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Poems (including some awdlau submitted for eisteddfodic chairs) and verses, 1862-1899, together with a small quantity of related correspondence from the poets to Gwilym Cowlyd. The correspondents include Ellis o'r Nant, 1882.

Exercise book endorsed, 'Llyfr R. Jones Esqr Bryniog. Anerchiad a draddodwyd yn Eisteddfod y Cymry 1878 yn Llanrwst', and containing the text of a poem beginning, 'Yn 'Steddfod fawr y Cymru'.

Sermon and scriptural notes, [?1818]-[?1848], of the Rev. Thomas Richards 'Junior' (1785-1855) of Darowen etc. Some of the notes may derive from other members of the Richards family, including the Rev. Richard Richards (1780-1860) of Caerwys. The sermons were preached at various Montgomeryshire parishes including Caerwys, Darowen, Llangynyw, Meifod and Welshpool.

Miscellaneous typescripts, c. 1900-1920, on a very wide range of subjects, including a number of copies of references and testimonials. They include material relating to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, the National Library of Wales, the Ancient Monuments Board for Wales, the League of Nations Union, and many items of Cardiganshire interest. The events covered in the various typescripts date back to 1753.

Contains material relating to educational matters in Wales, notably the affairs of the University of Wales and the Guild of Graduates of the University, the Calvinistic Methodist denomination, and the Cardiganshire County Council.

Printed items on a wide range of subjects and issues many of them concerning educational matters, the National Library of Wales and the Calvinistic Methodist denomination.

Contains material in many different subjects including educational matters, the University of Wales and Welsh publishing.

The correspondents include: H. Cernyw Williams (2), 1904-1912, Ifor Williams (3), 1908-1909 and undated, J. Lloyd Williams (10), 1909-1926, John Williams, Brynsiencyn (20), 1897-1920, and Sir John Williams (2), 1917-1918.

Most of the letters, 1899-1926, concern research and publishing matters and the affairs of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and its meetings. Many of the letters discuss the preparation and publication of Davies's Bibliography of Welsh Ballads and various articles and notes. There are occasional references to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and to the establishment of the National Library of Wales.

The correspondents include: Alfred Neobard Palmer (23), 1896-1912, W. J. Parry (2), 1911-1924, Iorwerth C. Peate (2), 1923-1925, D. Rhys Phillips (3), 1912-1913, Lord Pontypridd (Alfred Thomas), 1919, Thomas Powel, Cardiff (9), 1906-1915, and J. Arthur Price (3), 1891-1895.

The letters, [?1897]-1925, give mainly personal, family and domestic news. They also give some local news from the Aberystwyth area and refer to events in Wales. A few of the letters were written during foreign travels.

Letters, 1925-1926, from J. H. Davies to his sister Mrs Annie Hughes-Griffiths describing his illness, papers concerning his death, sympathy letters to Mrs Hughes-Griffiths, lists of acknowledgements, and press cuttings containing tributes and obituaries.

Letters, 1921-1925, from J. H. Davies to his wife, mainly giving an account of his health. The file also contains a stray letter, 1924, from Professor Edward Edwards, Aberystwyth, to Mrs Annie Hughes-Griffiths on the same theme.

Letters, 1919-1920, from 'Mair' to T. I. Ellis, written from Glanafon, Dolgellau, and Alexandra Hall, the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Letters, 1919-1920, from 'Mair' to T. I. Ellis, an exercise book, [c. 1920], containing Greek and Latin exercises by T. I. Ellis, and papers, 1925-1940, relating to the administration of the Welsh Schoolboys' Camp Movement.

Miscellanea, 1793-1862, comprising a plan, June 1793, of the slate quarry of the Rt Hon. Lord Penrhyn in the parish of Llandegai, county of Caernarfon, prepared by W. Jones of Bangor; a copy of a booklet entitled Crown Lands in North Wales, undated, containing a leading article published in The Times, 10 August 1849, related letters published in the paper during August and September 1949, and a Report by the deputy ranger of the Forest of Snowdon on the Management and Appropriation of Crown Property in North Wales; and a lease, 1862, from the Honourable Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant of land in the parish of Llandegai, co. Caerns.

The correspondents include: A. W. Wade-Evans (11), 1904-1926, Beriah Gwynfe Evans (2), 1898-1924, together with papers relating to a Welsh national testimonial to Beriah Gwynfe Evans, 1920, D. Emrys Evans, 1923, D. L. Evans, the Public Record Office, London, 1923, D. Silvan Evans (4), 1897, E. Herber Evans (2), 1897, Captain Ernest Evans (4), 1907-1925, E. W. Evans, Frondirion, Dolgellau (6), 1899-1917, George Eyre Evans (4), 1900-1907, and R. Evans ('Cybi') (2), 1923 and undated.

The correspondents include: J. Spinther James (4), 1901-1910, Gwili (Rev. J. Jenkins), 1918, E. T. John MP, 1913, and W. Goscombe John (8), 1899-1922.

The letters, c. 1900- c. 1920, give personal and local news from the Llangeitho and Tregaron areas.