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Original file of reports and observations for 1998 and related papers, including a report of a kite egg taken from a nest in the Elan Valley in 1997, recovered from Jan Frederick Ross of Tottington, co. Lancs.

Original file of reports of dead kites, post mortems and analyses for poisons and toxic chemicals, mainly 1998-1999, with one report for each of 2005 and for 2006. Also publications relating to pesticide poisoning and illegal poisoning of wildlife.

Original file of reports and observations for 1999 and related papers.

Original file of preliminary correspondence exploring the possibility of a survey in 2000.

Original file mainly comprising correspondence and other papers relating to licences to visit nests, take and handle eggs, take blood and other samples etc. for scientific purposes. Also extracts from Barry Sheavills's notebooks relating to the theft of eggs in Wales, 1986-1993.

Annual lists of known nests in Wales, grid references, clutch sizes, successes and causes of failure, 1946-1999, compiled by Peter Davis.

Original file of reports of and notes on ringed or tagged dead kites, including the recovery of a ringed female (HT27208, ringed June 1988, found dead May 2012), probably the oldest recorded Welsh kite, displacing HW08418, a male that died at Tregaron in March 1992, a month younger than this new bird, 2012; and the recovery of HT25680, a male ringed at Talsarn, June 1990, found dead Aber-arth, at 23.5 years the third oldest kite known by ringing, Jan. 2014.

Original file of correspondence, memoranda, incident reports, statements, press cuttings etc., including relating to kite bounty payments, 1969-1989, blacklists of persons with prosecutions and suspected eggers, 1972-1974, annual and special protection schemes, including Abergwesyn kite watch logs and reports, 1977-1979, incidents of disturbed birds and robbed nests, publicity, and prosecutions and attempted prosecutions, including against Ian Godfrey Huggard for the possession of kite eggs, 1972-1973, Michael Dawson of Brighton and Andrew Rychlinski of Brighton for wilfully disturbing kites, 1978, and Elgan Jones for poisoning, 1990.

Original file of papers relating to the British Trust for Ornithology Ornithological Atlas, mainly relating to the presentation of the breeding distribution of rarer breeding species in Wales, including kite, hen harrier, peregrine, chough, little tern, gossander and dotterel. Includes "Personally I would feel happier if the system did not show precisely the number of 10 km. squares with [kite] breeding records, mainly because this betrays the preponderance of Cardiganshire records compared with Carmarthenshire ones ... and is therefore against our agreed policy of keeping quiet about the strength of the Cardiganshire population" (letter from Peter Davis to Col Salmon, Feb. 1970) (see also B 4).

Original file of reports of sightings and observations for 1974-1978 and related papers.

Letters, mainly to William Tudor, secretary of the Aberfan Parents' & Residents' Association, but also to Jean Tudor (his wife), Tom Lewis, T. L. Breeze and others, including from Leo Abse MP, S. O. Davies MP, Gwynfor Evans MP, Edward Heath MP, Eric S. Heffer MP, Erastus Jones of Tŷ Toronto, Selwyn Jones, town clerk of Merthyr Tydfil Co. Bor., Joan Lester MP, Ted Rowlands MP, Geoffrey Morgan, secretary and treasurer of the Aberfan Disaster Fund Management Committee, Lord Robens, chairman of the NCB, George Thomas, secretary of state for Wales, and the mayor of Neufchateau, Voges, France. Also from members of the public and subscribers to the disaster fund, particularly 1-4 Sept. 1967, following an article in the 'Daily Mail' asking how the money should be spent. Also an acknowledgement from the mayor of Brussels for a message of sympathy to the families of the victims of the À l'Innovation department store fire of 22 May 1967, and donations to the relief funds following the Belice earthquake, Sicily, 14/15 Jan. 1968, and the Lara bush fire, Australia, 8 Jan. 1969.

The first report of the Aberfan Disaster Fund management committe, 21 Oct. 1966-Aug. 1968. Copy of no. 9, bound in red paper covers.

The second report of the Aberfan Disaster Fund management committe, Aug. 1968-Aug. 1970.

Maureen Hughes (comp.) and Aberfan & Merthyr Vale Writers and History Group, 'Aberfan - our hiraeth ; an anthology in poetry, prose and pictures' (Aberfan & Merthyr Vale Community Co-operative, March 1999 ; p/bk, 270 pp., list of subscribers).

Print-out of the www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/politics/aberfan website, intended as a starting point for researchers.

Iain McLean & Martin Johnes, 'Aberfan : government and disasters' (Cardiff : Welsh Academic Press, 1st imp., Oct. 2000 ; p/bk, xv, 274 pp., biblio., index).

Includes a photograph of a man [William Tudor?] working on a model building made from biros, with 'Odhams Press' and 'Womans Realm' copyright stamps on the reverse.

Reports, statements, minutes, press notices and accounts, including minutes of the Aberfan Disaster Fund, Oct. 1966-July 1967, and accounts of the fund, June 1974 and Sept. 1975. Also, names and addresses of the bereaved parents, and the wishes of some of the mothers looking to the future.

Minutes of the meetings of the provisional committee of the Aberfan Disaster Fund, 17 Nov. 1966-13 Jan. 1967, and its sub- and other committees.