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Correspondence and papers relating mainly to Lord Hooson's political career, including papers regarding parliamentary questions, 1967-1978; the Welsh Liberal Party, 1963-1979; Montgomery County Liberal Association 1965-1979; Welsh Affairs, 1961-1978; University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1961-1968; Dyfed-Powys Constabulary, 1970-1976; foot and mouth disease in Wales, 1967-1968; transport problems in Mid-Wales, 1962-1974; National Theatre for Wales, 1968-1969; Rural Development Board for Wales, 1967-1970; Mid-Wales Hospital Service, 1972-1973; Farmers Union of Wales, 1966-1973; Aberfan Disaster, 1966-1967; television and radio reception in Wales, 1969-1976; Wales Tourist Board, 1968-1976; Plaid Cymru, Welsh nationalism, Welsh language, Devolution, Federalism, Welsh economy, unemployment, Rhondda West by-election, etc., 1960s-1970s; the Liberal Party correspondence, 1960s-1970s, Liberal Party organisation and policies, 1967-1971; Liberals and the Industrial Relations Bill, 1971-1973; Lib-Lab pact, 1977-1978; Liberal Foreign Affairs Panel, 1966-1967; NATO and the North Atlantic Assembly, 1966-1978; correspondence files of the Welsh Liberal Party, 1966-79; engagement diaries, 1966-1978; typescript speeches and notes for speeches, 1960s-1970s; parliamentary accounts, 1970-1972; miscellaneous speeches, press statements, newspaper cuttings, etc., 1960s-1970s; political papers [c. 1950]-1973, produced by various parties; Local Government Reform in Wales, 1993-1994; the Liberal Party's Pantyfedwen Conferences, 1956-1963; the London Welsh School, 1983-1993, the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, 1986-1997; the provision of speech therapy and physiotherapy in Clwyd, 1984-1990; constituency correspondence and papers, [1960]-1979; personal correspondence, 1965-1979; and correspondence, press releases and newspaper cuttings relating to Jeremy Thorpe, former leader of the Liberal Party, 1967-1979; together with papers relating to his business interests including, Laura Ashley Holdings Plc., 1984-1997; Severn River Crossing Plc, 1990-1997; and his legal career, 1949-1962. A further collection of Lord Hooson's papers were received in May 2011 - this group remains uncatalogued.

Papers of Lord Edmund-Davies of Holborn, London, reflecting his career as a barrister and High Court judge, including papers deriving from court cases in which he was involved, 1936-1983; papers relating to the Great Train Robbery, [1964]; papers relating to the Aberfan Disaster Tribunal, 1966-1967, 1974; general legal papers, 1972-1986, including papers relating to the Welsh Language Act 1967, the work of the Committee of Inquiry on the Police, and the work and procedure of the House of Lords; photocopies of miscellaneous legal papers, 1908-1979; printed copies of appeals from the Court of Appeal to the House of Lords, 1947-1954; Lord Edmund-Davies' judge's notebooks, [1976x1985]; papers, mainly opinions of counsel relating to cases concerning the National Coal Board, 1947-1956; petitions against the Cardiff Corporation relating to water supply, 1954-1955; and minutes of meetings, reports, memoranda, etc. deriving from the work of the Committee of Inquiry on the Police, which Lord Edmund-Davies chaired, 1977-1979; together with papers relating to specific subjects such as the affairs of the London Welsh Trust, British Universities and Lord Edmund-Davies' selection as an observer for the British Government at the trial at Cairo of two Britons accused of spying, 1957-1986; speeches, lecture notes, and articles including legal speeches, [c. 1920s-1986], and offprints and typescripts of lectures by others, 1921-1983; correspondence files, 1967-1987; literary works by Lord Edmund-Davies, 1917-1929; correspondence and papers relating to his various appointments, 1942-1982; press cuttings, [1926x1992]; and miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1908-1990.

Additional papers of Lord Edmund-Davies, Aberpennar, barrister and high court judge, including letters, papers relating to a visit to Canada, 1966, press cuttings, addresses to universities and other learned societies, and a number of photographs of him. This group remains uncatalogued.