Two notebooks containing an essay, [20 cent, first ¼], by Philip Thomas on Welsh folk tunes. Included is an account of the custom of hunting the wren (ff. 53-4 verso).
A number of leaves have been inserted at the end of the second volume (ff. 49-58).

Miscellaneous letters, 1913-1934, mostly addressed to Philip Thomas, relating mainly to his involvement in local eisteddfodau and musical events. Included are letters and papers relating to Neath Harmonic Society, 1926 (ff. 34-36), and the 1933 Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Parliamentary Bill, 1931 (ff. 47-9); verses relating to the Mari Lwyd (f. 1); a printed programme of service for Central Church, Chicago, 1922 (ff. 11-13); Thomas's adjudication for the choral competition at the Swansea National Eisteddfod, 1926 (ff. 37-41); a printed leaflet for Haslemere Music Festival, 1934 (ff. 60-61); and the tune and words of a Welsh Christmas Carol (f. 53) and of a Welsh folk-song (ff. 64-66).

A typescript, prepared for the press, of Iorwerth C. Peate's essay 'The Welsh House: a study in folk culture', published in Y Cymmrodor, 47 (1940).
The volume includes the title page, dedication and preface (ff. i-v), contents (f. vi), a list of illustrations (ff. vii-xxi; the illustrations are not included), the main text (ff. 1-254) and bibliography (ff. 255-275). There are some manuscript annotations and corrections, with a number of significant additions (ff. 11, 67, 154 verso, 163 verso, 179 and 249 verso). The printed version includes a few additional changes and an index. A revised edition was published in 1944.

Traethawd teipysgrif gan 'Offa' yn dwyn y teitl 'Ymdriniaeth fer ar Effaith Diwydiannaeth ar Ddiwylliant Cymru' a ddaeth yn fuddugol mewn cystadleuaeth yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Llanrwst 1951 = A typescript essay by 'Offa' entitled 'Ymdriniaeth fer ar Effaith Diwydiannaeth ar Ddiwylliant Cymru' which came first in the competition at the National Eisteddfod, Llanrwst, 1951.
Ymdrinir yn bennaf yn y traethawd ag effeithiau diwydiant ar wahanol agweddau o'r gymdeithas Gymreig, megis iaith a chrefydd. Ceir rhestr cynnwys ar f. i. = The essay deals mainly with the effects of industrialisation on different aspects of Welsh society, such as language and religion. There is a contents list on f. i.

A volume containing over eighty letters, 1906-1914, from Charles William Dymond (1833-1915), antiquary and Quaker, to Richard Griffith Owen (Pencerdd Llyfnwy) relating mainly to the correspondent's interest in the Welsh language and culture; together with one letter, 1915, from his son, Philip W. Dymond.
Papers found loose inside the volume have been tipped in on ff. i-v.