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A sermon, 'Pechod Gwreiddiol', by the Rev. John Jones, Aberdâr, Glamorganshire, Unitarian minister and schoolmaster. 'Natyrymenyn [sic] Medi y 3dd 1827' on f. 30 verso, followed by a list of chapels at which the sermon was delivered.

Papers of the late Lily F. Chitty, OBE, MA, FSA, Pontesbury, Shropshire, relating mainly to her work in indexing Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1846-1900. Included are a typescript copy, in two volumes, of the index compiled; 4 notebooks, 2 log books, and a petty cash book, 1932-50, relating to the compilation of the work; a box file containing notes and correspondence and a file of correspondence, 1931-64, relating to the Index Committee which had been set up, the correspondents including Sir John Edward Lloyd, Sir Cyril Fox, H. J. Randall, T. Jones Pierce, T. E. Morris, J. D. K. Lloyd, V. E. Nash-Williams, and Willoughby Gardner. Also included are notebooks relating to Cambrian Archaeological Association meetings, 1952-5, 1962-7; personal correspondence and photographs, 1951-77; and various offprints, etc.

Additional papers consisting of First World War Honourable Discharge Certificates (right half only) found amongst the estate of Lily Frances Chitty, sister-in-law of Mary Derwas Chitty (née Kitson Clark), and transferred to the donor by the latter's daughter, Anna Georgina Chitty. Also included is research, compiled by Barbara Reardon, on the individuals named in the certificates; July 2023.

Miscellanea from the collection of Hugh Jones ('Erfyl'), consisting of poems by him and in his own hand, among them being 'Emyn y Tymmorau' translated from James Thomson's The Seasons and awarded a prize at the Tegeingl Eisteddfod, 1829, and 'Englynion i Fab ac Etifedd Syr W. W. Wynn, 1820, composed in a field near Wrexham; transcripts by 'Erfyl', including the 'Substance of a Sermon preached at the Baptist Chapel in Oswestry, on Sunday, August 13th, 1815. By the Revd. J. Palmer of Shrewsb[ur]y', a translation (copied at Whittington, 1814) of a petition to Governor [Warren] Hastings by the wife of Almas-ali-can 'who was seized upon and put to death for political purposes in India', and extracts from printed sources relating to Bangor, Tegeingl, etc.; a draft in the hand of Richard Llwyd, 'Bard of Snowdon', relating to the slave trade; a short-title list of Welsh periodicals ('Rhwydd Restr o Gyhoeddiadau Cym[r]aeg a Chymreig Amseriadol') in the hand of Robert Davies, Llansannan; and holograph poetry by Robert Ellis ('Cynddelw'), John Jones ('Myllin'), Thomas Edwards ('Caerfallwch'), and John Owen, Liverpool (1835) (awarded the prize at the Holywell Eisteddfod, 1834), etc.

Manuscript, typescript and traditional printed material created as part of the interdisciplinary Layers in the Landscape project, which applied the concept of deep mapping to the submerged landscape of Cardigan Bay, and in particular the submerged forest at Borth. The papers relate especially to the theoretical side of the project (notably the geomythology of Cardigan Bay and the relationship between poetry and archaeology in the 'King of the Sea Trees' poem), as well as the 'Borth's lost legends' exhibition at Borth Station Museum.

Original records, copies of official records, copies of press cuttings, copies of photographs, research notes and draft publications, 1914-2022, relating to fire services in south, west and central Wales, collected and compiled by Keith Mills and including the work of a number of research collaborators (mostly former firefighters), as well as correspondence between them and Keith Mills.

Diaries etc, 1903-1930; sermons; addresses and articles, 1916-1948; correspondence, notes and articles relating to penal reform, 1907-1917, Ireland, 1920-1924, education, 1925-1931, reparations, 1926-1931, Tom Nefyn Williams, 1926-1931, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1916-1947; poetry, 1900-1947; genealogical and miscellaneous notes and family papers, 1884-1926; articles and addresses by various authors, 1903-1949; letters to and from George M. Ll. Davies, other members of the family and others, 1826-1964.

A family tree relating to the descendants of Bleddyn Llwyd, Gorddinan, Dolwyddelan (including John Jones, Tal-y-sarn).

Page of sermon notes in the hand of Rev. John Jones, Tal-y-sarn.

Photostat copy, [20 cent., first ½], of declarations and oath taken by the Rev. John Jones of Taldrwst, Talysarn, Caernarvonshire, as a Dissenting Minister, 20 October 1824.
The original document is NLW, CMA Bala College 1/788.

Rhodd Mawrth 2008:
Un ffeil ar ddeg yn cynnwys cynnyrch gweisg y rhoddwr o 1969 ymlaen, sef Gwasg Llety Gwyn, Gwasg yr Arad Goch, Gwasg y Wern a'r un bresennol, Gwasg Nant y Mynydd.

Rhodd Rhagfyr 2015:
Deunydd a argraffwyd gan y rhoddwr ar Wasg Nant y Mynydd, 2015.

Rhodd Gorffennaf 2016:
Tair eitem ychwanegol Gwasg Nant y Mynydd, 2015, sef cerdyn, gwahoddiad a cherdd.

Rhodd Medi 2016:
Pum llythyr, 1970-1974, yn ymwneud â Gwasg Llety Gwyn a Gwasg yr Arad Goch, oddi wrth Aneirin Talfan Davies (2), T. H. Parry-Williams (2) ac R. Bryn Williams.

Rhodd Mawrth 2018:
Llyfryn Canu Penillion - Penillion Singing from The Misfortunes of Elphin by Thomas Love Peacock, a gyflwynwyd i Lionel Madden ar ddiwedd ei gyfnod fel Cadeirydd Grŵp Llyfryddol Aberystwyth, Mawrth 2018; ynghyd â manion a argraffwyd gan y rhoddwr yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf.

Rhodd Chwefror 2022:
Amlen yn cynnwys copi o Hen Deip, sef rhestr o gynnyrch Gweisg Llety Gwyn, Yr Arad Goch, Y Wern a Nant y Mynydd (2021), 'Trwy wyll y Clo' gan Annes Glynn (2020), a dau gerdyn Nadolig.

Rhodd Hydref 2023:
Ychwanegiad i gasgliad Gwasg Nant y Mynydd, 2022-23, sef amlen yn cynnwys cerdyn Nadolig, pennill 'Mi ddymunwn' [gan Huw Morys], ac 'Awdl y gath' gan Robin Clidro, ynghyd â cherdd 'I'r Pedwar' gan Vernon Jones, yn gyflwynedig i'r Parchedigion Elwyn Pryse, John Tudno Williams, R. Watcyn James ac Wyn Rhys Morris.

Manuscripts and papers, [1601x1936], relating to the literary activities of David Jones (Dewi Fardd) and particularly to his printing business at Trefriw. The collection includes personal and business correspondence of family members of David Jones, and papers of Gwilym Cowlyd, Ieuan Glan Geirionydd, Gwilym Hiraethog and other literary figures.

Llawysgrif yn cynnwys pump cerdd ar hugain, [1795]-[1811] (dyfrnod 1795), yn llaw John Jones (Jac Glan-y-Gors), gan gynnwys tair cerdd ar ddeg nad ydynt, fe ymddengys, wedi eu cyhoeddi (ff. 1-39 verso); dyddiwyd y cerddi 1790-1811. = A volume containing twenty-five autograph poems, [1795]-[1811] (watermark 1795), by John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), thirteen of which are apparently unpublished (ff. 1-39 verso); the poems are dated 1790-1811.
Cyhoeddwyd naw o'r cerddi (ff. 6 verso-8, 16-18, 22-25, 31 verso-35 verso, 36 verso-39 verso) yn Cerddi Jac Glan-y-gors, gol. gan E. G. Millward (Llandybïe, 2003), tt. 26-30, 45-51, 57-58, 69-70, 76-81, 95-97, 137-138; cyhoeddwyd 'Litani Newydd...' (f. 15 recto-verso) ac 'Englynion er coffadwriaeth am Mr David Samwell...' (ff. 20 verso-21 verso) yn y Chester Chronicle, 5 Awst 1796 a 28 Rhagfyr 1798 yn eu tro (gw. Marion Löffler, 'Cerddi newydd gan John Jones, "Jac Glan-y-Gors"', Llên Cymru, 33 (2010), 143-150); cyhoeddwyd 'Cerdd o ymddiddan rhwng J. J. Glan y Gors a Daniel Davies o Gorwen y ngylch Tref Lundain' (ff. 10-12 verso) mewn pamffled, Dwy o Gerddi Newyddion ([Caer]: Thomas Huxley, [?1791]) (JHD 209bii; heb ei gofnodi yn ESTC). Nodwyd ar f. 8 bod 'Cerdd yn dangos meddyliau Morwyn Ieuangc ddydd ei phriodas' (ff. 8-10) wedi ei gyhoeddi yn Llundain ym 1797 ond ymddengys nad oes copi wedi ei gadw. Ceir cerdd arall [?mewn llaw wahanol] ar ff. 128 verso-129. Mae eitemau a ddarganfyddwyd yn rhydd ar gychwyn y gyfrol wedi eu tipio i mewn ar ff. i-iv; yn eu mysg mae rhestr o gynnwys y llawysgrif (f. i), marwnad brintiedig i William Owen Pughe gan John Jones (Tegid), 1836 (f. iii), a chyfres o englynion gan Siôn ap Morgan (f. iv). = Nine of the poems (ff. 6 verso-8, 16-18, 22-25, 31 verso-35 verso, 36 verso-39 verso) appear in Cerddi Jac Glan-y-gors, ed. by E. G. Millward (Llandybïe, 2003), pp. 26-30, 45-51, 57-58, 69-70, 76-81, 95-97, 137-138; 'Litani Newydd...' (f. 15 recto-verso) and 'Englynion er coffadwriaeth am Mr David Samwell...' (ff. 20 verso-21 verso) were published in The Chester Chronicle, 5 August 1796 and 28 December 1798 respectively (see Marion Löffler, 'Cerddi newydd gan John Jones, "Jac Glan-y-Gors"', Llên Cymru, 33 (2010), 143-150); 'Cerdd o ymddiddan rhwng J. J. Glan y Gors a Daniel Davies o Gorwen y ngylch Tref Lundain' (ff. 10-12 verso) was published in the pamphlet Dwy o Gerddi Newyddion ([Chester]: Thomas Huxley, [?1791]) (JHD 209bii; not recorded in ESTC). A note on f. 8 states that 'Cerdd yn dangos meddyliau Morwyn Ieuangc ddydd ei phriodas' (ff. 8-10) was published in London in 1797 but there are no known copies extant. A further poem [?in a different hand] is on ff. 128 verso-129. Items found loose at the beginning of the volume have been tipped in on ff. i-iv; these include a list of contents of the manuscript (f. i), a printed elegy for William Owen Pughe by John Jones (Tegid), 1836 (f. iii), and a series of englynion by Siôn ap Morgan (f. iv).

'A Collection of Welsh Pennillion, etc.', in the hand of Richard Williams, Denbigh, 10 November, 1814, containing 'penillion telyn', 'englynion', and extracts from 'cywyddau' by Siôn Brwynog, Wiliam Llŷn, Goronwy Owen, Lewis Morris ('Llywelyn Ddu o Fôn'), Robert Davies ('Bardd Nantglyn'), John Jones ('Jac Glanygors'), and John Cain Jones ('Siôn Ceiriog'). Among the titles are '3 Englyns written in Peblig Churchyard', 'Englynion i Gorph y gaingc', and 'Englyn in praise of West in the Denbigh Election 1820' (with a reply).

Autograph copy, with revision, of the radio play 'Yr Oedfa' by John Gwilym Jones, first broadcast on BBC Welsh radio, 2 March 1968, and later published in Pedair Drama (Dinbych, 1971).

Cyfrol yn cynnwys pennod gyntaf nofel anorffenedig a ysgrifennwyd yn 1942 gan John Gwilym Jones (1904-1988) ac a gyhoeddwyd yn y cyfnodolyn Taliesin, Rhagfyr 1988, yn dwyn y teitl 'Meurig'.

Papurau, 1834-1933, yn ymwneud a'r bardd gwlad John Morris Jones (Ioan Cunllo) o Rydlewis, sir Aberteifi, wedi eu dwyn ynghyd gan Daniel Thomas, Rhydlewis. = Papers, 1834-1933, relating to the country poet John Morris Jones (Ioan Cunllo) of Rhydlewis, Cardiganshire, collected together by Daniel Thomas, Rhydlewis.
Mae'r llawysgrif yn cynnwys barddoniaeth gan Ioan Cunllo, 1834-1884 (16623iE, ff. 1-34); llythyrau iddo oddi wrth D. Silvan Evans, 1864-1869, Iago Emlyn, 1869, a Robyn Ddu Eryri, 1876 (16623iE, ff. 37-49); cerddi gan Tegid, Robyn Ddu Eryri, Einion Evans, Gwilym Gwenog ac eraill, 1843-[19 gan., ail ½] (16623iE, ff. 35-36, 50-51, 54-59); a chopi o'r Haul, 35.8 (Awst 1933), yn cynnwys erthygl ar Ioan Cunllo (16623iE, ff. 60-79); gyda rhestr, ar bedair amlen, yn disgrifio trefn flaenorol y llawysgrif (16623iE, ff. i-iv); llyfr nodiadau yn llaw Daniel Thomas yn cynnwys yn bennaf adysgrifau, [20 gan., ½ cyntaf], o farddoniaeth Ioan Cunllo (16623iiE); llyfr lloffion yn cynnwys torion papur newydd, 1849-1923, yn bennaf o farddoniaeth, llythyrau ac erthyglau Ioan Cunllo a newyddion ardal Llandysul (16623iiiE). = The manuscript contains poetry by Ioan Cunllo, 1834-1884 (16623iE, ff. 1-34); letters to him from D. Silvan Evans, 1864-1869, Iago Emlyn, 1869, and Robyn Ddu Eryri, 1876 (16623iE, ff. 37-49); poems by Tegid, Robyn Ddu Eryri, Einion Evans, Gwilym Gwenog and others, 1843-[19 cent., second ½] (16623iE, ff. 35-36, 50-51, 54-59); and a copy of Yr Haul, 35.8 (August 1933), containing an article on Ioan Cunllo (16623iE, ff. 60-79); with a list on four envelopes describing a previous arrangement of the contents (16623iE, ff. i-iv); a notebook in the hand of Daniel Thomas mainly containing transcripts, [20 cent., first ½], of Ioan Cunllo's poetry (16623iiE); a scrap book containing newspaper cuttings, 1849-1923, mainly of Ioan Cunllo's poetry and news relating to the Llandysul area (16623iiiE).

A scrap-book of John Lloyd James (Clwydwenfro), Congregational minister at March, Cambridgeshire, etc. The volume was compiled during the period 1856-1884 and consists largely of original poetry and a few translations by 'Clwydwenfro', in the form of holograph copies, printed sheets, and press cuttings. The titles include 'Lines written on a Visit to the Pembrokeshire Hills', 1878; 'Fy Mam (Esther James)'; 'Fy Llysfamgu (Maria Lloyd)'; 'Pennillion Coffadwriaethol am Jane, merch Mr. D. a Mrs. E. Morris, Railway Tavern, Llandeilo-fawr', 1859; 'Llinellau coffadwriaethol am David Evans, Aberafon ...', 1859; 'Anerchiad i [David Morgan Davies] Byron Myrnach ... ar ei ddychweliad o'r Gogledd, yn Mawrth 1859'; 'Y Myfyriwr Cystuddiedig (Cyflwynedig i Mr. John Oliver, Llanfynydd)', 1860; 'Y flwyddyn un ar hugain! Cyflwynedig i Miss K. Lewis, Glanynant, Eglwysnewydd, ... 1862'; 'Mynwent Hebron', 1862; 'Pontygavel a'r Teulu: Cyflwynedig i Mr. Edward Howell James, ar ei ddyfodiad i'w un-ar-hugain mlwydd oed'; 'Y Gelfyddyd Farddol (cyfieithiad o Horace)', 1863-1865 (together with a prose translation, 1863); 'Ymadawiad Madog. Pryddest', 1878; 'Moel Cwmcerwn', 1866; 'I'r ymfudwr Ieuanc: sef, Penillion i Walter Hugh JAmes (Gwallter Myrnach), o Pontygavel, Llanfyrnach, Dyfed, yr hwn a ymfudodd i New Zealand ddechreu y flwyddyn hon [1866] ...'; 'King Howell the Good's hunting. Prize poem in Whitland Eisteddfod', 1881; 'Bryn Yetwen. Cyflwynedig i'r Parch. J. Davies, Yetwen', 1876; 'Boadicea. A translation of Verses composed by the Rev. J. Davies, Yetwen, to Boadicea, daughter of Rev. J. Ll. James, rendered into English by her father', 1874; 'Anerchiad i [Jonathan N. Davies] Caernalaw', 1877; 'Pennillion Coffadwriaethol ar ol y diweddar Mrs. [Martha] Evans, Caeraeron, priod y Parch. S[imon] Evans, Hebron, Dyfed ...', 1882; 'Er Coffadwriaeth am Ioan Glan Taf, sef John Davies, Amaethwr a Bardd gwych, o'r Plas, Plwyf Llanglydwen ...', 1883; 'Marwnad i'r diweddar Barch. John Morgan Evans, Ebenezer, Caerdydd', 1883; 'Verses addressed to the Rev. D. M. Davies, on behalf of the Church and Congregation at Sardis Congregational Chapel, Varteg ...', 1884; 'Esgyniad Crist. Pryddest'; etc. There are also some miscellaneous press cuttings, among them being poetry by John Jones ('Tegid'), Edward Roberts ('Iorwerth Glan Aled'), Jonathan N. Davies ('Carnalaw'), etc.

Papers, [1756]-1854, of the Evans family of Trefayog and Cilau-wen, Pembrokeshire, comprising largely of accounts and rentals relating to Cilau-wen and Trefayog estates and ship's accounts and log books kept by members of the Evans family who went to sea; together with a diary, sermons, exercise books, etc.

Miscellaneous autograph letters, the correspondents including Captain William Hanmer (February 23, 1713/14), Owen Rees (publisher), Richard Fenton, Emma Roberts, and Edward, 2nd earl of Powis.

Letters from Christopher Bassett, junior, to Edward Griffin, junior, 1774-1775, and from Thomas Lewis, Harpton, to Peter Rickards, Evenjobb, 1748-1771, and one letter, 1825, from Emma Roberts, authoress.