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Lantern slides including locomotives and rolling stock on the Ffestiniog Railway and at Llandudno; Caernarfon Castle and Guildhall ; Boy Scouts.

Two holograph letters from R[obert] Raikes, Gloucester, to 'Madam' [Harris], 1787 (exhaustive comments on the organisation and growth of the Sunday School or the writer's 'little Project for Civilizing the Rising Generation of the Poor'), and Miss Miller, 1793 (the engagement of Elizabeth Roberts at a salary of £18 a year); Copy of a letter from Mr. Robert Raikes, of Gloucester, to the Committee of the Society established in London, for the Support and Encouragement of Sunday-Schools in the different Counties of England, 7 October, 1786; an invoice and two receipts from R. Raikes to Wm. Rogers for the publication of advertisments [in the Gloucester Journal]; an engraved portrait of R. Raikes, 1830; and a holograph letter from [the Reverend] Richd. Raikes, Gloucester, to Mr. Yarnold, Messrs. Raikes, 79 London Wall, London, 1819 (business matters).

Photocopies of manuscripts of carols arranged by Rae Jenkins, a Welsh conductor, for an annual carol concert held and conducted by him at Wembley, together with arrangements by E. Hughes.

Photocopies of papers relating to elections in Radnorshire, forming part of the Radnorshire Quarter Sessions Records transferred from the Library to the Powys Record Office in 1990, comprising poll clerks books, 1841, for the Penybont, Painscastle, Colwyn, New Radnor, Presteigne, Rhayader and Knighton Districts(S.1023-30).

An account-book containing the account of Mr. Wilkins's Committee with [Mrs] Harriet Phillips, [Radnorshire Arms (Hotel), Presteigne, co. Radnor] for meals, refreshments, fodder, etc., September, 1834-January, 1835. The Mr. Wilkins referred to was Walter Wilkins (afterwards de Winton) of Maes-llwch Castle, co. Radnor, the successful candidate in the Radnorshire Parliamentary election held in January, 1835. The bill was settled 12 May 1835 and receipted by Rob. Phillips.

An unbound group of documents consisting of parochial settlements in Cefnllys, Knighton, Glascomb, etc., in Radnorshire, 1845-1862; certificates of allowances of expenses, depositions, etc., in actions in the Court of Quarter Sessions for Radnorshire, 1870; a bond, 1863, for the performance of the office of District Surveyor of the Knighton District of Highways; a declaration in ejectment, etc., 1835, in an action relating to properties in the parish of Llanvihangel Kevenlleece; a letter, 1835, from Wm. Turberville, Bodenham, to Mr. Edwards, Nant y groyce (the payment of a debt); and miscellaneous receipts and vouchers, etc., 1841-1875.

Radnorshire Dialect Words, etc compiled by W. J. H. Watkins. English. Between boards. Donated by W. J. H. Watkins, Llandrindod, November 1971.

A copy of Pryse's Handbook to the Radnorshire & Breconshire Mineral Springs: With Various Descriptive Journeys and Excursions Therefrom to Numerous Places of Interest in Central Wales (Llanidloes, 1872), with identifications and additions, transcribed from A Journey to Llandrindod Wells, 2nd edn (1746), in the autograph of Sir Joseph Bradney.

A file, apparently compiled, [1986x1987], by John G. Gallagher, relating mainly to BBC radio adaptations of In Parenthesis, 1964, The Sleeping Lord, 1981, and The Anathemata, 1953 and 1978, by David Jones, containing transcripts of the adaptations and also including transcripts and cuttings from newspapers and periodicals relating to the historical background to In Parenthesis and to David Jones and his work in general.

Papers of R. W. Walker relating to further education, 1964-1979, comprising Thurrock Technical College, Essex, workbooks, syllabuses and course notes, 1965-1970; Sunderland Polytechnic, Department of Business Studies, curriculae, meeting minutes, workbooks and other papers, 1970-1976; Ngee Ann Technical College, Singapore, meeting minutes, curriculum and correspondence, 1976-1979; and miscellaneous papers, 1964-1979.

Notes of a tour of North Wales, summer 1847, by R. W. Long.

Papers, 1889-1963, of Prof. Roderick Urwick Sayce, including notes by him on anthropology, archaeology, geology and geography, together with drafts and offprints of publications written and collected by him, his personal papers and correspondence, and a considerable amount of material collected by Professor A. C. Haddon, Professor of Zoology at the Royal College of Sciences and Assistant Naturalist to the Science and Art Museum of Dublin, relating to Irish folklore, including correspondence between Sayce and Haddon.

Details by R. T. Poppleton of work carried out, including quantities involved, etc., during the construction of parts of the Holyhead harbour works, 1847.

A large collection of papers containing letters from various correspondents to R. (Silyn) Roberts, some from prominent literary figures such as W.J. Gruffydd, T. Gwynn Jones and Cynan - one letter from David Lloyd George. The topics covered include the poetry of R. (Silyn) Roberts, his work with the WEA and the Labour Party, and personal matters. Some correspondence is addressed to Mrs Silyn Roberts, 1930-1939 and some from R. (Silyn) Roberts to his family, 1896-1930. -- There is an incomplete set of R. (Silyn) Roberts' diaries, 1896-1930. Also, drafts of his own poetry, essays, adjudications, and notes on various subjects, including his own collections of poetry and his biography. There are notes on sermons, examination papers, research notes on Arthurian Legend, applications for posts, photographs, a labour party address and lecture notes when studying at UCNW and at Bala Theological College. -- There are papers, including correspondence and accounts, relating to the First World War and the suffering experienced in Wales; the poetry of Hedd Wyn and the Hedd Wyn Memorial Fund, 1917-1926; a trip to the United States with the Moelwyn Choir to collect money towards the campaign against tuberculosis in Wales, 1911-1912.

Thirty-four letters, 1957-1972, from the poet R. S. Thomas to Louis and Mary Behrend, including one to their son George Behrend (ff. 1-35 verso); together with letters, 1920-1969, to the Behrends from other correspondents including E. M. Forster (1) c. 1969, Henry Lamb (2) 1958-1960, and Gilbert Spencer (1) 1960.

Fourteen letters and cards, 1972-1984, from the poet R. S. Thomas to various correspondents, mainly in response to requests that he sign copies of his books.
The recipients include Colin Huggett, 1973-1980 (ff. 7-10), and Satish Kumar, 1984 (f. 11, photocopy).

Financial records of Robert Richards Nancarrow, 1908-1930, including personal bank books, 1908-1944; records relating to Lisburne Development Syndicate Ltd, 1907-1920; records relating to Cambrian Electrolytic Zinc Co Ltd, 1922-1927; records relating to the Lisburne Base Metals Recovery Ltd, 1929-1930.

The adjudication by R. O. Evans on twenty-six esays submitted for competition at an eisteddfod held at Carmel, near Llanrwst, Good Friday, 1927.