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Papers, 1917-1957, of Winifred Coombe Tennant, mainly relating to 'Gorsedd y Beirdd' and to the National Eisteddfod of Wales. They include correspondence, 1917-1954, concerning the Gorsedd and the National Eisteddfod, her efforts to assist British prisoners of war, 1940-1941, and general interest; minutes, memoranda and reports of various committees associated with Gorsedd y Beirdd, 1922-1954; articles by Winifred Coombe Tennant and other miscellaneous papers, 1918-1947; press cuttings, photographs, postcards, badges and other ephemera, 1917-1954; printed material, including Gorsedd proclamation programmes, 1918-1954, programmes of Gorsedd meetings, 1925-1951, lists of officers and members of the Gorsedd, 1923-1949, 1924-1959, 1947, annual reports of the Eisteddfod Council, 1937-1950, Eisteddfod programmes, 1917-1952, articles and other items relating to Gorsedd y Beirdd and eisteddfodau, 1918-1957.

Correspondence with Welsh artists, art patrons and administrators of art institutions, together with annotated catalogues, ephemera and press cuttings, almost all relating to Winifred Coombe Tennant's activities as a patron of Welsh art and art in Wales. Throughout this group of papers are notes added by Alexander Coombe-Tennant.

Journals of Winifred Coombe Tennant, 1897-1908 (1 vol.) and 1909-55, with her observations on her war work, public life and politics. Peter Lord (editor) used these for Between two worlds: the diary of Winifred Coombe Tennant, 1909-1924 (Aberystwyth, 2011).