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A series of questions by Robert Oliver Rees relating to Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd') and his stay at Tredegar as Congregational minister, 1845-1848, with replies sent by William Williams, Abercarn, 1872.

A diary for 1841 kept by Roderick Humphreys, coachman to John Jones, Borthwnog, Llanelltyd, rector of Llanaber.

A transcript by David Richards ('Dafydd Ionawr') of a letter sent 23 July 1767 from Brunswick, Virginia by Goronwy Owen to Richard Morris, London, and also of the elegy on Lewis Morris which accompanied it; a sketch, made for W[illiam] W[atkin] E[dward] Wynne, 1839, of the seal of the Corporation of Harlech, 1559.

Miscellaneous correspondence, including letters from Lewis Williams, Llanfachreth to William Williams, schoolmaster, Towyn and to 'Cymdeithasfa fisol y Methodistiaid yn y Bala', from Robert Roberts, Cynfal Bach, Maentwrog 'at flaunoriaid y Capel Methodistiaid Tanygrisiau', from W[illiam] W[atkin] E[dward] Wynne to Angharad Llwyd, from Lewis Edwards, Bala to William Williams, Dolgelley, from Rachel Jones (widow of 'Ieuan Gwynedd'), Ellis Owen (Cefnymeusydd), John Owen (Thrussington), Robert Owen (Pennal), John Price (Oxford) and W[illiam] W[atkin] E[dward] Wynne to Robert Oliver Rees, from Thomas Edward Ellis, Edward Hughes (Wrexham), T[homas] M[orris] Jones ('Gwenallt'), Joseph Latchmore, R. Owen (Oxford), Daniel Pickard and John Vaughan (Nannau) to Edward Griffith, etc.

Notes by Edward Griffith on seventeenth century landowners in the Dolgellau district, the social and religious history of Dolgellau, etc.

Papers relating to Mary Jones, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Merionethshire and her journey on foot to Bala in 1800 to obtain a Welsh Bible from Thomas Charles, who was afterwards one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society. They include the original manuscript and draft copies of Robert Oliver Rees: Mary Jones, y Gymraes fechan heb yr un Beibl, a sefydliad y Feibl Gymdeithas ... (Dolgellau, 1879), press cuttings containing reviews and correspondence relating to the work and to the truth of the story, a short biographical note on Mary Jones, and letters, including two from D. E. Jenkins, Denbigh to Edward Griffith, 1909.

Press cuttings of articles, including 'Sketches in Wales', and letters, etc. contributed by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd') to various newspapers.

Notes on the history of Glamorgan written by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd').

Press cuttings collected by Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd) comprising copies of numerous articles and letters by him.

Sermons by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd'), many of them preached at Saron Congregational Chapel, Tredegar, together with notes for lectures and addresses.

Lectures on the history and topography of Wales written by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd').

A poem written by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd') to his mother on her seventy-third birthday, 1846.

'Buddioldeb Cymdeithasau Cyfeillgar a'u tuedd i lesoli Gweithwyr', an essay on the value of Friendly Societies written by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd') for the National Eisteddfod at Rhuddlan, 1850.

Strictures by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd') upon the methods and conclusions of the commissioners who reported in 1847 upon the state of education in Wales.

Poetry by David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) and notes for his biography mainly by John Jones, Borthwnog, Llanelltyd, John Williams, Dyffryn and Robert Oliver Rees.

Transcripts of nearly two hundred and fifty epitaphs to David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) in the form of englynion, many of which were written for a competition adjudicated by Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd).

A draft of the biography of David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) by Robert Oliver Rees.

The original manuscript and author's drafts of 'Cywydd y Drindod' by David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) and a transcript of the poem, with an introduction prepared for the press.

An essay entitled 'Athrylith a Gweithiau Dafydd Ionawr' i.e. David Richards by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd').

Transcripts by Robert Oliver Rees of poetry, letters, etc., by David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) and of poetry by others relating to him and his work.