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The fonds consists entirely of Rev. William Washington Owen's diaries. They detail daily domestic and professional events with occasional comments on national and international affairs. They were written whilst he was a minister at Tonypandy, Bedlinog, and during his retirement at Llanidloes.

A diary, 1722, of William Trench, founder of the Skerries lighthouse.

A scrapbook of material relating to William Thomas ('Islwyn'), including press cuttings, etc., in connection with negotiations for the purchase and restoration of his birthplace at Tŷ'r Agent, Ynys-ddu, 1925-1926, and press cuttings, correspondence (addressed to A. W. Games, Cwmfelin-fach), printed matter, photographs, labels attached to relics and personalia, and a balance sheet, in connection with centenary celebration meetings held in 1932 at Cwmfelin-fach and Ynys-ddu. The correspondents include Timothy Rees, bishop of Llandaff, Joseph Bradney, Saunders Lewis, Ifan ab Owen Edwards and John Kyrle Fletcher.

Letters, 1863-1877, written by William Thomas (Islwyn) (1832-1878).

Personal and related papers, 1860-1939, including correspondence, 1871-1890; sermons; [?1870s]-[?1880s]; literary papers; [?1870s]-[?1880s]; eisteddfod papers, 1860-1887; press cuttings, 1914-1939; and poetry, 1868-1918.

Papers collated by William Scott Owen as agent of the Leighton and Brynllywarch Estates, Montgomeryshire, including farm reports, letters and other papers, 1914-1920. For biography of William Scott Owen see Rachel Jones, 'The Leighton and Brynllywarch estates : William Scott Owen's records', Montgomeryshire collections, vol. 98 (2010).

Papers of William Roberts including letters to him, 1850-1886, and notebooks containing drafts and copies of letters from him, 1869-1878; sermons and sermon notes; notes and notebooks on genealogy and local history, 1867-1885, and papers relating to his work as minister and evangelist, 1861-1884; material relating to the Denbighshire Monthly Meeting (Presbytery) of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, [c. 1868]-1870; literary compositions including poems and essays, 1863-1881; newspaper cuttings, 1870-1889; family papers including biographical material of William Roberts compiled by Charles Williams, [c. 1916]; letters, especially to Charles Williams and Mrs Edward Thomas, 1874-1954; a diary of a sea voyage, [1892?]; and sermons of Rev. John Bevan Roberts, [1930s]-[1940s].

Papers of the Rev. William Rees, 1872-[1930s], including a volume of pryddestau and englynion by William Rees successfully submitted for competition at various eisteddfodau, 1872-1910; and a further six volumes of poetry by Rees; a volume of hymns, 1919-1925; two volumes of writings; and a volume containing a pryddest, 1931, by D. Emrys James ('Dewi Emrys').

A collection, [1896x1937], comprising note-books, correspondence, miscellaneous papers, etc., from the library of the Rev. Professor William Porter and including essays, examination papers and research and lecture notes. Much of the material relates to Biblical themes and to the study of the Hebrew and Greek languages.

One of two volumes containing press cuttings relating to the life and work of William Paton Ker (1855-1923), Professor of Poetry at Oxford and previously Professor of English Literature at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and at University College, London, together with reviews of his last work, The Art of Poetry. Seven Lectures 1920-1922 (Oxford, 1923), and of Collected Essays of W. P. Ker (London, 1925).

One of two volumes containing press cuttings relating to the life and work of William Paton Ker (1855-1923), Professor of Poetry at Oxford and previously Professor of English Literature at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and at University College, London, together with reviews of his last work, The Art of Poetry. Seven Lectures 1920-1922 (Oxford, 1923), and of Collected Essays of W. P. Ker (London, 1925).

A catalogue of English, Welsh and foreign books offered for sale in 1892 by William Pamplin (1806-1899), botanist, etc., Llandderfel, Merioneth.

A letter, 29 December 1801, from William Owen [-Pughe] (1759-1835) to William Coxe (1747-1828), author of An Historical Tour through Monmouthshire ... (London, 1801), together with a note on druidism and bardism.

Holograph manuscript of the hymn-tune 'Bryn Calfaria' by William Owen, 1850; four manuscript tune-books and loose manuscript music mostly in the hand of William Owen, including many of his own compositions, (watermark 1825)-[c. 1854]; together with some printed music relating to the composer and photographs relating to the memorial to him erected at Cae Athro in 1913.

A short autobiography and poems in the hand of William Owen, Penywern, Borth, Cardiganshire, 1913.

Hymns written by William Owen (Gwilym Alaw o Fôn).

A printed copy of an anonymous work, entitled The Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Gardens Complete in Four Parts ... (Dublin: printed by George Faulkner, 1751) [ESTC N54118]. Extensive manuscript notes in the form of original observations and quotations, have been added, 1751-1756, by William Morris of Holyhead (inside front and rear covers, fly-leaf, pp. i-xvi, 149-156, and a few annotations in the margins of the printed book), together with an index (pp. 137-149).

A manuscript containing a sermon, 1837, in the hand of William Morris, Cilgerran.

A sermon written by William Morris, St Davids, 1823.

This is a digital print prepared from the negative after it's treatment for Vinegar Syndrome. The photograph is believed to have been taken at the proclamation ceremony for the 1958 National Eisteddfod in Ebbw Vale.