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Numerous collections of folk songs and hymn tunes accumulated by J. Lloyd Williams before and during his period as Editor of the Journal of the Welsh Folk-Song Society, including material which he himself had recorded and items submitted to him by others. Indexes, lists, related notes and press cuttings are also included.

Typescript copies of the trusts, powers and provisions relating to Y Caniedydd Cynulleidfaol, 1895, and of a summary of correspondence between J[onathan] Machreth Rees and Messrs J[ohn] Curwen & Son concerning the copyright of tunes printed in Caniedydd yr Ysgol Sul, 1898-1911.

A home-made volume, roughly bound in parchment, containing transcripts of hymns and some sermon notes in the hand of David Thomas, Llwynywermwd, Llan-y-crwys, son of the Reverend Zacharias Thomas, Baptist minister, of Aberdyar, etc. The volume was compiled during the period 1805-1806. Among the papers used to compile the manuscript are an agreement, 1790, for the lease, from W. Williams to Zacharias Thomas, of Emlych, parish of Penbrey, co. Carmarthen; a voucher, 1797, to Zacharias Thomas from D. J. Jenkins, Lampeter, for a waistcoat, etc.; and a holograph letter from John Williams, Carmarthen, to Zech. Thomas, 1802 ( the distribution of 'papers' to the Association and the churches). The volume also includes the score of a hymn-tune entitled 'Difyrwch gwyr y Gogledd'.

A fragment of a volume containing hymns, of which one is signed 'Cyf. W[illiam] G[riffiths, Glandwr] Gor. 25, 1815', and an incomplete list of subscriptions 'entered into at Glandwr in support of the general subscription to clear off the debt on Meeting Houses'.

Transcripts and extracts by D. Morgan Lewis largely relating to Welsh hymns and hymn-tunes. Most of the material is based on printed editions of the works of individual hymnists, but NLW MS 11627C consists of transcripts of holograph hymns by William Williams, Pantycelyn, contained in NLW MS 78.

Holograph sermons and sermon notes by D. Morgan Lewis. NLW MS 11652B also includes notes of sermons, 1826-1827, delivered by D[aniel] Davies, Cardigan, J[oh]n Davies ['Siôn Gymro'?], D. Harries, Carmarthen, W[illiam] Davies, Fishguard, J[oh]n Thomas, Glynarthen, Ja[me]s Phillips, 'Bethlem' [St. Clears], D[avid] Bateman [Rhosycaerau], and others; holograph notes of addresses delivered by the Reverend J. G. M[orris, Newport, co. Pembroke] at the funeral of Mrs. [Catherine] Lewis (wife of the Reverend Evan Lewis, Brynberian), [4] May, 1892 (printed in D. Morgan Lewis: Cofiant ... Evan Lewis, Brynberian (Aberystwyth, 1903), pp. 240-3), and at the funeral of the Reverend Evan Lewis, 23 July, 1896; a hymn, signed 'E. Lewis, Iscoed [ i.e., the Reverend Evan Lewis, Brynberian], Aug- 31, 1880' (published in facsimile in D. Morgan Lewis: Cofiant. . ., p. 262); 'Catecism ir Band of Hope' (incomplete); a paper by D. Morgan Lewis entitled 'What are the reasons which induced you to enter the Christian Ministry, and why among the Independents?'; notes by D. Morgan Lewis entitled 'Darpariadau Cymdeithasol angenrheidiol i wrthweithio dylanwad y fasnach feddwol'; and a press cutting of a report of a paper on 'Higher Education and Ministerial Training in Wales' read by D. M[organ] Lewis at a meeting of the North Wales English Congregational Union, 1885.

An imperfect copy (with portions of other hymn-books bound in) of Williams Williams (Pantycelyn): Aleluia ... (Bristol, 1758) which belonged to Morgan Morgans, Llywel, Brecknockshire, who claimed relationship with William Williams (1717-1791).