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Two card indexes. The first and longer sequence is arranged alphabetically by title of songs/airs with detailed references to printed collections such as the works of John Parry, Edward Jones and Nicholas Bennett, and some manuscript collections such as Ifor Ceri's 'Melus Seiniau'. The sol-fa notation of first lines is often included. The second sequence, again in alphabetical order by title, includes references to various sources in which the songs or airs are named, including J. H. Davies's 'Bibliography of Cerddi' and Bangor Library holdings.

Material relating to the manuscripts of John Jenkins ('Ifor Ceri'), compiled by J. Lloyd Williams and including a list of some 258 tunes which Ifor Ceri sent to Bardd Alaw, 1820 and 1826; a catalogue of Ifor Ceri papers at the National Library of Wales; and an index comparing the location of tunes in the Ifor Ceri Manuscripts, The Welsh Harper and Alawon fy Ngwlad.

An index on paper slips, in J. Lloyd Williams's hand, of folk tunes and songs found mainly in the work of Nicholas Bennett. References supporting his candidature for the Chair of Botany at Aberystwyth in 1903 appear on the verso of some slips.

Lists in J. Lloyd Williams's hand, of songs, including sources, which appeared in the first two volumes of the Journal; and a card index of songs with references to their publication in the Journal, vol. III. Most of the entries have been crossed out.