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Deeds of the Aberpergwm estate in Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, and Carmarthenshire, 1258-1919; rentals and general account books of the estate (including some colliery accounts), 1791-1870, account books and balance sheets of the Aberpergwm colleries, 1794-1972; documents relating to Treferig Valley railway, 1874-1884; and personal papers, including letters to the Williams family of Aberpergwm and the associated families of Smith of Castellau, Llantrisant, Lloyd of Castellau and Aberpergwm and the Bush family of Burcot, Oxfordshire, 1760-1909; Castellau estate papers, 1867-1879; and papers, mainly 18th century, relating to the claims of inhabitants in the Forest of Dean.

Papers of Thomas James Jenkin, 1904-1965, including student lecture notes, 1907-1914; Welsh Plant Breeding Station records, 1922-1957; papers relating to Sir R. George Stapledon, 1919-1961; lectures, [c. 1915]-1958; correspondence, 1916-1965; records relating to Dunns Farm Seeds Ltd, 1950-1965; papers relating to Agricultural Societies, including the Welsh Black Cattle Society, 1916-1965, the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, 1954-1965, and the British Grassland Society, 1949-1964; family and personal papers, 1907-1972; diaries, 1907-1918, 1927-1965; financial papers, 1911-1965; press cuttings, 1929-1961; family and local history research notes and essays; lectures and addresses, 1917-1962; private papers of Kate Laura Jenkin, 1927-1960.

The archive comprises almost entirely of deeds relating to the Helygog estate, Brithdir, Merionethshire, 1616-1954.

Deeds and documents, 1553-1877, relating to properties in the parishes of Llandysilio, Llanfyrnach, Llanbedr Felffre, Lamphey and Mathri, co. Pembroke; Llanfihangel-ar-arth, Carmarthen town and borough, Llan-gain, Abergwili, Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn, Newchurch, Llanfihangel Abercywyn, Llanybydder, Llanwinio, Tre-lech a'r Betws, Llanboidy, Aber-nant, Llangynnwr, Meidrim, St. Clears, Llandeilo Fawr, Llandybie and St. Ishmael, co. Carmarthen; Bangor [Teifi], Cellan and Caron, co. Cardigan. They include deeds for the Glandewely estate in Llanfihangel-ar-arth, 1553-1769, and the Golden Lion in Lammas Street, Carmarthen, 1771-1877.

Papers, 1883-1996, of, or acquired by, the artist Ray Howard-Jones (1903-1996), including correspondence, diaries, notes and draft poems, and papers relating to exhibitions, together with photographs and slides, and printed material.

A further group of papers of, or acquired by Ray Howard-jones was received June 2006. This group remains uncatalogued.

Papers of the Department of Music of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1883-1986, including concert programmes, 1898-1988, posters for concerts, 1961-[c. 1983]; minute book of the UCW Aberystwyth Musical Club, 1920-1927; student record cards, 1922-1929; attendance registers, 1933-1981; staff notes and reports, 1951-1983; miscellaneous papers and correspondence relating to the Department, 1921-1984; minute book of the Aberystwyth Music Festival, 1925-1927; papers relating to Aberystwyth and Gregynog music festivals, 1922-1969; music manuscripts and facsimiles by individual composers, including Arthur Charles Edwards, Ian Parrott, and David Wynne, 1916-1982; miscellaneous music papers, 1883-1904; papers of Charles Clements, 1909-1973; and papers of Griff Williams and his wife, 1916-[1980s].

Literary and personal papers of Rhys Davies, 1901-1979, comprising manuscript drafts and typescript copies, mainly of short stories and plays, together with drafts and a manuscript text of his last novel Ram with Red Horns (Bridgend, 1996), set in south Wales. Also included are letters to and from Rhys Davies, mostly 1960s and 1970s, and papers relating to his friend, the novelist Anna Kavan, including a short draft of a work of fiction in her hand. The manuscripts include autograph and typescript drafts of the short story 'The Walled City', [?1950s], the novels Tomorrow to Fresh Woods (1941), Girl Waiting in the Shade (1960), [?late 1950s], and Nobody Answered the Bell (1971), stories collected in The Chosen One (1967), the autobiographical volume Print of a Hare's Foot (1969), and the articles 'The God on the Oven Door', 1963, and 'Anna Kavan', 1971.

Additional letters and papers relating to Rhys Davies were acquired July 2009. This group remains uncatalogued.

Manuscripts, [1790x1937], by or belonging to, the Reverend David Morgan Lewis. The material is largely of Congregational or Welsh literary/historical interest and includes sermons and sermon notes; volumes of hymn-tunes and material relating to Welsh hymn-writers (including Ann Griffiths) and their work; lecture notes and essays; tour journals, [1889]-1906, of David Morgan Lewis; and an album mainly of Congregational interest compiled by John Lloyd James ('Clwydwenfro').

Papers of Sir William Williams, mainly legal papers, 1685-1693; political papers, 1680-1698; and papers relating to, or collected by his ancestors or descendants, 1567-1812. The legal papers include papers relating to the trials of the Earl of Shaftesbury, 1677, Algernon Sidney, 1683, his own trials for a scandalum magnatum brought by James II and the Earl of Peterborough, 1685-1686, and the trial of the Seven Bishops, 1688.

Research papers concerning the Anwyl and related families, [c. 1905]-1991, including: correspondence, 1941-1991; pedigrees, genealogical notes and extracts, 1945-1988, concerning branches of the family in Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, and Glamorgan; papers concerning the Anwyl families of London; Darlington, Durham; Abingdon, Oxfordshire; and Liverpool, Lancashire; USA; Canada; and New Zealand; and photographs of the Anwyl family, 1960-[c.1974].

Records, 1841-1897, of Trefeglwys School Board, 1871-1897; Llangurig School Board, 1874-1898; Poor Law Records of Newtown and Llanidloes Poor Law Union for the parish of Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, including: rate books, 1845-1892; Overseer's receipt and payment books, 1849-1872; and Collector's unpaid rates statement books, 1853-1883; and miscellaneous papers, 1879-1897.

Papers, 1901-1991, of dramatist, poet and literary critic John Saunders Lewis consisting mainly of correspondence and comprising letters, 1914-1955, between Saunders Lewis and Margaret Lewis (née Gilcriest), including letters written whilst Saunders Lewis was serving in the First World War and whilst he was imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs in 1937; letters, 1919-1984, to Saunders Lewis from various correspondents, including seventy-three letters, 1923-1983, from Kate Roberts, and fifty-three letters and cards, 1948-1974, from artist and writer David Jones, together with letters, 1937, to Margaret Lewis from David Jones and from various correspondents to her, 1919-1951; letters, 1919-1924, to Saunders Lewis from his father Lodwig Lewis, and letters, 1952, 1984-[c. 1986], to Mair Saunders Jones, daughter of Saunders and Margaret Lewis, including a letter, 1952, from Kate Roberts; together with autograph and typescript drafts of plays by Saunders Lewis, 1936-1983, articles, notes and addresses by him, including students notebooks of 1914-1920, and poetry, 1912-1947, by both Saunders and Margaret Lewis.
References include those to Plaid Cymru, Welsh nationalism, contemporary Welsh literature, the state of the Welsh language at the time, and Roman Catholicism.

Manuscripts and papers, [1725x1939], from the library of the Rev. H. Jones Davies, although most of the material is not in his hand. The collection includes correspondence of Humphrey Jones Davies and others; material of or relating to Sir Henry Lewis and the Rev. John Phillips, Bangor, and notebooks and sermons of the Rev. Christmas Evans; Welsh poetry transcribed by Isaac Foulkes; deeds, documents and correspondence of mainly Denbighshire and Merioneth interest; and notes, sermons, essays, etc.

Records, 1986-96, of the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages (Wales Sub-Committee and the United Kingdom Committee) including correspondence; minutes of the Board of Directors of the Bureau, the Finance Committee and other Celtic sub-committees; reports of the President and Secretary-General; and publications of the Bureau; together with the papers, 1984-96, of Dafydd Orwig (1928-96), Chairman of the UK Committee, 1989-92, including correspondence; minutes of the Bureau's council meetings; papers relating to the Nant Gwrtheyrn European Centre and to the 1991 Census working party; reports on minority languages; reports of study visits to Wales, Bolzano, Friesland, Calabria, Denmark, Luxembourg, Galicia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Ireland; press cuttings; and printed works

Cofnodion, 1986-96, Biwro Ewropeaidd yr Ieithoedd Llai (Is-Bwyllgor Cymru a Phwyllgor y Deyrnas Unedig) gan gynnwys gohebiaeth; cofnodion Bwrdd Rheolwyr y Biwro, y Pwyllgor Ariannol ac is-bwyllgorau gwledydd Celtaidd eraill; adroddiadau'r Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol a'r Llywydd; a chyhoeddiadau'r Biwro; ynghyd â phapurau, 1984-96, Dafydd Orwig (1928-96), Cadeirydd Pwyllgor y Deyrnas Unedig, 1989-92, gan gynnwys gohebiaeth; cofnodion cyfarfodydd Cyngor y Biwro; papurau'n ymwneud â Chanolfan Ewropeaidd Nant Gwrtheyrn a gweithgor Cyfrifiad 1991; adroddiadau ar ieithoedd lleiafrifol; adroddiadau teithiau astudio i Gymru, Bolzano, Fryslân, Calabria, Denmarc, Lwcsembwrg, Galicia, Gwlad y Basg, Catalonia a'r Iwerddon; torion o'r wasg; a llyfrau printiedig

Deeds, 1564-1865, relating to Denbighshire and Shropshire, in particular to Tregeiriog, Llangadwaladr, Denbighshire, and Whittington, Shropshire.

Deeds, 1753-1912, relating to the Lewis family of Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire.

Deeds of the Court Henry estate, mainly in Llangathen and Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, 1770-1905.

Deeds and marriage settlements collected by Harold Hughes, relating mainly to properties in the parishes of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, Llangynfelyn, and Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire, 1577-1852.

Notebooks and papers, 1815-[1910x1914], of or belonging to Sir Edward Anwyl, mainly comprising notes of Celtic, Classical, Biblical, theological and historical or archaeological interest, together with literary, linguistic and grammatical material.

Family and estate records of the Williams family of Cotts, Pembrokeshire, 1775-1801, Louis Devandes of Cotts, 1801-1814, the Peel family of Cotts and Denant, 1814-1847, and of the Massy family of County Limerick, Cotts and Cottesmore, 1828-1883, mainly title deeds relating to premises in Pembrokeshire and County Limerick, together with copies and abstracts of the charters of the borough of Askeaton, County Limerick, 1613-1723, returns of MPs for the borough, 1613-1713, burgess lists, 1613-1723, the court book of the corporation, 1692-1724, and other papers relating to the borough, c.1715-95; and a volume containing letters, 1820-1875, relating mainly to British Museum matters.