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A typed/handwritten transcript by the Rev. O. M. Lloyd of a manuscript account by William Harry, Swansea, of events connected with Mynydd-bach Congregational church and Caersalem Newydd Baptist church, Tre-boeth, near Swansea, 1838-1885. William Harry records (f. 3) that his account was based mainly on the manuscripts of the Rev. David Davies, minister of Bethania Baptist church, Clydach (see NLW MSS 19054iE and 21733A).

A notebook compiled in 1845 by Edward Llwyd of Pencraig-fawr, previously of Llwynderw, Llansannan, Denbighshire, giving an account of the controversy in the Calvinistic Methodist Church at Llansannan in 1827 which led to the secession of Edward Llwyd and others, and also relating the early history of Capel Aled Congregational Church which they subsequently founded at Llansannan. The title-page reads as follows:- 'Dechreuad yr Annibynwyr yn Llansannan yn cynwys Llythyrau ac Ysgrifau yn mha rai y ceir gweled yr hyn a fu yn achos o hyny, ynghyd ac ychydig resymau dros hyny, ac hefyd eu hanes yn fyr dros y Pymtheg mlynedd cyntaf. Neu, Annhrefn Trefnyddion yn Ngweinyddiad Disgyblaeth ...'. The manuscript, which was intended for publication, is dedicated to the Reverend George Peart, Dwygyfylchi, Caernarvonshire, a native of Llansannan.

A notebook of William Jones ('Gwilym o Feirion'), Glyndyfrdwy, containing recollections of a baptismal service at Glyndyfrdwy Baptist Church, 1854; a catechism entitled 'Holwyddoreg ar Deyrnasiad Crist' transcribed by William Jones, 4 September, 1853, from Athraw i Blentyn, Hydref, 1838; lists of preachers and of the texts of their sermons at Glyndyfrdwy Baptist Church, 6 March, 1853-10 December, 1854; accounts by William Jones of anniversary services of Glyndyfrdwy Baptist Church, 1853-1854; and a paper, in a different hand, on 'Balchder'.

A ? draft, typescript copy (with a few manuscript emendations) of a broadcast talk on the church of St. Tysilio in the parish of Bryneglwys [co. Denbigh], given by [the Reverend] W[illiam] Roger Hughes [incumbent of the parish, on the B.B.C. Welsh Regional Service], 25 December 1938 [under the title 'Rhamant Eglwys Tysilio Sant'].

A visitors' book of Eglwys Newydd yr Hafod church, Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion, May 1923 to July 1935. Over one thousand four hundred and fifty visitors were recorded during the period May to September 1932 after a fire destroyed the church.

Twenty-six letters in Welsh, 1913-1914, mainly to and from Enos George as secretary of the Baptist Union Council for the Rhondda district and Thomas Lewis, secretary of Moriah Welsh Baptist church, Pentre, co. Glamorgan, concerning the expulsion of three church members from Moriah.

Minute-book, 1887-1888, of 'Cymdeithas Ddadleuol y Gwyr Ieungc' [sic] at Latrobe Street Welsh church, Melbourne.

A history of Calfaria Baptist Church, Port Talbot, from 1910 to 1931, by Taliesin Rees.

Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru: Llyfr Gwasanaeth , gydag awgrymiadau yn llaw Eliseus Howells (copi (cyclostyled)). (Gynt Eliseus Howells MS 13.) Rhwng byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Mrs Eliseus Howells, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, Mawrth 1970.

Notes by Elizabeth Evans ('Neddferch') on the history of Tabor Congregational church, Bryn-caws, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Glamorganshire, 1865-1900, including an account of the founding, 1896, of Pisgah Congregational church, Cil-ffriw, Glamorganshire (f. 13).

A record book, 1864-1953, of Siloh Welsh Congregational church, Nantyffyllon, Maesteg, co. Glamorgan, containing notes and memoranda relating to the history of the cause, 1841-1953; a register of members, 1864-79, 1900-11; and loan repayment and other accounts, 1876-98, relating to the new chapel erected 1876-7.

Miscellaneous notes, in Welsh, relating to the history of Moriah Aman Welsh Congregational church, Cwmaman, Aberdâr, 1855-1988, and including references to the emigration of church members to Patagonia, 1874-1875. Compiled mainly by David Evans (Sylwedydd, 1883-c. 1960), former secretary of the church, they were used, 1953-1955, by Timothy Lewis (1877-1958), Aberystwyth, when preparing his centenary article Mirain Deml Moriah [Aman], 1855-1955 (see the NLW typescript list Timothy Lewis Manscripts and Papers (1962).

An essay by David Davies, Croes-lan, Llandysul, on the history of Horeb Congregational church, Llandysul, co. Cardigan, [c. 1688]-1910, successfully entered for competition at Horeb Eisteddfod, 1910.

Notes by D. J. Howell, Seven Sisters, on the history of Godre'r-rhos Congregational church, Upper Dulais, co. Glamorgan, 1750-1901.

Minute books, 1894-1969, of Gelli-deg Congregational church, Merthyr Tydfil, co. Glamorgan, with a few letters of transfer, 1890-1926 (with NLW MS 22014B).

A record book of Bwlchnewydd Congregational church, Carmarthenshire containing a register of members, 1848-1851, deaths and burials, 1855-1885, church reports for the years 1945 and 1959, notes, 1946-1996, relating to the history of the church, and extracts, 1857, from an earlier register, including a list of baptisms, 1805-1841, members, c. 1810, and other memoranda, 1809-1843.

A register of members' contributions, 1973-1991, at Bwlchnewydd Congregational church, Carmarthenshire.

Account book, 1863-1872, of Bethel Congregational church ('Yr Hen Fethel'), Cwmaman, Carmarthenshire, including also details of members received, 1864-1870 (ff. 36 verso-7, 38 verso-9, 42 verso-3, 45-7), buried, 18631871 (ff. 39 verso, 41), disciplined, 1865-1871 (ff. 35 verso, 44 verso) and of those who left, 1864-1865 (f. 46 verso) or had their membership withdrawn, 1865-1867 (f. 44).

Account book, 1864-1878, of Bethel Congregational church ('Yr Hen Fethel'), Cwmaman, containing details of members' quarterly contributions, 1864-1873, contributions towards special collections and miscellaneous accounts and estimates.