Papers, [1861x1911], of or relating to David Stephen Davies and which include manuscripts of some of his published works; material relating to Y Celt and to the Welsh colony in Patagonia; diaries; sermons and miscellaneous notes. Some of the earlier material was written by Davies while he was living and studying in the United States.
'D. S. Davis's Book of Anecdotes or of Records', begun when he was at the Theological Seminary, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, 1861, with numerous notes on Welsh shorthand, financial accounts, etc.
A list of preaching and lecture engagements, etc., 1875-1885, the first entry, that for January 10, 1875, reading 'Y Sul cyntaf yn Nghymru ar fy nglaniad yn fy Henwlad ar ol ymweliad a Phatagonia'; and minutes of meetings of Cymdeithas Gweinidogion Bangor, 1876-1877.
A history of Rehoboth Congregational church, Brynmawr; an address by D. S. Davies on the proposed formation by the Welsh Congregationalists of a foreign mission society, and a note by him on Welsh Congregationalists and politics; notes for a lecture on George Washington; accounts relating to publications with which D. S. Davies was connected; poems by William Davies ('Gwilym Ebrill'), Waunarlwydd; a transcript of the will of Hannah Evans, Pensarn, near Carmarthen; and drafts of letters by D. S. Davies.
The titles of contributions to Y Celt (July 13 and 27, 1883), with the names and pseudonyms of the authors; extracts from two trust deeds relating to Ebenezer Congregational chapel, Bangor; poems, including 'Horoscope Y Wladfa Gymreig'; a note on Ebenezer Morris, 'Capel-twr-gwyn', and 'Mr. Jones, Trelech'; a stamped copy of a High Court document relating to the candidature of D. S. Davies for a seat on the Carmarthenshire County Council, 1889; etc.
Papers, 1886, relating to the invitation extended to D. S. Davies to become pastor of Union Street Congregational church, Carmarthen; sermon notes; etc.
Sermon notes in shorthand and examples of English and Welsh systems of shorthand devised by D. S. Davies, author of Manual of Sonography of the Longhand - Shorthand ... (London, 1887).
A copy of Llawlyfr yr Anibynwyr am 1886 used by D. S. Davies to record preaching engagements, etc. The following note is entered under 19 June: 'Hwyliad y fintai fawr 470 i'r Wladfa' [i.e. the sailing of the large party to the Welsh Colony in Chubut, Patagonia].
Examples of sonography, the system of short-hand devised by D. S. Davies, with an account from William James Morgan, Carmarthen for printing D. S. Davies: Manual of Sonography ... (London, 1887).