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(With 172D). Two volumes of rough transcripts, abstracts, extracts, etc. by J. H. Davies, with one transcript by E. A. Lewis, of original material (14c-19c) mainly relating to Caernarvonshire and partly to Anglesey and Merioneth, extracted mainly from public records. Other sources include manuscripts in the British Museum; Bangor episcopal lease books, surveys and rentals in the possession of the Welsh Church Commission (now in the National Library of Wales); and printed matter.

(With 173B). Two volumes of rough transcripts, abstracts, extracts, etc. by J. H. Davies, with one transcript by E. A. Lewis, of original material (14c-19c), mainly relating to Caernarvonshire and partly to Anglesey and Merioneth, extracted mainly from public records. Other sources include manuscripts in the British Museum; Bangor episcopal lease books, surveys and rentals in the possession of the Welsh Church Commission (now in the National Library of Wales); and printed matter.

Papurau Bob Owen yn cynnwys traethodau eisteddfodol, 1910-1941; beirniadaethau ar draethodau eisteddfodol, 1916-1949; crynodebau o bregethau a glywodd, 1895-1927; teipysgrifau rhaglenni radio yr oedd ynghlwm wrthynt, 1936-1957; gohebiaeth, 1908-1961, yn cynnwys llythyrau Dr Thomas Richards, 1923-1960; dyddiaduron, 1905-1961; papurau personol, 1898-1961; papurau teuluol, 1900-1923; copïau a drafftiau o ddarlithoedd, erthyglau a thraethodau, 1906-1950; nodiadau ac adysgrifau helaeth ganddo o farddoniaeth Gymraeg, ewyllysiau a mynegeion ewyllysiau, cartiau achau ac achresi, cofrestri plwyf ac adysgrifau'r esgob, dyddiaduron, llythyrau, almanaciau, cofnodion llys, yn ymwneud yn bennaf â siroedd Caernarfon a Meirionnydd, a chofiannau, [20 gan., ½ cyntaf]; nodiadau ar anghydffurfiaeth yng Ngogledd Cymru, plwyfi siroedd Meirionnydd a Chaernarfon, llongau a morwyr o Gymru a Chymry Llundain, [20 gan., ½ cyntaf]; nodiadau pwysig ar ymfudo o Gymru, yn enwedig i'r Unol Daleithiau, [20 gan., ½ cyntaf]; copïau teipysgrif o gofnodion corfforaethau yn cynnwys Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri a Chyngor Sir Feirionnydd, 1922-1962; cofnodion gwreiddiol a ddaeth i feddiant Bob Owen, yn bennaf cofnodion Chwarel Parc a Chroesor, sir Feirionnydd, yn cynnwys cyfrifon a chofnodion, 1891-1941, a chofnodion ysgolion ac ysgolion Sul, 1861-1957; a thorion ac adysgrifau o amrywiol gyfnodolion Cymreig, 1816-1965. = Papers of Bob Owen including eisteddfod essays, 1910-1941; adjudications of eisteddfod essays, 1916-1949; summaries of sermons heard by him, 1895-1927; typescripts of radio programmes involving him, 1936-1957; correspondence, 1908-1961, including letters from Dr Thomas Richards, 1923-1960; diaries, 1905-1961; personal papers, 1898-1961; family papers, 1900-1923; copies and drafts of lectures, articles and monographs, 1906-1950; extensive notes and transcripts by Bob Owen of Welsh poetry, wills and indexes of wills, pedigrees and genealogies, parish registers and bishops' transcripts, diaries, letters, almanacs, court records, mainly relating to Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, and biographies, [20 cent, first ½]; notes on nonconformists in North Wales, Merionethshire and Caernarvonshire parishes, Welsh ships and sailors and the London Welsh, [20 cent, first ½]; important notes on emigration from Wales, especially to the United States, [20 cent, first ½]; typescript records of bodies including Snowdonia National Park and Merioneth County Council, 1922-1962; original records acquired by Bob Owen, mainly records of Parc and Croesor Quarry, Merionethshire, including accounts and minutes, 1891-1941, and school and Sunday School records, 1861-1957; and cuttings and transcripts from various Welsh periodicals, 1816-1965.

Transcripts, mainly by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, of the extent of the lordship of Denbigh, 8 Edward III; an exemplification of letters patent granted to John Weston, prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, 7 Henry VII; an undated extent of Merioneth; accounts of the escheator of Merioneth, 1615; and the extent of Caernarvon, 26 Edward III. Ff. 131-134 are very fragmentary.

Deeds, documents and plans, 1455-1895, relating to properties in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire; including papers of the Poole family, owners of the Caenest and Pencraig estates in Merionethshire and Anglesey; surveys, [c. 1770] of the Caenest and Pencraig estates; and building leases for properties in the port of Amlwch, [late 18th century].

Deeds, 1555-1918, of clients and relating to properties in Cardiganshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, including papers of the Penglais estate in the Aberystwyth area, 1555-1918; Aberystwyth borough records, 1759-1813; letters, 1794-1882; papers of John Parry, solicitors, Aberystwyth, including share certificates of the Aberystwyth Gas and Coke Company, 1839; Bwlch Consolidated Lead Mines, 1847; records concerning the Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank, 1813-1844; miscellaneous papers, [c. 1783]-1932; printed items, [c. 1783]-1867; certificates of shares in the Aberystwyth Public Rooms, 1818-1821, and the Robinson Gold Mining Company, 1903; letters and papers relating to the estate of Roderick Richards, Penglais, [c. 1830]; builders' accounts, 1845; and tithe receipts, 1927-1932.

Papers of Elizabeth Baker, 1740-1798, comprising correspondence, 1743-1798; copies of verses, including some relating to the impeachment of Warren Hastings; correspondence relating to legal matters arising from the mining partnership and the ownership of the Nannau estate, 1779-1781; journals relating to silk worms, 1779-1782; and papers concerning politics, literature, and current events, 1740-1798.

Deeds and documents of the Bennett family of Glanyrafon, Montgomeryshire, and the Owen family of Dolgoed and Llawrpenegoes, 1546-1946, relating mainly to properties in the parishes of Llanidloes, Llanwrin, Penegoes, and Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, and Talyllyn, Merionethshire; and a map of properties in Trefeglwys, 1819.

Sixty-six holograph letters, 1850 and undated, written to A. C. Ramsay. The writers include H. T. de la Beche (to Beete Jukes) (a testimonial to the recipient), [Charlotte A. M. Cookman], Monart House (attendance at a ball and archery meetings), Henry J. G. Fitzgerald, Friars, near Beaumaris ( Anglesey Hunt Week), E. W. Fitz Gerald, Fryars (personal), Emily M. Forbes, London (personal), Augusta Jukes, from Ffestiniog, Llangollen, etc. ( impressions of Yspytty Evan, prospects of a professorship at [Trinity College] Dublin for the writer's husband, the inhospitability of Merioneth people, personal), J. Beete Jukes (a professorship at Dublin, the writer's geological survey in North Wales), Lyon Playfair (the affairs of [Thomas] Oldham with reference to the Indian survey, matters at the Museum) (letterhead of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851), M. E. P[layfair] (the writer's visit to the Continent, preparations for the Exhibition, the recipient's account for the 'Liverpool Works', personal), E. Ramsay, his mother, Glasgow (personal, news of geologist friends and others, comments on the Roman Catholic religion), Eliza Ramsay, his sister, G[lasgow] (personal, news of family and friends), J. C. Ramsay, from London, Valenciennes, and Antwerp (personal, news of friends, impressions of the writer's visit to the Continent and his meetings with sugar producers), W. ('Willie') Ramsay, Glasgow (the loss of the 'Orion', the plight of the Commercial Exchange, correspondence with Mr. James Brown of Ebbow Vale Iron Works, personal), J. Sharpe [from Glasgow] (personal, news of friends), Amelia Elizth. Williams [from Llandovery] (an invitation ), Anna Maria Williams, Llandovery (news of family and friends, the appearance of Wombwell's menagerie at Llandovery fair, the progress of the school building, the prevalence of consumption in Mothvey, Cillycwm is a 'perfect Lazaretto'), W. R. S[teuart] W[illiams], Welshpool and Llandovery (news of family and friends, the writer's activities, a flood at Llandovery ), etc. Also bound in the volume are thirteen holograph letters, 1852-1853 and undated, marked 'Private', to A. C. Ramsay. The writers include A. S. Jervis [from London] (relating to an anonymous letter), 'Betha' Johnes, Dolaucothy, etc. (Mrs. Ramsay's illness, news of friends), Cath[erin]e Ramsay [from Glasgow] (the birth of recipient's child), E. Ramsay, his mother, Hellensburgh, etc. (personal, news of friends), J. C. Ramsay, Demeraire, etc. (the selection of exhibits for the Crystal Palace Company, the birth of recipient's child, prospects of employment in the sugar industry, beetroot manufacture in Ireland, the extension of recipient's survey to Scotland, a request for books), W. Ramsay (the birth of recipient's child), etc.

Three short stories depicting Welsh life in the counties of Merioneth and Anglesey. They are entitled 'Myfanwy Owen and Others', 'Teulu Nantceiliog' and 'Chancellor Bevan Bod Ifan'.

Miscellaneous papers mainly of Anglesey and Merioneth interests. They include pedigrees, tax receipts, and a copy of 'Thos. Love Peacock's letter to Miss Jane Gryffydh of Caenycoid Festiniog'.

Press letter books, 1878-1920, press invoice books, 1878-1919, account books, 1893-1920, and a minute book, 1900-1901.

Treatises in Latin; a Greek vocabulary; material relating to the hundreds and parishes of Merioneth, Montgomeryshire and Pembrokeshire; 'the Syren & the hundredes of Engelonde'; rentals of several North Wales manors; an account of a tax paid by North Wales counties in 1701; a transcript of documents of King Alfred; etc.

Records and papers collected by Emrys Roberts, 1945-1983, including correspondence and papers relating to the National Eisteddfod, 1959-1976; the Development Board for Rural Wales, 1973-1981; and Wales (West and North) Television Ltd, 1960-1967. There are also papers relating to other committees on which Emrys Roberts sat, 1967-1983, and other miscellaneous papers, 1945-1981.

Electoral lists of the commotes of: Ardudwy Uwch Artro, 1860-1861; Ardudwy Is Artro, 1861; Mawddwy, [1860s]; Tal-y-bont, 1861-1863; and Ystumanner, 1860; and jury lists for the parishes of Beddgelert; Dolgellau; Llanfihangel-y-Pennant; Llanfihangel-y-traethau; Llanfrothen; Llangelynnin; and Trawsfynydd, 1866.

Deeds and documents, 1598-1856, mostly assignments of mortgage and related bonds, concerning Dôl y Cae and other premises in the parish of Tal-y-llyn, including a lease from William Owen Pughe and his brother Richard to his son Aneurin Owen Pughe.

Papers of the Pale estate belonging to Henry Beyer Robertson, 1879-1950, comprising correspondence on Council matters, especially the contract between Bala Urban District Council and Merionethshire County Council for the upkeep of the main roads, 1880-1948; pamphlets, diagrams and letters concerning the Pale hydro-electric plant, 1892-1936; and miscellaneous papers, 1885-1948, including items relating to the 1885 general election campaign in Merionethshire.

Papurau Arthur Cadnant Ellis [20fed ganrif], yn cynnwys traethodau ar 'Rhai o Enwogion Aberllefenni' a 'John Jones (Jac) Glan-y-gors a'i Amserau (1766-1821)'; braslun o hanes achos y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd yn Harlech a Llanfair, sir Feirionnydd; torion erthyglau, llythyrau, etc., a gyfrannodd i'r wasg; a nodiadau amrywiol = Papers of Arthur Cadnant Ellis, [20th century], including essays on 'Rhai o Enwogion Aberllefenni' and 'John Jones (Jac) Glan-y-gors a'i Amserau (1766-1821)'; a brief history of the Calvinistic Methodist cause in Harlech and Llanfair, Merionethshire; cuttings of articles, letters, etc., which he contributed to the press; and miscellaneous notes.

One of two volumes containing press cuttings, many of them from newspapers published in Wales and including material largely, but not exclusively, of Merioneth interest, broadsides, posters, leaflets, letters, poetry (including Pennill[ion] ar ddyfodiad William Robert Maurice Wynne Ysswain Aer ac Etifedd Peniarth iw oed, Chwefror 15 1861 ... by Robert Llewelyn Roberts, Llanenddwyn and a song on the same occasion by Harry William of Barmouth, formerly of Llanegryn), portraits, etc. The collection of the material was begun by William Watkin Edward Wynne (1801-1880) of Peniarth, Merioneth.

One of two volumes containing press cuttings, many of them from newspapers published in Wales and including material largely, but not exclusively, of Merioneth interest, broadsides, posters, leaflets, letters, poetry (including Pennill[ion] ar ddyfodiad William Robert Maurice Wynne Ysswain Aer ac Etifedd Peniarth iw oed, Chwefror 15 1861 ... by Robert Llewelyn Roberts, Llanenddwyn and a song on the same occasion by Harry William of Barmouth, formerly of Llanegryn, portraits, etc. The collection of the material was begun by William Watkin Edward Wynne (1801-1880) of Peniarth, Merioneth.