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Manuscripts, deeds, documents, manuscript maps and plans, and printed matter, 1814-1904, relating to David Davies and other members of the Davies family of Llwyn, Cardiganshire, and of Ffrwd-fâl (Froodvale) and Rhosybedw, Carmarthenshire.

Miscellaneous deeds relating to Wales, 1600-1653.

Deeds and documents relating to Trimsaran Coal, Iron and Steel Company, [c. 1861]-1872; Ynisarwed Resolven Colliery Company, 1866-1875; and Yniscedwyn Iron, Steel, and Coal Company, 1837-1875; and copies of Court Rolls of the Manor of Evenjobb, Radnorshire, 1798-1851.

Correspondence and papers of Beata Brookes: papers relating to the 1979 Euro-election campaign in North Wales, 1979; correspondence with local Conservative Associations, 1978-1984; North Wales European Constituency Conservative Council papers, 1976-1984; correspondence on European issues, 1979-1988; correspondence with local authorities, 1980-1989; papers relating to charities for the mentally handicapped, 1985-1989; constituency correspondence, 1985-1989; Conservative Party correspondence, 1985-1989; general correspondence, 1979-1987; printed material, 1984-1988; correspondence with Margaret Thatcher, 1984-1987; and correspondence from John Major, 1993.

Approximately a thousand boxes containing files of background information, correspondence with contributors, listeners and viewers, and essential documentation regarding programmes in both English and Welsh for BBC radio and television from the mid 1960s to about 1995.

Tua mil o focsys yn cynnwys ffeiliau o wybodaeth gefndirol, gohebiaeth â chyfranwyr, gwrandawyr a gwylwyr, a dogfennaeth allweddol parthed rhaglenni Cymraeg a Saesneg ar gyfer radio a theledu'r BBC rhwng tua canol y chwedegau hyd at tua 1995.

Records, almost all title deeds, of the estates of the Thelwall family of Bathafarn Park and Llanbedr Hall, Denbighshire, lying manily in that county, but with lands in Flintshire, Merionethshire, Anglesey, Chester and Lancashire, 1483-1864, and papers relating to the Frodsham charity, Cheshire, 1815-1841.

Deeds, 1298-1837, relating to North Wales, notably to the manor of Gogarth, Caernarfonshire.

Archive contains material relating to Baroness Randerson's political career as a member of Cardiff City and Council councils, and as a Member of the National Assembly for Wales, along with material relating to the Federal Liberal Democrats and Welsh Liberal Democrats.

Political papers of Baroness Eluned Morgan relating to her work as a Labour member of the House of Lords and a Labour member of the National Assembly for Wales, subsequently the Welsh Parliament.

Barmouth Harbour Trust records, including minute books, 1852-1930; financial records, 1848-1930; correspondence, 1863-1920; and deeds relating to Barmouth, 1797-1920.

Papers, ca. 1849-1940, relating to the Barker family of Carmarthen and comprise a transcript, 1818 and 1838, by the Reverend John Crawford Barker of a memoir of his father, the Reverend William Higgs Barker, master of Carmarthen Grammar School, 1767-1796, and vicar of St Peter's, Carmarthen, 1796-1816; and a journal of a tour in Switzerland and Italy, 1863, by the Reverend Alleyne Higgs Barker, vicar of Rickmansworth and grandson of the Reverend William Higgs Barker, with comments, maps, sketches, photographs, related press cuttings, etc. added at a later date.

Family papers and estate records, 1370-1941, of the Baker-Gabb family of The Chain, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, and their antecedents, mainly deeds and documents relating to lands in Monmouthshire and Herefordshire, mainly from the second half of the sixteenth century, when the Bakers first appear as stewards of the lordship of Abergavenny, including deeds relating to the town and castle of Abergavenny, the Priory of Abergavenny, and the Priory of Llanthony Prima; records of the following Monmouthshire manors: Cwmyoy, Llanthony, Stanton, Redcastle, Oldcastle, Triley, Abergavenny, Ewyas Lacy, Crickhowell, Hothneslade, and Newton or St Margaret's from 1632 onwards, including court books, perambulations and rentals; a breviary in the English style of the fourteenth-fifteenth century (NLW MS 16147A); papers relating to David Lewis, Catholic bishop of Llandaf, including his speech at the place of his execution, 1679; and diaries etc. of John Baker Gabb, private chamberlain to Pope Leo XIII, 1859-1892; a poll of burgesses of Monmouth, Newport and Usk, 1715, and material on the genealogy of the Baker Gabb family. -- Many of the letters and deeds belong to the solicitor's practice established by Thomas Gabb in 1760.

Records of the Welsh estates of the dukes of Beaufort, earlier the earls of Worcester and William Herbert, earl of Pembroke (d. 1469), including records for the Breconshire lordships of Crickhowell, from 1382, and Tretower, from 1532; ministers' accounts for Monmouthshire lordships from 1387 and manorial records for the lordship of Chepstow, from 1568, Monmouth, from 1416, Porthgaseg, from 1262, Raglan, from 1364, Treleck, from 1508, and for the lordship of Usk, from 1517; records for the Seignory of Gower and Kilvey from 1366 and for the borough and manor of Swansea, 1657-1835; deeds from the 13th cent.relating to the Badminton estate in Monmouthshire, Breconshire and in Gower, Glamorganshire; records from the 16 cent. relating to the coal and iron industries in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan; and estate management records including rentals, 1638-1933, accounts of rent arrears, 1669-1839, bailiffs, collectors and stewards' accounts, 1652-1858, and registers of leases, 1629-1918.

Deeds, 1243-1801 (mainly 1550-1700) relating to the Bachymbyd and Rug portions of the estate, but mainly the former, rentals, 1669-1933, maps, plans, surveys, etc., mainly 1750 onwards, and letters, 1545 onwards; ministers' accounts and receiver generals' accounts of the Devereux family, lord Ferrers, 1404-1409, 1525-1551, a grant from Owain Glyn Dwr, 1392, legal papers in a cause in Chancery relating to the ownership of the estate, 1674-1677, and Civil War papers, including the papers of William Salesbury, the royalist Governor of Denbigh castle 1643-1646.

Papers, [1880s]-1980, of or relating to the artist Augustus John comprising letters from Augustus John to miscellaneous recipients, including over eight hundred and forty letters to his second wife Dorelia McNeill; letters to Augustus John from family, friends and miscellaneous individuals; letters from Ida John (née Nettleship), first wife of Augustus John, mainly to relatives and friends; letters to Dorelia McNeill from miscellaneous correspondents; and other correspondence of the John and Nettleship families; sketchbooks, 1908-[mid 1920s], of Augustus John; drafts of autobiographical writings by Augustus John which would later be published as Chiaroscuro (London, 1952) and the posthumous Finishing Touches (London, 1964); miscellaneous family papers of the John and Nettleship families; catalogues of Augustus John's papers; and a volume of poems, [c. 1909], of Arthur Symons, composed during his period of madness and transcribed by his amanuensis Agnes Tobin.

Typescript drafts and proofs of Augustus John's first volume of memoirs, Chiaroscuro: Fragments of Autobiography (London: Jonathan Cape, 1952), [1950]-1951; working manuscripts, typescripts and editorial correspondence relating to the follow-up volume, published posthumously under the title Finishing Touches (London: Jonathan Cape, 1964), [1950x1952]-[early 1960s]; and other miscellaneous autobiographical fragments, [c. 1950], [?1959].

Deeds collect by J. Augusta Berry, mainly relating to properties in Glamorgan, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, 1753-1865.

Family and estate records, [1165 x 1187]-1946, of the Lloyd family of Aston Hall, near Oswestry, Shropshire, and Foxhall, Denbighshire, and of the Harvey family of Rolls Park, Essex, including title deeds of the Aston Hall and Foxhall estates, mainly in Shropshire and Denbighshire, [1165 x 1187]-1946; cellar books, 1794-1849, game books, 1828-64; over 8,000 family and estate letters, 1642-[c.1906], with over 5,000 addressed to Louisa Lloyd; and records of Shropshire manors including Aston, 1281-1853, Sandford, 1337-1645, Middleton, 1407-1413, Whittington, 1283-1890, and Kinnerley, 1369-1505.

Records of the Association of Welsh Local Authorities, 1928-1976, including minutes of annual meetings, 1952-1973; minutes of council meetings, 1952-1973; cash books, 1958-1973; administration papers, 1953-1976, papers relating to the withdrawal of railway services in Wales, 1962-1970; and subject files, 1952-1974, relating the interests and activities of the Association, such as water resources, transport, education, and the Welsh economy.

The fonds consists of administrative records and accounts, 1974-1998, of the Association of Visual Artists in Wales, formerly the Association of Artists and Designers in Wales, comprising material relating to both its national and regional activities.