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A holograph letter from [the Reverend] John Elias, Fron [ Llangefni], to Mrs. Williams, Lower Gate, Conway, 1835 (condolences on the death of recipient's husband).

A holograph letter addressed to the Rev[erend] W[illiam] M[orris] Tudor [Calvinistic Methodist minister, Crewe], at the Royal Infirmary, Chester, by G. Parry Williams, Mold, 1926 (personal, the quest for a manse by recipient's church in Crewe, scriptural exhortations to recipient to be of good cheer in his illness); four holograph or autograph letters to 'Dear Mr. Tudor', 'My Dear Tudor', and 'My Dear Tu' [all, by inference, to the recipient of the preceding letter], from J. Young Evans, Aberystwyth, [19]22 (good wishes for a successful year at Oxford [University], a preaching engagement by recipient in the neighbourhood of Aberystwyth), 'Moi' and E. H. [by inference the same person], Sylhet, Assam, and Darjeeling, 1924-1925 ( 2) (personal, the writer's continuous low fever, the terrific heat in Calcutta, the writer's study of Bengali, a request for information re new publications, a stay in Kuala Lumpur, mention of a contemporary, J. R. Williams, in India, the writer's engagement to Miss Maud Jones of Sylhet, a wonderful sunrise at Darjeeling, a visit by Gandhi to the language school [at Darjeeling]), and A. C. Underwood, Yeadon, Leeds, 1920 ( recipient's proposed research thesis, ? on the Welsh revival from the standpoint of religious psychology, the writer's work on conversion in all religions, suggested reading for recipient's researches); and three holograph letters to Mrs. [ ] Tudor [mother of the recipient of the preceding letters], from John Davies, Llanymddyfri, the Rev[erend] Owen Ellis, Llanuwchllyn, and R. R. Williams, Chester, 1926 (condolences on the death of her son, the aforementioned Reverend W. M. Tudor).

A transcript of a terrier of the parish church of Gwyddelwern, co. Merioneth, 4 July 1791.

Holograph and autograph letters:- John Parry, Chester, to Richard Newell, Manafon, 1828 (the engagement of the recipient's son to fill a vacancy in the writer's office in Chester); James Jones, Gwaenysgor Rectory, to Miss [ ] Edwards, 1879 (an examination of the parish registers, personal and parochial affairs); Lewis Ellis, Llandrindod Wells, to Mr. [ ] Newell, Llanymynech, 1913 (the writer's health); and to Humphrey Jones Davies from Robert Bryan, Wrexham, [18]98 (an article by the recipient to Cymru), Ellis Edwards, Bala, [19]04 (meetings at Llanrwst, personal), E[dward] Edwards, Highgate [London], 1933 (personal, an engagement in London ), Peter Hughes Griffiths, Golder's Hill [London], 1924 (an article in Y Goleuad), M. H. Jones, Ton Pentre, 1921 (publications of the C. M. Historical Society), R. W. Jones, Holyhead, 1935 (a member of the writer's church working at West Bromwich), W. G. Jones, editor of Y Goleuad, Caernarvon, 1929 (the recipient's contributions to Y Goleuad, personal), W. H. Roberts, Leamington Spa, 1934 (a service by the Leamington and District Welsh Society), and Edwd. Thomas, Old Colwyn, [19]23 (the recipient's article in Y Goleuad, personal).

A group of miscellaneous deeds and documents, including a bond, 1748/9, from Edward Jones of Llwyn malli, parish of Llangwm, Denbighshire, to Roger Thomas of Henvache, parish of Llanrhaiadr yn Mochnant, for the payment of £61 7s. 0d.; a bond, 1760, from Edward Jones of Rhosynwst, parish of Llantysilio, Denbighshire, and Maurice Jones, his eldest son and heir apparent, to Edward Frank of Crumpwell, Salop, for the payment of £320; a settled statement of account, 1767-1774, between Maurice Jones and Mr. Edward Frank, touching the payment of a principal of £650 and interest; bills of costs, 1800-1827, due from Morris Edwards and Robert Jones for the conveyance of properties in Bala, etc.; notices of tithe audits for the parish of Llantisilio, Denbighshire, 1847-1863, addressed to Godfrey Tudor and John Tudor of Pentredwr, Llantisilio, and receipts for the payment of poor rate and general district rate in respect of Bache Farm, parish of Llangollen, 1859-1862; a receipt, 1855, from Thomas Edwards, Llangollen, to John Tudor, on behalf of the congregation of the Methodist chapel of Pentre'r dwr, for the payment of £3 10s. 0d. for an eight-day spring piece; vouchers, 1859-1860, to John Tudor, Pentredwfr, from the Llangollen Slab & Slate Co. Ltd., and William Clarke, general furnishing ironmonger, Llangollen; a lease, in Welsh, 1876, from Richard John Lloyd Price of Rhiwlas, Merioneth, to Margaret and Catherine Edwards of Penybont fawr, Merioneth, of properties called Penybont fawr, Penybont bach, etc., in the parishes of Llanfor, Llangower, and Llanycil, Merioneth; a voucher, 1876-1877, to Miss Edwards of Penybont from Robert Humphreys, stater, in respect of repairs to houses in Bala; undated [after 1922] typescript memoranda by Dr. Bradley Hughes, Penrhyn Quarry Hospital, Bethesda, N[orth] Wales, on the effect of slate dust on the toxins of microbes; and a typescript copy of a letter, 1926, from John Gill, c[ivil] e[ngineer], Bangor, to the Chairman and Members of the Ogwen Rural District Council, Bangor, regarding the water supply of the districts of Tregarth and St. Anns.

An essay on 'Caniadaeth y Cyssegr'; notes of a sermon by Thomas Lloyd, Colwyn Bay; two letters, 1910, from Griffith Griffiths, Barry, to [Sir] Henry Lewis; and a typescript poem 'Beddau'r Milwyr' by Sam Jones, Campello, Massachusetts.

An anonymous poem, 'Bywyd a Marwolaeth Yr Hen Berson', probably written before the passing of the Welsh Church Act of 1914.

Letters, 1837-1932, the correspondents including E. D. Bryan, Robert Bryan, John Davies (Bontddu), Principal Ellis Edwards, Dr. Samuel Evans (Johannesburg), D. Silvan Evans, Edward Griffiths (Meifod), O. G. Owen ('Alafon'), and John Phillips (Bangor).

'Hwian Gerddi Cymru. Papur ar gyfer Cymdeithas Cymru Fydd, Birmingham, Tach[wedd] 1895.'

An interleaved copy of A Summary of Doctrinal and Practical Religion ... (sixth edition, Shrewbury, 1776), with numerous manuscript notes, memoranda relating to schools, sermon texts, lists of books, etc.

A copy of The New Testament ... (Cambridge, 1881), with several manuscript additions written by John B. Allanson, Caernarvon, who instituted there a new church known as 'The Ark of the Covenant or the Church of the Son of Man in Carnarvon'.

'Peryglon Gwareiddiad' - an essay written by 'Sylwedydd' for 'Eisteddfod Cymry Birmingham', 1916.

Sermons, one of them preached at Waunarlwydd in 1896, and short essays.

A notebook containing addresses given by O. L. Roberts, (?) Congregational minister.

Sermons written by various persons. Included among them are a sermon by James Rowe, Baptist minister, notes of a sermon preached by Christmas Evans, and a translation into Welsh by T. Griffiths, Llanerchymedd, of two sermons by C. H. Spurgeon.

Sermons and lectures written by Evan Herber Evans, Congregational minister, and principal of the Congregational College, Bangor.

Sermon.

Sermons.

Sermons, preceded by a list of Welsh and English theological works.

Papers relating to Henry Hughes, Vron, Llangefni, great-uncle of Sir Henry Lewis.