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Biographical data relating to the clergy of the diocese of Bangor, arranged in alphabetical order, being a typescript transcript in six volumes of the second part of 'Biographical epitomes of the bishops and clergy of the diocese of Bangor from the Restoration to the Reconstitution', compiled by the Rev. R. R. Hughes, Glanogwen, in 1932 (now Bangor MSS 6450-57).
The first part, on the Bishops (see Bangor MS 6449), is omitted, as is the final volume (Williams, Owen Benjamin - Young, Griffith; see Bangor MS 6458). Vols. 74-78 are carbon copies of the typescripts prepared by staff at the Library of UCNW, Bangor, [1953]-[1955], while Vol. 79 is a Xerox copy made at NLW in February 1966.

Biographical material connected with Mrs B W Norton's great-grandfather, the Reverend James Stewart Thomas (1818-56), Hay, co Brecon, a missionary in South Africa from 1839, including a transcript of a letter, 1846, from J S Thomas to his parents; a biographical sketch written by his daughter; and a short history compiled in 1987 by Mrs. Norton.

Biographical material relating to Dr. Gomer Llewellyn Jones ('Llywelyn Gomer', 1911-1977), director of the Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

Biographical material relating to John Cleaton Davies' great grandfather John Cleaton Davies (1825-1904) who emigrated from Newtown, co Montgomery, to Florida in 1889 and helped to establish the Avon Park, Florida, Congregational Church.

Biographical material relating to the career of Samuel Evans [1859-1935], Johannesburg, chairman and managing director of the Crown Gold Mining Company, South Africa, etc. The notes, compiled by William Robert Hall [1849-1937], Aberystwyth, include details supplied by Samuel Evans and are accompanied by printed matter, including a copy of Forty years of Rand Mining by Samuel Evans, reprinted from The South African Mining and Engineering Year Book, 1932.

Biographical material relating to William Deudraeth Jones ('Deudraeth')and family. Welsh, English. Between boards. Donated by Mr & Mrs R. D. Jones, Woolwich, October 1942.

Biographical notes by Edward Ifor Williams on Samuel Baldwin Rogers. (Formerly E. I. Williams MS 8.) English. Between boards. Donated by Dr & Mrs T. J. M. Gregg, Swansea, per Mr A. Gray Jones, Aberystwyth, 1958.

Biographical notes on Crawshay Bailey (1789-1872) by Edward Ifor Williams. (Formerly E. I. Williams MS 9.) English. Between boards. Donated by Dr & Mrs T. J. M. Gregg, Swansea, per Mr A. Gray Jones, Aberystwyth, 1958.

Biographical notes relating to Thomas John Thomas (1836-1904), a native of Llangaffo, p. Llangeinwen, co. Ang., who emigrated to the United States in 1859, together with typescript translation of extracts from letters, 1875-1886, received by him from his family in Anglesey.

Biographical notes, compiled by David C W Marshall, on William Jones Williams (c 1773-1847), Holyhead, pastor of Grafton Street Baptist chapel, Soho, London.

Biographical notes, compiled by J.A. Jones, on John (Ogwen) Jones (1879-1951), Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, who emigrated to the United States from Penisarnant, Bethesda, in 1896 and was one of the earliest members of the United Mine Workers of America, District 18; together with a copy of his obituary from the Canadian Mineworker.

MS biography of Megan Watts Hughes (?1847-1907) in the hand of ?John Watts. English.

Typescript biography of the Reverend Dr Richard Roberts (1874-1945), Presbyterian minister and divine and one of the founders of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, compiled by his daughter Gwen Norman.