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A volume of poems and notes by W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), entitled 'Lloches Cymhlithigion neu gyfansoddiadau llenyddol a barddonol, y rhai a ysgrifenwyd gan mwyaf ar ol Dydd Calan, 1856 (a rhai pethau blaenorol) gan Gwilym Cowlyd neu William J. Roberts, Tyddyn Willim yn Nghwm Cau-lwyd, Trefriw'; with press cuttings, and transcripts by W. J. Roberts, of poems by Llewelyn Edwards (Llewelyn Twrog), John Wynne ('Gwynfardd Hiraethlyn'), Ellis Roberts y Cowper, Robert Jones, Bryn Moel, Dolwyddelan, Evan Evans, potter, Llanrwst, and Griffith Jones, Bryn Moel.

'Awdl ar "Mynyddoedd Eryri" ar "Y Pedwar mesur arhugain cerdd dafod" dosbarth Gwynedd' by W. J. Roberts, and a booklet of 'englynion' and poems on local events circa 1859.

Five notebooks containing copies and drafts of odes by W. J. Roberts - 'Ieuengctyd', 1877, 'Awdl Goffadwriaeth David James ('Dewi o Ddyfed')', 1878, 'Pulpud Cymru', and 'Y Meddwl'.

Drafts of an ode on 'Mynyddoedd Eryri' by W. J. Roberts, and a transcript of 'Cerdd i ofyn bwyall' (Ellis Roberts y cowper).

Miscellaneous poems by W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), and others, mainly connected with 'Arwest Glan Geirionydd', adjudications by Gaerwenydd Pritchard; a fragment of a letter by (?) William Jones, Llangadfan; 'Cerdd: Dammeg y Winllan'; 'Cywydd Boddlonrwydd' by (?) Evan ap Richard, and 'Awdl Boddlonrwydd' by [John Roberts] Sion Lleyn; a copy of Thomas Edward's elegy upon the death of William Elias, 1789; and a declaration concerning Llanrwst Eisteddfod, 1880.

A small collection of vaticinatory prose and verse attributed to Gronw Ddu, Taliesin, Merddin Wyllt, Rhys Fardd, Iolo Goch, Davydd Llwyd, Robin Ddu, and Edward ap Rhys.

A transcript by W. J. Roberts from a manuscript which he found among the papers of David Jones of Trevriw ('Dafydd Sion Dafydd') and which he sold to E. G. B. Phillimore (i.e. NLW MS 255A); and transcripts of 'englynion o wneuthuriad Ellis ab Ellis o blwyf Trillo yn Sir Feirionydd' and of a portion of the Interlude of 'Deifus a Lazarus'.

Minutes, 1882-1886, of the bi-monthly meetings of the Sunday Schools in the Clynnog district, kept by Griffith Lewis, Pen-y-groes, with notes and statistics; letters by John Owen Jones, Llanberis, 1885, W. W. Jones, Clynnog, 1886, and by G. Ceidiog Roberts, [?1895]; statistics of the district in April 1854 by Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), and a report on the Clynnog district Sunday Schools, 1857.

A collection of compositions submitted for competition at various eisteddfodau - 'Awdl: Pulpud Cymru' by 'Taliesin Pont-y-pridd', undated; 'Cywydd: Nodwydd Cleopatra' by 'Ysbryd Moses' (Eisteddfod Gadeiriol y Cymry, Llanrwst, 1878); 'Awdlau: Y Goleuni' by 'Adda Jones' and 'Llywelyn' ( Eisteddfod New York, 1884); 'Awdl: Mynydd y Ty' by 'Ysbryd Taliesin' ( Arwest Farddonol Glan Geirionydd, 1896); 'Llawlyfr Eisteddfodol' - a critical essay by 'Eisteddfodwr'.

A collection of notebooks entitled 'Collections of Chronologies and severall other remarkeables', gathered, 1682-1683, out of Francis Godwin's Catalogue of the Bishops of England, 1601, and the works of Peter Heylyn.

Itineraries arranged for Calvinistic Methodist preachers mainly in Caernarvonshire, 1838; and a letter, 1830, from Rice Williams, Hafod Llain, to Edward Jones, concerning a consignment of copper, endorsed with an account of payments made to preachers, 1830-1831.

Adjudications by Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd') on poetical compositions at the Aberdare Eisteddfod, 1861, 'Cylchwyl Cymdeithas Lenyddol Dinorwig a Llanberis, 1861', 'Cyfarfod Llenyddol y Bontfechan', 1862, and Eisteddfod Caernarfon, 1862, ('weight of all the compositions, 87 lbs').

A collection of 'cerddi', 'englynion', and 'cywyddau', written about 1800, including poems by John Griffith, Llanddyfnan, John Dafydd Laes (Bardd Nannau), Thomas Prys (Plas Iolyn), Lewis Glyn Cothi, Siôn Tudur, Jonathan Hughes, Llewelyn ap Guttyn, Telynior Llwydiarth, Ieuan Fardd, John Rhydderch; 'caniad Mair' and 'Caniad Simion'; 'Cyneddfau amryw barthau Cymru'; and a copy of an inscription on the tomb of Mo: Lloyd, Cerrig Ceinwen, 1647.

A small collection of miscellaneous poetry transcribed by 'G. R.' including 'Englynion Duwiol ar amryw destynneu' by Robert Pritchard; 'englynion i ddeuddeg mis y flwyddyn'; 'Coffadwriaeth am y Pencerdd celfyddgar Ellis Cadwaladr or Edeirnion yn Meirionydd' by John Jones; 'Cywydd i anerch William Elias' by Gronwy Owen; and poems attributed to Taliesin, Dafydd ap Gwilym (englyn), and Owen Gryffydd.

A notebook containing poems transcribed by William Roberts, Tyddyn Willim, 1847-1851, including some of his own compositions signed 'Gwilym Glan Cowlyd'; and a satire ('Yr Estron farsiand crwydrol') by 'Eidiol' with the adjudication of Ellis Roberts ('Elis Wyn o Wyrfai'), 1878.

Poems written for 'Arwest Glan Geirionydd', and for the New York eisteddfod, 1884, with earlier poetry including transcripts of poems by Dafydd Llwyd ap Llewelyn ap Gruffydd and Iolo Goch, 'Awdl ar Abraham yn offrymu Isaac' by Edward Evans ('Iolo Gwyddelwern'), 'Cerdd ymherthynas ein cariad at Dduw', by John Powel, 1767, 'Gwledd Belsassar' by G[riffith] Williams ('G[utyn] Peris') and a letter by Evan Williams, Bod Aeden, 1796, with a transcript of a 'cywydd' by William Evans o'r Gadlys, 1749.

An ode - 'Syr John Wynn o Wydir: Awdl Gadeiriol Gwynedd yn ngorsedd Gyfallwy Eisteddfod Llanrwst a Dyffryn Conwy, 1867', by Owain Gethin Jones. The manuscript was used for the edition printed at Llanrwst, 1877.

Draft stanzas for an ode on 'Prydferthwch'.

An ode written by 'Dafydd ab Edmwnd' for competition for an 'Awdl Goffadwriaeth Dewi o Ddyfed' at the Llanrwst Eisteddfod, 1-3 August 1878.

'Atteb vn o farn y Presbyteriaid i'r llythyr a ddanfonodd Gweinidog o Eglwys Loegr at vn o'i blwyfolion ynghylch ei fod yn neilltuo oddiwrth yr Eglwys; yn dangos 1. Mor rhydd ydyw i'r Presbyteriaid neulltuo oddiwrth yr Eglwys, a elwir Eglwys Loegr. 2. Mor wann yw'r rhesymmau am vno gyda hi, ac mor gadarn ac yscrythyrol ydyw rhesymmau y Dissenters am neulltuo oddiwrthi. 3. Mor anghywir ydyw teuru fod barn a gweithredoedd y Dissenters yn anghyttuno, a'u bod yn cyttuno A'r Papistiaid; Ac yn dangos fod mwy cyttundeb rhwng Eglwys Loegr a'r Papistiaid nac sy' rhwng y Dissenters a'r Papistiaid. . .', with 'englynion Mawl i'r Llyfr' by Jenkin Thomas of the parish of Bryngwyn, Cardiganshire. The book was written for publication in answer to a Welsh translation by G[riffith] J[ones] - Llythyr oddiwrth Weinidog o Eglwys Loegr at un o'i blwyfolion - of Edward Wells's A Letter from a Minister of the Church of England to a dissenting parishioner of the Presbyterian persuasion, 1706. In a short preface to the 'Atteb' the author refers to an English reply by Mr. James Pierse (i.e. James Peirce: Remarks on Dr. Wells his Letter to a dissenting parishioner, 1706).