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Papurau ychwanegol, [1915]-[1993], y cerddor William Llewelyn Edwards, yn cynnwys drafft o’i gyfrol gyntaf o emyn-donau Clychau’r maes (Llandysul, 1976) gyda’r hen nodiant yn ei law; llyfrau lloffion yn cofnodi ei lwyddiannau cerddorol a darlledu eu emyn-donau ar ‘Caniadaeth y Cysegr’; llythyrau yn ei longyfarch ar ennill y wobr gyntaf am gyfansoddi emyn-dôn yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Abertawe 1982; a nodiadau cefndirol ar ei emyn-donau. Ceir traethawd ‘Golwg ar fywyd a gwaith William Llewelyn Edwards, Bron Rhiwel, Llandre, Bow Street, cyfansoddwr emyn donau’ gan Anwen Ebenezer, a chyfrol ’Iesu bia’r gân’ yn cynnwys emyn-donau J. T. Rees a fu’n dysgu cerddoriaeth i William Llewelyn Edwards.

The file comprises ephemera relating to Lord MacDonald and his family, including a passport, ration books, Lord MacDonald's birth and death certificates.

The file comprises ephemera relating to Lord MacDonald's political career including event programmes and orders of service for funerals and memorial services of friends and colleagues.

File comprises documents related to the Newfoundland Railway, including extracts from the report of government members of the railway commission (which reported on the railway before it was transferred to Newfoundland Government ownership in the early 1920s) giving details of the construction of the railway, its traffic and financial situation.

File comprises correspondence regarding the election of Sir David Richard Llewellyn to the peerage in 1922.

Letters, 3 Dec. 1922 (postmark)-27 July 1927 (school report), usually from Brean House School during term time. The more juvenile letters are almost invariably undated, although a few have been kept with their envelopes. Also includes a number of fortnightly school reports and a few letters from Geoffrey's brother Keith.

The file comprises an invitations and programme for the marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent and a programme for the funeral of King George 6th.

Contains election material for the Carmarthen Constituency from the period 1923 - 1966 including 3 posters promoting the campaign of Sir Ellis Jones Ellis Griffith, Liberal candidate in 1923, a framed copy of Jennie Eirian Davies' election address from the 1957 Carmarthen by-election and Megan Lloyd George's election address for the 1966 General Election

File comprises a letter from Margot Asquith to Magdalene Anne Llewellyn (Lady Llewellyn) where she discusses her trip to Scotland with Lady Bonham-Carter, the election and her reasons for opposing votes for women "Alas, my sex are nearly all Tory and very energetic".

Newspaper cuttings of articles by or relating to D. Rees Williams, mainly undated.

The file comprises various newspapers with copies reporting the General Strike and the end of the Second World War. Also includes an inaccurate list of the newspapers.

Loose pages from 'The Welsh outlook', Dec. 1925-April 1927, and 'Y Llwyfan', April/May 1928 and Dec. 1928/Jan. 1929, containing articles by D. Rees Williams, comprising 'Ewenny Priory', Dec. 1925, 'Wales and the future', Feb. 1926, 'The chip cart', n.d., 'Electoral reform', April 1927, 'The law and the theatre - copyright', April/May 1928, and 'The law as it affects the theatre, no. 2, licensing', Dec. 1928/Jan. 1929. Also a typescript script for 'The week in Westminister' by Lord Ogmore, broadcast 30 March 1957.

School, college and university letters, reports, ephemera and publications, including copies of 'The Breanian', the termly magazine of Brean House school, Weston-super-Mare, vol. 1, no. 1 (March 1926) and vol. 2, no. 2 (Dec. 1927), and 'The Cliftonian : a magazine edited by members of Clifton College', vol. 33, no's 1 and 4 (June and Dec 1933) [some with contributions by Woolley]; the rules of the Hawks' Club, Cambridge, 1933; three CUAC [Cambridge University Athletics Club] sports fixture cards, June-Nov. 1937; and a printed letter from the chairman of Clifton College reporting on the evacuation of the school to Bude and Wrington after the bombing raids on Bristol, April 1941.

Files related to the suspension of Responsible Government and arrangements for the subsequent governance of Newfoundland including Letters Patent passed under the Great Seal of King George V constituting the Office of Governor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Newfoudland and its dependencies dated 30 January 1934; Letters Patent under the Great Seal of King George V and dated 21 Jan 1934 appointing Frederick Charles Alderdice, Sir John Hope Simpson, William Richard Howley, Thomas Lodge, John Charles Puddester and Everard Noel Rye Trentham to the Commission of Government and Instructions passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Newfoudland and its dependencies dated 30 January 1934,

File contains copies of various publications promoting the Liberal party and Liberal political values including copies of the programme for a mass demonstration held in Manchester and relayed live to Caernarfon on unemployment, which was addressed by David Lloyd George, a message from Sir Archibald Sinclair to Liberal in Wales and a poster calling fro 'Justice for Wales'.

File contains a register of members and record of meetings of the Caernarvonshire (County) Women's Liberal Constituency Council and area meetings.

Miscellaneous papers, including letters of administration of Tabitha Hopkins of Shop Farm, St Brides Major, co. Glam., d. 28 April 1930, granted to David Rees Williams as attorney of Edward Hopkins, now in the state of Alberta, Canada, brother of the intestate, 1930; a memorandum entitled 'Road signs & markings', listing [gipsy?] signs including 'A kind lady lives here', 'Tell the sob stuff', 'Beware of the dog' and 'Churchy', written on a page of Naval Message paper (form S.1320c, rev. Oct. 1935); an autograph poem, 'An ode to Miss Cxxx Mxxxxx' about the working day of Volunteer Skinner, signed and dated by David Rees Williams, Sept. 1939; a letter (in French) from Paul [Denreulenacry?], Civil Affairs Belgium, 41 Eaton Square, London, to 'Mon Major & cher Professeur', [1940x1946?]; and a signed poem (in French) 'Au Colonel Williams et Madame, ode de la France', 1946.

Original file of letters from David to his parents, including on headed notepaper from the Adelphi Hotel, London (Aug.), P & O. S. N. Co., S. S. (Sept.-Oct), and Runnymede Hotel, Penang (Oct.), and thereafter with the forwarding address c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Beach Street, Penang S. S. [=Straits Settlements].

Weather and natural history observations in and around the garden at home, in a juvenile hand. July 24 is the "first day home".

Copies of 'The Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, Limited : Oakdale Collery, 1st March 1930', and 'The Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners' Association : Report on the exhibition of colliery horses, The Royal Agricultural Show, Cardiff, 1938'.