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An inventory of furniture belonging to the Penrhyn Quarry Hospital, 31 December 1874.

Draft rules on working times and holidays at the Penrhyn Quarry, and minutes of discussions at meetings, 1877-1878.

'Plato's Dialogue of the Immortality of the soul. Translated from the Greek, by Mr. Theobald ...'.

A selection of poems copied by W. J. Parry: 'A Cup of Water' (Esther Kentish); 'Y Wlad Well' ('Watcyn Wyn'); 'Childhood's Memories' (R[ichard] S[amuel] Hughes, 1889); 'Ar yr Onen lâs y ceni' ('Menaifab'); 'Cân y Morwr' ('Huw Padarn'); 'Yr Eneth yn Marw' ('Glanffrwd' trans.); 'Adgofion yr hen Amser gynt' (Edward Jones, Llandrindod); 'Yr Iaith Gymraeg' (unsigned); 'Right over Might' (W. J. Parry, 1917); 'Pwy Yw' ('Rob[y]n Ddu Eryri'); 'I always go to Jesus' (unsigned); and a list of blocks belonging to W. J. Parry.

Poetry by D. Thomas, Robert Williams, etc.

Ten notebooks containing sermons and addresses by W. J. Parry.

A collection of sermon notes in various hands; a letter by W. J. Parry entitled 'Y Tir a'r Prydlesoedd'; and a circular, with a manuscripts list of subscribers issued on behalf of Bangor Independent College, 10 May 1886.

A collection of press cuttings relating to the career of W. J. Parry, the Penrhyn dispute, articles by W. J. Parry, quarrymen's demonstrations, etc.

Correspondence relating to the Rhos Slate Quarry, 1892-1909; and correspondence between J. H. Kerner-Greenwood and W. J. Parry concerning the utilisation of slate waste, 1917-1922.

Particulars of the career and published and other works of Robert John Pryse ('Gweirydd ap Rhys') and letters, 1876-1878, from him to Rowland Williams ('Hwfa Môn'), with an adjudication by 'Hwfa Môn' on an 'eisteddfod' ode on 'Rhagluniaeth'.

An arithmetic exercise book used by W. J. Parry at the Bethesda British School, 1857, with copies of English and Welsh poems.

A letter from J[ohn] W[illiam] Freeborn, Headmaster of the Llanrwst Grammar School, to R. Hughes concerning places for boarders and scholars, 1854, an application by Elizabeth Parry for the admission of her son, and school reports of William John Parry, 1854-1856.

A scrapbook compiled by W. J. Parry containing press cuttings of accounts of the Penrhyn Libel case, 1903, and a large collection of portraits cut from magazines and newspapers.

A paper on the Penrhyn Quarry strikes and their lessons by W. J. Parry. The paper deals with the strikes of March 1825, the spring of 1846, 1865 and 1874.

Testimonials to W. J. Parry, 1860-1906, and a statement of his public record, 1862-1918.

Papers relating to the estate of William Owen Thomas of Australia, 1904-1908; the Walter Thomas Steamship Company, 1901-1902; and letters, receipts and agreements relating to the Welsh National Press Company Ltd, 1893-1904, including letters by William Hughes ('Alaw Manod'), Ffestiniog and John Henry, Liverpool, receipts by L[ewis] J[ones] Roberts, Rhyl and John Owen ('Ap Glaslyn'), and agreements concerning copyright of 'Can Genedlaethol Cymru' (R[ichard] S[amuel] Hughes), 'Ta-ta' and 'I Godi'r Hen Wlad yn ei Hol' ('Ap Glaslyn') and school history books by John Edward Lloyd, 1893-1900; and a draft agreement between the Welsh National Newspaper Company Ltd and D. W. Davies, Caernarvon, printer, 1891.

Balance sheets of the Llanberis 'Lock Out' Fund, 1874; and minutes of an enquiry held by W. J. Parry at Cwm-y-Glo, 11 February 1888.

Share certificate, reports and correspondence between W. J. Parry and the Directors of The Metallurgical & Mining Syndicate Ltd, 1921-1925.

Minute book, 1873-1874, of the North Wales Choral Union.

Typescript copies of the correspondence of Arthur Wyatt, E. A. Young, W. J. Parry and others relating to disputes at the Penrhyn Quarry, 1874-1901.