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Copy of the Bill together with correspondence between Ellis W. Davies, M.P., H. Haydn Jones, M.P., Jonathan Davies, and Edward Jones, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1913-1914, concerning the depression in the slate trade, newspaper cuttings, and a printed deputation to Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1914.

Letters, 1903, 1955; cuttings, 1936, 1955; balance sheets, 1940-1957; membership cards and rules, 1904, 1948-1957, etc.; of the Glaslyn Angling Association. Includes a report on the hatchery at Pen y Gwryd, by A Lockwood, 1946, and map and details of proposed waters to lease for 1940. These papers were passed on to and added to by Ithel Davies.

Copy of the prize essay at the Ffestiniog Eisteddfod, by Llenor Ieuanc [Jonathan Davies, Fourcrosses] entitled Hanes Chwarelau Ffestiniog o'r dechreuad hyd yn awr, yng nghyd a'r rhagolygon am eu dadblygiad yn y dyfodol', together with drafts of the same and research material, mainly Welsh, some English. Also includes Traethawd ar Lechfaeni Nant Nantllef, by Chwarelwr.

History of the Methodists, from its beginning to 1774, based on the work of the Rev. John Hughes, Liverpool (1827-1893). Includes a timeline of events relating to Methodism in Wales to 1774.

Personal letters written in Welsh from Jonathan Davies's friend Henry Jones (1841-1936), Lightning Creek, Cariboo, British Columbia, formally a native of Llangybi, Caernarfonshire. Most relate to life in British Columbia, and his religious readings. Includes a biography of Henry Jones, an ex-member of the British Columbia legislature, a pioneer in the early gold-mining days in Cariboo, in the form of a cutting from 'Vancouver Sunday Province', 11 March 1928, and an announcement of his death in the Daily Post, 23 March 1936.

Written by Edward M. Goodwin, Whitland, architect.

Brief history, author unknown, of Hafod Garregog and Rhys Goch, the early 15th century poet.

Extract from the Herald Gymraeg, of statistics relating to the number of houses built in Great Britain with grant aid, 1924-1930 and the figures for British and foreign slates imported during the same period.

Data relating to the slate exported, 1902-1914, and foreign slate imported, 1903-1914, 1929, 1934.

Minutes of the first meeting of the Merioneth District of the Independent Order of Good Templars ('Dosbarth Deml Sir Feirionnydd').

Lease for 90 years of part of Tanygrisau Farm, p. Ffestiniog, Merioneth, on which Wrysgan slate quarry is located, by Ellis and Mary Humphrys to Mr Thomas William Wilkinson.

Draft lease for 21 years, of land to work the slate vein in and under Gilfach Dofn, by William James of Gilfach Dofn, p. Llandissilio, co. Carm., to Alfred Pritchard, Rosebush, p. Maenclochog co. Pemb., slate merchant. Includes map.

Copy lease, 1 January 1872, for 72 years by John Ralph Ormsby Gore, Brogyntyn, to James Clarke, Newton Heath, Manchester, at a yearly rent of £50, of a portion of an inclined plane tramway or railway situated at Tanygrysiau in p. Ffestiniog, co. Merioneth, from the Wrysgan Slate Quarries to the Ffestiniog Railway, with a copy lease by James Clarke, Newton Heath, Manchester, of a wayleave over a the same at Tanygrysiau, p. Ffestiniog, at a rent of £25 per annum, 1874.

Letters and circulars to Jonathan Davies relating to cultural, political, and religious matters, including Golan CM Chapel, near Pencaenewydd, the accounts of the North and South Wales Newspaper Co., Ltd, UCNW, Bangor, Permanent Buildings Fund, and the Cape Town Eisteddfod. Includes a small number of copy letters sent by Jonathan Davies.

Letters, notebook and reports by Jonathan Davies, and Owen J. Owens, 1933, on the licensed houses in the Eifionydd division of Caernarfonshire.

Includes incomplete draft copy.

Inserted is a copy of the notice of Extraordinary General Meeting, 1 August 1912, to confirm the winding up of the Company and appointment of liquidator.

Agreement between Alfred Pritchard, Rosebush, Clynderwen co. Pemb., quarry proprietor and Richard Davies of Davies Brothers of Porthmadog, co. Caern, slate merchants and agents, for the sale and purchase of the whole produce of the Gilfach Green Slate Quarry.