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Notes in the hand of D. Morgan Lewis of lectures delivered at a Holiday School at Llanwrtyd, 9-19 August, 1921, by Professor W. Jenkyn Jones [University College of Wales, Aberystwyth] ('Yr Ysgol Sul'), the Reverend Fred Jones [Tal-y-bont, co. Cardigan] ('Ysgrifennu Cymraeg'), and Professor [E.] Ernest Hughes [University College of Swansea] ('Hanes Cymru '); together with brief notes of a lecture on Welsh music.

A holograph essay on 'Y Mabinogion fel Llenyddiaeth' by 'Y Macwy Mud' [E. Stanton Roberts]. The essay was submitted in January 1911 for the T. E. Ellis Essay Prize at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Drafts of articles relating to Welsh literature and history and to Celtic institutions; lists of Welsh words derived from English and of words common to both branches of the Celtic family; and a poem entitled 'Rhiangerdd Gwenfalwy o Gastell Caerphili' by 'Idwal Trefor', 1874.

Notes and references relating to the Arthurian legend, Welsh history and literature, and the Welsh laws.

Eight notebooks of the Reverend D. Silvan Evans containing notes on Welsh grammar, language and literature.

A copy of the first issue of Trysorfa Gwybodaeth, neu Eurgrawn Cymraeg, [?3 March] 1770, each of the four sections separately paginated [1]-8 (ff. 2-5, 10-13, 18-21, 26-29), and copies of the first three sections (the news sheet is missing) from the sixth issue, [?12 May] 1770, each paginated 41-48 (ff. 6-9, 14-17, 22-25).
Also included is a sheet, March 1770, advertising the publication of the fourteenth part of Bibl Cymraeg; Gyd a Sylwiadau ac Esponiadau ar bob Pennod, ed. by Peter Williams (1770, see Libri Walliae 369-372) (f. 1).

The legend of St. Kadok, and miscellaneous notes on Welsh grammar and literature.

Papers relating to the work of 'The Free Church Commission promoted by the National Council of Evangelical Free Churches', 1913-1914; notes entitled 'Nonconformists and Welsh Literature' and 'Adgofion am Genhadwyr'; etc.

Notes and articles by David Samuel on Welsh literature, including addresses entitled 'Theophilus Evans a Drych y Prif Oesoedd' and 'Some local ballad singers and ballad writers'.

Miscellaneous notes and papers of Iolo Morganwg, [18 cent., last ¼]-[1830s], on a variety of subjects, including (mainly Welsh) history (E8/1), religion (E8/2), Welsh and English literature, including Dr Johnson (E8/3), Bardism (E8/4) and biography and genealogy (E8/5); together with further bundles of miscellaneous notes and papers, retained in original order (E8/6-9), with subjects including politics, printing and Poems Lyric and Pastoral, 1784-[c. 1809] (E8/6), patriarchal religion, priestcraft and Lewis Morris (E8/7), poetry and monumental inscriptions (E8/8) and salmau (E8/9); and a case containing notes on Welsh manuscripts in the British Museum and at Jesus College, Oxford (E8/10).

One of two volumes of 'Nefydd' miscellanea, including material relating to Welsh literature and bibliography, eisteddfod adjudications, etc.

One of two volumes of 'Nefydd' miscellanea, including material relating to Welsh literature and bibliography, eisteddfod adjudications, etc.

Two volumes of miscellaneous transcripts mainly in the hand of Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain, 1761-1849), relating to the antiquities, history, topography, language, and literature of Wales. They include catalogues of Welsh manuscripts; transcripts of manuscripts of Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), of letters of Edward Lhuyd, Lewis Morris, Goronwy Owen, etc., of Strata Marcella abbey charters, of monumental inscriptions, of Evan Evans's transcripts of Richard Farrington's archaeological notes, etc.; notes on Llanerfyl, Llangadfan, and Garthbeibio, written by William Jones, Llangadfan, and sent by him, with letters, to Walter Davies; a letter, 1792, from Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) to Walter Davies; an extract, by Lewis Morris, from his Celtic Remains; Marwnad Lewis Morys ... by Goronwy Owen, in the autograph of Evan Evans; etc. Both volumes are indexed.

Drafts of articles and reviews relating to Welsh grammar, literature, etc.

Miscellaneous notes by Walter Davies relating mainly to Welsh literature, history, and archaeology.

Miscellaneous notes and extracts made by Walter Davies and dealing with the language, literature, and agriculture of Wales.

Three volumes of miscellaneous notes and fragments relating to Welsh literature, history, archaeology, etc.

Three volumes of miscellaneous notes, extracts, drafts of letters, and memoranda by Walter Davies, dealing mainly with Welsh orthography, literature, etc.

Miscellanea mainly in the hands of John Jenkins and Walter Davies and relating to the history, literature, ecclesiastical affairs, and music of Wales; a document relating to the collation of Richard Humffreys to the living of Aberhavesp, February 21, 1628 9; a fragment in the hand of Edward Lhuyd; a letter from Maudline Nanne to Robert Vaughan, May 24, 1636; etc.

Letters, 1835-1840, from David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion') to Richard Humphreys (Faerdref) , Ellis Owen and James Spooner (Tremadog), together with drafts of letters by David Owen relating to Welsh literary matters.