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Eglurebau o lyfrau emynau gan William Phillips. Llyfr ysgrifennu. Rhoddwyd gan y Parchedig William Phillips, Bangor, Hydref 1956.

Liber de regimine principum of Giles of Rome (Egidius Romanus), on ff. 1-262 verso. The text is defective by the loss of two leaves, cut out, after f. 192 (breaking off in Book III, part 2, cap. 17, resuming in cap. 19) and the loss of a quire after f. 198 (breaking off in Book III, part 3, cap. 4, resuming in cap. 11). Written by a single secretary hand. Blue initials with red penwork, 6-line on f. 1 and 5-line on f. 178 (for Book III). Capitula at the beginning of each part of each Book; sidenotes provided by the scribe throughout; no index. This manuscript is not included by C. F. Briggs either in his 'Manuscripts of Giles of Rome's De regimine principum in England, 1300-1500: a handlist', Scriptorium, 47 (1993), pp. 60-73, or the list in his Giles of Rome's De Regimine Principum (Cambridge, 1999).

Papers, [c.1200]-1937, of the antiquary Egerton Phillimore, including: correspondence; notes and drafts of his contributions to various publications; transcripts of manuscripts; poems written by himself and other members of his family; papers relating to his family and his early life and education; family papers; and manuscripts and other documents of antiquarian interest.
Additional material, donated December 2021, comprises a printed volume: 'Llyvyr Taliessin ... The Text of the Book of Taliesin' (ed. J. Gwenogvryn Evans (1910)) inscribed to and annotated by Egerton Phillimore; a postcard note addressed to Egerton Phillimore from minister, academic and lexicographer Daniel Silvan Evans relating to place-names referenced in the Book of Taliesin; and a newspaper cutting, 17 August 1916, containing a review of Llyvyr Taliessin.

A collection mainly of Pembrokeshire interest and including material relating to Tenby and Haverfordwest; correspondence, estate accounts and miscellaneous papers of Charles Francis Egerton Allen (1847-1927); papers of the Barlow family of Slebech; a copy, in five parts, of Edward Laws: The History of Little England beyond Wales; etc.

Anerchiad etholiadol a thaflenni Hywel ap Robert fel ymgeisydd Plaid Cymru yn etholaeth Ceredigion [Etholiad Cyffredinol 1970], ynghyd â phapurau'n trafod y sefyllfa dai a swyddi yng Nghymru, [1970]. = Election address and leaflets of Hywel ap Robert as the candidate for Plaid Cymru in Ceredigion [General Election 1970], together with papers relating to housing and employment in Wales, [1970].

Papers, [c. 1650]-1828, relating to estates and lordships in Carmarthenshire, including rentals of the Golden Grove estate and of the lordship of Cydweli, and an order-book of the borough of Llanelli; together with miscellaneous papers, 1746-1909, relating to the Williams and Drummond Williams family of Edwinsford, Carmarthenshire, comprising mainly correspondence and army commissions; and letter-books, 1807-1833, of Jacob Richards of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, mainly relating to business and estate matters, including Richards's investments in India. The relationship, if any, between NLW MSS 22870-22871 - those papers relating to the Williams family and to Jacob Richards - and the rest of the collection has not been established.

Records of the Edwinsford estate of the Williams, later Williams-Drummond, family in Carmarthenshire, including deeds, 1411-1860; manorial records, 1500-1744, including records of the manor of Talley, 1551-1744, and Caio, 1500-1734; estate correspondence, 1580-1863, (mainly post 1700), estate and household accounts, 1654, 1670-1903, and rentals, 1707-1843; deeds relating to the Llether Cadfan estate, 1474-1760, and Court Derllys estate, 1563-1805, both in Carmarthenshire.

A collection of manuscripts, papers and pamphlets relating to various public activities in which Edwin Jones (1842-1932) took a prominent part, consisting of material of educational and religious interest.

Papers of Edwin John and his daughter Sara John, 1911-[?2005], including family and other correspondence, 1911-2004; press cuttings, 1931-1985; and theses and other papers relating to Gwen John, [?mid 20 cent.]-2002.

Photocopies of the genealogy of the Edwards family of Tregeiriog in Denbighshire, compiled over ten years by the donor.

Genealogical notes and pedigrees relating to the Edwards family, including John Edwards ('Eos Glan Twrch', 1806-1887), who emigrated to the USA in 1828.

Holograph letters from Lewis Edwards, Bala, to his son Llewelyn, 1864-1882 (5) (the recipient's health and his studies, the birth of the recipient's son and heir, the proposed opening of the Bala-Festiniog railway, personal); from Lewis Edwards, from Hyde Park, London, to his wife Jane, 1874 (personal); from T[homas] C[harles] Edwards, from Stratford-on-Avon and from Leamington, to his brother Llewelyn, 1867 (the writer's marriage and return to Liverpool); and from Thomas Charles [Edwards] to his mother, undated (the writer's proposed marriage, personal). Also included in the volume is a prayer, in Welsh, by T. C. Edwards, 1859.

Family papers, mainly letters and military commissions, 1791-1914.

The original manuscript, 1877, of Edward von Hartmann's (1842-1906) Wahreit und Irrthum im Darwinismus.

Seventy-six letters, 1901-1917, from the poet Edward Thomas to his friend, the Rev. Jesse Berridge, containing personal and family news and references to the progress of his work (ff. 1-102; see The Letters of Edward Thomas to Jesse Berridge, ed. by Anthony Berridge (London, 1983); for letter no. 63 in the series see NLW MS 10617B).
Also included are transcripts of two letters from the poet to Mrs Edna Berridge, 1912 (ff. 103-104); one letter, [1940s], to Jesse Berridge from Helen Thomas, the poet's widow (f. 123), and two letters, 1957-1961, and a card, [?1950s], from Eleanor Farjeon (ff. 125, 127-128 verso), together with related papers, notably Berridge's draft of his short memoir of Edward Thomas, 1947 (ff. 106-111; see Letters, pp. 84-90), a typescript address, 1985, by R. George Thomas (ff. 131-134) and press cuttings, 1907-1978 (ff. 135-144), including articles by Helen Thomas, 1962-1963 (ff. 139-142). The collection also contains sketches by Edward Thomas, 1902 (f. 24 recto-verso), and references to W. H. Davies, 1905 (f. 52 recto-verso), Gordon Bottomley, 1907 (ff. 56, 58), Robert Frost, 1957 (f. 127), and to the First World War, 1915-1917 (ff. 92-102), together with a copy of a letter, 1947, to Rowland L. Watson, secretary of the Edward Thomas Memorial Committee (f. 105).