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Material relating to the history of Lampeter, Cardiganshire acquired by George Eyre Evans largely during 1904.
They include extracts from the parish register, 1765-1805, the vestry book, 1777-1803, and accounts of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, 1705-1742; extracts from the presentment books of the manor of Lampeter, among the Falcondale muniments, 1741-1883; extracts from the manuscripts of William Floyd in the National Library of Wales and of Sir Richard Colt Hoare in the Public Library, Cardiff, a transcript of 'The Case of the Lordship and Manor of Lampeter, drawn by Mr. James Price of Killgwin, with the Advice and Opinion of Richard Aston, Esq.', 1755, relating to the election of portreeves; a list of portreeves, 1615-1883; a list of vicars, 1662-1903; extracts from letters from W. J. Rees, Cascob to John Jenkins, Kerry, 1826-1828, from NLW MS 1737, letters from Rice Rees, Lampeter to his uncle W. J. Rees, Cascob, 1820-1830, from the Tonn Manuscripts in the Public Library, Cardiff and letters from D. R. Rees, Stamp Office, Llandovery to his brother, W. J. Rees, Cascob, 1818-1828; seventeen autograph letters and postcards, 1904-1910 and undated, to George Eyre Evans from T. W. Barker, Diocesan Registry, Carmarthen, Ll. J. M. Bebb, St David's College, Lampeter, D. H. Davies, Verwig, Herbert Davies-Evans, Highmead, Walter J. Evans, Carmarthen, John C. Harford, Falcondale, J[ohn] Lloyd, bishop suffragan of Swansea and vicar of Lampeter, Benjamin [Morris], Lampeter and John H. Swann, Manchester; nineteenth century monumental inscriptions; extracts from private sources; and press cuttings.

Two volumes which contain two groups of scrapbooks, eighteen in all, containing materials relating principally to Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, compiled by George Eyre Evans in 1910 in his capacity of Assistant Inspector to the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire.
They consist of notes in the autograph of George Eyre Evans, including extracts from the parish registers of Llanidloes, 1616-1747, Llanerfyl, 1670-1783, and Cemmaes, 1733-1812, and a transcript of a part of a journal of a visit by the Reverend Thomas Price, vicar of Merthyr Tydfil, to Dolcoed Wells, Llanwrtyd, 1762; autograph letters to George Eyre Evans from Henry Bonsal, Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Llanbedrog, S. A. Evans, Llanbadarn Fawr, H. E. Forrest, Shrewsbury, C. P. Gasquoine, Caxton Press, Oswestry, F. W. Gibbins, Pendine, J. D. James, Llanerfyl Rectory, D. E. Jones, Board of Education, Katie Jones, Llansilin, D. C. Lloyd Owen, Four Oaks, Warwickshire, Elsie Owen, Cwmrhaiadr, Machynlleth, O. R. Owen, Llangynog, Norman Penney, Friends' Historical Society, London, J. H. Swann, Manchester, E. R. Vaughan, Staylittle and John Williams, Llanwddyn Vicarage; photographs, illustrations, rubbings of inscriptions, press cuttings and broadsides; and miscellanea, including notes in Welsh on the ancient monuments of Cemmaes, compiled in 1909 by Hugh Francis, clerk to the parish council.