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Thirty-six notebooks, 1806-1846, containing notes and memoranda by Ab Iolo on a variety of subjects.

Miscellaneous Welsh prose writings of Iolo Morganwg.

Miscellaneous papers of Iolo Morganwg.

Miscellaneous papers from various sources.

Miscellaneous prose papers of Iolo Morganwg.

Miscellaneous prose papers of Iolo Morganwg.

Miscellaneous papers, 1878-1891, of Aneurin Williams, comprising: (i) some six draft letters to family and friends, 1878-1891, ephemera and personalia, and a copy of his pamphlet Home Rule: A Plea for Conciliation and a National Settlement (London, 1893); (ii) an analysis of the potential influence of the nine Parnellite MPs in the House of Commons following the 1892 General Election, 1892; and a draft political speech.
An explanatory letter, 6 July 1953, from the donor, Iolo A. Williams, to the National Library of Wales is also included. A draft letter, 14 January 1891, from Aneurin Williams to Elizabeth Bowman (see also F13) is dated the day of the recipient's death and remained unsent.

Miscellaneous papers of Iolo Morganwg, collected in seven bundles with little or no unity (E9/1-7). Included is a bundle of fragments found amongst the papers of his son Taliesin (E9/7).

Miscellaneous papers relating to Iolo Morganwg (being M68, M70, M72-82 in the Mackinlay Group).

Nine letters, 1879-1891, to Aneurin Williams from various correspondents, including [?A. G.] Nagle, [Boulogne-sur-Mer], 21 March 1883 (ff. 15-16), James P[rosser] Petherick (brother of William Petherick, see F14), Christchurch, New Zealand, 1888-1891 (ff. 17-18, 23-26), James P[rice] Petherick (son of William Petherick), Hereford, 16 February 1888 (ff. 19-20), and Alice M[argaret] Hydes (daughter of James Prosser Petherick), 17 January 1889 (ff. 21-22).

Miscellaneous papers collected by Iolo Morganwg (and a few by Taliesin ab Iolo), comprising: an account of 'The state of the cause concerning the president and Councell established in the Marches of Wales', [?1641] (E13/1); a copy of the declaration of Prince Rupert, Shropshire, 6 May 1644, concerning the intent of the Commission of Marshal Law given by him to Sir John Mennes in the counties of Carnarvonshire, Merioneth and Anglesey (E13/2); a grant of a barn or cowhouse called Ty Pen y Twyn in Ystradyvoducke [sic], Glamorgan, 20 January 1653/4 (E13/3); a catalogue of books from unidentified library, [?17 cent, second ½] (E13/4, incomplete); a volume of sermon notes and/or Biblical commentary, [?late 17 cent. x early 18 cent] (E13/5, incomplete); a confirmation by Friedrich Augustus, King of Poland, etc., of appointment of a 'Geleitsmann', Dresden, 30 October 1703 (E13/6); a notebook containing a manuscript copy, [c. 1746], of the pamphlet An Appeal from the Late David Morgan Esqr … (London, 1746, ESTC T59776) (E13/7); lease of a plot of ground in the parish of Rumpney [sic], Monmouthshire, 24 March 1752 (E13/8); a rental of 'Dunraven Estate for the year 1756', [?1756] (E13/9); a schedule of land tax in Glamorgan for the year 1662, with a table giving the rate of tax from 1688 to 1759, [?1759] (E13/10); part of a deposition, [?1760s], by the unnamed tenant of land once owned by the late Miles Llewellin (junior) of Llantrisant, Glamorgan, concerning an unspecified dispute (ff. 28-30 only) (E13/11); draft particulars of lands belonging to John Bedford to be made a mortgage of the Hon. Board of Ordnance, providing a furnace and tools, [?1780] (E13/12); copy of a deed relating to [?a Unitarian meeting house] in Neath, 1814 (E13/13); a [?proof] copy of a reprinting, by W. Williams, printer, Merthyr Tydfil, of William Cobbett's address 'To the Journeymen and Labourers of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland…', [?1816] (E13/14); and three copies, 1816-1824, of English translations of two charters relating to the town of Aberavon (dated 1350 and 1373) (E13/15-17).

Miscellaneous pedigrees and other biographical material relating mostly to Wales, with some items relating to Gilbert Wakefield.

Notebooks and loose papers containing drafts and notes by Taliesin Williams relating to various books and essays, especially to his unpublished works on Merthyr Tydfil (T5/1-5), Llandaff (T5/6-13) and Sion Cent (T5/14-16).
Also included are papers relating to Coelben y Beirdd, Cyfrinach Beirdd Ynys Prydain and possibly other publications (T5/17-18, see also T5/4) and fragments relating to his essay on the Neath Valley (T5/19).

A sermon in English on Heb. 13, 14, 'Preached at Flemingstone Jan. 14th 1827. Being the month end of Mr Edward Willams the Poet of Glamorgan (neu Iolo Fardd Forganwg)', and containing a tribute to his memory.