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A cywydd composed and written by Richard Parry (Gwalchmai) (1803-1897) for an eisteddfod held at Rhuddlan, 1850, under the title Cywydd er anfarwol Goffadwriaeth am Dr. Morgan [William Morgan (c. 1545-1604)], diweddar Esgob Llanelwy a chyfieithydd y Bibl Cymraeg, with biographical and historical notes illustrating the text.

Awdl ar y Greadigaeth written by Richard Parry (Gwalchmai, 1803-1897) for an eisteddfod at Aberffraw, 1849, with notes by the poet on y Mesurau caethion a rhyddion and Cerddoriaeth, offerynau cerdd, datganu, etc.

The original manuscript of Richard Parry (Gwalchmai, 1803-1897), Enwogion Môn (Amlwch, 1877) written originally for an eisteddfod at Holyhead, 1872.

Business records and personal papers of Richard Owen, Glan Conway, Denbighshire, [c.1910]-[c.1960], including ledgers, account books and financial papers, index of funerals, 1927-1959; and family papers, [19th cent.]-[20th cent.].

Photocopies of pages from Richard Llwyd (Bard of Snowdon, 1752-1835), Beaumaris Bay...(1800 and 1832 editions); the 1800 edition bears a manuscript note relating to the case of Richard Rowlands, Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, who was executed at Beaumaris in April 1862 for the murder of his father-in-law.

Three letters, April-May 1806, from Richard Llwyd (The Bard of Snowdon), Beaumaris, to Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, 2nd baronet, of Nannau, concerning Vaughan's pedigree which Llwyd was then compiling, together with drafts of the pedigree and other related notes (ff. 1-13).
The papers comprise: (i) a letter, [?mid-April 1806], discussing Vaughan's descent from the Williams family of Ystum Colwyn and enclosing a draft of the pedigree (ff. 1-4); (ii) a letter, dated 22 April 1806, enquiring as to the whereabouts of a letter sent by Llwyd a week earlier (whose contents match ff. 1-4) (f. 5); (iii) a letter, dated 14 May 1806, enclosing a revised draft of the pedigree and a list of outstanding issues to be addressed (ff. 6-8); (iv) an undated document detailing Vaughan’s descent from Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (ff. 9-12); and (v) a description of six inscribed Elizebethan stone tablets at Nannau (f. 13). Also included is (vi) one letter, 27 November 1818, from Llwyd, Chester, to Vaughan's brother Colonel G[riffith] H[owel] Vaughan of Rûg, Corwen, containing a transcript of a document detailing revenue from ancient escheat (or King's Rent) in Edeirnion in 1509-1510 (ff. 14-15).

A letter, 1874, sent by Richard Lloyd (1834-1917), uncle of the Rt Hon. David Lloyd George (1863-1945), to Dr R. Davies Evans, afterwards of Blaenau Ffestiniog.

An autograph sermon by Richard Lloyd, Llwynrhydowen (1760-1797).

Papers, [1938x1939]-1984, of Richard Llewellyn, comprising manuscript and proof copies of How Green Was My Valley (1939), [1938x1939], 1940, other literary papers, 1952-1984, correspondence, 1940-1949, 1970-1983, and personal, administrative and financial papers, 1946-1989; together with papers of his second wife Susan Llewellyn, 1959-2000, comprising correspondence, journals and other papers, 1973-1999, and files relating to her management of his affairs and later his literary estate, 1959-2000 (mainly 1968-2000).

Seventeen cards (ff. 1-5) and letters (ff. 6-17), 1944-1945, being mainly love letters, from the novelist Richard Llewellyn to Sarah Steinman (later Mrs Sarah Steinman Harms). They were written while he was serving in Italy as a captain in the Welsh Guards and she with the American Red Cross in Rome.
Some of the letters are typescript (ff. 9-13, 15, 17) and several contain ink sketches (ff. 2 verso, 4 verso, 9, 11, 12 recto-verso). There are two letters of introduction of friends of his to Steinman (ff. 14, 16). One letter, postmark 6 May 1945 (f. 13), contains news, including an account of a V2 bomb attack near his home in London.

Papers of the Bodley House Literary Agency relating to its business with the author Richard Llewellyn [Richard David Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd], including contracts and drafts, 1937-1944, and correspondence, 1939-1948, with special reference to the play 'Poison Pen' (London, 1938), the novel 'None but the Lonely Heart' (London, 1943), negotiations for work with MGM film studios, proposed film scripts and the author's war service.

Papers of Richard Jones, Wern, Llanfrothen, Calvinistic Methodist minister, relating to his appeal against the taxing of his horse (including letters by John Wilks), 1820-3; miscellaneous receipts, 1829-30; agreements relating to lead and copper mining in Llanfrothen, Llandecwyn, and Ffestiniog, 1828; draft letters concerning tax on a chapel and a house in Llanfihangel y Traethau; and a letter from Faney Jones to her brother, Robert Poole, at Egryn.

A transcript of Suits or setts of lessons for the Harpsicord or Spinnet (London, 1732) by Richard Jones, with pencil corrections.

Papers of Richard E. Huws, relating mainly to his work as councillor on Aberystwyth Town Council, 1989-1995, including agendas and minutes of Aberystwyth Town Council; together with a file of papers, 1994-1995, collected by the donor as one of the Trustees of St. Padarn Catholic School, Aberystwyth.

Four items, 1922, relating to Richard Hughes' play, 'The Sisters' Tragedy', comprising a letter, 24 June [1922], from Hughes to the critic and playwright Padraic Colum concerning the production of the play (f. 2), enclosing a copy of the first edition, signed and corrected by Hughes (ff. 3-20), and a printed sheet of reviews (f. 21); and a cutting from The Weekly Westminster Gazette, 10 June 1922, p. 15, containing a review of the play (f. 1).
Also included is a programme, December 1943, for a production at the Belasco Theatre, New York City, of 'The Innocent Voyage', the stage adaptation of Hughes' novel A High Wind in Jamaica (London, 1929) (ff. 22-31).

Three files containing papers accumulated by the Hon. Richard Hanning Philipps (1904-1998) relating to the Graham Sutherland Gallery established at Picton Castle, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in 1976, including press cuttings, 1974-1990; a note on a meeting, 1975, concerning the setting up of the Gallery; original plans, 1975-1980, drawn up for the National Museum of Wales; photographs of the Gallery's opening ceremony, 1976; correspondence, 1976-1989; minutes of the Picton Castle Trust, 1976-1982, and of the Trustees of the Graham and Kathleen Sutherland Foundation, 1984-1988; a photocopy of the trust deed, 1970, and of a lease, 1982, of rooms in the Tower Block, Picton Castle, to the Picton Castle Trust; together with a letter, 1976, from Graham Sutherland (d. 1980) and papers relating to his will.

Snaudonia Druidica or the Druid Monuments of Snowdon, written in 1764 by Richard Farrington (1702-1772), chancellor of Bangor, and presented by him in 1770 to Richard Richardson.

Photocopies from the memorandum book, 1865-1916, of Richard Ellis [originally from Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire], who sailed aboard the Mimosa to Patagonia in 1865, and a photocopy from a newspaper of an article in Spanish relating to the diary.

Grant of arms, 1793, to Richard Crawshay (1739-1810), Cyfarthfa, Merthyr Tudful, co. Glamorgan, by the College of Arms, London, with the grantee's arms emblazoned in the top left-hand corner.

Six letters and three telegrams, [?1963]-1972, from Richard Burton (in some instances jointly with wife Elizabeth), to his childhood friend and actor Dennis Burgess, containing personal and professional news, but mainly concerned with acting roles secured by Burton for Burgess in the films Bluebeard (1972) and Massacre in Rome (1973).
The letters were sent from the Dorchester Hotel, London, [?1963] (ff. 1-2), Sardinia, 1967 (ff. 3-4), Budapest, 1972 (ff. 5-10), and Munich, 1972 (ff. 11-12). Also included are letters to Burgess from Lord Snowdon, 18 May 1973 (f. 13), and Sir John Gielgud, 15 October 1979 (f. 15), and a photocopy of a telegram from Elizabeth Burton, 4 November 1975 (f. 14), inviting Burgess and his wife to Richard Burton's fiftieth birthday party. There are references to the films Becket (1964) (ff. 1-2), Doctor Faustus (1967) (ff. 3-4), Where Eagles Dare (1968) (f. 7), Bluebeard (ff. 5-10) and Massacre in Rome (ff. 11-12), and to the actor Hugh Griffith (f. 8)