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Llythyrauat Iorwerth Peate a John Davies, Bridgewater oddi wrth T. Gwynn Jones. Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan Iorwerth Peate, Sain Ffagan, Mawrth 1960.

Llythyrauat W. J. Roberts pan yr oedd ym Mlaenau Ffestiniog oddi wrth W. T. Edwards, T. Gwynn Jones, Ifor Williams ac eraill. Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan W. J. Roberts, Llandudno, Ebrill 1960.

Llythyrauat William Evans oddi wrth Dr T. Gwynn Jones; ynghyd â barddoniaeth. Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan William Evans, Caerdydd, wedi 1955.

Papur newydd. Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan William Evans, Caerdydd, wedi 1955.

Llythyrauat y Parchedig D. Jones oddi wrth D. Davies, Ton ac eraill. Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan D. T. Morgan, Y Bermo, Mehefin 1960.

Dros ugain o lythyron, 1972-1997, gan y Parch. Ddr R. Tudur Jones (1921-1998), Prifathro Coleg Bala-Bangor, at y Parch. Derwyn Morris Jones, Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol Undeb yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg, ynghyd â thri llythyr, 1976-1998, at Dr Tudur Jones a'i weddw Gwen, oddi wrth y Parch. Derwyn Morris Jones.

Saith llythyr, 1966-1978, oddi wrth Dr Emyr Wyn Jones (Emyr Feddyg) at ei gyfaill, William John Jones, Gladstone, Aberdaron, gof y pentref, ynghyd ag erthygl fer o bosib yn llaw William Jones ei hun.

A small volume written in the eighteenth century lettered on the spine 'Llyvr Dos=parth a Cadwe= digaeth Cerdd Dannau, I'. The scribe was David Jones ('Dewi Fardd') of Trefriw. The contents are as follows: pp. 1-23, 'Clod Cerdd ai Dechreuad' beginning 'Fy Mryd sydd ar hyn om llafur ddwyn ar ddeall it Darllewr . . . Eithr o arfer Cerdd Theoricall y Nef, ni ymadroddwn am dano' [cf. B.M. Addit. MS 14989, ff. 82 recto-111 verso, and also D. Gwenallt Jones, 'Clod Cerdd Dafod', in Llên Cymru, I, pp. 186-7, and Gwendraeth Jones, 'Siôn Conwy III a'i Waith', in B.B.C.S., XXII, pp. 23-4 in particular]; pp. 24-30, 'Gryffydd ap Cynan Twysog Cymru a wnaeth Gyfraith ar y Gwyr wrth Gerdd, yr hon a elwir Ystatud Gryffydd ap Cynan', beginning 'Llyma y sawl y sydd rydd yddynt Glera . . .' and ending '. . . a Disgyblion, gwedi Cael graddau or blaen mewn Eisteddfodau neu Neithorau Reiol. Ac felly y Terfyna Ystatud Gryffydd ap Cynan Twysog Gwynedd, ar y Gwyr wrth Gerdd'; pp. 32-54 , 'Naw o Gyd-gordiadau sydd mewn Desgant neu Brior . . .' followed by lists of airs, etc. ('Ar y Bragod Gywair', 'Y Clyme, y Gogywair', etc.) ending with 'Llyma'r 24 mesurau Cerdd Dant' and 'Llyma y Rheolau Cerdd Dafod'; p. 55, 'Llyma Lyfr a Elwir Cadwedigaeth Cerdd Dannau' beginning 'Nid amgen, Telynnau, a Chrythau o fewn 3 Talaith Gymru . . .'; p. 59, 'Llyma fal y nodwyd wrth Ystatud Gryff: ap Cynan, Rhoddion i bob Gradd yn ei Radd, o Gerdd Dafod, a Thant', beginning 'Tair Gwyl arbennig sydd nid amgen Nadolig, Pasg, ar Sul gwyn . . .'; p. 62, a 'cywydd' by William Llun ('Cywydd i ofyn Telyn i Siencin Gwynn, o Lan=idlos'); and pp. 65-71, a list of the names of bards ('Henwau'r Beirdd'), A-R, with one or two later additions, one name on p. 66 ('Gruffdd. ap Lln. Vychan'), being probably in the autograph of Edward Williams, 'Iolo Morganwg'. There is a triad on p.54. On the fly-leaf in a later hand is written 'Dosparth Cerdd Dafod'.

A collection which includes correspondence; transcripts of manuscripts and of poetry; biographical material relating to historical Welsh figures; copies of material relating to the manors of Machen and Abercarn; and a translation by Reynolds of Act III, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Also included are translations from German literature by Elsa Irene Reynolds and a volume of letters to Jonathan Reynolds (Nathan Dyfed).

L.M.S., Welsh Council, minute books, 1925-1966.

Papers relating to the Local Authority Survey, 1985-1987, comprising replies from local authorities in Wales, 1985, and in the United Kingdom, 1986, in response to circulars from Gareth D. Evans; Standing Orders from various local authorities, [1986]; samples of circular letters, 1986-1987; letters received by GDE, 1986-1987; and draft of summary of replies received and their subsequent analysis, 1986.

A memorandum book of deputy lieutenancy and other local government activities mainly in the hundred of Maelor Saesneg kept largely by or for Sir Thomas Hanmer (1612-1678) and his son Sir John Hanmer (d. 1701). It contains transcripts of estreats of assessments of subsidies, royal aids and grants, 1594, 1663-5, 1673, 1689 and 1691-2, levied upon the hundred of Maelor Saesneg; tables of proportions of taxes levied upon the counties of Wales and upon the different townships of Maelor Saesneg and Hope, 1665-1728; circulars and correspondence which passed between the Lords of the Council, Richard Vaughan, Earl of Carbery (1600?-1686) and the deputy lieutenants of Flintshire and Denbighshire concerning the establishment and administration of the militia, 1661-3, an account of the three months' assessment for defraying the expense of the militia, 1663-5, and lists of persons charged with foot soldiers in Maelor Saesneg and Hope, 1661 and 1683; precedents of deputy lieutenancy warrants; a list of burgesses of Overton, 1679; Bettisfield estate rentals, 1678-82; an estimate of the charge of maintaining at sea fifty ships (listed) of the Royal Navy, 1670.

Papers, 1945-1949, of the Local Government Boundary Commission, including minutes; progress summaries; correspondence; and reports and briefs relating to boundary reviews in Welsh counties and county boroughs.

Family letters, [c.1800]-1880, and deeds, 1634-1861, relating to the John and Thomas families of Trehale in the parish of St Edrens, Pembrokeshire.

Records relating chiefly to the Welsh estates of the Wood / Lockwood family, comprising volumes of rentals and disbursements, 1830-1843, and manorial records, 1564-1849; about 550 autograph letters relating to the management of the Wood estates in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, 1836-1853; over 500 deeds relating to properties in Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Anglesey, Breconshire, Radnorshire, Surrey and Middlesex, 1640-1891; and documents relating to various industrial activities, 1838-1905.

Log book of Market Street British School, Llanelli. (Formerly J. R. Hughes MS 21.) English. 1/2 leather. Purchased from Mr J. R. Hughes, Dolgellau, January 1955.

Journal, 1834-1835 (watermark 1833), of the barque 'Amelia Matilda' of Liverpool, commanded by R. F. Jones, the journal kept by E[dward] F. Jones. The volume records a voyage from Liverpool to the Benin River, [Nigeria], September-November 1834 (ff. 3-21), and the return voyage, from Corisco, [Equatorial Guinea], to Liverpool, March-June 1835 (ff. 21 verso-47).
A letter, 22 October 1835, from John Mather, Bonny River, [Nigeria], to Edward Jones on board the barque 'Mansfield' at New Calabar, [Nigeria], and a receipt, 1832, are enclosed in an archival envelope (3 ff.).

A volume, 1875-1879, belonging to Thomas Hughes, Holyhead, containing a log of the barque 'Oswingo' (commanded by Captain A. Waycott), recording a voyage from Manilla to New York, September-November 1876 (ff. 1-33), and from New York towards Glasgow, December 1876 (ff. 37 verso-44).
The volume also contains scriptural catechisms in Welsh (ff. 46 verso-50 verso, 52 verso, 53 verso-58), shorthand exercises (ff. 59-65, 100 verso), notes on navigation (ff. 94 verso-98 verso) and miscellaneous prose and poetry in Welsh (ff. 81 verso, 82 verso, 83 verso, 91 verso-93 verso, 99 verso-100, 101).