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Two fly-leaves, from an unidentified volume by one Hugh Thomas [?possibly Hugh Thomas (1673-1720), herald and antiquary], containing two englyns to the owner ('Dau englun Gymraeg er Mr Lewis Jones perchenog y llyfr') by Richard Jones, 30 October 1733 (f. 1); a verse in Latin by 'R. D.' ('Pace tua Amic. Lud: Jones'), [?1733] (f. 1); and 'Speaking (as it were) to the Book after bestowing a Cover to it Sepr 27th 1733' also by 'R[ichard] J[ones]' (f. 1 verso-2 verso).

Three holograph poems, 'To Bernard Barton's Daughter', 18 June 1825, 'To Rydal Mount', [1830], and 'To a departed Spirit', [?1830], by Felicia Dorothea Hemans.
Also included is a sonnet 'To Mrs Felicia Hemans' by G[eorge] F[leming] Richardson (f. 4), dated 3 July 1827. 'To a departed Spirit' was published in Songs of the Affections (Edinburgh, 1830), pp. 40-42; 'To Bernard Barton's Daughter' appears in The Works of Mrs. Hemans: With a Memoir of Her Life, by Her Sister, 7 vols (Edinburgh, 1839), Ⅵ, 141.

Group portrait of 23 policemen (2 in plain clothes) photographed outside Capel Newydd, Llandeilo.

Poor condition negative of a painting of an elderly army officer wearing medals and holding a plumed hat and a sword. This is the same individual as in DCH Mil 570 & 571.

Group portrait of nineteen soldiers in khaki uniforms carrying rifles, wearing puttees and slouch hats. Their Sergeant is also in the group. The letters PIY can be discerned on some of their shoulder titles suggesting they are Pembroke Yeomanry.

Copy photograph of a soldier in Boer War-era uniform standing next to his horse. Image is of poor quality.

Group portrait of eighty or so soldiers photographed in five rows. All are wearing pill box type hats.

Full-length studio portrait of a soldier from a Scottish Regiment wearing kilt, sporran and Glengarry.

Military encampment with bell tents and horses much in evidence. Location not known.

A group of five soldiers in the Pembroke Yeomanry including two Sergeants and a Corporal photographed in a rural setting. All are wearing pillbox hats.

A Lieutenant (see cuffs) sitting on his horse. A private watches on. The photograph has been taken in the yard of a large house, partially visible.

Group portrait of twenty six Pembroke Yeomanry, all except their commanding officer wearing pill box hats. Their commanding officer wears a medal ribbon on his left breast - the King Edward VII Coronation medal.

Studio portrait of a soldier with a Welch Regiment cap badge on his beret and commando shoulder patch and title. He also displays a wound stripe. These were awarded in 1944 and withdrawn in 1946. Negative inscribed 'Walters' Llanarthney'

Dwy gerdd teipysgrif, [1917x1918], [gan Caradog Rowlands, Llanuwchllyn], un, yn dwyn y teitl 'Yr Hen Gloch', ynglŷn â Lewis Davies, Blaenau Ffestiniog, golygydd papur newydd Y Gloch, oedd hefyd yn Swyddog Gorfodaeth i'r Fyddin (f. 1), a’r llall, ['Palas Pen Gwalia'], am Robert Edward Roberts, a oedd gyda swydd cyffelyb yn ardal Llanuwchllyn (f. 2). Ceir rhywfaint o gefndir y cerddi yn Haf Llewelyn, I Wyneb y Ddrycin: Hedd Wyn, Yr Ysgwrn a'r Rhyfel Mawr (Bala?, 2017), tt. 41-43, yn ogystal a saith pennill cyntaf 'Palas Pen Gwalia' (t. 43). = Two typescript poems, [1917x1918], [by Caradog Rowlands, Llanuwchllyn], one, entitled 'Yr Hen Gloch', concerning Lewis Davies, Blaenau Ffestiniog, editor of the newspaper Y Gloch who was also an Army Conscription Officer (f. 1), the other, ['Palas Pen Gwalia'], concerning Robert Edward Roberts, who fulfilled the same role in the Llanuwchllyn area (f. 2). The background to the poems is briefly discussed in Haf Llewelyn, I Wyneb y Ddrycin: Hedd Wyn, Yr Ysgwrn a'r Rhyfel Mawr (Bala?, 2017), pp. 41-43, alongside the first seven verses of 'Palas Pen Gwalia' (p. 43).

Printed leaflets, c. 1914; certificates of exemption, volunteer service and medical examination, 1916-18, belonging to Caleb Howe, a Suffolk farm foreman.

Correspondence, 1958-87, relating to the frog-bone superstition, membership of the Freemen of Llantrisant, preparation of wills for George Ewart Evans and his wife, reviews for the Times Educational Supplement, offer of an honorary degree from the University of Wales and his rejection of it, 1978, and his honorary degree from Essex University, 1982; letters from Victor Bonham-Carter and the Prime Minister's office, 1968-87 (422/2-27), in connection with a civil list pension; F[lorence Evans], 1 October 1976 (422/30), with family news; copy letters from George Ewart Evans and Peter du Sautoy to Lord Rhodes, 10 and 14 April 1975 (422/40-1), concerning his contribution to one of the East Anglian books.

Various certificates: Llantrisant Freemen, for John Evans, 1866, William Evans, 1910 and George Ewart Evans, 1959; birth, of George Ewart Evans, 1909, Florence, 1907 and their marriage, 1938; school report, 1921, testimonials and certificate of teaching proficiency, 1931-48; university, teaching, physical training and honorary degree, 1927-82.

Typescript articles, entitled 'War is a Pestilence...', 1936, and 'Coal and the Burgesses'; and manuscript notes of an autobiographical nature, 1981.

Correspondence, 1963-5, mainly from David Thomson and others at the BBC, concerning preparation of radio programmes on horses; mention of an operation for George Ewart Evans's deafness; contact with Norman Halkett; letters of appreciation, audience research reports and a copy of a press review.