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A collection which includes poetry, correspondence, notebooks and miscellaneous papers.

A commonplace book kept by Owen containing hymns, 'englynion' and other poems, specimens of different types of handwriting, and miscellaneous transcripts and notes.

Letters, drafts of letters and poetry in the autograph of Owen.

Thirty-two letters, 1835-1865, from Morris Williams ('Nicander') to Owen.

Twenty-nine letters, 1850-1858, to Owen, mainly relating to the Madoc eisteddfod, together with one letter from Owen.

Forty-two letters, 1802-1872, mainly to Owen, from North Wales poets and authors.

Papers, 1814-1858, relating to the Llŷn and Eifionydd and the Tremadog Auxiliaries of the British and Foreign Bible Society; names of members and other particulars relating to 'Cymdeithas Eifionydd er cospi ... Drwgweithredwyr', 1829; names of incumbents of churches in the deanery of Eifionydd, 1389-1827; etc.

Papers, 1819-1838, relating to Sunday schools in Caernarvonshire, chiefly in the Eifionydd division of the county.

Papers, 1801-1837, relating to the Eifionydd Society for the Prosecution of Felons, i.e. 'Cymdeithas Eifionydd er Cosbi Lladron neu Ddrwgweithredwyr'.

Miscellaneous papers, mostly collected by Owen, including the letter of ordination of John Thomas, 1 June 1760; population statistics, 1821; poems; letters; accounts; pedigrees; and notes.

Transcripts by Owen of miscellaneous poems by David Hughes ('Eos Iâl'), Sir Henry Wotton, R. Roberts (Treflys), 'Ioan Madog', Robert Williams ('Robert ap Gwilym Ddu'), 'Glasfryn', Huw Morus, John Owen, William Jones, Thomas Jones ('Glan Alun'), William Jones (Graienyn), R. Tecwyn Morris, 'Ab Ieuan', Hugh Jones (Llangwm), Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), and Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), with some anonymous poems.

Poetry by and in the hand of David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion'); poems by William Edward, Llanedwen, Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd') and Robert Williams ('Robert ap Gwilym Ddu'); prose items.

Poems by David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), Griffith Williams ('Gutyn Peris'), Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain') and others; a few printed poems; letters to 'Dewi Wyn o Eifion' (David Owen) from 'Dafydd Ddu Eryri', J[ohn] R[ichard] Jones and David Jones, Llangollen; etc.

Letters, 1835-1840, from David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion') to Richard Humphreys (Faerdref) , Ellis Owen and James Spooner (Tremadog), together with drafts of letters by David Owen relating to Welsh literary matters.

Letters, 1809-1830, to David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion') from Robert Williams ('Robert ap Gwilym Ddu'), John Thomas ('Sion Wyn o Eifion'), David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), Richard Jones, Ellis Owen and 'Twm Pedrog'; an open letter from 'Dyfnwal' relating to Welsh poetry; an obituary notice of 'Dewi Wyn'; etc.

Letters, 1808-1811, to Ellis Owen from John Thomas ('Sion Wyn o Eifion'), with a few poems.

An order from the Poor Law Commissioners, 1837, relating to the election of guardians for the parishes of Ffestiniog, Ynyscynhaiarn, Treflys and Llanfrothen, together with a list of paupers in the parish of Ynyscynhaiarn who were 'relieved' during the quarter ending 25 September 1842.

A surveying book used by Ellis Owen when he was at Montford School, 1813, and containing accounts of expenditure incurred on new outhouses at Cefnymeusydd, 1824-1832, and timber cutting accounts, 1824-1829.

A notebook containing Ellis Owen's banking account, 1841-1847, and an account of his transactions as agent for John Bellamy and the representatives of Steed Girdlestone, 1851-1867.

A volume of arithmetical exercises, rules and problems which belonged to Ellis Owen, 1800-1813, and previously to older members of his family.