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A portfolio of manuscript music containing popular Welsh folk songs and hymns arranged for the pianoforte, and copies of a Christmas anthem ('Ac yr oedd yn y wlad honno') by John Williams, Dolgellau.

A collection of hymn-tunes and anthems, including items by Thomas Evans, John Williams, Robert Williams, Evan Davies, Merthyr Tydfil, James Mills, Richard Ellis, John Ellis and John Jeffreys.

A holograph ode to welcome Robert Howel Vaughan and his family to Nannau by John Williams ('Ioan Rhagfyr'); with a hymn-tune entitled 'Lydia'.

Notebook, 1808-1823, of Daniel Evans containing Welsh hymns, sermon texts, accounts, aphorisms, and other memoranda.

Music book of Daniel Evans containing hymns and hymn-tunes, and miscellaneous notes.

Poems and hymns.

Poems and hymns written by William Owen ('Gwilym Alaw').

The tune book of 'David Roberts, yr Allt Ddu, Llansannan, Denbighshire, aged 18, 1840', containing hymn-tunes and anthems, including an 'anthem gron' written in the form of an octagon.

A collection of hymn-tunes, psalm-tunes and anthems, some of the latter sung at Trefriw.

A book of hymn-tunes and anthems described as 'Hen Lyfr Dafydd Jones, Bont'. The majority of the items are anonymous. The following composers are represented: 'R. W.', W. J. White, B. Mills, 'T. W.', J[ohn] Edwards, Llangadog, R[ichard] Mills ['Rhydderch Hael'], J[ohn] A[mbrose] Lloyd and J. C. Edwards ('Minimus'). Pasted to the back cover is a printed copy of 'Pennillion i'w Canu yn Nghylchwyl Cymdeithas Ddirwestol Penllyn'.

Transcripts by Owen Jones from Volume One of a collection of Latin hymns edited by H. A. Daniel and published at Halle, 1841-1846, and of notes by D. Silvan Evans and Lewis Edwards, published in Bye-gones, 1879, relating to the authorship of the Welsh hymn beginning 'Myfi yw'r Adgyfodiad mawr'.

Letters, 1896, from John D. Evans, Talley, Llandilo to Thomas Levi and from E. Wynne Parry, Bala and Richard Jones, Oswestry to Owen Jones relating to Welsh hymns and hymn-writers; transcripts of hymns by Morgan Rhys and William Williams, Pantycelyn and of a portion of Daniel Williams: Gwagedd Mebyd a Ieuengctid ... At yr hyn y chwanegir, Catechism i rai ieuaingc (Llundain, 1739); etc.

The file comprises a copy of Caniadau y Cyssegr, neu, Gasgliad o Donau Hen a Diweddar...wedi eu cynghaneddu i bedwar o leisiau, gan John Roberts, Henllan (1839). The copy has been annotated and English translations of the hymns supplied by a later hand.

'Hymnau o Fawl i Dduw' written by Evan Lewis, Carmarthen, 1798; poems by Evan Lewis, Rees Jones ['Amnon'], I. Thomas, R. Davies, 'Ioan Machno' [John M. Price], 'Britwn' [Edwin Foulkes], 'Eryr Trichrug', 'Meudwy', 'Dewi Glan Ffrydlas' [David E. Davies], 'Telynog' [Thomas Evans], 'Talhaiarn' [John Jones], 'Gwerydd Gwyllt' [Evan W. Jones], John Jones and Richard [Rhisiart] Phylip; 'englynion'; miscellaneous notes on Unitarians and Unitarianism.

A collection of hymn-tunes, psalm-tunes and anthems by J[ohn] Ambrose Lloyd, Thomas Jones [Llanfaethlu] and others.

A hymn-tune: 'Awn, awn i'r Ysgol Sul'.

A transcript of Eos Cymru, sef casgliad o donau, erddyganau gwreiddiol, ac anthemau, addas i'w canu mewn addoliad dwyfol, gan William Jacob, Treffynnon. [Llanidloes], 1844.

An extensive collection of hymn-tunes begun by Thomas Jones at the age of twenty-three, in 1841. A large number of the signed tunes are by John Ambrose Lloyd. Other composers represented are J. Hughes [Allt-lwyd], R[obert] J[ohn] Pryse ['Gweirydd ap Rhys'], C. Jones, R. Williams, D. Williams, W[illiam] Owens [or Owen], W. Pritchard, R. Griffith, R[osser] Beynon ['Asaph Glan Taf'], D[avid] J[enkin] [Dafydd Siencyn] Morgan, W. Griffith, D[avid] Roberts ['Alawydd'] and D[avid] Hughes ['Cristiolus Môn']; and examples of Welsh hymns.

The tune book of John Hughes, Llaindelyn, Llanddeusant, Anglesey, containing hymn-tunes and anthems by David Harri[e]s and others unnamed, and a small collection of hymns and temperance songs.

A book of hymn-tunes and psalm-tunes compiled by Thomas Jones, Newhavren at the age of twenty ('Thomas Jones pia fi/a dig a fydd os dygir fi'). It contains tunes by Isaac Williams, Aberaeron, William Jones and Richard Roberts, Llandrygarn, arrangements by David Hughes ['Cristiolus Môn'], Bodedeyrn, an 'Anthem Gron - Ple mae'r Iesu', and a large number of unsigned tunes.