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Papers of Lord Roberts of Conwy including correspondence, articles, political ephemera, memorabilia and books. Loose photographs have been transferred to Lord Roberts of Conwy Photographs.

The political diaries of Lord Roberts of Conwy from 1970 to 1996 divided into 18 volumes. The diaries cover most of Lord Roberts' time as Member of Parliament for Conwy and his entire career at the Welsh Office and include letters, newpaper cuttings and pictures added by Lord Roberts. Many subject are covered including the establishment of S4C, Welsh language legislation, inward investment, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, Northern Ireland, the bombing of the Conservative Party conference in Brighton by the IRA in 1984, general elections and the European Union.

Transcripts of writs of summons to Parliament, 1264-1377.

Wrexham, Nantwich & Crewe Junction Railway prospectus, &c., written by John Devereux Pugh. English. In boards. Donated by Emyr Williams, Ll.B., Wrexham, July 1942.

Wrexham district pupils' school attendance record cards used in 1905.

Wrexham National Eisteddfod programme, with conductor's MS additions. (Formerly J. R. Hughes MS 7.) Welsh, English. Cloth. Donated by Mr J. R. Hughes, Dolgellau, 1948.

Records of the Home for Friendless and Destitute Girls, Wrexham, including two minute books, 1903-1934, two receipt and payment books, 1917-1936, eight collecting and receipt books, 1915-1934, a copy of the forty-third annual report, 1933, and a copy of an order of the Charity Commissioners establishing a new charity, 1936.

Records of the Conservative Party in Wrexham, 1913-1967.

Notes by T. Ivor Davies and T. Charles Jones, from contemporary sources including the Coroner's Court records, a public meeting at Beaumaris and service at Bangor Cathedral, relating to the sinking of the 'Rothsay Castle' steam packet on 17th August 1831, on its journey from Liverpool to Beaumaris, during which over a hundred and forty lives were lost.

Notebooks containing details of wounded soldiers, 1914-15, listing their regiment; home address; date of admission and discharge; and injury and destination; together with notes, etc.

Worksheet and notes for The Village The City The Village (1956) by Glyn Jones. (Formerly Glyn Jones MS 5.) English. Unbound. Purchased from Glyn Jones, 1971.

Works submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 1998: a copy of an essay 'Towards a fifth and sixth century chronology of southern Britain' by Richard White (NLW ex 1961); a copy of an essay ''Eu hiaith a gadwant': The National Union of Welsh Societies, 1913-41' by Marion Loffler (NLW ex 1962); a copy of a thesis 'Aspects of the syntax and semantics of selected prepositions in Modern Welsh: an integrationalist study', presented by Daniel Rowe Davis for the degree of DPhil (Oxford, 1994) (NLW ex 1963); a copy of a thesis 'Gaelic lexical resources in primary schools', presented by Moray J Watson for the degree of MLitt (Aberdeen, 1995) (NLW ex 1964); a copy of a study 'Peasant languages and Celtic nations: the Englishes of J. M. Synge and Caradoc Evans' by Chris Hopkins (NLW ex 1965); a copy of a study 'The place name element 'tref', its context and development in Cumbric Scotland and the wider Brittonic world, and implications for the Cumbric language' by Davyth Hicks (NLW ex 1966); a copy of a study 'Fetter and Foot: some links in a chain of Celtic-Nordic cultural connections' by Séamas O Câthain (NLW ex 1967); a copy of 'Shamans, poets and Mabinogi: linguistic reconstruction and typological perspective' by Alexander Falileyev (NLW ex 1968); a work entitled 'Ireland and the classical world' by Philip M. Freeman (NLW ex 1969); a copy of a thesis 'Gaelic language maintenance process(es)', presented by Kara Alexandra Smith for the degree of DPhil (University of Sterling, 1997) (NLW ex 1970); and a copy of a study 'Insular Celtic tattooing: history, myth, and metaphor' by Charles W. MacQuarrie (NLW ex 1971).

The donor's research in three parts entitled 'Two are better than one', 'Ben Jonson's disclosures about William Shakespeare', and 'Significant puns on art, heart and Will in the plays of Shakespeare'.

Works by contemporary Welsh authors, including Kate Roberts, Saunders Lewis, John Gwilym Jones, E. Tegla Davies, Alun Llywelyn-Williams, etc. Welsh, English. In a box.

The works, 1676, of Gwilym Pue (d. 1680 - see Llanover MS E.5), a Roman Catholic member of the Pugh family of Penrhyn, near Bangor, Caernarvonshire. In addition to numerous poems by Gwilym Pue, mainly of a religious and devotional nature, the volume also contains transcripts by him of carols and poetry from numerous authors.

A draft, 1762, of a work, possibly by William Stukeley (1687-1765), on the medallic history of the most ancient British kings.

A copy of a work by Ken Dark entitled Britain and the end of The Roman Empire, first published in 2000, and submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.

A copy of a work by Dr John Carey entitled King of Mysteries: Early Irish Religious Writings, published in 2000, and submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.