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'Record of the David family and of the families with which it is intermarried' (typescript, 27 pp., signed David Rees Williams, Garth Celyn, Bridgend, 1930); a tracing of the arms of Richard David, bishop of St Davids, copied from the 16th cent. Cardiff Library Heraldic MS 34, n.d.; a heraldic achievement on tracing paper, the arms including three [boars' or dogs'?] heads on a bend, the crest includes a collared dove holding a twig, and the motto is 'Ffyddlon hyd angau' ('Faithful to death'), n.d.; and drawings of two achievements (named 'David' and 'David/Gamage') and two shields of arms on tracing paper, n.d. Also a letter from George Frederick Forsdike, lord mayor of Cardiff, to Miss Connie Wills on behalf of the Save the Children Fund, 1920; a prescription for Mrs J. Wills, 1926; correspondence relating to the title and motto of Baron Ogmore of Bridgend, including with the College of Arms, Bridgend UDC and Ogmore & Garw UDC, June-Sept. 1950; with Burke's Peerage, Jan. 1959; and with the College of Arms relating to registering his descendants with the college, Nov. 1972-March 1973. Also a typescript CV of Lord Ogmore, [c. Aug. 1951]. At the rear of the 'Record of the David family ...' is a copy of the Newcastle petition to Parliament (no. 14); several of the signatories have the first name or the family name/patronymic 'David'.

Original file of letters, mainly from David, c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Beach Street, Penang S. S., to his parents.

Original file of letters from David, c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Penang S. S., to his parents.

Original file of letters, telegrams and cards of congratulations on Lt-Col D. R. Rees-Williams's elevation to the peerage.

Typescript autobiography entitled 'The flourishing vine : memoirs of Lord Ogmore'.

Original file of letters, statements and notes, mainly relating to the purchase of 12 Merton Avenue, Chiswick, by Gwilym R. Rees-Williams (Oct. 1967), and the mortgage with the Property Owners Building Society.

Original file of letters, 1947-1960, notes, newspaper cuttings etc. relating to Burmese affairs, particularly the conferral of the Agga Maha Thray Sithu, the highest Burmese order, on Lord Mountbatten, Lord Ogmore and Sir Hubert Rance, 1956, and the writing of Lord Ogmore's and others' recollections of the last days of British rule in Burma, 1969-1970. Also includes copies of the report of the Frontier Area Committee of Enquiry, 1947 (2 copies), and the treaty between the government of the UK and the provisional government of Burma, 1947.

Two volumes labelled 'Uganda Development Corporation Limited, P.030, Kilembe Mines Limited', no's 1 (1953) and 3 (1955) (no. 2 missing), containing documents relating to the Kilembe copper and cobalt mine in the Kasese District of Uganda.

Papers relating to the Commonwealth and various member countries and issues, including notes for Lord Ogmore's presentation 'The Commonwealth in international affairs' to the Oxford Courses, Sept. 1953, draft letter to Clement Atlee relating to Malta, c.Nov. 1954; Lord Ogmore's resignation from the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Dec. 1968; British Asians in East Africa, particularly Kenya, 1968-1970; the tenth anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa, 1970; and a copy of 'Rhodesia : proposals for a settlement', annex B, Nov. 1971. Also items relating to Biafra, Hong Kong and Uganda. Also letters from M. W. Kaisiepo, president-in-exile of West Papua/West New Guinea-Melanesia, 1970.

Original file of miscellaneous correspendence and papers, mainly relating to the Common Market Campaign preparatory committee, 1961; the Declaration of Atlantic Unity statement of interdependence, 1966-1969; and from Markus Wonggor Kaisiepo relating to Indonesia's takeover of West Irian, 1967-1968. Also papers of the third annual conference of the NATO Parliamentarians' conference, 11-16 Nov. 1957, comprising Lord Ogmore's chairman's address to the Political Committee meeting, 11 May, and a verbatim account of the first session, 12 May (am); a typescript draft of 'Economic aids to progress' by Lord Ogmore, c.Sept. 1961; an unattributed 'Memorandum on the Arab refugees' from an Israeli point of view, c.1967; and Jeremy Thorpe MP's address to the Anglo-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 1975.

Original file of personal and political letters, mainly 1971-1976, including from academics and students researching pre- and post-war Malaya. Also includes letters relating to Nigeria and Biafra, 1967-1968, the future custody of Ogmore's papers, 1972-1975, and a Christmas card list, 1973.

Desk diary of D. R. Rees-Williams MP, with daily entries.

Desk diary of Lord Ogmore, with entries most days.

Desk diary of Lord Ogmore, with entries most days.

Original file of letters, mainly from David, c/o Messrs Adams & Allen, Beach Street, Penang S. S., to his parents.

Original file of letters and telegrams of congratulations to Rees-Williams on his elevation to the peerage.

Certificates etc. of David Rees Williams, comprising Law Society final examination certificate, 1929; admission as a solicitor of the Supreme Court, 1929; writ of summons to Parliament as Lord Ogmore, 1950; notification of having been sworn Minister of Civil Aviation, 1951; notification of having been sworn a privy counsellor, 1951; letter from Maung Kyin of the Burmese Embassy of the conferment of the title of Agga Maha Thray Sithu on Lord Ogmore, 1956; and an appreciation from the organising committee of the VI British Empire & Commonwealth Games in Wales, 1958.

Papers relating to D. R. Rees-Williams's military career (Captain; Major from 1 Nov. 1938; Lt-Col by Aug. 1945), including a report relating to the stationing of 452 Co., 6th (Glamorgan) Bn, The Welch Regiment (67th Searchlight Reg.) (TA) at Weymouth, Dec. 1938; a report on the training of 178 H.A.A. Battery, 63rd H.A.A. Reg., at Burrow Head Camp, March 1941; indentity cards, March 1943 and April 1943; and a report of Lt-Col Rees-Williams presiding over the first British general court in Berlin, Aug. 1945. Also letters relating to the Royal Regiment of Wales and the Welch Regiment Museum at Cardiff Castle, 1973-1976.

Carbon copies of D. R. Rees-Williams's memoranda, including matters relating to British Guiana, Burma, China, Croydon, Falkland Islands, the Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Malaya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Palestine, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanganyika and Uganda.

Agreement between Industrial Leasing & Finance Ltd and S. G. Warburg & Co. Ltd for the sale of £5,000 ordinary shares of £1 each, half of the share capital of Industrial Leasing & Finance (Scotland) Ltd, 1964; and a declaration of trust, being a gift by John Peter James Ellis JP, chairman of directors and majority shareholder of Industrial Leasing & Finance Ltd., a private limited company, of shares worth £50,000 on the convesion of the company into a public limited company, 1970.