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Miscellaneous papers, including notes relating to Rowland Williams (1779-1854), canon of St. Asaph and rector of Ysceifiog, and father of Rowland Williams (1817-70), Vice-Principal of St. David's College, Lampeter; a note, dated November 9, 1892, by Thomas Briscoe (1813-95), D.D., chancellor of Bangor Cathedral and vicar of Holyhead, relating to the incumbency of Holyhead; papers concerning the insurance of Llanfaethlu church, Anglesey; a list, compiled by Canon W. H. Harris, Lampeter, of Cornish and Breton equivalents of certain Welsh ecclesiastical terms; 'An Estimate of repairs and alterations to Peblig mill...', October 29, 1823; etc.

Three volumes of material relating to Welsh versions of Thomas à Kempis's De Imitatione Christi, etc., collected by Archdeacon Evans when he was preparing the bibliography afterwards published in The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, IV, pp. 30-2.

Four versions of Job, xxviii, - from the translations of Bishop William Morgan, Bishop Richard Parry, and Chancellor Thomas Briscoe, and the Revised Version in English.

Letters, 1850-94, to Chancellor Thomas Briscoe, Holyhead, from William Briscoe (Nutfield), Daniel Silvan Evans, Evan Lewis (Llanllechid), Daniel Lewis Lloyd (bishop of Bangor), Thaddeus O'Maloney (Trinity College, Dublin), Bartholomew Price (Pembroke College, Oxford), John Price (Bangor), Llewellyn Thomas (Vice-Principal of Jesus Collie, Oxford), John Williams ('Ab Ithel'), and Morris Williams ('Nicander').

Miscellaneous letters, 1806-69, of W. D. Conybeare, Daniel Silvan Evans, C. and A. Gibbs (London), Owen Wynne Jones ('Glasynys'), Humphrey Parry (Hackney - to David Thomas, 'Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), T. Thomas (canon of Bangor, Llanrhaiadr Vicarage, Denbigh), Jane W. Williams (Ysceifiog Rectory), Morris Williams ('Nicander'), and Rowland Williams (Lampeter), and transcripts of 'Englynion i Ffynnon y Gro Gwynnion gerllaw Dolgellau' by David Richards ('Dafydd Ionawr').

A 'Te Deum' chant arranged by Dr William Boyce, with the Welsh words written beneath.

A file of papers, 1904, relating to a dispute concerning the Llanfair-iuxta-Harlech school.

Papers relating to the ecclesiastical career of Albert Owen Evans:- declaration of assent on ordination, 1898; receipts for ordination fees, 1898-9; stipendiary curate's licences, Aberffraw, Connah's Quay, 1898, Pennal, Llangadwaladr, 1899, Llanfachreth (Mer.), Capel Curig, 1900, Llanllyfni, Carno, 1901, Bryncroes, 1902, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Bodedern, 1904, Bangor, Llanystumdwy, 1906, and Caerhun, 1907; appointment as sequestrator of Dolwyddelan, 1933; a bill for printing the Bangor Diocesan Calendar, 1915; a file of returns of 'fixtures' paid for or added by incumbents in the diocese of Bangor, 1920-1; returns of communicants in the archdeaconry of Bangor, 1933; and letters of deacon's orders of John Evans, Trinity College, Dublin, 1841.

Letters, 1893, from Manuel Ramos, Madrid, to Thomas Roberts, cooper, St. Asaph; and letters, mainly relating to his paper on 'Sunday of Today', 1933, addressed to Albert Owen Evans by Dr. E. O. Davies, Bangor, 1933; Beriah Gwynfe Evans, 1923; John Fairchild, Bangor, 1933; Gwilym Francis, Neath, 1933; G. Wynne Griffith, Bangor, 1933; R. E. Jones & Bros., Conway, 1933; J. D. Lewis, Llanarth, 1924-1933; H. J. Manley, Llanbedrog, 1933; T. A. Morgan-Jones, Llanddeiniolen, 1933; D. Rhys Phillips, 1930; Richard Owen, M. D., Bangor, 1933; Robert Vaughan, Dolgellau, 1933; Robert Camber Williams, Bath, 1917; 'A Swansea Welsh Churchman' (the closing of St. Mathew's Welsh Church, Swansea); John Morgan, Bodorgan and Caernarvon, 1903-1921; a telegram from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, 1897; D. T. Hughes, Talsarnau, 1917; Frank Morgan, Oxford, 1906; George Blisset, Bath, 1898; Charles Henry Alexander, 6th Marquess of Anglesey, 1933; J. Arthur Price, London, 1924; John Owen, Bishop of St Davids, 1924; Griffith E. Owen, Carmarthen, 1924; S. J. Evans, Llangefni, 1931-1932; John Humphreys, Bangor, 1919; D. Jones, Penmaen-mawr; J. Davies, Llanelltyd, 1926; T. Huws Davies, 1922; and others.

Typescripts of evidence submitted to the Royal Commission on the Welsh Church, including statistics of the Calvinistic Methodist Church in Caernarvonshire for the year ending 31 December 1905, and extracts from Nonconformist statistics for Anglesey and Merioneth, 1905.

Papers compiled by Albert Owen Evans, inspector of schools for the diocese of Bangor, relating to religious instruction in schools of the Bangor Diocesan Board of Education. They include returns to a questionnaire issued in Caernarvonshire, February, 1908; printed analysis, issued by the Caernarvonshire Education Committee, of denominational religious instruction in diocesan and other schools in Caernarvonshire, with marginal notes, together with copies of the syllabus used in specifed schools; an undated analysis by A. O. Evans of returns to a questionnaire in Caernarvonshire; a letter, 1903, from J. Henry Thomas, clerk to the Caernarvon School Board, to D. Alban Lloyd, Caernarvon, and a draft letter from the latter to A. O. Evans; and press cuttings.

A printed syllabus, with copious manuscript notes, of a course of eight lectures in Botany for schoolmasters' classes conducted by the Agricultural Department of the University College of North Wales, Bangor.

Notes on the geography of the world, with hand-drawn maps.

A list of books, pamphlets and tracts published or issued in connection with the diocese of Bangor, compiled in 1908 by Albert Owen Evans for purposes in connection with the Welsh Church Commission.

A typescript of a report prepared in 1919 by G. W. Robinson, Bangor on 'The possibility of developing minor water powers in Wales'.

A printed appeal, issued 9 May 1866, for subscriptions towards the cost of erecting new National School buildings in Bangor, Caernarvonshire, with a list of some subscriptions.

One of two lists kept by Richard P. Jones, Ty Uchaf, Llanfaethlu, of hymns, chants, etc., sung at services held in Llanfaethlu church, 1907-10.

Letters of sympathy received by Archdeaon A. O. Evans on the death of his brother, Captain John Henry Evans, in 1930. Among the correspondents are a large number of clergymen of the Church in Wales.

Accounts and correspondence, 1904-10, relating to the publication of Bangor Diocesan Calendar.

The Form of Service used at the dedication of an organ, a font cover, a window, etc., at St. Mary's Church, Caernarvon, February 26, 1933.