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A postcard, 11 October 1908 (f. 73), and letter, 9 June 1909 (ff. 74-75), from George Eyre Evans, Aberystwyth, to W. T. Evans, Llanon, containing personal and antiquarian news.
Evans describes his visit to see Prof. Bosanquet's excavation at Caersws (f. 74).

Dau lythyr ac un cerdyn post, Hydref-Tachwedd 1942, oddi wrth J. E. Davis (Clwydian), Putney, Llundain (ff.10-12), ynghyd â cherdyn post, [24] Hydref 1942, oddi wrth R. Rhys Hughes, Bethesda (f. 14), wedi eu cyfeirio at y Parch. T. Llechid Jones, Llangynhafal. = Two letters and one postcard, October-November 1942, from J. E. Davis (Clwydian), Putney, London (ff. 10-12), together with a postcard, [24] October 1942, from R. Rhys Hughes, Bethesda (f. 14), addressed to the Rev. T. Llechid Jones, Llangynhafal.
Ymateba'r gohebwyr i lythyr Llechid yn Y Llan, 23 Hydref 1942, t. 6, yn holi am ddechreuadau gwasanaethau Cymraeg Anglicanaidd yn Llundain. Amgaeir darlun, [1932x1942], o'r Parch. John Crowle Ellis, fu'n gwasanaethu eglwysi Dewi Sant a Bened Sant, Llundain (f. 13), ynghyd â nodiadau yn llaw Llechid, [?1942], ar 'Yr Eglwys yn Llundain' (ff. 15-16). = The correspondents write in response to Llechid's letter in Y Llan, 23 October 1942, p. 6, requesting information on the origins of Welsh-language Anglican services in London. Also included is a photograph, [1932x1942], of the Rev. John Crowle Ellis, who served the churches of St David's and St Benet's, London (f. 13), together with notes in Welsh by Llechid, [?1942], on 'The Church in London' (ff. 15-16).

Tri llythyr, 1928-1932, oddi wrth Richard Bennett, Caersws, at Ifor Ceredig Jones, Aberystwyth, yn trafod materion personol yn bennaf. = Three letters, 1928-1932, from Richard Bennett, Caersws, to Ifor Ceredig Jones, Aberystwyth, mainly concerning personal matters.
Mae'r llythyrau yn cyfeirio at farwolaeth y Parch. J. D. Jones, Gellifor, tad I. C. Jones (f. 53), a'r gradd MA a roddwyd i Bennett gan Brifysgol Cymru ym 1932 (f. 54). = The letters refer to the death of the Rev. J. D. Jones, Gellifor, I. C. Jones's father (f. 53), and to the honorary MA awarded to Bennett by the University of Wales in 1932 (f. 54).

A facsimile copy, [1965x1985], of a letter, 15 July 1937, from Dylan Thomas, Mousehole, Cornwall, to Vernon Watkins, announcing his marriage to Caitlin Macnamara and apologising for altering a poem by Watkins prior to publication.
The original letter is now BL Add MS 52612, f. 5. It was first published in Dylan Thomas, Letters to Vernon Watkins, ed. by Vernon Watkins (London, 1957), pp. 27-28; see also The Collected Letters of Dylan Thomas: New Edition, ed. by Paul Ferris (London, 2000), p. 294.

Letter, 28 August 1936, from Dr Thomas Jones CH, at St Gallen, Switzerland, to Con[stance de] Madariaga, Geneva, regarding the situation of her husband, the Spanish writer and diplomat Salvador de Madariaga.
Jones offers to help Maderiaga who had fled Spain for England the previous month due to the Spanish Civil War. He also refers to his forthcoming trip with Lloyd George to Germany and Berchtesgaden.

Cerdd gan Crwys yn dwyn y teitl 'Dim Gwaith', wedi ei dyddio 6 Chwefror 1932, ac yn ôl bob tebyg heb ei chyhoeddi. = A poem by Crwys entitled 'Dim Gwaith' ('No Work'), dated 6 February 1932 and apparently unpublished.

A note, 26 July 1969, from Mary Lago to Michael Holroyd (ff. 111-112) enclosing typescript extracts, [July 1969], of a letter from Mrs George Prothero [i.e. Mary Frances Prothero] to Alice Rothenstein, Rye, 11 September [1907x1909] (f. 111).
Prothero's letter contains gossip and news concerning Roger and Helen Fry, Augustus John, Dorelia McNeill, Henry and Euphemia Lamb and Charles Conder.

Two letters, 1946-1947, to Gwyn Jones, the first from Dorothea Braby, London, 6 December 1946 (ff. 28-29), and the second from John Cowper Powys, Corwen, 11 November 1947 (ff. 30-32), both of which concern Gwyn and Thomas Jones's new translation of the Mabinogion, published as The Golden Cockerel Mabinogion ([London]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1947).
Braby discusses her illustration for the title page of The Golden Cockerel Mabinogion and includes a written description of its layout (f. 29) (see Professor Gwyn Jones, 'The Golden Cockerel Mabinogion, 1944-1948', Trans. Cymm. (1989), 181-209 (pp. 197-206) for further details and for extracts of related letters from Braby). Powys congratulates Jones on the translation, requests a cheap edition and gives his thoughts on translations in general.

Llythyr, 12 Awst 1977, oddi wrth [R.] Gerallt Jones, Borth, at Hywel M[eredydd] Davies, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, yn trafod ei ddaliadau Cristionogol yng nghyd-destun ei nofel, Triptych (Llandysul, 1977), a oedd newydd ennill y Fedal Ryddiaith yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol. = Letter, 12 August 1977, from [R.] Gerallt Jones, Borth, to Hywel M[eredydd] Davies, Bridgend, discussing his Christian beliefs in the context of his novel, Triptych (Llandysul, 1977), which had just won the Prose Medal at the National Eisteddfod.

Letter, 14 June 1930, from Gwen John, Meudon, to fellow artist [Mary] Constance [Lloyd], concerning Ursula Tyrwhitt and her recent indiscretions (f. 20).
Also included are three letters, June-August 1980, from art historian Cecily Langdale, New York, to Mrs Rachel Collyns, Bristol, niece of Mary Constance Lloyd, relating to Gwen John (ff. 21-23), and supplying background information on John's letter and on Tyrwhitt (f. 23).

Letter, [?27 May 1928], from Margaret Lloyd George, Kensington, to a Mr Lewis, concerning her daughter Megan's selection as the Liberal candidate for Anglesey (f. 51), together with a Christmas card from David and Margaret Lloyd George, Brynawelon, Criccieth, 1927, including a portrait of the couple (f. 50).

Letter, 14 June 1939, from Dylan Thomas, Laugharne, to the poet and writer Charles Fisher, arranging to meet and referring to a new poem, his baby son, Llewelyn, and a forthcoming broadcast with Keidrych Rhys.
The letter was published in The Collected Letters of Dylan Thomas: New Edition, ed. by Paul Ferris (London, 2000), pp. 435-436.

Letter, 13 October 1982, from Saunders Lewis, Penarth, to Kathryn A. Klar, Richmond, California, replying to a letter concerning her research into Canu Aneirin at the University of California, Berkeley.
He describes the negative reaction of Ifor Williams, amongst others, to his book Braslun o Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg (Cardiff, 1932), the conclusions of which however correspond with those of Klar and her colleagues; he also describes his current state of health.

Llythyr, 12 Ebrill 1956, oddi wrth Saunders Lewis, Penarth, at Mrs Dodd, yn amgau geirda. = Letter, 12 April 1956, from Saunders Lewis, Penarth, to a Mrs Dodd, enclosing a reference letter.

A collection of miscellaneous letters and papers, 1804-2005, purchased or received by donation from various sources by the National Library of Wales during the period May 2004-May 2008 and boxed as one volume.

Autograph draft by Helen Thomas, [early 1920s], of a possibly unpublished lyrical work about her love of nature in general and of hills and mountains in particular.
References to Kent and the River Darent (ff. 44-45) show that the work was written while Thomas lived at Otford in Kent in the years after her husband's death. There are also references to the Sussex Downs (f. 45 recto-verso) and to her 1919 visit to Scotland (ff. 46-49 verso) and to Glen [?Ample, Perthshire] (f. 49) (see Helen Thomas, Time & Again, ed. by Myfanwy Thomas (Manchester, 1978), pp. 126-127).

Autograph draft, [1931], in the hand of Helen Thomas of a passage from her memoir World Without End (London, 1931), corresponding to the second paragraph on p. 168 of that work.

Drafftiau, [1950au], gan Dr J. Gwyn Griffiths o gyfieithiadau i'r Gymraeg o gerddi Almaeneg gan Hölderlin. Ysgrifennwyd y drafftiau ar lythyr (ac amlen), 13 Awst 1951, a gyfeiriwyd yn wreiddiol oddi wrth Nan Davies o'r BBC, Bangor, at Dr Griffiths (f. 86, 86a), ac ar gefn dalen o ymarferion Groegaidd (f. 87). = Drafts, [1950s], by Dr J. Gwyn Griffiths of translations into Welsh of German poems by Hölderlin. These were written on a letter (and envelope), 13 August 1951, originally sent by Nan Davies of the BBC, Bangor, to Dr Griffiths (f. 86, 86a), and on the back of a page of Greek exercises (f. 87).
Y cerddi a gyfieithiwyd yw 'Die Heimath' (f. 86), pennill cyntaf 'An Die Jungen Dichter' (f. 86 verso), 'Menschenbeifall' (ff. 86 verso, 86a), a'r wyth llinell cyntaf o 'Brot und Wein', rhan IV (ff. 86a verso, 87); mae'r gwreiddiol yn The Poems of Hölderlin, cyf. gan Michael Hamburger ([Llundain], [1943]), tt. 110, 108, 118 a 164 yn eu tro. Cyhoeddwyd 'Adref' ('Die Heimath') a 'Clod Dynion' ('Menschenbeifall') yn J. Gwyn Griffiths, Ffroenau'r Ddraig (Aberystwyth, 1961), tt. 88-89. = The poems translated are 'Die Heimath' (f. 86), the first verse of 'An Die Jungen Dichter' (f. 86 verso), 'Menschenbeifall' (ff. 86 verso, 86a), and the first eight lines of 'Brot und Wein', part IV (ff. 86a verso, 87); for the originals see The Poems of Hölderlin, trans. by Michael Hamburger ([London], [1943]), pp. 110, 108, 118 and 164 respectively. 'Adref' ('Die Heimath') and 'Clod Dynion' ('Menschenbeifall') were published in J. Gwyn Griffiths, Ffroenau'r Ddraig (Aberystwyth, 1961), pp. 88-89.

Llythyr, 5 Ebrill 1955, oddi wrth D. J. Williams, Abergwaun, at Huw Davies, [Llandaf], yn mynegi ei farn ynghlŷn â Mudiad Gweriniaethol Cymru, a sefydlwyd gan Davies ymysg eraill. = Letter, 5 April 1955, from D. J. Williams, Fishguard, to Huw Davies, [Llandaf], giving his views on the Welsh Republican Movement, of which Davies was a founder member.

Llythyr, 28 Rhagfyr 1917, oddi wrth D. J. Williams, Rhydcymerau, at gyd-heddychwr, Tom Llewelyn Thomas, Birchgrove, Abertawe, yn cyfeirio at heddychaeth gyfoes ac at lyfryn Love of Country (1917) o waith y derbynydd. = Letter, 28 December 1917, from D. J. Williams, Rhydcymerau, to fellow pacifist Tom Llewelyn Thomas, Birchgrove, Swansea, concerning contemporary pacifism and the recipient's pamphlet, Love of Country (1917).