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Miscellaneous printed items found among the papers of Taliesin ab Iolo, including pamphlets, offprints, handbills, newspaper cuttings, maps, engravings, posters and a copy of The Cardiff Guide and Directory (Cardiff, 1829).

Two bundles of Welsh and English poetry mostly by, or in the hand of, Iolo Morganwg, 1776-[1826] (E6/1-2), and three notebooks containing poetry and some prose, [late 18 cent.]-1822 (E6/3-5); together with bundles of loose papers containing miscellaneous word lists (E6/6-7), Welsh Triads (E6/8), and medicinal, food and other recipes, 1776-1821 (E6/9).

'Poems on several occasions, By Edward Williams, A Journeyman Mason'. There are 39 items in the list of contents at the beginning, and many of the poems are to be found in Poems Lyric and Pastoral (1794), but with considerable differences. The cover consists of two leaves from John Walters' Dictionary, Citatory - Clean.

'Proposals for printing by Subscription. Poems, Lyric and Pastoral. By Edward Williams, a self-tutored Journey-man Mason, of the County of Glamorgan, in Wales ...', followed by a few of the poems printed in Poems Lyric and Pastoral (1794), Vol. I.

Fragments of collections of English poems by Iolo Morganwg, comprising early versions of Poems Lyric and Pastoral and other poems not included in the printed volumes. Above some of them Iolo Morganwg has written such comments as 'In New Collection much altered' or 'Copied for press', and in one instance 'Copied 1803, for addenda'.

Three notebooks containing poems by Margaret (Peggy) Williams, daughter of Iolo Morganwg. One poem is entitled 'on my Father who died Decbr 17 [recte 18] 1826'. At the beginning of one notebook are some memoranda concerning phenomena observed in the sky, Dec. 1830-Oct. 1834.

A pocket-book which belonged to 'Edwd William Junr' [i.e Iolo Morganwg] containing entries made [c. 1767]-[?1775] (undated after 1771). The entries consist of accounts in connection with work done, etc., 'englynion', 'cywyddau' (incomplete), some English verse, lists of words taken mainly from the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym, a few proverbs, and various memoranda including the following: 'My Dear Mother Died ye 19th day of august 1770 about half an hour past one in ye= morning'. Another note lists various items 'Reced of Mr Waters [sic]', the first two being '1numbr of ye Dictionary' (2s.) and 'ode to humanity' (6d.). Most of the 'englynion' are by EW himself, but a few are by William Robert and one or two other poets. One series (englynion by certain 17th cent. poets) may be found, with minor differences, at the beginning of John Prideaux, Euchologia; nev, Yr Athrawiaeth i arfeol Weddio... Cyfieithiad Row. Vaughan Esc. Ar Ddeisyfiad William Salesbury Esc... ([London]: E. C[otes] tros P. C[hetwin], [c. 1658], ESTC R182098). EW, who styles himself variously as 'Iorwerth ab Iorwerth' and 'Iorwerth Gwilym', has some 'englynion' addressed to 'Lewis Hopcin', 'Ieuan fardd Du', and 'Dafydd meredydd argraffydd or bontfaen', etc. The references to the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym correspond to some extent to the numbering of the poems in the latter part of Llanover MS C3 [now NLW MS 13090E]. Other references correspond to page numbers in Edward Lhuyd's Archaeologia Britannica (1707). The handwriting varies considerably, and shows a distinct change after c. 1771.

Plans, estimates and specifications by Iolo Morganwg, including several items relating to a proposed new Town Hall in Cowbridge.

Fifty-one letters, 1883-1895, from Penry Williams, third son of Edward Williams, to his elder brother Aneurin.
Also included is one letter, 24 June 1888, from 'Nanna' [Alexandra Octavia] Jenkins, later Penry's first wife.

A notebook containing a few Welsh words with their meanings, and some verses, nearly all in pencil ('tribanau' in praise of Glamorganshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, and Breconshire, etc.).

An essay 'On the Discovery of America &c' (cf. Iolo A. Wiliams MS 104/1-2 [NLW MS 21394D]).

Numerous old covers (85) and empty cases (18) providing evidence of the original condition of Iolo's notebooks and for the dating of their rebinding by Taliesin. Among the contents is a bundle of covers and binding leaves containing relatively substantial notes and other manuscript material, as well as one completely blank notebook.

A bundle of notes (?) in the autograph of Dr J. Williams, Sydenham (see Letters to Iolo Morganwg, Nos 596-601), consisting of: (c) Questions and Answers in Latin 'De Physicâ', 'De Metaphysicâ, 'De Astronomiâ', etc.; (d) A work in four Books concerning Innate Principles, Ideas, Words or Language, Knowledge, etc. The first page is wanting, but there is a complete list of contents at the end; (e) ?Notes on Joseph Spence: Polymetis.

A bundle of notes (?) in the autograph of Dr J. Williams, Sydenham (see Letters to Iolo Morganwg, Nos 596-601), consisting of: (a) 'Extracts out of Da[cie]r and Sanedon's Horace', and (b) Annotations on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers (Chap. 1-10 [v21]), and Matthew ('from Hammond'), Mark, and Luke (Chap. 1[v1]-[v10]).

A notebook in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg containing grammatical notes. Inside the pocket of the front cover is written 'Grammatical Collections. Welsh.' It also contains a list of 'Beirdd Eisteddfod y Bewpyr, cyn belled (medd ef) ag y gallodd Mr Sion Bradford eu cael allan o gaffadwriaethau Watkin Powel o Ben y Fai', &c.

Miscellaneous notes and papers of Iolo Morganwg, [18 cent., last ¼]-[1830s], on a variety of subjects, including (mainly Welsh) history (E8/1), religion (E8/2), Welsh and English literature, including Dr Johnson (E8/3), Bardism (E8/4) and biography and genealogy (E8/5); together with further bundles of miscellaneous notes and papers, retained in original order (E8/6-9), with subjects including politics, printing and Poems Lyric and Pastoral, 1784-[c. 1809] (E8/6), patriarchal religion, priestcraft and Lewis Morris (E8/7), poetry and monumental inscriptions (E8/8) and salmau (E8/9); and a case containing notes on Welsh manuscripts in the British Museum and at Jesus College, Oxford (E8/10).

Miscellaneous notes broadly relating to Welsh and Glamorgan history, Welsh literature and related subjects. They comprise: bundles of loose papers (T3/1-2) and notebooks (T3/3-14) containing notes and memoranda on a variety of historical subjects, including Bonedd y Saint; notebooks and loose notes on Welsh poetry and poets (T3/15-18); miscellaneous notes on sayings, idioms, etc. (T3/19); a few recipes for ink and toothache (T3/20); miscellaneous fragments, together with three maps drawn on tissue paper (T3/21); a bundle of annotated wrappers used by Taliesin to sort some of his and his father's papers (T3/22 – see also T13/7); six booklets, 1838-1839, containing extracts from manuscripts relating to Wales at the British Museum and Bodleian Library (T3/23); a bundle of foolscap sheets containing mostly genealogical texts relating to Welsh saints and legendary figures (T3/24); and a transcript of a lecture on Oriental languages 'Delivered by Professor [Duncan] Forbes at K[ing's] C[ollege] London', November 1837 (T3/25).

Notebooks together with financial and other papers of Iolo Morganwg, including notebooks containing memoranda, lists of books, accounts and notes, 1781-1802 (E7/1-5); unbound booklets containing mostly extracts from various printed sources, [?1810s] (E7/6-9); a bundle of small notebooks containing memoranda, diaries and manuscript 'almanacks', 1802-1817 (E7/10-16); three booklets, seemingly parts of one disbound volume, containing miscellaneous pencil notes (E7/17); a notebook showing diagrams of [?Neolithic circles], monumental inscriptions and notes on Welsh poets, [?1790s] (E7/18); drawings of monumental inscriptions by Iolo, mostly from Glamorgan churches, together with some notes (E7/19); an incomplete draft letter from Iolo to 'Nancy', 19 September 1826 (E7/20); a single leaf containing aphorisms attributed to Taliesin (E7/21); bills, receipts and other miscellaneous financial and related papers of Iolo Morganwg, 1782-1826 (E7/22); and financial papers of Iolo's maternal grandfather Edward Matthew, Llangrallo, including tax receipts and accounts, 1705-1736 (E7/23) and of Iolo's parents, 1740-1749 (E7/24).

Twenty-two notebooks and bundles, 1817-[1839], containing notes and memoranda by Taliesin on a variety of subjects. The volumes comprise notebooks, 1817-[1839] (T2/8, 10) and undated (T2/1-6, 12-15); bundles of miscellaneous loose papers (kept in old covers) (T2/7, 9, 11); old covers with no contents (T2/16-17); and notebooks relating to Welsh Triads (T2/18-22, as well as parts of T2/10).