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Government papers relating to the Welsh Colony in Patagonia. English. Cloth. Purchased from the library of Henry Tobit Evans, March 1963.

A typescript copy of a script by Gwyn Alf Williams which was sent to the donor when they were both making a programme on Goya for Channel 4 UK. [His Goya and the impossible revolution was published in 1976 and an Italian translation was later published].

Memoranda by Grace Ellis, Bangor relating to Dr Henry Ellis (1815-1869), Dr Ellis Henry Ellis (1848-1882) and Catherine Ellis (d. 1922).

A facsimile copy of 'Thou Art the One Truth' (1935) and two of 'My Last Duchess' by Grace Williams (1906-1977), which belonged to the late baritone Louis Berkman. The latter work was specially composed for him by Grace Williams, in 1975, to the words of Robert Browning and one of the copies contains manuscript additions by her; together with concert programmes and promotional material, 1975-88, relating to performances of the work by Louis Berkman.

Musical manuscripts of the composer Grace Williams, [1928]-1992, including orchestral scores of her works, [1932]-1973, concertos for solo instruments and orchestra, 1950-1973; scripts and scores for narrator and orchestra, 1946-1963; incidental and chamber music scores, [1930s]-1970; choral music scores [1928]-1975; film and incidental music, 1948-1970; personal and miscellaneous papers, 1826-1936; and poetry by Vivien Cutting, 1947-[1967]; note on the papers, by A. J. Heward Rees, 1997.

Typescript copy of her autobiography, 1907- 2000, by the donor relating to a varied career in nursing including 'A day in the life of a junior nurse' in Stoke on Trent Infirmary, and her new life in Llanrwst; she celebrated her hundredth birthday on 2 January 2007.

Graig Baptist Chapel, Newcastle Emlyn: register of members' subscriptions. English. Leather. Donated by the Trustees of Graig Baptist Chapel, Newcastle Emlyn, June 1971.

A volume [watermark 1813] in the hand of Richard Robert Jones ('Dic Aberdaron') containing 'Peithadur neu Lythyreg Hebrëig', an Hebrew Grammar in Welsh (ff. 41 verso-50 verso, 54 verso-132 verso, text in reverse, written mainly on the versos); a short Hebrew-Welsh vocabulary (f. 9 recto-verso); and miscellaneous extracts from the scriptures in English, many written in shorthand (ff. 1-14).

A copy of Grammadeg Cymraeg John Rhydderch, Mwythig, 1728.

A volume in the hand of Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant') containing (a) a Welsh bardic grammar comprising 'Traethiad am Gerddwriaeth Cerdd Dafod, nid amgen nog or Cynghaneddion ...' (pp. 1-11), 'Am adnabod mesurau cerdd' (pp. 12-14), 'Traethiad am y pedwar mesur ar hugain ...' (pp. 15-26), 'Henwau beiau Cerdd' (pp. 27-35), and '... y pedwar ffugur sydd yn esgusodi dros bedwar cam neu fai' (pp. 35-36), and (b) 'Llyfr or ffigurau ai rhannau y rhai a ymchwelawdd William Salbri or Lladin ir Gamberaeg' (pp. 1-25). Both sections are indexed.

A manuscript containing A true Coppie and Some of A grante made to the Deane and Cannons of the Chappell of Saint George in the Castle of Windsore by ... Edward the 3d and since confirmed ... by Edward the fourth ... and ... Phillippe and Marye ... made at the Request and charges of John Sheefeeld, 4 March 1627.

A letter, 1999, from Rodney Jones, relating to the location and original construction of the grave of Dr John Gwenogvryn Evans (1852-1930) and his wife Edith (d. 1923) which he prepared for himself in a rock near their home at Tremvan Hall, Llanbedrog, Caernarvonshire, where the donor's mother worked as a domestic servant; together with a plan of the grave.

A typescript copy of the memoirs of Arthur Sydney Parfitt, 2002, as written by his son Lewis Parfitt. The work portrays Arthur Parfitt's involvement with the St John's Ambulance movement, and with the struggle to provide basic First Aid facilities at the pithead in South Wales collieries during the early part of the 20th century.

An incomplete, typescript copy of a work by the Reverend Digain Williams, San Francisco, U.S.A., described on the title-page as 'The Great Hymns of Wales, translated by Rev. Digain Williams . . .', and intended for publication. The text consists of brief notes on twenty-one well-known Welsh hymn-writers (in alphabetical order), with translations into English of some of their best-known hymns. The preface, introduction, and pp. 1-5 of the text, which, according to the table of contents, would have dealt with two other writers, are missing. In some instances, spaces have been left in the text for the insertion of hymn-tunes.

An entry book, 1783-1798, of fees collected by the Reverend John Rocke on the passing of fines and recoveries in the Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire circuit of the Court of Great Sessions.

Notebook, 1914-1916, kept by Nursing Sergeant Davies of 'C' section of the 130th (St John) Field Ambulance unit, attached to the 38th (Welsh) Division of the British Army. It includes a diary, November 1914-June 1916 (ff. 1-12), describing duties in Britain before embarkation for France on 3 December 1915, and subsequent activities on the Western Front prior to the Battle of Mametz Wood.
A draft application for an army commission (ff. 45, 46 verso) suggests that Sergeant Davies was a native of Carmarthenshire and a former miner. The notebook also contains medicinal recipes (ff. 13-14, 44 verso, 45-6), ration tables (ff. 8 verso-9, 14), and poetry in both English and Welsh (ff. 22 verso-23, 31-44, 49-53). An additional folio, tipped into the volume (f. 16a), contains further diary entries, October 1916, and suggests the existence of a second volume, subsequently lost.