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Memorandum book of Dr Edward Roberts. (Formerly E. I. Williams MS 14.) English. Cloth. Donated by E. I. Williams, Pontypridd, November 1944.

Memorandum book of Evan Evans, schoolmaster of Llanbedr, Merionethshire. (Formerly A. E. Jones, Y Goppa MS.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Donated by Mrs A. E. Jones, Trawsfynydd, 1959-1961.

Memorandum book, 1770-[c. 1810], of John Evans, shipwright, containing records of his employment and of letters received, addresses of manufacturers and vendors of pottery and household goods, medicinal recipes, household accounts, references to Wesleyan Methodist sermons heard in England, and professional and family notes.
Numerous references suggest that Evans was a native of Pembrokeshire, perhaps of Haverfordwest, and that he left the county in November 1770 (f. 1) to enter into employment at 'the king yeard' [?the Royal Dockyard at Devonport, Plymouth] (f. 2). Further family memoranda, up to about 1852, were added by his children, John, Ann and Charles Evans and Mary Pow(e) and Mary's daughter Ann Chegwiden Powe.

Memorandum book of Peter Davies, Glyn, Llangeitho. (Formerly Jane Morgan MS 1.) Welsh, English. Parchment. Donated by Miss Jane Morgan, Llangeitho, August 1944.

Memorandum book of Robert Griffith, schoolmaster at Dr Daniel Williams's Charity School, Merionethshire. (Formerly A. E. Jones, Y Goppa MS.) English. Between boards. Donated by Mrs A. E. Jones, Trawsfynydd, 1959-1961.

A memorandum book of the Reverend William Lloyd, Caernarvon, son of Robert Lloyd of Nefyn, and one of the three clergymen in North Wales who did not sever their connection with the Calvinistic Methodists after the first ordination in 1811. The volume contains statements of the writer's expenses at Jesus College, Oxford, 1798-1800; memoranda of the payment by Mr. Grindley of the writer's salary, 1802-1808 (£15 15s., being quarter's salary, 1802; £15 2s., being balance for serving Rhoscolyn, 1808); particulars of agricultural and household disbursements, 1811-1812; theological and sermon notes; a list of sermons preached at seventeen specified places in Anglesey, 7-23 December, 1827; and medical recipes.

A volume in the hand of William Williams (1738-1817), Llandygái, co. Caernarfon, author, antiquary, and official of the Cae-braich-y-cafn slate quarry, containing accounts and memoranda, 1778-1791 (ff. 1 verso-34), including particulars of payments to servants and labourers, 1778-1789, churchwarden's accounts, 1778-1780, and accounts, 1779-1781, relating to the 'Bangor Building'. Also included are draft letters, 1807-1809, mostly addressed to the Rev. Dr Samuel Bulkeley (d. 1809), Prebendary of Bristol, and relating mainly to the building of a schoolhouse at Coedana, Anglesey (ff. 35 verso-76 verso, inverted text), and notes in Welsh and English (ff. 77-82 verso, inverted text).

Memorandum by Watkin Powell and Plaid Cymru on behalf of the Wales & Chester Circuit to the Royal Commission on assizes and Quarter Sessions. English. Between boards. Donated by D. Watkin Powell, London, December 1969.

Memorandum of the East Glamorgan Presbytery of the Calvinistic Methodists relating to the Welsh language. Welsh, English. Between boards. Donated by W. Rosser Jones, Trealaw, May 1965.

Memorandum on the South Wales coal trade by Sir William Thomas Lewis (typescript). In boards. Donated by Sir Joseph Davies, Cardiff, 1951.

Transcripts of headstones at Bwlchgwynt Baptist Chapel, Cyffig, founded 1756, undertaken by Mr Benjamin John Keith Bowen, 2006, together with copies of relevant photographs and background information.

Transcripts of, or extracts from, memorial inscriptions in the churchyards of the parishes of Dolfor, Kerry, and Llanmerewig, co. Montgomery, as follows:- Dolfor, 1855-1908 (two typescript copies, the second of which is inscribed in pencil 'checked June 6, 1912, by J[ohn] B[ancroft] Willans', and contains manuscript addenda [in the hand of the said J. B. Willans], including transcripts of additional inscriptions, 1886-1912); Kerry, 1742- 1909 (typescript copy); and Llanmerewig, 1780-1910 (typescript copy, with manuscript addenda [again in the hand of J. B. Willans], including transcripts of additional inscriptions, ?1747-1909). Also plans of the churchyards at Dolfor and Kerry, providing a key (incomplete in the case of Kerry), to the locations of the inscriptions.

Adysgrifau a mynegeion, ynghyd â mapiau a ffotograffau, a baratowyd gan Aneurin L. E. Griffiths, o arysgrifau beddfeini yng Nghapel y Bedyddwyr, Felinganol, Tre-groes; Capel y Bedyddwyr, Bethel, Treteio, Tyddewi; a Chapel y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, Treffynnon, Llan-lwy, sir Benfro.

Memorials of Nehemiah Rogers, etc. (Formerly J. R. Hughes MS 18.) English. Leather. Purchased from Mr J. R. Hughes, Dolgellau, January 1955.

A copy of John Strype: Memorials of ... Thomas Cranmer ... (London, 1694), with a few notes on the flyleaf, including a tracing of the writing of Cranmer taken from a letter by him to Thomas Cromwell, now in British Museum Cotton MS Cleopatra E.VI.

Memorials relating to the stewardship of crown manors, &c., by T. Walter, Mr Rice, &c. English, Latin. In boards. Donated by the British Records Association, July 1943.

Reminiscences of Mr Len Parker who was evacuated from Liverpool to Llanfarian near Aberystwyth from 2 September 1939 until 4 July 1943, and a photocopy of the diary kept by Mr Len Parker from January to July 1943 whilst an evacuee in Llanfarian, and from July to December 1943 after his return to Liverpool.

The donor's recollections of his time at Penrhos Camp, near Pwllheli, during the Second World War.