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The series comprises accounts, 1873-1888, relating to the period when the Rev. Rees Jenkin Jones was editor of Yr Ymofynydd.

The series consists of accounts (receipts and payments), 1864-1887, of the Welsh Unitarian Ministers' Education Fund, established in order to financially assist candidates for the ministry. Minutes, 1864-1877, are also included.

The series comprises papers relating to Welsh periodicals and include a letter written by the Rev. John Jones to Yr Udgorn, 1842; and copies of Y Diwygiwr, September 1838, May 1839 and November 1840.

The file comprises a valedictory address, 1876, presented to the Rev. Rees Jenkin Jones on leaving Carmarthen Presbyterian College.

T̂ŷ Newydd, previously called Gardd y Cwm, comprised two dwelling houses and gardens in 1845. In 1744 Rees David of Llansawel devised the premises to to his wife Margaret for life and after her death to his eldest son Rees and his heirs. Just over a century later in 1845 Rees Rees of Cilgell Isaf conveyed the premises to his eldest son David Rees, also of Cilgell Isaf. The file also includes the marriage settlement of Rees David of p. Llanddewibrefi, co. Card., and Mary Thomas, daughter of Walter Thomas of Godre'r Garth, p. Llanddewibrefi, 1787, and David Rees' claim in 1845 to have his name inserted on the electoral register on the basis of ownership of T̂ŷ Newydd.

The series comprises an account book, 1879-1893, containing payments made apparently by pupils attending Trecynon Seminary, Aberdare.

The file comprises transcripts, 1758-1764, from the account book of the Rev. Solomon Harries, relating to a school which was opened by him in 1758 and listing the scholars. At the end there is a transcript in Welsh of a minute book of Hen Dŷ Cwrdd, Aberdare, 1858-1862, and press cuttings, 1923-1931, relating to the High Street Unitarian Church, Swansea.

The file comprises an interleaved and annotated copy of The Unitarian students at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, in the nineteenth century (1796-1901). Additional notes are in the hand of Simon Jones.

The file comprises a bundle of deeds, 1788-1800, relating to a moiety of Talgarreg, otherwise Tir Talgarreg, which was sold by Henry Davies of Perthyronw, p. Llandysiliogogo, co. Card., to John Jones of Clettwr, p. Llanarth, for £150 in 1788. This moiety was divided in 1800 between Lloyd Williams, esq., and David Jones.

The file comprises inland revenue succession and legacy duty papers on the estate of John Jones of Mount Pleasant, Aberdare, Dissenting Minister, 1865-1866, and Anne Jones of the same, 1893. Both in turn possessed a lease for 99 years of a house and shop at Mount Pleasant Garden, Aberdare.

The series comprises accounts (receipts and payments), 1878, of the South Wales Distress Fund. Those listed as recipients resided in the vicinity of Hen Dŷ Cwrdd and Highland Place, Aberdare.

The series comprises five sermons, 1826-1833, together with one sermon by an unidentified person.

The series comprises six sermons, [c. 1862]-1916, including one which was delivered at the induction of the Rev. D. Cellan Jones as minister of the Unitarian Church at Merthyr Tydfil in July 1915, and two notebooks containing sermon notes and prayers. Also included is a list by the Rev. Simon Jones of sermons by the Rev. R. Jenkin Jones, which were published in Yr Ymofynydd.

The series consists of a volume of press cuttings, [c. 1889]-1941, bearing the name of Dr Goronwy Jones and containing, amongst other things, a series of 'notes historical' by the Rev. Rees Jenkin Jones on 'Old Aberdare', published in The Aberdare Leader, 1921-1922.

The series consists of scrapbooks containing press cuttings, 1807-1896, mostly relating to the Rev. Rees Jenkin Jones's frequent contributions as a newspaper columnist.

The file includes press cuttings, 1865-1893, mainly of a religious nature.