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Eighty-seven holograph letters and imperfect letters of the Ramsay family comprising (a) three letters from E. Ramsay, Glasgow, to her son Will[ia]m Ramsay at Dundee, Liverpool, etc., 1840-1841 and undated (personal, news of members of the family and of friends); (b) fifty-five letters from And[re]w C. Ramsay to his brother William ('Willie') Ramsay, 1841-1881 and undated (the writer's professional activities, brother John's letters, the possibility of an engineering appointment for the recipient, the construction of the North and South Wales Railway, the recipient's engagement, the writer's visit to Canada and the United States of America, the death of the writer's and the recipient's mother, the wedding of the writer's and the recipient's sister Eliza, the educational career of the recipient's son William and of the writer's son Allan, the writer's visit to Ireland, the Countess of Derby's reception at the Foreign Office to meet the Emperor of Russia, a musical party at Carreg Lwyd, the writer's survey of Dyffws, proposed new editions of the writer's The Geology of North Wales and The Physical Geology and Geography of Great Britain, 'the awful tragedy' at Dolau Cothy, the writer's knighthood, etc.); (c) six letters to Eliza Ramsay from her brother And[re]w C. Ramsay from Bromsgrove and South Kensington, 1852-1880 (the writer's marriage, the writer's professional activities, the visit of the writer's family to Hyeres), the recipient's brother J. C. Ramsay, Thomas Works, Demerara, 1858 (the death of the writer's and the recipient's mother and the recipient's arrangements for the future, the writer's health and prospects), and the recipient's sister-in-law M. Louisa Ramsay, Llanfairynghornwy, etc., 1871?-1880 (personal, the illness of the writer's father, the offer to the writer's husband of the Directorship of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland); and (d) twenty-three letters from M. Louisa Williams from [London], Beaumaris, Hyeres, Nimes, St. Moritz, Cadenabbia, and Llanfairynghornwy, largely to her sister-in-law Catherine [Ramsay] (wife of William Ramsay), [1869-1883] and undated (the wedding of Eliza Ramsay, the writer's interest in the 'Clergy orphan business', Allan's education, a legacy to the writer in Holyhead, the writer's purchase of a house, the writer's stay on the Continent, Andrew, C. Ramsay and the Directorship of the [Government] School of Mines, personal, news of friends). A number of Andrew C. Ramsay's letters to his brother, comprised in group ( b), are written from St. Davids, Aberaeron, Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Capel Curig, Llanfairynghornwy, Portmadoc, and Beaumaris.

Four holograph and two autograph letters, 1929-1947 and undated, written by Richard [Arthur Warren] Hughes, author of A High Wind in Jamaica (London, 1929), to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leach. The writer refers to a visit to the Adirondacks, a cruise with Harrison (Hal) Smith, the sale of 11,000 copies of his novel, his indebtedness to Henry Leach for the title of A High Wind in Jamaica, the schooling of his children, his removal from Laugharne Castle to Talsarnau, Merioneth, etc.

Papers and letters collected by Harri Williams, 1757-1877, including deeds relating to the parish of Aberdaron, Carnarfonshire, 1757-1839; letters from Griffiths Williams in America to his parents, 1863-1877; and papers relating to the sloop or smack 'Selah' of Pwllheli, 1841.

The file is composed of correspondence and papers deriving from various trips abroad, among them Germany, 1929, a tour of the United States of America, 1958, Hungary, 1972, India, 1972, and the United States, 1986. The correspondence relating to Eirene Jones's visit to Germany in 1929 includes letters exchanged between her and her father Dr Thomas Jones.

Articles and addresses by David Samuel mainly on Welsh literature, history and education, 1890-1909, and an account of his tour in the United States of America, 1889.

Ten typescript articles and transcripts, 1973-1984, nearly all written or compiled by Dr Clare Taylor, Aberystwyth.
They comprise: (i) 'America 1851-1852', dated April 1973, a translation by Mari Ellis of the diary of Iorthryn Gwynedd (NLW MS 9521A), with an introduction by Clare Taylor; (ii) 'The Phillipps Manuscript: A Chapter in Early Welsh Migration to the West Indies and to the United States', 1973, a transcript of NLW MS 92B with an introduction by Clare Taylor (the introduction only was published, with the same title, in National Library of Wales Journal, 19.3 (Summer 1976), 243-248); (iii) 'A Description of Trinidad 1881-1882', 1973, a transcript of [?part of] NLW MS 17267D; (iv-vii) 'A Victorian Guide to Wales', 1973 and undated, four volumes containing transcripts from nineteenth-century trade directories of descriptions of individual parishes in Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire; (viii) an article, 1979, entitled 'The Journal of an Absentee Proprietor: Nathaniel Phillips of Slebech', concerning NLW, Slebech Estate Records 4292-4302; (ix) 'Isaac Williams of Cardiganshire – the Christian poet – an introduction to his nature poetry', 1984, an article subsequently published in Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (1986), 115-126; and (x) 'NLW MS 15505 Picton Papers and Letters', [n.d.], consisting of transcripts (and in some cases translations from the Welsh) of letters of Welsh-American interest in NLW MS 15505E, as well as NLW MS 14111D and elsewhere. Items i-iv and viii-ix are photocopied or cyclostyled, while v-vii and x are carbon copies.

Papers, March-May 1931, relating to David Davies's trip to the USA. They include Cunard Line brochures, correspondence and telegrams relating to arrangements for the voyage, lists of people to visit and recipients of copies of The Problem of the Twentieth Century, and notes on the travels and individuals met.

The correspondents include Sir John Ballinger, E. Penllyn Jones, and A. C. Humphreys-Owen, Glansevern. Some of the correspondents comment on the recent publication of the Llandinam Magazine published in 1901. The file also contains a large number of letters from David Davies to his mother and some other individuals while he was travelling, giving his impressions of the countries and describing in some detail his travels and experiences. These countries include the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea and China. Many are written on board various shipping vessels while travelling. The file also contains the following texts of lectures or articles 'Impressions of Norway', 'Lecture on Japan', 'Impressions of Corea [sic]' and 'The Irish Problem & its Solution'. There are also some letters addressed to David Davies while on his travels and give him advice on travelling and where to go.

Journal, February-March 1924, of Annie J. Hughes-Griffiths, recording her trip to America as part of the Welsh Women's Peace Memorial, including the outward and return voyages.
The journal contains references to Leila Mégane, including the part played by Hughes-Griffiths in Megane's wedding to T. Osborne Roberts on 21 March 1924.

Addresses on 'Ymweliad a Chanada a'r Unol Dalaethau ...', 'The Manners and Characteristics of the Welsh People', 'The Disestablishment of the English Church in Wales', etc., written by E. Ceredig Jones, and genealogical particulars concerning his parents and their children compiled by his niece, Mary Evans, Tannerdy, Ciliau Aeron.

Dyddiadur, Haf 1937, ar ffurf llythyrau at ei rieni.

Dyddiadur yr Annibynwyr am 1859, gol. gan H. Pugh, o eiddo i Samuel Roberts, Scott County, Tennessee, yn cynnwys cofnodion cryno ar gyfer 1859 a 1860, yn bennaf yn Saesneg, yn cynnwys enwau gohebwyr, manylion gwaith ysgrifennu, gwaith fferm, y tywydd a'i deithiau pregethu yn ystod Hydref 1859 (ff. 19-28) a 1860 (ff. 56-61). = Dyddiadur yr Annibynwyr am 1859, ed. by H. Pugh, belonging to Samuel Roberts of Scott County, Tennessee, containing brief entries for 1859 and 1860, mostly in English, including names of correspondents, details of writing and farm work, the weather and his preaching tours in the Autumns of 1859 (ff. 19-28) and 1860 (ff. 56-61).
Ceir cofnodion ar gyfer 1859 ar ff. 2-28. Mae ail hanner y gyfrol wreiddiol (tua 22 ff., sef adran yr almanac) wedi ei dorri ymaith a dalennau newydd wedi eu mewnosod. Mae rhain yn cynnwys cofnodion dyddiadur 1860 (ff. 42-60 verso), tablau tywydd (ff. 37-40 verso, 42 verso) ac amryw nodiadau a chyfrifon (ff. 29-36, 69). = Entries for 1859 are on ff. 2-28. The second half of the volume (approx. 22 ff., comprising the almanack section) has been excised with new leaves inserted. These contain diary entries for 1860 (ff. 43-64 verso), weather tables (ff. 37-40 verso, 42 verso) and various notes and accounts (ff. 29-36, 69).

Dyddiadur yr Eglwysi Cynnulleidfaol Cymreig yn Unol Daleithiau America, am 1857, gol. gan Iorthryn Gwynedd, o eiddo i Samuel Roberts o Lanbrynmair a Tennessee, yn cynnwys cofnodion cryno, yn bennaf yn Saesneg (tt. 2, 6-57; ff. 4-30), yn nodi manylion pregethau, gwaith ysgrifennu a golygu, enwau gohebwyr a'r tywydd. = Dyddiadur yr Eglwysi Cynnulleidfaol Cymreig yn Unol Daleithiau America, am 1857, ed. by Iorthryn Gwynedd, belonging to Samuel Roberts of Llanbrynmair and Tennessee, containing brief entries, mostly in English (pp. 2, 6-57; ff. 4-30), recording sermons, writing and editing work, names of correspondents and the weather.
Mae'n cofnodi ei ymadawiad a Chymru (t. 22), y fordaith i America a'r siwrne i Tennessee (tt. 23-29), yn ogystal a'i daith pregethu deg wythnos i Washington, Efrog Newydd, a mannau eraill (tt. 39-49), pan gyfarfu a'r Arlywydd Buchanan yn y Ty Gwyn, 31 Awst (t. 40). = He records his departure from Wales (p. 22), the voyage to America and journey to Tennessee (pp. 23-29) as well as a ten week preaching tour to Washington, New York and elsewhere (pp. 39-49), during which he met President Buchanan at the White House, 31 August (p. 40).

Dyddiadur y Trefnyddion Calfinaidd yn y Taleithiau Unedig a Chymru, am 1864, gol. gan D. C. Evans, o eiddo i Samuel Roberts, Scott County, Tennessee, yn cynnwys cofnodion cryno ar gyfer 1864 (tt. 7-57), yng Nghymraeg a Saesneg, yn nodi effeithiau a pheryglon parhaol y Rhyfel Cartref (tt. 8-34 passim) yn ogystal ag enwau gohebwyr, manylion gwaith ysgrifennu, gwaith fferm a'r tywydd. = Dyddiadur y Trefnyddion Calfinaidd yn y Taleithiau Unedig a Chymru, am 1864, ed. by D. C. Evans, belonging to Samuel Roberts of Scott County, Tennessee, containing brief entries for 1864 (pp. 7-57), in Welsh and English, recording the continuing effects and dangers of the Civil War (pp. 8-34 passim) as well as names of correspondents, writing and farm work and the weather.
Mae yna fwlch sylweddol (tt. 44-51) yn cyfateb i'w salwch difrifol o ddiwedd Medi i ganol Tachwedd; digwyddodd hyn yn ystod taith pregethu i nifer o daleithiau Gogleddol. Mae yna nodiadau amrywiol tu mewn i'r cloriau ac ar tt. i-ii. = Contains a large gap (pp. 44-51) corresponding to his serious illness from late September to mid November; this occurred during a preaching tour of several Northern states. There are various notes inside the covers and on pp. i-ii.

Lllythyrau, 1934-1961, a ysgrifennodd Maurice James at D. Tecwyn Lloyd; ynghyd â llyfr nodiadau yn cofnodi'i daith i'r Amerig, 1957-1958. Bu'n fwriad i gyfieithu'r gwaith a'i gyhoeddi yn Y Cymro.