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A collection of two hundred and eleven numbered, but unattributed, hymns ('Casgliad o Hymnau ar amriw achosion'), with a few additions in a later hand. At the end are a list of subjects of the hymns ('Crynhoad O Destynau yr Hymnau') and a metrical table ('Eglurhad O hydau'r Tonau . . .').

A mutilated manuscript of John Jones ('Pyll Glan Conwy') containing arithmetic and numeration rules and exercises, and a few transcripts of Welsh poetry (among them a fragment of the interlude 'Pedair Colofn Gwladwriaeth' by Thomas Edwards, 'Twm o'r Nant') and collects.

A list [in the hand of J. T. Evans] of publications printed by David Jones and his successors at Trefriw and Llanrwst and offered for sale by O. Evans-Jones & Co., printers, stationers, &c., Llanrwst. The volume is thumb-indexed and the publications are entered in alphabetical order of first lines. Among a few insets and items bound into the volume are two lists of publications ('Rhestr o Lyfrau' and 'Rhestr o Ganiadau') printed and sold by O. Evans-Jones & Co.

A volume, largely blank, in the hand of W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), containing a list of subscribers to W. J. Roberts: Y Murmuron. . . (Llanrwst, 1868), and a list, 1867, of persons to whom 'Wallia Curiosa', no. 3, and in two instances no. 4, had been sent by post. On the inside upper cover is a list of books entitled 'Yn Abertawe'.

The holograph manuscript of W[illiam] Lloyd (Yspytty [Ifan]): Pregeth ar 'Iawn Ymddygiad yn Nhy Dduw' a draddodwyd yn Ngherrig y-druidion ar Wyl Undeb Eglwysig Uwchaled . . . (Llanrwst, n.d.)

The tune book of William Jones, 1800, containing psalm-tunes, hymn-tunes, anthems, etc., by Hugh Jones, Pen y Bwth, Llandwrog, W[illia]m Hughes, Bryn y Beddau, John W[illia]ms, Dolgellau, Robert Griffith, Caernarvon, John Evans, Ty mawr, Llanddeiniolen, and John Jeffreys. Many of the pieces are unattributed. Written on the inside covers and elsewhere are a metrical psalm by W[illiam] Williams, Llandegai, and unsigned hymns.

A small collection of psalm-tunes, etc.

One hundred and thirty holograph letters and imperfect letters, 1845-1864 and undated, written by J[ohn] Jones ('Pyll Glan Conwy'), together with some additions by his wife [Jane Jones]. The majority of the letters are written to his son Evan, printer, Portmadoc, but a few are addressed to others of his children, namely Catherine, Edward, Jane, Owen E[van(s)], and Eliza[beth Margaret]. Among the topics discussed by the writer are printing processes and the purchase of equipment; printing estimates; publications by the writer and by his son Evan; news of relatives and friends; money matters, with copious references to negotiations for loans; an invitation to Dublin Exhibition (1853); the purchase of writing slates; travelling booksellers; the exchange of publications with other publishers; an address by Kossuth; a legal action against Evan Jones; the revival of the Rifle Corps at Llanrwst; a lecture on Garibaldi by W[illiam] Rees ['Gwilym Hiraethog']; the writer's decision to discontinue the publication of books; the writer's health; the writer's gardening and farming activities; the boy Hartwell [i.e., Griffith Hartwell Jones, rector of Nutfield, Surrey]; etc. Also included in the volume are a holograph letter from D. O. D., Baptist Printing Office, Llangollen, from Bala, to [ ], 1852 (the writer's career as a printer, a recommendation for the bearer as a printer's apprentice); a holograph letter from O. Evans, Bethesda, to O. E. Jones, Llanrwst, [18]56 (personal); a holograph letter from Robert [ ], Llanrwst, to [Evan] Jones, Porthmad[o]c, undated (Llanrwst eisteddfod, the clearing of the office, personal); and a series of five 'englynion' [? to Evan Jones].

Four holograph letters from Edw[ar]d Jones ('Iorwerth Ceitho'), Peckham Rye, London, to [Evan Jones, Portmadoc], 1908 (information concerning David Jones, 'Dewi Fardd', John Jones, 'Pyll [Glan Conwy'], and others towards the writer's Rhestr gyda nodiadau byrion o Enwogion Cymreig yn ystod 1700-1900, references to Dr. Hartwell Jones and to the London National Eisteddfod of 1909); together with a biographical note on John Jones ('Pyll') by [Evan Jones].

Six autograph letters from And[rew] W[hite] Tuer, Leadenhall Press Ltd., London, to Evan Jones, Llanrwst and Portmadoc, 1894-1896 (the collection of specimens of Welsh alphabet boards, and the gift of a printed book in appreciation of the recipient's assistance), together with one copy reply; and a few printed items, including a prospectus of Andrew W. Tuer: History of the Horn-Book [London, 1896], Extracts from The Leadenhall Press Book List [c. 1894], etc.

Dyddiadur; neu, Gydymaith i'r Almanac, 1821, with farming accounts and memoranda in the hand of Owen Owens, Pentir Isaf [Bangor]. One entry, dated 7 August, reads: 'Siôr y IVdd yn y Plas Newydd swudd fôn Am 2 ddwrnod Tys[t]iolaeth am Llygaid fy hyn . . .'. Inset is a brief account of sales of Seren Gomer, 1821.

John Jones ('Idris Vychan'): Hanes ac Henafiaeth Canu Gyda'r Tannau ([ London] 1885), with manuscript additions and insets by W[illiam] Williams, Plas Llecheiddior, Llanrwst, W. O. Roberts, P[las] D[ulyn], Llanbedr y Cenin, and J. T. Evans, relating to harpmaking in Llanrwst, to Evan Jones, harpist, of Y Gorlan, Llanrwst, and to a harp by John Richards, Llanrwst, in the possession of the family of Jones, printers and publishers, Llanrwst.

Manuscripts and papers, [1601x1936], relating to the literary activities of David Jones (Dewi Fardd) and particularly to his printing business at Trefriw. The collection includes personal and business correspondence of family members of David Jones, and papers of Gwilym Cowlyd, Ieuan Glan Geirionydd, Gwilym Hiraethog and other literary figures.