A volume of extracts (partly with carbon copies) from printed sources, compiled by W. P. Elwy Jones of Cwmpadarn Council School and of Aberystwyth, towards a history of the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire. The volume also contains lists of dialect words.
Papers from the library of O. J. Hughes, estate agent, Nantlle, including versions of a report, 1888, on the Llwyngwern Slate and Slab Quarry, Corris, Merioneth, together with monthly particulars of production, profit or loss, etc., 1886-8; a report on Daren y Gessel Slate and Slab Quarry, Pennal, Merioneth, signed by O. J. Hughes; and an incomplete essay (19 pp.) entitled 'Traethawd ar lechfaeni Nant Nantllef', 1868.
A volume of sermons preached during the period 1723-1731 by R. E.? at places in Anglesey and possibly in Caernarvonshire, e.g. Penrh[os], Penm[o]n and Llanfaes. Some of the sermons were preached also during the period 1793-1803.
An account book of receipts and disbursements by Owen Hughes, overseer of the highways for the parish of Llanwnda, Caernarvonshire, for the year ending 25 March, 1843. The accounts relate to Rhydynogfelan road, Lone Coch, from Tymawr to Bontfayn, Voryd road, from Saron to Mount Pleasant, from ffrood y Caedy to Penyfridd, from 'Weslian' Chapel to Ishoreb, from Voryd to Caedoctor Bridge, from Bontnewydd to Alldloydmawr, from Frood y Caedy to Tynlon, Lone y Clip, etc.
'Rhostryfan. Hanesion o'r Dyddiau Gynt', being a typescript copy of stories of local characters written by W. Gilbert Williams, Rhostryfan, July, 1936, and based on their associations with four ruined buildings in the district, namely 'Y Castell', 'Pen y Gaerwen', 'Y Felin Frag', and 'Y Pwrws'.
Williams, W. Gilbert (William Gilbert), 1874-1966.
A transcript, made in 1936 by Frank Ward, Torquay, of a fragmentary sheet of accounts of William Thomas, warden of the upper division of the parish of Trawsfynydd, for the year 1778.
A typescript dissertation on 'The History of Traeth Mawr and the Industrial Results of the Formation of the Embankment', by William Morgan Richards, Portmadoc, 1925.
A letter, 1896, from David Watkin Jones ('Dafydd Morganwg') to John Daniel Evans with transcripts of unpublished poems by Thomas Evans ('Telynog'); a postcard, 1902, from William Jones, M.P., to J. D. Evans at Goginan, Cardiganshire; an unsigned letter, 1900, containing a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.
A photographic copy of a letter, 20 July 1820, written by John Reynolds, Baptist minister at Felinganol, co. Pembroke, to his nephew; and a list of sermons and places at which they were preached, 1836-1849, by William Reynolds, written in a record book of the Misses Hill's School, Haverfordwest.
Sermons and sermon notes, 1843-1863, by Evan Lewis, Congregational minister at Brynberian, Pembrokeshire, with some notes of sermons heard by him, 1840.
The autograph album of Mary Hughes (née Jones), containing entries by William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog'), John Roberts ('J.R.'), Richard Davies ('Mynyddog'); Samuel Roberts ('S.R.'); and others.
Ledger, 1812-1828 (watermark 1810), of Thomas Rees of New Inn, Llanfihangel-ar-arth, Carmarthenshire, a general merchant operating in Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, written mainly in the hand of his clerk, John Griffiths. The ledger relates primarily to his Carmarthenshire customers and includes records of payments for butter and for the transportation of goods (particularly butter) between New Inn and Tregaron, Lampeter and Carmarthen. There are entries of old debts dating from 1798 (pp. 1-2) and particulars of rents and Talley grange custom paid by tenants and debts collected on behalf of creditors. Items found loose in the volume, including invoices and a note relating to the export of butter, have been placed in an archival envelope (42 ff.).
Deeds and documents, 1740-1856, relating to properties in the parishes of Henllanfallteg, Llanboidy, Llanwinio, and Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, and St. Davids, Pembrokeshire; miscellaneous papers, 1876 - c. 1960, relating to St. Davids; and a pedigree, compiled by Major Francis Jones, of the Devonald and Morse families of Llanfyrnach and the associated family of Skeel of Trewilym, Pembrokeshire, 1886-1905.