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Correspondence and documents, 1901, relating to legal matters concerning the Penrhyn quarry. The correspondents include David Lloyd George, and William George (4).

Correspondence, notes and papers, 1901-1920, relating to the pedigrees and ancestry of various individuals and families including Thomas Charles y Bala, Stephen Hughes and Daniel Rowland. The correspondents include H. Tobit Evans (2), 1901.

Papers, correspondence and printed items, 1872-1926, relating to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. They include copies of the college's early registers, 1872-1877, copies of the conveyance of the college and its hereditaments, 1875, copies of the deed of settlement of the college, and of the charter of incorporation and statutes, both dated 1892, papers concerning the administration of the college's restoration fund, the revised constitution of the college, and the old students' scholarship fund. Other matters include the charter of the federal University of Wales in 1893, the college's building fund, Alexandra Hall, the finance and general purposes committee, the estate of Sir John Williams, the proposed revision of the college's charter and statutes, and museum grants for Wales. The correspondents include Thomas Charles Edwards (3), 1885-1886, Lewis Morris, 1886, and Stuart Rendel, 1889.

Various papers and photographs, 1809-1926, collected by Dr T. I. Ellis while researching the life of his uncle J. H. Davies, Cwrt Mawr (1871-1926) in preparation for his biography, together with further research notes.

Booklet entitled A Short Account of the Origin and Work of the Welsh Hospital for South Africa to October 1900

Most of the letters, 1892-1916, are devoted to the writer's researches, writings and editing of Wales, Y Llenor, Heddyw and Cymru for which he solicits contributions from the pen of J. H. Davies. Several letters refer to the death of Thomas Edward Ellis in April 1899, the preparation of his biography and the erection of a memorial statue at Bala. Others relate to J. H. Davies's application for the position of Registrar of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and some to Edwards's duties as Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales.

Two notebooks, 1889-1890, kept by Annie J. Davies containing miscellaneous notes.

Notebooks, [1853]-[1892], kept by R. J. Davies containing mainly notes and records of various financial transactions relating to the Cwrt Mawr estate. There are also two notebooks containing notes taken while at school and University College, London.

A notebook endorsed 'Moulsdale Grammar School, Llanrwst, March 14, [18]59' and with entries for the period 1852 to 1880 and containing mathematical equations, poetry, transcripts from the old account book of Owain Gethin Jones and other accounts etc.

Miscellanea, 1793-1862, comprising a plan, June 1793, of the slate quarry of the Rt Hon. Lord Penrhyn in the parish of Llandegai, county of Caernarfon, prepared by W. Jones of Bangor; a copy of a booklet entitled Crown Lands in North Wales, undated, containing a leading article published in The Times, 10 August 1849, related letters published in the paper during August and September 1949, and a Report by the deputy ranger of the Forest of Snowdon on the Management and Appropriation of Crown Property in North Wales; and a lease, 1862, from the Honourable Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant of land in the parish of Llandegai, co. Caerns.

Fragments, c. 1604, from the court roll of the hundred of Newtown, Montgomeryshire.

Printed items on a wide range of subjects and issues many of them concerning educational matters, the National Library of Wales and the Calvinistic Methodist denomination.

Miscellaneous documents, 1820-1851, of Montgomeryshire interest, including a notice, February 1851, issued at Llanerfyl to innkeepers in relation to the local incidence of drunkenness, and the draft of an undated document concerning the Llangyniew Association for the Prosecution of Felons.

Miscellaneous documents, 1824-1852, relating to church affairs within various parishes in Montgomeryshire, among them Berriew (several of the documents concern Berriew school), Darowen, Eglwysfach, Llanfyllin, Llangynyw, Llansanffraid, Llanwddyn, Welshpool and the township of Garthbwlch, together with Denbigh, county Denbighshire. There is also a notebook bearing entries for the period 1827-1848 on visitations, inspections and statements of accounts relating to various schools within Montgomeryshire.

Miscellaneous papers, 1754-1894, mainly of Monmouthshire interest. They include a list, April 1754, of the gentlemen required to assemble at Penllwyn to travel to Newport to re-select William Morgan and Capel Hanbury to be Members of Parliament for the county of Monmouthshire; a warrant, 1771, issued to the petty constables of the parish of Christchurch; a printed appeal for subscriptions, February 1894, towards the erection of a proposed young men's institute for Cowbridge; and an undated extract from the Powell pedigree book relating to the ancestry of Colonel Philip Jones of Fonmon Castle.

Miscellaneous deeds and documents, 1844-1861, relating to properties in the parishes of Llandegfell, Llanfair Cilgedin, Llangattock-iuxta-Caerleon, Llangibby, and Mamhilad.

Miscellaneous sermon notes and poems, [c. 1800]-[c. 1850], in a large number of hands.

Research notes, [?1890]-[?1926], of J. H. Davies.

Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1877-1878, relating to a legal case Evans v. Jones at Middlesbrough and the ensuing appeal.

Miscellaneous deeds, documents, bonds and legal papers, and accounts, 1681-1856, relating to properties in the parishes of Dolgellau, co. Merioneth, and at a place called Cowarch, co. Merioneth. There are also wills of testators in the parishes of Llanymawddwy, co. Merioneth, 1800, and Llangadfan, co. Montgomery, 1829. There are also a number of inventories of properties of deceased persons and documentation relating to the payment of legacy duties on estates of deceased persons from the counties of Merioneth and Montgomery.