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Rubbings, 1873-1915, together with illustrations and related notes, compiled by various individuals, of inscriptions located in Wales, England, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Ireland, and France.

Papers, [1822]-1953, of John Rhŷs, comprising a considerable group of letters to him, 1860-1915, including those from fellow researchers, friends and family; material, 1864-1919, relating to his published works, including manuscript drafts of books, articles, and addresses; and research notes, 1836-[1920x1945]. There are also personal and professional papers, [1822]-1953, belonging to, and accumulated by, John Rhŷs; and papers, 1862-[1947], relating to various family members, among them a substantial body of material accumulated by Myvanwy Rhys for a proposed biography of her father.

Papers, [1822]-1953, of John Rhŷs, comprising a substantial group of letters addressed to him, 1860-1915; material, 1864-1919, relating to books, articles, addresses etc. by John Rhŷs, including reviews of his books; notes, 1836-[1920x1945], compiled by him; and personal and professional papers, [1822]-1953, belonging to, and accumulated by, John Rhŷs, including personalia, diaries, testimonials for the Celtic Professorship, and references to him in printed sources.

Papers, [1864]-1913, mostly holograph notes, corrected proofs, and cuttings of addresses given by John Rhŷs, most of which were subsequently published.

Index slips, 1891, for Studies in the Arthurian Legend by John Rhŷs (Oxford, 1891), together with cuttings, 1891-1892, containing reviews of the book.

Manuscript and printed copies, 1876-1877, of testimonials in support of John Rhŷs's candidature for the Celtic Professorship at Oxford, by Samuel Ferguson, Louis Lucien Bonaparte, D. R. Thomas, Ulick Joseph Bourke, A. Leskien, Costantino Nigra, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, Henri Gaidoz, Emil Hübner, Georg Curtius, Hugo Schuchardt, G. I. Ascoli, Robert Jones, D. Silvan Evans, and Whitley Stokes; together with related press cuttings.

Papers, 1913, relating to 'The Celtic inscriptions of Cisalpine Gaul' by John Rhŷs, a paper originally delivered at the British Academy, and subsequently published in its Proceedings, vol. VI (London, 1913). The file includes galley proofs and page proofs, some containing manuscript amendments and corrections by the author; photographs and sketches of plates; and reviews of the article.

Papers, 1909-1911, relating to 'The Celtic inscriptions of Gaul, additions and corrections' by John Rhŷs, a paper originally delivered at the British Academy, and subsequently published in its Proceedings, vol. V (London, 1911). The file mostly comprises galley proofs and page proofs, 1911, some containing manuscript amendments and corrections by the author; together with photographs and sketches of plates included in the article, 1909-[1911].

Papers, 1898-1910, relating to the 'The Coligny calendar' by John Rhŷs. The paper was originally delivered at the British Academy, and subsequently published in its Proceedings, vol. IV (London, 1910). They mostly consist of proofs, 1909-1910, some containing manuscript amendments and corrections by the author, of 'The Coligny calendar', 'Notes on the Coligny calendar: additions and corrections', and 'The reconstruction of the Coligny calendar'. Also included are two letters, 1910, from J. K. Fotheringham, and printed copies of the charts compiled by Dissard and Espérandieu, 1898 and 1900.

Incomplete manuscript draft, [1894], consisting mainly of Chapter IX, of The outlines of the phonology of Manx Gaelic (Oxford, 1894), by John Rhŷs; together with reviews, [1894]-1895.

Corrected page proofs, 1886, of most of The text of the Mabinogion and other Welsh tales from the Red Book of Hergest, vol. I, edited by John Rhŷs and J. Gwenogvryn Evans (Oxford, 1887); together with reviews of the book, 1887.

Papers relating to The Welsh people, by John Rhŷs and D. Brynmor-Jones (London, 1900), comprising five pages of notes, [?1900], in John Rhŷs's hand, concerning the Irish goddess Buanu, and reviews of the book, 1900.

Unbound notes, [1855x1915], mainly in the hand of John Rhŷs, relating to various subjects, among them philology, including notes on manuscript sources and inscriptions; folklore; and history, including draft lecture notes headed 'The Celts'.

Includes letters from John Abercromby, Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville, Joseph Anderson, John W. Bardsley, Alexander Hugh Bruce (Baron Balfour of Burleigh), J. B. Bury (2), Ingram Bywater, Robert Cochrane (2), George Coffey, W. J. Craig, Sibell Blunt (Countess of Cromartie), Alfred Daniell, James Darmesteter (2), David Ffrangcon-Davies, J. Glyn Davies (2), J. H. Davies (2), Emilia F. S. Dilke, and Louis Duchesne.

Includes letters from Owen Edwards, Richard Ellis, Robinson Ellis (3), Émile Espérandieu, Herbert Davies-Evans, J. Gwenogvryn Evans (3), T. C. Evans (Cadrawd), A. M. Fairbairn, J. G. Frazer, Edward A. Freeman, Laurence Gomme, S. Baring-Gould, A. S. Green, Augusta P. Gregory, William B. Halhed, E. Sidney Hartland, F. Haverfield (13), George Charles Herbert (Earl of Powis), Charles Holroyd (note on reverse of watercolour of Knaresborough Castle), and Douglas Hyde.

Includes letters from Henry James, W. Goscombe John, Charlotte A. M. Johnes, E. Burne-Jones (2), J. Viriamu Jones (2), William Jones, William Jones, Benjamin Jowett, Camille Jullian (3), Lloyd Tyrell Kenyon, Andrew Lang (31), E. Ray Lankester, H. Elvet Lewis, W. M. Lindsay (4), J. Loth, and Franz Lützow.

Includes letters from J. G. Swift MacNeill, R. A. Stewart Macalister (2), Donald A. Mackenzie, J. P. Mahaffy (2), Constance de Markiewicz, W. R. Morfill (2), Eluned Morgan, Lewis Morris (3), Gilbert Murray, James A. H. Murray (2), A. S. Napier (4), E. W. B. Nicholson, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Goddard H. Orpen, William Osler (2), Henry Owen (2), W. M. Flinders Petrie (3), Charles Plummer (4), Julius Pokorny, and Frederick York Powell (6).

Includes letters from E. C. Quiggin, Salomon Reinach (6), Ernest Renan (2), Franklin T. Richards (2), George E. Robinson (5), William Sanday (2), Hugo Schuchardt, Cuthbert Shields, W. W. Skeat, William Stubbs, John Thickens, Llewellyn Thomas, A. O. Vaughan (Owen Rhoscomyl (3), H. L. D. Ward (2), T. Herbert Warren, Jessie L. Weston (2), Oscar Wilde, John Wordsworth, Joseph Wright, and Frederick G. Wynn (3).

Various notebooks, [1855x1915], most of which appear to have belonged to John Rhŷs and are written in his hand; some appear to be school books and lecture notes. They mainly relate to philology, including lists of words, names in pedigrees, and notes on manuscripts and inscriptions. Several books also record folklore and legends.