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Notebooks containing names and addresses of singers or collectors of folk songs and useful contacts.

Indexes and lists of folk songs, melodies and hymn tunes, compiled mainly by J. Lloyd Williams from various printed and manuscript sources.

Two card indexes. The first and longer sequence is arranged alphabetically by title of songs/airs with detailed references to printed collections such as the works of John Parry, Edward Jones and Nicholas Bennett, and some manuscript collections such as Ifor Ceri's 'Melus Seiniau'. The sol-fa notation of first lines is often included. The second sequence, again in alphabetical order by title, includes references to various sources in which the songs or airs are named, including J. H. Davies's 'Bibliography of Cerddi' and Bangor Library holdings.

Material relating to the manuscripts of John Jenkins ('Ifor Ceri'), compiled by J. Lloyd Williams and including a list of some 258 tunes which Ifor Ceri sent to Bardd Alaw, 1820 and 1826; a catalogue of Ifor Ceri papers at the National Library of Wales; and an index comparing the location of tunes in the Ifor Ceri Manuscripts, The Welsh Harper and Alawon fy Ngwlad.

Lists of Welsh airs and notes, [1900x1940], from William Crotch's Specimens of Music, [?1809].

Notes and press cuttings accumulated by J. Lloyd Williams during his researches into Welsh folk songs.

A number of hymn tunes, psalms and related notes and press cuttings, [1840], [1906x1930], mostly in J. Lloyd Williams's hand but also including notes by Mary Davies and a few related letters, 1918-1929, from others. Notes of a lecture entitled 'Caniadaeth y Cysegr', delivered at Aberystwyth in 1926, are also included, together with a reference to a folk song in the Ifor Ceri MSS.

Transcripts and quotations mainly from Welsh verses recorded by J. Lloyd Williams during his researches at the British Museum.

Miscellaneous notes relating to folk songs and tunes, by J. Lloyd Williams and others, including quotations from printed material.

Scores, libretti and other papers, [1890]-[1940], relating mainly to the light operas and cantatas composed by J. Lloyd Williams with Llew Tegid.

Manuscript and printed scores, together with related correspondence and papers, 1899-1938, relating to the cantata 'Aelwyd Angharad' by J. Lloyd Williams, words by Llew Tegid.

Two manuscript vocal scores, two photocopies with annotations, overture score and drafts, and a few instrumental parts; together with copies of a number of Welsh airs.

A programme of the performance of Aelwyd Angharad at Cricieth in 1899.

Manuscript full and vocal scores of the work, [?1900], together with instrumental parts.

A receipt, 1920, by Llew Tegid relating to the literary rights of Cadifor.

An incomplete manuscript vocal score.

A synopsis of the proposed three volumes, draft copies of the first and part of the second volume, typescript copies of the introductory chapters; together with possibly earlier drafts of chapters 1 and 2; a letter, 1936, from T. Gwynn Jones relating to the work, and miscellaneous notes.

Papers relating mainly to the harpists John Parry and Ifan Williams, including letters from Bob Owen, Croesor, and Cybi, 1943, and miscellaneous notes and quotations from various sources.

Incomplete outlines of four series of lectures delivered by J. Lloyd Williams to classes at Aberystwyth, 1929, Bala, 1928-1929, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1927-1928, and Trawsfynydd, 1928-1929. The topics include the history of Welsh music, congregational singing and folk singing. Two short essays by a member of the Trawsfynydd class, 1927, relating to the gypsies of Llangwm, are also included.

Lecture notes relating to Welsh folk songs and folk tunes, including two series delivered at Bangor, 1934 and 1935, Coedpoeth, 1937, Llangefni, 1940, and a lecture entitled 'Neilltuolion Alawon Gwerin Cymru', undated but apparently delivered at Cardiff.