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A copy of J. Lloyd Williams, Byd y blodau (Caerdydd: William Lewis, 1924. Issued by Messrs Morris and Jones Ltd, Liverpool). It was Mrs Silyn Roberts who thought of having a book for Welsh children to correspond to Prof. Lange's Vilde Planter.

A copy of Y Gorlan, July 1963, containing an address by Mr R. Humphrey Davies, CB; and two letters, 1963 and 1965, from R. Humphrey Davies to Mr Silyn Roberts.

A notebook which appears to have belonged to Robert Jones, 'Trebor Fenai', containing observations on the subject 'Cyfrifiad' and some account of the Reverend Roger Edwards, Mold, with sermon notes (?in another hand) in pencil.

A notebook which belonged to R. Silyn Roberts, Coleg y Gogledd, Bangor, 1898, containing notes on Ystoria De Carolo Magno, Philology, History of Welsh Literature, 1200-1300, and Tudur Aled & William Lleyn, with some grammar notes copied from matriculation lectures.

A proof copy of J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Facsimile of the Black Book of Carmarthen (Oxford, 1888), secured by R. Cumberbatch Allen for Mrs Silyn Roberts and presented by him at Christmas, 1899, to R. Silyn Roberts. With the volume is a photograph of R. C. Allen, inscribed 'To Silyn. 8 Aug. 1899'.

A volume containing the following issues of The Magazine of the University College of North Wales, 1892-6: Vol. II, Nos 1-2; Vol.III, Nos 1-2; Vol.IV, Nos 1-3; Vol. V, Nos 1-2. The volume was given to Mrs Silyn Roberts by the Rev. Cefni Jones.

Correspondence, 1919-25, in connection with Byd y blodau, including letters to Mrs Silyn Roberts from Frank Murrell, of Messrs William Lewis (Printers) Ltd., Duke Street, Cardiff, Jakob E. Lange, Husmandsskolen ved Odense, and J. Lloyd Williams. There is also one postcard, 1931, from J. E. Lange.

Fourteen letters, 1914-29, from R. Jones Evans, Chicago, afterwards of Racine, to R. Silyn Roberts, with four postcards, 1904-12, from the same to the same and one letter, 1930, from Mrs Clara Evans, widow of R. Jones Evans, to [R.] Silyn Roberts. Included are particulars of competitive subjects at the Chicago Eisteddfod, 1927 and 1929.

Letters and papers, 1926-8, in connection with the establishment and early days of Coleg Harlech, Harlech, including letters to Mrs Silyn Roberts from Dr Thomas Jones, Mr (afterwards Sir) B. B. Thomas, and Mr (afterwards Sir) Percy E. Watkins. There are also minutes of various meetings, copies of the order of proceedings at the formal opening of Coleg Harlech, 3 Sept. 1927, and of the first list of subscribers, an uncorrected proof of the first annual report, [1928], and prospectuses of summer schools, 1927 and 1928. Other items include letters to Mrs Silyn Roberts from Niels Hansen, Thisted, and F. Rønning, København, and from Dr Thomas Jones, Harlech, 1939.

Letters to R. Silyn Roberts from R. H. Hughes, Sauquoit, New York, 1904 (1), Richard [?Jones], Utica, 1912 (1), Grace D. Ohnimus, San Francisco, 1912 and 1914 (2), Belle Pierce, San Francisco, 1915, 1917, and 1925 (3), L. R. Q[uigley], Utica, [1921] (1), W. B. Quigley, Utica and Haverhill, 1914, 1920 and 1927 (3), and John O. Thomas, Utica, 1913 (1).

Letters, 1965, to Mrs M. Silyn Roberts from Dr H. J. Fleure, Mr E. D. Jones and the Rev. H. Llywelyn Hughes, relating mainly to Raymond Cumberbatch Allen (dec. 1952), with one letter from Mr E. D. Jones to Dr Fleure and a copy of The Guild Messenger, January 1953. (See also Nos 21-24).