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The correspondents include: Hubert Hall (11), 1901-1925, E. P. Harries, Pembroke Labour Party, 1918, Wilfred Hemp (7), 1915-1923, Sydney Herbert (2), undated, John M. Howell, Aberaeron (3), 1902-1919, William Evans Hoyle, Director of the National Museum of Wales (2), 1915-1917, Robert A. Hudson, 1899, H. Brython Hughes (2), 1911 and undated, and Rev. John Evan Hughes, Caernarfon (10), 1895-1924.

Most of the letters, 1897-1925, are relatively short notes, arranging meetings, giving items of news and requesting pieces of information for the author's researches. There are many references to Welsh books and manuscripts, and occasional, passing references to contemporary national and political events. There is also some discussion of the development of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, the University of Wales, and the establishment and early growth of the National Library of Wales. There are several interesting references to the selection of the venue for the National Library and the eventual choice of Aberystwyth and to the appointment of the Library's officers. Sir John also occasionally refers to the early history of the National Museum, founded at Cardiff in the early twentieth century. During 1908 and 1909 there are letters referring to meetings with D. Lloyd George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, and John Herbert Lewis, relating to attempts to wrest improved funding for the National Library from the Liberal government.