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Correspondence with Welsh artists, art patrons and administrators of art institutions, together with annotated catalogues, ephemera and press cuttings, almost all relating to Winifred Coombe Tennant's activities as a patron of Welsh art and art in Wales. Throughout this group of papers are notes added by Alexander Coombe-Tennant.

Include a few references to the 1924 general election in Montgomeryshire.

Mae'r llyfrau'n cynnwys cyfrifon yr eisteddleoedd sy'n cofnodi enwau'r cymerwyr, y rhent a'r taliadau, 1852-1975. Ymhlith y cyfrolau ceir un sy'n cynnwys cofnodion Pwyllgor yr Eisteddleoedd, 1907-1917. Ceir llyfrau hefyd sy'n crynhoi'r taliadau, 1928-1971, a chynllun, 1907, o'r eisteddleoedd.

Material relating to the proposed Cardiff Bay Opera House (and later, the Wales Millennium Centre), reflecting the Welsh National Opera's involvement in various aspects of the planning process and initial architectural design competition. Material includes news cuttings; professional newsletters; feasibility studies; project speculations and reports; architectural drawings; competition briefs and guidelines; Trustee letters and correspondence with WNO, development partners (Cardiff Bay Development Corporation), architects (Office of Zaha Hadid), solicitors and members of the public; committee material including correspondence and minutes of Board of Trustees (1994-1996), Joint Fundraising Liaison Committee (1995), Client Group (1995), Finance Committee (1995), Access and Participation Committee (1995), Building Sub-committee (1995), Chairman's Committee (1995), Opera House Steering Group (1986-1990), Design Team (1994-1995) and Public Relations Committee (1995) meetings.

The file comprises papers, 1966-1967, relating to Welsh voices. An anthology of new poetry from Wales, ed. Bryn Griffiths (London, 1967), mostly correspondence between Glyn Jones and Bryn Griffiths which includes lists of poems for the anthology (one letter also contains observations regarding the Aberfan disaster). Glyn Jones appears to have acted as consultant on behalf of the Welsh Arts Council during the compilation of the anthology.

Corrected final typescript draft, [2000x2008], of Ian Skidmore's biography, 'Kyffin, . . . a unique figure in a Welsh landscape', published as Kyffin, a figure in a Welsh landscape (Bridgend, 2008); with a copy of a letter, 2000, from Ian Skidmore to Kyffin Williams.

The series comprises papers relating to his musical interests including a copy of an apprenticeship, dated 1899, to Dr G. R. Sinclair, organist, and letters and papers relating to the Hereford Choral Society and the Narberth Choral Society.

Mae'r gyfres yn cynnwys cyfrifon yr eisteddleoedd sy'n cofnodi enw a chyfeiriad y cymerwyr, y rhent a'r taliadau.

The file comprises letters discussing educational matters, mainly arising from O.M. Edwards's work as Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales.

Typescript copies, [2000x2002], of Dylan Thomas trail guides, with some annotations; together with an obituary for Rollie McKenna, 2003.

Mae'r gyfres yn cynnwys cyfrifon yr eisteddleoedd sy'n cofnodi enwau a chyfeiriadau y cymerwyr, y rhent a'r taliadau.

Mae'r gyfres hon yn cynnwys cyfrolau ag ynddynt gofnod o rifau'r seddi, enwau a chyfeiriadau eu cymerwyr, yn ogystal â chofnod o'u tâl amdanynt.

Subscription book, 1832 and 1837-1843, account book of materials and labour, 1838, and accounts and vouchers, 1837-1843, for the building of a schoolhouse in p. Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn.

Over nine hundred portraits, mostly studio, predominantly of First World War era British Soldiers. Most are individual portraits, some are in small groups with family or friends, also large group photographs. Many depicting a Territorial Force summer camp may well be from a 1913 camp held between Bridge and Lovelock farms, Ffairfach in the summer of 1913. The vast majority are anonymous but some can be given approximate dates by the presence of overseas service chevrons, good conduct stripes etc. Many of those dated 1914, especially the Pembroke Yeomanry, may well date from the years preceding the outbreak of WW1. Other portraits are of members of associated services and include veterans of earlier conflicts and servicemen & women from World War Two. The latter category including American troops from the 28th Division who were camped in South Wales from October 1943 until July 1944 as well as Free French and Belgian soldiers. Both US Corps of Engineers and infantry corps are represented. The engineers are believed to be men of the 103rd Engineer Battalion who served with the 28th Division. Their headquarters from October 1943 to April 1944 was the Hotel Belgrave, Tenby. There are also a considerable number of US Quartermaster Corps GI's including African-American soldiers.

The group consists of administrative records of the estates in Denbighshire, Flintshire, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, including rentals, 1658-1784, leases and related documents, 1756-1906, papers concerning crown rents, 1791-1845, enclosures and commons, 1802-1848, timber and mineral exploitation, 1748-1789, sporting rights, 1912, surveys and valuations, 1751-1880, maps and plans, 1776-1866 and estate accounts, 1708-1911.

Mae'r gyfres yn cynnwys cofrestri pwrpasol sydd yn rhestru cymerwyr seddau, eu cyfeiriad, y nifer o leoedd, y pris chwarterol a'r symiau a dderbyniwyd.

The file comprises correspondence, 1926, mainly relating to radio programmes in Welsh and the need for a Welsh national broadcasting station.

Order books, 1865-1879; account books (listing revenue and expenditure, rentals and lime sales), 1850-1878; and printed material relating to brewing, 1867-1873.