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A scrap-book compiled by Laura Pughe (née Parry, 'Meillionen Gwynedd', 1835-1936), Helygog, Brithdir, co. Merioneth, containing poetry, 1856-1936, addressed to herself, her husband Robert Pughe (d. 1882), and their family, including poetry by Morris Davies ('Meurig Ebrill'), Howell Elvet Lewis ('Elfed') and John Owen Williams ('Pedrog'), together with press cuttings and other related items.

Fifteen notebooks containing 'Cyfrif o'm Goruchwyliaeth' or records of visits to Welsh patients at Liverpool hospitals and elsewhere, 1896-1913, by the Reverend John Evans (1847-1921), Calvinistic Methodist Town Missionary, of Beaconsfield Street, Princes Road, Liverpool. Mounted or stitched into the volumes are a large number of relevant letters and postcards addressed to John Evans, among the correspondents being J. J. Roberts ('Iolo Caernarfon'), Portmadoc, 1897-[9], Griffith Ellis, Bootle, 1898-1908, Rosina Davies, Treherbert, 1898, [Evan Rees] ('Dyfed'), Cardiff, 1902, W. Pari Huws, Dolgellau, 1904, Thomas Levi, Aberystwyth, 1904, The Religious Tract Society, 1904-7, [J. O. Williams] ('Pedrog'), 1906-11, etc.

Detholion o gerddi gan ac yn llaw Hugh Jones ('Huw Myfyr') a John Evans ('Isfryn'). Cyhoeddwyd nifer o'r cerddi yng nghyfnodolion y cyfnod (nodir y manylion yn y gyfrol). = Anthologies of autograph poetry by Hugh Jones ('Huw Myfyr') and John Evans ('Isfryn'). Many of the poems were published in the periodicals of the day (details noted in volume).
16670A: Mae rhai o'r cerddi'n dwyn ôl adolygu a dyddir rhai o'r cerddi. 16671A: Dyddir ambell i gerdd. Ceir englyn i 'Isfryn' gan 'Pedrogwyson' (y Parchedig John Owen Williams, Madryn) ar f. i verso. Hefyd yn y gyfrol ceir toriadau o wahanol gyfnodolion, gan gynnwys llythyr i'r Faner oddi wrth 'Isfryn' parthed Ann Griffiths (ff. 11-12), a thoriadau yn dwyn ysgrifau marwolaeth 'Isfryn' (ff. 21 verso-22 verso). = 16670A: Some of the poems show signs of editing and some are dated. 16671A: Some poems are dated. There is an englyn to 'Isfryn' by 'Pedrogwyson' (the Reverend John Owen Williams, Madryn) on f. i verso. Also included in the volume are press cuttings from Welsh periodicals, including a letter relating to Ann Griffiths sent to Y Faner by 'Isfryn' (ff. 11-12), and press cuttings containing obituary notices of 'Isfryn' (ff. 21 verso-22 verso).

A volume containing holograph copies and press cuttings of strict- and free-metre poetry in Welsh by Evan Williams (Glyn Myfyr, d. 1937) of Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Also included are holograph copies and cuttings of poetry by R[ichard] R[oberts] Morris, [J. G. Moelwyn Hughes] (Moelwyn), [Humphrey Jones] (Bryfdir), [Rolant Wyn Edwards] (Rolant Wyn), etc.; cuttings of prose contributions by Glyn Myfyr; reviews of poetry of Glyn Myfyr; an obituary of Glyn Myfyr by Bryfdir; adjudications by [John Owen Williams] (Pedrog), T. R. Jones (Clwydydd), and Glyn Myfyr; autograph letters to Glyn Myfyr from John Ballinger, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1921, D. Lloyd George (aft. 1st earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor) (signed by J. L. Stevenson, 1931, and A. J. Sylvester, 1934), and the Home Office, 1936; and a list of eisteddfod chairs awarded to Glyn Myfyr.