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The file comprises letters relating mainly to matters arising from the House of Lords and to Lady White's public work, notably in relation to environmental concerns. Some concern Welsh affairs, among them devolution, the affairs of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. A few relate to Lady White's work for the Dictionary of National Biography. The correspondents include Margery Corbett Ashby, 1974, Robert, Lord Blake, 1974, Dame Margaret Cole, 1975, Anthony Crosland, 1974, Sir Goronwy Daniel, 1975, Stanley Clinton Davies, 1975, John Morris MP, 1975, A. J. Sylvester, 1975, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, 1974, Dame Shirley Williams (2), 1974-1975, and Harold Wilson, 1974.

A file of printed materials deriving from the work of the Select Committee on the Committee Work of the House of Lords.

General personal and political correspondence, 1936-1997, including letters from the Royal Family, MPs and Government Ministers, such as James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher and John Major; subject files including the Labour Party, 1951-1979, the National Union of Teachers, 1963-1971, Secretary of State for Wales, 1968-1969, Devolution in Wales, 1970-1973, the Christian Heritage, 1977-1985, Aberfan Disaster Fund Bill, 1978-1979, Cardiff West Constituency Labour Party, 1981-1982, the National Children's Homes, 1981-1993, British housing, 1984-1985, GT's memoirs, 1983-1985, the College of Preceptors, 1982-1987, the House of Lords, 1985-1987, St George's House, Windsor Castle, 1985-1987, education, 1986-1987, European Union, 1990-1997, the Welsh Assembly, 1996-1997, the WDA, 1991-1992, and various medical and charitable foundations, 1982-1997; miscellaneous political and personal papers, 1927-1997, including material concerning the Cardiff City Labour Group; 1927-1958; religious interests, 1960's-1990's; Speaker's engagements and official papers, 1976-1983; general publications, 1950-1987, including The Gospel Witness, 1955-1983; Parliamentary publications, 1961-1986, The House Magazine, 1980-1991; personal papers, [c. 1940s]-[1990s]; political papers, accumulated as MP for Cardiff West, Government Minister and Member of the House of Lords, 1955-1997; and letters, 1983-1997, from Sir Julian Hodge, relating to European union and devolution.

Correspondence between Elfyn Llwyd and Sir Ian Blair and John Yates of the Metropolitan Police regarding an investigation into the breach of the Honours (Prevention of Abuses Act) 1925 in relation to a number of donors to the Labour Party being appointed to peerages and knighthoods.

Includes correspondence on Peter Temple-Morris' elevation to the peerage and maiden speech in the House of Lords.

Notes 'taken in short hand of the Earle of Shaft[e]sbury['s] Speech in the house of Lord[s] upon the Debate of appointing a day for the heareing of Doctor Sherlies Cause', 20 October, 1675.

The series comprises letters, 1964-2001, addressed to Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos, sometimes interspersed with copies of his replies. The correspondence is strongly political, much concerning his work within the House of Lords. A number refer to requests for political honours. Some of the letters refer to events in Anglesey, some from his former constituents, including invitations to attend numerous events. Some letters discuss the affairs of the University of Wales which Lord Cledwyn served as Pro-Chancellor. There are also a number of letters from the media, including requests for contributions to radio and television broadcasts and interviews. Some letters are requests from academics and students for assistance with their research projects.

Llangibby Castle estate records, including court rolls of manors in Monmouthshire, 1262-1911, Glamorgan, 1675-1739, Gloucestershire, 1427-1595, and Somerset, 1609-1691; title deeds, mainly Monmouthshire, 1217-1930, and correspondence, mainly 18-19 cent.; important letters and papers relating to the civil war in Monmouthshire; and manuscripts aquired by the family, including drafts and copies of Modus Tenendi Parliamentarum and Observata Parliamentaria by Henry Elsynge, junior (1598-1654), clerk to the House of Commons, together with minutes of the House of Commons, 1624-1626, calendar of the Journal of the House of Lords, 1647-1768, copies of the Journals of the House of Commons, 1547-1701, index to parliamentary proceedings, temp. Edward III-Edward IV, and, 1724-1743, civil war tracts, the journal of the missionary Dr Joseph Wolff, 1832, 'Prif Achae holh Gymru Benbaladr' in the autograph of Sir Thomas Wiliams, Trefriw, 1578-1609, a seventeenth-century collection of Welsh poetry by the principal 'cywyddwyr'; a memoir of Richard Robert Jones ('Dic Aberdaron', 1780-1843) in his own autograph; English sermons and miscellaneous notes by Rev. Edmund Jones, Pontypool, a sermon notebook of Rev. Philip Henry (1631-1696), the eminent Nonconformist divine, a survey of the lands of Henry, earl of Pembroke, in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, 1570, and a survey of lands in the lordship of Usk, 1619; pedigree rolls of Sir Roger Williams of Penrhos, Monmouthshire, compiled by Thomas Jones ('Twm Siôn Catti'), 1591, and of the Williams family of Llangibby Castle, probably compiled by Sylvanus Morgan.

Correspondence and papers relating to the Montgomeryshire election (Watkin Williams v Mostyn Owen), 1774; miscellaneous transcripts, partly by Mrs Elizabeth Baker, including letters and poems of the Reverend Evan Lloyd of Fron, 1761-1768; letters of Anthony Thomas, Hendre; letters of Elizabeth Chudleigh, afterwards known as the Duchess of Kingston, 1767-1788, with notes and extracts relating to the same by Mrs Baker; and transcripts of the Lords' Protests for the session 1722-1723.

Miscellaneous papers, c. 1890s-1939, relating to David Lloyd George, arranged in roughly chronological order, including The Labour Standard, no. 2, 18 February 1902, containing an article on Lloyd George (ff. 10-11); copy of a memorandum, 1910, by Winston Churchill to the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, proposing the abolition of the House of Lords (ff. 17-23); note of the Committee on War Indemnity's recommendations, 1918 (ff. 48-9); and a typescript article, 1927, by Dame Margaret Lloyd George, Petticoats behind Politics (ff. 61-70).

The file comprises reports relating to the Wales Bill including "The Union and Devolution" published by the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution (HL Paper 149 2015-16), a House of Lords Library Note on the Wales Bill, "Justice in Wales" published by the Wales Governance Centre, "Report on the UK Government's Wales Bill" published by the National Assembly for Wales' Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, National Assembly for Wales Research Briefings "The Wales Bill 2016" and "The Wales Bill: Reserved Matters and their effect on the Assembly's legislative competence".

The series comprises briefings on the Wales Bill created for Labour members of the House of Lords, a briefing created by the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales on the Wales Bill and various reports published by the National Assembly for Wales, the House of Lords and the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University relating to Wales' constitutional status.

Copies from Hansard of speeches in Parliament on reform of the House of Lords.

The file contains a characteristic mingling of personal and professional letters, many relating to political events and the proceedings of the House of Lords. Some letters refer to a ceremony at Rhymney during April 1990 to unveil a plaque to commemorate Thomas Jones's name, and others to the re-publication of his Rhymney Memories. A few concern preparations for the 1992 National Eisteddfod at Aberystwyth. The correspondents include Eric, Lord Ashby (2), 1990-1991, Robert, Lord Blake, 1990, HRH, Charles, Prince of Wales, 1990, Tam Dalyell MP, 1990, Derek, Lord Ezra, 1991, Emlyn, Lord Hooson, 1990, Barry Jones MP, and Sir Wyn Roberts, 1990.

The file contains mainly papers relating to Lord Goronwy-Roberts's activities in the House of Lords during his final weeks.

The file contains letters fully reflecting Lady White's busy public life, both in the House of Lords and in a host of committees and functions. Some relate to Welsh affairs and events. A number of letters derive from the celebrations to mark the centenary in January 1980 of the founding of Somerville College, Oxford. The correspondents include James Callaghan, 1980, Fred Dainton, 1980, Jennie Eirian Davies, 1980, Nicholas Edwards MP, 1980, Michael Heseltine, 1981, Sir Julian Hodge (2), 1981, Emyr Jenkins, 1981, Professor Lily Newton (2), 1980-1981, Gordon, Lord Parry, 1980, Wyn Roberts, 1981, Sir Melville Rosser (2), 1980-1981, and Emlyn Williams (2), 1980.

Correspondents include the Marquess of Lansdowne, 1931, Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles, John Loader Maffey, 1937-1938, 1944, Louis Mallet [1919x1922], John Martin, 1942, Dowager Marchioness Stella Reading, 1941, Sir Horace Rumbold, 1938, the fourth and fifth Marquess and Lady Salisbury, 1915-1943, James Alfred Steers, 1938, Sir Hugh Cholmondeley Thornton, 1917, Viscount Trenchard, 1943, and Lord Wedgwood, 1943. One of Lord Salisbury 's letters describes a riotous debate in the House of Lords and the position of Winston Churchill, 1942.

The file consists of letters and messages congratulating Goronwy Roberts on his appointment as a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and as Deputy Leader of the House of Lords.