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A delivery book, 1864-1872, of William Morgan and Sons, maltsters, Welshpool, recording deliveries of grain, malt, hops, etc., to customers mainly in co. Montgomery. Each entry includes the type and quantity of the goods delivered and the names of the customer, deliverer and receiver. Later accounts, 1917, relating to the sale of livestock have been added at the end of the volume (ff. 363v-7v).

An account book of David Jameson, maltster, of Bailey Street, Oswestry, 1800-1825, to which have been added a single entry for 1844 and accounts of goods (tea, coffee, sugar, etc.) received in 1871. The volume was subsequently used as an album for cuttings from Bye-Gones.

Letters and papers, 1754-1854, of various members of the Mallum family, cider makers, Speen, Berkshire, and the Ingle family, joiners, undertakers, etc., connected with Southwark, Newington, etc. Some of the letters are written from Newtown, Montgomeryshire.

Additional pedigrees of the Maliphant family of Kidwelly and St Ishmael's, Carmarthenshire, compiled by Ian Meredith.

Additional papers, 2013-2014, comprising three articles by the donor on the Malefant family of Upton and the Maliphant family of Kidwelly entitled: 'Maliphant gatherings - a history spanning 760 years', 'The Malefaunt wardships of 1441, 1450 and 1488' and 'The Malefants and the Fleming inheritants in 1382 and 1546'.

An enlarged and revised version of Gordon Maliphant's notes and charts on Maliphant Families entitled 'Maliphant Families c 1520-1996' (Fourth Edition), November 1996.

Papers of John Evans (d.c.1949) of Tre-boeth and Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, including an autobiographical essay,[c. 1949], programmes of eisteddfodau and singing festivals with which he was associated, 1891-1949, manuscript music composed by him, 1893-1948, his eisteddfod adjudications,[c. 1912]-1926, and records and papers relating to his music shop, 1913-1941; papers of his -- daughter Mali Evans d. 1991), including papers, some collected, relating to the Welsh colony in Patagonia and the Welsh diaspora, [c. 1895]-1987, and letters from her uncle, Jack Edwards of Aberystwyth, bookseller, musician and Esperanto enthusiast, 1928-1935, and correspondence of Arthur W. Wade-Evans (1875-1964), Welsh historian, and his daughter Mary Phillips to Mali Evans together with printed articles presented by Arthur W. Wade-Evans to Mali Evans. Four additional items from the printers Lowe & Brydone pertaining to 'Môr o gân yw Cymru i gyd', including receipts and a letter, dated 1928 and 1938, from among the papers of John Evans, were received in March 2019.
A notebook containing Welsh verses and folk tunes in sol-ffa, which appear to have been recorded by Mali Evans, together with a Christmas card from Dora Herbert Jones, and a printed poem 'Christmas, 1940' signed by George M. Ll. Davies; February 2024.

A typescript draft of Part 1 (with index, NLW MS 21717iiD) of Arthur V. Mellefont, Malenfant Families (Killarney Vale, NSW, 1983), a study in three parts dealing with the Welsh, Irish and Australian branches of the family. Part 1 deals with the Welsh branch of the Maliphant/Malenfant family.

A microfilm copy of Royal College of Music MS 2091 comprising a volume of Welsh, Irish and Scottish tunes collected by John Malchair (1730-1812), including a tune sung by a man at Harlech Castle.

An album compiled, ca. 1973-1988, by Margaret Joan Mills (formerly Baylis, d. 1992), containing pedigrees, photographs, copies of civil registration certificates and wills, and other genealogical memoranda, 1729-1988, concerning various branches of the Makeig family, originally from the parish of Llandygwydd, co. Cardigan; together with press cuttings and notes relating to her research.

Papers, 2011, relating to the donor's research into the Cilgwyn Estate Records for his series of articles 'Letters from the War' on the First World War experiences of Major John Kenrick Lloyd Fitzwilliams, Cilgwyn, Newcastle Emlyn, youngest of eight sons. They comprise draft copies and photocopies of the articles published in Carmarthenshire Life, 2007-2009, which focus on letters written by the Major from France, Russia and Romania to his wife Margery. Also included are excerpts from letters home by his two brothers Colonel Duncan Fitzwilliams and Major Gerard Fitzwilliams and military details about all eight brothers.

Two manuscript books : 'The Book of Ra: Hoor: Khuit' and 'The Group Records' - parts one and two of the magical record by the donor Peter R. Chatfield.

A volume written in Batak containing a work on magic or divination. It may have been written in the early nineteenth century.

A volume, dated 1888, from the library of James Morris, blacksmith and magician, of Cwmbelan, Montgomeryshire, containing transcripts from ['Raphael' (pseud.):] The Art of Talismanic Magic: being selections from the Works of Rabbi Solomon, C. Agrippa, F. Barrett, etc. ... 1879 (London, 1880).

One of two account books of the Mansel family of Maesteilo, parish of Llandeilo, co. Carmarthen, recording payments in connection with the Maesteilo estate, rent charges and tax assessments, and household and personal expenditure, 1876-1934. Also contains an inventory of the contents of the drawing-room at Maesteilo (ff. 25-7).

One of two account books of the Mansel family of Maesteilo, parish of Llandeilo, co. Carmarthen, recording payments in connection with the Maesteilo estate, rent charges and tax assessments, and household and personal expenditure, 1876-1934.

Deeds relating to the Maesnewydd estate in the parish of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn,Cardiganshire, together with account books, 1819-1969, and diaries, 19th cent., mainly of J. T. Morgan.

A collection of deeds and documents relating to the family of Davies of Maesmawr Hall, parish of Llandinam, co. Montgomery, and formerly of the Marsh, parish of Westbury, co. Salop. The archive had previously been carefully sorted and annotated by the depositor's brother Major E. H. C. Davies, M.B.E., Surbiton, Surrey, and the deposit includes a full list which he had made of the documents. The collection may be classified as follows:

A group of manuscript volumes. An interesting group of manuscripts, mainly memoranda books containing domestic and medical recipes, house hold, rent and other accounts, family particulars, etc., the earlier ones belonging to the late seventeenth century. Also included are a letter book, 1783-1808, of Pryce Davies; an apportionment of tithes belonging to Rev J. Davies; a volume relating to the commutation of tithes for the parish of Llandinam, 1845, a sketch book [c.1840] of Jane Ann Pryce containing scenes from various counties in North Wales; a notebook containing details of excursions in the neighbourhood of Llanberis, 1892; and an account book, 1844-1853, of the trustees of Pryce Jones of the Rock.

A number of pedigrees, 1783-1921, including a group of pedigree rolls relating to the Davies family, Maesmawr Hall, and other related families, with a print of Newtown public rooms erected in 1832; together with a bundle of papers, mainly correspondence, relating to Ann Ffoulkes of Trelydan, 1762-1886; and to Colonel Cecil John Lyons Allanson, 1917 & 1920, including a personal diary and career summary; and a collection of poetry written mainly in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, but including copies of correspondence, 1741-8, and verses relating to the marital adventures of Sir John Pryce of Newtown. Several poems, such as elegies on the deaths of Mr. John Devereux by Rev [William] Thomas of Forden, and of Mr. Tilsley on the Western Main, are of local interest, while verses to Mr. [John] Wilkes, 1776, and to the memory of Dr. [Richard] Price are more general in their appeal. Translations from classical authors made for Dr. Bayley / Bayly in August 1792 are also included.

A group of legal and administrative documents, consisting of testamentary records, including originals and copies of wills and/or probates and letters of administration of members of the Davies and related families, belonging mainly to the nineteenth century; together with numerous deeds, indentures, settlements, and schedules, 1602-1938. Earlier items of note relate to Thomas Price of Dolvorwyn, 1657, Sarah Judge of Newtowne, 1717/18, William Roberts of the Pentrey, parish of Aberhavesp, 1729/30, and Rice Price, 1772, and Vaughan Foulkes, 1794, both of the parish of Mynavon, all in co. Montgomery, and John Rowland of Ymwlch, parish of Llandanwg, co. Merioneth, 1744, and the estate of Humphrey Jones of Garthmill in the parish of Berriew, 1748.

A group of family and personal papers, consisting of records relating to the Maesmawr Hall Estate, 1899-1938, including sale catalogues, plans, rentals, accounts, inventories, and a valuation of the Manafon estate, 1834; files of personal papers relating to the Davies family, 1673-1971, mainly correspondence, accounts, legal documents, professional papers of the members of the family who were clergymen, a diary, 1943, of Miss Annie Davies of Harlech, and papers collected with the duties of those who filled the office of high sheriff for co. Montgomery, some of which were sorted by Major E. H. C. Davies into files for individual members of the family with whom they are concerned, and files for certain related families; correspondence of family and historical interest, 1648-1972, including a letter written on St. Helena in 1685 and another shortly after the writer had fought at the battle of Waterloo; three files of Davies family bonds, 1583-1789, consisting of deeds mainly relating to properties in Montgomeryshire and Shropshire including Marsh, Vennington, and on the Maesmawr Estate; parochial papers relating mainly to Llandinam parish, 1748-1901, including a petition, 1833, by the inhabitants of part of the deanery of Arustley for a change in the system of paying tithes and for the correction of abuses in the established church, terriers, 1790, of the tithes, etc., of Llanwnog and Llandinam, and correspondence, etc., 1833, relating to the Montgomeryshire Canal; and two files labelled ‘Unsorted Letters’, 1712-1913, including a writ, 1712, to confess judgment for the Company of Mine Adventures touching properties in the parishes of Llanidloes, Tre Eglwys, Carno, Llanbrynmair, Llangerrig and Machynlleth, and in Arustley and Talerthaige, co. Montgomery.

The collection also includes a small group of Davies family Bibles, together with presentations made to the Rev. Herbert Davies at Glastonbury and Syston, 1867-1997.

Deeds, probate records, family settlements, etc., 1565-1888, relating to the Howell and Powell family and their Maesgwynne estate in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, 1565-1888.

Deeds relating to the estates of Lloyd of Maesannod, parish of Llanynys, and Rhydonnen, parish of Llandysilio-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, 1592-1845.