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Llythyr, heb ddyddiad, oddi wrth 'Dalethin' (?y Parchedig Tom Jones, Llanrwst) at olygydd Y Rhedegydd yn ymwneud â phabyddiaeth yn Llanrwst, sir Ddinbych; ynghyd â ffotograff o'r Parch Tom Jones. / An undated letter in Welsh addressed to the editor of Y Rhedegydd from 'Dalethin' (?the Reverend Tom Jones, Llanrwst) relating to Catholicism in Llanrwst, co. Denbigh; together with a photograph of the Rev. Tom Jones.

An account book, 1843-1854, of Soar's Tent (No.957), Merioneth District, Independent Order of Rechabites, established at Dinas Mawddwy on 31 March 1843. Also included in the volume are an obituary of John D. Jones of Eagle, Wyoming County, New York, an emigrant from Mallwyd, and draft essays on 'Dyledswydd Gwraig ar yr Aelwyd', etc.

Deeds and other documents mainly relating to families and estates in the St Davids area, Pembrokeshire, 1694-1896, including manuscript maps relating to the parishes of Llanrheithan and Mathri, Pembrokeshire, and Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire, 1812-1821. The families involved include Howells of Llysyfran, Ford of Stonehall, Owen of Orielton, James of Llandeloy and St Edrins, Parry of Porthiddy (Llanrian), Laugharne of Orlandon, and Mathias of Lochmeyler and Castle Cenlas. The Mathias family include Rev. John Matthias (d. 1805) of Lochmeyler, vicar of Llandeloy, who bought Castle Cenlas, c.1792.

Papers of Mrs. Phoebe Joyce Evans, comprising diaries, 1906-1984, some of which contain accounts of visits to France, Poland, Belgium, Madagascar, Port Said, the United States of America, and various places in England, and including a diary of her husband, Rev. William Evans and a diary on cassette; letters, 1913-1938, from Phoebe Joyce Evans, in the form of diaries, to family and friends from Madagascar and to her from her husband; miscellaneous papers, [1906x1981], including notes and texts of talks given, accounts of visits to America in 1959 and 1971, extracts from diaries, letters and newspaper cuttings; together with autobiographical notes, c. 1900, by [?the Reverend William Evans].

Files of notes, transcripts and indexes of various Welsh genealogical manuscripts, as part of Dr Bartrum's genealogical research. Also the manuscript to the first ten volumes of his 'Welsh genealogies 1400-1500 AD' (1983).
Additional files comprising typescript copies of manuscripts edited by Peter C. Bartrum, namely Peniarth MSS 131-133, 137 and 176-178 (a folder containing letters, 1972-1997, from P. C. Bartrum to the donor was transferred to the Michael Powell Siddons Papers); October 2019.

Five scrapbooks of press cuttings collated by the photographer P. B. Abery of photographs taken by him, 1930-1945, for national daily newspapers.

A scrapbook compiled by Oxfam Cymru relating to its charity work.

A volume, 1830-1847 (watermark 1830), containing fair copies of verse composed between 1829 and 1847 by H. W. Mortimer of Islington, later of St Mary Church, Devon, and of Fersfield, Norfolk, a Unitarian and follower of the social reformer, Robert Owen. Much of the work, 1830-1832, is in praise of Owen and his communitarian ideals, but it also includes satires on some sections of the English clergy, as well as verse dedicated to family and friends.
Subjects of some of the verses include Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington, 1829 (pp. 1-3), William Johnson Fox, Unitarian preacher and writer, 1829 (pp. 21-25), the Rev. Thomas Belsham, Unitarian minister, 1829 (pp. 21-25), John Howard, the philanthropist, 1830 (pp. 35-37), the London Female Penitentiary, 1830 (p. 44), Mary Leman Grimstone, novelist, 1832 (pp. 137-139), Marianne Prowse, poet, 1834 (pp. 225-227), the Rev. Thomas Mortimer, priest and theological writer, 1835 (p. 231), and the Rev. Richard Cobbold, Wortham, novelist, 1845 (p. 263).

Llungopïau o bedwar llythyr, 1915, oddi wrth aelodau o'r teulu Owen a ymfudodd o Batagonia i Moora, Gorllewin Awstralia, at eu perthynas Maggie Owen yn Abergele. = Photocopies of four letters in Welsh, 1915, from members of the Owen family who emigrated to Moora, Western Australia, from Patagonia, to their relative Maggie Owen in Abergele.

The manuscripts comprise mainly sermons and sermon notes by Owen Thomas and other preachers; together with poetry, correspondence, a diary, and other miscellaneous papers.

Papers of the Owen family of Summerhill, Roch, Pembrokeshire, 1770-1986, including diaries of members of the family, 1887-1956, containing entries relating mainly to farming activities at Summerhill; title deeds and documents, 1843-1963, including probate copies of wills; correspondence, 1894-1963; memoirs of Elizabeth Myfanwy Robinson (née Owen, 1891-1978), sister of Ita Owen; family photographs; almanac with entries, 1770-1771; account books and school reports.

Yr Ymwelydd Blyneddol; neu Almanac a Dydd-lyfr, am y flwyddyn 1838, Mold, with diary entries by Owen Owens, Rhes-y-cae.

Account books and ledgers, [1878]-1910, of Owen Owen, draper, of Liverpool and London, containing mainly receipts, disbursements, balance sheets and details of rents of properties in Montgomeryshire, Caernarvonshire, Liverpool and London.

The coat of arms, coloured, of the Owen family of Orielton, Pembrokeshire.

The Homes of Wales, a translation, 1926, by Arthur Simon Thomas (Anellydd) (1865-1935), rector of Trefilan, Cardiganshire, of Owen Morgan Edwards: Cartrefi Cymru ... (Wrexham, 1896).

A volume of sermons by and in the autograph of Owen Jones (Meudwy Môn) (1806-1889).

A collection of manuscripts which includes a copy of Lewis Morris (ed. D. Silvan Evans): Celtic Remains ..., 1878; original poetry and translations; transcripts from various sources, including hymn tunes, anthems, etc., manuscripts, poetry and printed works; correspondence; genealogy; sermon notes; diaries, 1858-1862, 1864, 1871, 1875-1898, and those of Thomas Jones, Owen Jones's father, 1873-1885.

Letters and papers, 1927-1938, accumulated by Sir Alfred T. Davies, relating to the Owen Glyndwr Memorial Institute, Glyndyfrdwy, Merionethshire, and Tŷ Mawr, Wybrnant, Penmachno, Caernarfonshire.
The file includes ten letters, 1932-1934, from Walter L. Irvine, landscape architect, to Sir Alfred T. Davies, President of the Memorial Committee, concerning proposed gardens for the Institute (ff. 7-25); papers relating to the commemorative stone, 1931, the opening of the memorial hall, 1932 (ff. 26-32), and the foundation and administration of the Institute (ff. 33-40). In addition, the file contains two letters, 1927-1928, addressed to Sir Alfred T. Davies from J. Elias Jones, regarding the preservation and future of Tŷ Mawr, Wybrnant, Penmachno, Caernarfonshire (ff. 42-5).