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A royal warrant, dated 27 March 1893, appointing a Commission, of which Daniel Lleufer Thomas was secretary, '... to inquire into the conditions and circumstances under which land in Wales and Monmouthshire is held occupied and cultivated, and to report thereupon'.

A copy of Edmund Law: Reflections on the Life and Character of Christ ... (London, 1803), which belonged in 1812 to Thomas Evans ('Tomos Glyn Cothi').

A copy of an address on the history of the church and parish of Saint Mellons, Monmouthshire given to the parishioners, c. 1875, by J. W. Evans, vicar of the parish from 1865 to 1894.

Names of members of the local committee set up in connection with the visit of the Cambrian Archaeological Association to Cardiff, 1912, together with a list of subscribers to the local fund.

Notes by Thomas Evans ('Tomos Glyn Cothi') on the Lord's Supper, etc.

Press cuttings from 'The Swansea Boy', 'Y Gweithiwr Cymreig', 'The Magpie', 'Y Cerddor' and other newspapers containing poetry and other contributions by John A[thanasius] Jones ('Athan Fardd') and other South Wales writers.

Notes of sermons and memoranda, with indications showing where some of the sermons were preached by Thomas Evans ('Tomos Glyn Cothi').

Notes on Monmouthshire and other place names mainly in the form of replies to queries sent by Daniel Lleufer Thomas, together with letters to him on the same subject from Sir Joseph Bradney, Llywarch Reynolds, T. Wilkes of the Ordnance Survey and James G. Wood, Lincoln's Inn.

Pay sheets showing the output and rates of pay of miners at Llanbradach collieries, 1912, Meiros colliery, 1912, and Pentre and Church collieries, 1913.

Papers of, or accumulated by, [1700x1915], D. Lleufer Thomas, comprising material relating to the Welsh Land Commission, miscellaneous prose and verse, correspondence and other papers.

Letters to Daniel Lleufer Thomas, 1897-1899, and other papers from or relating to former masters and pupils of Llandovery School, formerly called 'The Welsh Collegiate Institution', also poetry by Llewelyn Thomas, afterwards Vice-Principal of Jesus College, Oxford. The correspondents include James W. Browne (to Llywarch Reynolds), W[illiam] Cadwaladr Davies, James Gordon, Edinburgh, H. A. James, Rugby, Evan Jenkins, Preston, T. Wolseley Lewis, N. J. Mackenzie, Edinburgh, Rupert H[ugh] Morris, T. G. Mortimer, R[ichard] Trevor Owen, E. Tryphena Phillips, Dewsbury, Llywarch Reynolds, J. E. Rogers, Abermeurig, Cardiganshire, David Samuel, Aberystwyth, William Scott, Haverfordwest, P[eter] G[uthrie] Tait, Edinburgh, D. Thomas, Garsington Rectory, near Oxford, Watkin M. Watkins and W. P. Whittington, Ruthin.

Letters, 1884-1911, to Daniel Lleufer Thomas, mainly containing replies to queries sent by him when preparing biographies of Welshmen for the Dictionary of National Biography. The correspondents include W[illiam] Bright, Oxford, Ellen S. Bury, Ellesmere, John Williams Cunliffe, Thomas Darlington, Griffith Evans, Brynkynallt, A. F. L. Ferry, Alex[ander] James Fenton, R. Foulkes Griffith, David Howell ('Llawdden'), C. C. James, Dept of Agriculture, Ontario, H. K. Vaughan Johnson, Gwenllian E[lizabeth] F[anny] Morgan, Brecon, C[harles] E[dward] Morris, Carmarthen, Llywarch Reynolds, J[ohn] Bryn Roberts, I[saac] Gregory Smith, Philip H[enry] Wicksteed and Eleanor M. Williams, Great Malvern.

Letters, 1896-1902, to Daniel Lleufer Thomas from Sir Owen M[organ] Edwards, Thomas Edward Ellis, W[illiam] E[wart] Gladstone, W. Thomas, Mining Offices, Bryn-Awel, Aberdare, and W[illiam] Llewelyn Williams.

Letters, 1875-1892, to John A[thanasius] Jones ('Athan Fardd') from many correspondents, including Cosslett Cosslett ('Carnelian'), Thomas Essile Davies ('Dewi Wyn o Essyllt'), Sir Owen M. Edwards, T. C. Edwards ('Cynonfardd'), D. Emlyn Evans, Sir E. Vincent Evans, Charles Henry Glascodine, Griffith Penar Griffiths ('Penar'), John Griffiths, Neath, Jenkin Howell, Aberdare, L. W. Johns, Sparta, Wisconsin, U.S.A., D. W. Jones ('Dafydd Morganwg'), E. Gurnos Jones, J. R. Kilsby-Jones, H. Elvet Lewis ('Elfed'), Lewis William Lewis ('Llew Llwyfo'), John Rhys Morgan ('Lleurwg'), Robert Parry ('Robin Ddu Eryri'), Evan Rees ('Dyfed'), Jonathan Rees ('Nathan Wyn'), Jonathan Reynolds ('Nathan Dyfed'), Daniel Thomas ('Pabellwyson'), John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), Lizzie Glanffrwd Thomas ('Llinos y De'), W. Glanffrwd Thomas ('Glanffrwd'), Gwilym Williams, Miskin Manor, H. Cernyw Williams ('Cernyw'), Rowland Williams ('Hwfa Môn'), Thomas Williams ('Brynfab') and Watkin H. Williams ('Watcyn Wyn').

Letters from Theophilus Lindsey, London, 1799, and John Davies, Makeney, near Derby, 1803, to Thomas Evans ('Tomos Glyn Cothi'), the first addressed to Brechfa and the second to the County G[ao]l, Carmarthen.

Lists of land enclosure awards in various Welsh counties with reference to the Acts of Parliament authorising them, supplied to Daniel Lleufer Thomas as secretary of the Welsh Land Commission.

Original poetry, essays, etc. by John A[thanasius] Jones ('Athan Fardd'), many of them written for 'eisteddfodau' in Wales and America, together with a biographical and bibliographical note on the author by Daniel Lleufer Thomas.

A translation of a reply made by Ernest Renan to an address given by Sir John Rhys on behalf of members of the Cambrian Archaeological Association when they visited Renan at his residence, Rosmapamon, near Treguier, Brittany on 22 August 1889, during the Association's forty-fourth annual meeting, which was held in Brittany.

'Englynion' by 'Ogwenydd' [? John R. Jones, otherwise John A. Jones ('Athan Fardd')].

A copy of Telyn Haran. Sef, Detholiad o Weithiau Barddonol Dewi Haran ... (Pontypridd, 1878) and letters, 1876-1884, to David Evans ('Dewi Haran'), Pontypridd.