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Research and original papers acquired by D. Rhys Phillips, mainly towards a history of the vale of Neath, 1622-1897, including extracts from the letter-books of Alfred Fox of the Neath Abbey Coal Co., 1820-1858, and accounts of the Vale of Neath Railway, 1850-1862; and material towards a history of Swansea, 1622-1814. Papers relating to Nonconformity, 1657-1921, music and hymn books, 1820-1933, Neath Abbey Coal Co., 1865-1874, dialect words, place names, tribannau Morgannwg, poetry, proverbs and folklore, 1896-1948. Correspondence, 1855-1951.

Correspondence, 1966-1968, of T. I. Ellis, mostly concerning lecture engagements, etc., together with some notes.

The collection, 1735-1778, comprises a 'short account' of Howell Harris's life, a long series of diaries, 1735-1772, memoranda, 'observations' and notes, prayers, a few letters, a note, 1742, on the differences between Howell Harris (and John Whitefield) and John Wesley, a statement, 1744, on Harris's intended marriage, extracts from diaries, spiritual observations, minutes of associations, miscellaneous memoranda and receipts, and a series of notes relating to 'affairs at Trevecka'.

General letters, 1853-1892, to R. J. Davies. Many relate to the affairs of the Calvinistic Methodist connection, preaching engagements etc. Others concern business and financial matters or local government. There are also a number of sympathy letters sent on the death of R. J. Davies's son 'Bertie' in 1879. The correspondents include Lewis Edwards, Y Bala, (2) 1871-1879, and Thomas Charles Edwards (3), 1873-1892. There is also a sympathy letter from Principal Thomas Charles Edwards to Davies's widow following his death in 1892.

Draft of the charge to the ordinands delivered by the Reverend Lodwig Lewis, Saunders Lewis's father, at the Quarterly Association of the Presbyterian Church of Wales held at Aberystwyth, November 1925; and a typescript draft, 1976, with autograph revision, of an article by Saunders Lewis on Dafydd ab Edmwnd, published in Ysgrifau Beirniadol 10 (1977).

Papers relating to a visit paid in 1882 by Thomas Palestina Lewis, M.P., father of Sir Henry Lewis, to the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist mission field in North East India. They include messages from members of the Presbyterian Church in Shillong to members of the Presbyterian Church of Wales, and 'Anerchiad' in verse 'i Thomas Lewis Esqr. o Langefni, Môn, ar ei ymweliad a Khassia 1882', written by Robert Evans, and 'Rhestr o'r pethau a anfonwyd i Mr. Lewis o Shangpoong, ynghyd a sylw byr ar bob un', this also written by Robert Evans.

Manuscripts and papers of the families of Charles and Edwards, dated between [c. 1600] and 1922; they include letters from Thomas Charles Edwards to his wife, and their son Lewis Charles, 1876-1896; letters to Thomas Charles Edwards, 1885-1899; copies of letters, 1859-1898, including correspondence relating to University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; letters to and from Mary Roberts, 1867-[1893]; letters to their daughter, Elizabeth Alicia Edwards, 1887-1900; Edwards family letters, 1895-1900; and newspapers and press cuttings, [c. 1820]-1922.

Papers, [c. 1965], relating to lecture(s) by T. I. Ellis for the Department of Extra-Mural Studies of UCW, Aberystwyth, on the subject of Anglicanism and Methodism in Wales and attempts at greater interdenominational cooperation. Also included is related printed matter and routine correspondence.

Agreement between the Trust and the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Connexion concerning a conveyance by the Trust to the Connexion of a property on Kenyon Avenue, Acton, Wrexham, with a plan of the premises.

Typewritten and printed replies from churches (i.e. Presbyterian Church of Wales, Church in Wales), 1928-1934, to the reports of the World Conference on Faith and Order held at Lausanne, August 1927.

Cyfrol yn llaw'r Parch. Robert Ellis, Ysgoldy, Llanddeiniolen, sir Gaernarfon [1850au]-1881, sy'n cynnwys cofnodion hunangofiannol ac ysgrifau eraill. = A volume in the hand of the Rev. Robert Ellis of Ysgoldy, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire [1870s]-1881, containing autobiographical memoranda and other writings.
Ceir yn y gyfrol gofnodion hunangofiannol a theuluol (ff. i verso, 1 recto-verso, 2 verso, 5 recto-verso, 9-11, 27 verso-28 verso, 32 verso-33, 47-48 verso, 50 verso-51 a 172-177 verso (testun â'i wyneb i waered)), detholion o'i ddyddiaduron am 1853-1864 (ff. 151 verso-171 verso, testun â'i wyneb i waered), darnau ar hanes plwyf Llanddeiniolen (ff. 51 verso-66), ac ysgrifau yn ymwneud yn fras a diwinyddiaeth, gweinyddiaeth a diwylliant y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, rhai ohonynt wedi eu cyhoeddi yn Y Drysorfa (ff. 1 verso-2, 3-4 verso, 6-8 verso, 11 verso-27, 29-32, 33 verso-42, 42-43 (testun â'i wyneb i waered), 43 verso-46 verso, 49-50 a 178-182 (testun â'i wyneb i waered)). Rhoddwyd eitemau rhydd o fewn y gyfrol, gan gynnwys torion o'r wasg, 1895-1897, mewn amlen archifol (4 ff.). Cyhoeddwyd rhannau o gynnwys y llawysgrif yn Cofiant a Gweithiau y Parch. Robert Ellis, Ysgoldy, gol. gan y Parch John Owen Jones (Caernarfon, 1883). = The volume includes autobiographical and family memoranda (ff. i verso, 1 recto-verso, 2 verso, 5 recto-verso, 9-11, 27 verso-28 verso, 32 verso-33, 47-48 verso, 50 verso-51 and 172-177 verso (inverted text)), extracts from his diaries for 1853-1864 (ff. 151 verso-171 verso, inverted text), pieces relating to the history of Llanddeiniolen (ff. 51 verso-66), and articles broadly concerning Calvinistic Methodist theology, administration and culture, some published in Y Drysorfa (ff. 1 verso-2, 3-4 verso, 6-8 verso, 11 verso-27, 29-32, 33 verso-42, 42-43 (inverted text), 43 verso-46 verso, 49-50 and 178-182 (inverted text)). Items found loose within the volume, including press cuttings, 1895-1897, have been placed in an archival envelope (4 ff.). Some of the manuscript's contents were published in Cofiant a Gweithiau y Parch. Robert Ellis, Ysgoldy, ed. by the Rev. John Owen Jones (Caernarfon, 1883).

Mae'r gyfres yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth W. O. Jones ac eraill, 1888-1901, ynglŷn â Phwnc y Tir, ymddiriedolaeth elusennol Waunfawr 1893, 'Cymry yn y Senedd', ac etholiad Bwrdeistref Arfon 1888, ynghyd ag erthyglau gwleidyddol, crefyddol a llenyddol gan W. O. Jones ac eraill, ac hefyd adroddiadau, sylwebaeth a gohebiaeth ynglŷn â'r anghydfod rhwng W. O. Jones ac Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru yng Nghapel Chatham Street, Lerpwl, 1900-1901, gan gynnwys ei amddiffyniad ohono'i hun ar dudalennau Y Cymro.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys 'Anerchiadau a draddodwyd i gymdeithas lenyddol Canning St': sef ysgrifau hunangofiannol gan W. O. Jones am ei ddyddiau ysgol a'u gyfnod yng Ngholeg y Bala.