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A composite volume written after 1818 and containing sermons by, and in the hand of, the Reverend Christmas Evans, Baptist minister, of Llangefni, etc.

Cyclostyled radio scripts, including poetry readings, and talks, 1949-1967, by Vernon Watkins or relating to him and his work.

The series comprises local election leaflets, 1946-1947, c.1950-1992, (with gaps, mainly 1960s and 1970s), relating to Communist Party candidates in South Wales. Files WE 5/3-22 also include election results, and papers relating to the arrangements of the campaigns.

A copy of the publication given to James Ifano Jones by its author William Williams, Keeper of Printed Books at the National Library of Wales, and annotated by the recipient who was a Welsh Librarian at Cardiff City Library.

A typescript, prepared for the press, of Iorwerth C. Peate's essay 'The Welsh House: a study in folk culture', published in Y Cymmrodor, 47 (1940).
The volume includes the title page, dedication and preface (ff. i-v), contents (f. vi), a list of illustrations (ff. vii-xxi; the illustrations are not included), the main text (ff. 1-254) and bibliography (ff. 255-275). There are some manuscript annotations and corrections, with a number of significant additions (ff. 11, 67, 154 verso, 163 verso, 179 and 249 verso). The printed version includes a few additional changes and an index. A revised edition was published in 1944.

A notebook designated 'Y Melin Brith', containing Unitarian Doxologies by Iolo Morganwg, some Unitarian hymns, and Byron's Hebrew or Jewish hymns, etc. The pages are numbered 1-32 and there is an outline of the contents on the cover. There is also another copy of the Byron hymns, with music and some notes on 'Jewish Sacrifices, and Ritual', etc.

Diary for 1867.

Draft manuscript of a commentary by Edward Anwyl on the Book of Hosea published by the Welsh Congregational Union, 1910.

The file comprises correspondence and papers, 1972, relating to the proceedings and report of the Committee of Inquiry on Bilingual Road Signs chaired by Dr Roderic Bowen. It includes letters from Dr Gwynfor Evans, Peter Thomas MP (later the Lord Thomas of Gwydir) and Dafydd Williams, general secretary of Plaid Cymru.

A volume containing recipes, household and medicinal but mainly relating to the craft of bookbinding (ff. 5-10); a list of books lent, 1827-1837, from an unspecified library, with observations on their condition (inverted text ff. 44 verso-7 verso); notes on the rudiments of music (ff. 2-4, originally pasted together onto f. 1); with late nineteenth and early twentieth-century additions by William Morris, Cydweli.

Papers of Frank H. Cleaver, 1924-1985, mainly accounts, including personal, family and household expenses, 1924-1985; expenses for his work in Argentina, 1929-1931; and summaries of accounts, 1949-1968.

A collection of seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century manuscripts containing sermons and correspondence of Welsh clergymen, who include Lewis Evans of Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn and Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, David Price of Merthyr Cynog and Robert Pughe of Dolgellau.

A volume of hymn-tunes, [19 cent., second ½], including works by John Ambrose Lloyd (Emrys Llwyd, 1815-1874), Mold, Richard Mills (Rhydderch Hael, 1809-1844), Llanidloes, and John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt, 1822-1877), Aberystwyth, in the hand of J. Jones, with notes in Welsh and English and an alphabetical index of tunes.

Artist's illustration and key, in colour, of the Davies Two Cycle Pivotal Engine Design.

Miscellaneous papers of Thomas Darlington, one of his Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales, including essays and articles, drafts of speeches and addresses, letters from Ellis Edwards, Tom Ellis, Beriah Gwynfe Evans, D. Silvan Evans, David Howell (Llawdden), J. Puleston Jones, Sir John Rhys, A. Neobard Palmer, and Hugh Williams, and press cuttings.

A volume, compiled [19 cent., first half], containing a number of homilies on moral and religious topics by an unidentified Quaker (inside front cover-f. 19); together with extracts from the manuscripts of John Kelsall, Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, comprising brief accounts, 1701-1712, of meetings of the Society of Friends, including those held at Dolobran and yearly meetings of the Society in Wales (ff. 19 verso-27).

Papers of Rev. Daniel Rowland Thomas, pacifist and scholar, including order of services for his induction as minister at Aberdare, 1939 and Merthyr Tydfil, 1945; radio scripts of services conducted by him which were transmitted by the BBC; a programme for his lecture tour in the United States as a visiting lecturer in Biblical Studies in 1967; his poem written for CND Cymru, 1999; press cuttings of articles by him and a leaflet for a Peace festival held in Ammanford in 1990, when he was one of the guest speakers. = Papurau'r Parch. Dr Daniel Rowland Thomas, heddychwr ac ysgolhaig, gan gynnwys taflenni trefn gwasanaeth ei odeinio'n weinidog yn Aberdâr, 1939 ac yn Merthyr Tudful yn 1945; sgriptau o wasanaethau yn ei ofal a ddarlledwyd gan y BBC; rhaglen ei daith ddarlithio i'r Unol Daleithiau fel darlithydd gwadd ar astudiaethau Beiblaidd yn 1967; cerdd a luniodd i CND Cymru, 1999; torion o'r wasg yn cynnwys erthyglau ganddo a thaflen Gŵyl heddwch, Rhydaman, 1990, pan oedd yn un o'r siaradwyr gwadd.

Antiphonal, known as the 'Pen-pont MS'.

A copy of the National Archives's file, HO 144/22915, relating to the growth of the Welsh National Movement in Wales and how to use the royal family in order to try to impede this, 1939-1941.

Photocopied press cuttings relating to the activities, 1982-2007, of Cymru Cuba and celebrations held to mark the 25th anniversary of solidarity between Wales and Cuba.