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Correspondence and printed material relating to the annual Goodwill Message sent by the children of Wales to the children of the world.

Typescripts of articles by David Davies, Lord Davies, intended for publication in various local and national newspapers and journals, together with cuttings or copies of the same. The journals include Forward, John Bull, Contemporary Review, and The Nineteenth Century. They cover a wide range of subjects, mainly international, some on domestic politics.

Source materials, 1863-1935, collected for the preparation of a biography of David Davies (1818-90), a draft biography prepared, c. 1900-10, by Goronwy Jones; and correspondence and papers relating to the preparation and publication of the biography by Ivor Thomas in 1937.

The papers, 1928-54, derive from a wide range of business interests including the Dinam Trust Corporation, the Dinam Investment Company, Recess Fisheries, Rogers and Davies Ltd, the Penglais Land Trust, and the Hafren Mobile Cinemas Ltd.

Papers, 1919-1959, relating to financial and taxation issues, including the Cambrian Land Ltd.

Correspondence and papers, 1919-55, relating to various companies and business interests. They include Ocean Coal & Wilsons Ltd., Dinam Estates Co., and Associated Paving Manufacturers.

Miscellaneous title deeds and documents, together with business papers and correspondence.

Business correspondence and papers, and balance sheets, 1909-42, relating to the ranches and the livestock which David Davies owned in Canada, including material concerning investment matters and the Ronda Gold Mines Ltd.

Much of the material relates to the strike and lock out in the coal industry in 1926. Many of the records derive from the Oceal Coal Company, the United National Collieries Ltd., the Bute docks, the South Wales and Monmouthshire Coalowners' Association, Wilson, Sons and Co. Ltd., and Captain J. Glynn-Jones.

Correspondence, papers and financial documents, 1918-56, relating to several commercial companies with which Lord Davies was involved. These include the National Tiles Ltd, the National Stone & Granite Paving Co. Ltd., Cambrian & General Securities Ltd., and the CSC Investment Trust Ltd.

Documents, 1859-1910, mainly relating to David Davies, Llandinam (1818-90), commonly known as 'Top Sawyer', and his son Edward Davies, Llandinam (1852-98).

Notebooks kept by David Davies while he was a history undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge between 1900 and 1903 and a copy of The Cambridge Review.

General correspondence, 1901-29, to David Davies, together with copies of his replies in some cases. They cover a wide range of subjects and issues, mostly political. The important letters penned by prominent politicians and public figures have been noted at file level. Many of the letters from the period 1901-05 were written by David Davies to his relatives and associates while he travelled extensively abroad. Some of the letters from 1917-18 discuss demobilisation or reconstruction in the wake of the First World War.

Letters to David Davies, 1930-31, on a wide range of subjects, mainly political, interspersed with copies of some of his replies. Individual correspondents are noted at file level.

Notebooks kept by David Davies, Lord Davies containing mainly drafts of public speeches and articles, his thoughts on various issues and events, material for his books such as The Problem of the Twentieth Century (1930)

Comprises four pocket notebooks kept by David Davies while a pupil at Merchiston public school near Edinburgh.

Letters, 1929-1933, sent out on behalf of David Davies by his various secretraies, on a wide range of subjects, many on political themes and international relations. Some of the letters concern the role and activities of the New Commonwealth Society and David Davies's various publications on international themes.

Letters, 1918-22, sent out on behalf of David Davies by his various secretaries, on a wide range of subjects. These include agriculture, forestry, demobilisation, and post-war reconstruction. Many of the letters relate to the running of the Gregynog estate. Some letters discuss the internal affairs of the Montgomeryshire Liberal Association.

Letters, 1923-1928, sent out on behalf of David Davies by his various secretaries, on a wide range of subjects. Some of the letters relate to the activities and running of the League of Nations Union set up in 1918, others concern the publication and running of the Welsh Outlook periodical. A few letters concern David Davies's purchase of the Coulin estate in Scotland.