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An essay by D. Pryse Williams on 'Hanes Cenarth, yng nghyd a Thref Castell Newydd Emlyn, a hen Fwrdeisdref Trefhedyn', which was awarded a prize at an eisteddfod at Newcastle Emlyn in 1902, under the adjudication of Sir John Rhys. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 1.

Miscellaneous unbound material of south Cardiganshire interest collected by D. Pryse Williams, being largely notes towards his essay on the history of Cenarth [cf. NLW MS 15623]. They contain extracts from parish records; abstracts and transcripts of public records; notes on tithes, education and Newcastle Emlyn postmasters; pedigrees; biographies of residents and anecdotes associated with them; notes on old houses; accounts of the Baptists of Drefach; biographies of Benjamin Thomas ('Myfyr Emlyn'), Benjamin Williams ( 'Gwynionydd') and others torn from an earlier essay (pp. 103-4, 136-141, 177-186); and a photograph of the entry in the Order Book of Carmarthenshire Quarter Sessions of the registration of Ty Mawr, Newcastle Emlyn, for worship by the Baptists, 1776. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 2.

A group of notebooks containing further material towards a history of Cenarth. They include copious extracts from parish records, tithe commutation, 1842, accounts of the Newcastle Emlyn branch of the Cardigan Auxiliary of the Bible Society, 1816-1836, and minutes of the Guardians of Newcastle Union, 1838-1839; notes on the fishery, on the 'Classical and Commercial School', of the Rev. Timothy Thomas, old houses, and folk lore and folk custom; pedigrees; extracts from tours and printed sources; etc. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MSS 3-4.

Notebooks containing sermons and sermon notes by D. Pryse Williams, dating from 1903. Some notebooks contain additional material, such as notes of addresses to churches, notes on 'Jac Glan y Gors' and 'Gwynionydd', etc. The majority of the sermons are in Welsh.

Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 5.

Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 6.

Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 7.

Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 8.

Notebooks and unbound material containing lectures, addresses and class essays by D. Pryse Williams, and largely in his hand, on 'Christian Experience of the Holy Spirit', 'Yr Ail-ddyfodiad', 'Llwyddiant y Gwaith Cenhadol', 'Y Tlawd yn rhai o'r Gwledydd Tramor ac hefyd yr Hen Deyrnasoedd', 'Yr Eglwys: Gwasanaeth ei Haelod Unigol', 'Ychydig o Hanes Ysgrifennu'r Beibl', 'The Boundless Gospel', 'Crist a'r Cartref', 'The Characteristics of the Welsh People', 'Joseph Harris ('Gomer')', 'Yr Athro Syr Henry Jones', 'Jac Glan-y-Gors', 'Gwilym Gwent', 'John Emlyn Jones, MA, LlD', 'Ioan Emlyn', 'Dick Sheppard', 'Dr John Clifford', 'Isaac Watts', 'Rawlins White, Caerdydd', 'Y Parch. Daniel Jones, Agra', 'Neges Timothy Richard i ni Weinidogion', 'Y Cenhadwr Doctor Griffith John, China', 'Apostol Indiaid Gogledd America', 'Cronfa'r Ad-drefnu (1946)', 'Newcastle Emlyn during the Civil War', 'Nodweddion Barddoniaeth Glannau Ceri', 'Edmund Spenser and the Faery Quean', etc. There are also addresses on temperance (e.g. 'Araeth Fer. Draddodwyd gennyf yng Nhyfarfod Dirwestol Salem, Hydref 23ydd 1907') and on the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; addresses at funerals and on the ordination of deacons and the admission of new members, the ordination of his brother-in-law the Rev. Haydn Morgan, a native of Treherbert, at Hengoed Baptist Church [1932], and the re-opening of Philadelphia Baptist Church, Swansea [ 1947]; and class essays on 'Samson Agonistes', 'With what bard I would like to spend an hour', 'One of the characters in Paradise Lost. The Devil', and 'The Character of Ezra'.

Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 9.

Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 10.

Lectures, addresses and class essays by D. Pryse Williams, continuing similar material in NLW MSS 15630-15631. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 11.

Drafts of an essay by D. Pryse Williams on the Baptist cause at Fron Ddeiniol, p. Penbryn, co. Card., together with material collected during its compilation, including a cutting of an article (7 Feb. 1902) on 'Y Fron Ddeiniol a'i Amserau' by Evan Evans, Penbank, Sarnau. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 12.

A vol. in the hand of D. Pryse Williams containing extracts from public records (13th-15th cent.) relating to the castle of Emlyn, and from an essay on 'Tai Adfeiliedig yn Ardal Rhydlewis' submitted by Miss M. Thomas, Bwlchyffin, to an eisteddfod at Twrgwyn on New Year's Day 1916. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 13.

Diary (incomplete) of D. Pryse Williams, 1923, subsequently used by him as an album for newspaper cuttings ('Welsh Queries', 1927). Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 14.

Poetry in the hand of D. Pryse Williams including 'Pryddest: Y Samaritan Trugarog' submitted to an eisteddfod at Towyn, New Quay, New Year's Day 1908, and 'Pryddest: Ymdaith y Ddynoliaeth' submitted to an eisteddfod at Llandysul, Good Friday 1908, together with a cutting of in memoriam verses by him, 1911. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 16.

A small group of eisteddfod adjudications, in Welsh and English, by D. Pryse Williams (Hawen, 1907; Brynmoriah, 1912). Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 15.

Three commonplace books in the hand of D. Pryse Williams, containing records of his preaching engagements, diary entries and a variety of material of Teifi-side interest, including copies of memorial inscriptions; extracts from parish records (Troedyraur, Brongwyn, Betws Ifan etc.); poetry by D. Pryse Williams, Owen Bowen, 'Dafydd y Crydd', Thomas Owen, Enos Enos ('Enos Blaensaith'), etc.; notes on Cenarth schools (Mrs Francis' Reading & Sewing School, Quarre School, etc.); notes on wells, rivers etc. of the parish of Cenarth; addresses; recipes; questions on current affairs; extracts from printed sources; etc.

Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 17.