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Deeds, documents and letters, 1638-1897, relating mainly to properties in Denbighshire and Shropshire, but also Caernarfonshire, Cardiganshire, Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire, Radnorshire and Cheshire; plans relating to the activities of railway companies mainly in the parishes of Gresford and Wrexham, Denbighshire, 1845-1849; and printed material, 1863-1897.

Deeds and documents, 1591-1901, relating to properties in the Llanfyllin area, Montgomeryshire, and in Shropshire.

Papers of Sir Evan Vincent Evans, 1880-1933, including correspondence, 1881-1927 (comprising general correspondence to Sir E. Vincent Evans, 1881-1927, letters relating to the Ignatius Williams manuscripts, 1906-1922, drafts and copies of letters from Vincent Evans, 1893-1927, letters addressed to others, 1892-1923; and miscellaneous letters, 1894-1927, mainly those with unrecognisable signatures); bibliography of Welsh printed books, 1701-1807; minutes of the Board of Celtic Studies, 1933; records of the Diphwys Slate Quarry, 1924-1927; papers relating to education in Wales, 1887-1888; the London Committee of the Cardiff Medical Society, 1890; the National Eisteddfod of Wales, 1887-1926; the National Library of Wales, 1924-1927; the National Museum of Wales, c. 1900-1928; the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales, 1911-1933; Royal Commission on Public Records, 1914-1916; the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, 1914; the University Board of Celtic Studies, 1922-1927; the University of Wales, c. 1893-1927; the Vincent Evans Testimonial Fund, 1898-1899; and the Welsh Club, 1893-1913; together with copies of speeches and addresses delivered by Vincent Evans; and miscellaneous papers, [c. 1880]-[1930].

Photographs taken by A J Sylvester of David Lloyd George, his families and entourage. The majority are of motoring holidays and cruises to mainland Europe. Included are his cruise on 'Sabrina' in 1929 and recalled in chapter 14 of 'The Real Lloyd George' by A J Sylvester (London, 1947).Others are of D Ll G's estate at Churt.

Papers of Sir Ben Bowen Thomas (1899-1977), educationalist and public servant, comprising autobiographical material on his career, interests and family, 1954-1972; biographical articles and an interview, 1964-1966; letters to his wife and daughter with references to his work with UNESCO and Welsh educational matters, 1947-1960; letters from Dr Thomas Jones and Sir Percy E. Watkins relating to educational issues and Coleg Harlech, 1926-1955; correspondence concerning BBT's work with UNESCO, 1954-1962; miscellaneous correspondence, 1948-1976; addresses and speech notes, 1949-1977; pamphlets, offprints and articles, 1941-1973; research notes on regions and towns of Wales during the 18th and 19th centuries; circulars, articles, reports, etc. relating to education and educational bodies in Wales, 1942-1975, to UNESCO, 1946-1958, and to public and cultural bodies such as the Welsh Language Council, ITA and the Rural Development Board, 1965-1973; McNair Report on the Training of Teachers, 1942-3; memorials, tributes and obituaries of other educationalists; and miscellaneous press cuttings and notes. The archive also includes a collection of sermon notes and exercise books of his grandfather, the Rev. Benjamin Thomas, (1838-1913), a Baptist minister in Ystrad Rhondda, Glamorgan.

Group 1 comprises a substantial corpus of correspondence and papers relating to Prime Ministers, government and society, education, foreign affairs, imperial affairs, Ireland, Wales, Coleg Harlech and the Gregynog Press. There are also classes concerning the Astor family, Abraham Flexner, Violet Markham, Sir Henry Jones and Sir Percy Watkins. There are also papers relating to Thomas's Jones publications and his diaries, privately printed in Switzerland, and a substantial group of press cuttings arranged by subject. -- Subsequent accruals of the papers of Dr Thomas Jones include correspondence and papers, 1855-1955, including letters to and from Dr Thomas Jones; pocket diaries, an account book and pocket notebooks kept by Dr Jones, 1916-[1955]; correspondence and papers, 1933 and 1948-1955, relating to the administration of the Pilgrim Trust; papers, 1955-1961, relating to Thomas Jones's death in October 1955, sympathy letters received, and material concerning arrangements for the memorial service and the administration of the Thomas Jones Memorial Fund; correspondence, 1962-1987, deriving from the use of the Thomas Jones Papers in the custody of the National Library of Wales; and press cuttings, 1912-1955.

The fonds comprises letters, 1928-1999, to Lady White, diaries, 1936-1984, papers, 1907-1994, reflecting her career as a Labour politician, papers, 1859-1994, concerning her outside interests and activities, records, 1950-1996, deriving from Lady White's involvement in Welsh political and public life, and material, 1960-1990, concerning her activities in educational matters. There are also family papers, 1892-1992, including some relating to Lady White's father Dr Thomas Jones CH (1870-1955) and to her husband John Cameron White (1911-1968). There is also a substantial group of press cuttings and other printed material, 1919-1997. A further two boxes of papers were received in January 2007; this group remains uncatalogued.

Mesurau Cynulliad Cymru, 2008-2011 Deddfau, Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru 2011-20 a Actau Senedd Cymru 2021-. Arwyddwyd pob mesur a deddf gan Brif Weithredwr a Chlerc Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru/Senedd Cymru. = Measures of the National Assembly for Wales, 2008-2011, Acts of the National Assembly for Wales 2011-2021, Acts of the Welsh Parliament 2021-. All the Measures and Acts are signed by the Chief Executive and Clerk of the National Assembly for Wales/Welsh Parliament.

A collection of some seventy letters, 1771-1790, from Dr Richard Price, Dissenting minister, political philosopher and mathematician, to Sir William Petty, 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquis of Lansdowne, the letters relating mainly to public finance, notably the National Debt, the Sinking Fund and taxation, with other topics including the war with the American colonies; together with a catalogue of the letters and other papers compiled c. 1794 by 'S. P.', with later pencilled notes of subsequent additions to the collection (MS 23291E, ff. 1-15).

Papers of Alun Lewis, 1919-1996, including family correspondence and letters from Robert Graves; autograph and typescript copies of published and unpublished poems; typescript copies of published and unpublished prose; personalia; an unpublished autobiographical novella of college life; memorial tributes to Alun Lewis in poetry form; and notebooks containing poetry and other writings by him.

Ronald M. Lockley diaries, 1921-1948, compiled in twelve volumes.

Archive comprises the papers of the Welsh Conservative Party group within the National Assembly for Wales including minutes, agendas and papers for group meetings, Material related to policy development and manifestos for elections to the National Assembly for Wales, material related to the organisation of the group and the Conservative Party in Wales and subject files including files on the party's position on the creation of the post of Children's Commissioner for Wales and the Government of Wales Act 2006.

Papers donated by the Aberystwyth, Pontypridd and Cardiff branches of Welsh Women's Aid. They include material relating to the constitution, corporate structure, strategic development and codes of practice of Welsh Women's Aid; records of its Management Committee and of numerous departmental meetings; internal and external correspondence; accounting, fundraising and other administrative papers; material celebrating Welsh Women's Aid's twenty-first, twenty-fifth and fortieth anniversaries; and individual branch archives of Welsh Women's Aid, all of which reference the issues affecting women and their children who access Women's Aid, such as domestic violence, social welfare and law and legislation.

There is considerable overlap of subject-matter within sections of the archive: for example, corporate and work reports, statistics and questionnaires, as well as material relating to violence against women, children/families, housing and benefits appear under multiple sections, while records of individual group meetings such as Employment and Finance or material relating to accounts, conferences, training courses, etc frequently appear under details of Management Committee meetings, Annual Reviews and so forth.

See under Cardiff Women's Aid Archive: Archif Menywod Cymru/Women's Archive of Wales for correspondence and other material relating to Welsh Women's Aid's decision to deposit papers with the Women's Archive of Wales.

** NOTE THAT SOME SECTIONS OF THIS ARCHIVE HAVE BEEN EMBARGOED FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME: SEE UNDER INDIVIDUAL HEADINGS ***

Papurau Ned Thomas, 1962-2022, yn cynnwys llythyrau a phapurau eraill yn ymwneud ag awduron, beirdd, cyfieithwyr, newyddiadurwyr ac eraill o'i gydnabod yn gweithio yn bennaf yn Gymraeg, Saesneg, ieithoedd lleiafrifol Ewropeaidd megis Basgeg a Chatalaneg, a Rwsieg, gan gynnwys Esyllt T. Lawrence, Emyr Humphreys, R. S. Thomas, Jan Morris, Iris Murdoch, y cenedlaetholwr Basgaidd Txillardegi a'r awduron Rwsiaidd Nawm Odnoposof a Nicita Sabolotsci. = Papers of Ned Thomas, 1962-2022, comprising letters and other papers relating to writers, poets, translators, journalists and other figures of his acquaintance working mostly in Welsh, English, minority European languages such as Basque and Catalan, and Russian, including Esyllt T. Lawrence, Emyr Humphreys, R. S. Thomas, Jan Morris, Iris Murdoch, the Basque nationalist Txillardegi and the Russian writers Naoum Odnopozov and Nikita Zabolotsky.

Papers of George Ewart Evans, including manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poetry, short stories, children's literature, a drama, oral history and autobiographical material, 1932-1986; illustrations, including drawings and photographs, [1932x1985]; journals and pamphlets, 1922-1988; other publications, 1950-1969; notebooks, 1927-1987; oral history, dialect and local history notes, 1941-1988; miscellaneous notes and source materials, [1894x1988]; notes for lectures, [1950]-[1984]; radio, tape transcripts, television and film material, [1947x1988]; correspondence and related material, including official and private letters, 1934-1987; personal items such as certificates, university papers and diaries, 1866-1988; engagement diaries and address books, [1927x1988]; cuttings, reviews and articles by or about George Ewart Evans, 1947-1988; and miscellaneous articles and reference books, 1875, 1906, [1927x1986].

Papers relating to the work and life of Robert Morgan, 1948-1992, including drafts of poetry and prose, 1967-1992; correspondence, 1963-1992; personal papers, 1947-1970; notebooks, [c. 1968]-1989; exhibition catalogues, 1966-1992; and publishers' contracts and financial papers, 1976-1985.

Papers of Lucy Myfanwy Pryce, mainly relating to her writing, 1917-1967, including manuscripts and typescripts of unpublished novels, stories and a play, 1928-1962; with notebooks, 1909-1950; publishers' contracts, 1919-1946; press cuttings relating to her sister Marion Pryce, 1919-1929, and a scrapbook on folklore and ancient History, 1920-1932.

Four letters, 1919-1920, to Myfanwy Pryce from the novelist Stanley Weyman. They give advice about writing and publishing her novels.

Records relating to the Anglo-Welsh Review, mainly typescripts of material published in the magazine, 1957-1988, including editor's correspondence files, printer's copies and galley proofs, 1957-1988; and subscription lists, 1957-1975. The archive also includes correspondence and papers relating to the publication's demise and closure, 1981-2000 (November 2021 deposit).

Mae'r casgliad yn cynnwys deunydd a gasglwyd gan y cynllun yn ymwneud â'r llenorion Cymraeg canlynol: E. Tegla Davies, Huw Lloyd Edwards, Harri Gwynn, D. Gwenallt Jones, John Gwilym Jones, J. Saunders Lewis, Alun Llywelyn-Williams, T. H. Parry-Wiliams, Caradog Prichard, Kate Roberts, D. J. Williams, Abergwaun, Huw Llewelyn Williams a Waldo Williams. Mae'r archif yn cynnwys hefyd adysgrifau o rhai o'r casetiau o atgofion awduron Cymraeg diweddar a recordiwyd gan staff y cynllun ymchwil, ychydig eitemau o archifau yr Academi, deunydd yn ymwneud â gweithgareddau'r Academi a'r cynllun ymchwil, papurau ynglŷn â Geiriadur yr Academi a gwobr Griffith John Williams, a gohebiaeth yn deillio o'r cynllun ymchwil = The collection comprises material collected by the scheme relating to the following Welsh literary figures: E. Tegla Davies, Huw Lloyd Edwards, Harri Gwynn, D. Gwenallt Jones, John Gwilym Jones, J. Saunders Lewis, Alun Llywelyn-Williams, T. H. Parry-Wiliams, Caradog Prichard, Kate Roberts, D. J. Williams, Fishguard, Huw Llewelyn Williams and Waldo Williams. The archive also includes transcripts of some of the casettes of reminiscences of recent Welsh authors recorded by the staff of the research project, a few items from the archives of the Academi, material relating to the activities of the Academi and the research project, papers concerning the Welsh Academi Dictionary and the Griffith John Williams Prize, and correspondence deriving from the research scheme.

Mae'r casgliad yn cynnwys: gohebiaeth gyffredinol at Bobi Jones,1950-1997, nifer ohonynt oddi wrth bwysigion Cymru; gohebiaeth a phapurau, 1971-1979, yn ymwneud â gwaith golygu'r gyfres Storiâu Tramor; papurau amrywiol, 1951-[1990au], yn cynnwys beirniadaethau ar gyfer eisteddfodau, cyfrolau o nodiadau darlithoedd, papurau gwleidyddol, adolygiadau, sgriptiau radio, ddrafftiau barddoniaeth ac erthyglau; papurau,1968-1969, yn ymwneud â thaith Bobi Jones i Fecsico; gohebiaeth a phapurau ynglŷn â pharatoi a chyhoeddi Cyfrol Deyrnged Kate Roberts (Dinbych, 1969); eitemau printiedig, 1951-1992, yn cynnwys rhaglenni theatr, gwahanlithoedd a phroflenni deunydd a gyhoeddwyd, anerchiadau etholaethol a thaflenni gwleidyddol, a chardiau gwasanaeth angladdau; torion o'r wasg,1948-1994, yn cynnwys torion cerddi, beirniadaeth lenyddol ac adolygiadau gan Bobi Jones; grŵp o bapurau A. W. Wade-Evans, 1923-1960; gohebiaeth, papurau’n ymwneud â’r Mudiad Efengylaidd, darlithiau ar grefydd, llyfryddiaeth a gwefan Bobi Jones a chyfieithiadau o’i gerddi, 1950-2016. = The collection comprises: general correspondence to Bobi Jones, 1950-1997, many from prominent figures in Welsh life; correspondence and papers, 1971-1979, relating to the work of editing the series Storiau Tramor; miscellaneous papers, 1951-[1990s], including adjudications for eisteddfodau, volumes of lecture notes, political papers, reviews, radio scripts, drafts of poetry and articles; papers, 1968-1969, relating to Bobi Jones's trip to Mexico; correspondence and papers concerning the preparation and publication of the volume Cyfrol Deyrnged Kate Roberts (Dinbych, 1969); printed items, 1951-1992, including theatre programmes, offprints and proofs of published material, election addresses and political leaflets, and funeral service cards; press cuttings, 1948-1994, including cuttings of poems, literary criticism and reviews by Bobi Jones; a group of papers of A. W. Wade-Evans, 1923-1960; correspondence, papers relating to the Evangelical movement, lectures on religion, bibliography and website of Bobi Jones and translations of his poems, 1950-2016.