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An account book of work done in the printing office of Messrs. Gee & Son, Denbigh, covering (with gaps) the period 1857-1876.
The volume was subsequently used as a scrapbook, containing numerous press cuttings and other printed material. When the volume was repaired at NLW these items were removed and are now filed separately (see NLW MS 10897D(a)).

Press cuttings and other printed material removed from the former scrapbook NLW MS 10897D.
The contents include printed reports and statements of the North Denbighshire Permanent Building Society ('Cymdeithas Adeiladu Barhaol Gogleddbarth Sir Ddinbych'), 1875-1877, 1881-1885, a printed list of sermons preached at the Calvinistic Methodist Quarterly Assembly at Denbigh, 17-20 June, 1879, and numerous press cuttings relating to the parliamentary election of 1868, the trial of the Tichborne claimant, 1868, political speeches of John Bright, M.P., etc.

Twelve booklets containing transcripts, [1772x1787], by Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) from various printed and manuscript sources relating to the history of Wales, including letters from Dr John Davies of Mallwyd to Sir John Wynn and Owen Wynn of Gwydir in relation to Dr Thomas Williams's dictionary; letters from Robert Vaughan to Sir Richard Wynn and Sir Owen Wynn; an account of Merioneth by Robert Vaughan; 'Cywydd marwnad Huw Morus'; and a 'carol plygain' by Edward Samuel.
Transcribed in part from a book published in MDCCLXXII [1772] (p. 6).

Estate and family records, 1183-1957, of the Wynn and Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay, Denbighshire. The archive includes a group of architectural drawings, c. 1770, by James Byres; a group of early charters and deeds, 1183-1676, from the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Marcella (Ystrad Marchell) near Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, and elsewhere; antiquarian, legal and literary manuscripts; account rolls of Sir Richard Wynn, Treasurer to Queen Henrietta Maria, 1627-1649; manorial records relating to manors and boroughs in Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, 1364-1895 (1934-40 and 1952 deposits); parliamentary election papers for Anglesey, Cardigan (county and borough), Denbighshire, Flintshire and Montgomeryshire, 1621-1883; family and estate correspondence, including part of that of Sir William Williams (1634-1700), Speaker of the House of Commons; rentals and account books, 1300-1925 (preserved in an almost unbroken series from the time of Sir William Williams); over 5000 title deeds and documents, [pre-1290]-[c. 1910], mainly relating to properties in the six North Wales counties and Shropshire, including records for Glascoed and Llanforda, Llwydiarth, Llangedwyn and Glanllyn, Plas-y-Ward, Rhiwgoch and Mathafarn, estates acquired either by marriage or purchase in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; together with papers relating to administration of the estates, 1573-1946; family papers, 1499-1913, county and central government administration papers, 1608-1880; two discrete groups of Much Wenlock estate records, 1534-1860, and Nantcriba estate records, 1381-1680; and various maps. There is an additional group of papers relating to the Wynnstay estate which came from the office of Longueville Gittins solicitors, Oswestry, dated 1582-1957.

A small group of holograph letters of the family of Williams Wynn of Wynnstay:- a letter, 16 January, 1717/18, from Wat[kin] Williams (aft. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 3rd bart.), from Westminster, to his father Sir William Williams, 2nd bart., at Wynnstay (the writer's visit to Baron Price about 'our Denbigh business', Baron Price's son is to have the lordship of Denbigh, the writer's decision not to send his coach horses down, a request to hasten 'Ned Wynn' with money, news of the King and the Prince, Sir Thomas Hanmer is the greatest man in England with the Prince); a letter, 21 June, 1747, from [Sir] Watkin Williams Wynn, 3rd bart., from Wynnstay, to Mr. Griffiths, apothecary, in Bedford Street near Covent Garden, London (support for Sir Thomas Clargies and Sir John Philips in the Westminster election); a letter, 21 October, ----, from [Sir] Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th bart., to John Evans, Esq., at Wynnstay (Mr. Wyatt's allocation, the writer's return to Wynnstay, etc.); a letter, 26 May, 1789, from Charlotte Williams Wyn, wife of the 4th bart., from Richmond, to John Evans, Esq., at Wynnstay (glass for new rooms, a flood-board to new cascade, money matters, a new malt room, Sir Watkin's health); and the blank dorse of a letter addressed 'To The Members of the Cycle'.

Eighty-eight holograph letters to Phoebe Lloyd at Soughton, near Northop, at Havodunos, near Mold, etc. The writers include Messrs. Barker & Porter, Chester, 1837 (3) (the purchase by the recipient of the Tyn y Caea estate in the parish of Cloecaenog) (together with a receipt for the payment of a deposit of £125), D[orothea] Clough, Buxton Hall, etc., 1778-1797 (2) ( personal, visitors to Buxton, Mr. [Thomas] Clough's choice of the living of Denbigh), Roger B. Clough, 1799 (the payment of interest, personal), A. M. Crew, Mold, [17]91 (personal, news of relatives and friends) (together with an addition by M. E. Potter), Thomas Evans, Mold, 1841-1842 (3) (a claim for money expended by the writer on the recipient's property), Holland Griffith, Carreglwyd, etc., 1815 and undated (2) (condolence, personal, anxiety about the safety of the Tremadoc Embankment), Richard Griffith, Beaumaris, 1810 (thanks for condolence, news of friends at Carreglwyd, a casual meeting with [Euseby Cleaver] archbishop of Dublin), S. Holland, 1804 (condolence to Mrs. Parry on the death of her husband), R. Howard, undated (personal, visits to Cerrigllwydion and Lluesog, news of friends), E. B. Howard and ?Jane Howard, Beaumares, undated (birthday greetings, cholera at Denbigh, personal) (children's letter), Edw. Jones, Wepre Hall, undated (2) (the recipient's promise to be godmother to the writer's daughter), Richd. Jones, Chester, undated (presents of ear-rings and necklaces), Catha[rine] Lloyd (nee Potter), Carreglwyd, etc., [17]83-1792 and undated (20) (a description of Carreglwyd, copious news of relatives and friends, electioneering in Anglesey (1794), accounts of visits to Dublin and Nantwich), E. Lloyd, Rhagatt, etc., 1810-1821 (3) (personal, offer of a calf, the tenancy of Ddolfechlas, the death of the writer's niece Margaret Price of Rhiwlas), M[argaret] Lloyd, Ruthin, [17]84 and undated (2) (personal), Margt. Lloyd, London, etc., [17]96-1803 and undated (14) (personal, family news, news of friends, an account of a visit to Scotland, business matters), M. Lloyd, Bodfach, etc., 1811-1817 and undated (6) (personal, visits to Rhiwlas and elsewhere, business matters, Ruthin Hunt), M. Lloyd, undated (personal, hops at the County Hall at Ruthin, news of friends), M. E. Lloyd, Carreglwyd, [17]83-1787 and undated (6 ) (personal, family news, a service at Halkin Church, an oratorio at Northop, an accident to the writer), S. Lloyd, [17]85-1787 and undated (3) (news of relatives and friends, money matters), F. B. Potter, Wygfair, undated (personal, the discovery of bank-notes in a clock at Wygfair, news of relatives and friends) (with an addition by M. E. Potter, touching the sale of plate, the living of Halkin, etc.), F[rances] Price, Rhiwlas, 1817 and undated (5) (personal, news of relatives and friends, the miseries of the poor, the children's schooling, the unfortunate business of the Denbigh Bank, the marriage of Sir Watkin [Williams-Wynn, 5th bart.], the contrast between the families of Wynnstay and Powis Castle, visits to Rhagatt, the apprehension at Trawsfynydd of a forger of notes and the presence of a large gang of forgers with a rendezvous at Holyhead), C. Roberts, Oakland, 1810 (condolence, personal), J. Smedley, Llanrhydd, 1794-1795 (2) (the illness of the writer's sister Maria, news of relatives and friends), Jane Taylor, Lymm Hall, [1824] (thanks for congratulations to Bessey), J. Trulock, Black heath, Coleraine, 1801 (personal, the purchase of a chaise, family news), E. Wynne, Garthewin, [17]99 (a proposed visit, Sir John Williams's accident, melancholy weather), [ ], undated (personal, news of relatives and friends) (with a draft or copy letter by Phoe. Ll[oyd] touching a nurse for her friend), etc.

A volume compiled, [1710s]-[1790s], by various hands, containing poems, songs and commonplace entries, together with miscellaneous printed material including song-sheets and newspaper cuttings. Many of the items, which have been pasted on or inserted between the leaves, are connected with Brogyntyn and Wynnstay. The volume was originally used for exercises in navigation.

Papers of Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866), antiquary, transcriber and collector of manuscripts and records, and daughter of John Lloyd (1733-1793), rector of Caerwys and friend of Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). The papers include correspondence, 1770-1856; poetry; an election address, 1837; pedigrees of the Wynn family of Gwydir and Wynnstay; an essay on genealogy by Angharad Llwyd; posters and circulars relating to the activities of the Ruthin Literary Society, 1824, the Hendre and Llanover theatres, Monmouthshire, 1843, and the Rhuddlan Castle eisteddfod, 1849; etc.

A commonplace book of John Price, 1800, containing copies of poems, ballads and miscellanea.

Some thirty-eight letters, 1906-1930, in English and Welsh, addressed to Thomas Huws Davies, relating to the work of the Welsh Church Commission (of which he was secretary, 1914-1940) and to other religious bodies in Wales and the Welsh Church Acts.
Among the correspondents are J. H. Davies, 1913 (ff. 5-10), A. G. Edwards, Archbishop of Wales, 1909-1923 (ff. 13-15, 17), E. T. John, 1930 (ff. 21-24), Frank Morgan, 1920 (f. 27), Sir H[enry] W. Primrose, 1918-1919 (ff. 28-41), Alfred Thomas, Baron Pontypridd, 1913 (ff. 48-49), R[ichard] M[acaulay] Thomas, 1909-1911 (ff. 50-57), Sir John Williams, 1909 (f. 58), and W. Llewelyn Williams, 1910-1917 (ff. 61-70). Also included are one letter each from Davies, 1919 (ff. 42-45), and A. G. Edwards, 1920 (f. 16), to Sir H. W. Primrose; a letter from C[harles] P[restwich] Scott to J. Arthur Price, 1912 (f. 47); and two drafts of a letter by Davies, on behalf of the Home Secretary, published in The Times, 17 June 1912, p. 4 (ff. 71-77).

Tystlythyrau John Edwal Williams wrth iddo ymgeisio am swyddi wedi iddo raddio o'r Coleg Normal, Bangor, gan gynnwys tystlythyron oddi wrth John Price, prifathro'r Coleg Normal, ac oddi wrth J. Cocker, prifathro Ysgol Maenclochog, lle cwblhaodd John Edwal dymor prentisiaeth fel athro; ynghyd â curriculum vitae (anghyflawn) John Edwal [yn ei law ei hun].

Commonplace book, [c. 1817]-[1883x1887], of John Price (Old Price), containing entries relating mainly to the natural sciences (with a few drawings and specimens) and the niceties of classical philology, some entries indicating that Price was also interested in the Welsh language. There are references to members of the Darwin family of Shrewsbury on ff. 20, 31v, 46, 47v, 50v. An index is on ff. 144-156v.

One of four volumes containing letters, postcards and telegrams addressed to W. J. Parry and others. Some of the earlier letters were written to Edward Stephen ('Tanymarian'). The majority of the letters relate to the public activities of W. J. Parry. The correspondents include T. V. Olsen, London, 1919; the Officers of Carmel church, Llanllechid, 1884; Thomas Rees Owen, Penisa'r Waun, 1888; Hugh Parry; Robert Parry, Cwm-y-glo, 1879; Samuel Jones Parry, Liverpool, 1874; Griffith Parry, Llanbadarn Fawr, 1914; H[enry] W[illiam] Parry, Tregarth; Richard Parry ('Gwalchmai'), 1867; William Parry, Liverpool, 1903; W. J. Parry, Bethesda, 1885-1927; R[ichard] C[henevix] Trench, Bangor, 1908; Miss L. Douglas Pennant, 1885; John Price, Bangor, 1892; Lewis Probert, Portmadoc, 1881-1882; W. Pughe, Bangor, 1890.

Topographical, historical, and genealogical material relating mainly to the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, Denbigh, Merioneth, Montgomery, and Shropshire, accumulated by Thomas Pennant and including letters or other contributions from Paul Panton, Hugh Davies (botanist), E. R. Owen (Bangor), John Thomas (Llandegai and Beaumaris), John Lloyd (Caerwys), Sir John Cullum (Hardwick), Richard Thomas (Llanegryn), Thomas Bownall (London), Thomas Jones (Caernarvon), George Ashby (Cambridge), John Price (Oxford), Thomas Ford Hill (London), Foote Gower (Chelmsford), Francis Leighton (Shrewsbury), J. Plymley (junior), J. Worthington (Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant), Thomas Addenbrooke (Buildwas), David Pennant, and Richard Gough (Enfield).

Papurau T. H. Parry-Williams yn ymwneud â'i addysg brifysgol ac fel athro, 1905-1960, teithiau i Dde a Gogledd America, 1925 a 1935, llythyrau oddi wrth deulu, cyfeillion ac amrywiol lenorion, academyddion ac ysgolheigion o Gymru ac Ewrop, 1908-1973, barddoniaeth wedi'i threfnu yn ôl ei ffurf, 1912-1954, ysgrifau,1937-1987, cyfieithiadau ysgrifau, 1987, beirniadaethau eisteddfodol, 1941-1971, darlithiau ac anerchiadau, 1917-1968, sgyrsiau a sgriptiau radio a theledu, 1933-1985, nodiadau ar dafodieithoedd ac enwau lleoedd, 1919-1935, geiriau Cymraeg i gerddoriaeth, 1929-1979, papurau'n ymwneud â'i waith cyhoeddus, 1916-1972, tystysgrifau, anrhydeddau a phersonalia, 1904-1960, cyhoeddiadau, adolygiadau llyfrau a thorion o'r wasg, 1928-1982, deunydd cyhoeddedig, 1865-1975, ac amrywiol, 1919-1994. Hefyd papurau Amy Parry Williams, 1910-1987, yn cynnwys gohebiaeth, 1948-1987, rhaglenni radio a theledu, caneuon gwerin a cherdd dant, storïau, ysgrifau a dramâu, a phapurau'n ymwneud â HTV, ymddiriedolaethau a phwyllgorau. Yn ogystal, papurau Henry Parry-Williams (1858-1925), tad T. H. Parry Williams yn cynnwys gohebiaeth, 1884-1920, barddoniaeth a rhyddiaith, 1891-1917, papur yn ymwneud â Robert R. Williams, Rhyd-ddu, 1876-1973 a Chanolfan Rhyd-ddu, 1972-1979 = Papers of T. H. Parry-Williams relating to his university education and teaching, 1905-1960, travels to South and North America, 1925 and 1935, letters from family, friends and various Welsh and European writers, academics and scholars, 1908-1973, poetry arranged by form, 1912-1954, essays, 1937-1987, translations of essays, 1987, eisteddfodic adjudications, 1941-1971, lectures and talks, 1917-1968, radio and television talks and scripts, 1933-1985, notes on dialects and local names, 1919-1935, Welsh lyrics for music, 1929-1979, papers relating to his public work, 1916-1972, certificates, honours and personalia, 1904-1960, publications, book reviews and press cuttings, 1928-1982, published material, 1865-1975, and miscellaneous, 1919-1994. Also Amy Parry Williams' papers, 1910-1987, including correspondence, 1948-1987, radio and television programmes, folk songs and cerdd dant, stories, writings and drama, and papers relating to HTV, trusts and committees. And also papers of Henry Parry-Williams, (1858-1925) father of T. H. Parry-Williams including correspondence, 1884-1920, poetry and prose, 1891-1917, paper relating to Robert R. Williams, Rhyd-ddu, 1876-1973 and Canolfan Rhyd-ddu, 1972-1979.

Casgliad o gardiau post oddi wrth Syr T. H. Parry-Williams, daethpwyd o hyd iddynt yn atig 'Wern'; Rhagfyr 2024.

Papers of George Ewart Evans, including manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poetry, short stories, children's literature, a drama, oral history and autobiographical material, 1932-1986; illustrations, including drawings and photographs, [1932x1985]; journals and pamphlets, 1922-1988; other publications, 1950-1969; notebooks, 1927-1987; oral history, dialect and local history notes, 1941-1988; miscellaneous notes and source materials, [1894x1988]; notes for lectures, [1950]-[1984]; radio, tape transcripts, television and film material, [1947x1988]; correspondence and related material, including official and private letters, 1934-1987; personal items such as certificates, university papers and diaries, 1866-1988; engagement diaries and address books, [1927x1988]; cuttings, reviews and articles by or about George Ewart Evans, 1947-1988; and miscellaneous articles and reference books, 1875, 1906, [1927x1986].

January 2024 donation comprises:
Additional papers relating to the life and work of folklorist, writer and schoolteacher George Ewart Evans, comprising diaries, notes, correspondence, photographs, material relating to Evans's published works and to works relating to him, details of centenary and other commemorative events, press cuttings, obituaries and miscellaneous items. 1867-2019

Papers of the Rhys Davies Trust (est. 1991), relating mainly to the administration of the Trust and the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition. Included are five files of papers relating to the Trust’s financial matters, consisting of valuation reports (2014-2019), account, tax, and investment statements together with related correspondence (2008-2014), and a number of cash and cheque books (2008-2018); five files of Trust administrative documents and correspondence (2008-2020), including papers relating to meeting minutes, accounts, publishing matters, website design, royalties (both of the works of Rhys Davies and of Anna Kavan), funding applications, and the Rhys Davies Short Story competition. Correspondents include Meic Stephens, Peter Finch, and M. Wynn Thomas.

Seven further files contain papers (1895-2012) relating to the life and works of Rhys Davies (1901-1978), apparently collected during research for the biography ‘Rhys Davies: a writer’s life’ (Cardigan: Parthian, 2013) by Meic Stephens, secretary of the Trust 1991-2012. The papers consist of correspondence ([1920s]-2012), including letters from Rhys Davies, Lewis Davies, Louis Quinain, Meic Stephens, Fred Blackmore, David Ellis, John Harris, and Gwyn Pritchard; and photographs (1918-1990), mainly of Rhys Davies and friends and family, including Lewis Davies, Gertrude (‘Gertie’) Davies, Anna Kavan, Fred Urquhart, Louise Callender, Colyn Davies, Nina Hamnett, Esther & Charles Lahr, Raymond B. Marriott, Louis Taylor, and Philip Burton; together with notes and cuttings.

Additionally, the archive contains three files of press cuttings and copies of articles (1929-[1987]), collected and written either by or about Rhys Davies, including articles from Keidrych Rhys’s ‘Wales’, and ‘Anglo-Welsh Review’; several items of memorabilia, comprising Rhys Davies’s passport (stamped 1968-1978), OBE medal (awarded 1968), a decorative glass plaque with lettering ’RHYS’ (undated), an ‘MD Magazine’ 10th anniversary medal (1967), and a small box of rosary beads; and nine printed books, consisting of Rhys Davies’ works ‘Marianne’ (London: 1951, signed by author), ‘A Time to Laugh’ (two copies, 1937 & 1938, both with note & signature of Davies), 'Selected Stories' (London/Dublin: [1945], with slip dated 1945), and 'Boy With a Trumpet' (London: 1949, with undated press cutting); together with ‘The Last Sister’ by Fred Urquhart (London: 1950, with note by author), ‘Shakespeare’s Sonnets’ (with slip dated 1945), and translations of Anna Kavan's works ‘L’adversaire Céleste’ (Paris: 1947, with a sketch dated 1951) and ‘Mercury’ (Valencia: 2006, with a letter to the Rhys Davies Trust).

The papers comprise correspondence files, 1918-1982, among them general and political letters to Goronwy Roberts and constituency correspondence; subject files, 1913-1981, including papers concerning foreign affairs (some deriving from Goronwy Roberts's trips abroad), domestic politics, Welsh politics and matters relating to Wales, and files of material concerning Caernarfonshire; various personalia, 1918-1982; and miscellaneous papers, 1900-1997, including printed items and press cuttings.