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A collection of his own poems presented by W. Tryfanog Owen, Rhostryfan to W. J. Parry, 1920.

'Awdl ar Bwlpud Cymru' and a transcript by Rowland Williams ('Hwfa Môn') of 'Awdl Ieuengctid' submitted by Ellis Roberts ('Elis Wyn o Wyrfai') to the National Eisteddfod held at Caernarvon, 1877.

An essay on the free metre poetry of Rowland Williams ('Hwfa Môn') by J[ohn] T[homas] Job.

Transcripts of poems submitted for competition at 'Arwest Farddonol Glan Geirionydd' held in 1895 and 1896.

Transcripts by W. J. Roberts from a manuscript by Foulk Wynn of Nantglyn ( NLW Add. MS 263B), manuscripts in the possession of Evan Evans and David Evans, Llanrwst, a list of contents (with extracts) of a manuscript in the possession of J. W. Griffith, solicitor, Llanrwst (NLW MS 6209E ); a sheet from a manuscript written by Angharad Llwyd ('englynion coffadwriaeth Ann Shearer, mamaeth teulu Mostyn' by Robert Davies, Nantglyn, 'englyn ar Gastell Conwy', 1823, by Samuel Evans, Welsh verses exchanged between Miss Cotton and Mrs R. Eyton, and a Celtic-Latin-Saxon vocabulary); and an extract from Peniarth MS 40, with variant readings from Welsh laws (?by Aneurin Owen).

A copy of 'Awdl farwnad y diweddar Barchedig Peter Williams o Gaerfyrddin gan y diweddar fardd cadeiriawg sef Gruffydd Williams o'r Braich Talog, Llandegai ger llaw Bangor' ['Gutyn Peris']; notes relating to the Bailey Williams family.

Draft stanzas for an ode on 'Prydferthwch'.

An ode written by 'Dafydd ab Edmwnd' for competition for an 'Awdl Goffadwriaeth Dewi o Ddyfed' at the Llanrwst Eisteddfod, 1-3 August 1878.

A collection of compositions submitted for competition at various eisteddfodau - 'Awdl: Pulpud Cymru' by 'Taliesin Pont-y-pridd', undated; 'Cywydd: Nodwydd Cleopatra' by 'Ysbryd Moses' (Eisteddfod Gadeiriol y Cymry, Llanrwst, 1878); 'Awdlau: Y Goleuni' by 'Adda Jones' and 'Llywelyn' ( Eisteddfod New York, 1884); 'Awdl: Mynydd y Ty' by 'Ysbryd Taliesin' ( Arwest Farddonol Glan Geirionydd, 1896); 'Llawlyfr Eisteddfodol' - a critical essay by 'Eisteddfodwr'.

An ode - 'Syr John Wynn o Wydir: Awdl Gadeiriol Gwynedd yn ngorsedd Gyfallwy Eisteddfod Llanrwst a Dyffryn Conwy, 1867', by Owain Gethin Jones. The manuscript was used for the edition printed at Llanrwst, 1877.

A table of British Chronology from Brutus to Caswallawn in the autograph of John Thomas, Tu hwnt i'r bwlch; an account of a tour from London to Falmouth, 1759; 'Marwnad John Griffith Yswain diweddar o Gefnamwlch' by Ifan ab Risiat alias Ieuan Lleyn, 1794; poems written between 1861 and 1864 by Owen Gethin Jones; and an essay 'Cyfiawnder yn safon cadwedigaeth' submitted for competition at Arwest Glan Geirionydd, undated.

A notebook containing poems transcribed by William Roberts, Tyddyn Willim, 1847-1851, including some of his own compositions signed 'Gwilym Glan Cowlyd'; and a satire ('Yr Estron farsiand crwydrol') by 'Eidiol' with the adjudication of Ellis Roberts ('Elis Wyn o Wyrfai'), 1878.

Miscellaneous papers and fragments from the collections of W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), and W[illiam] Hobley, including lists of contents of a manuscript containing Welsh poetry compiled by Lewis Morris; 'Cyfrinach y Beirdd'; vaticinations by Merthyn Ddu and Molengol Abad y Werddon; notes on Llanberis and Margaret verch Evan of Penllyn addressed to Dl. Gregory, Dol Badarn Castle Inn; a transcript of Rhesymau ysgrythyrol yn profi mae dyledswydd pob math o wrandawyr yw cyfranu yn ol eu gallu at gynhalaaeth cysyrus ei gweinidogion (Thomas Gouge, 1693); prospectus of Beibl Teuluaidd, Mawrth 5 1827; 'Cywydd o glod i E. Sharpe, ysw., am ei ymdrech diflino er ffurfiad Rheilffordd o Gonwy i Llanrwst'; a list of books at Penrhyn Aberffraw; copies of letters relating to the 1863 Eisteddfod at Swansea and to an eisteddfod to be held at Wrexham; an offprint from the Cambridge Tribune, 23 September 1899, containing an account of the installation of Elizabeth Driver as a bard of the 'warranted gorsedd' on the banks of Llyn Geirionydd; notes on the career of Henry Jonathan, Caernarvon; a letter by R. Gwilym Jones from Shaistaganj, India, 1925; an appeal by Samuel Roberts ('S.R.') to H. Humphreys, Caernarvon, for a subscription towards his Postal Reforms testimonial; and a County Council election address by John Blackwell, Llanrwst, 1888, printed by W. J. Roberts.

A collection of press cuttings and transcripts of Welsh lyrics taken by David Lewis from newspapers and periodicals, 1861.

Y Drych Blynyddol ... am 1860, containing 'englynion' and other poems by John Lewis, 1859-1860.

A pocket book containing original poetry written by John Lewis, 1865-1866.

Poems by John Lewis, including hymns, 'Rhiangerdd Ellen Pugh', 1864, 'Bugeilgerdd Ellis Goch' and a 'Pryddest: Bunyan yng Ngharchar Bedford'; and a poem entitled 'Y Ddaeargryn' by J. W. Davies.

An exercise book containing transcripts of the poetical works of John Lewis.

'Y Fronfraith, sef caniadau ar wahanol destynau gan John Lewis (Ioan ap L.) Llanrhystyd' - a collection of lyrics and other poems by John Lewis, 1857-1860.

A pocket book containing poems composed by John Lewis during the year 1866.