File contains correspondence related to the Berlin section of the New Commonwealth Society, noting concerns over the alleged Nazi sympathies of some officials in the section. Concern is also raised in the letters about the German government using the New Commonwealth Society to gain influence in British political circles, or to use the organisation to monitor German citizens who support the society's aims.
Correspondence to and from Rear Admiral Gordon Campbell relating mainly to international affairs and the role of the New Commonwealth Association, mainly the British Section, and other associations and groups. There are also many references to Campbell's health.
Correspondence with Rear Admiral Gordon Campbell relating mainly to his illness and his treatment (including spending a period at a nursing home), the publication of his books and articles, with comments on political and international affairs. The file includes the typescript of an article by Campbell entitled 'Naval Needs of To-day'.
Correspondence with Captain J. Glynn-Jones relating mainly to a re-union of the 14th Royal Welch Fusiliers at Llandinam between 30 July and 4 August 1937 and other events The letters concern the making of the arrangements.
Correspondence, 1929-34, with F. E. Hamer of Llanidloes relating mainly to the development and activities of the New Commonwealth Society. There is also a typescript memorandum, 31 October 1933, to its Executive Committee, bearing notes and comments in the hand of F. E. Hamer.
Correspondence with Senator James J. Davis of the United States Senate concerning his Welsh ancestry. The file also contains the issue of The Druid for 1 November 1934 containing a leading article entitled 'Senator Davis envisions a new Wales'.
Papers relating to a New Commonwealth conference 'on the Technical Organisation of an International Police Force' held at Coulin, Ross-shire, 20-30 September 1937.
Correspondence and papers relating to the proposed re-purchase by members of the Davies family, the children of Lord and Lady Davies, of part of the Coulin Estate, Kinlochewe, Ross-shire.
A copy of Das Problem des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts: Eine Studie der internatiolen Beziehungen, by David Davies. Published by Verlag von Reimer Hobbing in Berlin, 1932.
Source materials relating to David Davies (1818-90), 'Top Sawyer', including extracts from newspapers; correspondence concerning the draft of a biography by W. Hughes Jones of Cricklewood, London; typescript notes on a letter book sent to the National Library of Wales in January 1935 and containing material covering the years1859-68; together with miscellaneous notes and transcripts from source materials.
The papers include a certified copy of the birth certificate of Edward Davies of Gwernevin, Llandinam, born June 1852; the grant of administration of the estate of Elizabeth Davies of Nyoddfach, Llandinam, granted September 1870; letters, 1879-82, from David Davies, relating to business and financial matters; and an account book of David Davies with the North and South Wales Bank, Newtown, bearing entries for the years 1877-91 and other financial accounts and notes through until 1925.
Correspondence and papers, 1875-76, mainly addressed to David Davies, concerning technical and scientific matters and patents. Many of the letters discuss technical matters on the railways, including the Cambrian Railways, and some to the Ocean Collieries.
There are copies of several letters and notes from David Davies amonst the correspondence. The correspondents include Lord Plymouth and Professor Harold Temperley.
Plymouth, Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of, 1857-1923.
