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Press cuttings of an interview with Ivor James with reference to the library of Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury, now in the Cardiff University College library; press cuttings of one of a series of articles by James on The Source of The Ancient Mariner and of a letter by him on 'Intermediate Education'; and a list of the contents of a Browne Willis manuscript.

Letters relating to Captain Thomas James sent to Ivor James by Miller Christy, author of The Voyages of Captain L[uke] Foxe of Hull and Captain T[homas] James of Bristol ... (1894), with a draft of Ivor James's reply; together with a letter from H. Cameron Gillis of the Gaelic Society of London and letters from John A[llen] James to Sir John Ballinger relating to Ivor James's manuscripts.

Material, in both English and Welsh, relating to Rhys Prichard, vicar of Llandovery and author of Canwyll y Cymru, and including notes on his time period and contemporaries.

Notes collected from private individuals and public sources on the state of the established Church and religious denominations in Wales, together with statistics and replies to questionnaires regarding the state of religion in Oswestry, Welshpool, Newtown, Llanidloes, Machynlleth, Dolgellau, Barmouth, Harlech and Pwllheli.

Extracts from correspondence and other material preserved in the Tonn MSS in the Cardiff Public Library relating to the revision in 1838 of the Welsh translation of the Bible and the Welsh Book of Common Prayer.

Lists of early Welsh books and of books relating to Wales, etc.

An account of education in Wales, with particular reference to the seventeenth century.

Notes on and extracts from various sources relating to John Dee, mathematician and astrologer.

Genealogical material relating to Captain Thomas James, together with letters relating to him sent in answer to enquiries made by Ivor James.

An analysis of the derivation of place and personal names found in Bishopston and Pennard; miscellaneous notes on Welsh authors, mainly of the seventeeth century, and their works; an outline of Thomas Pennant: Tours in Wales (London, 1810); notes on the Welsh language, including the language of the Welsh Bible; notes on eminent Welshmen; Welsh references in the British Museum Additional Manuscripts; etc. The material is in both English and Welsh.

Geirfa Cymraeg-Ffrangeg anghyflawn, gyda rhai ystyron cyfwerth Saesneg, wedi'i sylfaenu ar William Salesbury: A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe ... = An incomplete Welsh-French vocabulary, with a few English equivalents, based on William Salesbury: A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe ...

Notes, in English and Welsh, relating to the Welsh translation of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer.

Miscellaneous notes and extracts on a variety of subjects including education, John Owen the epigrammatist, the abbeys of Wales, pirates and piracy and the Stationers' Company.

Material relating to the history of Wales in the seventeenth century, including notes on the attitude of Wales towards King and Parliament and extracts relating to Wales taken from various sources, particularly state papers.

An essay on Charles Edwards, author of Y Ffydd Ddiffuant, with reference to his times.

Extracts from the state papers relating mainly to Wales in the Civil War, Commonwealth and Restoration periods.

Notes written by Ivor James or collected by him from various manuscript and printed sources in connection with his study of S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge's poem 'The Ancient Mariner' and its sources.
They include biographical and other notes on various navigators as well as extracts from many well-known works relating to travel and discovery, particularly of the seventeenth century. NLW MS 4305 includes notes on John Dee, and NLW MS 4306 notes on Captain Thomas James.

Notes on Captain Thomas James and on Morris Kyffin.

Notes on Morris Kyffin, his contemporaries, his time period, etc.

Notes on the Welsh language and its place in the life of Wales in the seventeenth century.