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Series contains papers related to Welsh affairs, including devolution of the legal system, campaigns for devolution, higher and further education and parliamentary work on Welsh issues.

A List of Catholics connected with Wales who suffered death for the Faith, 1539-1680 A.D., with an addition and a corrigendum in manuscript by Thomas Peter Ellis.

Papers of, and acquired by, the Welsh Church Commission, 1283-1960, including records of the Commission, 1914-1960; records relating to border parishes, 1914-1915; accounts, 1920-1958; papers relating to Sir Alfred Watson, 1916-1941; records concerning compensation to lay holders of freehold offices, 1915-1931; records relating to burial grounds, 1934-1947; records relating to the destination of records, 1914-1960; records relating to parish lands, 1844-1946; manorial records and court books, 1842-1925; transfer of documents, 1822-1947; deeds of properties, 1566-1929; and rentals and surveys, 1919-1947.

A collection of twenty-eight folk-songs, mostly with words, noted by Mrs [later Lady] Ruth Herbert Lewis, collected in Flintshire and Denbighshire in 1910-1911. Thirteen of the songs are published in her Folk-songs collected in Flintshire and the Vale of Clwyd (Wrexham, 1914) or Journal of the Welsh Folk-song Society, 1 (1909-12) and 2 (1914-25).

Notes, letters, illustrations, press cuttings, broadsides, circulars, etc., relating to Welsh harps, harposts, and Welsh and Irish music, collected by Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc).

A short bibliography of Welsh music from 1530 to 1795, compiled by 'Beuno'.

The collection consists of election addresses, leaflets, circulars and other printed matter, 1837-1991, generally acquired before the establishment of the Welsh Political Archive; election addresses, leaflets etc., 1905-2019, collected by the WPA; and printed materials, 1887-2019, concerning the political parties in Wales, various pressure groups and organisations, subject files, and other miscellaneous papers.

Records accumulated by Dr John Herbert, 1968-1984, comprising Welsh Secondary Schools Association records, minutes and papers, 1968-1984; and Headmasters' Association and Secondary Heads Association minutes, correspondence, discussion papers and related material, 1969-1984.

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.

Papers relating to the Wenniar estate and other properties in Llansantffraid Glynceiriog, Denbighshire, 1557-1825.

A photostat facsimile of the parish register of Wenvoe, Glamorgan, 1585-1739.

Deeds, 1557-1808, relating to premises mainly in Carmarthenshire, with some in Montgomeryshire, Cardiganshire and Flintshire, and a small number in other Welsh counties.

An account book, 1877-1891, kept by William Jenkins, bookseller and stationer, Aberystwyth.

A manuscript containing sermons delivered at Bridgend and Coity, 1829-1830, by William Jones, Congregational minister (1784-1847).

Deeds relating mainly to Carmarthenshire, 1531-1857, and to other Welsh counties including Brecknockshire, 1655-1800, Cardiganshire, 1628-1819, Glamorgan, 1673-1792, Monmouthshire, 1636-1795, Montgomeryshire, 1675-1702, Pembrokeshire, 1724-1811, and Radnorshire, 1689-1773. There is no apparent connection between the deeds.

The archive comprises the records of Messrs J. and A. Davies, Llanidloes, including account books, 1927-1972, a bill book, 1957-1965, and a letter book, 1958-1962; and miscellaneous office records, 1872-1964, of Williams, Gittins and Tomley.

Deeds, mainly relating to Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire, 1668-1757.

Autograph draft, 1932, of 'With the Romans to the West', an apparently unpublished essay by William Evans on Roman roads in Anglesey.