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The first of two volumes of cost books, 1866-85, of the South Darren Lead Mining Company.

Typewritten copies of reports by various engineers on the Frongoch, West Frongoch and Loveden lead mines, Cardiganshire, 1903-1905.

The second of two volumes of cost books, 1866-85, of the South Darren Lead Mining Company.

The cost book of the Cwm Sebon lead mine, 1856-1860, and of the South Darren Lead Mining company, 1860-1865.

Records of the Cardiganshire Liberal Association, 1921-1974, including minute books, 1923-1951; correspondence, financial and other papers, 1914-1974; electoral registers, 1951-1964; press cuttings of political interest, 1900-1963.

A calendar of plea rolls of the county of Cardigan, 1541-1609, compiled by H. J. T. Wood.

A petition, bearing almost eight thousand signatures, opposing the proposed building of a nuclear bunker at Carmarthen, December 1985.

Ledger, 1812-1828 (watermark 1810), of Thomas Rees of New Inn, Llanfihangel-ar-arth, Carmarthenshire, a general merchant operating in Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, written mainly in the hand of his clerk, John Griffiths.
The ledger relates primarily to his Carmarthenshire customers and includes records of payments for butter and for the transportation of goods (particularly butter) between New Inn and Tregaron, Lampeter and Carmarthen. There are entries of old debts dating from 1798 (pp. 1-2) and particulars of rents and Talley grange custom paid by tenants and debts collected on behalf of creditors. Items found loose in the volume, including invoices and a note relating to the export of butter, have been placed in an archival envelope (42 ff.).

An account book kept, c. 1681-1696, by a [? Carmarthenshire] landlord (possibly Thomas Lloyd, Alltycadno (d. by 1721)) to record financial and farming transactions, including rents due and paid to him, rates and other dues paid, wages of servants, purchases and sales of livestock, etc.

Notebook, [1905x1930], of M. H. Jones, Penllwyn, Aberystwyth, containing lists of place-names in Carmarthenshire, arranged by letter and accompanied by etymological and philological notes, as well as detailed notes relating to older forms of names.
Notes found loose inside the volume have been placed in an archival envelope (ff. 144-145).

Schedules and notes of deeds and documents relating to some Carmarthenshire Unitarian chapels, etc.

An account book of Daniel R. Jones, carpenter and joiner, of Tyddyn y Bwlch, Penrhyn[deudraeth], Merioneth, 1866-1880.

Account book, 1925-1943, of D. W. Price of Felindre, Three Cocks, Breconshire, builder, carpenter and undertaker. Miscellaneous accounts and invoices found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (MS 21885iiE).

Deeds and documents, 1586-1910, relating to the trust created by the will, 25 April 1846, of Edwin Carter of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, and afterwards of Clifton in the city and county of Bristol, and pursuant to an order in Chancery in the cause of Carter v Carter, 1905. They include title deeds relating to premises in Monmouthshire, and Clifton, in Bristol, and family probate records.

Manuscripts and rare books relating mostly to the counties of Brecknockshire and Carmarthenshire, on subjects such as history, topography and especially genealogy, 1604-1859, including a transcript of the Golden Grove Book of pedigrees and other pedigrees, relating mainly to South Wales families; 19th century transcripts and copies of letters, including some from Sir Walter Raleigh, [1624]-[1807]; lists of Carmarthenshire sheriffs and Brecknockshire Lords Lieutenant, 1809-1849; parts of original manuscripts of Theophilus Jones and William Owen Pughe, [1792]-[1805]; notebooks and scrapbooks, 1839; and various annotated printed books; and deeds and other documents, 1588-1911, relating mostly to properties in Brecknockshire (particularly in the parish of Bronllys), with a few relating to Carmarthen and Swansea.

A catalogue of hardy plants cultivated at Penlle'rgaer, 1875.

Research papers of Cecil Vaughan Owen, relating mainly to the history of Montgomeryshire and including: Llanidloes and Llangurig School minute books, 1904-1972; leaflets, press cuttings, posters, sale catalogues and other source materials, and notes on the history of Llanidloes and Montgomeryshire and various local churches, 1800-1980; notes for lectures and talks, 1969-1979; an unpublished typescript 'Arwystli through the ages', [mid-late 20th century]; card index of timber-framed buildings in Montgomeryshire; offprints of articles on the archaeology and history of Montgomeryshire; reviews, correspondence and notes relating to his publications, 1949-1975; guides to castles and ecclesiastical buildings, [1970s]; correspondence, leaflets, press cuttings and other material relating to Cambrian Archaeological Association, Society of Antiquaries, Powysland Club and other bodies, 1948-1980; personal papers, including correspondence; records relating to Llanidloes parish church, 1906-1980; and records relating to the Glanyrafon estate, Montgomeryshire, 1866-1899.

Deeds, mainly mortgages and associated documents, relating to Cefn Trefor Bach and other properties in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Merionethshire, 1648-1878.

Deeds, 1694-1831, relating to land in the parish of Cellan, Cardiganshire; mainly to a property called Cwmffrwd.

The second of three volumes containing indexed transcripts by Mrs Mary A. Jones, Johannesburg, of poetry in Welsh by her uncle Richard Williams (Gwydderig, 1842-1917).