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Twenty-eight notebooks containing notes of sermons, largely in Welsh and undated, by Rees Price.

A group of personal account books of Rees Price, Cilfowyr, recording receipts of salary and rent, and disbursements for food, clothing, personal and household requirements, books and denominational literature, postages, travelling expenses, payments to labourers, donations, gifts to beggars, payments to the poor, etc. One notebook contains particulars (undated) of 'Cyfraniadau o gydymdeimlad a merch ymddifad er ei chadw rhag myned i'r carchar'.

Six notebooks and unbound material containing sermon notes, largely in Welsh, by David Price, Swansea, 1892-1931 and undated. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 246-251.

A notebook and unbound material containing sermons, in Welsh and English, by the Rev. Anthony Williams. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 285-286.

Eleven diaries of Benjamin Williams ('Gwynionydd'), 1878, 1880-1884, 1886-1890. The title-page of the vol. used for 1878 is wanting; the remaining vols are all 'The churchman's pocket book'. The entries, which are largely in English, relate to preaching engagements, parochial duties (Tir-yr-abad, Abergwennol, Cwmdwr, Llanofer), the writer's health, the writer's visits to the vale of Teify, to Llanwrin and to Caernarfonshire, the movements of the writer's son Tegid, the writer's health. The vols also generally contain memoranda of cash payments and receipts, e.g. remittances to his mother and his children, payments for the hire of a pony on Sunday, the borrowing and lending of money, the purchase of food, etc. The following selection of entries may be quoted:. 1878, Feb. 4. Visited Merthyr. Paid a visit to Nathan Dyfed. 1878, June 11. Opening of S. Barnabas, Rhandirmwyn. 1878, Dec. 25. Walked to Llandulas and Cwmdwr. This is the most wonderful day of my life, having travelled through snowstorms and drifts, took shelter at Ffosyhwyaid and Maesybwlch. Reached Cwmdwr in a state of utter fatigue at 6 o' clock p.m., held a short service there and walked to Llandovery through a snowstorm. 1880, Feb. 10. Contributed to the Haul: 'Dau Can mlynedd yn ol'. 1880, Feb. 13. Contributed to the Haul: 'Jones yr Almanaciwr'. Attended the penny reading the first time since I came to town. 1880, March 9. Received Bywyd a Gweithiau Dr Everett from Dewi Emlyn [i.e. D. Davies ('Dewi Emlyn') (ed.) 'Cofiant R. Everett ... a detholion o'i weithiau llenyddol' (1879)]. 1880, April 5. Voted for the Hon. Arthur [John] Morgan [of Tredegar Park, in the Breconshire Parliamentary Election]. 1880, April 6. Voted for Mr [R. B. R.] Mynors [of Evancoed] at Aberedw [in the Radnorshire Parliamentary Election]. 1880, April 8. Voted for Mr [Thomas Edward] Lloyd of Coedmor at Rhydlewis [in the Cardiganshire Parliamentary Election]. 1880, April 20. Visited the School and took part in it for three hours. 1880, June 21. Vis[ited] Brecon. Had a long interview with Mr Joseph [local historian], took tea, etc., with him. 1880, June 22. Breakfasted with Mr Josep[h]. 1880, July 22. Lent Arch[aelogia] C[ambrensis], Jan. 80, to Mr D. L. Wooding. 1880, Nov. 10. Wrote to Lord Emlyn on behalf of Cwmdwr. 1880, Nov. 12. An answer from L. Emlyn. 1881, Jan. 19. Very cold and stormy, snowing and drifting all day. The London mail did not arrive at Llandovery. 1881, Jan. 21. The cold at night was beyond anything I witnessed in my life. 1881, Jan. 27. Tegid left for Canterbury. 1882, Jan. 8. One of the roughest days that I had since I came to this place. The 11th of Nov. 1877, was similar to it. 1882, Feb. 14. David getting weaker. My dear son died [at Wenallt] at 6.30. 1882, Feb. 17. Dear David's funeral, met at 2 o' clock. Oh, what a gloomy day, felt very bad. 1882, March 29. Saw the cuckoo on the School iron gate. 1882, May 24. Mr Adamson inspected the School. 1882, July 20. Attended a Sale of land at Newcastle. Bought Tir y Felin Ban. 1882, Aug. 29. Wrote to the Bishop, Mr Maitland, Mr Gwynne Holford and Mr Howel Gwyn, on behalf of Tir Abbot. 1882, Aug. 31. Heard from the Bishop. His Lordship promised £5 towards Tir Abbot. 1882, Sept. 27. Visited Cardigan to claim my vote, which I substantiated. 1883, March 7. Attended the consecration of Cray church. 1883, July 26. Attended the Celebration at Pentre. Slept at Llandyfriog. 1883, Nov. 9. Poor Mother died. 1883, Nov. 13. Poor Mother's funeral. 1884, Jan. 14. Llandovery. Spent the day with my son Tegid before his leaving for South Africa. 1884, Jan. 15. Tegid left for Caff[?a]raria. 1884, Feb. 7. Dear Tegid sailed for Caffraria ... 1884, Feb. 22. Received a letter from Tegid from Madeira. 1884, May 7. The School inspected by Rev. S. Pryce. 1884, July 6. Tegid was ordained on this day at Umtata by the coadjute Bishop of Kaffraria. 1886, Jan. 16. Stormy letters from D. S. Evans, H. M. W. and E. Jones. 1886, Sept. 24. Poor Margaret died 20 years ago. 1887, Jan. 10. Mr Silvan Evans arrived at the Llys. 1888, May 15-17. Transcribed the Diarebion. 1889, March 9. At home. Tegid officiated. 1889, March 13. At the Llys. Canon D. S. Evans, Canon Howell, etc., present. 1889, March 14. At the Llys. Dined there. Arholiad Cymreig. 1889, March 29. Canon Silvan Evans left for Llanwrin. 1889, April 25. Bid farewell to my dear Tegid. 1889, May 9. Heard the nightingale. 1889, June 24. My birthday. Not likely that I shall another one. 68. 1889, Nov. 2. Sent Carnhuanawc's Literary Remains to Mr Arthur Davies, Stamp Ofice, Abergavenny [i.e. Jane Williams (ed.): The literary remains of the Rev. T. Thomas Price, 1854-5]. 1889, Dec. 5. Sent Thiery's Norman Conquest [i.e. J. N. A. Thierry: History of the conquest of England by the Normans, 1825 (and later editions)] to Rev. Canon Howell, Wrexham. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 347-357.

Notebooks containing sermons and sermon notes by D. Pryse Williams, dating from 1903. Some notebooks contain additional material, such as notes of addresses to churches, notes on 'Jac Glan y Gors' and 'Gwynionydd', etc. The majority of the sermons are in Welsh.

Notebooks and unbound material containing lectures, addresses and class essays by D. Pryse Williams, and largely in his hand, on 'Christian Experience of the Holy Spirit', 'Yr Ail-ddyfodiad', 'Llwyddiant y Gwaith Cenhadol', 'Y Tlawd yn rhai o'r Gwledydd Tramor ac hefyd yr Hen Deyrnasoedd', 'Yr Eglwys: Gwasanaeth ei Haelod Unigol', 'Ychydig o Hanes Ysgrifennu'r Beibl', 'The Boundless Gospel', 'Crist a'r Cartref', 'The Characteristics of the Welsh People', 'Joseph Harris ('Gomer')', 'Yr Athro Syr Henry Jones', 'Jac Glan-y-Gors', 'Gwilym Gwent', 'John Emlyn Jones, MA, LlD', 'Ioan Emlyn', 'Dick Sheppard', 'Dr John Clifford', 'Isaac Watts', 'Rawlins White, Caerdydd', 'Y Parch. Daniel Jones, Agra', 'Neges Timothy Richard i ni Weinidogion', 'Y Cenhadwr Doctor Griffith John, China', 'Apostol Indiaid Gogledd America', 'Cronfa'r Ad-drefnu (1946)', 'Newcastle Emlyn during the Civil War', 'Nodweddion Barddoniaeth Glannau Ceri', 'Edmund Spenser and the Faery Quean', etc. There are also addresses on temperance (e.g. 'Araeth Fer. Draddodwyd gennyf yng Nhyfarfod Dirwestol Salem, Hydref 23ydd 1907') and on the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; addresses at funerals and on the ordination of deacons and the admission of new members, the ordination of his brother-in-law the Rev. Haydn Morgan, a native of Treherbert, at Hengoed Baptist Church [1932], and the re-opening of Philadelphia Baptist Church, Swansea [ 1947]; and class essays on 'Samson Agonistes', 'With what bard I would like to spend an hour', 'One of the characters in Paradise Lost. The Devil', and 'The Character of Ezra'.

Three commonplace books in the hand of D. Pryse Williams, containing records of his preaching engagements, diary entries and a variety of material of Teifi-side interest, including copies of memorial inscriptions; extracts from parish records (Troedyraur, Brongwyn, Betws Ifan etc.); poetry by D. Pryse Williams, Owen Bowen, 'Dafydd y Crydd', Thomas Owen, Enos Enos ('Enos Blaensaith'), etc.; notes on Cenarth schools (Mrs Francis' Reading & Sewing School, Quarre School, etc.); notes on wells, rivers etc. of the parish of Cenarth; addresses; recipes; questions on current affairs; extracts from printed sources; etc.

A group of thirty-seven volumes and small notebooks, together with some unbound material, containing Welsh poetry, with occasional essays and addresses, by Thomas Cynfelyn Benjamin ('Cynfelyn'). The poems are largely in the form of drafts in the author's hand, but there are also some transcripts and press cuttings. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 181-203.