An essay 'On the origin and progress of Free Libraries, and the advantages that would accrue by the adoption of the "Free Libraries Act" throughout the Principality', by 'Hope' (i.e. John Ballinger), 1880.

Drafft teipysgrif, [1954], o'r anerchiad 'Cymdeithasau Darllen Gan Mlynedd yn ôl' gan Bob Owen, Croesor, a roddwyd yng Ngynhadledd Llyfrgelloedd yng Nghymru a Mynwy, Caernarfon, 2 Mehefin 1954. Mae'r drafft yn cynnwys cywiriadau a dileadau helaeth yn llaw'r awdur, yn ogystal â throednodiadau, a chafodd ei baratoi ar gyfer ei gyhoeddi (gw. Llyfrgelloedd yng Nghymru: Report of the Proceedings of the Twenty-first Conference of Library Authorities in Wales and Monmouthshire held at Caernarvon June 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1954 (Abertawe, 1954), tt. 30-37). = A typescript draft, [1954], of the paper 'Cymdeithasau Darllen Gan Mlynedd yn ôl' by Bob Owen, Croesor, given at the Conference of Library Authorities in Wales and Monmouthshire, Caernarvon, 2 June 1954. The draft contains copious manuscript corrections and deletions in the author's hand, as well as footnotes, and was prepared for publication (see Llyfrgelloedd yng Nghymru: Report of the Proceedings of the Twenty-first Conference of Library Authorities in Wales and Monmouthshire held at Caernarvon June 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1954 (Swansea, 1954), pp. 30-37).
Ceir cyfeiriadau yn yr anerchiad at gymdeithasau llenyddol, diwylliannol ac athronyddol Cymreig, llyfrgelloedd ac ystafelloedd darllen, ac unigolion nodedig. Mae rhan o'r traethawd wedi'i theipio ar ddalenau o lyfr cyfrifon. = The paper contains references to Welsh literary, cultural and philosophical societies, libraries and reading rooms, and to individuals of note. Part of the essay has been typed on leaves from a printed ledger.