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A collection of one hundred and twenty-one letters, and thirteen further fragments, 1794-1808 (mainly 1799-1800), being mostly the correspondence of Benjamin Flower (1775-1829), political writer and Unitarian (DNB, vol. 19, p. 339) with Eliza Gould, whom he married in January 1800.
The collection is fullest for the period August to October 1799 (the period of Flower's imprisonment at Newgate for an alleged libel against Bishop Watson of Llandaff, whose political conduct he had censured in the Cambridge Intelligencer) when almost daily exchanges took place between himself and Miss Gould. For the years following their marriage in 1800 the correspondence is less complete and consists mainly of domestic trivia and concern for one another's health and welfare. In two lengthy letters, 1799, Flower provides a detailed account of his 'past life, ... present situation and ... future prospects' (nos 17, 19). There are regular references to the difficulties faced by Flower in writing 'paragraphs' for the Cambridge Intelligencer, and, after 1805, to the problems of running a printing business at Harlow. Accounts of contemporary political and literary life are interspersed with personal details, and there is some discussion of the war against France. The later letters also contain many references to their two daughters Eliza (born 1803) and Sarah (born 1805).

Papers of George Eyre Evans, 1669-1939, including personal papers; family papers; notes, transcripts, correspondence and other papers relating to his religious and antiquarian interests and to his publications; copies of printed books and journals with insertions and annotations; and various original manuscripts collected by him.

Three miscellaneous letters, one, dated 185[3], from John and Elizabeth Morris, emigrants to Wisconsin, USA; the others sent from Bristol, 1824.

One hundred and fifty-nine autograph letters and postcards, and a few Christmas cards, 1904, addressed principally to George Eyre Evans and primarily of Unitarian and genealogical interest.
Among the correspondents are Frances Power Cobbe; Richard Ellis, Oxford; Walter Jenkin Evans; Henry Harold Hughes, Bangor; William James, Llandysul; Morgan Hugh Jones, Carmarthen; Rees Jenkin Jones, Aberdare; William Tudor Jones, Swansea; Lewes Thomas Loveden Pryse, Gogerddan; Edith Spurrell; Daniel Lleufer Thomas; and Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan. Also included are notes by Walter Jenkin Evans on Bridgend and Bettws Unitarian (previously Congregational) churches; a printed poem in English by Evan Ceredig Jones, 1904; and an index to the entire volume prepared by George Eyre Evans in January 1905.

Two hundred and twenty-nine autograph letters and postcards, and a few Christmas cards, 1873-1903, addressed principally to George Eyre Evans, the material being primarily of Unitarian interest.
Included among the correspondents are Sir Edward Anwyl; Walter de Gray Birch; John Humphreys Davies, Cwrtmawr; David Lewis Evans, Llanybydder; Walter Jenkin Evans, Carmarthen; Rees Jenkin Jones, Aberdare; William Rathbone; and Thomas Francis Roberts. Also included are a copy of a testimonial, 1873, to George Eyre Evans from William Thomas ('Gwilym Marles'); printed poems in English by Evan Ceredig Jones, 1901-1903; and an index to the entire volume prepared by George Eyre Evans in January 1905.

A small group of miscellaneous letters, including letters from David Sturbuck of Swansea, 1825, and C. Philipps of Brighton, 1830, both to Margaret Thomas of Cilyrychen, Llandybie: Samuell Pae at Waterford, 1839, to John C. Bloomfield at Laugharne; Charles Harries of Haverfordwest, 1839, to [--]; Alfred J. Kempe of Chelsea, 1839, to the Hon. H. Yelverton; Richard Walkden of Carmarthen (3), 1842-1844, to James Smith of Hamper Mill, Watford, as well as two covering letters, 1935, and explanatory notes from O. King Smith of Hove to George Eyre Evans, transferring the Walkden letters to him; Eliza [--] of Lower Salem, Washington County, Ohio, 1849, and Margaret Davis of Philadelphia (formerly of Ffynnonllywelyn, Rhyd Owen, Llandysul), 1851, to relatives in Wales; and Fred. Stubbs of London, 1875, to Tom [--]; together with a prospectus of a young ladies' academy run by Mrs. Rogers of Berkeley Square, Clifton, [1821?]. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 382.

Papers of, or collected by, George Eyre Evans, 1669-1939, including his diaries and journals, autobiographical data and correspondence, 1872-1939; notebooks and scrapbooks on archaeological and historical matters in Wales, relating particularly to Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, 1900-1939; copies of his published works with insertions, [c. 1887]-[c. 1908]; diaries, memorandum books and autograph letters of members of the Powell family of Colyton, Devon, 1788-1921; diaries, correspondence and other papers of the Rev. David Lewis Evans, 1846-1902; letters and notes relating to Welsh Unitarianism, 1806-1905; letters by and about ministers, 1775-1904; miscellaneous manuscripts of religious and antiquarian interest, some relating to Wales and to Colyton; and a volume of proceedings of the General Assembly of General Baptist Churches, 1730-1787.

A copy of an article by George Eyre Evans on 'Llandyssul Grammar School', reprinted from The Alauda, the magazine of the Llandyssul County School, Christmas term, 1913; autograph letters to George Eyre Evans from C. E. Vowles, Llandyssul County School, 1913, J. D. Lewis, Gomerian Press, Llandyssul, 1913, D[ian] Marles Thomas, Antwerp, 1914, and Sir John Williams, bart., 1917; and notes in the autograph of George Eyre Evans relating to Llandyssul, including descriptions and illustrations of ancient monuments, a list of vicars, notes on the communion plate and the bells of the parish church, and extracts from manuscript and printed sources.

A transcript by David Lewis Evans, father of George Eyre Evans, of two poems by Lewis Glyn Cothi, with explanatory notes.

Essays on 'Hanes Ysgol Penparciau' (1912) and 'Christmas' (1910), written for competitions in connection with 'Darllenfa Penparciau', also essays on 'The history of Wales, 450-650', written by Cardiganshire secondary school children (1910).

Ex Libris Journal XVI - XVIII with correspondence.

Ex Libris Journal XIV & XV with correspondence.

Ex Libris Journal X & XI with correspondence.

Ex Libris Journal XII & XIII with correspondence.

Ex Libris Journal IV & V with correspondence.

Ex Libris Journal VI & VII with correspondence.

Ex Libris Journal VIII & IX with correspondence.

Ex Libris Journal II & III with correspondence.

Ex Libris Journal I with correspondence.

A complete set of eighteen volumes of the Journal of the Ex Libris Society (1892-1909), bound up with printed and manuscript additions.
George Eyre Evans was a member of the society and for some years served on its council.