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Press cuttings covering subjects such as London's South Bank, colour schemes for houses, architectural follies, and architecture in Wales including book reviews, 1929-1978.

Press cuttings, 1952-1971; invitations to society dinners, including a dinner at Windsor castle and the Investiture Ball, 1957-1975; table plans for three of the functions and other papers, 1957-1975.

Newspaper cuttings and excerpts, 1926-1976, mostly relating to Sir Clough Williams-Ellis.

Letters and copies of replies concerning Portmeirion, defence of some of its practices, and the listing of the buildings; extracts from newspapers; revisions of the book Portmeirion; and letters concerning Architect Errant, 1963-1973.

A letter and specimen rough layouts of various lettering for directional signs at Portmeirion, 1971.

Letters and copies of replies concerning slide shows, television programmes and the publicity of Portmeirion in general; letters and poems from well-wishers; excerpts from newspapers, magazines and journals including the New Yorker in 1976, L'europeo Flash in 1969, the Neue Bürcher Beitung in 1972 and Deutschland und die Welt in 1973, 1953-1977.

Correspondence and papers concerning Wren urns from St Paul's Cathedral and a parapet from Westminster Abbey, rigging on the Amie Reunie, the listing of the buildings at Portmeirion, the railway from Minffordd to Portmeirion, including a letter from Jonah Jones concerning Portmeirion, and letters from visitors to Portmeirion, 1964-1978. Also included in the file are photocopied drafts of 'Portmeirion Revisited' for Country Life; a photocopy of an article in the New York Times, 1973; an article from the The New Yorker, 1976; and the translation of an article which appeared in the Frankfurter Allgemeine, 1973.

Letters and copies of replies concerning works at Portmeirion hotel dining room, railings for Deudraeth Castle gardens and other projects; articles concerning Portmeirion and a pictorial map of the estate, 1962-1972. Also included are the magazine Aureol including an article concerning Portmeirion, 1971-1972, and an extract from Building Design including an interview with Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, 1970.

Papers, 1949-1977, relating to Portmeirion, including correspondence, magazine articles, plans and a brochure, a map of the village and peninsula and a pictorial map of the north of Cardigan Bay. Included are letters and papers relating to the 40th and 50th anniversaries of the opening of Portmeirion, 1966 and 1976.

Papers including Portmeirion's building sequence; extract from Country Life, 1930; some rough plans, 6 photo postcards; 2 Portmeirion brochures and 2 negatives, 1930-[1977].

Proof of Portmeirion: the Place and its Meaning, 1963.

Letters, papers, postcards, plans and photographs concerning Port Grimaud, with correspondence between François Spoerry and Clough Williams-Ellis'. The file also include a map of Lyford Cay, Bahamas, 1969-1977.

Letters and copies of replies regarding the proposed Guardian Cottage in Portmeirion, 1966, and the Gardner's Cottage at Deudraeth Castle, 1969; together with a letter from the office of the Minister of Housing and Local Government concerning the listing of Portmeirion, 1969.

Photographs illustrating the dangers threatening the English countryside taken in the Summer of 1930.

A list of photographs for Surrey and Middlesex with a brief description of the positions, [c. 1963].

Letters mainly of a personal nature, including a letter concerning the Presentation Goblet to the Queen and Prince Phillip, 1972; a letter from the Royal Institute of British Architects, concerning Sir Clough Williams-Ellis's election as an honorary member; a letter from the University of Wales offering an honorary degree; and letters from the following: Sir Frederick Gibberd; Sir Frederick Osborn; Jonah Jones; James Morris; Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor; Charles, Lord Aberconwy; Francois Spoerry; Christabel, Lady Aberconway; Augustus John; the Rt Hon. Richard Crossman, MP; Sir Dingle Foot; Henry, Marquis of Anglesey, and other politicians, artists and members of the gentry and the aristocracy, 1930-1976; together with thirteen letters from Lewis Mumford, 1957-1975, and a copy of an article by him, 1930, 'The Wavy Line Versus the Cube', and a photograph of Sir Clough Williams Ellis and Mumford.

Letters, copies of replies and papers concerning the redevelopment of the village hall at Pentrefoelas, and the appeal in 1959 against the negative decision of the Local Planning Authority, with letters from Lt. Col. John Charles Wynne Finch, 1949-1959.

Off-prints and excerpts from newspapers and magazines concerning Brondanw, including cuttings from Country Life, 1931 and 1957; Liverpool Daily Post, 1951; Ideal Home, 1970; two complete copies of House and Garden, 1976 and 1977; and a copy of the Cambrian Archaeological Association's 'Park, Llanfrothen, and the Unit System', 1942.