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Papers and correspondence relating to the exhibition of Welsh Bibles arranged in the Cardiff Reference Library in 1904 and to the publication of The Bible in Wales, 1906; an annotated draft list of Welsh Bibles, 1903; press cuttings of reviews; and letters by Alfred George Edwards, bishop of St. Asaph, William E. A. Axon, H. Arnold Bemrose, Derby; Joseph Bradney, F. J. Burgoyne, Lambeth Library; J. Glyn Davies, Aberystwyth; W. H. Davey, dean of Llandaff; Charles Morgan Davies, Merthyr Tydfil; D. S. Davies, Denbigh; J. H. Davies, Aberystwyth; John Davies, Pandy; E. S. Dodgson; D. A. Evans, Barry; Griffith Ellis, Bootle; Richard Ellis, Oxford; J. Gwenogvryn Evans; S. J. Evans, Llangefni; John Fisher, Cefn; Mrs. Alan Gough, Gelliwig; C. A. H. Green, Aberdare; Edward Griffith, Dolgelley; Alan Stepney-Gulston; William Haines, Penpergwm; Meredith J. Hughes, Colwyn Bay; Ivor James, Chester; D. E. Jenkins, Denbigh; Lewis D. Jones ('Llew Tegid'); R. J. Jones, Aberdare; R. Saunders Jones, Garston; T. W. Lyster, Dublin; Horace F. Moule, London; Thomas Powel, Penarth; R. A. Roberts, Public Record Office; R. Roberts, Sheffield; R. Gwylfa Roberts; Sidney Robinson, M. P.; Smith Brothers, London; D. R. Thomas, St. Asaph; Edmund Verney, Winslow; and G. J. Williams, Bangor.

Transcripts made for John Ballinger of an order by Sir Walter Raleigh taking over for Queen Elizabeth the empire of Madock ap Owen Gwyneth, 1595, a letter by Edward Thowrlowe, commanding officer at Fort St. Michael, 1568, and a letter by 'Siluris', for publication in the Public Advertiser concerning Cardiff Castle, 1777.

Papers and notes by John Ballinger on the history of the Trevecka Press, with letters by J. H. Davies, Cwrtmawr, John Young Evans, D. G. Goodwin, Evan Davies Jones, M. H. Jones, Sir John Williams, and others.

A photostat facsimile of further pedigrees of the Simonites, Williams of Castell, and Powell of Marchnant (Cardiff MS 1.115) and of the title page of A Circumstantial Account of the Evidence produced on the trial of Lewis Lewis the younger for the murder of Thomas Price ... of Lanafan Fawr, 1789; and letters from Herbert Lloyd-Johnes, Dolaucothy, 1927-8.

Papers, [early 19 cent.]-1927, of Sir John Ballinger, which include articles, reviews, reports and addresses by Ballinger, some of which relate to libraries in Britain, including a report on the University College of North Wales, Bangor library and reports and other papers, 1903-1910, relating to the Library Association; articles, addresses and notes by Ballinger relating to literary matters and (mainly Welsh) historical events and figures; and papers and correspondence, 1903-1906, relating to the Bible in Wales.

A photostat facsimile of an account and pedigrees of the Simonites of Blaenchwefri and Blaendulas (Wooding MS., Cardiff MS 1.117).

Transcripts of a biographical sketch, by Edward Laws, of Charles Norris (1779-1858), of letters to Edward Laws upon the same subject from Charles Norris Williams, 1891, Emma Williamson, 1891, M. Norris, 1889, and of a letter to John Ballinger from Charles Henry Glascodine, 1898.

A typescript copy of an eighteenth century diary containing an account of a stay in Llandrindod Wells.

'A collection of observations, sketches, curious facts, anecdotes, bon-mots, &c., &c.'

An 'Essay on the several notices of Britain in ancient authors, containing extracts from the originals, with English translations, and a commentary thereon', [?by William Jenkins Rees, Cascob]; with a letter from James Davies to W. J. Rees.

Letters addressed to John Ballinger by Max Bellows, 1916, G. Charvin, O.S.B., 1920, W. Edwards, Merthyr Tydfil, 1916, D. G. Goodwin, Uffington, 1912, John M. Macdonald, Farnham, 1916, T. H. Thomas, Cardiff, 1905, and John E. Williams, Llandaff, 1915.

Minutes and papers relating to the work of committees of the Library Association, 1903-1908.

Circulars and notices of meetings of the Library Association, with some correspondence between officials and John Ballinger, 1903-1910.

Correspondence between William Goscombe John, Herbert Ward, and John Ballinger concerning a proposed equestrian statue of Lord Tredegar, 1906; and biographical notes on John Tomlinson, Doncaster.

Extracts from English poetry, notes on a list of medical recipes, with a letter by R. D. Pane, Cardiff, 1907, and notes on Sir John Wynn of Gwydir.

A paper by John Ballinger on 'Some Welsh Literary curiosities'.

Notes and lists, compiled by John Ballinger, of maps relating to Wales, prepared for exhibition to the Cardiff Naturalists' Society, 1908.

An address by John Ballinger on Carmarthenshire books and printers.

Notes by John Ballinger on Cardiff during the Civil War and on Civil War Tracts.

Press cuttings of a series of articles 'About Books' contributed by John Ballinger to the Doncaster Journal, circa 1881.