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A song 'Never Home' (T. B. Woodbury) translated by D. Davies, 1864; a song entitled 'Ai wyt ti'n cysgu, Gweno?'; a poem ('Y Môr') by R. H. Jones, 1892; a poem by Jane L. Rees, 1868; and miscellaneous papers by or relating to D. D. Evans.

A commonplace book containing poetry in English and Welsh composed and transcribed by David Davies; copies of correspondence, testimonials, etc., 1862-1875.

Transcripts, by Richard Griffith ('Carneddog'), and typescript copies of ballads and other poetry:- 'cerdd alarus ... am Lewis Owen yr hwn a ddienyddwyd ar Forfa Seiont gerllaw Caernarvon, ... 1822; 'cerdd ... hanes ... tân yn y Plas yn Neigwl ... 1787'; 'Drylliad y Royal Charter, 1859'; and a 'cywydd ... i ofyn prenn i un Edward Owen o Dann-y-Bwlch, 1767', by Dafydd Jones o'r Penrhyn Deudraeth.

A notebook containing a collection of the poetical works of David William, Fawnog Wen, Penrhyndeudraeth, 1874-1881.

Press cuttings of poems by Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion') and of letters and notes on 'Y Gadair Ddu' at the National Eisteddfod held at Wrexham, 1876.

The manuscript of Gweithiau Taliesin o Eifion (Bardd y Gadair Ddu), collected by his son J. Llewelyn Jones, and edited by William Evans ('Wil Ifan'), 1922.

A collection of transcripts by J. Llewelyn Jones and others of poetry by Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion').

A collection of poems by Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion') and others.

A collection of loose papers containing poems and draft poems by Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion').

Notebooks and loose leaves containing poems and draft poems by Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion').

A manuscript copy of 'Awdl y Môr' by 'Ap Nefydd'.

A notebook containing poems and draft poems by Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion'), together with miscellaneous accounts, including an entry relating to the time taken to paint flags for the Llangollen Eisteddfod, 1858.

Three books of poems by, and in the autograph of, Thomas Jones ('Taliesin o Eifion').

'Llyfr yn cynnwys barddoniaeth, hynafiaethau, &c. gan D. B. Jones ('Dewi Elved'), Cadifor, Cwrtnewydd, Awst 18/42'. The poems include 'Englynion i Gerddorion Llandyssul'; 'Emyn at wasanaeth Ysgol Gân Llanddeusant, Môn'; 'Cywydd cyfarchiad y Bardd i Gymdeithas Wir Iforawl Cunedda Wledig, Llandyssul'; 'Englynion Anerchiadawl 'Gwenynen Gwent'; 'Englynion i Grwth Dyffryn Clettwr'; and 'Cywydd Dyfaliad ar farwolaeth John Evans, Ysw., Castellhowel'.

Holograph manuscripts of poems by John Jones ('Talhaiarn'):- 'Clod ac Anglod i Lundain', 1845, with a glossary 'for the benefit of country cousins who do not understand their own langauge'; 'Cân i fy Mam' copied out in a letter to Thomas Jones, 1852, 'the best song, in my opinion, I ever wrote'; 'To Aled [O Vôn]', 1857; 'Cymru lân, gwald y gân', 1857; an englyn to 'David Owen Williams, mab bach Eryr Môn', 1867, with an English translation; 'Photograph Talhaiarn', two 'englynion', 1863; 'Gweno fwyn gu', 1868; 'Cerdd i Lanfair Talhaiarn'; 'Mae Robin yn swil'; 'Brenin y Canibalyddion', a broadside; a group of miscellaneous poems:- 'Galar-gân ar ôl Ann Hughes, yr Harp, Llanfair Talhaiarn', by Joseph Roberts, Bryn-neuadd, 1876; 'Llef o'r Ysbyty' by Hugh Edwards ('Huwco Penmaen'), 1882; 'englynion ar briodas Meistr Thomas Hughes a Miss Ann Jones of Harp', 1847; 'englynion o ddiolchgarwch i Talhaiarn a Thomas Jones, yr Harp, am Razor' by 'Irwedd Min Elwy', 1858; 'Galar gŵr ar ôl ei wraig' by Thomas Hughes; 'Cân dewis gwraig' and an 'englyn ar briodas Owen Williams' by 'Eilydd Elwy'; 'Cân i Maria Hughes, Harp', by 'Eilydd Elwy'; a stanza to a young maiden by 'Ysbryd Glan y Gors'; 'Englynion ar ddychweliad Talhaiarn o Ffrainc'; a poem to 'Talhaiarn' by 'Aled o Fôn'; an incomplete letter addressed from Oswestry, 1836, with a poem entitled 'Tri phenill i'w canu ar hyfrydwch y Brenin Sior'; 'At fy nghyfaill Talhaiarn', 1852, a broadside, probably by 'Aled o Vôn'; 'Wanted a Clerk, a new song dedicated without permission to W. G. & Co.' and a Spanish dialogue 'Patron y Dependiente' probably by Thomas Jones, Valparaiso, 1848; and an 'Invocation to the Muse', 1895; autograph letters from Thomas Jones, Valparaiso, 1845, to J. D. Jones, grocer, St Asaph, and John Jones ('Talhaiarn'), 1863-7, to John and Maria Hughes; an account of the administration of the estate of John Jones ('Talahaiarn') by Thomas Jones, 1871; a copy of a letter by Mahomed Cassein; and press cuttings of poems by 'Talhaiarn' and Robert Jones ('Meigant'), articles on 'Eglwys y Cymry', 'Llanfair Talhaiarn', a letter by John Williams ab Ithel on the subject of the chair poem at the Llangollen eisteddfod of 1858, and a broadside reprint of the 'Reasons assigned by Cadvan and Talhaiarn for their withdrawal [from] the London Eisteddvod', 1855.

The commonplace book of John Lewis, Troed-y-rhiw, Llanfynydd, 1816-1840, containing copies of indentures and other documents relating to Llanfynydd; extracts from newspapers; a copy of the will of David Jones of the parish of St George in Queen Square, London, 1739, referring to a charity school at Llanfynydd; a record of John Lewis's weight at different times; a copy of a survey of Llanfynydd, 1796; medical recipes; accounts; autobiographical data; poetry, including 'Cerdd Newydd am dderchafiad Balchder a'i gwymp o achos arfer newydd a ddaeth yn ddiweddar i blith y Cymry' by Gwilim ab Ifan; poems in praise of Pant-tawel, improved by John Lewis, 1816; new year greetings in verse to John Lewis by W. E. Harry, Benjamin Davies 'preacher', Henry Powell, Griffith Jonathan, and Isaac Davies; 'Cerdd a gyfansoddwyd pan gydynwyd i ffyrfiaw Cymdeithas y Gomeraegyddion yn Llanfynydd gan y Bardd [Isaac Davies, 1823] ar yr erddygan a elwir Duw gadwo'r Brenin yn y ffordd Gymraeg' and a song by Isaac Davies to be sung at the reception of new members.

A poem entitled 'Pryddest ar Joseph' by 'Blagur'.

A notebook containing a collection of poems composed by John Gaerwenydd Pritchard, Bethesda.

Miscellaneous papers and fragments from the collections of W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), and W[illiam] Hobley, including lists of contents of a manuscript containing Welsh poetry compiled by Lewis Morris; 'Cyfrinach y Beirdd'; vaticinations by Merthyn Ddu and Molengol Abad y Werddon; notes on Llanberis and Margaret verch Evan of Penllyn addressed to Dl. Gregory, Dol Badarn Castle Inn; a transcript of Rhesymau ysgrythyrol yn profi mae dyledswydd pob math o wrandawyr yw cyfranu yn ol eu gallu at gynhalaaeth cysyrus ei gweinidogion (Thomas Gouge, 1693); prospectus of Beibl Teuluaidd, Mawrth 5 1827; 'Cywydd o glod i E. Sharpe, ysw., am ei ymdrech diflino er ffurfiad Rheilffordd o Gonwy i Llanrwst'; a list of books at Penrhyn Aberffraw; copies of letters relating to the 1863 Eisteddfod at Swansea and to an eisteddfod to be held at Wrexham; an offprint from the Cambridge Tribune, 23 September 1899, containing an account of the installation of Elizabeth Driver as a bard of the 'warranted gorsedd' on the banks of Llyn Geirionydd; notes on the career of Henry Jonathan, Caernarvon; a letter by R. Gwilym Jones from Shaistaganj, India, 1925; an appeal by Samuel Roberts ('S.R.') to H. Humphreys, Caernarvon, for a subscription towards his Postal Reforms testimonial; and a County Council election address by John Blackwell, Llanrwst, 1888, printed by W. J. Roberts.

Poems written for 'Arwest Glan Geirionydd', and for the New York eisteddfod, 1884, with earlier poetry including transcripts of poems by Dafydd Llwyd ap Llewelyn ap Gruffydd and Iolo Goch, 'Awdl ar Abraham yn offrymu Isaac' by Edward Evans ('Iolo Gwyddelwern'), 'Cerdd ymherthynas ein cariad at Dduw', by John Powel, 1767, 'Gwledd Belsassar' by G[riffith] Williams ('G[utyn] Peris') and a letter by Evan Williams, Bod Aeden, 1796, with a transcript of a 'cywydd' by William Evans o'r Gadlys, 1749.