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Script of a lecture given by Ted Harrison, at the National Library of Wales in December 2022 entitled 'The boy from Barry who became a Fleet Street legend', on the cartoonist Leslie Gilbert Illingworth. Also included are photocopies of the slides used in the lecture.

A dissertation, by the donor, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the BA History degree at the University of Southampton (13/5/2021), entitled 'You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs: an investigation into the role of Western correspondents and governments in the cover-up of the Ukrainian Famine, 1932-33'. The contribution of the journalist Gareth Jones in uncovering the Holodomor is covered in this study.

Copies of 22 speeches given by Dame Margaret Lloyd George (1918-1921) relating to politics, charity functions, social work for the poor and the war wounded, the opening of schools, exhibitions, bazaars, an unveiling of a war memorial, presentations of awards, and addresses to major conventions. Also contains transcribed copies of the speeches, and also contains notes by the donor (grandson of Rev J.T Rhys) providing additional contextual information (2019). A booklet titled 'Mrs. Lloyd George Goes to Lampeter: 17th June 1919, A Rhys/Rees Story in Three Parts ' (see JTR MLG SP4 Lampeter Cardiganshire Liberals 17th June 1919) written by the donor is also included; originally a supplement to an exhibition in Lampeter Museum and a prior publication 'A Lampeter Family Story 1870-1971'.
Also contains copies of four letters from Viscountess Nancy Astor, 3 of which are to Mrs Lloyd-George, and 1 to JTR. Notes regarding the information and context of the letters from the donor are included.

Each speech has been referenced as follows:
JTR MLG SP1: Free Church Council Women, Social Rescue, Bloomsbury Central Church March 1918;
JTR MLG SP2 National Federation of Women's Institutes Exhibition, Caxton Hall, November 1918;
JTR MLG SP3 Garreglwyd, Holyhead, 14th June 1919;
JTR MLG SP4 Lampeter Cardiganshire Liberals 17th June 1919;
JTR MLG SP5 Women and peace on earth, 'Liverpool Courier' article 30th June 1919;
JTR MLG SP6 Bangor, Opening of the new Hostel for the Normal College, 21 October 1919;
JTR MLG SP7 Royal Dental Hospital, Roll of Honour and Prize Giving, 5th November 1919;
JTR MLG SP8 Plymouth in support of Lady Astor, afternoon of 14th November 1919;
JTR MLG SP9 YWCA Bazaar Opening Remarks, Central Hall Westminster, 4th December 1919;
JTR MLG SP10 On Temperance, notes written by MLG at Melchet Court, early March 1920;
JTR MLG SP11 Stockport Women's groups, 25th March 1920;
JTR MLG SP12 Camberwell Women's Rally for Dr Macnamara, 26th March 1920 by-election;
JTR MLG SP13 World Women's Temperance Conference, Central Hall Westminster, April 1920;
JTR MLG SP14 Browns of Chester, 28th October 1920;
JTR MLG SP15 Llandudno Women's Liberal Association, probably early 1921;
JTR MLG SP16 Baptist Women's League, Bloomsbury Central Church, London, 27th April 1921;
JTR MLG SP17 Sunday School Bloomsbury Central Church, London, May 1921?;
JTR MLG SP18 Llanfairfechan, circa May 1921;
JTR MLG SP19 Carnarvon Boroughs, May 1921;
JTR MLG SP20 On Temperance, Purity and Religion, Welsh Presbyterians, Porthmadog, 13th June 1921;
JTR MLG SP21 Milton Mount College 23rd June 1921;
JTR MLG SP22 Liverpool, British and Foreign Bible Society, The Sun Hall, Liverpool, 29th June 1921.

A file of correspondence, 30 March-7 May 2017, between Valerie Wynne-Williams and her solicitors Kuits on the one hand and Thomas Dilworth and his publishers Penguin Random House UK on the other, relating to the contents of Dilworth's biography David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet (London, 2017). The correspondence resulted in a number of amendments being made to subsequent editions of the book.

Six scripts, 2016, of the television programme 'Adrian's Election Bites', being interviews between Adrian Masters, political editor at ITV Wales, and leaders of the political parties in Wales, broadcast on ITV Cymru Wales prior to the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections. The leaders interviewed were Alice Hooker-Stroud (Wales Green Party), Nathan Gill (UKIP), Kirsty Williams (Liberal Democrats), Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru), Andrew R. T. Davies (Conservatives) and Carwyn Jones (Labour).

A typescript précis of the text of NLW MS 24191B, a journal of an 1816 tour of New York State and the Niagara Peninsula, Upper Canada (ff. 1-7 verso), together with endnotes (ff. 7 verso-8). The typescript contains annotations, corrections and underlinings throughout. The folio numbers and quotes given are not always entirely accurate.

Two volumes, [2015], comprising ‘A millennium of Clement ancestry’ by Dillwyn Clement bearing the Clement coat of arms with the motto ‘I's gorau ein gorau’. The first file contains the ancestry of the Clement family especially in Wales and the second file is an appendix to the study.

Some ninety-nine letters and postcards, 1975-2013, from the poet and local historian Ruth Bidgood, Abergwesyn and later Beulah, Powys, addressed to the Rev. James Coutts, and frequently also to his wife Stevie, discussing her poetry, publications and public readings, her daily life and her family, containing frequent references to friends including Anne Cluysenaar, Angela Morton and A. M. (Donald) Allchin (ff. 1-188, 191-214).
Also included are typescript copies of eighteen of Bidgood's poems and sequences of poems, published and unpublished, [c. 1979]-2014, notably 'Hymn to Sant Ffraed' (ff. 215-225), most given by her to Coutts and a few re-typed by him, and cuttings and photocopies of a further fifteen poems from periodicals, 1983-2002 (ff. 25, 37-38, 52-53, 70, 116, 120, 215-265); typescript drafts, cuttings and photocopies of articles, interviews and reviews, [1978]-2006 (ff. 266-299), including two typescript articles by Donald Allchin (ff. 279-293); and a letter from Bidgood's friend Mary [MacGregor], of Myddfai, to James Coutts, 2 June 2009 (ff. 189-190). Many of the letters were written on the backs of sixty-three of Bidgood's own photographs, so as to resemble postcards; besides these a further twenty-nine of her photographs are also included amongst the letters.

Cyfres o 31 llythyr, 1997-2003, oddi wrth Islwyn Ffowc Elis at ei gofiannydd, T. Robin Chapman, yn ymwneud yn bennaf ag astudiaeth feirniadol Chapman, Islwyn Ffowc Elis (Caerdydd, 2000) a'r bywgraffiad Rhywfaint o Anfarwoldeb (Llandysul, 2003) (ff. 1-71). = Thirty-one letters, 1997-2003, from Islwyn Ffowc Elis to his biographer, T. Robin Chapman, mostly relating to the latter's critical study Islwyn Ffowc Elis (Cardiff, 2000) and biography Rhywfaint o Anfarwoldeb (Llandysul, 2003) (ff. 1-71).
Cynhwysir hefyd nodiadau hunangofiannol gan Islwyn Ffowc Elis, [2001], [2003] (ff. 76-91); copïau o ddau lythyr gan Elis, 1975, 1976 (ff. 72-75, 92-93); a deuddeg llythyr perthynol, 1998-2004, at Chapman oddi wrth amryw o ohebwyr (ff. 94-116), gan gynnwys Huw Ethall, 2004 (f. 99), Harri P[ritchard] J[ones], 2001 (f. 101), Eigra Lewis Roberts, [2002] (f. 102), Robin Williams, 2001 (ff. 109-110), Bobi Jones, 1998 (f. 111), Derec Llwyd Morgan, 1998 (f. 113), a Brynley F. Roberts, 2003 (ff. 115-116). Ceir yn llythyrau Elis atgofion am ei amser yn fyfyriwr yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru, Bangor (1942-7) (ff. 48-52), a’i ymddangosiadau o flaen tribiwnlysoedd gwrthwynebwyr cydwybodol ym 1943 (ff. 53-54), yn ogystal â chyfeiriadau at Adran y Gymraeg, Coleg Prifysgol Dewi Sant, Llanbedr Pont Steffan (1975-1980au) (ff. 55 verso-56, 74, 85 verso-90), Daniel Owen (f. 14), Kate Roberts (f. 14), T. J. Morgan (f. 54) ac E. Tegla Davies (ff. 72-75). = Also included are autobiographical notes by Islwyn Ffowc Elis, [2001], 2003 (ff. 76-91); copies of two letters from Elis, 1975, 1976 (ff. 72-75, 92-93); and twelve related letters, 1998-2004, to Chapman from various correspondents (ff. 94-116), including Huw Ethall, 2004 (f. 99), Harri P[ritchard] J[ones], 2001 (f. 101), Eigra Lewis Roberts, [2002] (f. 102), Robin Williams, 2001 (ff. 109-110), Bobi Jones, 1998 (f. 111), Derec Llwyd Morgan, 1998 (f. 113), and Brynley F. Roberts, 2003 (ff. 115-116). Elis's letters include reminiscences of student life at the University College of North Wales, Bangor (1942-7) (ff. 48-52) and his appearances before tribunals for conscientious objectors in 1943 (ff. 53-54), as well as references to the Department of Welsh at St David's University College Lampeter (1975-[1980s]) (ff. 55 verso-56, 74, 85 verso-90), Daniel Owen (f. 14), Kate Roberts (f. 14), T. J. Morgan (f. 54) and E. Tegla Davies (ff. 72-75).

Miscellaneous papers, 1981-96, belonging to Professor David Blamires, author of David Jones: Artist and Writer (1971), who established the David Jones Society in 1975. The collection includes exhibition notes, research papers, conference programmes, postcards, and correspondence. A separate file within the box contains a set of David Jones Society Newsletters, nos.1-38 (1976-84).

A visitors' book, 1990-1995, of the exhibition 'New Traditions: contemporary Welsh craft / Traddodiadau Newydd: crefftau Cymreig cyfoes' by Charles and Patricia Aithie, which accompanied the Welsh-Yemeni Festival held in Sana, Yemen. Most entries are in Arabic; a typescript containing an English translation is included in the front of the volume. The visitors' book was transferred to NLW among the Charles and Patricia Aithie photographic collection.

Barddoniaeth o'r ail ganrif ar bymtheg hyd yr ugeinfed ganrif, gan gynnwys gweithiau gan Alan Llwyd (f. 2), W. J. Gruffydd (f. 14), Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (f. 76), Ray Howard-Jones (ff. 98-104), R. Williams Parry (ff. 106-110), Saunders Lewis (ff. 132-136), Vernon Watkins (f. 146), Harri Webb (ff. 153-154), Katherine Philips (The Matchless Orinda) (f. 158), ac Euros Bowen (ff. 161-169), ynghyd â nifer o feirdd llai enwog a rhai darnau anhysbys. Cynigiwyd rai o'r cerddi mewn cystadlaethau eisteddfodol (ff. 36-51, 53-61, 63, 113-124). Mae nifer o'r cerddi yn llaw y beirdd eu hunain, eraill yn gopïau neu mewn teipysgrif. Ceir hefyd garol plygain, a nodwyd i lawr [?19 gan., ¼ olaf] (ff. 155-157 verso), a llythyr, 1994, oddi wrth Jon Meirion Jones at Dafydd Ifans yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru yn ymwneud â Dafydd Jones (Isfoel) y Cilie (ff. 149-150). = Poetry, seventeenth to twentieth centuries, including works by Alan Llwyd (f. 2), W. J. Gruffydd (f. 14), Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (f. 76), Ray Howard-Jones (ff. 98-104), R. Williams Parry (ff. 106-110), Saunders Lewis (ff. 132-136), Vernon Watkins (f. 146), Harri Webb (ff. 153-154), Katherine Philips (The Matchless Orinda) (f. 158), and Euros Bowen (ff. 161-169), together with many lesser-known poets and some anonymous pieces. Some of the poems were submitted for competition at eisteddfodau (ff. 36-51, 53-61, 63, 113-124). Many of the poems are autograph while others are copies or in typescript. Also included is a plygain carol, noted down [?19 cent., last ¼] (ff. 155-157 verso), and a letter, 1994, from Jon Meirion Jones to Dafydd Ifans at the National Library of Wales regarding Dafydd Jones (Isfoel), Cilie (ff. 149-150).

Casgliad o 37 llythyr a 4 cerdyn a anfonwyd at yr awdur John Emyr (1950- ) yn ystod y cyfnod 1970-1991. Ymhlith y gohebwyr y mae Gwynfor Evans (ff. 1-4), R. Tudur Jones (ff. 11-12), T.H. Parry-Williams (ff. 16-17), Kate Roberts (ff. 18-37) a Lewis Valentine (ff. 39-40). Cyfeiria llawer o'r llythyrau at gyhoeddiadau John Emyr, megis Enaid clwyfus: golwg ar waith Kate Roberts (Dinbych, 1976), Terfysg Haf (Dinbych, 1979), Dadl Grefyddol Saunders Lewis a W.J. Gruffydd (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, 1986) a Dyddiadur Milwr a Gweithiau Eraill (Llandysul, 1988). = A collection of 37 letters and 4 cards in Welsh sent to author John Emyr (1950- ) during the period 1970-1991. Among the correspondents are Gwynfor Evans (ff. 1-4), R. Tudur Jones (ff. 11-12), T.H. Parry-Williams (ff. 16-17), Kate Roberts (ff. 18-37) and Lewis Valentine (ff. 39-40). Many of the letters refer to John Emyr's publications, such as Enaid clwyfus: golwg ar waith Kate Roberts (Dinbych, 1976), Terfysg Haf (Dinbych, 1979), Dadl Grefyddol Saunders Lewis ac W.J. Gruffydd (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, 1986) and Dyddiadur Milwr a Gweithiau Eraill (Llandysul, 1988).

Sgript y ffilm Un Nos Ola Leuad (1991), addasiad Gwenlyn Parry ac Endaf Emlyn o nofel Caradog Prichard. Mae'r sgript yn cynnwys nodiadau a darluniau o waith y cyfarwyddwr, Endaf Emlyn, sy'n ymwneud â'r cynhyrchiad.

Cyfres o 241 llythyr, 1929-1983, oddi wrth Kate Roberts at Mrs Olwen Margaret Samuel (née Rees), Glynebwy. Bu'r derbynydd yn ddisgybl i Kate Roberts yn Ysgol Ramadeg y Merched, Aberdâr, a chyfranodd atgofion yn Bobi Jones (gol.), Kate Roberts: Cyfrol Deyrnged (Dinbych, 1969), tt. 182-8. Ceir rhai o lythyrau Olwen Samuel at Kate Roberts yn Archif Kate Roberts yn LlGC. = A series of 241 letters, 1929-1983, from Kate Roberts to Mrs Olwen Margaret Samuel (née Rees), Ebbw Vale. The recipient was a former pupil of Kate Roberts at the Aberdare County Grammar School for Girls, and contributed reminiscences to Bobi Jones (ed.), Kate Roberts: Cyfrol Deyrnged (Dinbych, 1969), pp. 182-8. Some of Olwen Samuel's letters to Kate Roberts are in the Kate Roberts Archive at NLW.
Cynhwysa un llythyr gyfeiriad at amgylchiadau marw'r bardd David Ellis ym 1918 (f. 74). = One letter in this series refers to the circumstances surrounding the death of poet David Ellis in 1918 (f. 74).

Nine letters, 1963-83, addressed to William Robert (Bill) Carrick, including seven from the novelist Richard Vaughan, dated 1963-9 and 1981.

Correspondence and other papers, 1947-1982, of the antiquarian J. D. K. Lloyd, Garthmyl, relating to his friend the poet Sir John Betjeman, including four letters, seven postcards and a compliments slip, some typed, 1970-1978 and undated, from Betjeman to Lloyd (ff. 1-4, 7-14). The letters are mostly personal, routine or frivolous; there are references to a print interview conducted by Wilfred De'Ath (f. 7) and to architectural conservation, with several mentions of Lloyd's brother, Wyndham E. B. Lloyd.
Also included are a postcard, 23 March 1970, from A. L. Rowse, Oxford, to Betjeman, later forwarded by him to Lloyd (f. 5), a postcard, 1 June 1973, from an unknown sender, enclosing a pasted-on press cutting of part of Betjeman's 'Lenten Thoughts…' (f. 6) and a carbon copy typescript letter, 23 July 1975, to Peter Topley, likely from Betjeman (f. 15); Betjeman's notes for a talk on poetry at Newtown High School, [18 December 1963] (f. 16); transcripts by Lloyd of '"9 AM" Unpublished poem by John Betjeman; of which Wyndham has his MS copy' (f. 17) and of the [12] March 1974 letter (f. 18; see f. 7); a list by Lloyd of poems omitted from [an unspecified edition of Betjeman's Collected Poems] (ff. 19-20); printed ephemera and invitations for Betjeman's Honorary Degree ceremony at Trinity College Dublin on 10 July 1975, attended by Lloyd (ff. 22-32); and press cuttings relating to Betjeman, 1947-1982 (ff. 33-40), including the 1974 Wilfred De'Ath interview 'The lonely Laureate' (f. 38; see ff. 7, 18). Betjeman signs several letters 'Evan ap etje' (ff. 3-4, 8-9, 10, 14) and addresses Lloyd as 'Widow' or 'Gwyddo' [i.e. 'Gweddw'?].

Dyddiaduron apwyntiadau, 1943-1982, y tenor Richie Thomas (Richard Edgar Thomas, 1906-1988), Penmachno, ynghyd â chyfrol yn rhestru'r mannau ble cynhaliwyd cyngherddau ganddo yn ystod y cyfnod hwn.

A collection of research papers, mostly of the period 1970-80, accumulated by musicologist Joan Rimmer, largely relating to Nansi Richards (Telynores Maldwyn), with some relating to John Parry (John Parry Ddall) and Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin). The papers include letters, offprints, and manuscript music scores, including one copied in 1895 by W. Ll. Roberts of Penyceunant.

Llythyrau, 1968-1979, yn ymwneud â pharatoi'r gyfrol Erthyglau ac ysgrifau llenyddol Kate Roberts (Abertawe, 1978) a olygwyd gan Dr David Jenkins, gan gynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth Kate Roberts ac Alan Llwyd, Pennaeth yr Adran Gymraeg, Gwasg Christopher Davies, Abertawe.