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Estate and family records, 1183-1957, of the Wynn and Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay, Denbighshire. The archive includes a group of architectural drawings, c. 1770, by James Byres; a group of early charters and deeds, 1183-1676, from the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Marcella (Ystrad Marchell) near Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, and elsewhere; antiquarian, legal and literary manuscripts; account rolls of Sir Richard Wynn, Treasurer to Queen Henrietta Maria, 1627-1649; manorial records relating to manors and boroughs in Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, 1364-1895 (1934-40 and 1952 deposits); parliamentary election papers for Anglesey, Cardigan (county and borough), Denbighshire, Flintshire and Montgomeryshire, 1621-1883; family and estate correspondence, including part of that of Sir William Williams (1634-1700), Speaker of the House of Commons; rentals and account books, 1300-1925 (preserved in an almost unbroken series from the time of Sir William Williams); over 5000 title deeds and documents, [pre-1290]-[c. 1910], mainly relating to properties in the six North Wales counties and Shropshire, including records for Glascoed and Llanforda, Llwydiarth, Llangedwyn and Glanllyn, Plas-y-Ward, Rhiwgoch and Mathafarn, estates acquired either by marriage or purchase in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; together with papers relating to administration of the estates, 1573-1946; family papers, 1499-1913, county and central government administration papers, 1608-1880; two discrete groups of Much Wenlock estate records, 1534-1860, and Nantcriba estate records, 1381-1680; and various maps. There is an additional group of papers relating to the Wynnstay estate which came from the office of Longueville Gittins solicitors, Oswestry, dated 1582-1957.

Records of the Welsh Liberal Party, 1966-1988, including Executive Committee and General Council minutes, 1967-1987; Annual General Meeting papers and correspondence, 1982-1987; correspondence and papers relating to local government reform and electoral reform, transport, economic policy and nationalisation, Welsh affairs, devolution, and Welsh Liberal Party structure and finance, 1963-1987; papers relating to annual conferences, 1968-1987; papers relating to parliamentary and other elections, 1969-1989; correspondence and papers relating to individual parliamentary constituencies, 1970-1980; Local Government and Parliamentary Boundary Commission submissions, 1981-1983; Standing Committee and Policy Directorate papers, 1975-1982; press releases, 1980-1988; party publications, 1975-1981; records of county Liberal Associations, 1973-1988; and records of Caernarfon Division Liberal Association, 1961-1975.

Three additional files comprising minutes of meetings of the Welsh Liberal Party, 1981-2 and 1987. This group remains uncatalogued.

Autograph letter, 24 December 1868, from William Ewart Gladstone, 10 Downing Street, to [Vice-Admiral Lord] C[larence] Paget, [Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean Fleet], in which Gladstone discusses the formation of his first government, having become Prime Minister on 3 December.
The letter contains references to Paget's brother-in-law [Arthur Otway, Gladstone's new Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs], and to [Hugh] Childers, [First Lord of the Admiralty]. In a postscript he states 'The Welsh have made a notable demonstration in many of their elections and one which ought to warn the Clergy of what they are about'.

Ephemera, publications, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and manifestos relating to Plaid Cymru election campaigns during the 1980s and 1990s collected by Dafydd Timothy. The file contains Plaid Cymru manifestos for the 1983 and 1987 General Elections, material relating to the European Parliament elections in 1984 and 1989, General Elections in 1983, 1987 and 1992, elections to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999, the Pontypridd by election in 1989, election addresses, posters, stickers and other material such as canvassing guidelines
Much of the material is related to north Wales constituencies there is some material relating to Carmarthen and Pontypridd.

The group comprises personal papers, being letters written by and received by the Griffith family, 1724-1943, letters of families such as Hughes of Gwydir, Weeg, Llwyn Gronw and Cae'rberllan, Roberts of Bryn y neuadd, Wynne of Garthmeilio and Plasnewydd, and others, 1680-1882, small diaries, pocket notebooks and almanacks containing memoranda and personal notes, 1701-1853, a few photographs, postcards and other memorabilia, 1901-[c. 1940], school papers, certificates and appointments, 1746-1920. The family members who are most frequently represented here are Jane Griffith (nee Hughes), John Wynne Griffith, Jane Griffith (nee Wynne), George Griffith, Edward Humphrey Griffith, William Henry Griffith and William Douglas Wynne Griffith. The letters, notebooks and diaries are illustrative of late eighteenth and nineteenth century life, particularly with regard to the family and household, social engagements, sporting activities, travel, elections, contemporary local and national events, domestic organisation and estate management.

Registers of electors, 1918-[ c.1946], general administrative papers and correspondence, 1918-1948, and nomination papers, accounts of expenses and publicity material relating to specific elections, 1918-1945.

The file comprises election ephemera related to Plaid Cymru candidates in parliamentary elections including Vic Davies in Rhondda West (1966), Errol Jones in Pontypridd (1970), Hywel ap Robert in Ceredigion (1970), Edward Merriman in Ogmore (1970), Dafydd Wigley in Merioneth (1970), Carwyn James in Llanelli (1970), as well as a leaflet by Dafydd Elis Thomas campaigning for the role of Vice-President of Plaid Cymru and some handwritten drafts of election addresses.

The series comprises files related to the development of policies and manifestos for the Welsh Conservatives in elections to the National Assembly for Wales. They include drafts and final copies of manifestos, correspondence, notes and briefing papers.

File contains material related to the development of the Welsh Conservatives' manifesto for the elections to the National Assembly for Wales, held in 2011. The file includes correspondence and consultation with civic society over policy development, annotated drafts of the the manifesto, notes of meetings, correspondence and polling data.

File contains material related to the development of the Welsh Conservatives' manifesto for the 2007 elections to the National Assembly for Wales including various annotated drafts and the final published version of the manifesto entitled 'Vote Welsh Conservatives for a change'. The file also include notes from meetings, correspondence, including correspondence with party leader David Cameron and with the Conservatives' shadow treasury team regarding costings, reference documents, opinion poll data and a draft of a Conservative manifesto for the Northern Ireland Assembly elections in 2007.

File comprises material related to the development of the Welsh Conservatives' manifesto for the 2003 election to the National Assembly for Wales including a final version, annotated drafts, correspondence and papers related to the consultation on the manifesto. The file also contains correspondence related to the Conservatives' 2001 General Election manifesto on issues related to Wales.

File contains material related to development of the Welsh Conservatives' manifesto for the 1999 elections to the National Assembly for Wales, along with correspondence related to and comments on the draft manifesto, correspondence and documents related to the campaign, notes from the devolution policy group and documents relating to internal discussions on the Welsh Conservatives' policy towards devolution.

The file comprises Darren Millar's posters and election addresses for elections to Towyn and Kimnel Bay Town Council and Conwy County Borough Council. Also includes one address "You have less than 24 hours before polling day" from the elections to the National Assembly for Wales in 2003 in the Vale of Clwyd constituency.

Papers of the Rev. Ivor T. Rees, comprising mainly printed political material, 1928-1997, including election literature and candidates' addresses for British elections from Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland and election literature, newsletters and press cuttings relating to minority parties such as the Socialist Party of Great Britain, 1951-1970; National Democratic Party/National Front/British National Party, [c. 1970's]-[1990's], and papers relating to Lt Commander W. G. Boaks, who stood as an independent candidate in many elections between 1951 and 1982, [c. 1970s-1980s]; articles and obituaries relating to politicians and other prominent individuals, [c. 1970s-1990s]; index cards containing details of British Parliamentary candidates who stood in British Parliamentary elections, 1910-1983; together with miscellaneous papers, 1948-1985; newspaper cuttings, 1931-1999 relating to Welsh politics, including the first election for the National Assembly for Wales and electoral candidates in Wales; and election leaflets mostly for the county council elections, 6 May 1999, in Swansea, Sketty, Anglesey, Vale of Glamorgan and Rhonda Cynon Taf.
Additional donations also include papers, 1999-2017, consisting mainly of printed material from web pages, press cuttings, and campaign material and election addresses relating to prominent Welsh politicians both in the Welsh Assembly and UK Parliament; papers, 1885-2018, relating to elections held in Wales and Welsh constituencies from the 19th to the 21st centuries and politicians who have stood as candidates, including in UK Parliamentary elections, Welsh Assembly elections, and European Parliament Elections; a large number of candidates' and politicians' biographies (1885-2018), and questionnaires for candidates standing in various 20th- and 21st- century elections (1997-2017; 2019); and a large number of papers including press cuttings and printed material from web pages relating to UK Parliamentary, Welsh Assembly, and European Parliament elections (1892-2018), including campaign material and election addresses relating to candidates standing in Welsh constituencies; and some typescript copies of Ivor T. Rees' works.

File contains material distributed by parties across Wales as well as official information about the election.

The file consists of election addresses, leaflets and other election ephemera circulated in the Welsh constituencies during the 1945 and 1950 general election campaigns.

Material relating to Baroness Randerson's selection as the S. D. P./Liberal Alliance candidate for 1987 General Election in Cardiff South and Penarth. File contains speech notes, press releases, Focus leaflets as well as election leaflets and posters.

The series comprises mainly electoral ephemera, letters, minutes and information relating to General, European, County Council and Assembly Elections with which the Rev. Roger Roberts was involved, especially the Liberal Party in the Conwy Parliamentary Constituency, 1950-1999. Files 1/8-1/15 comprise election ephemera, mostly from north Wales and several political parties 1945-2015.

Series contains material distributed by the S. D. P./Liberal Alliance and the Liberal Democrats in Wales for elections to the European Parliament.

Sub fond contains election campaign material produced by the S. D. P./Liberal Alliance and Welsh Liberal Democrats for elections to South Glamorgan County Council, Cardiff City Council, Cardiff County Council, UK General Elections, by-elections, elections to the National Assembly for Wales and the European Parliament as well as Focus local community newsletters distributed in the Cardiff area.