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Papers, 1906-2006, relating to the boxers Freddie Welsh and Jim Driscoll, collected by Glyn Moses, father of Ms Pamela Jones, the donor. The papers include an article 'The pride of Pontypridd' by Alexander Cordell, photocopies of articles from newspapers, a copy of the birth certificate of Freddie Welsh, 1989, and letters, 1993, from Elizabeth Efferson, his daughter to Glyn Moses, together with a calendar, 2006, to commemorate 120 years since his birth.

The collection comprises: correspondence, financial and other papers, 1957-1992.

Papers of Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Cymru (CGC) / the Welsh Beekeepers' Association (WBKA), comprising WBKA constitutional and administrative papers, the latter including a significant amount of correspondence dating from the WBKA's establishment in 1943 to 2021; copies of WBKA periodicals and newsletters dating from the 1940s to the present day; material relating to grant applications, training and assessment, summer schools and conventions and to eisteddfodau and shows; documents and papers relating to the genetically modified (GM) crop debate and to pesticide control; items relating to the WBKA's 75th anniversary events in 2018; and a certain amount of miscellaneous material relating to the WBKA.
Additional papers, containing similar material, were donated May 2023, for which see under relevant heading.

Papers of the Welsh Baseball Association, 1892-2014, relating to matches, the game in general in Wales, clubs, players and teams, including ladies teams and youth teams, comprising items such as programmes, yearbooks, fixture lists, cuttings, articles, score books and scoring cards, handbooks, rules and official laws, photographs, biographies, correspondence, minutes and minute books, diamond drawings, accounts and financial reports, newsletters, statistical information, league tables and results, together with draft and proof copies of the magazine Around the Bases.

Welsh Baptist Chapel, Llanelli: applications for the post of precentor. English, Welsh. Between boards. Donated by Mrs E. Tudno Jones, Cemaes, November 1970.

Records of the Welsh Association of Community and Town Councils, 1976-1999, comprising correspondence, 1976-1999, minutes of national and local committees, 1976-1992, administrative and financial records, 1963-1986, papers relating to annual conferences, 1977-1993, material relating to 'Bro', 1981-1986, and papers and publications relating to issues concerning local government, 1948-1995.

A copy of Ruth Shade's Phd thesis, ''Welsh Assemblies': The phenomenon of contemporary, professional, English-language theatre practice in Wales' (University of Wolverhampton, July 1999).

Archive of the All Wales Network Committee for Arts Therapies Professions (later Welsh Arts Therapies Advisory Forum (WATAF)),1988-2012, including correspondence, agenda and minutes of meetings, and related papers.

Digital archive of WATAF (1 disk), consisting of records, 2004-2021, relating to meetings, and supplementary material donated in January 2022.

Manuscripts, 1901-1971, brought together (as gifts and purchases) by the Welsh Arts Council, 1965-1971.

The collection comprises autobiographical essays submitted for the autobiographical essay competition, 'Ar fy Myw!/On my Life!' organised by the Welsh Arts Council in 1987. It also includes reports by the four adjudicators on the entries; and press releases prepared in June 1988 giving details of the successful competitors.

Archives of various departments within the Welsh Arts Council, comprising the Drama Department: National Theatre for Wales: correspondence, 1963-1972; general papers, 1964-1971; papers relating to Housing the Arts, 1929-1978; miscellaneous papers, 1972-1977. Literature Department, 1968-1971. Music Department, 1963-1976. The 1987 deposit comprises a series of subject files, 1973-1985. The 1990-1993 deposits comprise files from the Literature Department, 1967-1989; Art Department exhibition files, 1946-1986; Craft files (including exhibitions, National Eisteddfod, Royal Welsh Show), 1964-1987; Finance and General Administration Department, 1970-1985; Drama Department, including Housing the Arts, 1966-1986; National Theatre for Wales, 1966-1971; theatrical companies, theatres, arts centres and associations, 1967-1987; miscellaneous files, 1972-1993; finance files, 1972-1988. Dance Department, 1972-1986. Director's files, 1981-1992. The deposits received in 1996 and 1997 comprise: Literature Department files, 1989-1991; Drama Department files, 1970-1994; Finance and Administration Department files, 1979-1993; Film Department files, c. 1960-1993; Visual Arts Department files, 1974-1986.

Records of the Welsh Army Corps, 1914-1916, including correspondence and accounts, 1914-1916; applications for commission, 1914-1916; and records relating to administration of the units of the Welsh Army Corps, 1914-1916; minutes of the National Executive Committee, 1914-1921; records relating to Ministry of Labour, 1915-1925; and personal papers of Owen W. Owen, 1895-1928.

A two dollar note featuring the Welsh Americans (Lewis Morris, Robert Morris, Francis Lewis and William Williams) who signed the Declaration of Independence, 1776, together with an identification key.

Research papers, 1981-1994, collated by the donor Fred Jones, Professor of Art at Western Illinois University, for his project which involved Welsh-American artists and Welsh poets. It was purchased by the Library in early 2011. The letters include contributors to the project such as Glyn Jones, Jonah Jones and Gwyn Thomas.

The fonds comprises material dating between 1963 and 2001, consisting mainly of correspondence, [c.1970]-2001, between the Federation and various musical societies on matters of financial aid and membership fees, providing a valuable overview of a wide range of musical activities throughout Wales. It also contains correspondence with other arts organisations and bodies, both national and regional, copies of rules, constitutions and accounts of the various constituent societies as well as programmes, leaflets, posters and other printed ephemera, covering the period from 1963 to 2001. Several files contain papers relating specifically to the Federation's internal committees. Only one file relates to the Federation's own administration.

Photocopies of Cardiff MS 2.1363 comprising a collection of Welsh Airs by John Parry ('Bardd Alaw', 1776-1851), 1826-47, arranged for the pianoforte and presented by him to Lady Hall ('Gwenynen Gwent', 1802-96) in 1849.

A manuscript music book, [?1820s], belonging to a Mrs Fletcher, containing arrangements of eight Welsh folk-tunes for harp or pianoforte.