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The last of seven volumes of about six hundred letters mainly addressed to Thomas Gee and relating to a variety of subjects particularly in the fields of education, temperance reform, religious movements, and political questions. -- The principal correspondents are Mary Jones, Denbigh, 1837; Thomas Gwynn Jones, 1911-13; Morgan Lloyd, 1884; Sir G. Osborne Morgan, 1897; William Morris, 1837; Sir J. H. Puleston, 1882; Henry Rees, 1866; William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog'), 1866; Lord Rendel, 1909; J. Bryn Roberts, 1898; G. W. Taylor, 1887-9; N. Walters, Mayfair, 1834; R. G. White, Dublin, 1837; Henry Williams, 1837; and J. Carvell Williams, 1869-72.

The fourth of seven volumes of about six hundred letters mainly addressed to Thomas Gee and relating to a variety of subjects particularly in the fields of education, temperance reform, religious movements, and political questions. -- The principal correspondents are W. Rathbone, 1883-8; William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog'), 1866; Andrew Reid, 1890; Stuart Rendel, afterwards Baron Rendel, 1884-94; John Rhys, 1887; Henry Richard, 1865-86; Evan M. Richards, 1869-74; John Roberts, Liverpool and Abergele, 1869-72; J. Bryn Roberts, 1885; J. Herbert Roberts, 1891-8; H. Sandwith, 1865-77; A. Simner, 1883-9; and Thomas Stephens, Merthyr, 1887.

Letters, mainly to Edward Anwyl, the correspondents including J. Mortimer Angus, Sir John Ballinger, Vernon Bartlett (Oxford), Sir Joseph A. Bradney, Charles E. Breese, W. N. Bruce, O. H. Fynes-Clinton, John Daniel ('Rhabanian'), Thomas Darlington, C. Dauncey, D. H. Davies (Cenarth), R. Isgarn Davies, E. S. Dodgson, Sir Owen M. Edwards, Thomas Charles Edwards, Thomas Edward Ellis, Sir E. Vincent Evans, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, John Young Evans, Samuel J. Evans, A. M. Fairbairn, John Fisher, W. Foy (Cologne), Alfred Perceval Graves, John Griffith (Llangynwyd), W. B. Halhed (Llanrwst), James Hastings (editor of the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics), C.H. Herford, N. Marais-Hoogenhout, Paul Hook, Ivor B. John, Sir John Morris-Jones, L. D. Jones ('Llew Tegid'), M. H. Jones, T. O. Neill Lane, Edward Laws, Philip H. Lawson, Sir John Herbert Lewis, Charles Lloyd (Maesycrugiau), R. Luyten (Haarlem), Jean Marx (Paris), A. Meillet (Paris), Kuno Meyer, A. W. Moore (Douglas, I.O.M.), Eluned Morgan (Patagonia), Sir James M. Murray (Oxford), E. W. B. Nicholson, Henry Owen (Poyston), A. C. Humphreys-Owen, Owen Owen (Chief Inspector, Central Welsh Board), Sir T. Isambard Owen, Julius Pokorny, Stuart (1st baron) Rendel, Sir John Rhys, T. Francis Roberts, Sir Walter Runciman, K. G. Schilling (Giessen, Germany), E. A. Sonnenschein, John E. Southall, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Ludwig Christian Stern, John Strachan, Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl'), J. Vendryes, Sir Paul Vinogradoff, Alfred T. Warren, Stanley J. Weyman, Hugh Williams (Bala), and Sir Thomas Marchant Williams.

Includes letters from W. H. Stevenson (4), John T. Gilbert, E. Koschwitz, Henry Sweet (2), Stuart Rendel, William Gladstone, Alex Macbain, Frederick York Powell (2), Robert Atkinson, Augusta Hall, Ernest Renan, H. D. Harper, G. W. Prothero, P. H. McKerlie, E. C. Evans, Edwin Hatch, Michel Bréal, Henry Bradley (2), W. H. Stevenson (3), Edward A. Freeman (3), A. H. Sayce, Francis J. Jayne, Spencer Walpole, George Kenyon, Paul Meyer, J. G. Frazer, August Gittée (2), and A. S. Napier.

Some sixty letters, 1886-1913, to Alfred Thomas, 1st baron Pontypridd, relating mainly to national and local politics and to secondary and university education in Wales. The correspondents include Sir Edward Anwyl (1) 1905, Henry Austin Bruce, Lord Aberdare (1) 1886, Sir D. Brynmor Jones (2) 1900, J. Viriamu Jones (3) 1900, Sir Isambard Owen (1) 1893, Robert Threshie Reid, Lord Loreburn (4) 1908-1911, Lord Rendel (2) 1899, 1902, and Charles Vaughan, dean of Llandaf (6) 1888-1897.

The third of three volumes containing some one hundred and eighty-eight letters, 1856-1888, addressed to Henry Richard and dealing particularly with politics, the peace movement, education and other affairs in Wales.
The correspondents include Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Leone Levi, W. F. Maitland, John Matthews (Aberystwyth), Edward Miall, Sir George Osborne Morgan, Samuel Morley, Sir Lewis Morris, William Morris (Kelmscott), A. J. Mundella, Thomas Nicholas, R. Barry O'Brien, Sir Hugh Owen, Frédéric Passy, Auguste Pierantoni, Lyon Playfair, Sir Henry Ponsonby, J. H. Puleston, Alexander Raleigh, Stuart (afterwards baron) Rendel, James H. Rigg, Sir Owen Roberts, Lady Frances Russell, G. W. E. Russell, Pietro Sparturo (Naples), John Poyntz [Spencer], fifth earl Spencer, Herbert Spencer, Edward Lyulph [Stanley], fourth baron Stanley of Alderley and fourth baron Sheffield, W. Co[w]per Temple, J[ohn] Thomas (editor of Y Tyst Cymreig), Jos[eph] Thompson, G. O. Trevelyan, Cypri[e]n Valton (Turin) and J. Carvel Williams.

Includes letters from Margaret L. Huggins, Frederick York Powell, Julien Vinson (3), Max Müller, H. Hussey Vivian, Emil Hübner, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, E. B. Cowell, Edward B. Tylor, Stuart Rendel (6), Fred T. Elworthy, John T. Hibbert (8), Ernest Renan, Edward A. Freeman, P. M. C. Kermode, H. D. Harper (2), W. Hawker Hughes, Charles G. Leland, F. J. Furnivall, Alexander Hugh Bruce (15), Viscount Emlyn (3), G. I. Ascoli, William C. Borlase, A. W. Moore, W. H. Stevenson, J. Romilly Allen, and W. M. Metcalfe.

Includes letters from Llewellyn Thomas (2), Gilbert Goudie, Henry Matthews (to Lord Balfour), Frederick York Powell, James W. Lowther, William C. Borlase (3), John Lloyd Warden Page (2, one letter to Charles Elton), Charles Elton (3), Stanley Leighton, John H. Puleston (3), Frederick A. V. Campbell (Viscount Emlyn), Stuart Rendel (11), Kuno Meyer, J. Romilly Allen (3), Thomas Gee, W. A. Craigie, John Jones ('Ivon'), H. L. D. Ward, G. F Browne, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, Alexander Hugh Bruce, and Paul Meyer.

Letters mainly addressed to E. W. Evans, with at least two addressed to T. J. Hughes (Adfyfr), largely in connection with contributions to Y Goleuad and other publications.
The correspondents include W[illiam] Rathbone [M.P.], Liverpool, 1887 (declining to contribute to Cymru Fydd); W[illiam] Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog), Chester, 1882 (a preaching engagement); Stuart Rendel, Whitehall Gardens, etc., 1887 and [n.d.] (a contribution to Cymru Fydd); [Sir] John Rhys, Jesus College, Oxford, etc., 1890-1899 (Royal Commission on Sunday Closing in Wales, the death of T. E. Ellis and the recommendation of O. M. Edwards as his successor in the parliamentary representation of Merioneth); Henry Richard [M.P.], London, etc., 1887-1888 (a contribution to Cymru Fydd, comments on a Bill); D. Roberts, Liverpool (the case of W. O. Jones); Ellis Roberts (Elis Wyn o Wyrfai), vicar of Llangwm, 1887 (the recipient's treatment in Y Goleuad of a quotation in Yr Haul); E. Roberts, Hoylake, 1901 and [n.d.] (the publication of the writer's essay on Henry Richard submitted to the National Eisteddfod at Merthyr Tydfil in 1901, comments on Y Goleuad, the case of W. O. Jones); [Judge] J. Bryn Roberts, Lincoln's Inn, etc., 1892-1895 (the writer's political record, an interview with Mr. Asquith, the publication of a pamphlet, etc.); John Roberts, Abergele, 1888 (comments on the Local Government Bill); John Roberts, Rhosgoch, Anglesey, 1901 (the case of W. O. Jones); John Roberts, missionary, of Khasia, from Liverpool (an order for Y Goleuad, comments on the writer's activities); R. D. Roberts, Clare College, Cambridge, 1883 (a press contribution); Richard Roberts, The Theological College, Bala, etc., 1900-1901 (an agreement with Dr. [Ellis] Edwards, etc.); T. F. Roberts, Cardiff, 1889 (a contribution to Cymru Fydd); Tho[mas] Roberts, Bethesda, 1885 (a press contribution); T. H. Roberts, Liverpool, [1901] (the case of W. O. Jones); Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of Rosebery, 1887 (the question of Establishments, declining to write an article); Wm. Bowen Rowlands, London, [n.d.] (the conduct of the Government in Ireland, Disestablishment, etc.); D[avid] Saunders, Swansea, 1888 and [n.d.] (the appointment of D. C. Davies to the principalship of Trevecca College, the writer's promise to publish a correction in Y Goleuad); William Sinclair, The Chapter House, St. Paul's Cathedral, to Goronwy Evans, 1907 (enclosing an autograph and photograph, the recipient's illness); Wm. B. Stevenson, Bala and Glasgow, 1907 (the writer's appointment to Glasgow, encloses copies of testimonials, a message to readers of Y Goleuad); Alfred Thomas, 1st baron Pontypridd, 1887 (comments on a Liberal meeting at Aberystwyth); D. Lleufer Thomas, London, 1895 (encloses a bibliography re. Royal Commission on Land in Wales and Monmouthshire); John Thomas (of J. and L. Thomas, importers of provisions), Stanley Street, Liverpool, 1901 (the removal of recipient's business to Liverpool); John Thomas, Congregational minister, Liverpool, 1891 (an account of the funeral of the writer's brother Owen Thomas); W. Cornwallis West, Lymington, Hampshire, 1888 (comments on Local Government Bill); Edmund Swetenham (incomplete; comments on Local Government Bill); Alexander Whyte, Edinburgh, [n.d.] (impressions of a visit to Bala College); A. Osmond Williams, Penrhyndeudraeth, 1900 (the writer's political and public confession); John Williams, Gilfach, Bargoed, to Goronwy Evans, 1908 (the writer's health); O. Gaianydd Williams, Roe Wen, Tal-y-Cafn, [1901] (the case of W. O. Jones); W. Williams, Swansea, 1884-1894 (the writer's publications, a controversy concerning Edward Matthews, Ewenny, etc.); W. Williams, Liverpool, 1901 (the case of W. O. Jones); W. Williams, Ardwick, Manchester, 1901 (the case of W. O. Jones); and R. H. Wyatt, Westminster, 1888 (the eviction of recipient's father). Also included in the group are a statement concerning the writer's tenancy of Cae Einion, Dolgellau (incomplete); a note of the opinion of [?Owen] Robyns-Owen on the desirability of publishing evidence in the case of W. O. Jones; a copy of a letter, [1803], from L. Hughes, secretary to Samuel Horsley, bishop of St. Asaph, to the Rev. Simon Lloyd, [Plas-yn-dre, Bala], requesting him to attend at the Palace on 2 November next for examination previous to being licensed to the perpetual curacy of Llanuwchllyn (with references to the adherence of the recipient and his family to 'Methodistical Tenets'); a copy of part of a report by Simon Lloyd of the examination (the former part being lost); and a copy of a letter, [3 November, 1803], from Geo. Robson, from the Palace, St. Asaph, to Simon Lloyd, requesting the return of the recipient's letters of orders, his nomination to the curacy of Llanuwchllyn, and his letters testimonial (see D. E. Jenkins, The Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles… Vol. II (1908)).

Letters, 1893-1934, to Margaret Lloyd George containing personal and political news. Among the correspondents are Sir Edward Carson (1) 1920, Austen Chamberlain (1) 1919, HRH Princess Mary (1) 1921, Lord Reading (2) 1921, 1924, and Stuart Rendel (1) 1893.

The catalogued portion of the archive contains records of the family of Owen, later Humphreys-Owen, of Glansevern, and Johnes of Garthmyl, mainly comprising title deeds and documents, [late 12 cent.]-1929, mainly relating to property in Montgomeryshire; estate papers, 1767-1924, including rentals, accounts and surveys; records relating to Campobello island, New Brunswick, Canada, 1767-1902; substantial family correspondence, 1633-1926, political correspondence of Arthur Charles Humphreys-Owen, 1856-1905, including letters from Lord Rendel; naval papers of Captain William Owen, 1746-1778, [c. 1797]. The uncatalogued part of the archive includes correspondence of the Owen and Humphreys-Owen families, 1754-1905; pedigree of the Owen family, 1839; and material relating to S. P. F. Humphreys Owen, [c. mid 20 cent].

Letters, 1812-1895, to Richard Williams from politicians, poets, bibliographers, etc. including Edward A. Bond, David Davies (Llandinam), W. E. Gladstone, A. J. Johnes, A. H. Layard, Morgan Lloyd, [Sir] Hugh Owen, Stuart Rendel, Henry Richard, and Samuel Roberts (S.R.); to 'Ceiriog' from John Jones (Talhaiarn); to Edward Hamer from Matthew Arnold; to D. Rowland from John Jenkines ('Ifor Ceri'); to John Jones ('Idris Vychan') from Lewis W. Lewis ('Llew Llwyfo'); to Charles Hanbury Tracey from A. J. Mundella, etc.; and copies of letters to 'S.R.' from David Livingstone and A. Rees.

Notices, 1897-1898, to Maurice John (Jones) Lewis, Glansevern Arms, Llangurig, of properties in the parish of Llangurig liable to be taken compulsorily for the East and West Wales Railway; a holograph letter from Stuart Rendel to Maurice J. Lewis, Nanty Mines, Llangurig, 1881 (not in the way of seeing people with an interest in the mines); and a notebook containing a list of subscribers in [the township of] Llanyfini towards the celebration in the parish of Llangurig of the coronation of King Edward VII, 1902.

Papers, correspondence and printed items, 1872-1926, relating to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. They include copies of the college's early registers, 1872-1877, copies of the conveyance of the college and its hereditaments, 1875, copies of the deed of settlement of the college, and of the charter of incorporation and statutes, both dated 1892, papers concerning the administration of the college's restoration fund, the revised constitution of the college, and the old students' scholarship fund. Other matters include the charter of the federal University of Wales in 1893, the college's building fund, Alexandra Hall, the finance and general purposes committee, the estate of Sir John Williams, the proposed revision of the college's charter and statutes, and museum grants for Wales. The correspondents include Thomas Charles Edwards (3), 1885-1886, Lewis Morris, 1886, and Stuart Rendel, 1889.

Forty letters to Owen Jones (1833-99) from the following correspondents: Stuart Rendel, Guildford, 1891 (New Year greetings, qualifying his assent in a certain letter to the proposition 'that Wales will never get home rule from Mr Gladstone'), Hugh Roberts, Bala College, [18]66 (a request for information about the examination), Hugh ag [sic] Ellinor Roberts, Blaenau Festiniog, 1891 (their wish to find a situation for their eldest daughter), John Roberts, Bala, [18]70 (a request for advice in view of his desire to offer himself to the Missionary Board), John Roberts, Tanyrallt, Abergele, undated (acknowledging congratulations [on the election result]), Jno. H. Roberts, Carnarvon, 1895-6 (6) (concerning material for a tune-book), [J. J. Roberts], 'Iolo Carnarvon' [postmark Portmadoc, [18]97] (expressing thanks in verse for a letter), Robert Roberts, Brynhyfryd, Abergele, 1866 and 1873 (2, the first to the Reverend G. Parry) (sending a letter and papers received from Mr Hughes, Gaerwen, the appointment of the addressee to a tutorship at Bala College), Thomas Roberts, Broniarth, Guilsfield, 1858-62 (5) (lodgings in London, reference to a storm, a request to the addressee to preach at Groes, asking about the date of the addressee's marriage), Thomas Roberts, Hendre Isaf, n[ea]r Pentrefoelas, [18]61 (a request for the extracts from Bailey's Festus which the addressee has translated into Welsh), Tho[ma]s Roberts, Bethesda, 1869 (2) (a request to the addressee to adjudicate at a competitive meeting), R. Leigh [?Roose [?Rhos]], Wrexham, [18]66 (wishing to know his position in the examination), and Daniel Rowlands, Llanidloes and Normal College, Bangor, 1863-76 and undated (17, one to [Mrs Owen Jones], with one letter to Daniel Rowlands from W[illia]m Williams, Crickhowell, 1870) (Y Traethodydd, the addressee's translation of 'Antigone', Y Goleuad, the Education Act, 1870, sums promised to a certain fund, acknowledging sympathy).