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Register of Zion Independent Church, Llanidloes.

A copy of a survey of memorial inscriptions at Zion Baptist chapel, Bleddfa, co Rad., recorded by members of the Powys Family History Society.

Negative photostats of three charters granted to the abbey of Ystrad Marchell by Mareduth ap Howel, lord of Edeyrnion, 1176, Elisse ap Madoc, 1198, and Madoc ap Gruffudd, [1206]. The original charters were deposited in NLW (see NLW, Annual report 1949-50, p. 51) but later transferred to Caernarfon Record Office. The text is published in Cylch. Cym. Hanes Feirionydd, 1 (1949-50), 87-88. The image of the 1176 charter is published online on the 'Gathering The Jewels' website, at <www.gtj.org.uk/cy/large/item/GTJ17786/> (accessed 2008-12-11).

A copy of E. Alwyn Benjamin of Penarth's transcript and index of the census returns for Ysgubor-y-coed, Ceredigion, 1841-1881.

'Ychydig o hanes William Prisiart, gynt o Brynrhudd a Glasfryn Fawr yn Arfon', gan J. W. Prisiart, 1818. Mae'r gwreiddiol yn Llyfrgell Coleg y Brifysgol, Bangor, Llsg. 47.

Two xerox copies of 'Y Brenin Llyr', a radio adaptation by D. J. Thomas of W. J. Gruffydd's Welsh translation of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear.

Photocopies of typescript and printed, material relating to the Typographical Association, in particular the Wrexham branch of the Association, including an account, 'History of Wrexham Printers' Society', written by S. Bickley in 1941.

Facsimile of 'Bishop Humphreys's notes on Wood's Athenae Oxonienses as far as it regards Wales' (from BL Add. MS 14980, f. 4 recto-verso); and a catalogue of Welsh books and manuscripts at the Welsh School, London (from BL Add. MS 15024, ff. 337-338 verso).

Correspondence and papers, 1937-1982, relating to the Witwatersrand Cambrian Society, Johannesburg. NLW Facs 527-545 are xerox copies of material relating to Welsh emigrants to South Africa and to Welsh societies etc. in South Africa.

Minutes, 1939-1971, of various committees of the Witwatersrand Cambrian Society.

Negative photostats of records relating to the wool industry mainly in Witney, Oxfordshire. They include a copy of an inventory, dated 15 September 1873, of the estate of Messrs James & Albert Collier, blanket manufacturers, Corn Street, Witney, Oxfordshire.

Photocopies of the register copy wills of Lewis Price of Lampeter, Cardiganshire, esq., and his brother the Rev. William Price of Withington, Herefordshire, both proved at London, 1808 and 1818 respectively.

Probate copies of the wills of John Harris, bishop of Llandaff, 1738, and of his cousin once removed William Harris, parish of Llandaff, Glamorgan, clerk, 1756.

Photocopy of the pedigree and arms of Sir Roger Williams (1540?-1595), Penrhos, Caerleon, Gwent, and of the Williams family of Llangybi, Gwent, the former compiled by Thomas Jones ('Twm Siôn Cati') and the latter by ?Walter Hopkins.

A facsimile copy of the pedigree chart of the Williams family of Trellyffant, parish of Nevern, Pembrokeshire, compiled by Margaret Gladys Clothier, Aberporth, 1976-1981, and of a book-plate bearing the family crest, the Trellyffant toad; a photocopy of an additional pedigree chart of the Williams family of Trellyffant, [1983].

Photocopies of some 200 letters, 1870-1879, from William Watkin Edward Wynne (1801-1880), Peniarth, Tywyn, to Edward Breese (1835-1881), Porthmadog, mainly concerning the Kalendars of Gwynedd (1873) and related matters.

Autograph letters of William Thomas (temp. Edw. VI), James Usher, Jasper Griffith and Hugh Holland. The original letters are in BL Cotton MS Julius C3, BL Cotton MS Titus B2, and BL Royal 17 C. x.

Photocopies of typescript transcripts of three letters, 1863-1864, from William Thomas (Islwyn, 1832-78) to Martha Davies, his future wife, and two letters from Martha, 1864 and 1884.

Photocopy of a manuscript work, 'Enwogion plwy Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn' written by William Samuel Evans (1862-1942), Caegwyn, Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, co. Card.

Photocopy of 'Atgofion Amryw', notes by Rev. William Rawson Williams (1878-1942) based on recollections by his father, Rev. Henry Rawson Williams (1836-1921), of life in the Betws-y-coed area. Welsh.