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Miscellaneous printed matter collected by Walter Davies and John Jenkins and comprising minutes, etc., relating to the Cambrian Society of Dyfed, the Cymmrodorion Society of London, the Cymmrodorion Society in Powys, and the Chester Cymmrodorion, eisteddfod and gorsedd admission tickets, various notes by Walter Davies and John Jenkins, press cuttings giving reports of eisteddfodau and concerts, book prospectuses, poems, Resolutions and Prospectus of the Bangor Religious Tract Society, obituary notice of John Jenkins, etc.

A letter, May 17, 1822, to Thomas Burgess, bishop of St. Davids, intimating the intention of King George IV to subscribe one thousand pounds in aid of the new St. David's College, Lampeter, and a copy (printed) of Prayers used at the laying of the first stone of St. David's College near Lampeter on the 12th day of August, 1822.

Miscellaneous notes written by Walter Davies and including 'Enwau Ceingciau adnabyddus i Gwen verch Wiliam, Cantores o Drev Rhiwaedog, o gylch 1550', and a few fragments in the hand of John Jenkins.

Press cuttings, including copies of 'Englynion ar farwolaeth ... John Jenkins ...' by Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion) and 'Galarnad Dafydd am ei fab Absalom' by Walter Davies.

A transcript of 'Essay on the Poetry of Iceland' from Ebenezer Henderson: Iceland: or the Journal of a residence in that island (Edinburgh, 1818), and 'Italian Consonancy in Poetry', being a translation of pp. 277-83 of J. D. Rhys: Cambrobrytannicae Cymraecaeve Lingvae Institvtiones ... (London, 1592).

A copy of 'Proposals, for publishing by subscription, a collection of Welsh Airs, adapted to the harp and pianoforte ... By Richard Roberts, harper, of Carnarvon', 1824, and a list of some subscribers.

A copy, which belonged to John Jenkins, of Psalmo-Doxologia A New and Complete Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes ... (London, no date).

A copy, which belonged to John Jenkins, of John Rippon : A Selection of Psalm and Hymn-Tunes ... adapted principally to Dr. Watt's Hymns and Psalms, and to Dr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns ... 4th ed. (London, [1800?]).

A copy, which belonged to John Jenkins, of Owen Williams (o Fôn) : Brenhinol Ganiadau Sion neu Gynghanedd Newydd Gymraeg Yn Cynnwys Hen Beroriaethau Brytanaidd a Rhai Diweddar Heb eu Hargraphu o'r blaen (London, [c. 1820]).

Welsh and English airs and hymn-tunes, and some English nursery rhymes transcribed by John Jenkins.

Psalm- and hymn-tunes sung in Wales, transcribed, with Welsh words, by John Jenkins.

Psalm- and hymn-tunes.

'Welsh Tunes sent [by John Jenkins] to Mr. [John] Parry January 28th 1826 and the words adapted to them; with some observations on both'; a list, by John Jenkins, of 'Welsh Tunes wanted to which appropriate Words are found'; and 'Remarks on certain Welsh Tunes which are to be transcribed into ... " Melus Seiniau Cymru"....'

'Mr. H. Browns Vocal and Instrumental Music Book' containing songs, marches, etc., 'Transpos'd For a B Clarinett ...'; etc.

A copy, in an unknown 18th century hand, of the trio sonata no. 2 in F (1747) by William Boyce in an arrangement for harpsichord. The adaptation involves the addition of ornaments in the 1st movement, the omission of the 2nd movement adagio, and the deletion of the 2nd violin part from the 3rd and 4th movements.

Welsh airs and folk-tunes transcribed by Nicholas Bennet.

Welsh music, vocal and instrumental, including national airs, hymn-tunes, etc., collected by John Jenkins and much of it transcribed by him; Welsh airs collected by John Gwynne (Philomusus) and Aneurin; and psalm-tunes, many of them sent for competition at the Powys eisteddfod, 1824, by J. Davies (Glynceiriog), David Harris (Nantllymysten, afterwards of Carno), David Jenkin Morgan (Dewi Cynllo), Cadwaladr Jones (saer maen, Trawsfynydd), John Cain Jones, Robert Jones (Saer maen, Llanuwchllyn), James Lewis (Cwmscawen, Radnorshire), William Owen (Gwilym Glan Hafren), David Owens (Eglwysfach, Denbighshire), Pierce Pierce (Mold), and Roger Woodhouse (Newtown).

Transcripts by John Jenkins of vocal and instrumental music, sacred and secular, with English words added in some instances, and a letter, 1808, to John Jenkins from David Lloyd, Llanbister.