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'An Account of the Planting of Forest and Ornamental Trees &c. done at Appleby [Hall, Brigg, Lincolnshire] from the year 1847 to 1857' by Rowland Winn (1820-1893), afterwards Baron St Oswald. At the beginning of the volume is a genealogical table showing the connection of the Winn family with that of Wynn of Gwydir.

A volume containing notes of the first eleven in a series of lectures on divinity, the first dated 20 October 1801, made by Rowland Williams, later rector and vicar of Ysceifiog, Flintshire, whilst a student at Jesus College, Oxford. The lectures were delivered by the Regius Professor of Divinity, John Randolph, Bishop of Oxford (see his Heads of a course of lectures in divinity, ([Oxford(?)]: [n. pub.], [1784(?)]) [ESTC T130135], which gives headings for thirty-five lectures).
Originally used as a wrapper (now ff. i, 36) is the final leaf from a copy of The Office of the Judge, promoted by Collet and Havard, against Evanson: Depositions of Witnesses ... ([Gloucester(?)]: [n. pub.], [1774(?)]) [ESTC T142453], relating to the 1775 trial in the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Gloucester of the Rev. Edward Evanson for publishing a tract contrary to Church doctrine. On f. i Rowland Williams has added a note recording his election, 9 December 1801, as a scholar of Jesus College.

A short ode composed by Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) (1823-1905) for the opening of the Bangor National Eisteddfod, 1890.

The original manuscript of the ode Caradog yn Rhufain which won for Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) (1823-1905) the chair at the Mold National Eisteddfod, 1873.

The original manuscript of the poem on Owain Glyndŵr (1354?-1416?) which won for Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) (1823-1905) the gold medal at the Carmarthen National Eisteddfod, 1867.

A commonplace book kept, 1837-1857, by Rowland Williams, one of the contributors to Essays and Reviews, 1860, the book containing extracts from theological works, notes of sermons heard at Cambridge and elsewhere, etc.

A manuscript entitled Positions proved by Rowland Owen gentleman of ... Anglesey ... that the papistes have most inhumanely iniured your most sacred Maiestie from your infancie; that they have wronged me by whom they understood ... that your wronges should be reavealed ... The manuscript is unfinished and was prepared by the author for presentation to King James I, with the royal arms stamped on the front and back of the cover.

A volume containing abstracts of wages and other accounts of Rowe's Colliery, Pembrokeshire, worked by James M. Child of Begelly House, including abstracts in respect of parts worked in partnership between him and Jeremiah Mathias & Co., Thomas Allen & Co., James Waters & Co., and William Eynon, and of shipment and other disbursements by Thomas Eynon, 1818-1819.

Rough minutes of a [?Caernarfonshire] Rural Community Council committee; notes by Bob Owen for a lecture to Caernarfonshire R[ural] C[ommunity] C[ouncil] on 'Llandudno Prior to 1832'. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, 1959-1962.

A lengthy autograph musical quotation signed by Italian composer G[ioachino] Rossini, Paris, 14 April 1863, and dedicated to Welsh pianist and composer [Henry] Brinley Richards.
The quotation consists of nine bars from an unidentified piece for piano in E-flat major, in 3/4 time with the time signature 'Mod[era]to'.

Papers of the Rosser family comprising personal letters, 1785-1844; legal, financial and business papers, 1763-1844, including letters, 1765-1832, accounts, 1764-1791, bonds, 1765-1787, bills and receipts, 1783-1844, and wills, [1777]-1818.

Further family papers, [1992]-1999, comprising a short autobiography, [1992 x 1999], by Dr Rosentyl Griffiths; two obituaries, 1999, of Dr Griffiths, from the periodicals GP and British Medical Journal; and an address delivered by the Reverend Noel Evans, Cardiff, on the day of her funeral, 6 March 1999.

Further family papers including a brief biography of Martha Griffiths (née Howells, d. 1920), Dr Rosentyl Griffiths's mother, who cured many people of cancer, and four verses written in appreciation by Tom Williams ('Castellydd'), Pontypridd, whom she cured; together with a letter to her, 1920, asking for assistance after conventional treatment for breast cancer had failed.

Further family papers, 1909-99 and undated, including letters of condolence on the death of Thomas Griffiths ('Brydan', 1869-1953), father of Dr Rosentyl Griffiths (1903-99), and on the death of her sister Dr Bryneilen Griffiths (1905-91); letters of appreciation from figures in the field of medicine, and letters from Alun Oldfield-Davies, Dr Glyn Jones and George Thomas, Viscount Tonypandy; poems composed by 'Brydan' on the birthdays of his daughters, 1924-52 and undated; his obituaries, Y Tyst, June 1953; an address entitled 'Buddugoliaethau Meddyginiaeth' by Dr Rosentyl Griffiths; press cuttings, 1984 and undated, relating to the birthplace of the hymn 'Calon Lân' which was written by 'Gwyrosydd' (Daniel James, 1872-1914); and the obituary of Dr Rosentyl Griffiths, South Wales Echo, March 1999.

Rose Place Chapel, Liverpool: members of the Children's Society, etc. Welsh, English. Boards. Donated from the library of the late Hugh Lloyd, Liverpool, September 1933.

Papers of Rose Mabel Lewis, 1873-1917, comprising journals, 1874-1912, including a journal containing an account of her honeymoon journey to the USA and Canada, together with a short story, 'The Shepherd Lord', notes on painting, knitting patterns and cookery recipes and other journals containing details of journeys to Jamaica, London and France, Las Palmas and Brittany; literary manuscripts, including notebooks with poetry and prose drafts, 1873-[c. 1914]; and printed material, 1891, 1917.

Literary, research and personal papers of Louis P. Nemo (Roparz Hemon, 1900-1978), comprising personal and general correspondence, 1941, 1947-1978; manuscript and typescript drafts of novels and novellas, short stories, poetry and plays; drafts of articles by Roparz Hemon and collected by him as editor of Ar Bed Keltiek; research papers, including notes and transcripts of Breton literary texts; miscellaneous fragments of manuscript and typescript draft translations into English; personal papers, including papers collected by Roparz Hemon or submitted to him by other authors and scholars; notebooks relating to the Breton language, drafts of Breton dictionaries including Geriadur Istorel ar Brezhoneg, and drafts of articles on the Breton language; notes on other Celtic languages, including Irish, Welsh and Manx, and notes on Esperanto; papers relating to organisations of Breton or Celtic interest including Skourr Breizh ar C'hendalc'h Keltiek, the Breton Branch of the Celtic Congress; papers of other Bretons, including Francois Vallée (1860-1949) and Dr Louis Dujardin (1885-1969); and miscellaneous notes and papers, [1940s]-[1950s], chiefly relating to Breton and Irish, mainly in the hand of Anton Ar Roue, cook and gardener to Roparz Hemon.

Twenty two Breton manuscripts, comprising religious plays and sermons, [18 cent.]-[19 cent.], acquired by Roparz Hemon, and listed in Revue Celtique V, pp. 327-8.

Ronald M. Lockley diaries, 1921-1948, compiled in twelve volumes.
Two further diaries, dated 1962 and 1963, compiled by Ronald M. Lockley; July 2025.