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Papers relating to the creation of a constitution for the Church in Wales including information gathered from international examples, questions and answers, drafts and amendments of the Constitution, printed copies of the Constitution and related papers.

Typescript questions from the Convocation Committee to the following experts, and answers by them: the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Mr C. H. Turner, Magdalen College, Oxford, Dr. Darwell Stone, Lord Bishop of Gloucester, Ven. Archdeacon C. Dundas, Rev. Prof. E. W. Watson, Christ Church, Oxford, Lord Bishop G. F. Browne. Also included are a manuscript schedule of questions and answers, [1915], and questions from the constitutional committee to and answers by the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter Phillimore, Rev. B. J. Kidd, Rev. Canon H. L. Goudge, Lord Bishop H. E. Ryle.

Letters from Frank Morgan, C. A. H. Green, A. G. Edwards and others to Viscount Sankey concerning the disestablishment and the reconstruction of the Church in Wales and other subjects; also included in the files are various papers, pamphlets, drafts and minutes, 1914-1948.

Letters from Frank Morgan, A. G. Edwards (Bishop of St Asaph and Archbishop of Wales), C. A. H. Green (Bishop of Monmouth 1921, Bangor 1928, Archbishop of Wales 1934) and others, to Viscount Sankey, discussing the disestablishment of the Church in Wales and other topics, 1920-1935.

Correspondence between Frank Morgan and C. A. H. Green, 1920-1934. The files include other papers and copies of letters by other authors relating to the correspondence.

Letters mainly discussing the disestablishment of the Church in Wales and the setting up of the Governing Body and the Representative Body, 1915-1919. The most frequent correspondents are Frank Morgan and A. G. Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph. Also included in the files are other papers relating to the GB and the RB, 1917-1919.

Papers and letters concerning questions arising from the disestablishment of the Church in Wales, 1921-1942; papers and letters concerning the vacancies in the Provincial Court due to the resignation of Lord Atkin and others,1939; and the Macnaghten case, 1941-1942.

Three opinions of counsel on fabric funds, a section of the constitution and burial grounds, 1921-1925.

Typescript transcripts of the proceedings in the House of Lords in the matter of the Welsh Church Acts, 1914 and 1919, and the Tithe Act of 1936, between the Representative Body of the Church in Wales (Appellants) and the Tithe Redemption Commission, the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Wales, the Plymouth Estates Ltd and the University of Wales (Respondents); and between the Plymouth Estates Ltd (Appellants) and the Tithe Redemption Commission, the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Wales, the Representative Body of the Church in Wales and the University of Wales, 1944.

Pamphlets of addresses and papers arguing the case for and against disestablishment, 1853-1914.

Three publications by Frank Morgan concerning misconceptions about the Church in Wales and the constitution of the Church in Wales, [1911]-[1924].

Pamphlets of addresses, sermons and reprints, 1920 - [1948].

Papers which include schemes and draft schemes, questions, minutes, agendas and speeches concerning the setting up of the Governing Body and the Representative Body of the Church in Wales and their constitutions, 1915-1919.

A copy of The Directory and Year Book of the Church in Wales, 1925. Also included are summary schedules of Welsh clergy numbers, 1925, 1936, and schedule of ordinands, 1927-1936.

Typescript and manuscript drafts of nine speeches given by Sankey between 1906 and 1914 concerning the campaign against the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church in Wales.

Papers relating to St David's College, Lampeter, 1908-1950, mostly relating to the schemes and suggestions to change the role of the College.

Manuscript schedules of revised statutes relating to ecclesiastical matters, 1285-1898, property, 1285-1894, and mixed question, 1235-1900.