers relating to state occasions, 1950-1956; notes for a proposed book on the river Niger, 1961-1963; manuscript and typescript copies of stories, articles, lectures, etc., 1947-1964; scripts of radio and TV programmes and proposed programmes, 1946-[1980s]; notes for proposed works on autobiography, 'Journeys', the River Niger, and Welsh history, [1950s]-1984; manuscripts, notes and typescripts for the published works Anzio, Madly in all directions, Shell Guide to Wales, Portrait of Gower, and Trust to talk, 1958-1980; travel journals, 1947-1964, recording visits to India, West Indies, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Hong Kong and Singapore; notebooks containing notes, drawings and miscellanea, [1947]-[1960s]; financial papers, 1945-1973; correspondence, 1936-1986; papers relating to wine, 1980-1984; papers relating to Dylan Thomas and his literary estate, 1955-1974; family papers, 1895-1950; press cuttings relating to his broadcasting career, 1937-1978; papers relating to Botticelli's painting, 'Primavera', 1945-1988; and miscellaneous papers, mainly printed, 1850-1974.

A copy of a typewritten letter, dated 18 June 1986, written on behalf of the Gower Society, and signed by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas in protest against the proposed new hotel to be built at Swansea University Playing Fields at Fairwood.

Research papers of Wynford Davies, 1961-1980s, mainly on educational matters, including notes compiled by him in preparing his book, The Curriculum & Organization of the County Intermediate Schools, 1880-1926 (1989); research papers on intermediate education in Wales, 1970s-1980s and correspondence on small rural schools, 1961-1966.

Solicitors' personal and clients' papers accumulated by the depositor. The Montgomeryshire papers derive from early in the depositor's career, as a solicitor in Newtown. Some of the Ceredigion papers in clients' files derive from Griffith Jones of Aberystwyth, solicitor (1880), later of Aberllolwyn, esq. (1890), while other papers relate to his personal affairs. Other papers derive from the practice of R. Geddes Smith of Aberystwyth, solicitor (1882-1887), which became Smith Owen & Davies [Robert Geddes Smith, William Pierce Owen and William Davies] (1890s), Smith, Davies & Evans [C. Denham Evans] (1910s), Smith Davies & Co., and Smith Jessop & Tomley (late 1960s-early 1970s).

Papers, 1859-[2000], accumulated by Wyn Thomas, including letters from Raymond Garlick, 1991-2000, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, 1989, and J. M. Cleary, 1993; together with letters sent to T. Ifor Rees responding to his publication, In and around the Valley of Mexico (1954), and from renowned writers including D. J. Williams, T. Gwynn Jones, and T. H. Parry-Williams. = Papurau, 1859-[2000], a grynhowyd gan Wyn Thomas, yn cynnwys llythyrau ato oddi wrth Raymond Garlick, 1991-2000, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, 1989, a J. M. Cleary, 1993; ynghyd â llythyrau a anfonwyd at T. Ifor Rees yn ymateb i’w gyhoeddiad In and around the Valley of Mexico (1954), ac oddi wrth lenorion amlwg megis D. J. Williams, T. Gwynn Jones, a T. H. Parry-Williams.

Papers of Lord Roberts of Conwy including correspondence, articles, political ephemera, memorabilia and books. Loose photographs have been transferred to Lord Roberts of Conwy Photographs.

The political diaries of Lord Roberts of Conwy from 1970 to 1996 divided into 18 volumes. The diaries cover most of Lord Roberts' time as Member of Parliament for Conwy and his entire career at the Welsh Office and include letters, newpaper cuttings and pictures added by Lord Roberts. Many subject are covered including the establishment of S4C, Welsh language legislation, inward investment, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, Northern Ireland, the bombing of the Conservative Party conference in Brighton by the IRA in 1984, general elections and the European Union.