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Notebook of George Henry Strick of Swansea and Brynaman, tinplate manufacturer, recording detailed notes and observations of a visit to America, September-November 1890, where he met with fellow industrialists and visited numerous blast furnaces, steelworks, ironworks and other industrial sites in several states.
Beginning apparently in Philadelphia, PA, 25 September-1 October (ff. 1-4), Strick then participates in a lengthy excursion, visiting the Warwick Furnace, [Pottstown, PA], 6 October (ff. 4-9), Lebanon [Valley] blast furnace, [Lebanon, PA], [?7 October] (ff. 10-11), Altoona Railway Works, [Altoona, PA], 8 October (ff. 11-12), the Edgar Thomason and Homestead works, the Isabella and Lucy furnaces, the Carbon Iron Co. works and adjoining aluminium works, all in Pittsburgh, PA, 9-11 October (ff. 12-17), Joliet Steel Works, South Chicago, IL, 14 October (ff. 18-22), various mines and limestone quarries, Bessemer blast furnaces and steel rolling plant, Bessemer Steel Works and the Ensley and Thomas furnaces, all in Birmingham, AL, 16-17 October (ff. 22-31), blast furnaces in Talladega and Anniston, AL, 18 October (ff. 32-35), Basic Steel Works in Chattanooga, TN, and blast furnaces in South Pittsburg, TN, 20 October (ff. 35-38), the town of Middlesboro, KY, 21 October (ff. 38-42), zinc works and a blast furnace in Pulaski, VA, 22 October (ff. 42-44), and Baltimore, MD, 24 October (ff. 45-46), before returning to Philadelphia, 26-28 October (ff. 46-48). While in Philadelphia and Baltimore particularly (ff. 1-4, 45-48) he discusses with fellow tinplate manufacturers and importers the state of the tinplate industry and the level of tinplate exports from Wales to America, against the background of the Tariff Act of October 1890 (The McKinley Tariff). The notes were compiled by Strick in November 1890 during the return voyage (see f. ii).

A transcript, 1853, in the hand of Matilda Pasley, of a version of George Owen of Henllys's 'Description of Milford Haven', dated 17 December 1595 (ff. 2-26), together with a note by the transcriber (f. 1).
The manuscript mostly agrees with the texts of Cardiff 2.46 and BL Add. 22623, as published in George Owen, The Description of Penbrokshire, ed. by Henry Owen, Cymmrodorion Record Series, 4 vols (London, 1892-1936), pp. 529-562; where Henry Owen lists minor variations between those two manuscripts the present transcript does not consistently correspond with one or the other. The wording of the title page (f. 2) is significantly different (see Henry Owen (ed.), p. 533), while the section beginning 'For the more ease…' which concludes the other manuscripts is here interpolated on ff. 17-18. A memorandum concerning Owen's methodology for drawing his map of Milford Haven does not appear to be recorded elsewhere (f. 22). The present manuscript is itself copied from an intermediate transcript made at Worsley [New] Hall, Lancashire, on 22 October 1852, by Mary L[ouisa Egerton, Viscountess] Brackley, from the original 1595 manuscript belonging to her father-in-law [Francis Egerton, 1st] Earl of Ellesmere (probably the manuscript now Huntington Library MS EL 1145 (34/B/32)) (see f. 1). In 1853 Matilda Pasley's husband, Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart, was in command of Pembroke Dockyard and the Pasleys became acquainted with Lady Brackley during visits to Stackpole Court, the seat of her father, the 1st Earl Cawdor (see Lawrence Phillips, 'Captain Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, Bt., R.N., and Pembroke Dockyard, 1849-1854', Mariner's Mirror, 71.2 (1985), 159-165 (pp. 160-161)).

A typescript précis of the text of NLW MS 24191B, a journal of an 1816 tour of New York State and the Niagara Peninsula, Upper Canada (ff. 1-7 verso), together with endnotes (ff. 7 verso-8). The typescript contains annotations, corrections and underlinings throughout. The folio numbers and quotes given are not always entirely accurate.

A volume, 1681-2, in the hand of Huw Morys ('Eos Ceiriog', 1622-1709), poet, Llansilin, co. Denbigh, containing mainly holograph Welsh poetry in strict and free metres, including a poem dated 1681 (ff. 10-11), together with a cywydd by Siôn Tudur (f. 16 verso), prophetic verses, some attributed to Taliesin (ff. 12 verso, 25 verso), and anonymous englynion (ff. 36 verso-37, 42); the original parchment cover, preserved at the beginning, contains copies by H.M. of 'Diarhebion o waith Taliessin', 'Cynghorion Taliessin' (f. i verso) and 'Tri Thlws ar ddeg o Ynys Brydaine' (f. ii). The manuscript was probably written for the poet's brother John Maurice (d. 1699), Bodlith, Llansilin, whose name appears on f. 1; other signatures in the volume suggest it to have remained in the possession of the family until the [mid-18 cent.].

Diary, 1 May 1851-18 September 1852, of Lieutenant Herbert M[illingchamp] Vaughan, 90th Light Infantry, mostly while stationed at Ballincollig and Cork, Ireland. The diary contains an account of his various duties, his social and recreational activities, including balls, regattas, parties and picnics, and hunting and shooting.
Vaughan's company was at Ballincollig until late 1851, when it removed to nearby Cork; the regiment was sent to Dublin in August 1852 (f. 112 verso). Additionally Vaughan spent most of September 1851 on leave in London (ff. 38-46 verso) and was at home at Plas Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire, [9] October-[29] December 1851 (ff. 49-65 verso). Among the incidents recounted are the death by suicide of one of his men during an assignment to transport ammunition (ff. 8-11); [George W. Stone] performing Electro-Biology [i.e. hypnotism] experiments on some of his men (ff. 26 verso, 29 verso-30); several visits to the Great Exhibition in London (ff. 39 verso-43 verso passim); attending the Cork garrison races, [21] April 1852 (ff. 86-87 verso); and a riot by paupers at Cork workhouse, [9] May 1852 (f. 90 recto-verso). Vaughan assisted in keeping order during the Cork County by-election in March 1852 (ff. 82-83) and in Cork City at the General Election in July 1852 (ff. 102 verso-103 verso). His main preoccupation in open season was fox hunting and shooting game (ff. 49 verso-84 verso passim). A memo found loose within the volume, dated 31 July 1852 with additions to 1855, has been tipped in inside the back cover (f. 122, see also f. 109).

Script of a lecture given by Ted Harrison, at the National Library of Wales in December 2022 entitled 'The boy from Barry who became a Fleet Street legend', on the cartoonist Leslie Gilbert Illingworth. Also included are photocopies of the slides used in the lecture.

Llyfr tonau Richard Jones, Mathan Ganol, Boduan, 1839.

Copi ffotostat, 1958, o lawysgrif yng nghasgliad teulu Cotton, Combermere (ZCR 74/190), yn archifdy swydd Caer, yn cynnwys cywyddau a ysgrifennwyd mewn sawl llaw ar ddiwedd yr unfed ganrif-ar-bymtheg. = A photostat facsimile, 1958, of a manuscript held among the Cotton family of Combermere manuscripts (ZCR 74/190) at the Cheshire County Record Office, containing cywyddau written in several hands at the end of the sixteenth century.
Cyfansoddwyd y cywyddau, [1320x?1580], gan Siôn Phylip (f. 1), Simwnt Fychan (f. 21), Wiliam Cynwal (ff. 6, 28), Rhys Cain (ff. 10, 20), Siôn Tudur (ff. 12, 16, 33, 34, 42), Wiliam Llŷn (f. 25), Lewis ab Edward ('Lewis Meirchion', f. 36), Siôn Cent (ff. 32, 40), Iolo Goch (f. 46), Gruffudd Hiraethog (f. 48), a rhai beirdd anhysbys. = The cywyddau were composed, [1320x?1580], by Siôn Phylip (f. 1), Simwnt Fychan (f. 21), Wiliam Cynwal (ff. 6, 28), Rhys Cain (ff. 10, 20), Siôn Tudur (ff. 12, 16, 33, 34, 42), Wiliam Llŷn (f. 25), Lewis ab Edward ('Lewis Meirchion', f. 36), Siôn Cent (ff. 32, 40), Iolo Goch (f. 46), Gruffudd Hiraethog (f. 48), and a few unidentified poets.

An exercise book, 1930-1955, in the hand of the Rev. W. P. Jones, Principal of Trevecca College, Talgarth, containing an annual record of students admitted to the College for the years 1930-31 to 1954-55 (ff. 2-51 verso). Entries include the names of students and typically list their home and college addresses and, less frequently, ages and subjects studied.
The volume also includes various memoranda, notes, accounts and lists (ff. 1 recto-verso, 60, 70-82 verso and inside the covers), including petty cash and other accounts, 1932-1941 (ff. 60, 73 recto-verso, 75, 76-80 verso, 82), details of scholarship exams and awards, 1936-1940 (f. 72 verso, 74 verso, 75 verso-76), lists of new students, 1949-1952 (ff. 70 verso-71) and a list of landladies at Talgarth (f. 74). Items found loose in the volume (now in an archival envelope) comprise a letter, 14 January 1955, to W. P. Jones from Ieuan Ll. Jenkins, Dowlais (f. 83), and eleven printed copies of the Trevecca College Regulations, each signed by students of the 1954-55 intake (ff. 84-94). From 1906 to 1964 Trevecca was run by the Calvinistic Methodist Church as a preparatory college.

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)).

Cyfres o 241 llythyr, 1929-1983, oddi wrth Kate Roberts at Mrs Olwen Margaret Samuel (née Rees), Glynebwy. Bu'r derbynydd yn ddisgybl i Kate Roberts yn Ysgol Ramadeg y Merched, Aberdâr, a chyfranodd atgofion yn Bobi Jones (gol.), Kate Roberts: Cyfrol Deyrnged (Dinbych, 1969), tt. 182-8. Ceir rhai o lythyrau Olwen Samuel at Kate Roberts yn Archif Kate Roberts yn LlGC. = A series of 241 letters, 1929-1983, from Kate Roberts to Mrs Olwen Margaret Samuel (née Rees), Ebbw Vale. The recipient was a former pupil of Kate Roberts at the Aberdare County Grammar School for Girls, and contributed reminiscences to Bobi Jones (ed.), Kate Roberts: Cyfrol Deyrnged (Dinbych, 1969), pp. 182-8. Some of Olwen Samuel's letters to Kate Roberts are in the Kate Roberts Archive at NLW.
Cynhwysa un llythyr gyfeiriad at amgylchiadau marw'r bardd David Ellis ym 1918 (f. 74). = One letter in this series refers to the circumstances surrounding the death of poet David Ellis in 1918 (f. 74).

Casgliad o 37 llythyr a 4 cerdyn a anfonwyd at yr awdur John Emyr (1950- ) yn ystod y cyfnod 1970-1991. Ymhlith y gohebwyr y mae Gwynfor Evans (ff. 1-4), R. Tudur Jones (ff. 11-12), T.H. Parry-Williams (ff. 16-17), Kate Roberts (ff. 18-37) a Lewis Valentine (ff. 39-40). Cyfeiria llawer o'r llythyrau at gyhoeddiadau John Emyr, megis Enaid clwyfus: golwg ar waith Kate Roberts (Dinbych, 1976), Terfysg Haf (Dinbych, 1979), Dadl Grefyddol Saunders Lewis a W.J. Gruffydd (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, 1986) a Dyddiadur Milwr a Gweithiau Eraill (Llandysul, 1988). = A collection of 37 letters and 4 cards in Welsh sent to author John Emyr (1950- ) during the period 1970-1991. Among the correspondents are Gwynfor Evans (ff. 1-4), R. Tudur Jones (ff. 11-12), T.H. Parry-Williams (ff. 16-17), Kate Roberts (ff. 18-37) and Lewis Valentine (ff. 39-40). Many of the letters refer to John Emyr's publications, such as Enaid clwyfus: golwg ar waith Kate Roberts (Dinbych, 1976), Terfysg Haf (Dinbych, 1979), Dadl Grefyddol Saunders Lewis ac W.J. Gruffydd (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, 1986) and Dyddiadur Milwr a Gweithiau Eraill (Llandysul, 1988).

Cyfres o 31 llythyr, 1997-2003, oddi wrth Islwyn Ffowc Elis at ei gofiannydd, T. Robin Chapman, yn ymwneud yn bennaf ag astudiaeth feirniadol Chapman, Islwyn Ffowc Elis (Caerdydd, 2000) a'r bywgraffiad Rhywfaint o Anfarwoldeb (Llandysul, 2003) (ff. 1-71). = Thirty-one letters, 1997-2003, from Islwyn Ffowc Elis to his biographer, T. Robin Chapman, mostly relating to the latter's critical study Islwyn Ffowc Elis (Cardiff, 2000) and biography Rhywfaint o Anfarwoldeb (Llandysul, 2003) (ff. 1-71).
Cynhwysir hefyd nodiadau hunangofiannol gan Islwyn Ffowc Elis, [2001], [2003] (ff. 76-91); copïau o ddau lythyr gan Elis, 1975, 1976 (ff. 72-75, 92-93); a deuddeg llythyr perthynol, 1998-2004, at Chapman oddi wrth amryw o ohebwyr (ff. 94-116), gan gynnwys Huw Ethall, 2004 (f. 99), Harri P[ritchard] J[ones], 2001 (f. 101), Eigra Lewis Roberts, [2002] (f. 102), Robin Williams, 2001 (ff. 109-110), Bobi Jones, 1998 (f. 111), Derec Llwyd Morgan, 1998 (f. 113), a Brynley F. Roberts, 2003 (ff. 115-116). Ceir yn llythyrau Elis atgofion am ei amser yn fyfyriwr yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru, Bangor (1942-7) (ff. 48-52), a’i ymddangosiadau o flaen tribiwnlysoedd gwrthwynebwyr cydwybodol ym 1943 (ff. 53-54), yn ogystal â chyfeiriadau at Adran y Gymraeg, Coleg Prifysgol Dewi Sant, Llanbedr Pont Steffan (1975-1980au) (ff. 55 verso-56, 74, 85 verso-90), Daniel Owen (f. 14), Kate Roberts (f. 14), T. J. Morgan (f. 54) ac E. Tegla Davies (ff. 72-75). = Also included are autobiographical notes by Islwyn Ffowc Elis, [2001], 2003 (ff. 76-91); copies of two letters from Elis, 1975, 1976 (ff. 72-75, 92-93); and twelve related letters, 1998-2004, to Chapman from various correspondents (ff. 94-116), including Huw Ethall, 2004 (f. 99), Harri P[ritchard] J[ones], 2001 (f. 101), Eigra Lewis Roberts, [2002] (f. 102), Robin Williams, 2001 (ff. 109-110), Bobi Jones, 1998 (f. 111), Derec Llwyd Morgan, 1998 (f. 113), and Brynley F. Roberts, 2003 (ff. 115-116). Elis's letters include reminiscences of student life at the University College of North Wales, Bangor (1942-7) (ff. 48-52) and his appearances before tribunals for conscientious objectors in 1943 (ff. 53-54), as well as references to the Department of Welsh at St David's University College Lampeter (1975-[1980s]) (ff. 55 verso-56, 74, 85 verso-90), Daniel Owen (f. 14), Kate Roberts (f. 14), T. J. Morgan (f. 54) and E. Tegla Davies (ff. 72-75).

Llythyrau, 1968-1979, yn ymwneud â pharatoi'r gyfrol Erthyglau ac ysgrifau llenyddol Kate Roberts (Abertawe, 1978) a olygwyd gan Dr David Jenkins, gan gynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth Kate Roberts ac Alan Llwyd, Pennaeth yr Adran Gymraeg, Gwasg Christopher Davies, Abertawe.

Three letters, dated 1892 and 1901-1902, from Archdeacon D. R. Thomas addressed to P. B. Davies-Cooke of Gwysaney, together with a prospectus for his publication The Life and Work of Bishop Davies & William Salesbury (Oswestry, 1902).

Llyfr ysgrifennu yn cynnwys cerddi, [?1935], yn llaw Waldo Williams a gyhoeddwyd yn E. Llwyd Williams a Waldo Williams, Cerddi'r Plant (Aberystwyth, 1936). = An exercise book containing holograph poems, [?1935], by Waldo Williams, published in E. Llwyd Williams and Waldo Williams, Cerddi'r Plant (Aberystwyth, 1936).
Mae pob un o'r ugain cerdd y cyfrannodd Waldo i'r gyfrol yn bresennol yn y llawysgrif, yn ogystal â chwe cherdd ychwanegol, 'Y Falwaden' [sic] (f. 7), 'Twmi Bach Pendre' (ff. 11-12), 'Y Ceiliog Gwynt' (f. 18), 'Storiau Tadcu' (ff. 25-27), 'Can y Fegin' (f. 28) ac 'Ar y Ffordd' (f. 29) (cyhoeddwyd 'Y Falwaden', 'Storiau Tadcu' a 'Can y Fegin' yn Robert Rhys, Chwilio am Nodau'r Gân (Llandysul, 1992), tt. 222-225). Mae braslun, [1955], gan D[avid] J. Morris, [Clunderwen], o'r darlun a ddefnyddiwyd ar glawr Cerddi'r Plant, 2il arg. (Aberystwyth, 1955) hefyd wedi ei gynnwys (f. 30). Mae ff. 23-30 yn ddail rhydd ychwanegol. = All twenty of the poems contributed to the volume by Waldo are present in the manuscript, as well as six additional poems, 'Y Falwaden' (f. 7), 'Twmi Bach Pendre' (ff. 11-12), 'Y Ceiliog Gwynt' (f. 18), 'Storiau Tadcu' (ff. 25-27), 'Can y Fegin' (f. 28) and 'Ar y Ffordd' (f. 29) ('Y Falwaden', 'Storiau Tadcu' and 'Can y Fegin' appeared in Robert Rhys, Chwilio am Nodau'r Gân (Llandysul, 1992), pp. 222-225). A sketch, [1955], by D[avid] J. Morris, [Clunderwen], of the drawing used on the cover of Cerddi'r Plant, 2nd ed. (Aberystwyth, 1955) is also included (f. 30). Folios 23-30 are additional leaves loose in the volume.

Monochrome photostat facsimile of the Book of Llandaff (Liber Landavensis) (NLW MS 17110E), presented by the National Library of Wales to P. T. Davies-Cooke of Gwysaney in 1931 on receipt of the family's deposit of manuscripts at the Library.

Notes by T. Ivor Davies and T. Charles Jones, from contemporary sources including the Coroner's Court records, a public meeting at Beaumaris and service at Bangor Cathedral, relating to the sinking of the 'Rothsay Castle' steam packet on 17th August 1831, on its journey from Liverpool to Beaumaris, during which over a hundred and forty lives were lost.

Sgript y ffilm Un Nos Ola Leuad (1991), addasiad Gwenlyn Parry ac Endaf Emlyn o nofel Caradog Prichard. Mae'r sgript yn cynnwys nodiadau a darluniau o waith y cyfarwyddwr, Endaf Emlyn, sy'n ymwneud â'r cynhyrchiad.