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Unpublished biography and correspondence, together with summaries of interviews with Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé).

Autobiography (incomplete, pp. 278-319 missing) of Alan Heusaff, part manuscript and part typescript.

Papers, mainly 1940-1945, with later recollections, relating to the activities of the Breton nationalists during the German occupation of Brittany, including details concerning the collaborationist unit, the 'Bezen Perrot'.

Typescript copies of the autobiography ('Biographie - Memoires'), 64 pp., of Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé), detailing his involvement in Breton nationalism to around 1931 ('Gwenn ha-Du', the Breton nationalist organization was formed at the end of 1930).

Correspondence comprising letters to and draft replies by Heusaff, mainly with Raymond Jegaden, Paris.

Diary, 1947, of Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé) whilst in Germany.

Papers, 1940s-1983, of, or relating to, Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé), containing mostly undated and unorganized draft notes in his hand relating to a wide variety of subjects, including Breton nationalism, theology, political theory and Celtic / Japanese spirituality. Also included are papers relating to his will.

Manuscript and typescript summaries of interviews, November 1982-September 1983, with Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé), some conducted in hospital during the months previous to his death.

Letters to Louis Feutren including letters from fellow Breton nationalists Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé), his brother Albert Lainé, Alan Heusaff, and from Daniel Leach whilst researching for his Ph.D (later published as Fugitive Ireland: European minorities and Irish political asylum, 1937-2008), together with draft replies to him. Some of the letters are addressed to Louis Feutren under his pseudonyms – Michel, Michael and Mick.

Personal letters to Maura Martin, mainly from her future husband Louis Feutren, some signed under his pseudonyms. Includes post-it notes added much later by him.

Papers of the Breton nationalist Louis Feutren (1922-2009), together with papers of two fellow nationalists accumulated by him, Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé, 1908-1983), and Alan Heusaff (1921-1999). All three were prominent members of the Breton collaborationist force 'Bezen Perrot' formed in December 1943, and all three eventually fled to Ireland sometime after the Second World War. Some of the papers relate to the activities of 'Bezen Perrot', but most are later personal papers.

Letters, 1945-2008, and miscellaneous papers, 1945-2004, of Louis Feutren, and letters to his wife Maura, 1948-1962, together with photographs, [1910s]-[c. 2000].

Letters with both author and recipient unidentified, relating to the German occupation of Brittany during the Second World War.

Miscellaneous papers including copybooks containing draft letters to the press and a lengthy draft letter to Daniel Leach (see 1/1); false passport used to escape eventually to Ireland; and an annotated copy of Kristian Hamon, Le Bezen Perrot 1944: des nationalistes Bretons sous l’uniforme Allemand (2004).

Personal correspondence of Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé) containing letters to him, together with some draft/copy replies. Some of the letters are addressed to two pseudonyms which he used - J. or F. Sebileau and particularly Frank Lucas. Includes a small number of letters written by his brother Albert Lainé to unidentified recipients.

Correspondence and papers, autobiography, and diary for 1947.

Photographs, [1910s]-[c. 2000], mostly unidentified, many thought to be members of Louis Feutren's family, and including photographs of Louis Feutren, Neven Henaff (Célestin Lainé), and Alan Heusaff.