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Holograph manuscripts and (mostly) typescripts, corrected, of some of the published and unpublished literary works, including novels entitled 'Benny Boy', 'Thursday to Saturday', Choral Symphony (London, 1955), 'Requiem for Rags', 'The Champion's Wife, 'The Methuselahs', Come, Night; End, Day, Rhondda Roundabout, 'Shadow Show' and The Man David (London, 1944); comedies, musical plays, and dramatisations of novels, autobiographies, radio scripts, articles and reviews, 1938-1967, including 'The Leek in the Broth'; diaries, 1938-1962; notebooks on William Abraham ('Mabon'); cuttings from Merthyr Express of the 'Saran Stories'; recorded readings from the B.B.C, 1941-1964; and typescript final draft of 'A Burnt Offering' and manuscript notes on Dr William Price.

Letters, newspaper cuttings, notes, pamphlets and periodicals, typescripts, reports, volumes of parliamentary debates, and other papers of James Griffiths relating to the following: the coal industry and the South Wales Miners' Federation, 1912-1967; the Labour Party, 1919-1975; the Central Labour College, 1919-1922; National Insurance, 1931-1954; the Colonies, 1939-1972; his work as Secretary of State for Wales, 1964-1966; papers relating to Welsh affairs including devolution, the Welsh Reconstruction Advisory Council, education and local government reorganization, 1935-1975; constituency affairs, 1937-1969; overseas visits, 1936-1968; the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1968-1970; papers relating to his autobiography Pages from Memory, including letters from Gwilym Prys Davies and others, 1961-1969, notebooks, [1960s], typescripts, [1964]-1969, and cuttings of reviews, 1969; unpublished reminiscences, 1955-1974; notes and typescripts for lectures and speeches, 1940-1971; typescripts of broadcasts by Griffiths, 1937-1967; typescripts of articles and reviews, 1940-1974; newspaper cuttings, 1919-1974; and other miscellaneous personal matter, [1930s]-1975; and papers relating to Mrs Silyn Roberts, 1897-1954.

Papers of, and relating to, Dylan Thomas, [1925x2013], collected and collated by Jeff Towns, including scripts, correspondence, programmes and papers relating to the publication of Under Milk Wood, and radio, stage, film and audio productions of the play, 1953-2005; research papers and works relating to Dylan Thomas, 1937-2006; letters by Dylan Thomas, and the letters and papers of his wife Caitlin, their three children and his parents, 1935-2007; autograph prose works, [1925x1953], and personal papers, [1929]-1960; poetry, [1928x2010], mostly comprising autograph drafts; unpublished autograph letters by Dylan Thomas, [1926]-1995; and a small group of material, 1939-[2013], including four autograph letters, 1939, from the author, relating to The map of love.

Title deeds and other documents of depositor's clients, 1557-1939, relating to properties in Brecknockshire, 1557-1939, in particular to the Little Bell, Brecon, 1759-1883, and to the Pant Griffith estate, Merthyr Cynog, 1705-1856; in Glamorgan, 1731-1920, including the Court Rhyd-hir estate, 1731-1920; and in Radnorshire, 1639-1800, Monmouthshire, 1756-1834, and Herefordshire, 1557-1763.

Papers collected by John Bryn Roberts, including correspondence, 1830-1887; legal certificates, 1863-1897; diaries, 1838-1930, kept by Bryn Roberts and some other members of the Roberts family; photographs, [c. 1880]-1924; notes on legal cases and topics, [c. 1902]-[c. 1921]; letters, 1888-1926, from John Bryn Roberts to the press; newspaper reports transcribed, 1883-1905; notes for his speeches, 1885-1905; notes on political topics, [c.1892]-[1926]; general notes, [1860]-[1894]; election addresses, 1885-1924; political leaflets and pamphlets, 1880-1927; official publications, 1889-1927; legal publications, 1863-1930; miscellaneous printed matter, 1883-1925; Calvinistic Methodist papers, 1844-1928; papers relating to the University of Wales, mainly the University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1882-1926; newspaper and magazine cuttings, 1874-1929; newspapers and periodicals, 1902-1928; bills and receipts, 1781-1926; notebooks and account books, 1833-1900.

Papers of and relating to the novelist John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) and other members of his family, including his correspondence with family, friends and associates, as well as published and unpublished literary works, diaries, lectures, essays, and material relating to his estate and literary executorship. Also included are correspondence and literary and personal papers of Powys's companion Phyllis Playter (1893-1982), as well as personal and estate papers of members of the Powys family including his father, Charles Francis Powys, his paternal grandfather, Littleton Charles Powys, his uncle, Littleton Alfred Powys, his aunts, the Johnson sisters, and his nephew, Francis Llewellyn Powys.

Deeds and documents relating mainly to premises in Merioneth and Caernarfonshire, 1653-1782. Some of deeds relate to premises acquired by John Garnons, but most appear to belong to premises owned by his clients.

Papers collected by John Jenkins, mainly records of the manors of Neath Ultra and Cilybebyll, Glamorgan, 1632-1831; and deeds relating to Glamorgan and Brecknockshire, 1546-1933.

Documents collected by Col. Sir John Conway Lloyd, including over a thousand deeds, 1323-1870, relating to properties in the counties of Brecon, Glamorgan, Hereford, Monmouth, Radnor, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Gloucester, and London; together with various documents, including letters and papers relating to the Lloyd family and other estates. In addition, the archive consists of deeds and documents, 1588-1864, mainly of industrial interest accumulated by John Lloyd (1833-1915), pertaining to the New Weare ironworks, Goodrich, Hereford; the Hirwaun ironworks; the Beaufort Iron Company, the Clydach ironworks; the Dowlais Iron Company; and the Bute Works. A substantial group of Dinas Estate records has been transferred to the Maybery Collection.

Comprises letters, 1957-1997, to John Morris, mainly of political interest. Many of the letters are from John Morris's Aberavon constituents. In some cases there are copies of his replies and/or drafts of his replies, prepared to be typed up by a secretary. The letters cover a wide range of subjects, mainly governmental affairs and the work of various governmental ministries and departments, above all the Welsh Office. Many letters concern the Labour Party, its various committees and its internal affairs. Many of the letters are from constituents who make enquiries and refer problems and difficulties to their Member of Parliament. Some also concern the framing and implementation of various pieces of legislation. There are also many subject files, 1951-1995, divided into British subjects, Welsh affairs, many of these concerning devolution, and constituency matters. The subject files relating to British politics nationally include material on a wide range of subjects including defence, disarmament, education, the EEC, parliamentary elections, the environment, foreign affairs, housing, the Labour Party, leasehold reform, local government, pensions, the steel industry, transport, and specific pieces of parliamentary legislation. The files on Welsh affairs include material on the Welsh Office, the Labour Party Wales, the Crowther/Kilbrandon Commission and devolution, the Development Corporation for Wales, and the Welsh language. Thirdly, there is a group of printed, typescript and manuscript materials and diaries, 1943-1991. A further file, being Lord Morris's earliest drafts of the chapter on Kosovo (chapter 21), for inclusion in his book 'Fifty Years in Politics and the Law', published in 2011, was received in Februay 2013. This file is under Embargo during the lifetime of the donor. Further donations of material were made in Augist 2015 and August 2015. These remain uncatalogued although photographs have been transferred to photo albums and videocasettes, sound cassettes and DVDs have been transferred to the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales.

Literary papers of John Tripp, [1950s]-1985, including drafts and notes of published and unpublished poetry, 1968-1985; prose works comprising plays for radio and television, mostly not broadcast, miscellaneous prose drafts and notes, 1969-1985; correspondence mostly with other Anglo-Welsh and Welsh authors, 1967-1986; critical reviews of and by J.T., 1968-1985; and personal and miscellaneous papers, [1950s]-1986, such as press cuttings, papers relating to literary organisations and events, J.T.'s employment, photographs and other personal ephemera, and drafts or published versions of works by other writers given to or collected by him.

An additional consignment of papers of John Tripp comprising correspondence and some prose works. This group remains uncatalogued.

Business papers of Jonathan Davies, 1859-1933; papers of Davies Brothers slate merchants, Porthmadog, 1872-1947; personal papers of Jonathan Davies, 1875-1936; and papers relating to friends and family members, [c.1853]-1957. The archive contains a wealth of statistical information about the slate industry in Caernarfonshire, Merioneth and Pembrokeshire and the development of Porthmadog as a slate port.

The collection comprises: correspondence and papers on specific subjects (files 1-83); and correspondence received from constituents (files 84-271).

A letter, 1980, writen by Keith Best to the Secretary of State for Wales, Nicholas Edwards, was donated by Rhys Evans, Cardiff, in 2002.

Papers of Keith Raffan, mainly subject files, including files on abortion, 1981-1990; agriculture, 1985-1992; Bagillt floods, 1985-1991; British Rail, 1984-1992; coal, 1982-1992; Clwyd County Council, 1983-1991; community charge, 1983-1989; companies, 1986-1992; Conservative Central Office for Wales, 1983-1992; Courtaulds, 1983-1989; Delyn Borough Council, 1981-1992; drugs, 1984- 1988; education, 1983-1992; Europe, 1982-1990; Flint By-Pass,1987-1992; Hamilton Oil, 1991-1992; health and the National Health Service; 1983-1991; Holywell By-Pass and Inner Relief Road, 1983-1987; Lab-Lib Party Alliance, 1982-1990 (including alternative to the Poll Tax); local associations, 1983-1992; Local Government, 1975-1990; London and Cardiff Conservative Central Offices, 1987-1988; ministerial correspondence 1984-1990; Conservative Associations correspondence, 1985-1989; Parliamentary papers, 1983-1992; open cast mining, 1986-1992; pensions, 1987-1991; police, 1983-1987; Prestatyn Town Council, 1983-1990; rates, 1983-1987; Rhuddlan Borough Council, 1983-1991; roads, 1986-1989; Sunday trading, 1985-1991; teachers' pay dispute and unions, 1985-1992; television broadcasting policy, 1983-1992; University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1985-1989; Welsh Members of Parliament, Welsh Grand Committee and Committee on Welsh Affairs, Welsh Office,1981- 1993; Young Conservatives March 1983-1992; Pressure for Economic and Social Toryism (PEST), 1956-1974; speech notes, [?1974]-1992, relating to Devolution, 1975-1989, Welsh Water, 1983-1991, Welsh Language, 1990-1992; and press releases, 1983-1992. There is also a series of files mainly of correspondence on a wide range of subjects, arranged alphabetically by subject.

Estate and family records of the Kemeys and Kemeys-Tynte families of Cefnmabli, Monmouthshire, including surveys, valuations, rentals, and accounts, 1570-[early 19 cent.]; probate records, deeds, and legal papers, 1586-[1850s]; geneaological papers, 1694-[mid-18 cent.]; and correspondence, 1642-1888. The main interest of this archive lies in the correspondence relating to political events and affairs, especially for the late seventeenth century. The archive also includes a survey of the estates of Henry, earl of Pembroke, in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, 1570, and a rental of the estate of the regicide Henry Marten, [c. 1652].

Deeds, 1313-[1825], from the collection of Angharad Llwyd (1779-1866), antiquary, including deeds relating to the Salusbury family of Lleweni, 1313-1727, and one to the Myddelton family of of Chirk, [c.1640].

A collection of manuscripts containing pedigrees and genealogical material relating mainly to North Wales; extracts, etc. from Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire deeds; accounts, [17 cent.]-[19 cent.], of the Ty Fry estate, Anglesey; transcripts by Angharad Llwyd; material relating to David Hughes, founder of the free grammar school, Beaumaris; extracts from Anglesey public records and other notes and transcripts relating to Anglesey; a calendar relating to the Courts of Great Sessions for Flintshire and Denbighshire, 1668-1696; correspondence collected by John Lloyd, Caerwys (1733-1793); Caerwys churchwardens' accounts, 1662-1669, 1680-1690, 1697-1698; material relating to Abergele; miscellaneous transcripts, extracts and translations; etc.

Papers of Sir Kyffin Williams, 1716-[2008], including correspondence, 1923-2006; diaries and journals, 1939-2006; catalogues of, and papers regarding, solo and group exhibitions, 1950-2006; drafts of books and articles by Kyffin Williams, [?1965]-[?2004]; works about him, 1953-[2008]; financial papers, 1939-2005; personal papers, 1931-2006; together with papers relating to various family members, 1716-2006, and papers accumulated by the artist, 1796-2007.

Kyffin Williams photographs include personal and professional, family, Welsh views, artworks and views abroad, most notably Patagonia.

The 2016 accrual comprises administrative records and campaign material, 1946-2011, including ward minutes, 1959-1993; papers relating to the Swansea East by-election, 2001; and other by-elections, 1995-2006; documents and campaign material relating to Welsh devolution and Welsh Assembly elections, 1992-2003; annual reports and policy statements, 1946-2011; papers relating to general and local elections in Wales, 1991-2009; and Labour Party Wales ephemera, 1981-2005. The 2002 accrual comprises administrative records, 1994-1999; papers relating to the Cardiff City Labour Party, 1986-1990; subject files, 1965-1999, including papers concerning the Welsh language, 1965-1997, Welsh devolution, 1978-1999, women's issues, 1990-1997, and the National Health Service, 1991-1997; and a group of Labour Party publications, c. 1989-1999. -- The 1999 accrual comprises the original Executive Committee minutes, 1937-1987, and Annual Conference papers, 1938-1999, of the South Wales Regional Council of Labour, and its successor bodies the Welsh Regional Council of Labour, the Welsh Council of Labour and the Labour Party Wales; papers, 1983-1994, deriving from the organisation of the Annual Conferences of Labour Women Wales; administrative records, 1949-1996, including files deriving from the selection of Labour parliamentary candidates in 1989-1991, and records, 1949-1987, of Divisional Labour Parties within the city of Cardiff; correspondence and papers, 1931-1996, relating to the activities and role of the Labour Party Wales; files, 1970-1997, relating to the campaigns conducted by the Labour Party Wales in parliamentary, local and European elections; papers, 1974-1982, concerning the Labour Party Women's Committees; and a substantial group of publications, [1937]-1999, of the Labour Party and the Labour Party Wales, general publications of Welsh interest, [1937]-1969, and press cuttings, 1990-1995. -- Previous accruals, 1985-1996, not described in this catalogue, include photocopies of the minutes, 1937-1987, of the Executive Committee and microfilms of the reports of the Annual Conferences and of the reports of the Executive Committee to the Annual Conferences, 1938-1984; records, 1951-1992, deriving from parliamentary general and by-elections and European elections; papers concerning the party's organisation and policy, 1974-1987; and an array of files on specific subjects such as devolution, local government, the National Health Service, rural affairs, and the Welsh language and education.

The collection comprises volumes of primary records, 1922-1950, (including executive committee minutes, north Wales committee minutes, finance committee minutes, cash books, ledgers, campaign committee minutes, general purposes committee minutes); the records of the Welsh National Council of the League of Nations Union, 1920-1945; minutes of the committees of the League of Nations Union, 1925-1939; minutes of the sub-committees of the League of Nations Union, 1927-1942. Secondary records of the League of Nations Union: general meetings, 1928-1938; national meetings, 1928-1937; conferences, 1922-1937; committees, 1922-1938; financial records, 1925-1938; educational records, 1922-1946; publications, 1923-1932; publicity, 1929-1947; personal files, 1922-1939; enquiries, 1922-1938; formation of branches, 1923-1938; reports, 1924-1938; London headquarters, 1923-1938; general files, 1922-1951. Branch files, 1922-1940; weekly returns relating to membership etc., 1922-1934; membership, county files etc., 1930-1938; Headway notes, correspondence, press cuttings etc., 1922-1938; League of Nations Union miscellaneous papers, 1923-1939. United Nations Association general files, 1943-1954; United Nations Association committees, 1943-1965; United Nations Association sub-committees, 1947-1952; UNA finance, 1940-1961; UNA membership, 1946-1964; UNA accounts, 1951-1960; UNA 'Files from a series designated letter/number', 1961-1967; UNA branches, 1943-1950; League of Nations Union/UNA meetings, 1944-1964; Temple, 1939-1957; personal files, 1943-1950s; educational themes, 1944-1950; Newsletters, 1961; UNA conferences, 1962-1967; UNA campaigns, 1964-1966; Youth against Humger/Council for Education in World Citizenship Competitions, 1965-1967. Goodwill message: replies to children's wireless message (CWM), 1925-1929; replies to CWM, 1930-1938; CWM related material, 1935-1938; material relating to World Children's Message up to 1939, arranged by countries, 1927-1938; replies to CWM, 1939, arranged by countries; CWM lists of replies, 1928-1939; WCM, copies of replies, correspondence etc., 1938-1959.