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Letters to Meic Stephens from Vernon Watkins, and one poem by Watkins. English. Between boards. Purchased from Meic Stephens, Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff, May 1968.

Autograph letters, 1902-1921, to Mary Thomas, Pantyclochydd, Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, mainly from various members of the Davies-Evans family of Highmead, Llanybydder, Carmarthenshire.

Letters, 1874-1908 and n.d., to Mary Davies, and 1872-1878, to her father, William Davies.

Nine letters, 1792-1820, to Maria Yeats, Wortley, parish of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, later Mrs Penry Williams of Penpont, co. Brecon, including seven from her future sister-in-law, Anne Williams of Penpont, recounting news of family and friends.

See also NLW MS 20096C. English. Boards. Purchased from Commander H. B. Stewart, c/o Messrs C. E. Williams & Co., Oswestry, 1968.

Letters to Louisa, wife of Edward Morgan, Golden Grove from Mrs H. M. Griffith. See also NLW MS 20097C. English. Boards. Purchased from Commander H. B. Stewart, c/o Messrs C. E. Williams & Co., Oswestry, 1968.

Ten letters, 1852-1881, to Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber) from various correspondents, containing mainly personal news; together with one each to her son Ivor (f. 20), her daughter Maria (f. 13), and Henry Thoby Prinsep (f. 17).

Letters to Kate Roberts from Peggy Eileen Williams (née Whistler) ('Margiad Evans'). English. Between boards.

Seven typed letters signed (all ‘Megan Lloyd George’) to J.W. Robertson-Scott, editor of ‘The Countryman’ (1942 (2), 1943 (3), 1951 and 1957).

Letters, 1880-1898, addressed to Josiah Jones (1830-1915), Congregational minister at Machynlleth, by Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel (1834-1913), mainly on political matters in Montgomeryshire.

Letters to Josiah Jones (1830-1915), Congregational minister at Machynlleth.

Letters to John Jones ('Ivon'), including one from [Edward Roberts] ('Iorwerth Glan Aled'). Welsh, English. Between boards. Donated by Mrs Ivor Davies, Aberystwyth, February 1967.

Papers of John Jones (Ivon), Aberystwyth, 1837-1900, including twenty-five letters addressed to him, 1864-1893, mainly containing social and personal news with some political and other matters.
The correspondents are Thomas Charles Edwards, 1876 (f. 1), D. Silvan Evans, 1875-1893 (ff. 2-9), John Griffith (Gohebydd) (12), 1864-1877 (ff. 10-39), J. R. Kilsby Jones, 1864-1874 (ff. 40-47), Joseph Parry, [1874x1880] (ff. 48-49), Evan M. Richards, MP, 1874 (ff. 51-52), and Evan Williams the limner, 1865 (ff. 53-54); a letter, 1846, from William Wood is addressed to a Miss Williams, possibly Ivon's future wife, Mary (ff. 55-56). Also included are autograph verses by Robert Parry (Robin Ddu Eryri), 1887 (f. 50), Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn), 1900 (ff. 63-64), and G. Pennar Griffiths (Penar), 1900 (f. 65), and three membership cards, 1837-1868.

Eighty letters, 1939-1966, to John Davenport, literary critic and friend of Dylan Thomas, much of the correspondence relating to literary matters (ff. 1-91). There are references to Thomas throughout, including detailed (and contrasting) accounts, by John Malcolm Brinnin (ff. 12-13) and George Reavey (ff. 71-72 verso), of events surrounding his death.
The correspondents include Kingsley Amis, 1955-1965 (ff. 1-6), John Malcolm Brinnin, 1952-1953 (ff. 11-13), Walford Davies, 1963-1965 (ff. 16-23), Constantine FitzGibbon, 1950-1966 (ff. 27-52), Glyn Jones, March-April 1965 (ff. 57-59), T. H. Jones, 9 November 1961 (f. 60), George Reavey, [November 1953] (ff. 71-72), Roger Roughton, 1939-1940 (ff. 73-80), Caitlin Thomas, 1947-[?1952] (ff. 81-85, including a postcard also signed by Dylan Thomas), and Vernon Watkins, 1956-1965 (ff. 86-90). Also included are further papers relating to Dylan Thomas, comprising manuscript notes by Davenport, [1956x1966] (ff. 92-100); a postcard, [?1950], to Thomas from Jack Lindsay in Prague (f. 101); a typescript, 10 November 1953, of a radio obituary to Thomas by Davenport (ff. 102-104); a typescript article, [mid-1950s], on Thomas by Davenport (ff. 105-114); and press cuttings, 1954-1965 (ff. 115-121). A typescript table of contents is ff. i-iii. Three of the Kingsley Amis letters (ff. 1, 2, 4) are published in The Letters of Kingsley Amis, ed. by Zachary Leader (London, 2000) (pp. 448-50, 464-5, 527-8).

Letters to James Lloyd (Mabws) and others from the Earl of Lisburne, John Thomas (Llanvaughan) and others. English. (Formerly Alltlwyd MS 3.) In boards. Purchased from Mrs Lloyd Hughes, Alltlwyd, December 1941.