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Transcripts by Owen of miscellaneous poems by David Hughes ('Eos Iâl'), Sir Henry Wotton, R. Roberts (Treflys), 'Ioan Madog', Robert Williams ('Robert ap Gwilym Ddu'), 'Glasfryn', Huw Morus, John Owen, William Jones, Thomas Jones ('Glan Alun'), William Jones (Graienyn), R. Tecwyn Morris, 'Ab Ieuan', Hugh Jones (Llangwm), Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), and Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), with some anonymous poems.

Poetry by and in the hand of David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion'); poems by William Edward, Llanedwen, Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd') and Robert Williams ('Robert ap Gwilym Ddu'); prose items.

Poems by David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), Griffith Williams ('Gutyn Peris'), Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain') and others; a few printed poems; letters to 'Dewi Wyn o Eifion' (David Owen) from 'Dafydd Ddu Eryri', J[ohn] R[ichard] Jones and David Jones, Llangollen; etc.

The autobiography of Robert Ellis ('Cynddelw'); his poem 'Y Bibl'; 'Awdl ar genedl y Cymry', 1861; 'llythyrau beirdd Arfon' - transcripts by Robert Ellis, of letters by John William Prichard, Plas-y-brain, David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), Evan Evans, R. Jones ('Gwyndaf Eryri') and Daniel Davies, Llundain; extracts from letters by Lewis Morris; 'englynion anerch i Iorwerth ab Siôn, Tal-y-llyn', by R. ap Gwilym [?Ddu], 1817; biographical notes on Dafydd Nicholas, Lewis Glyn Cothi, David Davies, Treffynnon, Abraham Williams o'r Cwm-glas, and John Jones, Glan-y-gors; 'englynion dull y Fran Fawr' by Rhisiart Jones o Fôn; and a note on the biography of Robert Ellis by C. Lloyd, Moelfre, 1876.

An introduction written by Robert Ellis for a collection of his work which he proposed to publish under the title of 'Mwyar Berwyn'. It gives an account of the chief incidents of his bardic career and contains holograph poetry by Robert Ellis: 'Marwnad William Morgan, D. D. [Caergybi], 'Y Bibl', 'Rhagolygon Diwedd Oes, 1872', and 'Gweddi dros y Morwyr' 1872; bound in an incomplete sheet of the Mining Journal, 2 July 1870.

A volume of holograph sermons and poems by Robert Ellis, including drafts of 'Awdl ar yr Atgyfodiad', 1849; 'Gwaredigaeth Israel o'r Aipht, yn nghyd a Dinystr Pharaoh a'i lu'; 'Awdl Farwnad i'r diweddar Barch John [P.] Davies o Dredegar; 'Marwnad Gwallter Mechain'; 'Dewi Wyn yn ei gystudd', 1839; 'Galareb ar ôl Morgan Rhys', 1850; 'Cyfieithiad o Childe Harold'; and minor poems and 'englynion'.

A collection of holograph poems by Robert Ellis including drafts and copies of 'Awdl Cenedl y Cymry'; 'Awdl ar Ddystawrwydd'; 'Awdl er Coffadwriaeth am y Diweddar Barch Evan Jones ('Gwrwst')'; epitaphs; hymns; 'englynion'; and a press cutting of adjudications on 'Awdl ar Ddystawrwydd'.

A holograph draft of 'Awdl Cenedl y Cymry' and of part of the first chapter of a biography of John Williams (Yr Oraclau Bywiol); and press cuttings of reviews of Cofiant y diweddar Barch. Ellis Evans, 1866.

Holograph sermon notes, poems: 'marwnad y Parch. Stephen Edwards'; 'Galargoffa am Mari Siôn o'r Ty'nrhos, Llanuwchllyn'; 'Maes Bosworth'; 'Dyfalgerdd - Cymru'; Awdl Farwnad ar ôl y Parch. E. Jones ('Gwrwst'); 'Mordaith Bywyd'; 'Marwolaeth Havelock'; 'Duchangerdd'; 'Awdl ar y Môr'; 'Beddargraffiadau', a draft autobiography, lectures, and notes by Robert Ellis.

Notes by Robert Ellis of lectures entitled 'Dynion Od', 'Arglwyddi Anian'; 'Rhyfeddodau y Groes'; 'Y Wraig Dda'; 'Y Testament Newydd yn unig yw Rheol ffydd y Cristion'; and 'Saint Dyffryn Clwyd'; and poetry, including 'Cywydd y Berwyn' and 'Mordaith Bywyd'.

An imperfect draft of 'Awdl Amaethyddiaeth' by David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion'); 'Gweddi ac erfyniad Miss Amelia J. Clough pan oedd yn glaf ...' by Roger B. Clough, 2 July 1821; 'Cerdd a wnaed ar yr achlysur fod Bidulph wedi ennill y dydd ar Lloyd Kenyon i fynd yn aelod o'r senedd dros y Borough swydd Ddinbych', by Enoch Jones [1807]; 'Llinellau ar Rodney March' and 'englynion' by William Hughes, 'Pen y Bont wrth y felin, Llangwm'; 'Darlun y Parchedig John Williams Llansilin ...' by Jonathan Jones, Cefn Mawr, 1836; verses beginning:- 'Wrth hanes a thôn y siarad a'r sôn'; 'marwnad coffadwriaeth am Alsy Owenes ... o Lawr Cilan' by John Cain; 'englynion' by 'Alltud Eifion', 1862; 'englynion William Jones'; 'tribanau i'r ffon'; a hymn by Peter Llwyd; and 'englynion i'r Seren'.

A transcript by Hugh Ellis of the poem 'Angeu' by John Robert Pryse ('Golyddan'), with a few extracts in an earlier hand.

An incomplete transcript by Hugh Ellis of the poem 'Angeu' by John Robert Pryse ('Golyddan'), with some readings from the original version of the poem in 1859.

Transcripts by Hugh Ellis of the poem 'Angeu' by John Robert Pryse ('Golyddan'), and some minor poems.

A pocket book belonging to William Thomas, Ty'ngadfan, Llanwnda (d. 1892), containing an incomplete metrical dialogue on temperance by Owen Griffith Owen, Bryncrin; 'Cwynfan gwraig meddwyn' (unsigned); an incomplete carol by Robert Jones, Bryn-y-gro; 'Cân ar ddull o ymdiddan rhwng Dyn a Llyffaint'; names of subscribers to Athraw Cerddorol and towards a Welsh oratorio; notes of sermons preached at associations held at Llangefni, Caernarvon, and Pwllheli, 1857-60; and a table of a Dinorwic quarryman's earnings, 1851-60.

A letter, 1896, from David Watkin Jones ('Dafydd Morganwg') to John Daniel Evans with transcripts of unpublished poems by Thomas Evans ('Telynog'); a postcard, 1902, from William Jones, M.P., to J. D. Evans at Goginan, Cardiganshire; an unsigned letter, 1900, containing a brief history of the Baptists in Goginan and district; and a hymn-tune entitled 'Goginan' by William Aubrey Williams ('Gwilym Gwent'), 1869.

A holograph copy, [1936], of a poem entitled 'Yn Eden Ardd' by Robert Arthur Griffith (Elphin). The poem was originally composed in 1897.

A volume entitled 'Y Gôg Lawen. Neu Lyfr Carolau a Cherddi Cywyddau ac Awdlau. Duwiol a Diddanol', being an incomplete collection, in two parts, compiled in 1802, of holograph poetry in free and strict metres by Dafydd Jones otherwise Dafydd John James ('Dafydd Siôn Siams' or 'Dafydd ab Ioan') of Penrhyndeudraeth.

Literary compositions submitted for competition at the Crown Eisteddfod held at Llanarth, Cardiganshire, on 29 July, 1875, viz. 'Can o Glod i R. L. Lloyd, Nantgwyllt, fel Tirfeddianwr', translations into English of a portion of the 'awdl' 'Molawd Ynys Prydain' by David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion'), and prose translations into Welsh of a portion of Act III, Scene 2, of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; together with adjudications by William Thomas ('Gwilym Marles'), Llandysul.

A group of poetry and miscellaneous papers from the collection of, and partly in the autograph, of David Griffith (Clwydfardd). They include englynon by Clwydfardd, e.g. 'Ar ymweliad ei rasusolaf Fawrhydi Tywysog Cymru an gwyl Genedlaethol yn Nghaernarfon Gorphenaf [1894]'; 'Ir diweddar barchedig Edward Anwyl Cadeirydd y Dalaith Ogleddol', etc.; englynion addressed to Clwydfardd by Richard Parry (Gwalchmai) and John Cadvan Davies (Cadvan) (1891); copies of the proclamations of meetings of Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain at national and provincial eisteddfodau; a letter, [c. 1891], from Clwydfardd to B. Morris Lewis, Chelsea, giving particulars of nineteenth century national and other eisteddfodau; notes on the key to 'Coelbren y Beirdd', etc., by T. H. Thomas (Arlunydd Penygarn); incomplete notes on the Epistle to the Hebrews; and an incomplete eulogy of the writing pen, 1872.