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Holograph copies of articles, etc., by T[homas] Gwynn Jones [professor of Welsh Literature, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth], published in Y Darian, 1919-1926, including a series of articles entitled 'Iwerddon' (18, 25 Medi, 2, 9, 16 Hydref 1919, subsequently published as a booklet (50 pp.) under the same title, Aberdar, 1919); a series of articles entitled 'I Leddfu Gofid' (26 Mai, 9, 16, 23, 30 Mehefin, 7 Gorffennaf 1921, subsequently published as a booklet (63 pp.) under the title Peth Nas Lleddir, Aberdar, 1921); an essay entitled 'Colofnau Mwg' ( 16 Rhagfyr 1926, subsequently published in the author's Beirniadaeth a Myfyrdod, Wrecsam, 1935, pp.119-27); reviews of Saunders Lewis: A School of Welsh Augustans, Wrexham, 1924 (29 Mai 1924), and of Kate Roberts: O Gors y Bryniau. Naw Stori Fer, Wrecsam, 1925 (7 Mai 1925); a letter headed 'Tafodiaith', in reply to a correspondent's observations in Y Darian, 4 Mehefin 1925, on comments by T. Gwynn Jones in his review of O Gors y Bryniau (see above) on the author's use of dialect (11 Mehefin 1925); and adjudications on 'englynion' submitted in a literary competition organised by Y Darian (28 Rhagfyr 1922), on the 'rhieingerddi' and 'myfyrdraethau' submitted for competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, 1923 (16 Awst 1923; for the adjudication on the 'rhieingerddi', see also Cofnodion a Chyfansoddiadau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1923 . . . Barddoniaeth a Beirniadaethau, pp.95-6), on the chair poems and 'englynion' submitted at the Cardiff and District Welsh Societies Eisteddfod, 1925 (2, 9 Ebrill 1925), and on the short stories submitted in a competition organised by Y Darian, 1925 (26 Tachwedd 1925). Most of these items are listed in A Bibliography of Thomas Gwynn Jones. Reprinted from The Bibliography of Denbighshire, Part 3, Wrexham, 1938. See also the supplement to this work, published in Denbighshire Historical Society Transactions, vol. 5, 1956, pp. 131-49.

A volume entitled on the cover 'Cylchlythyrau Cymdeithasfa Chwarterol y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd yn Ne Cymru', being a bound volume of reports (printed) of the quarterly meetings of the Calvinistic Methodist Association of South Wales held at the following places - Carmarthen (April 1936), Newport (June 1936), Aberafan (September 1936), Pontardawe (November 1936), Penarth (April 1937), Y Garn (June 1937), Tonpentre (September 1937), Tregaron (November 1937), Brecon (March 1938), Llandeilo (June 1938), Haverfordwest (August-September 1938), and London (November 1938). The reports bear the signatures of officials of the Association.

A survey in two volumes by Melvyn Davies of the Worms Head & Mainland Caves, 1-47 undertaken between July and September 1989; a survey of the Gower Coast Caves by R. T. Sutton, Melvyn Davies and Dr Graham Jenkins, September 1990; together with surveys of the caves of the South Gower Coast, Worms Head to Porteynon Point by Melvyn Davies, January 1987, and another copy with a few additions by Andrew Davies, and from Porteynon Point to Pwlldu Bay by Melvyn Davies, May and August 1990.

A second group of sacred songs composed by E. Festin Jones, Blaenau Ffestiniog, to words by J. D. Davies [Blaenau Ffestiniog], Mrs. Albert Jones, B[etws] y Coed and Blaenau Ffestiniog (1922) (partly holograph), Robert John Davies ('Barlwydon'), John Griffith, Dolgelley, Robert Owen Hughes ('Elfyn'), D[avid] Jones, Treborth, D. Mardy Jones, Seven Sisters, Enoch E. Jones, Humphrey Jones ('Bryfdir'), Joseph Jones ('J. J. Drenewydd '), J. W. Jones [Blaenau Ffestiniog], R. Eurog Jones, H. Elvet Lewis ('Elfed'), David Bowen ('Myfyr Hefin'), John Lewis, Dublin, Evan Rees ('Dyfed'), Ioan Rhys, Llannonn, co. Cardigan, David Jones ('Dewi Mawrth'), Robert David Rowland ('Anthropos') (holograph), Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn'), Dr. [H.] Cernyw Williams, Thos. H. Williams, Rhiwbryfdir, W. Nantlais Williams ('Nantlais'), etc.

An article, with an introduction by Miss Gwen Roberts [Gwen Rees Roberts, 1916-2002], Missionary to India, on the people of the Lushai Hills, known as the 'Mizo District', in the southernmost district of the State of Assam, once head hunting animists, before being introduced to the Christian Church by Missionaries.

A manuscript presented by His Majesty the late King George VI as a memento of the Royal Visit of 15 July 1937. It is entitled 'The Princes of Wales of the Blood Royal of England With Their Armorial Ensigns deduced from MCCLXXXIV to His Royal Highness George-Augustus Frederick Prince of Wales Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland MDCCCXI'. The volume is the work of Sir George Nayler, York Herald and Genealogist of the Bath, who subsequently became Clarenceux king-of-arms and Garter king-of-arms. It is very finely executed on vellum, and consists of brief biographical sketches of sixteen Princes of Wales, beginning with Edward of Caernarvon (afterwards Edward II) and ending with George-Augustus Frederick (afterwards George IV). On the leaf following each sketch is the coat of arms, emblazoned in tinctures, of the Prince of Wales to whom the preceding text relates. On the leaves immediately following the coat of arms of Edward, the Black Prince, are illuminated drawings of his tomb in Canterbury Cathedral and of the Prince of Wales's crest, - three ostrich feathers with the motto 'Ich Dien'. Edward, the son of Henry VIII, who afterwards became Edward VI, has been omitted from the series, and a sheet of paper of later date than the manuscript, on which biographical data relating to him have been written, is loose in the volume. It is decorated on the upper cover with a shield inlaid in black on which are superimposed the Prince of Wales's feathers inlaid on white and outlined and feathered in gold, and which is surrounded by a design, in blind and gold, copied from that on the tomb of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral. The same design, without the shield and feathers, is repeated on the lower cover. On the spine, in gold, are one-line panels and the following lettering - 'The Princes of Wales. Nayler . . . 1811', while the inside borders are also of one-line gilt panels. His Majesty the King has autographed the volume on the first fly-leaf - 'George R. I. July 15th. 1937'.

A volume of exercises in commercial arithmetic and precedents of invoices compiled in 1826 by William Saunders Davies, a native of Brynhafod and afterwards shopkeeper of Felin-fach, co. Cardigan.

A photostat facsimile of Hampton L. Carson MS. 19 in the Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A., being an imperfect fifteenth century manuscript containing extracts from the Record of Caernarvon (extracts from, and summaries of the provisions of, the Statute of Rhuddlan, 1284, and subsequent statutes of Wales, and an abstract of common petitions, and replies thereto, exhibited at the council of the Prince [of Wales, at Kennington, 1305]), pleas before Hugh de Audely, Justice of North Wales, at Caernarvon, 1307/8, etc.

A letter book of the Pontithel Chemical Company, Three Cocks, co. Brecknock, 1899-1902.

Twenty-nine holograph letters from Evan Lloyd, Jesus College, Oxford, etc., [cleric and author, aft. absentee vicar of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd] to his father John Lloyd and to his brother Robert Lloyd, Vron [Dderw], near Bala, co. Merioneth, 1751-1773; a holograph letter from Robt. Lloyd, Vron, to Evan Lloyd, Temple Bar, London, 1768; a holograph letter from E[lizabeth] Baker to Miss Lloyd, Vron, 1783; and the blank sheet of a letter to John Lloyd, Vron, franked by J. Dunning.

A transcript of the will, 26 June 1846, of Mary Senhouse Anwyl of Charlotte Town in Prince Edward Island, spinster, together with a case relating thereto and the opinion, 3 May 1850, of R. Hodgson, Ch[arlotte] Town; an attested power of attorney, 30 January 1850, from Mary Senhouse Annwyl to Isaac Gilbertson of Bryney groes, Bala, co. Merioneth, for the management of her estate in co. Merioneth; three letters from the Inland Revenue Office, London, to Thomas P. Anwyl, Llanycil, 1852-1854 (legacy duties payable under the will of Mary Senhouse Anwyl), and three similar letters to Rice Hugh Anwyl, Llanycil, Bala, and Isaac Gilbertson, solicitor, Corwen, 1856 (duties payable under the will of Thomas Pryse Anwyl); a holograph letter from Messrs. Townsend & Roberts, Doctors Commons, to I. Gilbertson, solicitor, Bala, 1850 (the next-of-kin of Miss [Mary Senhouse] Anwyl); five holograph letters from John Barrow, Prince Edw[ar]d Island, to Isaac Gilbertson, Bala, 1851-1853 (a proposed tablet in Bala Church, the Anwyl estate, the weather, the Protestants' noble stand in the British Dominions, an offer of a likeness of Robt. Anwyl, references to relatives) (enclosed is a form of the tablet inscription, in memory of members of the Anwyl family); a holograph letter from Jno. Jones, W[elsh] Pool, to I. Gilbertson, Bala, 1855 (an offer to buy Lane Farm); bills of exchange, 1850-1853, from John Barrow, Charlottetown, P. E. Island, to Isaac Gilbertson, Bala; the escutcheon of John Barrow (in the form of a bookplate); etc.

Papurau, 1981-1986, yn ymwneud â Cofiwn, gan gynnwys cylchlythyrau a thaflenni ar gyfer trefnu digwyddiadau i gofio Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. Yr oedd yn un o’r grwpiau amrywiol hynny a fu’n hyrwyddo hanes a threftadaeth Cymru a'i arwyddair oedd 'heb dreftadaeth heb enaid'. = Papers, 1981-1986, relating to Cofiwn, comprising newsletters, and leaflets relating to the movement, including papers about organising events to commemorate Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. It was one of the various solidarity groups involved with promoting the history and heritage of Wales and its motto was 'no heritage no soul'.

A survey of the burial ground of Y Graig Independent church, Machynlleth, undertaken by Machynlleth Women’s Institute, October 1984. = Arolwg o fynwent Eglwys Annibynnol y Graig, Machynlleth, gan Sefydliad y Merched y dref, Hydref 1984.

A transcript of the notebook of Kurt Ockert (1920-2011), a German Prisoner of War, posted to work in Radnorshire during the Second World War who married a Welsh girl from Presteigne and lived there until his death. It was transcribed by the donor George P. Lancett after Kurt Ockert's death in November 2011.

Papurau, 1966-2006, gan gynnwys cofnodion cyfarfodydd, gohebiaeth, papurau ariannol, rhaglenni a phapurau amrywiol eraill yn ymwneud â'r gymdeithas. Bu Dr Lewis Davies (m. 2006), diweddar ŵr y rhoddwr, yn ysgrifennydd a thrysorydd y gymdeithas am nifer o flynyddoedd. = Papers of the Durham Welsh Society, 1966-2006, including minutes of meetings, correspondence, financial papers, programmes and various other papers, relating to the society. Dr Lewis Davies (d. 2006), the donor’s late husband, was secretary and treasurer of the society for many years.

Four genealogical studies of Welsh families who emigrated from Cardiganshire to Jackson County, Ohio, compiled by the donor. They comprise David J. Thomas and his wife Jessdinah (1988); the Roderick family of Tyn-y-mynydd, Blaenpennal (2007); the Williams family of Bronyfynwent, Lledrod (2007); the Williams family of Henbant, Lledrod (2007); together with a copy of Reverend William R. Evans, History of Welsh settlements in Jackson and Gallia counties of Ohio (1988).

Deunydd a grynhowyd gan John Roberts, trefnydd ac ysgrifennydd cyffredinol yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, yn ymwneud yn bennaf â dathlu canmlwyddiant y Wladfa yn 1965, gan gynnwys llythyrau at y rhoddwr am y 'bererindod i Batagonia' a drefnwyd gan Undeb Cymry Ariannin ac ag ymweliad chwech ymwelydd o Batagonia i Gymru y flwyddyn honno. Ceir llyfr lloffion yn cynnwys ffotograffau yn ymwneud â’r daith i'r Wladfa a llungopi o erthygl Lewis H. Thomas, 'From the pampas to the prairies. The Welsh migration of 1902', a gyhoeddwyd yng nghylchgrawn Saskatchewan History.

A collection of documents, 1651-[19 cent., first ½], relating to the Commonwealth and Protectorate in England. They include a warrant, 7 November 1651, from the Council of State, signed by its president John Bradshaw, authorising the merchant Charles Longland to act as their agent in Livorno, Tuscany, in supplying the parliamentarian fleet and providing intelligence (item i); a commission, 15 October 1655, from Oliver Cromwell (signed 'Oliver P.'), appointing George Langford as chirurgeon [surgeon] in Col. Goffe's regiment of horse (item ii); and a further commission, 11 July 1659, from Parliament, signed by W[illia]m Lenthall, Speaker, appointing Langford to the rank of Cornet in a troop of horse under Col. Thomas Saunders (item iii).
Also included is an engraving, 1793, of a 1654 portrait of William Lenthall (item iv); and an engraving, [19 cent., first ½], depicting the trial of Charles I (item v). Two of the documents have papered seals affixed: Cromwell's private seal (item ii) and the seal of the Council of State (Item i).

A scrapbook concerning Dr D Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981), including letters, 1926-1977, from Dr Lloyd- Jones, some relating to his decision to give up medicine and accept a call to minister at Sandfields Forward Movement Mission, Port Talbot, compiled by E. T. Rees, church secretary. It also includes press cuttings, 1926-1968, and family and chapel photographs.

Seventeen photos,mainly snapshots, some annotated on the reverse, most of which relate to a holiday or holidays in Poland in 1928. One passport type photo is annotated on the reverse 'Kazik Szumowski, London, 12/viii/1931'. The same individual can be identified in other photos wearing Polish military uniform. Amongst the annotated photos are a camp organised by the Polish YMCA, hiking in the Tatras mountains and a group of Polish military officers. The four postcards in the collection are two portraits of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a group of girls in swimming costumes dancing on a beach and a real photographic card of a group of young men with bicycles.