The group comprises `A Welsh Causerie' cuttings, 1932-1939 (some undated), other cuttings relating to his interests and activities in the fields of antiquities, crafts, culture, folklore, gypsies, politics, preachers, social customs and Welsh nationalism, 1889-1962, and correspondence and scripts relating to radio programmes, 1936-1947.

Sketches made by Charles Roach Smith of objects and sites of antiquarian and archaeological interest, mainly Roman, in Britain and France, 1843-1876.