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A copy of Y Gwir Anrhydeddus D. Lloyd George A. S. by the Rev. T Morgan.

Cash receipt book, 1912-1914

Book of permits to fish on the Gogerddan etate and counterfoils, 1911-1918.

Bank receipt book for the bishop's special current account, 1911-1913

The file also includes a poster, a letter regarding the conscription of a player, a copy of a referee's test paper and a transcript of a broadcast talk by W. H. Boon.

The file also includes a copy of the Monmouthshire Junior Baseball Association Handbook and a photograph of Cardiff and Newport Baseball Clubs.

A notebook containing copies of forty-one poems by Dorothy Bonarjee, [1913]-[20 cent., second ¼], numbered by her 1-11, 13-41 (a final poem, 'The Lights', is possibly No. 42; No. 12 is a blank page).
The poems are mostly manuscript, typescript and printed copies pasted into the volume; the remaining few are written directly into the volume (Nos 24, 30, 37, [42]). Thirteen of the poems (Nos 1, 4-7, 9-10, 18, 21, 24, 35, 38-39) were published in The Dragon (1913-1917) and The Welsh Outlook (1914-1919), while thirty-one (Nos 1-4, 6-10, 14-[16], 19-24, 26-29, 31-32, 36-[42]) appear in The Hindu Bard (2023). There are miscellaneous memoranda in French and English inside the covers.

Stray empty envelopes, addressed to David Lloyd George or his firm or sent by him.

Copies of some thirty-four poems by Dorothy Bonarjee, mostly holograph, [1914]-[1970s], consisting of further drafts or copies of fifteen poems present in her black notebook (Bonarjee 1) (ff. 1-17) and nineteen additional poems not recorded elsewhere (ff. 1 verso, 5 verso, 18-36), together with a few other fragments (ff. 1 verso, 37 recto-verso).
A note concerning the end of her engagement to a Welsh boy whose parents said 'She is very beautiful and intelligent but she is Indian', thought to be associated with her poem 'Renunciation', is on f. 8 verso. The copies of 'Menelaus' Lamenting' and 'Renunciation', [1970s] (ff. 16-17), are in the hand of Bonarjee's college friend Linda Davies, while 'Clarach' (f. 2) is a typescript copy, [?1975], [by Sheela Bonarjee] of a transcript sent to her by Davies (see Bonarjee 3, f. 14 verso); all three are transcripts of the printed versions. Ten of the poems were published in The Dragon (1913-1917) and The Welsh Outlook (1914-1919) (ff. 1-2, 5-8, 10, 12-13, 16-18), while twenty-three appear in The Hindu Bard (2023) (ff. 1-4, 6-11, 13-15, 17-19, 25-26, 29-35). Also included are a copy of William Cory's poem 'Heraclitus' in Bonarjee's hand (f. 38) and a typescript of 'Le Hibou et la Poussiquette', a French translation of Edward Lear's 'The Owl and the Pussycat' (f. 39).

Research work on fire brigades in Breconshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire, collected by Keith Mills from a number of fellow researchers and comprising: original printed, typescript and manuscript circulars, reports, memoranda and correspondence created by the Breconshire and Radnorshire Joint Fire Brigade and the Home Office, 1942-1970, relating to the establishment of the brigade and the cessation of the National Fire Service, awards and commendations for firefighters, fire regulations, firefighting equipment and procedures, incidents involving the brigade, the maintenance of Brecon fire station, and rules concerning pensions and other financial matters; records created by authorities responsible for the fire service at Rhayader during the period 1935-1997 and collected by Clive Byewater, including inventories, regulations, guidelines, logs, correspondence and photographs relating to a wide range of the brigade's activities, as well as letters of thanks from members of the public, together with typescript notes by Keith Mills; copies (with some originals) of records and correspondence created by authorities responsible for and served by the fire service at Hay-on-Wye as well as associated contractors, and also press articles, collected by Alan Powell and relating to the brigade's activities during the period 1887-1967, notably administrative and financial matters as well as equipment and awards and the Evans family of firefighters, with a transcript of a press article and notes by Keith Mills; copies of photographs of personnel, equipment, documents, events and incidents relating to the Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire fire services between 1912 and the 1960s, especially the opening of fire stations, collected by Cyril Rogers and Gethin Davies, with notes by Cyril Rogers and Keith Mills, and related correspondence between Keith Mills and Gethin Davies; a manuscript minute book of the Aberystwyth Fire Brigade, 1914-1932, and a volume of notes about the brigade's history to 1941 [by Cyril Rogers]; original Home Office documents, 1941-[?1960s], and copies concerning National Fire Service inquiries, emergency measures, auxiliary firefighters, air raid precautions, displays and competitions; and correspondence between Keith Mills and various organisations regarding permissions relating to his research archive; also included is a list of some of the research material compiled by Keith Mills and dispersed throughout this archive.

A selection of family papers including (i) letters and papers relating to the death of Dr Mary Williams, and the administration of her estate, 1977-1979; (ii) letters from Dr Mary Williams, Swansea and Hampstead, addressed to Rhyda and Julian Williams, 1935-1937, 1940-1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1968, 1972-1974, together with one letter addressed to Basil Williams, 1968, from Jennie Ruggles-Gates (Dr Mary’s sister); (iii) letters addressed to Rhyda Williams, 1914, 1932, 1978-1979, including one letter from Walford Davies, 1932 and three letters from Grace Williams, Barry, 1968 and 1976, together with one possible early, but undated, photograph of Grace Williams; (iv) letters and papers relating to radio broadcasts by Rhyda Williams, 1934-1935, 1937-1938, 1944, including handwritten and typewritten scripts on ‘Schubert’ (Awr y Plant, 29 Gorffennaf 1937) and ‘[Edward] Macdowell’ (Awr y Plant, 2 Medi 1937), and a handwritten script ‘Rhyfeddodau glan y môr’ by Basil Williams, 11 Awst 1937, together with some testimonials and personalia relating to Rhyda Williams, 1921 and 1942; (v) letters, papers and personalia, 1960, 1967-1968, 1978, 1983, 1989, relating to the career of Julian Williams, including two postcards from actress Caroline Berry, 1989.

Ephemera related to David Lloyd George from the First World War period including event invitations, a copy of the statutory instrument implementing the Versailles Peace Treaty, signatures collected at the Versailles conference, war work passes and a supplement to the London Gazette dates 16 January 1917 detailing the campaigns in Africa by Jan Smuts.

A bundle of wrappers bearing the names of subscribers to Ar Bobl and Ar Vro at the time they ceased publication, 2 August 1914.

Part 48 of a series entitled The Great War : The standard history of the all Europe conflict, featuring David Lloyd George on the cover .

177 letters, 1915-1918, from Sapper Robert Glynn Griffiths (1898-1991), Royal Engineers, mainly to his parents in Deganwy whilst receiving military training in Bletchley and Birmingham, and in the battlefields of France. Also included is a volume compiled by his son D Geraint Griffith, the donor, entitled: ‘Letters of the First World War from Sapper Robert Glynn Griffiths’, 2009-2015, together with a Welsh version.

Papers relating mainly to the history of Rossa Fawr Farmhouse, Llanrhaeadr yng Nghinmeirch, and also to Kinsale Hall near Mostyn, Ty Llannerch y Mor, Mostyn, BronHeulog, Caer Llewelyn, Denbigh, homes of J. Glyn Davies and family, together with two photograph albums containing family photographs.

An archive relating to the life history of the Welsh boy soprano, Tom Howell (born 1911), including a letter from the BBC dated 1925 offering an engagement to broadcast, press cuttings relating to his singing awards, prize certificates, and ribbons, letters, a music sheet book for pianoforte, R.A.F. ID service tags and Service Book from his WWII military service as 1127491 Cpl. RAF in the Japanese campaign, a June 26th, 1943 copy of Ceylon Review regarding the Allies' victory over Japan in Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), a group photograph of NTTC (Non-Technical Training Centre) R.A.F. India Equipment Accounts 1944 including Tom Howell, and a pocket watch inset with his photo portrait as a youth.

A copy of Le Pais De France dated 8 June 1915 with a David Lloyd George on the cover.