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Letter, [1888x1895], from three individuals, Thomas Thomas, M. A. Thomas and Olive [?Thomas], Cheam House, Pontnewydd, [?Monmouthshire], to one Miss Thomas, enclosing a copy of the English translation of Daniel Owen's novel Rhys Lewis, Minister of Bethel: An Autobiography, trans. by James Harris (Wrexham, [1888]).
The sender, [Thomas Thomas], refers to meeting Daniel Owen in Mold.

Letter, 16 May 1903, from John Ballinger, Central Library, Cardiff, to the Rev. T. Llechid Jones, enclosing requested publications.

Cerdd gan Crwys yn dwyn y teitl 'Dim Gwaith', wedi ei dyddio 6 Chwefror 1932, ac yn ôl bob tebyg heb ei chyhoeddi. = A poem by Crwys entitled 'Dim Gwaith' ('No Work'), dated 6 February 1932 and apparently unpublished.

Letter, 29 September 2005, from Peter Prendergast, Deiniolen, to Rosemary Markham, concerning his work and his health.

Llythyr, 8 Mai 1916, oddi wrth y Preifat I[orwerth] Hughes o Frynymaen, sir Ddinbych, oedd yn gwasanaethu gyda 17 Bataliwn y Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig yn Ffrainc, at un Mrs Owen, yn rhoi newyddion personol. = Letter, 8 May 1916, from Pte I[orwerth] Hughes of Brynymaen, Denbighshire, serving with the 17th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers in France, to one Mrs Owen, giving personal news.

Cerdyn post, [23] Chwefror 1949, oddi wrth G[riffith] T[homas] R[oberts], Bangor, at Garfield H. Hughes, Aberystwyth, ynghlyn a'i arferion darllen diweddar. = Postcard, [23] February 1949, from G[riffith] T[homas] R[oberts], Bangor, to Garfield H. Hughes, Aberystwyth, relating to Roberts's recent reading habits.

Llythyr, [?1976], oddi wrth Jennie Eirian Davies, Yr Wyddgrug, at Mr [?Ifor] Jones yn ymddiheuro am na fyddai'n gallu beirniadu yn Eisteddfod Llanrwst y flwyddyn honno. = Letter, [?1976], from Jennie Eirian Davies, Mold, to Mr [?Ifor] Jones apologising for being unable to adjudicate at that year's Llanrwst Eisteddfod.

Letter, 28 August 1936, from Dr Thomas Jones CH, at St Gallen, Switzerland, to Con[stance de] Madariaga, Geneva, regarding the situation of her husband, the Spanish writer and diplomat Salvador de Madariaga.
Jones offers to help Maderiaga who had fled Spain for England the previous month due to the Spanish Civil War. He also refers to his forthcoming trip with Lloyd George to Germany and Berchtesgaden.

Cerdyn argraffedig, Mawrth 1975, yn cydnabod cydymdeimlad ar farw T. H. Parry-Williams. Anfonwyd y cerdyn oddi wrth ei weddw, Amy, at eu ffrindiau 'Margaret ac Owen'. = A printed acknowledgement card, March 1975, on the death of T. H. Parry-Williams, sent by his widow, Amy, to their friends 'Margaret and Owen'.
Mae'r cerdyn yn cynnwys testun Cymraeg printiedig, gyda neges ychwanegol yn Saesneg yn llaw Amy Parry-Williams. = The card contains a printed message in Welsh, with an additional note in English in the hand of Amy Parry-Williams.

Copi, [?1887], o osodiad cerddorol gan, ac yn llaw, David Davies (Dewi Myrnach) o emyn Maurice Davies 'Am graig i adeiladu'. Mae'r copi wedi ei gyflwyno i Thomas Morris. = A copy, [?1887], of a musical setting by, and in the hand of, David Davies (Dewi Myrnach) of Maurice Davies's hymn beginning 'Am graig i adeiladu'. The copy is dedicated to Thomas Morris.
Ennillodd y dôn wobr yn Eisteddfod yr Iwbili a gynhaliwyd yn Nhyddewi ar 17 Awst 1887, gyda Dr Joseph Parry yn beirniadu. = The hymn tune was awarded a prize at the 'Jubilee Eisteddfod' held at St Davids on 17 August 1887, with Dr Joseph Parry adjudicating.

Nodyn, [c. 1965?], oddi wrth Wil Ifan, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, at [Rhiannon Francis Roberts] yn cynnwys englyn ganddo (ond sydd yn cael ei briodoli yma i Roberts) yn cyfeirio, mae'n debyg, at annibendod ei bapurau ei hun. = Note, [c. 1965?], from Wil Ifan, Bridgend, to [Rhiannon Francis Roberts] containing an englyn by him (but here ascribed to Roberts), apparently referring to the disarray amongst his own papers.
Roedd Roberts yn archifydd yn y Llyfrgell Genedlaethol a bu'n gyfrifol am gatalogio lythyrau Wil Ifan ym 1965. = Roberts was an archivist at the National Library and was responsible for cataloguing Wil Ifan's letters in 1965.

Dau lythyr, 21 Mehefin 1924 (ff. 2-4) ac 8 Awst 1926 (ff. 5-7), oddi wrth Thomas Rickard Davies, Chubut, Patagonia, at aelodau o'i deulu yn ardal Buellt. = Two letters, 21 June 1924 (f. 2-4) and 8 August 1926 (ff. 5-7), from Thomas Rickard Davies, Chubut, Patagonia, to members of his family in the Builth area.
Cyfeiria'r llythyrwr at newyddion teuluol, gan gynnwys marwolaethau ei dad (ff. 2-3) a T. Dalar Evans, cyfaill i'w dad (ff. 5-6). = The writer refers to family news, including the deaths of his father (ff. 2-3) and of his father's friend, T. Dalar Evans (ff. 5-6).

Dau lythyr ac un cerdyn post, Hydref-Tachwedd 1942, oddi wrth J. E. Davis (Clwydian), Putney, Llundain (ff.10-12), ynghyd â cherdyn post, [24] Hydref 1942, oddi wrth R. Rhys Hughes, Bethesda (f. 14), wedi eu cyfeirio at y Parch. T. Llechid Jones, Llangynhafal. = Two letters and one postcard, October-November 1942, from J. E. Davis (Clwydian), Putney, London (ff. 10-12), together with a postcard, [24] October 1942, from R. Rhys Hughes, Bethesda (f. 14), addressed to the Rev. T. Llechid Jones, Llangynhafal.
Ymateba'r gohebwyr i lythyr Llechid yn Y Llan, 23 Hydref 1942, t. 6, yn holi am ddechreuadau gwasanaethau Cymraeg Anglicanaidd yn Llundain. Amgaeir darlun, [1932x1942], o'r Parch. John Crowle Ellis, fu'n gwasanaethu eglwysi Dewi Sant a Bened Sant, Llundain (f. 13), ynghyd â nodiadau yn llaw Llechid, [?1942], ar 'Yr Eglwys yn Llundain' (ff. 15-16). = The correspondents write in response to Llechid's letter in Y Llan, 23 October 1942, p. 6, requesting information on the origins of Welsh-language Anglican services in London. Also included is a photograph, [1932x1942], of the Rev. John Crowle Ellis, who served the churches of St David's and St Benet's, London (f. 13), together with notes in Welsh by Llechid, [?1942], on 'The Church in London' (ff. 15-16).

A note, 26 July 1969, from Mary Lago to Michael Holroyd (ff. 111-112) enclosing typescript extracts, [July 1969], of a letter from Mrs George Prothero [i.e. Mary Frances Prothero] to Alice Rothenstein, Rye, 11 September [1907x1909] (f. 111).
Prothero's letter contains gossip and news concerning Roger and Helen Fry, Augustus John, Dorelia McNeill, Henry and Euphemia Lamb and Charles Conder.

Llythyr, 28 Mawrth 1965, oddi wrth lythyrwraig o'r enw Olwen yn y Gaiman, Patagonia, at Eluned [?Bere], yn cynnwys newyddion teuluol a chyfeiriadau at nifer o drigolion y Wladfa. = Letter, 28 March 1965, from 'Olwen', a correspondent living in Gaiman, Patagonia, addressed to Eluned [?Bere], containing family news and references to a number of inhabitants of the Welsh colony in Patagonia.

Letter, 14 June 1930, from Gwen John, Meudon, to fellow artist [Mary] Constance [Lloyd], concerning Ursula Tyrwhitt and her recent indiscretions (f. 20).
Also included are three letters, June-August 1980, from art historian Cecily Langdale, New York, to Mrs Rachel Collyns, Bristol, niece of Mary Constance Lloyd, relating to Gwen John (ff. 21-23), and supplying background information on John's letter and on Tyrwhitt (f. 23).

Llythyr ar gyfer y wasg, 4 Mawrth 1905, oddi wrth Evan Roberts y Diwygiwr, Godrecoed, Castellnedd, yn esbonio'r rheswm am ei 'Saith Niwrnod o Ddistawrwydd' diweddar (f. 24). = A letter, 4 March 1905, intended for publication, from Evan Roberts the Revivalist, at Godrecoed, Neath, in which he explains his recent 'Seven days of silence' (f. 24).
Amgaeir llungopi o doriad o'r South Wales Daily News, 6 Mawrth 1905, t. 6, yn cynnwys adysgrif o'r llythyr gyda chyfieithiad Saesneg (f. 25); cyhoeddwyd ffacsimili o'r llythyr yn yr erthygl gwreiddiol. = Included is a photocopy of a cutting from the South Wales Daily News, 6 March 1905, p. 6, containing a transcript of the letter together with an English translation (f. 25); the original article also included a facsimile of the letter.

Two letters, 1946-1947, to Gwyn Jones, the first from Dorothea Braby, London, 6 December 1946 (ff. 28-29), and the second from John Cowper Powys, Corwen, 11 November 1947 (ff. 30-32), both of which concern Gwyn and Thomas Jones's new translation of the Mabinogion, published as The Golden Cockerel Mabinogion ([London]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1947).
Braby discusses her illustration for the title page of The Golden Cockerel Mabinogion and includes a written description of its layout (f. 29) (see Professor Gwyn Jones, 'The Golden Cockerel Mabinogion, 1944-1948', Trans. Cymm. (1989), 181-209 (pp. 197-206) for further details and for extracts of related letters from Braby). Powys congratulates Jones on the translation, requests a cheap edition and gives his thoughts on translations in general.

Cerdyn post, [14] Awst 1951, oddi wrth Wil Ifan at Mr a Mrs Alan Guile, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, yn cytuno i roi geirda drostynt (f. 35); a llythyr, 27 Awst 1954, oddi wrth Nansi R. Jones (sef Nansi Richards, Telynores Maldwyn), at Mr Guile, ym Metws-y-Coed, yn edrych ymlaen i'w weld (f. 36). = A postcard, [14] August 1951, from Wil Ifan to Mr and Mrs Alan Guile, Bridgend, agreeing to act on their behalf as referee (f. 35); and a letter, 27 August 1954, from Nansi R. Jones (i.e. Nansi Richards, Telynores Maldwyn) to Mr Guile, at Betws-y-Coed, regarding his family's impending visit (f. 36).

Autograph draft by Helen Thomas, [early 1920s], of a possibly unpublished lyrical work about her love of nature in general and of hills and mountains in particular.
References to Kent and the River Darent (ff. 44-45) show that the work was written while Thomas lived at Otford in Kent in the years after her husband's death. There are also references to the Sussex Downs (f. 45 recto-verso) and to her 1919 visit to Scotland (ff. 46-49 verso) and to Glen [?Ample, Perthshire] (f. 49) (see Helen Thomas, Time & Again, ed. by Myfanwy Thomas (Manchester, 1978), pp. 126-127).