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A copy of Cerddi Cynan (Liverpool, 1959), presented to Olwen Caradoc Evans and her husband by the author, together with an accompanying letter from Cynan, 1959, a poem 'Gratias' by him, and an English translation of his poem 'Aberdaron' pasted on the inside cover.

A copy of her death certificate, 1998, together with a tribute 'Olwen put Wales on the map' by Tom Eyton Jones, published in the North Wales Weekly News.

Closed until the year 2050.

A framed typed letter, 11 June 1973, signed by Jimmy Carter, Governor of Atlanta, later President of the United States of America, to Olwen Caradoc Evans, thanking her for sending him a limited edition of a facsimile copy of the Signatures to the Declaration of Independence; with a typed letter, 31 August 1977, at the rear of the frame from the USA Embassy, London, on behalf of Mrs Carter, acknowledging her gift.

A letter, 1972, from Keidrych Rhys, together with a time-table of out-patient clinics at hospitals in the London area, January 1967.

A volume entitled 'News cuttings Tu Hwnt i'r Bont, 1955' containing press cuttings relating mainly to the Nosweithiau Llawen held at Tu Hwnt i'r Bont, Llanrwst; her 'Come to Britain' trophy in 1956; her appointment as secretary-designate to the Welsh Board of the College of Nursing, 1962; her map collecting and a book review of her publication Maps of Wales and Welsh cartographers (London, 1964) in Country Quest, winter 1964; the restoration of Telford Bridge, Conway, 1966; together with her election address as an Independent candidate in the Caernarvonshire County Council Elections, 1967 (see also NLW MS 19,981E for her printed address to the electors of Division 15 of the Caernarvonshire County Council, March 1967, together with photocopies of a Welsh translation and a covering letter in the hand of Cynan); and other press cuttings reflecting her many interests.

Addresses, mainly undated, given by Olwen Caradoc Evans, including a draft for the International Conference on the history of cartography; 'Wales and its people', Mildenhall Wives Officers Club; 'Travellers in the land of the Red Dragon. A Tale of the traveller in Wales', a tribute to the work of the British Travel Association; and 'Wales from a Welsh woman's viewpoint', Edinburgh Welsh Society, 1969.

An autograph album with snapshots taken at the first Urdd Camp at Llangrannog, 1933, which Olwen Jones [Olwen Caradoc Evans] attended, including the signature of Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards.

An incomplete undated corrected typescript, [post 1953], of Olwen Caradoc Evans's proposed book entitled 'Tu Hwnt i'r Bont, Llanrwst or Beyond the Bridge', including drafts of chapters on the opening and structural alterations, and other historical buildings in Llanrwst such as Gwydir Castle.

Biographical information assembled by Olwen Caradoc Evans, including a photocopy of the certificate, 1936, presented to her after completing a summer course at the University of Sorbonne, Paris, and of a certificate, indicating that she had participated in The Fine Art Trade Guild's Inaugural Seminar at Wembley in 1975.

Correspondence relating to the borrowing of a painting by her cousin, the artist Hugh Cronyn, in her possession, together with a press release issued by the Canadian High Commission concerning his London exhibition 'Paintings of Canada, England and France' in 1972, and postcards depicting his paintings of Tresco, Scilly Isles.

Correspondence, agendas and minutes of meetings, 1966-67, of a steering committee of The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art set up to 'produce a concept for the promotion of the visual arts in Wales', the plan to include the establishing of centres in Cardiff, Mid Wales, and Plas Mawr, Conway. Olwen Caradoc Evans was a member of its steering committee.