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'An original poetic Address to the Aberdare Glam. Unemployed "Men's Own" recited by the Composer', by R[obert] W[alter] Bugg, April 1936.

Cerdd o'r enw 'Aelwyd lan a gwraig lon' gan 'Gwr Mwyn' [o Lanfair Caereinion?], anfonwyd i 'Mr W. P.', Pwllheli, Ionawr 1863. = A poem entitled 'Aelwyd lan a gwraig lon' by 'Gwr Mwyn' [of Llanfair Caereinion?], sent to 'Mr W. P.', Pwllheli, January 1863.

Printed copy of the poem 'Canterbury Pilgrims' by Sebastian Evans, signed by the author and dated Christmas 1902.
It was subsequently published in Canterbury: Mother-city of the Anglo-Saxon Race, ed. by Sebastian Evans and Francis Bennett Goldney (Canterbury, [1904]).

Copi llawysgrif, [18 gan., hwyr] (dyfrnod 'Afonwen Mill'), o bedwar pennill olaf cerdd anhysbys, gyda'r pennill cyntaf ar glawr yn cychwyn 'Mae'n ddyled i ninnau mewn goleu yn ddi gyd'. Mae'r pennill olaf yn dweud i'r gerdd gael ei chyfansoddi ym 1781. = A manuscript copy, [late 18 cent.] ('Afonwen Mill' watermark), of the final four verses of an anonymous poem, the first extant verse beginning 'Mae'n ddyled i ninnau mewn goleu yn ddi gyd'. The final verse gives the year of its composition as 1781.

Cerdd anhysbys i gyfarch eisteddfod, yn cychwyn 'Ha wyr hen ddifyr ddefod...', [20 gan., ¼ cyntaf]. = An anonymous poem addressing an eisteddfod, beginning 'Ha wyr hen ddifyr ddefod...', [20 cent., first ¼].

Three holograph poems, 'To Bernard Barton's Daughter', 18 June 1825, 'To Rydal Mount', [1830], and 'To a departed Spirit', [?1830], by Felicia Dorothea Hemans.
Also included is a sonnet 'To Mrs Felicia Hemans' by G[eorge] F[leming] Richardson (f. 4), dated 3 July 1827. 'To a departed Spirit' was published in Songs of the Affections (Edinburgh, 1830), pp. 40-42; 'To Bernard Barton's Daughter' appears in The Works of Mrs. Hemans: With a Memoir of Her Life, by Her Sister, 7 vols (Edinburgh, 1839), Ⅵ, 141.

Chwe englyn, 1954, gan Griffith Davies (Gwyndaf) i Hugh J. Owen ar ei ymddeoliad fel Clerc Cyngor Sir Feirionnydd. = Six englyns, 1954, by Griffith Davies (Gwyndaf) to Hugh J. Owen on his retirement as Clerk of Merioneth County Council.
Cynhwysir hefyd lythyr oddi wrth Gwyndaf i'r rhoddwr, [1961]. Ceir yr ail, y pedwerydd a'r pumed pennill, gyda rhai newidiadau, yn Awen Gwyndaf Llanuwchllyn, gol. gan James Nicholas (Abertawe, 1966), t. 40. = Also included is a letter from Gwyndaf to the donor, [1961]. The second, fourth and fifth verses, with some revisions, appear in Awen Gwyndaf Llanuwchllyn, ed. by James Nicholas (Swansea, 1966), p. 40.

Cân i 'Cŵn Cadben Spence-Jones Pantglas' [sef C. J. H. Spence-Jones, yn ddiweddarach Spence-Colby], ysgrifennwyd yn ôl bob tebyg gan Samuel Jones, Hafod Lom, Llanfynydd, sir Gaerfyrddin. Roedd y gerdd yn fuddugol yn Eisteddfod Llanfynydd, 1 Gorffennaf 1907. = Verses to the hounds of Captain [C. J. H.] Spence-Jones [later Spence-Colby] of Pantglas, probably written by Samuel Jones of Hafod Lom, Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire. The poem was awarded a prize at Llanfynydd Eisteddfod, 1 July 1907.

Copi, dyddiedig 19 Rhagfyr 1853, o Garol Nadolig (1785) gan David Rhys, Llanbrynmair (neu o bosib ei frawd, Thomas), wedi ei ddiwygio gan, ac yn llaw, Evan Breece (Ieuan Cadfan). = A copy, dated 19 December 1853, of a Christmas Carol (1785) by David Rhys of Llanbrynmair (or possibly his brother, Thomas), revised by, and in the hand of, E[van] Breece (Ieuan Cadfan).

'The Welsh Budget', [1909], a holograph poem by John Cowper Powys concerning David Lloyd George's 'People's Budget' of 1909; it is apparently unpublished.
Also included is a cutting from the Radio Times, 18-24 June 1966, listing a radio programme on that Budget, transmitted 21 June.

Leaves from a school exercise book, [?late 19 cent.], containing exercises and transcripts of miscellaneous prose and poetry.
The poetry includes Wordsworth's 'Lucy Gray' (1799) (ff. 5-6), and part of the anonymous poem 'The Lost Child', as published in The Dog of St. Bernard and Other Stories (London, [1875]) (ff. 2, 3).

Copi llawysgrif, [1860], o'r gerdd 'Llinellau a'r farwolaeth Mrs Jane Edmunds...Rhymney, yr hon a fu farw Mawrth 12fed 1860' gan Iorwerth Glan Aled, yn llaw Abel Edmunds, tad-yng-nghyfraith Jane Edmunds. = Manuscript copy, [1860], of a poem by Iorwerth Glan Aled on the death of Mrs Jane Edmunds, Rhymney, who died 12 March 1860, in the hand of Abel Edmunds, Jane Edmunds's father-in-law.

Manuscript copy, [c. 1813] (watermark 1811), of the ballad 'Beth Gelert, or The Grave of the Grey Hound' (1800) [by the Hon. W. R. Spencer].

Copi holograff, 1946, o bennill cyntaf 'Blodau Ffa' gan T. Gwynn Jones, (cyfansoddwyd 1900); a chopi holograff, [1940au], o bennill olaf 'Heddwch' gan George M. Ll. Davies. = A holograph copy, 1946, of the first verse of 'Blodau Ffa' by T. Gwynn Jones, 1946 (composed 1900); and a holograph copy, [1940s], of the final verse of 'Heddwch' by George M. Ll. Davies.
Cyhoeddwyd 'Blodau Ffa' yn T. Gwynn Jones, Manion (Wrecsam, 1932), t. 15, a 'Heddwch' yn Y Llenor, 19 (Gaeaf 1940), 172-3. = 'Blodau Ffa' was published in T. Gwynn Jones, Manion (Wrexham, 1932), p. 15, and 'Heddwch' in Y Llenor, 19 (Winter 1940), 172-3.

'Detholion o farddoniaeth R. Williams-Parry, MA', llyfryn ar gyfer Ysgol Uch-Safonol y Cefnfaes, Bethesda, [1918x1951], wedi ei atgynhyrchu drwy cyclostyle. = An anthology of poetry by R. Williams Parry for Cefnfaes School, Bethesda, [1918x1951], reproduced by cyclostyle.
Ymddengys y rhan fwyaf o'r cerddi yn R. Williams Parry, Yr Haf a Cherddi Eraill (Bala, 1924). = Most of the poems appear in R. Williams Parry, Yr Haf a Cherddi Eraill (Bala, 1924).

'Pa le mae'r clodydd gennych?', [1967], cerdd gan H[uw] Ll[ewelyn] W[illiams], ynghylch Testament Newydd Cymraeg William Salesbury. = 'Pa le mae'r clodydd gennych?', [1967], a poem by H[uw] Ll[ewelyn] W[illiams], concerning Wiliam Salesbury's Welsh New Testament.
Cyhoeddwyd y gerdd yn y Traethodydd, 122 (1967), 145-6. = The poem was published in the Traethodydd, 122 (1967), 145-6.

Copi Xerox, [1960au], o lawysgrif y bryddest 'Yr Iesu a'r Wraig o Samaria', [1866x1867], yn llaw John Davies (Ossian Gwent). = Xerox copy, [1960s], of a holograph manuscript of the 'pryddest' 'Yr Iesu a'r Wraig o Samaria', [1866x1867], by John Davies (Ossian Gwent).
Cynhwysir hefyd gyflythyr, [?1867], yn gyrru'r bryddest i'r Parch. William Thomas (Islwyn), golygydd Y Cylchgrawn (f. i). = Also included is a covering letter, [?1867], sending the poem to the Rev. William Thomas (Islwyn), editor of Y Cylchgrawn (f. i).

Original signed manuscript, [?1917], by John S. Arkwright, of an additional, apparently unpublished, verse to his hymn 'O Valiant Hearts', known for its association with Remembrance Day services.
The hymn in it's published form was included in Arkwright’s volume The Supreme Sacrifice (London, 1919).

Miscellaneous papers, [1867]-[1896], 1916, of John Morgan, a Cardiff solicitor.
These include three Welsh poems, 'Bywyd Iesu yn fywyd yn fy mywyd i' by 'I.G.D.', [19 cent, second ½], 'Y Bwthyn yn Nghanol y Wlad', [19 cent, second ½], and a press cutting of a poem by Islwyn on the birth of John Morgan's son William Parry [Morgan], [?1875]; and two issues of The Rennbahn Church Times, a Prisoner of War camp magazine, 1916.

Manuscript, [1822x1849], of the second and third verses (of three) of Charles Swain's 'Tripping Down the Field-Path', published in Charles Swain, English Melodies (London, 1849).