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The records of the New Commonwealth Society established by Lord Davies in 1932. These include a large corpus of minutes of meetings of its many committees and sub-committees, reports and memoranda, correspondence files, accounts and financial documentation, material on the World Shilling Fund, conference and meeting documentation, material on various study schools, papers concerning the Military Round Table organised after World War Two and the David Davies Memorial Institute in the 1950's.

Includes various records, 1932-50, of the New Commonwealth Society. They include the agenda and minutes of its committees and sub-committees, financial records, its publications and journals, memoranda and reports, records relating to its establishment and activities in various European countries, mailing lists, details of its members and supporters, and records concerning various groups associated with the Atomic Bomb.

Files contain Orders of Services for religious services held at Gregynog as part of conferences and meetings.

Series is divided into 14 files: Postcards and cards; Sermon and lecture notes; Letters to the Revd. Gwilym Davies; League of Nations Union; Welsh School of Social Service; League of Nations and Peace Initiatives; Peace initiatives; League of Nations Union; Welsh book festival; Welsh book festival; Radio broadcasting in Wales; Welsh national life; Pocket diary; and Printed material and press cuttings.

File contains material collected by Gwendoline and Margaret Davies related to their interest in art, including catalogues, notes and other items.

Series contains 1 album and 5 notebooks relating to the Red Cross canteen at Troyes, France during the First World War. Gwendoline and Margaret Davies spend some time working at the canteen.

Various papers, 1937-54, relating to the League of Nations Union and similar bodies and organisations. They include the agenda and minutes of the Welsh National Council, and various committees and sub-committees, memoranda and reports, circulars and circular correspondence, and newsletters. Some of the documents concern the role and work of the League of Nations and other bodies like the National Peace Council, and the International Peace Campaign. Many of the documents from the period following the Second World War derive from the work of the United Nations Association, the United States Information Service and the Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations.

Records relating to the Penglais Trust, 1920-54.

Files A13/1-A13/5 and A13/11-A13/16 comprise correspondence and papers, 1916-43, relating mainly to the affairs of the Montgomeryshire Liberal Association, interspersed with material concerning national political life, mainly the Liberal Party. Files A13/6-A13/10 consist of correspondence and printed material, 1920-25, relating to the work of the Temperance League and similar organisations; correspondence, 1939-43, concerning the Inter Parliamentary Union; various political memoranda, 1918-44, mainly relating to the Liberal Party; correspondence and papers, 1917-27, concerning David Davies's local work as the constituency MP for Montgomeryshire; and a notebook, 1930s, containing drafts of speeches and letters prepared by one of Lord Davies's secretaries. Files A13/16-19 related to the Liberal Party more widely, including the North Wales Liberal Federation and the merger with the South Wales Liberal Federation.

Includes material on the Welsh Theological Colleges.

Collection of newspaper articles, mostley regarding international affairs, the build up the the Second World War, policies of the New Commonwealth Society, post-war international issues, the United Nations, the Cold War and the Marshall Plan.

A wide range of leaflets, pamphlets etc., 1917-57, many of these concerning the activities of peace movements and peace initiatives. including some of the publications of the New Commonwealth Society. Some of the material reflects various aspects of Welsh life.

Correspondence and papers, 1930-44, relating to various books and other works written by Lord Davies. They include Suicide or Sanity (1932), Letters to John Bull and Others (1932), Lessons of the Italo-Abyssinian Dispute (1936), Foundations of Victory (1941), and Facing the Future: Letters to John Citizen (1942).

Correspondence and papers relating to the Cambrian Railway Company, the Barry Railway, the Great Western Railway and a proposed tunnel between England and France.

Typescript texts for public lectures by Lord Davies, 1928-39. Most are on political themes, many on peace initiatives. They are occasionally accompanied by press cuttings and associated menu cards for dinners. Some are addresses to various societies.

Correspondence and papers concerning the establishment and opening of the Temple of Peace at Cathays Park, Cardiff, 1936-38, together with papers concerning the role of the Hall of Nations, 1929-38.

Includes material relating to the preparation of the coalowners' case to be presented to the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry (i.e. the Samuel Commission) in 1925-26; letters from J. Conway Davies, the Secretary of the Representative Group of Employers, to David Davies; material concerning the Industrial Peace Movement, 1927-29, the House of Lords debates on the 1930 Coal Bill; and the 1936 Expiring Laws Continuance Bill.