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Material regarding the Ty-newydd, Porth, Rhondda, colliery disaster, April 1877, comprising copies of David Jenkins & Moses Powell, Bywyd o Feirw . . (Cwm-afon 1877) and Life from the Dead: being the history of the Entombed Colliers in the "Ty-newydd Pit" (Cwm-avon 1877); a copy of the supplement to The Graphic, 28 April 1877, and press cuttings, 1947-77; three photographs and explanatory notes by W. E. Pride. cf. NLW Facs. 356.

A printed leaflet relating to the Haddenham Village (Buckinghamshire) Pageant held on Whit Monday (i.e. 20 May) 1929, which included a Druidical Whitsun Ceremony; also included is a copy of Invocation to [the] Sun given at the ceremony, and a letter dated 21 May 1929 from Walter Rose to Sir John Ballinger (1860-1933) relating to the ceremony.

Three files of correspondence and notes, 1932-2007, compiled by Ian Rogerson, relating to his research on the artist and wood-engraver, Agnes Miller Parker (1895-1980).

A file of correspondence and notes, 1996-2002, compiled by Ian Rogerson, relating to his research on the publisher and Celtic scholar, Alfred Nutt (1856-1910).

Papers relating to the donor's grandfather, Bishop John Owen, Bishop of St Davids, 1897-1926, including the order of service for his funeral, newspaper cuttings and a mini-biography by the donor, 2002.

Press cuttings and miscellaneous notes relating mainly to Cardiff, Caerphilly and Llandaff.

Press cuttings, mainly of Cardiganshire, particularly Aberystwyth, interest, accumulated by members of the Davies family of Antaron, Aberystwyth; two letters from Edward Richard [1714-1777], founder of Ystradmeurig School; posters, broadsides, etc., including a copy of 'Can I. Clod i Ystradmeurig' and 'Can II. Clod i Bont Rhydfendigaid' by J. Hughes, Llwyn-glâs.

Typewritten copies of letters relating to antiquities of County Mayo, containing information collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838.

Four volumes - 'History of Dinas Cross' by Rev. David Charles Jones; 'The News of Dinas, 1894-1900' (Dinas History Series); 'The Church of St Brynach the Abbot Dynas in Kemeys' by John Hughes; and 'Tabor Church Dinas Cross' by J. W. Maurice.

Photocopies of material relating to the life and career of David John Thomas (1813-1871), who emigrated from Llangadog, Carmarthenshire to Australia, and became a prominent surgeon and anaesthetist there.

A typescript of material relating to Edward Jones ('Bardd y Brenin') (1752-1824) copied by Joseph W. Hughes from manuscripts in the possession of Captain Ifor Owen Wynn Williams, Bronwylfa, Llandderfel.

Press cuttings, mainly from the Illustrated London News and the Penny Magazine containing descriptions and illustrations of ceremonies connected with various eisteddfodau held at Abergavenny, Aberystwyth, Pontypool, London, etc., 1845-1887.

Material relating to Hugh Hughes (1790-1863), artist, including letters, 1886-1894, to Thomas Henry Thomas (Arlunydd Penygarn) (1839-1915) from J. Deffett Francis (1815-1901), Swansea, Rees Jenkin Jones (1835-1924), Aberdare, J. Pearson, London, and William Williams (Ap Caledfryn) (1837-1915), together with a copy of Yr Ymofynydd for March 1890 containing an article on Hugh Hughes by Rees Jenkin Jones.

One of two albums containing material relating to the life and work of John Gibson (1790-1866), sculptor, including biographical material in the form of manuscripts and press cuttings; original pencil sketches, pen-and-ink sketches and engraved prints; letters, mainly to John Bernard Crouchley; miscellaneous papers relating to Gibson and to other sculptors and artists; etc.

One of two albums containing material relating to the life and work of John Gibson, sculptor (1790-1866) collected by Joseph Mayer, F.S.A. (1803-1886), including biographical material in the form of manuscripts and press cuttings; original pencil sketches, pen-and-ink sketches and engraved prints; letters, mainly to John Bernard Crouchley; miscellaneous papers relating to Gibson and to other sculptors and artists; etc.

Letters, papers, press cuttings, photographs and other illustrations, etc., [c. 1853]-[c. 1869], dealing mainly with the statue by John Gibson, R.A. (1790-1866) called 'The Tinted Venus' and probably collected by Mrs Robert Berthon Preston of Liverpool. There are numerous letters from Gibson to Mr & Mrs Preston, the other correspondents including Mr Preston, Owen Jones (1809-1874), Benjamin E. Spence (1822-1866), Lady Eastlake (1809-1893) and persons connected with the International Exhibition of 1862 held in London, where 'The Tinted Venus' was exhibited.

Material relating to John Jenkins (1873-1958), Bad Uchaf (Upper Boat), Pontypridd, conductor and composer, comprising xerox copies of some of his compositions, and newspaper cuttings.

Transcripts of documents in the University Archives and the Bodleian Library, Oxford relating to Michael Roberts (d. 1679), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 1648-1657, including copies of letters sent by Michael Roberts to William Sancroft (1617-1693), Archbishop of Canterbury, a copy of Roberts's will, made 4 April 1678, etc.

Miscellaneous transcripts, abstracts, and extracts relating to Montgomeryshire, including transcripts or abstracts of entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials, 1661-1761, of marriages, 1813-1837, and of baptisms, 1813-1897, from the registers of the parish of Llanmerewig; abstracts of deeds, 1576-1809, relating to property in Montgomeryshire [extracted from The National Library of Wales Calendar of Deeds and Documents, Vol. 1, The Coleman Deeds (Aberystwyth, 1921)], with additional genealogical notes relating to the parties or witnesses; a transcript of an indenture of mortgage, 20 July 1743, relating to property in the township of Llanryney, parish of Llangerick (also mentioned in this document are property in Ludlow, co. Salop, and a forge or iron mill called Strangworth forge or mill in the parishes of Pembridge and Staunton upon Arrow, co. Hereford); a copy of a letter from Herbert M[illingchamp] Vaughan, to Mr. [John Bancroft] Willans, 1921 (tracing the writer's descent from Richard Herbert of Dolforgan, parish of Kerry, late seventeenth century, enclosing a copy of a document relating to Dorothy, viscountess Lisburne (see next item)); a transcript of a document headed 'Household Accounts of a Welsh Peeress in the XVIIIth century', being an account of the personal and household expenditure in 1744, of Dorothy [dowager] viscountess Lisburne, widow of John Vaughan, 2nd viscount Lisburne, and daughter of Captain Richard Hill of Hemblas [sic], Llanwnog, Montgomeryshire; copious extracts from the English Encyclopaedia (1859); and shorter extracts from Spons Dictionary of Engineering [ed. Oliver Byrne (London, 1869-1874)], fournal of the Iron and Steel Institute, Walter [Hume] Long (viscount Long): Memories . . . [(London, 1923)], and the report of the Poor Law Commissioners, 1834. Included also in the volume are extracts from George Gilbert Ramsay: The Annals of Tacitus ... [An English translation ... (1904)], and Burke's Extinct Peerage (1831).