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The file comprises a MS list of Welsh chapels in London, arranged by denomination; a similar list with the addition of names and addresses of persons who will look after posting bills; a MS list of names and addresses of parties concerned with Welsh chapels in London; a letter from John Owens to C. W. Jones concering the lists, 1876; a similar letter from C. W. Jones to John Owens, 1880; and two notes on Welsh chapels

Speech notes and printed literature relating to a visit to Netherhall House, London, 10 February 2003.

Material relating to Harlem Renaissance: A day of talks and events on the cultural revolution produced by black people during the Art Deco years, held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 29 June 2003, comprising letter giving notice of the event and photocopied book cover of The Story of the Blues by jazz historian Paul Oliver. A handwritten note in Jen Wilson's hand records that she attended the conference and met Paul Oliver; however, there is no indication that she gave a formal presentation.

A volume of sermons, in English, of Dr Thomas Davies, delivered between 18 April and 30 August 1863 at the Congregational church, Painswick, Gloucestershire, where he served as minister from 25 March 1863 until his resignation in March 1867. Notes found in the manuscript suggest that the sermons were also preached at York Road, 1875-1877, and Edith Grove, 1888-1889, both of which were Congregational churches in London at which Dr Thomas Davies later ministered.

The fonds comprises case papers, 1903-1973, dealing with interested parties within Wales and/or the London area who had some sort of Welsh connection. Included are papers dealing with land and property transfer, receivership and company liquidation, defamation and compensation, opposition to parliamentary bills, the settlement of personal estate, contempt of court and general legal matters. Not all of the issues addressed in the files actually resulted in court cases. The majority of the files consist of legal papers such as instructions and notes to counsel, briefs to counsel, opinions of counsel, affidavits, statements, declarations, summonses, claims and orders, often in draft form or as official copies, and solicitors' charges and bills. These are usually accompanied by correspondence made up of original letters and copy letters, both office copies and carbon copies, as well as handwritten notes and occasional telegrams, bills and receipts. Frequently, the files also contain associated documents such as copies of leases, agreements and deeds, plans and maps, accounts, reports and transcriptions of evidence, together with relevant printed material such as sale particulars, parliamentary bills and published reports.

A pocket book containing sermon notes in Welsh ? by, and in the hand of, [the Reverend] Lewis Williams, Wesleyan minister, London, whose name, with the date 27 September 1842, appears on a fly-leaf at the beginning of the volume. The last page bears the date 1 July 1846. Miscellaneous memoranda in English have been inserted on a few pages.

Papers, 1973-2004, relating to the Royal Academy of Arts, including minutes of the General Assembly, 1976-1977.

The printers' copy (typescript, with manuscript emendations) of D[avid] E[ rwyd] Jenkins (ed.): Religious Societies (Dr. Woodward's 'Account') . . . ( Liverpool, 1935), in which sections of Josiah Woodward: An Account of the Religious Societies in the City of London, &c., and of their Endeavours for Reformation of Manners (4th ed., enlarged, London, 1712), were reprinted, with a historical introduction by D. E. Jenkins, dealing more specifically with Wales.

Transcripts of writs, pleadings, and other legal instruments, taken mainly from records of cases in Devon, Cornwall and London.
Other than headings, many pages are blank.

Pocket-book, [?1847]-1870, of the Rev. Francis Taynton of Cowbridge, Glamorgan, perpetual curate of the parishes of Ystradowen (1841-1861) and Talygarn (1846-1865), containing memoranda and lists relating to his private life as a houseowner and landowner in Cowbridge and his leisure pursuits on visits to London. The volume was commenced in about 1847 but contains much material copied from earlier pocket-books.
The volume contains memoranda, 1847-1870, listing purchases, house repairs and other expenses, along with summaries of events during the year and comments on his own health and that of his mother and other close relatives (ff. 4-51 verso), together with memoranda of the same sort extracted from old pocket books, dated 1818-1848 (ff. 2-3 verso); various records relating to property (ff. 1 recto-verso, 186-188 verso); his mother’s and his own income and expenditure, 1818-1870 (ff. 181-182 verso, 183, 184 recto-verso); a record of his weight, 1826-1870 (f. 179 recto-verso); horse dealings (f. 175); significant dates of relatives and friends (ff. 176, 177-178 verso); dates respecting his profession (ff. 173 verso-174); a register of places visited or toured, 1821-1870 (ff. 169-173); lists of panoramas visited, 1829-1861 (ff. 165 recto-verso), operas seen, 1821-1869 (ff. 156-163 verso), and plays and concerts seen, 1821-1870 (ff. 128 verso-148 verso, 166), mostly in London; and lists of male (ff. 151 verso-152 verso, 164 verso) and female (f. 150 recto-verso) opera singers seen performing.

The series relates to the three marches that were organised between 1981 and 1983. The first, 1-30 May 1981, was the month long People's March to London, from Yorkshire to London, and from Liverpool to London. It included a South Wales Section, 15-22 May, from Llanelli, Neath, Pencoed, Tonypandy, Porth, Aberdare, Treforest, and Llanrumney to London. -- The second, 16-18 Sept. 1982, was a three day march in Wales from Rhondda, Merthyr, Ebbw Vale and Pontypool to Cardiff. It was jointly organised by the People's March for Jobs, Wales TUC and the Jobs for Youth Campaign. -- The third, April-June 1983, was the People's March for Jobs and Peace, organised by the TUC from Glasgow and the North west to London.

The box contains folders on Parliament, covering topics such as House of Commons, House of Lords, Parliament reform, All-Party Parliamentary groups, including British- Portuguese APPG, hairdressing facilities, ,millennium commission and Review of parliamentary pensions.
There are Parliamentary questions, articles, newspaper, The Budget, budget statement, leaflets, information sheets, reports and newspaper clippings.

Notebook of Berta Ruck, October 1929-May 1930, containing journal entries recording her social life, family life and work in Windsor and London, as well as an account of her excursion to Zurich, Vienna and Budapest, April 1930 (ff. 41-47), a detailed description of the plane journey from Croydon, via Le Bourget, to Zurich, 17 April (ff. 36 verso-40 verso), and a typescript draft of a satirical play entitled 'Guests on Sunday' (ff. 12, 13 verso-18 verso). Some forty letters, cards and telegrams from family, friends and fans, photographs, cuttings, programmes and other ephemera have been pasted in.
The correspondents include Sheila Kaye-Smith, 12 January [1930] (f. 19 verso), Evelyn Waugh, [?1930] (f. 24), A. M. Ludovici, 27 March 1930 (f. 29 verso), and Alec Waugh, April 1930 (ff. 50, 52 verso). The volume contains sketches and drawings (f. 13, inside back cover) and poetry (inside front cover, f. 1) by Ruck. There are two lines of mirror writing on f. 29.

Notebook of Berta Ruck, June 1918-September 1919, containing impressions of wartime life in North Wales and London and of her visit to the USA in 1919, later reworked and incorporated into chapters 16-25 of her autobiographical volume A Story-teller tells the Truth (London, 1935); also included are commonplace entries and extracts from letters received.

Miscellaneous prose pieces by Idris Davies, [1930s]-[1940s], comprising an essay entitled 'Teify Side' (ff. 1-3); drafts of a memoir entitled 'A Schoolboy During the Great War' (ff. 4-17); 'Portrait of an Old Welsh Miner' (ff. 18-29); fragment of a novel or short story (ff. 30-4) and draft of the beginning of a novel (ff. 35-9); five brief, surrealistic prose pieces (ff. 40-51); letter to the News Chronicle about a Fascist demonstration in Trafalgar Square, 1937 (ff. 52-7); Holiday in a Mining Valley (ff. 58-73); a Welsh version of 'A Schoolboy During the Great War' (ff. 74-84); and copies of two prose pieces published in Comment, 19 September 1936 and 23 January 1937 (ff. 85-6).

Diary, 1 May 1851-18 September 1852, of Lieutenant Herbert M[illingchamp] Vaughan, 90th Light Infantry, mostly while stationed at Ballincollig and Cork, Ireland. The diary contains an account of his various duties, his social and recreational activities, including balls, regattas, parties and picnics, and hunting and shooting.
Vaughan's company was at Ballincollig until late 1851, when it removed to nearby Cork; the regiment was sent to Dublin in August 1852 (f. 112 verso). Additionally Vaughan spent most of September 1851 on leave in London (ff. 38-46 verso) and was at home at Plas Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire, [9] October-[29] December 1851 (ff. 49-65 verso). Among the incidents recounted are the death by suicide of one of his men during an assignment to transport ammunition (ff. 8-11); [George W. Stone] performing Electro-Biology [i.e. hypnotism] experiments on some of his men (ff. 26 verso, 29 verso-30); several visits to the Great Exhibition in London (ff. 39 verso-43 verso passim); attending the Cork garrison races, [21] April 1852 (ff. 86-87 verso); and a riot by paupers at Cork workhouse, [9] May 1852 (f. 90 recto-verso). Vaughan assisted in keeping order during the Cork County by-election in March 1852 (ff. 82-83) and in Cork City at the General Election in July 1852 (ff. 102 verso-103 verso). His main preoccupation in open season was fox hunting and shooting game (ff. 49 verso-84 verso passim). A memo found loose within the volume, dated 31 July 1852 with additions to 1855, has been tipped in inside the back cover (f. 122, see also f. 109).

Two books of legal precedents, one containing examples from England, mainly London, and the other containing copies of documents relating to actions in the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Merioneth, and Shropshire.

Collecting tour journal of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, April-August 1876, November 1876-July 1877, in Belgium, Germany, Holland, France, Italy and Austria; also Canford and London (pp. 1-77); together with records of purchases, May-August 1876, November-December 1876, March-August 1877 (pp. 1-33 at end of volume, inverted text).
Loose papers found with the volume have been filed separately (Charlotte Guest MS XXIIIa).