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Parliament for Wales Campaign records, 1988-2000, including minutes, accounts, correspondence, and files relating to membership, branches, policy, activities and publications.

A further consignment of papers were recived comprising correspondence, minutes of meetings and financial papers. This group remains uncatalogued.

A list of the sheriffs of Denbighshire, 1541-1809.

A copy, with manuscript notes, of Charter for the Borough of Carmarthen ... (Carmarthen, 1765); lists of mayors and sheriffs of Carmarthen, 1764-1893; the succession of the archbishops and bishops of St Davids, 577-1874.

A list of the sheriffs, 1541-1854, undersheriffs, 1541-1826, 1842-1845, and county clerks, 1541-1784, of Glamorgan, with notices of holding Great Sessions at Cowbridge, 1682-1769, and of the elections of Knights of the Shire, 1737-1820, and an anecdote about Lewis Thomas ab William, sheriff for 1612.

Notebook containing financial accounts (ff. 1, 104 verso), a list of personal names (f. 2 recto-verso), and notes of legal cases in 1642 (ff. 3-4, 12-17 verso), all relating to Flintshire.
Also included are notes of a 'voluntary Contribution towards the maintaynance of his majesties person' from [the parishes of] Whitford and Holywell (f. 75 verso), a note on shipping troops from Chester to Ireland in the time of Queen Elizabeth I (ff. 100 verso-101 verso) and proverbs in Latin (f. 102 recto-verso). The volume is perhaps partly in the hand of David Pennant of Bychton, parish of Whitford, Flintshire, who was Sheriff of Flintshire in 1641-2, the legal notes possibly referring to cases heard at the Flintshire Quarter Sessions during that year.

A volume, [late 18 cent.]-[1840s], containing pedigrees, in several hands, mostly of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire families. The earlier portions, [late 18 cent.] (pp. 37-140), were copied mostly from Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog (now NLW MS 23969F); later additions, [?1820s] (pp. 5, 151-283), are derived from the Taicroesion Manuscript (now NLW MS 19058E and Bangor MS 13564) or from intermediate copies.
A note by Jonathan Jones of Caernarfon in NLW MS 825D (inside front cover), dated 1855, describes the present volume as having been copied 'about 60 years ago from Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog' by Robert Jones, for John Price (d. 1804) of Mona Lodge, Amlwch, with the pedigrees being continued by Price's son, John Price of Cadnant. The volume also includes descriptions of the Five Royal Tribes of Wales and the Fifteen Tribes of Gwynedd, partly in Welsh (pp. 137-150), and various antiquarian notes and statistics [in the hand of John Price of Cadnant] (pp. 290-355), including lists of Anglesey Sheriffs to 1843 (pp. 309-323), and transcripts relating to Amlwch parish church (pp. 341-347). Items loose within the volume, including a pedigree of the Bulkely family in the hand of John Price (watermark 1825), and a newspaper cutting, [1881], listing Caernarvonshire landowners, have been placed in an archival envelope. The contents of the manuscript are listed on pp. i-iv, 1-2.

A volume lettered on the outside, upper cover 'Sheriffs of Monmouthshire, 1541 and subsequently', and containing a record of the sheriffs of Monmouthshire, 1541-1937, with notes on their armorial bearings. The volume was compiled in 1937, by William Gardner of Newport, on the instructions of Frederick Pring Robjent, of Fields House, Newport, sheriff of the county, 1937-1938, whose armorial bearings (emblazoned) appear at the beginning of the volume.

A volume, 1800-1801, in the hand of Hugh Maurice (1775-1825) containing the laws of Hywel Dda in the Demetian Code, copied from Cardiff MS 2.7 (a copy of BL Cotton MS Titus D ix), together with an extract relating to Hywel Dda from the Myvyrian Archaiology text of Brut y Tywysogion (pp. 242-3).

Transcripts of three letters written to, and in the possession of, the Royal Society of Arts. The writers are T[homas] Johnes, from Clifton and from Hafod, co. Cardigan, 1800-1801 (the planting of alders by the writer in 1796, a drill machine invented by an ingenious tenant of the writer's, a request for models of a family mill and a lock, suggestions for agricultural premiums, comments on the writer's 'short pamphlet of advice' to his tenants), and James Todd, gardener at Hafod, 1800 (the planting of alders in 1797).

The fonds comprises two accruals containing papers, 1985-1996, accumulated by Mike Webb and include papers relating to the Nicaraguan election of 1990; various environmental projects in Nicaragua, especially in the Ocotal region, 1986-1992; newspaper cuttings from Nicaragua and Britain, 1988-1994; newsletters, articles and posters relating to Central America, 1985-1993; papers reflecting the activities of the Grŵp Canolbarth America Môn Arfon Central America Group and other related organisations, 1987-1996; and papers concerning the Tom Hargreaves Memorial Fund, 1987-1995.

The second donation, made in 2001, consists of the records of the Wales Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, 1980-2000. These mainly include correspondence, posters and artwork, delegation particulars, reports on natural disasters and campaign reports and newsletters relating in particular to the Wales Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, 1984-2000; as well as letters, leaflets, paste-ups and minutes relating to other relevant interest groups such as the Swansea Latin American Society, Cardiff Solidarity with Latin America and 500 Years of Resistance Campaign, 1986-1994. There are also reports, subject files and the particulars of workshops and courses, relating to Central America in general, 1980-1998.

The first group, donated in 1999, comprises papers relating to the Wales Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign (Ymgyrch Unoliaeth Cymru Nicaragua), 1983-1998. These mainly include executive papers, papers relating to local Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign groups, financial reports, general correspondence, papers relating to delegations made to Nicaragua and other special events, membership lists, and publicity material. The papers were used by the donor for the preparation of his book, Rwy'n gweld o bell y dydd yn dod: Cymru, Nicaragua a dyfodol rhyngwladoldeb = Afar I see the day is coming: Wales, Nicaragua and the future of internationalism (Cardiff, 1998). This group, originally listed in Minor Lists and Summaries 1999 has been added to the existing structure as sub-fonds 1-34.

Further donations, made in 2005 and 2010, comprises additional records relating to the Wales Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, 1990-2008. These include correspondence, publicity material, delegation particulars and executive papers, and have been incorporated into the existing structure of this archive.

The 2003 donation comprises records of the Swansea Latin American Society, 1982-1998, and has been added to the existing structure as sub-fonds S. See description at appropriate level for full details.

A collection of manuscripts containing pedigrees and genealogical material relating mainly to North Wales; extracts, etc. from Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire deeds; accounts, [17 cent.]-[19 cent.], of the Ty Fry estate, Anglesey; transcripts by Angharad Llwyd; material relating to David Hughes, founder of the free grammar school, Beaumaris; extracts from Anglesey public records and other notes and transcripts relating to Anglesey; a calendar relating to the Courts of Great Sessions for Flintshire and Denbighshire, 1668-1696; correspondence collected by John Lloyd, Caerwys (1733-1793); Caerwys churchwardens' accounts, 1662-1669, 1680-1690, 1697-1698; material relating to Abergele; miscellaneous transcripts, extracts and translations; etc.

Tystysgrif Doethur mewn Llên er anrhydedd a dderbyniodd yr artist John Elwyn gan Brifysgol Cymru mewn cynulliad o'r Brifysgol, 20 Ebrill 1996, ynghyd â chyfieithiad i'r Saesneg. = Certificate awarded to the artist John Elwyn as Honorary Doctor of Letters at a congregation of the University of Wales held on 20 April 1996, together with an English translation.

Miscellaneous papers, 1940s-1997, of the artist John Elwyn (John Elwyn Davies, 1916-1997), consisting mainly of exhibition catalogues, printed material relating to other artists' work, including pamphlets and ephemera produced by the Old Stile Press, papers relating to artists' societies, minor correspondence and personal papers.

Correspondence, 1938-1997, and miscellaneous personal papers, 1944-1995, of John Elwyn, including letters relating to commissions and exhibitions. Among the more notable correspondents are Winifred Coombe Tennant, Nicholas Evans, Alun Hoddinott, Glyn Jones, John Petts, Ceri Richards and Kyffin Williams.

Letters to Elwyn Davies (1912-1994), journalist, teacher, translator and poet, from his friends Glyn Jones (29) 1981-93, Raymond Garlick (36) 1981-93, and Leslie Norris (1) 1988, containing personal news as well as comments on their own work and that of other Anglo-Welsh writers.

Personal papers of Elwyn Davies, Margaret Davies and Ben Davies, 1878-1986; academic research notes, theses and publications concerning historic stock farming and field systems, [post-1902]-1985; papers relating to the University of Wales, 1937-1982, the Milford Haven Conservance Board, 1958-1982, the national parks, 1960-1983, the Countryside Commission, 1967-1982, and papers relating to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, the National Library of Wales and the National Museum of Wales, 1962-1985; printed matter, 1937-1986; and papers relating to Alun Davies and the Historical Association, 1965-1977.

Two notebooks containing drafts of poems by Elwyn Davies, 1966-1969 and 1969-1970. Many of the poems were published in his two volumes of poetry, Words Across the Water (Swansea, 1970), and A Lifting of Eyes (Llandybie, 1974).

Manuscripts, 1876-1950, from the library of Thomas Evans Morris, barrister-at-law, of Porthmadog and London, comprising printed diaries for 1876-1878, 1881-1895, 1899-1944 and 1946-1950 containing copious entries, except for 1908-1921 which have sparse entries only, together with some financial accounts (NLW MSS 20176E, 20177-20244A); notebooks containing notes on surnames, etc. (NLW MS 20245D); and a notebook containing the names of the local committee of the Congregational Union Conference at Porthmadog and minutes of proceedings, 1900, a book of quotations, and Visions in Verse for the Entertainment and Instructions of Younger Minds (London, 1771) (NLW MS 20246Bi-iv).

Deeds, 1722-1889, acquired by T. E. Morris either through his antiquarian interests or in connection with his legal duties, relating to properties in the Ruthin area of Denbighshire and the Maentwrog area of Merionethshire.