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Eleven letters, May 1892, to T. E. Ellis, MP, concerning the accuracy of Welsh place names on Ordnance Survey maps and the submission of evidence to the Departmental Committee on the Ordnance Survey. The correspondents include J. Gwenogfryn Evans, D. Silvan Evans, John Edward Lloyd (2), Egerton Phillimore and G. J. Williams.

Letters, 1892 and undated, from Professor Sir Henry Jones to Thomas Edward Ellis, together with a letter, 22 October 1892, from John R. Williams, Bottwnog, Pwllheli to Henry Jones, a copy of Bottwnog Grammar School, Lleyn: A Plea for its retention as an Intermediate School under the Intermediate and Technical Education Act (Wales) 1889, and a proposal, 6 March 1894, by John R. Williams to finance 'agricultural instructions & experiments' at Bottwnog County School.

A Diary of Sundays for 20 Years, 1886-1906 (Treherbert, [1886]) ostensibly used by R. J. Davies of Cwrt Mawr to record [?preachers]; the diary however continues to be used until 1896, after Davies's death in 1892.

Printed booklets and ephemera, mostly dated 1896, relating to education in North Wales, the Land Law Reform Association, the National Liberal Association, Merionethshire Joint Education Committee, &c.

Four Parliamentary bills and draft bills, 1894-1897, three of which relate to Church Disestablishment in Wales.

Miscellaneous letters:.

Over two hundred letters, January 1897-December 1898, from Thomas Edward Ellis to his fiancee, and later wife, Annie J. Davies.

Notes in the hand of T. E. Ellis, together with miscellaneous documents and ephemera, [1890s].

A photograph album containing some thirty cartes de visite, [late 19 cent.], nearly all unidentified. The presence of 'Miss A. Charles' suggests a possible connection with Cwrt Mawr.

Three items, 1899, relating to the death of T. E. Ellis and its aftermath, comprising the telegram sent by [Sir John] Brunner to [J. H.] Davies, informing him of Ellis's death, 5 April 1899; the order of service used by Sir William Harcourt, MP, at the memorial service held at the Church of St Margaret, Westminster, 11 April 1899; and a leaf from a printed book containing 'Emyn coffa Mr T. E. Ellis, AS'.

A notebook containing pasted in newspaper cuttings, 1889-[1890s], relating mainly to Aberystwyth.

Papers, 1796-[19 cent., second ½], concerning the Burchinshaw family of Llansannan, Denbighshire, comprising a copy of the will of Margaret Burchinshaw, Voel, Llansannan, dated 17 March 1796 (item 1); two copy letters and a memorandum, 1822, relating to the dispute between Robert Burchinshaw (1786-1855) and his father Thomas Burchinshaw (1755-1846) concerning the felling of timber (see also Burchinshaw family papers 29-33) (items 2-4); a copy of the will of Robert Evans, Nant-y-cwm, Llansannan, dated 22 July 1827 (item 5); two copy letters, 1847, relating to disputes between Robert Burchinshaw and his late father's executors (items 6-7); Robert Burchinshaw's account with Messrs Lloyd Roberts Williams & Jones, 1847-1848 (item 8); a copy of the 'Rental of the late Mr [Robert] Burchinshaw's Estate' for 1855-1857 (item 9); and the account of 'The Beneficiaries under the late Mr Robert Burchinshaw's Will' with John Davies, 1874 (item 10); together with genealogical notes, [19 cent, second ½], in an unidentified hand, concerning the Burchinshaw family (item 11).

Printed account book of the Rev. Edward Edwards, Dylife Vicarage, Llanbrynmair, [Montgomeryshire], recording accounts of the Dylife Church and Vicarage Restoration Fund, 1893-1899.

Five letters, 1896-1899, addressed to Thomas Edward Ellis, including two, 1896-1897, from Isambard Owen.

Copies of some twenty-six newspapers, periodicals and other publications, 1887-1899, the majority of which concern the death and funeral of T. E. Ellis in 1899. The publications include Punch, Y Seren, Celt Llundain, The Westminster Gazette and South Wales Daily News.

Four alba amicorum, 1900-[?1909], belonging to Sarah ('Sally'/'Sallie'), Mary, Selina and Katie, four daughters of the Foulkes family of Conway and Liverpool, each containing autographs, drawings and photographs, etc., by various friends and acquaintances.

A notebook, begun 1901, in the hand of Winnie Ellis (later Davies-Jones, younger sister of T. E. Ellis), containing recipes apparently recorded during cookery lectures in Harlech.