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Working drafts, 1984, of Marwnad fy Mam, an elegy by Derec Llwyd Morgan on the death of his mother, published in his volume of poetry, Cefn y Byd (Llandysul, 1987).

Letters, 1976-1977, between Derek Baskerville and his employers, The Central Statistical Office, London, regarding his application for financial assistance towards the cost of educating his children at the Welsh School, London.

The fonds consists of the research papers of Derrick Pritchard Webley, mainly relating to his work on the artist Penry Williams. The papers include correspondence, notes and typescript transcripts of letters relating to Williams, his works, his contemporaries and his cultural background, together with catalogues of works by Williams and other artists, and typescript drafts of chapters of Webley's posthumous work Cast to the winds: the life and work of Penry Williams (1802-1885) (Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1997). Also included are papers relating to Derrick Webley's archaeological interests, in particular the palaeolithic geography of the Epirus region of Greece.

The archive comprises almost entirely of title deeds, 1621-1927, of the Derry Ormond estate, co. Carm., mainly dating from its acquisition in 1783 by the Jones family, later Inglis-Jones.

A typescript copy of D. A. Derwas-Read's family history entitled 'A short history of the Derwas Family, Former Princes and Lords of Wales' (subsequently replaced in September 2001 with an updated version entitled 'Derwas - Out of Oak. A Family History Covering 2000 Years and Still Continuing').

Title deeds, 1525-1907, of the Derwydd estate, mainly in Carmarthenshire, and of the families of Vaughan of Golden Grove and Llanelli, Bevan of Laugharne (including Madam Bridget Bevan, 1698-1779), Stepney of Llanelli, and Stepney-Gulston of Derwydd. There are no personal or family papers in the archive.

A copy compiled by the donor of the genealogy of David and Mary Davies and their descendants, 2007. The couple emigrated from Cardiganshire to Jackson County, Ohio, in 1837.

A copy of the donor's research on the family of Rowland Rowlands. He married Elizabeth Samuel in the parish of Llanfihangel Ystrad, Ceredigion, in 1830, and later emigrated to Ohio in the USA. Also included are printouts from America Online, 2006, with a biographical note on J. W. Rowlands, 'one of Lima’s leading citizens'.

A typescript genealogical account of the Bowen family of Llwyngwair, Pembrokeshire, 1858-2006, by the donor Joy Neal.

Description of Dolgellau, Tywyn and district by Oliver Rees, Dolgellau; spiritual diary by an anonymous writer; and a draft of the history of the Dolgellau area. Between boards.

A transcript, 1853, in the hand of Matilda Pasley, of a version of George Owen of Henllys's 'Description of Milford Haven', dated 17 December 1595 (ff. 2-26), together with a note by the transcriber (f. 1).
The manuscript mostly agrees with the texts of Cardiff 2.46 and BL Add. 22623, as published in George Owen, The Description of Penbrokshire, ed. by Henry Owen, Cymmrodorion Record Series, 4 vols (London, 1892-1936), pp. 529-562; where Henry Owen lists minor variations between those two manuscripts the present transcript does not consistently correspond with one or the other. The wording of the title page (f. 2) is significantly different (see Henry Owen (ed.), p. 533), while the section beginning 'For the more ease…' which concludes the other manuscripts is here interpolated on ff. 17-18. A memorandum concerning Owen's methodology for drawing his map of Milford Haven does not appear to be recorded elsewhere (f. 22). The present manuscript is itself copied from an intermediate transcript made at Worsley [New] Hall, Lancashire, on 22 October 1852, by Mary L[ouisa Egerton, Viscountess] Brackley, from the original 1595 manuscript belonging to her father-in-law [Francis Egerton, 1st] Earl of Ellesmere (probably the manuscript now Huntington Library MS EL 1145 (34/B/32)) (see f. 1). In 1853 Matilda Pasley's husband, Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart, was in command of Pembroke Dockyard and the Pasleys became acquainted with Lady Brackley during visits to Stackpole Court, the seat of her father, the 1st Earl Cawdor (see Lawrence Phillips, 'Captain Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, Bt., R.N., and Pembroke Dockyard, 1849-1854', Mariner's Mirror, 71.2 (1985), 159-165 (pp. 160-161)).

General correspondence, 1950-74, to Desmond Donnelly and carbon copies of letters from him, including letters form Dean Acheson, Sir Anthony Eden and Sir Roy Welensky and other prominent British and international political figures; papers relating to various topics including Pembrokeshire politics and general elections, 1916-1968, Donnelly's foreign travels and international affairs, 1949-1972, his publications, 1958-1966, the United Democratic Party, 1969-1970; a scrapbook relating to the British Empire Cricket Team, diary extracts, papers and other personal material, 1941-1974; copies and drafts of articles and speeches by Donnelly, 1949-1973; and a large group of press cuttings, 1921, 1946-1978. There is also a scrapbook belonging to John Wynford Philipps, 1897-1908.

Details of sale at Erglodd Farm [parish of Llangynfelyn], near Talybont, Cardiganshire. English. Boards. Donated by J. H. Morgan, Llandre, December 1973.

Details taken from the 1871 census for the Merseyside area of all persons born in Wales, arranged alphabetically by computer print-out.

Details, compiled by R. E. Hart, of wills and administrations of persons from the parish of Garthbeibio listed in the St Asaph Register Copy Wills, 1565-1659, and St Asaph Probate Index, 1660-1729 (NLW ex 919). An index, compiled by R. E. Hart, of the 1851 census returns for the parish of Llanbrynmair, co. Montgomery.

Details, compiled by R E Hart, of wills and administrations of persons from the parish of Machynlleth listed in the St Asaph Register Copy Wills, 1565-1659, St Asaph Probate Index, 1660-1729, and St Asaph Act Books, 1821-56, together with additional genealogical material relating to the Whittington family (NLW ex 919). A list of baptisms, 1828-37, at Cwmlline Congregational chapel, parish of Cemais, co Montgomery.

Details, including acreage, relating to the lands of G. W. Nicholl extracted from the title schedule and ordnance map, 1878, and a schedule of the lands of Illtyd Bond Nicholl of the Ham, Llantwit Major. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 65.) English. Between boards. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.