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Letters addressed to John Ceiriog Hughes mainly on literary and eisteddfodic matters. The correspondents (R-T) include William Rathbone, Brinley Richards, 1863-1872, William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), 1867, Edward Roberts (Iorwerth Glan Aled), 1865, Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai), 1862, William Roberts (Nefydd), 1862-1864, Samuel Roberts (S.R.), 1870, William John Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), 1857-1863, Edward Stephen (Tanymarian), Thomas Stephens, Merthyr Tydfil, 1868, and John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia), 1862-1870.

A bilingual address delivered by Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd') at the Tremadoc Eisteddfod, 1850; a statement by W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd Chief Bard Positive') on 'The farcical proclamation of an Eisteddfod at Llandudno'; and a notebook containing exercises in algebra and arithmetic by Ellis Pierce in Everton, Liverpool, 1863, and a short account of the presentation of a testimonial to Elias Owen.

Papers of William John Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), Llanrwst, including a letter to John Owen ('Owain Alaw'), relating to a proposed biography of 'Ieuan Glan Geirionydd', 1861; an obituary notice, 7 [December] 1904; and material, 1904 and undated, relating to the Institutional Order of Bards, of which he was Chief Bard Positive.

The file includes letters from Robert Collinson (104), 1869-1885, W. J. Corah (7), 1890-1911, Hubert Coutts (12), 1890-1892, Gwilym Cowlyd (2), 1899-1902, George Crozier (10), 1886-1909, Robert Crozier (5), 1864-1875 and K. B. Cussons (7), 1891.

A file of press cuttings kept by W[illiam] J[ohn] Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), including reports of 'eisteddfodau' held at Llanrwst, 1876-1904.

A collection of press cuttings compiled by William John Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd').

A collection of English press cuttings compiled, with manuscript notes, by 'Gwilym Cowlyd'.

A collection of press cuttings compiled, with manuscript notes, by 'Gwilym Cowlyd'.

A collection of press cuttings compiled by William John Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), with manuscript notes by him.

A collection of press cuttings compiled by William John Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd').

A collection of press cuttings compiled, with manuscript notes, by 'Gwilym Cowlyd'.

A collection of press cuttings and pressed wild flowers compiled by William John Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), with manuscript notes by him.

English sermons, 1861, by Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd') translated by his nephew, W. J. Roberts; a poem - 'Beth yw'n hoes, nid yw ond cysgod' - by and in the autograph of Evan Evans; an English poem - 'An address to Geirionydd' - by Mrs Jones, Hendre Rhys Gethin, Betws-y-Coed ('Eryres Eurblu Eryri'); 'Brut yr Arwest' - reports by W. J. Roberts on the bardic festivals held on the shores of Llyn Geirionydd, 1863, 1864, 1873, 1880, with press cuttings of reports for 1877, 1883, 1890; and a copy of the proclamation of the Glamorgan Eisteddfod and Gorsedd, 1833.

A collection of papers, 1831-1949, relating to John Jones ('Talhaiarn'), accumulated by his great-niece Lilian M. Jones.
They include holograph poems and lyrics in English and Welsh, [1843]-1868, mostly composed, but some copied, by Talhaiarn (ff. 1-24). Also included are fifty-three letters, 1857-1868, from the poet to his niece, Elizabeth Anne Jones, with some holograph poems appended (ff. 25-124); seven letters, 1848-1869, from him to family members and his publisher W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd') (ff. 125-37); four letters, 1869-1870, to his brother Thomas Jones (ff. 147-54), including three from John Thomas ('Pencerdd Gwalia'); a letter, 1870, from John Thomas ('Pencerdd Gwalia') to Elizabeth Jones (ff. 155-6); and three letters, 1939-1940, to Lilian Jones (ff. 157-60). In addition, the file contains various papers relating to Talhaiarn and his family, including the signed title page of his second volume of works, 1862 (f. 161), lists of subscribers to his third volume of works (ff. 163-4), and to the Talhaiarn Annuity Fund, 1864 (ff. 166 verso-167); administrative papers, 1869-1871, relating to his estate (ff. 169-83); press cuttings, 1869-1949 (mainly 1869-1870) (ff. 184-99); and various papers, including a copy of Talhaiarn's 'Gorsedd Prayer' in an unknown hand (f. 205). Among the works by Talhaiarn are the holograph poems to his niece, Elizabeth Anne Jones (ff. 1, 2, 4-8, 23, 42-3), 'The Zephyr and the Rose' (f. 9), 'Diver' (ff. 10-13), 'Psalm' (f. 14-15, 67), and the printed lyrics of 'A part song on the coming of age of William Grenville Williams', Bodelwyddan, 1865 (f. 17). Also included is a cutting of a tribute by Talhaiarn to Sir Joseph Paxton (f. 17 verso).

Two notebooks containing transcripts of titles of Welsh ballads ('Hen Faledau Cymraeg') contained in Books I - IV of 'Llyfrau Cerddi' in the collection of W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), 1896. There are some annotations, partly in the hand of J. H. Davies, and in the majority of cases the corresponding numbers in J. H. Davies: A Bibliography of Welsh Ballads ... (London, 1911) have been inserted.

Tune book, watermarks 1812, of Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd', 1795-1855), containing psalm-tunes, hymn-tunes and anthems. The volume includes 'Ton y Meudwy wedi ei hysgrifenu a phwyntel gan E. Evans ai hadysgrifo mor gywir ac y gellio ac inc gan G Cowlyd' (ff. 23 verso-24 recto).

Hymn tunes composed, [mid-19 cent.], mainly by 'Aiddgarus' (E. Williams, Bethesda) and 'Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'. The fly-leaf bears the autograph of W. Lewis Walker and a note by Gwilym Cowlyd.

Walliæ Curiosa. A Catalogue of ... Books ... on sale by W. J. Roberts, ... Llanrwst, 1881, with annotations by Egerton Phillimore; a catalogue of books to be sold at Cowlyd House, Llanrwst, 1897; and a fragment of a manuscript catalogue of books.