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Scrapbooks containing press cuttings etc., 1900-1982, relating largely to Welsh drama, theatrical activities and popular entertainment in Wales and amongst Welsh communities in English cities, including material on dramatists of Wales, 1932-1953; drama in Wales, 1922-1982; Welsh actors, 1932-1946; theatre cuttings, 1931-1953; fairs, folklore and folk-dancing in Wales, 1936-1938; children's theatre, 1959-1967; Welsh National Theatre, 1900-1978; and information on theatre in Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, America, and other countries.

Account books, 1840-1877, of David Jonathan, farmer and drover, of Ffwrneithin, Dihewid.

Over seventy letters and cards, 1917-1986, of miscellaneous provenance from twentieth-century Welsh writers to various recipients; the correspondents include E. Tegla Davies (1) 1956, W. J. Gruffydd (1) 1952, R. T. Jenkins (1), 1946, David James Jones (Gwenallt) (1) 1953, T. Gwynn Jones (9) 1923-1939, J. Saunders Lewis (5) 1931-1976, Caradog Prichard (4) 1962-1972, Kate Roberts (28) 1937-1983, D. J. Williams (6) 1917-1969, and T. H. Parry-Williams (1) 1953.

Manuscripts and papers collected by Canon Trevor Owen (d. 1916). They include a group of papers of Sir William Williams ('Speaker Williams', 1634-1700), papers of John Williams (1700-87), attorney-general of the Chester Circuit and Chief Justice of the Brecon Circuit, and papers of John Roberts, Maes-y-porth ([1767]-1824), deputy registrar of the diocese of Bangor. The papers of Sir William Williams include personal papers and correspondence mainly relating to his purchase of the Llanforda estate, 1678-88; papers and correspondence re his offences and fine in scandalum magnatum against James II and the Earl of Peterborough, 1684-9; legal papers linked with his work, 1675-98; political papers and correspondence concerning parliamentary proceedings and the religious issues of the Stuart period, 1668-c. 1700; and printed political pamphlets and poetry, 1676-[1697x1700]. The papers of John Williams all relate to his legal work, c.1740 x c.1787. Canon Trevor Owen's own papers comprise deeds, mainly for lands in Denbigh, 1741-1883, and correspondence about a legal case, 1882-3. The papers of John Roberts comprise deeds, 1773-c. 1820, and correspondence, 1800-17, connnected with his work as deputy registrar of Bangor, and Maes y porth estate deeds, papers and correspondence, 1774-1827. The collection also contains deeds re premises in Neston, Cheshire, 1731-1802; and miscellaneous 18th-19th century papers.

A notebook, 1882, containing sheep earmarks from farms in the parishes of Penmachno, Caernarvonshire, Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, and Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire.

Material relating to the proposed Cardiff Bay Opera House (and later, the Wales Millennium Centre), reflecting the Welsh National Opera's involvement in various aspects of the planning process and initial architectural design competition. Material includes news cuttings; professional newsletters; feasibility studies; project speculations and reports; architectural drawings; competition briefs and guidelines; Trustee letters and correspondence with WNO, development partners (Cardiff Bay Development Corporation), architects (Office of Zaha Hadid), solicitors and members of the public; committee material including correspondence and minutes of Board of Trustees (1994-1996), Joint Fundraising Liaison Committee (1995), Client Group (1995), Finance Committee (1995), Access and Participation Committee (1995), Building Sub-committee (1995), Chairman's Committee (1995), Opera House Steering Group (1986-1990), Design Team (1994-1995) and Public Relations Committee (1995) meetings.

Includes personal and official letters and papers relating to Roland Mathias's case as a conscientious objector.

A volume containing an early manuscript draft, [c. 1932], by Margiad Evans of her second novel, The Wooden Doctor (Oxford, 1933), here entitled 'A Divine Image', and containing material not included in the published text. The volume was originally in the possession of the geologist and palaeontologist Robert Etheridge and contains notes by him, 1854, on lead mining in Cardiganshire (ff. 242 verso-244).

Notes on place names, mainly in Wales.

Property tax assessment book, 1852, for the town of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, listing the names of occupiers and owners of properties, arranged according to street name.
A contemporary inscription on the wrapper identifies the collectors as Edward Ellis and Lewis Hopkins.