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An unbound vol. containing transcripts of Cardiganshire pedigrees partly in the hand of Benjamin Williams ('Gwynionydd'). Formerly D. Pryse Williams 137.

A notebook containing a list of sheriffs of Carmarthenshire, 1539-1860, by Parry Ralph Dixon, 6 May 1860, with additions to the year 1868 in the hand of D. Pryse Williams. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 151.

Material collected by W. Cynon Evans, pastor of Blaenycwm (Rhondda) Baptist Church, towards his lecture on 'Cerddoriaeth y pwlpud (sef yr hwyl Gymreig)'. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 323.

Holographs, with some printed copies, of poetry in Welsh, in both free and strict metres, and a few English verses, 1890-1923, by Charles Davies (1849-1927), pastor of Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church, Cardiff. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 242.

Eisteddfod essay, 'Chwedl: Deio Moel y Mwnt' in the hand of D. Pryse Williams, submitted to a chair eisteddfod at Cardigan, 4 Aug. 1909. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 24.

A group of account books of Cilfowyr Baptist Church kept by Rees Price, containing records of disbursements for the maintenance of visiting preachers, 1851-1893, and subscriptions towards the Bicentenary Fund ( undated) and for the cistern, 1854. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 229.

A group of notebooks and loose documents in connection with the Cilfowyr Baptist Church Building Fund. They include a volume of subscriptions towards the erection of a new meeting-house, an application for a loan to the Baptist Building Fund of Wales, orders for the payment of the contractors and receipts for the same, a volume of miscellaneous expenses (carting of stones, timber, lime, gravel etc.) and records of payment of loan charges, a volume of expenses in connection with the surroundings of the chapel, a volume of contributions received at anniversary services, a volume of subscriptions towards the new burial ground and expenses in connection with the same, a volume of contributions towards taking down the old chapel and fencing the new burial ground, and a policy of insurance on the new meeting-house by the contractors. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 228.

A group of papers of David Thomas, secretary of Cilfowyr Baptist Church, including letters of transfer to Cilfowyr and Ramoth churches, 1871-1888, and details of special collections at both churches (Foreign Mission, Pontypool, Haverfordwest and Llangollen Colleges, etc.), 1877-1888. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 230.

Draft notes entitled 'Cipdrem o hanes Eglwys [y Bedyddwyr] Nebo, Ystrad Rhondda, o'i chychwyniad hyd flwyddyn ei thrydedd Iubili ... 1907'. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 332.

A notebook containing extracts by D. Pryse Williams from M. Jones, 'Cofiant y diweddar Barch. Maurice Jones, Ebenezer, Merthyr Tydfil' (1831). Formerly D. Pryse Williams 313.

'Cofiant i'r diweddar Barch. Timothy Thomas', being a biography of the Rev. Timothy Thomas (1787-1870), Baptist minister, Newcastle Emlyn, written by T. T. Elias, the Grammar School, Newcastle Emlyn, and submitted by him for competition at an eisteddfod at Graig, Newcastle Emlyn, 1875. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 239.

A commonplace book of Lewis Jones, Baptist minister of Pwllheli, afterwards of Libanus, Treherbert, containing his accounts, 1848-1850, as master of a school conducted by Llangloffan Baptist Church, co. Pemb.; hymns; a list of 'usefull Books Worthy of the attention of every Preacher'; medical recipes; mathematical exercises; etc. The vol. was acquired on 16 Aug. 1846. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 218.

An account, in the hand of D. Pryse Williams, of 'Cwrdd Evan Roberts ym Mlaenannerch'. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 47.

An unbound draft essay by Benjamin Williams ('Gwynionydd') entitled 'Cyflwr annibynol yr Eglwys Prydeinig [sic], yng nghyd a'i sefyllfa cyn dyfodiad y Normaniaid i'r wlad'. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 144.

An incomplete and unbound essay entitled 'Cyfrifoldeb moesol', submitted by 'Alun Qwintinibus' to an eisteddfod at Libanus, Treherbert, Whitmonday 1872. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 341.

A volume in the hand of Thomas Cynfelyn Benjamin ('Cynfelyn') containing poetry; essays on 'Yr anghymwysder i aelod gwamal i fod yn ddiacon eglwys', '[D]ylanwad niweidiol y fasnach feddw[o]l ar foesgarwch cymdeithasol' (fragment), and 'Dyledswydd aelodau eglwysig i fod yn aelodau o'r ysgol Sabbothol'; and adjudications on literary compositions submitted for competition at a literary meeting at Penygraig, 1875. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 208.

A volume of notes and memoranda, in Welsh and English, in the hand of D. Pryse Williams, including a guide to Bourton-on-Water and Tewkesbury; notes on William Jenkins ('William Shincyn Bach') (d. 1913), Treherbert, D. J. Hughes (1906-1950), minister of Blaen-y-cwm Baptist Church, and Griff Walters (d. 1950), 131 Dumfries Street, Treherbert; a note on the address presented to the Rev. Edwyn Edmunds on the occasion of his departure from Libanus Baptist Church, Treherbert, 1887; the order of special services held to re-open Libanus Baptist Church after repairs, Dec. 1944, and memoranda of occurences in the church, 1939-1950; reminiscences of William Llewelyn, Bodringallt; a list of Bodringallt title-deeds, estate maps, etc., 1657-1863, preserved at the Estate Office, Court Colman, Bridgend; a transcript of an Association minute, 1856, touching the rebuilding of Nebo Baptist Chapel, Ystrad, and of the inscribed stone on the chapel wall; etc. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 387.

Miscellanea, including poetry by and in the hand of D. Pryse Williams ('Emyn. Dymuniad am fendith ar ein gwlad'; 'Y Dr [G. H.] Hughes, penhwsmon Meistr Robert, Methodyn, bardd, a northman, A brenin mawr y werin bobl, Treherbert'; marriage greetings); and anecdotes illustrating 'Teyrngarwch; blaid'. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 395.

A volume containing Welsh and English poetry, 1918-1926, by D. Pryse Williams. The titles include 'Owen M. Edwards' (1920); 'Bryn Davies (Awdur "Colli ac Ennill")'; 'Y Teithiwr' (1918); 'Madame Patti's Tomb'; 'Cold Knap, Barry' (1925); 'Fronwilym Uchaf, gerllaw Llanarth, lle y ganwyd y Canghellor D Silvan Evans'; 'Ifano'; 'Howell Howells (Awdur "Pan fo Niwl y Nos yn Cilio". Bu farw Fore Iau Tach. 19 1925)'; 'Cân i Mr Wm Morgan (Ap Shams y Crydd), 59 Heol Bute, Treherbert (un o frodorion hynaf Cwm Rhondda)'; 'The Tree Was Dead (words picked up at Ystrad Police Court, July 5th 1926)'; 'A ydyw Defynnog wedi troi yn Sais'; 'Hanes Dewi'r Plant'; 'The World's Oldest Man (William Smith, aged 125, of Dromara, Co. Down, Ireland)'; etc. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 393.