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Two volumes relating to the genealogy of the Homfray Davies family of Cwrt y Gollen, Powys, compiled by Derek Homfray Davies.

A file comprising the genealogy of the Jones family of Penyrwtraddu, Llanfair Caereinion, co. Montgomery.

A volume, 1900-[1940s], detailing the history of the Lloyd family of Cwm Bychan, near Harlech, Merioneth, containing numerous painted coats of arms, illuminated initials and other illustrations. It was begun in 1900 by Llewelyn Lloyd and added to probably by his son Guy Ynyr Llewelyn Lloyd and other descendants.
The main body of the text (pp. 9-67) chronicles the descent of the family from the 10th century figure, Gwaethvoed Vawr (p. 9), via the lords of Nannau, Merioneth (pp. 17-39), to the Llwyds of Cwm Bychan (pp. 41-49), and then to their descendants in Flintshire, including the Rev. John Lloyd of Caerwys (pp. 52-57) and Angharad Llwyd (pp.58-59), Llewelyn Lloyd (pp. 64-65) and Guy Ynyr Llewelyn Lloyd (pp. 66-67). Successive generations, each with painted coats of arms, are recorded on a recto and additional information inserted on the verso opposite. Prefatory material (pp. v-vi, 1-8) includes heraldic devices and quotations. Items pasted into the volume include bookplates, 1747-[late 19 cent] (inside front cover, p. i), photographs of gravestones and memorials, 1899-[?1920s] (pp. 27-28, 53, 64-65), a note concerning John Lloyd, [1793x1798], possibly in the hand of Thomas Pennant (p. 56e), and pedigrees drawn up by Philip H. Lawson of Chester, 1919 (pp. 46a-d, 56a-d). Another pedigree by Lawson, 1919, found loose in the volume, is in an archival envelope. An inscription by the donors, 2006, is on p. iii.

A file comprising the genealogy of the Morgan family of Pantyneuadd, Penegoes, co. Montgomery.

A pedigree chart, compiled by J. R. Davies, of the descendants of Samuel Levi Phillips of Haverfordwest and of Rees Charles of Pantdwfn, Llanfihangel Abercowin.

Day-book, 1829-1831, of the drapery and general merchandise business of Thomas Evans, Pontbrendu, Derwen-gam, Llannarth, co. Cardigan.

General notes on the Mathew family by E. M. Bishop. English. (Formerly E. M. Bishop MS 3.) In an envelope. Donated by Alwyn Andrew, Liverpool, 1945.

General Register Office microfiche indexes to births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales, 1993-1998

A copy of the results of a survey undertaken between 1898 and 1900.

A leaflet produced for the funeral service, 19 March 2002, of the photographer Geoff Charles (b. 1909) who died 7 March.

A set of several thousand index cards compiled while researching A History of the Hay (1972).

Papers of the journalist Geoffrey Woolley, including a group of letters, 1906-1915, from the poet Edward Thomas to W. H. Hudson.

Papers of George A. Morrison, mainly relating to the work of the Welsh Liberal Party, 1967-1984; records relating to Liberal Party Associations, 1971-1983; District Council elections records, 1978-1983; West Wales European Parliamentary constituency records, 1978-1984; and records relating to Welsh Liberal party conferences, 1969-1982, and the Joint Liberal Assembly, 1977-1984.

Translations by George Henry Borrow of a Cornish prose text (ff. 1-4), and of Welsh poetry, including works by Iolo Goch, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Roger Cyffin, Goronwy Owen, Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn) and Huw Morys, and a translation from Greek of an ode in praise of Rome (f. 4 verso), with notes by Borrow and others.

Autograph translations by George Borrow (1803-1881) of cywyddau by Iolo Goch (c. 1320-1398) and Goronwy Owen (1723-1769).

A quarto sheet containing the beginning of the original manuscript of George Borrow: Wild Wales (London, 1862).

Letters from Sir George Cornewall Lewis, statesman, of Harpton Court, co. Radnor, to W. E. Gladstone (78) 1841-1863, and to Frederick Calvert (6) 1855-1860, together with three letters, 1863-1864, from Gladstone to Lady Lewis, a letter, 1863, from him to Sir George's brother, Sir Gilbert Frankland Lewis, and a letter, 1863, from Calvert to Lady Lewis. The letters to Gladstone largely concern matters arising during the writer's tenure of office as chancellor of the exchequer, 1855-1858, as home secretary, 1859-1861, and as secretary for war, 1861-1863. Some of them also reflect the literary and scholarly interests shared by Gladstone and Lewis.

Papers relating mainly to the candidature of Sir George Cornewall Lewis for the Herefordshire constituency in the general election, 1852, including: correspondence, [1852]-[1854]; canvassing lists, 1852; electoral registers, 1851; lists of voters, polling lists and election bills, [c. 1852]; miscellaneous election papers, [1847]-[1852]; and miscellaneous, 1844-[1859].

Letters from George Ernest John Powell (1842-1882), friend of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) and a member of the Powell family of Nanteos, Cardiganshire, to his father (Thomas Rowland Powell (1815-1878)), and to John Cox (d. 1870), printer and bookseller, Aberystwyth.