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A scrap-book of printed matter compiled by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') containing poetry by, and material relating to the life and work of, Morris Williams ('Nicander'; 1809-74).

A volume of press cuttings of poems by John Davies ('Ossian Gwent').

A bundle of notebooks containing poems by John Davies ('Ossian Gwent').

A volume put together by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') containing material by, or relating to, Owen Williams ('Owain Gwyrfai'; (?)1790-1874), including Caniad Solomon, ... at yr hyn y 'chwanegwyd dwy o garolau newyddion; ynghyd ag awdl marwnad ... Sior y trydydd. gan Owen Williams (Caernarfon, 1820), cuttings from newspapers and periodicals of items by Owen Williams in prose and verse, obituary notices and articles concerning him, and a few items in the hand of 'Myrddin Fardd' e.g. 'Achau Owen Williams Waunfawr [O'i lawysgrif ef ei hun].'

Two exercise books, one containing a poem on the year 1881 by Owen T. Davies ('Owain Machno'), a covering letter and photograph of the author, and the other an 'awdl' on Owain Glyndwr by 'Blagur y Gwyngyll', 1895.

Two notebooks containing poems by Rhys J. Huws, including 'Pryddest: Sancteiddrwydd', 1896.

A collection of holograph poems and press cuttings of prose and verse by Robert Isaac Jones ('Alltud Eifion'), with some autobiographical data. The volume is described by the compiler as his second book - 'Ail Lyfr Barddoniaeth Alltud Eifion' - and was begun in 1874.

Two notebooks, bound as one, containing transcripts by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') of 'cywyddau', etc. by Robin Ddu and of 'Cywydd Marwnad Robin Ddu' by Ieuan Môn. There are also some press cuttings containing material relating to both Robin Ddu and Robert Parry ('Robin Ddu Eryri'). Loose papers consist of a note on [John Mortimer (d. 1736)] and an envelope addressed to 'Myrddin Fardd, At:- Mrs. Prices, The Fairs, St. Michael's Hamlet, Liverpool' containing a note on Ellias Morys, Llwyndyrys and William Elias the poet headed 'Mrs. Pierce, The Friars, St. Michael's Hamlet, Liverpool', with an 'englyn' by Owain Lleyn on the reverse side (in pencil).

Copies of Gwaith Talhaiarn, Vols I and II, with a portrait of 'Talhaiarn' and a poem by him inserted in each volume. Vol. II is a copy presented by him to his sister, Mrs J. D. Jones.

Holograph manuscripts of poems by John Jones ('Talhaiarn'):- 'Clod ac Anglod i Lundain', 1845, with a glossary 'for the benefit of country cousins who do not understand their own langauge'; 'Cân i fy Mam' copied out in a letter to Thomas Jones, 1852, 'the best song, in my opinion, I ever wrote'; 'To Aled [O Vôn]', 1857; 'Cymru lân, gwald y gân', 1857; an englyn to 'David Owen Williams, mab bach Eryr Môn', 1867, with an English translation; 'Photograph Talhaiarn', two 'englynion', 1863; 'Gweno fwyn gu', 1868; 'Cerdd i Lanfair Talhaiarn'; 'Mae Robin yn swil'; 'Brenin y Canibalyddion', a broadside; a group of miscellaneous poems:- 'Galar-gân ar ôl Ann Hughes, yr Harp, Llanfair Talhaiarn', by Joseph Roberts, Bryn-neuadd, 1876; 'Llef o'r Ysbyty' by Hugh Edwards ('Huwco Penmaen'), 1882; 'englynion ar briodas Meistr Thomas Hughes a Miss Ann Jones of Harp', 1847; 'englynion o ddiolchgarwch i Talhaiarn a Thomas Jones, yr Harp, am Razor' by 'Irwedd Min Elwy', 1858; 'Galar gŵr ar ôl ei wraig' by Thomas Hughes; 'Cân dewis gwraig' and an 'englyn ar briodas Owen Williams' by 'Eilydd Elwy'; 'Cân i Maria Hughes, Harp', by 'Eilydd Elwy'; a stanza to a young maiden by 'Ysbryd Glan y Gors'; 'Englynion ar ddychweliad Talhaiarn o Ffrainc'; a poem to 'Talhaiarn' by 'Aled o Fôn'; an incomplete letter addressed from Oswestry, 1836, with a poem entitled 'Tri phenill i'w canu ar hyfrydwch y Brenin Sior'; 'At fy nghyfaill Talhaiarn', 1852, a broadside, probably by 'Aled o Vôn'; 'Wanted a Clerk, a new song dedicated without permission to W. G. & Co.' and a Spanish dialogue 'Patron y Dependiente' probably by Thomas Jones, Valparaiso, 1848; and an 'Invocation to the Muse', 1895; autograph letters from Thomas Jones, Valparaiso, 1845, to J. D. Jones, grocer, St Asaph, and John Jones ('Talhaiarn'), 1863-7, to John and Maria Hughes; an account of the administration of the estate of John Jones ('Talahaiarn') by Thomas Jones, 1871; a copy of a letter by Mahomed Cassein; and press cuttings of poems by 'Talhaiarn' and Robert Jones ('Meigant'), articles on 'Eglwys y Cymry', 'Llanfair Talhaiarn', a letter by John Williams ab Ithel on the subject of the chair poem at the Llangollen eisteddfod of 1858, and a broadside reprint of the 'Reasons assigned by Cadvan and Talhaiarn for their withdrawal [from] the London Eisteddvod', 1855.

Holograph poetry and prose by John Jones ('Talhaiarn'), being press copies of portions of Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. III (Llanrwst, 1869). Several of the items are inscribed 'Composed R. P(rice)'. Also included in the volume are 'Pennod o hên chwedlau' ('not to be set'); a holograph list of subscribers to Gwaith Talhaiarn, vol. III; an author's copy of Awdl er coffadwriaeth am y diweddar Dywysog Cydweddog 'Albert Dda' (Liverpool [ 1863]) by 'Talhaiarn', with manuscript emendations ('For my Third Vol. Tal. Sepr. 13, 1866'); a copy of Llewelyn, A Dramatic Cantata . . . The Welsh words by Talhaiarn . . . (London [1864]) ('For my Third Vol. Tal. Sepr. 13, 1866'); 'Englynion ir Geirionydd Ai Awdur' by Jno. Morris Jones ('Cunllo'), Rhydlewis, Thos. Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion'), Llangollen, John Williams ('loan Madog'), Robert Williams ('Trebor Mai'), Llanrwst, [David H. Jones] 'Dewi Arfon', H. Gwerfyl James, and 'H. G. Cefni'; and holograph 'Englynion Duchanol. Ymson Gwrtheyrn yn Cyrhaedd Padock o'i bererindod' by [W. J. Roberts] 'G[wilym] Cowlyd'.

[John Jones ('Talhaiarn'),] Gwaith Talhaiarn, cyf 3. The work of Talhaiarn, in Welsh and English, vol. III (Llanrwst, 1869). Pasted on the inside lower cover is a holograph letter from J[ohn] Jones ('Talhaiarn'), Hafod y Gân, Llanfair, Abergele to W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), 1868 (negotiations for the publication by the recipient of the writer's third volume).

Notebooks and loose leaves containing poems and draft poems by Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion').

Transcripts and press cuttings of the poetical and other works of Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion').

A notebook containing poems and draft poems by Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion'), together with miscellaneous accounts, including an entry relating to the time taken to paint flags for the Llangollen Eisteddfod, 1858.

A collection of transcripts by J. Llewelyn Jones and others of poetry by Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion').

Three books of poems by, and in the autograph of, Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion').

A collection of loose papers containing poems and draft poems by Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion').

A letter, 1896, from David Watkin Jones ('Dafydd Morganwg') to John Daniel Evans with transcripts of unpublished poems by Thomas Evans ('Telynog'); a postcard, 1902, from William Jones, M.P., to J. D. Evans at Goginan, Cardiganshire; an unsigned letter, 1900, containing a brief history of the Baptists in Goginan and district; and a hymn-tune entitled 'Goginan' by William Aubrey Williams ('Gwilym Gwent'), 1869.

Two notebooks containing holograph 'cywyddau', 'englynion', 'hir a thoddeidiau', and 'caneuon' by Robert Williams ('Trebor Mai'). Almost the entire contents are included in 'Trebor Mai': Y Geninen (Llanrwst, 1869), and there are some marginal emendations and instructions to the compositor. Inset is an autograph letter, 1930, from John Ballinger, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, to J. T. Evans, Llanrwst, relating to the whereabouts of the two volumes and to the recipient's collection of items printed at Trefriw and Llanrwst.