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Manuscript collections containing original and transcribed poetry and prose, 1543-[20th century]; religious works, 1611-1914; biographies, chronicles, archaeological and historical notes, works on travel, folklore, recipes, grammars, vocabularies and philological notes, 1673-1900; rent-rolls, parish registers, tithe account books, bidding books, minute books and registers of various societies, 1608-1863; pedigrees and genealogical notes, [17th century]-1871, commonplace books, [18th century]-1904, volumes of press-cuttings; manuscripts in the hand of J. H. Davies, including transcripts of and indexes to Welsh poetry, bibliographical notes, literary and legal extracts, pedigrees, biographical data and notes on place-names, 1891-1923; autograph letters from prominent Welsh literary figures, 1674-1921; autograph manuscripts of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, Dafydd Ellis of Criccieth, Eben Fardd (including diaries, 1836-1859), Peter Williams, D. Silvan Evans, Thomas Richards and Myrddin Fardd.

Letters, 1893-1945, addressed to Myvanwy Rhys from her sister, Olwen, 1911-1945 (mostly 1945), and various correspondents. Some letters are addressed to both sisters, and a few may have been sent solely to Olwen Rhys. Many relate to the proposed biography of John Rhŷs. Included are letters from A. E. Bayly, Helen Gladstone, Margaret M. Verney, James A. H. Murray, Richard Jones, A. H. Sayce (22), P. M. C. Kermode, Margaret Lloyd George (3), A. O. Vaughan (Owen Rhoscomyl), Richard Ellis, Rupert H. Morris, Edward Clodd, Donald A. Mackenzie, John Edward Lloyd, Henry Owen, J. Fisher (2), D. Brynmor Jones, J. H. Davies, W. J. Lewis, John Morris-Jones, N. V. Sidgwick, John Fraser, D. S. Margoliouth (6), J. L. C. Cecil-Williams, Goronwy Edwards, J. C. Collins, Paul Meyer (2), and James Darmesteter. The file also contains one letter, 1881, from Myvanwy Rhys to her father.

Letters, 1897-1931, mainly to Beriah Gwynfe Evans, journalist and dramatist, and Recorder of Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain, from various correspondents, including J. H. Davies, Cwrtmawr (1) 1901, T. I. Ellis (1) 1923, H. Elvet Lewis (Elfed) (9) 1923-1925, D. Rhys Phillips (8) 1924-1926, R. D. Rowlands (Meuryn) (1) 1924, Thomas Shankland (3) 1899-1903, J. J. Williams (2) 1924, J. O. Williams (Pedrog) (5) 1923-1924, Watkin Hezekiah Williams (Watcyn Wyn) (2) 1897, and W. S. Gwynn Williams (5) 1924-1925.

Papers, 1959-1964, and photographs, [20 cent., first ¼], [?1963], relating to T. I. Ellis's biography of his uncle, John Humphreys Davies (1871-1926) (Liverpool, 1963).

Some thirty-eight letters, 1906-1930, in English and Welsh, addressed to Thomas Huws Davies, relating to the work of the Welsh Church Commission (of which he was secretary, 1914-1940) and to other religious bodies in Wales and the Welsh Church Acts.
Among the correspondents are J. H. Davies, 1913 (ff. 5-10), A. G. Edwards, Archbishop of Wales, 1909-1923 (ff. 13-15, 17), E. T. John, 1930 (ff. 21-24), Frank Morgan, 1920 (f. 27), Sir H[enry] W. Primrose, 1918-1919 (ff. 28-41), Alfred Thomas, Baron Pontypridd, 1913 (ff. 48-49), R[ichard] M[acaulay] Thomas, 1909-1911 (ff. 50-57), Sir John Williams, 1909 (f. 58), and W. Llewelyn Williams, 1910-1917 (ff. 61-70). Also included are one letter each from Davies, 1919 (ff. 42-45), and A. G. Edwards, 1920 (f. 16), to Sir H. W. Primrose; a letter from C[harles] P[restwich] Scott to J. Arthur Price, 1912 (f. 47); and two drafts of a letter by Davies, on behalf of the Home Secretary, published in The Times, 17 June 1912, p. 4 (ff. 71-77).

Papers of Mari Ellis, 1924-[c. 2004], all relating in some way to her husband T. I. Ellis's maternal ancestors, the Davies and Charles families, comprising press cuttings, printed matter, a letter and other original materials relating to Annie Hughes-Griffiths's trip to the USA in 1924 as part of the Welsh Women's Peace Memorial, 1924-1925, together with ME's notes and typescripts concerning the trip, [c. 1988] (ME 22/1); a notebook containing transcripts, [?1960s], from various sources, including letters of the Davies and Charles families, J. H. Davies and Eliza Davies (ME 22/2); notes, speeches, a photograph and other material, [1960s]-[1997], relating to Annie J. Davies's sister Sarah Maria Saunders (ME 22/3); transcripts, [?1970s], of correspondence of J. H. Davies with Myrddin Fardd (ME 22/4); incomplete bibliographies by ME of T. I. Ellis, [?1976], and J. H. Davies (ME 22/5-6); and various notes, [c. 2004], mainly relating to David Davies, Castle Green, and to Cardigan Castle (ME 22/7).

Correspondence and other papers relating to the activities of the Cardiganshire Liberal Association, 1917-1923, in particular the selection of a parliamentary candidate, and reflecting the schism in the ranks of local Asquithian and Lloyd Georgian supporters. The correspondents include J. H. Davies (2) 1917, Captain Ernest Evans (1) 1921, Professor T. A. Levi (2) 1921-1923, Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris (2) 1922, and W. Llewelyn Williams (3) 1918-1921.

Letters, 1876-1923, mainly to D. C. Lloyd-Owen, most of them concerned with pedigrees, extracts from parish registers, etc. The correspondents include the incumbents of certain Montgomeryshire and Cardiganshire parishes, as well as E. Anwyl, Ty Mawr, Towyn; Charles Ashton, Dinas Mawddwy; John Davies, Aberystwyth; John Humphreys Davies, Aberystwyth; Lewis J. Davies, Llanuwchllyn; D[avid] Howell, Machynlleth; J. M. Howell, Aberdyfi; [the Rev.] R. W. Jones, Aberangell; and Edward Rees, Caersws. Also included is a copy of a letter from Richard Williams, Celynog, Newtown, to Morris Charles Jones, Welshpool.

Papers and notes by John Ballinger on the history of the Trevecka Press, with letters by J. H. Davies, Cwrtmawr, John Young Evans, D. G. Goodwin, Evan Davies Jones, M. H. Jones, Sir John Williams, and others.

Includes letters from John Abercromby, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, Joseph Anderson, John W. Bardsley, Alexander Hugh Bruce (Baron Balfour of Burleigh), J. B. Bury (2), Ingram Bywater, Robert Cochrane (2), George Coffey, W. J. Craig, Sibell Blunt (Countess of Cromartie), Alfred Daniell, James Darmesteter (2), David Ffrangcon-Davies, J. Glyn Davies (2), J. H. Davies (2), Emilia F. S. Dilke, and Louis Duchesne.

Correspondence and notes relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S., mathematician and actuary. They comprise typescript copies of ten letters, 1925-1929, from G. J. Williams, Coed Menai, Bangor, to [John Ballinger] (librarian), National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth (2); Timothy Davies, London; W[illiam] Llewelyn Davies, National Library of Wales; the Rev. J. E. Hughes, Caernarfon; O. Morgan Owen (general manager), Alliance Assurance Company, London; W. Roberts, Caernarfon; the secretaries of the Bank of England, London, and of Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, London; and the Rev. John Thickens, London, all in connection with the writer's proposed article on Griffith Davies; together with eighteen holograph and autograph letters, 1925-1929, to G. J. Williams, from John Ballinger, National Library of Wales (2); Ronald Dale (secretary), Bank of England, London; J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies (principal), University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; William Ll[ewelyn] Davies, National Library of Wales; Grace Ellis, The Library, University College of N[orth] Wales, Bangor; the Rev. J. E. Hughes (ed. of Y Traethodydd), Caernarvon (2); Nellie Hughes, Nantlle, Penygroes, and Pwllheli (?3); [the Rev.] D[avid] E[rwyd] Jenkins, Denbigh; O. Morgan Owen, Alliance Assurance Company, London; W. Roberts, Carnarvon (2); W. P. Wheldon (registrar), University College of North Wales, Bangor (enclosing a letter from the above mentioned O. Morgan Owen); and W. Gilbert Williams, Rhostryfan, Llanwnda (2), all replying to the queries sent by the recipient concerning Griffith Davies; and typescript notes on Griffith Davies extracted from The Insurance Cyclopaedia.

Transcripts of marriages, 1780-1808, and of burials, 1813-1844, from the parish registers of Llanbrynmair, taken from copies made by R[ichard] Williams ['Celynog'], F.R.H[ist.]S. [of Newtown]; extracts from the register of Old Chapel Congregational Church, Llanbrynmair, being an account of children baptised during the ministry of the Reverend Rich[ar]d Tibbott, 1762-1796; lists and abstracts of Montgomeryshire wills (partly from the papers of D. C. Ll[oyd-] Owen [of Birmingham]); transcripts of marriages from the parish register of Llanbrynmair, 1809-1812; transcripts from the parish register of Machynlleth, 1782-1812; and notes on the ancestors of Mr. J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies [Principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth] ('From his writings. D.C.D.', i.e., David Charles Davies, Director of The Field Natural History Museum, Chicago).

Draft pedigrees and miscellaneous genealogical extracts and notes from parish registers and other manuscript sources and from printed publications relating largely to individual Montgomeryshire families, e.g., Jervis of Llanbryn-mair, Burton of Darowen, Bennett of Trefeglwys, etc., Bowen of Trefeglwys and Llanwnnog, Swancott of Trefeglwys and Llanwnnog, Kinsey of Llandinam, Savage of Trefeglwys and Llanwnnog, Goodwyn of Trefeglwys, Worthington of Trefeglwys, Mills of Trefeglwys, Jerman of Trefeglwys, Ashton of Trefeglwys, Pughe of Darowen and Penegoes, Pugh of Aberffrydlan [in Llanwrin] and Abergwydol [in Darowen], etc. Among other items included in the extracts are some nineteenth century statistics of Calvinistic Methodist churches and Sunday Schools in the Llanidloes area; material relating to Llanbryn-mair from parochial records, 1663-1821, and from records of the Court of Great Sessions, 1662-85/6; abstracts of probate records of Quakers in Trefeglwys, 1708-76; and a pedigree chart of Principal J. H. Davies, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Two hundred and twenty-nine autograph letters and postcards, and a few Christmas cards, 1873-1903, addressed principally to George Eyre Evans, the material being primarily of Unitarian interest.
Included among the correspondents are Sir Edward Anwyl; Walter de Gray Birch; John Humphreys Davies, Cwrtmawr; David Lewis Evans, Llanybydder; Walter Jenkin Evans, Carmarthen; Rees Jenkin Jones, Aberdare; William Rathbone; and Thomas Francis Roberts. Also included are a copy of a testimonial, 1873, to George Eyre Evans from William Thomas ('Gwilym Marles'); printed poems in English by Evan Ceredig Jones, 1901-1903; and an index to the entire volume prepared by George Eyre Evans in January 1905.

Fifty-one letters, etc., from Edward Carey (registrar), University of Liverpool, 1932 (acknowledging receipt of an application for admission to the degree of Litt. D., and enclosing a receipt for the fee), [the Reverend] J[ohn] E[dward] Carey, Treverbyn Vicarage, St. Austell, 1906 ( replying to recipient's query relating to the incumbents of Otterham, the writer's previous parish), [the Reverend] Arthur Carter, Thrussington Vicarage, Leicester, 1903 (enclosing information concerning the descendants of the Rev[erend] John Owen, a former vicar of the parish), [the Reverend] Reginald A[rthur] Cayley, Stowell Rectory, Sherborne, [19]06 ( replying to a query concerning the Rev[erend] James Hooper, rector of the parish, 1820-1828), David R[ ] Charles, Hoylake, 1904 (acknowledging the return of letters, a little memorandum book of Mr. [Thomas] Charles of Bala in the writer's possession, enclosing a portrait of the writer (now kept in the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Maps)), C. A. Christie, Roydon, near Ware, [19]06 (requesting the return of 'the Rev. Jones's Diaries'), [Messrs.] R. and R. Clark, Limited (printers), Edinburgh, 1917- 1929 (6) (the disposal, by pulping, of part of the remaining stock of 'Charles of Bala' [recipient's Life of the Rev. Thomas Charles], financial matters, the binding of copies of recipient's work, Bedd Gelert, [its Facts, Fairies, and Folk Lore (Portmadoc, 1899)]), [the Reverend] G[erald] H[enry] Colvile, Weston Rectory, Shifnal, undated (a reply to recipients query re the Rev[erend] Robert Pugh, who, the writer suggests, had been curate of Weston under Redcastle, co. Salop), the Rev[erend] W[illiam] H [ ] Cooper (secretary of the Monmouthshire Presbytery), Abertysswg, [19] 36 (extending the Presbytery's official congratulations to recipient on completing fifty years service with the [Calvinistic Methodist] Connection), the Rev[erend] T[homas] G[eorge] Crippen (honorary secretary, the Congregational Historical Society), London, 1905-1906 (2) (replying to recipient's query concerning [the Reverend] Mr. [S.R.] Pittard [Congregational minister] at Somerton, co. Somerset, circa 1816-1830, a letter from [the Reverend] Thomas Charles to his son Thomas, 1807, in the writer's possession), Miss Frances M. Daniell, North Nibley, near Dursley, [19]08 (a reply to recipient's query concerning the Rev[erend] Charles Thomas [nephew of the Reverend Thomas Charles of Bala], minister at North Nibley, 1832-1838), D. C. Davies (general secretary, Welsh Council of the League of Nations Union), Cardiff, 1921 (a meeting to be held [in Denbigh], the possibility of a canvassing campaign to enrol members), [the Reverend] Daniel Davies, The Rectory, Denbigh, [19]06 (informing recipient that the Rev[erend] John Williams was curate of Denbigh in 1788), [the Reverend] D[ avid] Davies, Llangwm Vicarage, Corwen, [1]905 (a record of the burial of Dorothy Ffoulkes, 1742, and of Tho[ma]s Ffoulkes, 1744, in the Llangwm registers), [the Reverend] David Davies, The Rectory, Trawsfynydd, 1905-1906 ( 2) (searches in the Trawsfynydd registers, an extract re the burial of the Reverend John Pryse, ob. 1809 [curate of the parish]), [the Reverend] D[avid] W[illiam] Davies [vicar of Cilcennin with Llanbadarn Trefeglwys], [19]07 (an extract from the Llanbadarn parish register, recording the burial of the Rev[erend] Timothy Evans, ob. 1837, vicar of the parish), [the Reverend] E[dward] J[ames] Davies, Nantglyn Rectory, Denbigh, 1906 (information concerning the Rev[erend] Rice Pughe, vicar of Nantglyn, 1788- 1806), [the Reverend] E[dward] O[wen] Davies, Bangor, 1927 (advice to recipient on certain [Calvinistic Methodist] denominational matters), Ellis W[illiam] Davies [M.P. for the Eifion division of co. Caernarvon, 1906-1918, and for Denbigh, 1923-1929], House of Commons, 1924 (congratulations to recipient on receiving the degree [of M.A. of the University of Liverpool]), [the Reverend] J[enkin] Davies, Llanfair Rectory, Harlech, [19]06 (the writer's inability to trace the name of a Reverend R[ichar]d Morgan as incumbent of the parish), John Davies, Abergavenny, 1908 (a visit by the writer, in 1884, to ?George Thomas, then of Brynmawr, who claimed to be a nephew of [the Reverend Thomas] Charles of Bala, Thomas's story that his elder brother, Charles, had been sent to Cheshunt College by his uncle, and that he had subsequently been ordained at Dursley, the writer's inference that this was the Charles Thomas who had been a minister at North Nibley, near Dursley [see letter from Frances M. Daniell above], the writer's conversations with 'old people who listened to Thomas Richards preaching [the Reverend Thomas] Charle's Funeral Sermon at Crickhowell'), J[ohn] Glyn Davies (University of Liverpool), Denbigh, [19]28 (enquiries concerning a house in Denbigh), [the Reverend] John H[enry] Davies, St. Mary's Vicarage, H[averford] West, 1904 (the writer's inability to find any information about John Charles), J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies [registrar, and later principal, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth], Aberystwyth and Cwrt Mawr, Llangeitho, 1905-1906 (3) (a note on some of the descendants of [the Reverend] Peter Williams [1723-1796, Methodist cleric], an inspection of books ? with a view to purchase by the college, a suggestion that a bust of Robert Roberts be placed in the National Library 'when it comes into existence', lack of further information about Tho[ma]s Charles and Marg[are]t Williams), [the Reverend] Joseph Davies, Goytre Rectory, Abergavenny, 1906 (2) (information concerning the Rev[erend] Joshua Davies (ob. 1820), one time curate in the parish of Goytre, and later vicar of Dingestow), L[eonard] Twiston Davies, Rockfield Park, Monmouth, [19]34 (a reply to recipient's query concerning John Davies, Maes y Groes, near Cilcain), R. Davies (town clerk), Denbigh, 1928-1932 (2) (the editing of the Official Guide to Denbigh, 1928, the town council's official congratulations to recipient on his receiving the degree of D. Litt., [of the University of Liverpool]), [the Reverend] F[rederick] W[yldbore] Wingfield Digby, The Vicarage, Charlton Horethorne, 1906 (enclosing a copy of a memorial inscription to [the Reverend] John Taylour (ob. 1785), a former vicar of the parish), and F. J. Dryhurst, Woking and [London], 1925-1929 (12) (genealogical research relating to the Dryhurst family in North Wales) (included with one of the letters is a typescript copy of a letter seeking information concerning the Dryhurst family, written by D. E. Jenkins (with suggested amendments by F. J. Dryhurst), for insertion in the Western Mail).

Awdlau and cywyddau to George Owen, transcribed partly by J. Gwenogvryn Evans from Llanstephan MS 38, with English summaries of them by J.H. Davies.

Llythyrau, 1921-1969, gan gynnwys rhai oddi wrth Pennar Davies (14), Rhys J. Davies (2), T. J. Davies (5), W. Anthony Davies ('Llygad Llwchwr') (19) a Desmond Donnelly (4).

Papers, 1852-1884, of Robert Roberts (Y Sgolor Mawr) (1834-1885), including correspondence, notes, an address and copies of testimonials; also included are three letters, 1912 and 1917, from W. Prydderch Williams to Principal John Humphreys Davies (1871-1926).

An essay entitled 'Hen Gerddi Cymru, eu nodwedd a'u dylanwad ar y genedl' by H. A. Jones, Cynwyd, which was awarded the prize at the Corwen Chair Eisteddfod, 1911, with the adjudication by John Humphreys Davies, Aberystwyth.

Sermon notes by James Richards, Newbridge, 1843-1844; and a House of Commons admission ticket for Sir John Williams, J. H. Davies, and T. F. Roberts.