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The file includes correspondence with O. M. Edwards (1 letter) and Thomas Charles Edwards (1 letter).

Some nineteen letters, 1868-1899, sent to members of the Davies family of Cwrtmawr, mainly from other family members. They include five letters from Eliza Davies (1798-1876) to her son R. J. Davies, 1868-1874, and two to her daughter-in-law Frances Davies, 1869; one letter, together with an empty envelope, from D. C. Davies, Chicago, to his mother Frances Davies, 1890, 1893; and a letter from R. J. Davies to his daughter Mary Elizabeth Davies on her 21st birthday, [1890]. A letter from T. C. Edwards, 1881, is presumably intended for R. J. Davies.
Also included are miscellaneous items relating to the Davies family (and the Ellis family), 1887-1928, including two press cuttings, a photograph, and the title page of R. J. Davies's copy of the Bible.

Commercial Memorandum-Book, with an Almanac for 1854 ..., with notes on Greek grammar in the hand of Thomas Charles Edwards, first principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Miscellaneous autograph letters, the correspondents including John Barrow (Prince Edward Island), Francis Buckland, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Philip Burne-Jones, John 3rd Marquis of Bute, William Benjamin Carpenter, David Charles (the younger, Carmarthen), Frances Power Cobbe, Griffith Davies, F.R.S., John Cadvan Davies (Cadvan), W. Cadwaladr Davies, G. A. Denison (archdeacon of Taunton), J. P. Earwaker, Edward Edwards (Llanuwchllyn), Sir Owen M. Edwards, John Gwenogvryn Evans, Lewis Edwards, Thomas Charles Edwards, Robert Ellis (Cynddelw), Thomas Edward Ellis, Max Förster (Munich), Thomas Frewen, W. E. Gladstone, Laurence Housman, Father Ignatius (Llanthony), John Banks Jenkinson (bishop of St. Davids), L. D. Jones (Llew Tegid), W. Basil Jones (bishop of St. Davids), Joseph Loth (Rennes), H. E. Manning, Sir Lewis Morris, J. H. Newman, Kate Norgate, James Gordon Oswald, C. T. Owen (Hampstead), Sir Richard Owen, Alfred Neobard Palmer, Joseph Parry, John Cowper Powys, J. Roland Phillips, Evan Rees (Dyfed), William Rees (Llandovery), Henry Richard, Brinley Richards, Sir John Rhys, Jeremy Taylor (a modern transcript), Connop Thirlwall (bishop of St. Davids), Brandon Thomas, William Thomas (Islwyn), Sir John Williams (first President of the National Library of Wales), Samuel Wilberforce (bishop of Oxford), and E. Llywelyn Williams (New York).

Two letters, 1879-1890, from Thomas Charles Edwards to 'Mr. Roberts' concerning epitaphs, and the prospects of collecting subscriptions towards the University College of Wales in Anglesey.

An autograph album belonging to Lizzie Rowlands (née Jones), Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, containing entries, 1860-1911, by R. J. Derfel, Thomas E. Ellis, William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog'), Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd') and others including a number of prominent Calvinistic Methodist ministers; together with pasted-in photographs of some of the above and family memoranda. The album was originally owned by Lizzie Jones's father Evan Jones, London House, Bala (f. iv) and includes notes taken by him from sermons heard at Calvinistic Methodist Association and other meetings, 1847-1849 (ff. 1-6 verso). Items found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (NLW MS 22010iiE): a letter from Lizzie Rowlands, 1885, and from Thomas Charles Edwards, Bala, 1896, relating to Lizzie Rowlands's association with Mary Jones, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, and an address by Mrs Rowlands, 1904, containing an account of the walk to Bala to purchase a Bible as recounted by Mary Jones herself.

Transcripts by Thomas Charles Edwards (1837-1900) of letters from Lewis Edwards (1809-1887) to his parents and brother and from them to him, 1829-1830, of a letter from John Elias (1774-1841), 1828, to the church at Jewin Crescent, London, and of a letter, 1827, from David Jones and Peter Davies, Llangeitho, to Lewis Edwards. The material appears to have been intended for inclusion in Thomas Charles Edwards's proposed biography of his father.

Papers, correspondence and printed items, 1872-1926, relating to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. They include copies of the college's early registers, 1872-1877, copies of the conveyance of the college and its hereditaments, 1875, copies of the deed of settlement of the college, and of the charter of incorporation and statutes, both dated 1892, papers concerning the administration of the college's restoration fund, the revised constitution of the college, and the old students' scholarship fund. Other matters include the charter of the federal University of Wales in 1893, the college's building fund, Alexandra Hall, the finance and general purposes committee, the estate of Sir John Williams, the proposed revision of the college's charter and statutes, and museum grants for Wales. The correspondents include Thomas Charles Edwards (3), 1885-1886, Lewis Morris, 1886, and Stuart Rendel, 1889.

Letters, 1879-1894, from Thomas Charles Edwards, Aberystwyth and Bala, to J. Gwynoro Davies, Barmouth.

Manuscripts and papers of the families of Charles and Edwards, dated between [c. 1600] and 1922; they include letters from Thomas Charles Edwards to his wife, and their son Lewis Charles, 1876-1896; letters to Thomas Charles Edwards, 1885-1899; copies of letters, 1859-1898, including correspondence relating to University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; letters to and from Mary Roberts, 1867-[1893]; letters to their daughter, Elizabeth Alicia Edwards, 1887-1900; Edwards family letters, 1895-1900; and newspapers and press cuttings, [c. 1820]-1922.