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A photostat facsimile of the parish register of Abererch, Caernarvonshire, 1600-1752.

The original manuscript, prepared for the printer, of the Introduction, Subject Index, Index to Abbreviated Titles and Glossary of A Welsh Leech Book ... Edited by Timothy Lewis (Liverpool, 1914).

A typescript dissertation entitled 'A General Survey of the Slate Industry of Caernarvonshire and Merionethshire', by William Morgan Richards, Portmadoc, 1933.

A typescript copy of 'A short history of the Catholic Church in Wales. Part I. Under the Roman Empire. Part II. 410 to 664 A.D., by T. P. Ellis'.

A school exercise book in arithmetic subsequently used for agricultural accounts and memoranda, 1858-1892, by James James, Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, Cardiganshire; a register of pupils, 1859-1860; and letters by Thomas James, Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, 1895-1897, Thomas Hamer, Aberdare, 1895, and Mary Parry, Liverpool.

Two copies - one intended for presentation to the House of Lords and the other to the House of Commons of a petition signed by John Jenkins, mayor of Aberystwyth, and many other residents of the town and district, in favour of a proposed railway between Trawscoed, Cardiganshire, and New Radnor, 1898.

A court book of the manor of Nanhwynan, Beddgelert, Caernarvonshire, 1797-1827.

Original text in typescript form, 2000, of the recollections of Dillwyn Miles published as A mingled yarn, (Gwasg Dinefwr, 2000), together with addenda.

An extract from the lay subsidy roll for the hundreds of Llanbadarn, Llanilar, and Pennardd, Cardiganshire, 35 Henry VIII, (P.R.O. Exchequer, King's Remembrancer; Box 219, roll 68) covering the parish of Llanrhystyd.

A register of infant baptisms solemnised by Ministers of a Congregation of Dissenting Protestants in the parish of Llangunnor, Carmarthenshire, 1819-1865.

A typescript M.A. dissertation, 1957, for Liverpool University Department of Celtic by J[ohn] G[lyn] Penrhyn Jones, entitled 'A history of medicine in Wales in the eighteenth century'.
The dissertation includes chapters on social conditions in Wales, the impact of the Industrial Revolution, 'folk' medicine and herbalism, and biographies of prominent medical men. Supplementary material, including extracts from printed and manuscript sources, is to be found in the Appendices (ff. 164-329). Two tables of contents are included (f. iii, 163a).

Xerox copy of a typescript thesis on 'A History of Commercial Printing and Printers in Montgomeryshire 1789-1960' submitted for the Fellowship of the Library Association, by J. Iorwerth Davies, Haverfordwest.

A commonplace book of John Harris of Cwmdauddwr, Radnorshire, containing a few poems in Welsh, sheep-shearing records, and other farming memoranda.

A charm against witchcraft found under a beam at Gelli Bach, Glyn Ceiriog, with related letters, 1930, from Charles B. C. Storey, Plas Nantyr, Glyn Ceiriog.

A calendar of Welsh saints and martyrs compiled by Thomas Peter Ellis.

An account book, 1760-1763, of a brewer [? at Caernarfon] dealing mainly with Anglesey and Caernarvonshire customers; the volume was later used as an arithmetic and geometry exercise book, probably by Roberts.

A blacksmith's account book, 1758-91.

The Rules and Regulations of the Savings Bank for the Town of Bala,. and Neighbouring Parishes; established At Bala, November 9th, 1819 . . .', containing the names of the officials of the bank at Bala, its original and amended rules, and its annual statements of accounts from 1821 to 1833.

Adysgrif, [?1890au], gan John Williams (Wyr yr Eos), o'r traethawd 'Llawlyfr Cyfarwyddiadau i ganu Penillion ac Awdlau gyda'r Tannau' a ysgrifennwyd yn y 1870au gan ei daid John Williams (Eos Môn). = A transcript, [?1890s], by John Williams (Wyr yr Eos), of an essay on penillion singing, 'Llawlyfr Cyfarwyddiadau i ganu Penillion ac Awdlau gyda'r Tannau', written in the 1870s by his grandfather John Williams (Eos Môn).
Cynhwysir hefyd lythyr, 22 Medi 1955, gan y rhoddwr, yn disgrifio hanes y llawysgrif (f. i). = Also included is a covering letter, 22 September 1955, from the donor, describing the history of the manuscript (f. i).