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Bound photostat copies of some of the records of the borough of Montgomery (see Annual Report 1936-37, p 24). The records were transferred from the Library to the Powys Record Office in December 1997.

A list of English place-names in Monmouthshire and neighbouring counties, with the Welsh forms added.

Two large scrap-books containing numerous miscellaneous material - photographs, newspaper cuttings, original letters, leaflets and publications relating mainly to William Haines, historian of Monmouthshire and the history of Monmouthshire in particular, compiled by his wife, Mary Haines, Y Bryn, Penpergwm, Abergavenny, with annotations by their granddaughter Lorna Pragnell.

Records of the Monmouthshire Conservative Association, 1903-1988, including minute books, 1908-1981; records of shareholders, 1929-1961; press cuttings describing local political life, 1945-1947; and printed material, 1948-1968.

The first of two volumes of Monmouthshire collectanea, including cuttings relating to Monmouthshire from Nicholas Carlisle : A Topographical Dictionary of England ... (London, 1808), a copy of Hymns of Llanthony Monastery (Edinburgh, 1889), and portions of other printed works.

The second of two volumes of Monmouthshire collectanea, including cuttings relating to Monmouthshire from Nicholas Carlisle : A Topographical Dictionary of England ... (London, 1808), a copy of Hymns of Llanthony Monastery (Edinburgh, 1889), and portions of other printed works.

Records, 1842-1957, of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association (MSWCOA), including printed deeds of association, 1864-1945; Association general minute books and circulars, 1873-1944; Cardiff, Newport and Swansea District minute books, 1874-1947; Conciliation Board minutes, verbatim minutes of proceedings, agreements and awards, 1901-1946; Finance Committee minutes, 1888-1956; Transport Committee minutes, 1933-1936; Joint Emergency Committee minutes, 1893-1917; Commercial Committee minutes, 1919-1947; Coal Cutters and Conveyors Committee minutes, 1923-1945; Coal Dust Committee minutes, 1940-1946; General Research Committee minutes, 1940-1946; Parliamentary Bills Committee minutes and papers, 1895-1897; Anthracite and Steam Coal Collieries Committee minutes, 1897-1900; Rescue Brigades Committee papers, 1907-1908; Eight Hours Committee minutes, 1909; Coal Mines Act Committee minutes and papers, 1923-1946; Special Purposes Committee minutes, 1927-1947; Colliery Pit Production Committee minutes, 1943; Education Committee minutes, 1945-1946; Joint Sliding Scale Committee meeting verbatim accounts, 1875-1902; Enginemen Wages Committee minutes, 1908-1944; Joint Standing Disputes Committee minutes and papers, 1917-1947; South Wales Coal Shipment Advisory Committee minutes and papers, 1923-1936; South Wales Committee on the Physical and Chemical Survey of the National Coal Resources minutes, 1928-1943; Safety in Mines Research Committee minutes and reports, 1930-1947; Disputes Finality Committee minutes and papers, 1936-1945; Joint Coal Production Committee minutes, 1940-1942; Pneumoconiosis Joint Sub-Committee minutes and papers, 1942-1946; minutes and papers of several committees of the Mining Association of Great Britain, including its Central Committee, 1919-1954; copies of court judgements, 1848-1939; Railway Rates Tribunal proceedings and papers, 1921-1939; financial account books and balance sheets, 1873-1940; scrapbooks and newspaper cuttings relating to the Sliding Scale, strikes, disputes, wages, and other industry issues, 1874-1948; papers relating to strikes and disputes at associated collieries, 1890-1946; statistics on coal production, prices, transportation, wages, etc., and foreign bulletins, 1842-1950; administrative files of the Commercial and Pitwood Departments, 1890-1950; applications for membership, 1887-1947; subject files containing copies of Association notices, reports, minutes, etc. and papers received from other organisations relating to mining, miners’ health, labour agreements and wages, 1890-1957; and printed material, including coal mine surveys and research reports, and government legislation and other industry reports, 1849-1947. The archive represents a major source of information for the history of coal mining in Wales, and the study of mining practices and industrial relations in the South Wales coalfield prior to nationalisation.

A journal of a tour through parts of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, c. 1809. The volume is illustrated by over thirty watercolour drawings and unfinished pencil sketches by Rose Sotheby, some of them being original drawings by her and others being after [?]William Sawrey Gilpin (1761/2-1843), Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (bap. 1733, d. 1794) and [?]John Smith (1749-1831). One original watercolour drawing, dated 1809, is by Maria E. Sotheby.

Records of the Monmouth Divisional Liberal Association, 1975-1988, including financial records, 1977-1987; correspondence, 1981-1988; newsletters, 1982-1986; lists of members, 1975; papers relating to the Gwent County Council elections, 1981-1985; and records of the Monmouth SDP, 1981-1986, including financial records, 1981-1986, and treasurer's correspondence, 1981-1986.

Two minute books, 1961-1986, of the Monmouth and District Branch Labour Party.

The adjutant's monthly roll of the Monmouth and Brecon regiment of Militia, 1803-1815.

The papers comprise Miss Rawlins's personal diaries, 1910-1988 (with gaps), together with the diary of her mother, Mrs Margaret Anna Rawlins, for 1909.
Additional papers, 1915-1981, including letters from Monica Rawlins to her parents, 1920-1925, and letters addressed to her from Leon Underwood, Henry Lamb and F. M. Blight.

A typescript work, The Monastic Houses of Wales and the Border by Robert Richards (1884-1954), MP for Wrexham, with autograph additions and corrections. For background material to this work see typescript schedule of Robert Richards Papers in NLW.

A typescript work, The Monastic Houses of Wales and the Border by Robert Richards (1884-1954), MP for Wrexham, with autograph additions and corrections. For background material to this work see typescript schedule of Robert Richards Papers in NLW.

A volume, [1850]-1855 (watermarks 1849, 1850), containing pen, ink and wash drawings of ancient buildings and archaeological remains in Anglesey with accompanying text. The volume appears to be the work of Helen Spode (née Heywood), and also her husband, Josiah Spode of Hawkesyard Hall, Staffordshire, and of Plas Gwyn and Beaumaris.
The layout consists typically of a page of text in black and red ink and an illuminated initial in Celtic style, with a drawing on the facing page (thirty-five in total); additional drawings often form vignettes in the text. A few of the drawings are initialled 'H.S.' (ff. 12, 31 verso, 39, 41) and 'J.S.' (ff. 10, 33). Subjects include various cromlechs, churches and castles; the majority are in the east of the island, including Beaumaris (ff. 1 verso-13) and Penmon Priory (ff. 14 verso-26). The volume also includes a single parchment leaf (f. 67) containing a copy of the illumination on f. 8 verso of the Bangor Pontifical (now in Bangor University, Welsh Library, Special Collections, Cathedral Collection).

A copy of Henry Rowlands: Mona Antiqua Restaurata ..., 2nd ed., London, 1766, with additions by J[ohn] P[arsons] Earwaker and profuse biographical and genealogical notes by (?) Aneurin Williams; a silhouette of Richard Llwyd ('Bard of Snowdon'), with a press cutting of his 'Lines ... on seeing mr. Burt's collection of miniature portraits'; letters by James Williams, Llanfairynghornwy, 1855; notes on Capel Llansantffraid, near Holyhead; and a copy by W. O. Stanley of a drawing of Carreg y Saethau at Nant Anhafon.

Scrapbooks, 1928-1936, relating to the ice skating career of Mollie Doreen Phillips (1907-1994), covering the eight years in which she was a leading figure skater; together with letters and photographs. Also included are black and white photographs of her carrying the Great Britain flag at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, and carrying the flag in front of the Great Britain all-female ice skating team. She was the first woman to judge at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz.

Papers of artist, lecturer, curator and writer Moira Vincentelli, comprising material relating to the 1985 Women's Art in Wales touring exhibition and to other exhibitions; questionnaires completed and returned by Welsh women artists and craftspeople; material relating to the 1983 Retrospective Exhibition by painter and poet Ray Howard-Jones; general correspondence; and miscellaneous material.

Moesau ac Arferion yn ôl y Penillion Telyn gan 'Allfro' (y Parchedig D. D. Williams, Manceinion), sef y traethawd buddugol yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Wrecsam 1912. (Gynt Bob Owen MS.) Byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Bob Owen, Croesor, Tachwedd 1959.