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Notes, letters, illustrations, press cuttings, broadsides, circulars, etc., relating to Welsh harps, harposts, and Welsh and Irish music, collected by Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc).

Poor rate assessments made on the inhabitants of the parish of Llanllwchaiarn, Montgomeryshire, circa 1839.

A volume, [1798x1810], containing anthems and psalm-tunes.

A typescript M.A. dissertation, 1957, for Liverpool University Department of Celtic by J[ohn] G[lyn] Penrhyn Jones, entitled 'A history of medicine in Wales in the eighteenth century'.
The dissertation includes chapters on social conditions in Wales, the impact of the Industrial Revolution, 'folk' medicine and herbalism, and biographies of prominent medical men. Supplementary material, including extracts from printed and manuscript sources, is to be found in the Appendices (ff. 164-329). Two tables of contents are included (f. iii, 163a).

Notebook of Henry Harris, Ystrad Rhondda, begun in 1921, containing lists of place-names and field names in the Rhondda. Some of the names are taken from a tithe map of 1847 (ff. i, 1-51).
Also included is a typescript list of the same place-names, on loose sheets, the names numbered and in alphabetical order (ff. 52-98); typescript and manuscript notes, [?1938], on the Rhondda in the year 1737, including transcripts of Overseers of the Poor accounts (ff. 103-109); notes, 1938, relating to bird life in the Rhondda (f. 110); and three letters to Harris, October 1921-May 1928, including two from M. H. Jones, Penllwyn (ff. 99-102).

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).

A transcript by Thomas Charles Townsend, Prestatyn, Flintshire, dated 1 August 1943, of the Order in Council of 1860 creating the ecclesiastical parish of Prestatyn (formally 'The District of Prestatyn', p. 3) from parts of the parishes of Meliden and Llanasa.
Included as part of the text are schedules describing the boundaries of the new district (pp. 6-8) and listing landowners and occupiers, with details of rent charges due, within the townships of Prestatyn and Meliden (pp. 8-11).

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.

Typescript transcripts and lists, 1943, compiled by David E. Gardner, comprising transcripts (for 1725-1812) and extracts (1813-1929) of marriages recorded in the parish registers of St Brides, Pembrokeshire (ff. 8-12); transcripts of marriages (1754-1837) recorded in the parish registers of Loughor, Glamorgan (ff. 13-33); and a list of non-parochial registers relating to Cheshire held at the General Registry Office, Somerset House (ff. 1-7).

Property tax assessment book, 1852, for the town of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, listing the names of occupiers and owners of properties, arranged according to street name.
A contemporary inscription on the wrapper identifies the collectors as Edward Ellis and Lewis Hopkins.

A manuscript containing copies of titlings for writs of covenant, entries of fines levied and recoveries suffered at courts of Great Sessions for Montgomeryshire and Denbighshire, 1799-1806.

Part of the vestry book of the parish of Llanaber, Merioneth, 1812-1825 (watermark 1804), containing minutes, July 1812-March 1823, of meetings concerning the parish poor rate, housing for the poor, etc.
The volume is probably incomplete, consisting of three loose gatherings only. A receipt, dated 5 July 1825 is tipped in on f. 14.

Adysgrif, [?1890au], gan John Williams (Wyr yr Eos), o'r traethawd 'Llawlyfr Cyfarwyddiadau i ganu Penillion ac Awdlau gyda'r Tannau' a ysgrifennwyd yn y 1870au gan ei daid John Williams (Eos Môn). = A transcript, [?1890s], by John Williams (Wyr yr Eos), of an essay on penillion singing, 'Llawlyfr Cyfarwyddiadau i ganu Penillion ac Awdlau gyda'r Tannau', written in the 1870s by his grandfather John Williams (Eos Môn).
Cynhwysir hefyd lythyr, 22 Medi 1955, gan y rhoddwr, yn disgrifio hanes y llawysgrif (f. i). = Also included is a covering letter, 22 September 1955, from the donor, describing the history of the manuscript (f. i).

A register of services by boars, 1927-1943, recording sows serviced by a boar owned by the Evans family of Old Hall farm, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire.
The register was issued by Montgomery[shire] County Council in accordance with the Swine Fever Order, 1911, and records names and addresses of sows' owners.

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.).

Account book, 1906-1919, of R. T. Evans of Caenfedw, Llangurig, co. Montgomery, farmer, including details of the buying and selling of livestock and crops, farming implements, coal and groceries; together with payments for rents and tithes, and wage accounts.

A volume containing culinary and medicinal recipes collected by Mrs John Llewellin, [1850x1870], in which sources are named, dates sometimes given, and comments included on the quality of the resulting fare or remedy.

A volume of counterfoils of receipts for customs dues at the port of Amlwch, Anglesey, June 1859-March 1860 (watermark [18]57), recording names of ships and their masters, home ports and dues paid.

Account book, 1849-1852, 1864-1875, of the Rev. Joseph Morris, a Congregational minister in Nefyn and elsewhere in Lleyn, Caernarvonshire, also employed by the Madryn estate as a joiner.
The volume records general accounts, January 1849-January 1850 (ff. 2 verso-10); payments received at Nefyn, February 1851-June 1852 (ff. 10 verso-11 verso, 14); and payments for preaching and other work, January 1851-August 1852, January 1864-January 1875 (ff. 12-13 verso, 14 verso-38, 39, 40 verso).

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).