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Deeds and documents, 1764-1865, relating to the Lloyd Jack estate mainly in the parish of Llanfihangel Ystrad, Cardiganshire, and premises in the parishes of Dihewyd, Cardiganshire, Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, and Almondsbury, Gloucestershire.

Letters of John Gibson to Mr and Mrs Sandbach, 1839-1865, discussing mainly his professional work and the numerous commissions and requests which he has received. There are also occasional references to domestic and personal news.

Two personal copies of the journal Dock leaves which belonged to the artist Arthur Giardelli (1911–2009). Dock leaves, vol. I, no. 2 (Easter 1950), includes his article : ‘The Glyn Vivian art gallery’, and a letter, dated June 1950, from Raymond Garlick. Dock leaves, vol. II, no. 5 (May 1951), contains two letters, dated October 1951, from Friedrich R. Könekamp, author of the article ‘Artists and specialists’, published in this edition.

Papers of Owen Morris Williams, shoemaker and musician, Morfa Nefyn (1870-1958), including anthems, letters, etc.

Letter, dated 27 September 1971, from Mrs Gwladys E. Lewis to the Reverend D. Jacob Davies inserted within a signed copy of her work, Alun Lewis, my son (Aberystwyth, [?1971]); together with an undated photograph of the Alun Lewis memorial plaque at Aberdare Library, and a note, in Welsh, by the donors providing background information about the letter. = Llythyr, dyddiedig 27 Medi 1971, oddi wrth Mrs Gwladys E. Lewis at y Parchedig D. Jacob Davies, wedi ei osod o fewn copi a lofnodwyd ganddi o'i gwaith, Alun Lewis, my son (Aberystwyth, [?1971]); ynghyd â ffotograff heb ei ddyddio o gofeb Alun Lewis yn Llyfrgell Aberdâr, a nodyn gan y rhoddwyr yn esbonio cefndir y llythyr.

Photographic copy of a typescript of 'Gwaith Siôn Tudur', edited by Enid P. Roberts.

Nineteen letters, 1879-1884, from Josiah Pitman and eight holograph letters from Mabel Woodford, 1895-1896, to Edward Hall at Covent Garden.

Twenty-eight holograph letters from Augustus John to the following addressees: 'Laura' (Dame Laura Knight, 2 letters, 1938, concerning John's resignation from the Royal Academy), 'Kassie' (3 letters, 1939, 1940 and May 11), Miss Stevenson (Frances Stevenson, later Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor, 7 letters, 1919, Feb. 13 and n.d. [probably mostly, if not all, 1919], several of these letters contain interesting details concerning John's commission to paint the Paris Peace Conference in 1919) 'Haddon' (2 letters, 1927 and 12 July [?1927], concerning Jack Knewstub), [Chaloner] Dowdall (1 letter, 1914), Miss Lion (1 letter, 1935, John's inability to contribute a work to the exhibition of disabled ex-servicemen's industries), Mr. Sadler (2 letters, 1913 and 1918), Mr. Russell (2 letters, 1947 and 1953, book reviewing), 'Castle' and Mrs. Castle (1 letter, 'Sunday' [c. Oct. 1915]), Mrs. Madden (2 letters, 1934 and June 23, this second letter has mounted on its dorse a press cutting containing a reproduction of a sketch of John by Ivan Opffer), Mr. Unwin (1 letter, 1941, the publication of 'The book' [John's autobiography]), Miss Phelps (1 letter, n.d.), 'Dear Sir' (2 letters, Nov. 7 and 1954) and Warner E. Colville (signed and dated card, 1939); together with other items, 1913-1954, in the hand of Augustus John: holograph manuscript and typescript of an article by John entitled 'Ecole de Paris'; holograph description by John, with diagrams, of what appears to be a sea creature; press cuttings and other items concerning the exhibition 'Augustus John in Liverpool', held at the Walker Art Gallery Liverpool, in 1954; proofs and typescripts of articles by John entitled 'Elephants with Beards' (concerning Wyndham Lewis), 'Dylan Thomas & Company', and 'Roy Campbell under the Caryatids' [all included in Finishing Touches (London, 1964)]; and various miscellaneous items.

Minute book, 1918-1929, of Cymdeithas Gymraeg Bootle a’r Cylch.

Letters, 1944-1967 and undated, to Dr William Thomas, Trefloyne, Tenby from D. J. Williams, Waldo Williams, and Sybil Thorndike.

Minute book, 1907-1973, of the Board of Trustees of the Haverfordwest Baptist Foundation, containing minutes of Board meetings, 1907-1913, 1926, 1929-1930, 1967-1970 (pp. 1-71).
The Foundation was established by a scheme of the Board of Education in February 1907 to administer the foundations and subsidiary endowments of the former Haverfordwest Baptist College, Pembrokeshire, and thereby provide an annual income to the North and South Wales Baptist Colleges.

Autograph letters, 1915-1939, of Thomas Gwynn Jones to John Davies, Bridgwater.

A volume containing journals of tours through parts of Wales, [27] July-11 August 1812 (ff. 1-45), and along the South Devon coast, 9-[20] August 1813 (ff. 46-71), by W[illiam] Evill of 12 Devonshire Buildings, Bath.
The Welsh tour consists of a journey from the New Passage, Monmouthshire, through Abergavenny, Brecon and Rhayader to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, northwards through Talyllyn, Harlech, Maentwrog and Bala, all Merionethshire, on to Llangollen, then south through Shropshire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, crossing the River Severn at the Old Passage. The Devon tour consists of a journey from Bath, via Glastonbury and Exeter, to Plymouth, Devon, followed by the journey along the coast from Teignmouth, Devon, to Weymouth, Dorset. The writer describes becoming lost on the roads to and from Builth Wells (ff. 8 verso-11), climbing Cader Idris (ff. 19-21), the rivalry of innkeepers in Barmouth (f. 23 recto-verso), the sights of Llangollen (ff. 30-33), and visits to Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall (ff. 54 verso-56 verso), Devonport Royal Dockyard (ff. 57-59) and the partly completed Plymouth Breakwater (f. 59 recto-verso). There are also a few comments on French prisoners seen at Abergavenny (f. 7) and Oswestry (f. 34). Three hand-drawn maps showing the itinerary of the tours have been tipped into the volume (ff. 2 verso, 16, 47 verso). Engravings depicting English and Welsh views have been pasted into the volume; a minority of these relate to the tours (ff. i verso, 3, 43, 45 recto-verso, 72).

Papers, 1954-1975, of the Rev. R. M. Verity, Vicar of St Mary the Virgin in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, relating mainly to the funeral of Augustus John in November 1961 and the unveiling of the memorial to him in Fordingbridge in 1967.
The papers include letters to Verity from the John family, comprising eight letters and a postcard from Dorelia John, 1955-1969, four letters from Admiral Sir Caspar John, 1961-1967, one letter from Romilly John, 1969, and three Christmas cards and a telegram from Augustus and Dorelia, 1956-1958. Also included are Augustus John's burial certificate, Verity's notes for the memorial service [?and funeral] and printed material including catalogues, 1954, 1975, newspaper cuttings, 1954-1970, invitations, printed orders of service and a copy of the volume The Drawings of Augustus John, introd. by Stephen Longstreet (Alhambra, Calif., 1967).

A bookplate from a book presented by the National Library of Wales to the Education Department (Celtic Section) at Ruhleben Camp, Germany, 1915, for the use of Welsh civilian prisoners interned there.

A Book of Private Prayer used as a scrapbook, 1927-1944, by the Rev. B. G. Rees, Curate of Defynock (1934-36), Llangynwyd, Maesteg (1936-38), and Laleston (1938-44), and Rector of Llansannor (1944-48); the volume consists mostly of press cuttings and letters relating to his ordination and career and his column in the Bridgend Advertiser, with some syllabuses for his lecture courses at the Maesteg Unemployed Centre with the WEA and YMCA (45 ff.). Also included are proofs, [?1938], of W. H. Auden's twenty-seven sonnet sequence 'In Time of War', for publication in W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, Journey to a War (London, 1939), pp. 259-285; the proofs contain a very few manuscript emendations by the author and suggested titles for some of the sonnets and were given to Rees by Auden (see Auden's letter, NLW MS 24059E, f. 2) (6 ff.).

A register of members' contributions, 1973-1991, at Bwlchnewydd Congregational church, Carmarthenshire.

An album, [19 cent., second ¼], probably compiled by a member of the Clay family of Liverpool and St Asaph, which includes some thirty-one items, (1545/6)-[1716], relating to John Jones, son of Col. John Jones, the regicide, and his family (ff. 1-14, 16-19).
Among these items are some fourteen letters addressed to John Jones, Junior, 1663-1714 (ff. 1-3 verso, 4 verso, 5-6, 16, 17), and two to his wife (f. 3); three letters to Thomas Jennings, Dudleston, 1633-1634 (ff. 7 verso-8); a copy of The Post Man, And the Historical Account, &c., 230 (27-29 October 1696) (f. 9); a poem on the Battle of Oudenaarde, 1708 (ff. 10-11); a handbill for a performance of Henry IV, [Part I], [1716] (f. 13); a final concord levied on properties in Salisbury, (1545/6) (f. 18); and a letter from Robert [?Nedham] to Roger Puleston of Emral, [?1582] (f. 19). The album also includes papers of the Clay family, 1739, 1743, 1806-[?1843], being mostly letters addressed to Henry Clay (onetime Mayor of Liverpool) from correspondents including aristocrats connected with Liverpool (ff. 66 verso-73 verso passim, inverted text); various pencil or pen and ink sketches and watercolour paintings, [19 cent, first ½], at least some of which are by Henry's daughter B[arbara] F[rances] C[lay] (ff. 57 verso, 60 verso, 61 verso, 62 verso, 76 verso-81 verso (versos only), 84 verso, 85 verso, 86 verso); newspaper cuttings, [1831]-[1841] (ff. 26 verso-35); and miscellaneous engravings, 1809-[?1840s] (ff. 14 verso, 36-37, 39-43, 88 verso-90 verso). Items found loose within the volume have been tipped in, either in situ or on blank leaves (some 22 ff.).