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A scrap-book of D. Silvan Evans chiefly containing 'Nugae Canorae', being holographs and press cuttings of Welsh poetry by D. Silvan Evans and of Welsh translations by him of poetry by [Johann Wolfgang Von] Goethe, Anacreon, Sappho, Plato, etc.; press cuttings of reviews, 1887-97, of parts of D. Silvan Evans, Dictionary of the Welsh Language ... Geiriadur Cymraeg (Carmarthen, 1887-96); copious holographs and press cuttings by D. Silvan Evans of family memoranda (entries of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths, press cuttings of obituary notices, etc.); holograph letters to D. Silvan Evans from J[ames] C[olquhoun Campbell, bishop of] Bangor, 1888 (the offer of a non-residentiary canonry) (with a copy of the recipient's letter of acceptance), Watkin [Herbert Williams, bishop elect of] Bangor from The Deanery, St Asaph, [18]98 (an invitation to become one of the writer's chaplains), William Hughes, Llanuwchllyn Vicarage, 1888 (an appeal for a subscription to Bishop [William] Morgan's Memorial Fund), and J[ohn] Owen, The Deanery, St Asaph, [18]92 (an invitation to preach at the unveiling of the Bishop Morgan monument in the Cathedral Yard at St Asaph), and a holograph letter from D. Silvan Evans, Llanwrin to J. H. Davies, 1902 (copy sent to Spurrell); an extensive holograph list of publications by D. Silvan Evans (including contributions to periodicals published anonymously or under noms-de-plume); and (beginning at the end of the volume) additional holographs and press cuttings of poetry by D. Silvan Evans variously entitled 'Prydyddwaith', 'Telyn y Cyssegr: Sef, Odlau a Melodion, Gan Mwyaf ar Destynau Ysgrythyrol', and 'Melodion Ysgrythyrol'.

Miscellaneous papers, 1863-1950s, of the Lloyd George family, including rent and other receipts, 1863-92, of Richard Owen, father of Margaret Lloyd George (ff. 1-48); autographs, 1917, of political figures including Herbert Henry Asquith, Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Edward Grey (f. 50 recto-verso); and typescript verse in Welsh and English composed, 1919, by Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn') in praise of Margaret Lloyd George (ff. 51-2).

Casgliad o farddoniaeth amrywiol, 1733-[1970], yn tarddu o nifer o ffynhonnellau, wedi eu derbyn rhwng 1910 a 1970 a'u hel gyda'u gilydd yn y Llyfrgell Genedlethol. = A collection of miscellaneous poetry, 1733-[1970], derived from various sources, accessioned between 1910 and 1970 and collected together at the National Library of Wales.

Fifty-six letters, 1927-1935, to Owain Llewelyn Owain from Griffith William Francis, Nantlle, Caernarvonshire, author of Telyn Eryri (Wrecsam, 1932); together with manuscript poems, 1905-1935, mostly submitted for publication in Y Genedl Gymreig, and cuttings of printed poems. Included are poems collected for a projected second volume of the poetry of G. W. Francis, entitled '''Bwrdd Gwledd y Bardd Gwlad" neu "Rhwng yr Ordd a'r Eingion'''.

Miscellaneous poems, [c. 1859]-[1940s], including a hymn attributed to Siarl Marc, written in a mid-nineteenth century hand; two carols [watermark 1859], one of which is by Thomas Hughes, Llanllyfni, Caernarvonshire; an anonymous ballad, entitled 'Explosion gwaith powdwr Penrhyndeudraeth'; a cywydd entitled 'Chwefror', [c. 1917], by J. R. Morris, Liverpool, together with an awdl, probably by the same author, entitled 'Y Nos'; and a Welsh translation, [?1940s], by T. Ifor Rees of Edward Fitzgerald's The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyámm, with a covering letter, 1948, from Rees in Bolivia.

Literary papers, [c. 1877]-[c. 1915] (watermark 1877, f. 68), of Robert Bryan, poet and musician, including over thirty draft poems, many of which were published posthumously in Tua'r wawr (Lerpwl, 1921); and several prose pieces, including a tribute, [c. 1884], to Thomas Carlyle (ff. 87-96). Many items were written on the dorse of printed advertisements and other material pertaining to the firm of 'Bryan Brothers, General Drapers, Carnarvon', owned by Robert Bryan's brothers, Edward and Joseph, in the 1880s.

A volume containing autograph poems, mostly pryddestau, and a series of prose dialogues by H. Isgaer Lewis, Caernarfon, entered for competition at National and other eisteddfodau, [c. 1886]-1912.

A volume containing a collection of pryddestau, 1901-1918 and undated, by H. Isgaer Lewis, Caernarfon, entered for competition at various eisteddfodau.

Manuscript of an apparently unpublished pastoral poem by Richard Jones (Gwynfryn), London, entitled 'Bugeilgerdd Gwallter, Bugail Hafod y Cwm', the winning entry at Eisteddfod Tal-y-sarn, Caernarvonshire, 21 May 1903.

A letter, 18 May 1901, in Welsh, from the poet, Ben Bowen, Kimberley, South Africa, to his sister, Ann, and brother-in-law, Jonathan Thomas, including two englynion by Bowen.
Parts of the letter, including the englynion, are published in Ben Bowen yn Neheudir Affrica, ed. by Myfyr Hefin (Llanelli, 1928), pp. 23-24.

An apparently unpublished poem, entitled 'Pwy?' and dated 17 June 1908, by John T. Jôb, being a leaf from the autograph book of Ellen Anne Roberts (later Mrs Emrys Lewis of Creunant, Glamorgan), then of Carneddi, Bethesda, where Jôb was minister of the local chapel and a close neighbour.

Miscellaneous poems including a 'pryddest' entitled 'Y Dyngarwr', by 'Rhyd y Goleu'; commemorative verses to John Jenkyn Richards, by Robert Rowlands [Birmingham], 1937; an 'englyn' to 'Mr. E. M. Davies', and three stanzas to 'Mr. E. Griffiths', by R[obert] H[ughes] Jones [of New Brighton]; and two anonymous poems called 'Gwawr', and 'Paentio'r byd yn goch'.

Copïau, [1920au], mewn llaw anhysbys, o chwe englyn gan Robert Owen Hughes (Elfyn), sydd yn ddetholiad o'r gerdd 'Addef ac Ymbil' a gyhoeddwyd yn Y Traethodydd, 60 (1905), 89-90 (f. 1 recto-verso). = Copies, [1920s], in an unknown hand, of six englynion by Robert Owen Hughes (Elfyn), being a selection from the poem entitled 'Addef ac Ymbil', published in Y Traethodydd, 60 (1905), 89-90 (f. 1 recto-verso).
Cynhwysir hefyd y ddau englyn ar garreg ei fedd yn Llan Ffestiniog, sef un o'i waith ei hun, a'r llall o waith Eifion Wyn (f. 1 verso). = Also included are the two englynion inscribed on Elfyn's tombstone at Llan Ffestiniog, one of his own composition, and the other by Eifion Wyn (f. 1 verso).

Cerddi cynnar a luniwyd ganddo yn 1929 a cherddi diweddarach a ysgrifennodd yn ystod ei ddyddiau coleg; cyfieithiadau o ganeuon ganddo; ynghyd â chyfieithiadau i'r Saesneg a'r Sbaeneg, 1953, o'i bryddest anfuddugol 'Y Creadur', Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Aberystwyth 1952.

Y mae'r casgliad yn cynnwys: llythyrau, 1909-1938, at 'Ioan Brothen', a llythyrau, 1950-1974, at Enid Jones; dyddiaduron Ioan Brothen, 1894, 1931-1940; llyfrau nodiadau a llyfrau lloffion, 1888-1940, yn cynnwys cerddi, englynion, penillion, torion o'r wasg, arysgrifau cerrig beddau; papurau amrywiol, 1823-1996; ac eitemau printiedig, 1922-1926. = The collection comprises: letters, 1909-1938, to 'Ioan Brothen, and letters, 1950-1974, to Enid Jones; diaries of Ioan Brothen, 1894, 1931-1940; notebooks and scrapbooks, 1888-1940, containing poems, englynion, verses, press cuttings, gravestone inscriptions; miscellaneous papers, 1823-1996; and printed items, 1922-1926.

An album containing pasted-in cuttings from newspapers and journals and other miscellaneous material by, or relating to, R. J. Derfel, 1855-1904, including manuscript and printed poetry; letters and cards to R. J. Derfel, including a letter, n.d., from Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn'); and programmes and leaflets.

Manuscript and printed poems by R. J. Derfel, and other miscellaneous items, 1858-1913, including a photograph of him, 1902.

Typescript copies of poems in strict and free metres by R. Elias ('Meillionog'), together with a few emendations in the author's hand. Among the titles are 'Eisteddfod Johannesburg, Mai, 1908. Pryddest - "Cydymdeimlad"'; 'Pryddest - "Paradwys"'; 'Gwymp [sic] Victoria. Y Victoria Falls'; 'Englyn[ion] i Madam C. Novello Davies'; 'I Syr William Thorne' (with an English translation); 'Cyfarchiad I Mr. a Mrs. Gwilym Cleaton Jones, a'u mab bychan Ioan Prisiart, Mowbray' (1908); and 'Cadeiriad Bardd Buddugol Eisteddfod Cape Town, 1922'.

Holograph poems, largely in free metre, by R. Elias ('Meillionog'), with critical observations in the hand of 'H. T. F.'. Among the titles are 'Y Bwrdd Fynydd. Table Mountain'; 'Y Gwelliant (Cymdeithas fodolai yn Glandwr, Abertawe, o gylch 1850, i leihau yfed a phuro iaith ac ymadrodd yr aelodau)'; 'Llinellau ar Cadeiriad [sic] Miss Boyd Yn Cape Town. 1921'; 'Duchan Gerdd. Y Chwedleuwr. Eisteddfod Jo[hannes]burg Mai 1908'; 'Cadeiriad Bardd Buddugol Eisteddfod Cape Town 1922'; etc.

A pryddest 'Y Gan Ni Chanwyd' entered for competition by the Reverend Ben Davies, under the pseudonym 'Tant yr Hen', at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Liverpool, August 1929.