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Seventy-two items of Phyllis Plater, nineteen items of which are a collection referred to by her as 'Precious, Precious'. The papers mainly comprise draft prose and poetry by Phyllis Playter, together with three items taken from printed sources. Inserted into both sets of papers are notes on the material by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir. Also included is a hardcover notebook containing draft prose and personal memoranda by Phyllis Playter.

Personal volumes and papers, 1923-[1970s], of Phyllis Playter comprising six diaries, 1930-1978, three commonplace book, [1937]-[1970s], passports and savings books, 1923-1974, address books, [?1930s]-[1970s], and lists and a notebook relating to John Cowper Powys manuscripts, [1955]-1963.

Files contain information to Youth baseball and the youth baseball teams and comprise papers such as administrative papers, correspondence, fixtures, accounts, letters and notices, score sheets and photographs.

Administrative papers relating to the referees society, including minutes, exam papers, lists of affiliated members, agendas, balance sheets, discipline forms, written statements and correspondence, constitution and rules, correspondence, registration forms and honours lists.

The file contains papers regarding the Welsh ladies baseball league, including an official handbook, constitution and general rules, a list of club secretaries and minutes.

Papers include business records, contracts, details of compositions and performances. Original files have been retained, some titles have been created by the archivist.

Papers collected and collated by Peter Reynolds for research and reference. The files are arranged by the original subject titles, papers reflect interests, projects and promotional work.

Original compositions for the spoken voice and choral works. Files contain manuscript sheet music and scores, parts, drafts and sketches. Compositions have been brought together and arranged by piece.

Printed schedules and balance sheets of the North Cardiganshire Agricultural Society show at Aberystwyth, 1882-1904.

Tack notes (take notes) or licences issued by successive members of the Pryse family of Gogerddan or their agents, to mining prospectors to search for minerals and quarry stone at numerous locations on the Gogerddan estate near Aberystwyth in Cardiganshire, and near Machynlleth in Montgomeryshire, 1732-1772, 1859-1924; and books of counterpart tack notes granted by Pryse Pryse of Gogerddan in the manors of Genau’r-glyn and Nantryarian, 1852-1907.

Papers relating to the adminstration of Pryse Loveden of Gogerddan, who died intestate in 1855. They include the letters of administration, together with accounts of his trustees, Hon. Thomas Pryce Lloyd of Pengwern, Flintshire, and Rev. James Allen of Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, 1846-1862; vouchers of Capt. Edward Lewis Pryse, who acted as the agent for the Gogerddan estate, 1855-1858; letters exchanged between the solicitors Boys and Tweedie and the trustees and agents, copies and abstracts of deeds, and other relevant papers, 1855-1862.

Personal diaries of Lady Marjorie Pryse (formerly Howell), 1926-198?, with gaps. It is not known whether diaries for the missing years existed.. The early diaries record her life as a student at the Conservatoire de Paris, 1926-1927, her love affair with the Polish pianist, Auguste de Radwan, and in 1929, her travels in Italy, Hungary, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and Poland, often naming the venues and other famous musicians that she encountered. The diaries include colourful remarks on the travelling conditions, hotel accommodation, scenery, local inhabitants, operas, art galleries, historical attractions and social events. From 1930 there is evidence of her developing attraction to Sir Lewes Pryse. The remaining volumes, 1930-1987, record mainly Marjorie’s life in Cardiganshire at Gogerddan and Ffynnon Caradog, her marriage in 1938, Sir Lewes’s death and her widowhood from 1946. There are also accounts of further trips to Europe, 1930, 1936-1939, and visits to Shetland, London, and elsewhere in England and Wales. Throughout the diaries there are innumerable comments on her personal friends and acquaintances in Britain and on the continent, both high society and local figures alike. They also reveal her love of the countryside, literature, her own poetry, her emotions and capricious love affairs. The entries of the volumes for 1926-1939 are the most detailed, becoming sparser and more sporadic in the later ones. The diaries for 1937-1958 include (variably) records of milk yields, stock-breeding, farm accounts, notes and Christmas lists.

Title deeds of the Breconshire estate belonging to the Lewes (Lewis) family of Borden, Hurst and Aberrnantbychan, and later to the Pryses of Gogerddan, 1488-1774. The estate included the manor of Trewallter and Priors Court in Llan-gors, and other properties in the parishes of Brecon, Llanfihangel Nant Bran, Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn, Llangasty Tal-y-llyn, Llywel and Merthyr Cynog. In addition to Lewes, other prominent family names are Games, Watkins and Vaughan

Deeds and documents concerning the lordships and manors of East and West Pembroke, and Cilgerran, which included the castles of Pembroke and Cilgerran, 1482-[c.1891]. The first file contains an inspeximus of documents relating to the lordship of Cilgerran, 1482. There are several leases and assignments to and by the Lewis family of Llangoedmor and Gellidowill, referring to the original grant of East and West Pembroke by James I in 1616. Other recurrent names are John Lloyd and Thomas Lloyd of Llanllawddog, who sold the lease of the lordahips to Nicholas Lewis of St Issells in 1661. The file for 1684-1787 contains suit rolls of the manors, listing freeholders and tenants of Lewis Pryse, 1720-1726. Some files contain accounts and receipts for crown rents. Other points of interest include the history and archaeology of the castle sites, legal issues mainly over trespass and transgressions on the sites and the involvement of the Corporation of Pembroke in managing the properties in the mid-19th century.

Miscellaneous financial papers comprising bonds for payment by James Lewes of Coedmor and others of the Lewes family, 1660-1670; and share certificates in Llandysul Market Company, 1837-1838.