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The papers consist of the personal papers and letters of, and acquired by, Evan Richards of Nanthenfoel, 1823-1872; family correspondence, 1826-1891; unproved Cardiganshire wills, 1805-1847; and miscellaneous documents of Cardiganshire interest, 1787-1853.

Archives of Shelter Cymru, ca. 1981-2015, reflecting the work of the organisation in campaigning, researching and advocacy around issues related to homelessness and housing. The archive contains a number of publications as well as item such as banners, t-shirts and badges.

Memorandwm ac Erthyglau'r Cwmni, 1923; cofnodion a phapurau gweinyddol eraill,1923-1960; papurau ariannol, 1946-1960; llyfrau llythyrau a gohebiaeth, 1945-1960; papurau personol a gohebiaeth T.I.Ellis,1944-1960; papurau personol J. Griffith Jones, Caernarfon, 1947-1953; a phapurau yn ymwneud â materion yr Eglwys yng Nghymru. = Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1923; minutes and other administrative papers, 1923-1960; financial papers, 1946-1960; letter books and correspondence, 1945-1960; personal papers and correspondence of T. I. Ellis, 1944-1960; personal papers of J. Griffith Jones, Caernarfon, 1947-1953; and papers relating to Church in Wales matters, 1944-1956.

Papurau Undeb Cymru Fydd, yn cynnwys cofnodion, 1939-1966, gohebiaeth, 1944-1955, a chofnodion eraill y Cyngor, 1945-1963; papurau'n ymwneud â Phwyllgor Amddiffyn Diwylliant Cymru a ffurfio Undeb Cymru Fydd, 1939-1942; cofnodion a phapurau'r Pwyllgor Gwaith, 1943-1969; cofnodion ariannol, 1939-1970, yn cynnwys papurau'r Pwyllgor Ariannol, 1957-1966; cofnodion yn ymwneud â Phwyllgor Cronfeydd Deddf yr Eglwys yng Nghymru, 1953-1970; papurau'n ymwneud â'r Pwyllgor Llyfrau a chyhoeddiadau gan gynnwys Yr Athro a' calendr, 1944-1970; papurau Pwyllgor y Merched a Llythyr Ceridwen, 1955-1969; cofnodion amrywiol ganghenau, 1940-1956; papurau'n ymwneud â'r cynadleddau blynyddol, 1939-1964; papurau a gohebiaeth gyffredinol o'r brif swyddfa, 1941-1970; papurau, 1942-1948, a chofnodion, 1943-1947, Cyd Bwyllgor Undeb Cymru Fydd a'r Eglwysi; torion o'r wasg, 1939-1952; atebion i holiadur 'Ymchwil Undeb Cymru Fydd i Gyflwr Bywyd Cymdeithasol Cymru', 1943; papurau'n ymwneud ag ymgyrch Senedd i Gymru, 1950-1957; papurau'n ymwneud â materion ynglŷn â'r cyfryngau ac ymgyrchoedd, 1945-1963; papurau ynglŷn â'r iaith Gymraeg, yn enwedig mewn perthynas ag addysg, 1947-1964; papurau'r Pwyllgor Addysg, 1944-1963; papurau'n ymwneud ag Eisteddfodau Cenedlaethol, 1947-1968; papurau'n ymwneud â meddiannu tir gan y llywodraeth (Mynydd Epynt, Tryweryn, a thiroedd eraill) ac ynghylch dŵr, 1940-1958; copïau o Cofion Cymru, 1941-1946; copi llawysgrif y gyfrol Undeb Cymru Fydd 1939-1960 (1960) gan T. I. Ellis; a llythyrau at Ymddiriedolaeth Undeb Cymru Fydd. = Papers of Undeb Cymru Fydd, including minutes, 1939-1966, correspondence, 1944-1955, and other records, 1945-1963, of the Council; papers relating to Pwyllgor Amddiffyn Diwylliant Cymru and the formation of Undeb Cymru Fydd, 1939-1942; minutes and papers of the Executive Committee, 1943-1969; financial records, 1939-1970, including papers of the Financial Committee, 1957-1966; records relating to the Welsh Church Act Funds Committee, 1953-1970; papers relating to the Books Committee and publications including Yr Athro and the calendar, 1944-1970; papers of the Women's Committee and Llythyr Ceridwen, 1955-1969; records of various branches, 1940-1956; papers relating to the annual conferences, 1939-1964; general papers and correspondence from the main office, 1941-1970; papers, 1942-1948, and minutes, 1943-1947, of the Joint Committee of Undeb Cymru Fydd and the Churches; press cuttings, 1939-1952; replies to the questionnaire 'Ymchwil Undeb Cymru Fydd i Gyflwr Bywyd Cymdeithasol Cymru' (Survey of the condition of social life in Wales), 1943; papers relating to the Parliament for Wales campaign, 1950-1957; papers relating to media issues and campaigns, 1945-1963; papers concerning the Welsh language, particularly in relation to education, 1947-1964; papers of the Education Committee, 1944-1963; papers relating to the National Eisteddfodau, 1947-1968; papers relating to government requisition of land (Mynydd Epynt, Tryweryn, and other land) and water issues, 1940-1958; copies of Cofion Cymru, 1941-1946; manuscript of the volume Undeb Cymru Fydd 1939-1960 (1960) by T. I. Ellis; and letters to the Undeb Cymru Fydd Trust, 1967-1991.

Documents, including wills, letters and other papers, relating to the Davies families of Aberystwyth, Carnachen-wen, and Cwrtmawr, 1818-1885, and the family of Rev. Peter Williams, 1777-1860; deeds of the same families, relating mainly to properties in Aberystwyth, Henllys, Llanbadarn Fawr, Llanddewi Brefi, Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn, and Talybont, Cardiganshire, Dinas, Little Newcastle, Puncheston, and St Davids, Pembrokeshire, and Llanedi, Carmarthenshire, 1582-1920 (mainly 1773-1920), and in particular to Coldstone, Little Newcastle, Pembrokeshire, 1773-1916.

Papers, 1681, 1759-2015, of T. I. Ellis, his wife Mari Ellis and their respective families.
The T. I. Ellis papers consist of correspondence, 1904-1970; personal papers, 1894-1970, including his diaries, 1943-1970; papers relating to his education and career, 1900-1947; financial papers, 1926-1967; papers relating to organisations including Aberystwyth Old Students' Association, the BBC, the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, the University of Wales and the Welsh Schoolboys Camp Movement, 1920-1979; papers of committees and commissions with which he was involved, 1932-1968; papers relating to ecclesiastical affairs, the Church in Wales and related bodies, 1909-1991; and correspondence, drafts and notes relating to his publications, 1877-1978.
The Mari Ellis papers, 1681, 1759-2015, include correspondence; diaries, 1930-2014; papers relating to her work in journalism and broadcasting, 1948-2004; and research papers, [?early 20 cent.]-[2008x2010].
Also included are papers relating to the Charles family of Carmarthen and the Davies family of Aberystwyth and Cwrtmawr, 1791-1920; and papers and correspondence relating to T. E. Ellis, 1870-1963, Mrs Annie J. Ellis (later Hughes-Griffiths), 1873-1942, the Rev. Peter Hughes-Griffiths, 1871-1940, J. H. Davies, 1883-1929, and the Headley family, [1890x1896]-[2000s].

Papers of Roberts & Evans (R&E), solicitors of Aberystwyth, and their predecessors in business, including office and clients' papers. Also including the personal and family papers of the Roberts family.

Papers collected by George Eyre Evans, 1565-1939, comprising deeds and documents relating to properties in the parishes of Llangynog, Llansteffan and Llanybri, 1565-[1848], 1938; other Welsh properties, 1565-1909; papers relating to the county of Devon, 1693-1939, including deeds, correspondence and papers relating to the Powell and Evans family; together with miscellaneous papers, 1757-1939, including papers relating to antiquarian matters, correspondence and deeds.

Papers of George Eyre Evans, 1669-1939, including personal papers; family papers; notes, transcripts, correspondence and other papers relating to his religious and antiquarian interests and to his publications; copies of printed books and journals with insertions and annotations; and various original manuscripts collected by him.

Records of the Broom Hall estate, Caernarfonshire, 1625-1939, comprising deeds, 1567-1946, rent books and rentals, 1787-1816, 1856-1942, ledgers, 1907-1937, cash books, 1907-1939, wages books, 1905-1946, and correspondence, 1748-1925, deeds, 1664-1808, and account and rent books, 1785-1871, of properties in St James Westminster and St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex; deeds relating to the Bodfel estate, Caernarfonshire, 1725-1854; rentals of the Madryn estate, 1816-1819, and Meillionydd estate, 1846-1857, both in Caernarfonshire; and a record of the average price of corn, 1771-1826.

Papers of Julian Williams, former set designer in the Design Department of BBC Wales, including scripts of plays broadcast during the 1960s, among them works by Saunders Lewis and Gwenlyn Parry. The collection includes papers, photographs, and a few books relating to the donor’s family, including his parents Thomas Basil and Rhyda Ann Williams, his great-aunt Professor Mary Williams, and her husband G. Arbour Stephens of Swansea.

Estate, financial, legal, personal, domestic, industrial and commercial papers of the several families who held the Plas Power estate, notably the Myddeltons, Lloyds and FitzHughs, including some papers relating to the Myddelton family of Chirk and their estates.

Papers of the Rev. C. Tawelfryn Thomas, 1837-1938, comprising letters addressed to him from religious, literary and political figures, 1874-1938, mainly about biographical details of historical and contemporary ministers and poets, eisteddfod competitions, publication of books and articles, including Thomas's own work on Ieuan Gwynedd, the Independent College in Bala, personal matters, preaching engagements and ministers' appointments; stanzas composed by him; and poetry by William Cosslett (Gwilym Elian) and others, 1837-1903.

Records relating to properties in Wales, mostly from London solicitors' offices, including court rolls and other records of the following manors of the Earl of Ashburnham: Brecknock-Alltmarcham, 1644-1826, Cantercelly, 1658-1810, Killonow, 1644-1826, Cwmdu, 1659-1839, Talgarth Borough, 1631-1826, and Wernfawr, 1644-1826; deeds and documents relating to the Earl of Ashburnham's estates in Breconshire and in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, [1706]-[1863]; the estates of the Griffith family of Cefnamwlch, Caenarfonshire, 1707-1842; a portion of the Glanusk estate, 1771-1918, in the counties of Brecon and Radnor owned by the Bailey family of Nant-y-glo; the Glandyfi estate, Cardiganshire, [1787]-[1904] including probates of the family of Jeffreys of Shrewsbury and Glandyfi Castle; the Slwch, Breconshire, and Bow, Middlesex, estates of the barons Tredegar, 1757-1913; the families of Tickell of Whitechapel and Cheltenham and Jones of Gwynfryn, Cardiganshire, 1769-1855, relating mainly to properties in Llangollen and Ruabon, Denbighshire, Llanbadarn Fawr and Llangynfelyn, Cardiganshire, and in cos. Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Cambridge; papers relating to the development of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, 1790-1921; records relating to the affairs of the Milford Haven Dock & Railway Company, the Milford Dock Company, the Milford Haven Railway & Estate Company Ltd, and the National Provident Institution, London, in its connection with the Milford estate; records of the manor of Nethergorther, Montgomeryshire, 1750-1781; papers relating to the Holyhead Shipbuilding & Trading Company Ltd, 1867-1875; together with a large number of miscellaneous deeds and documents relating mainly to properties in all the Welsh counties and in Shropshire and Herefordshire, 1362-1925.

Deeds and documents, 1280-1797, relating to Shropshire, Cheshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire and Staffordshire, together with genealogical, heraldic and antiquarian notes, compiled c. 1745-c.1766 and [mid 19th cent.].

Deeds and documents of the Wynne family of Ty Gwyn and New Hall (Plas Wyn), Llansanffraid Glynceiriog, relating to properties in Denbighshire, Merioneth and Shropshire, but mainly in Llansanffraid Glynceiriog and Llangollen, Denbighshire, 1753-1878.

This is a series of deeds and documents of all kinds, currently running from number 1 to 1961, which have come to the Library singly or in groups too small to be treated as archives or collections. Less than 1 per cent of the Department's holdings of deeds and documents is comprised in NLW Deeds; the remainder will be found among archives or collections. Nevertheless, NLW Deeds includes some valuable documents. Several series which had existed in parallel with NLW Deeds were closed in 1981: NLW Wills, NLW Manorial, NLW Miscellaneous Records and a series known as 'Miscellaneous Documents' which had been arranged by county. The first two series have now been subsumed in NLW Deeds.

Estate and family records of the Powell family of Nanteos, previously of Llechwedd-ddyrys, Cardiganshire, mainly 17 cent.-20 cent, comprising mainly deeds, 17 cent.-20 cent., chiefly for properties in Cardiganshire, Breconshire and Montgomeryshire, but also containing deeds relating to Plastirion, Denbighshire, acquired by Maria Powell, wife of William Beauclerc Powell, 1787-1899, and deeds relating to the Herne family of All Hallows, Barking, following the executorship by Mrs Mary Powell of the will of Joseph Herne, 1684-1728; estate and family correspondence, 1664-1946, including correspondence about the Rebecca riots in Cardiganshire and proposals to establish a police force, 1840-1845, the Royal Cardiganshire Militia, public building projects, fishing rights, etc., 1806-1879; household and estate accounts, 1755-1922; inventories and sales of furniture, 1865-1919; game books, 1854-1886; and rentals 1756-1934; letters, deeds, accounts, etc., 1693-1938, relating to industrial ventures, mainly lead mining in north Cardiganshire; manorial records of Llanbadarn Fawr (otherwise Vaynor), 1745-1941, and Caron and Pennardd, 1817-1910, and Berthddu, 1821-1910; legal papers, 1690-1932; and probate records, 1565-1930.

Records of the campaign to secure to top level domain .cym for the Wales mainly comprising correspondence, letters of support, policy documents and press coverage. The campaign later supported .cymru and .wales as domains for Wales.

Papers and publications created and collected by Glyn Mathias in the course of his career related to his career in journalism including his role in broadcasting from the UK Parliament, along with his work for OFCOM, Dwr Cymru and the Electoral Commission.