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Newspaper cuttings, 1967-1989, including the results of the devolution referendum, March 1979; demonstrations by Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg at Conservative Associations' offices in Ruthin, Feb. 1985, and Caernarfon, Jan. 1986, and D. Elwyn Jones' subsequent appearance in court as a witness, April 1986; as well as numerous cuttings of letters by D. Elwyn Jones published in the press. Also included are some photographs, including one of D. Elwyn Jones with Margaret Thatcher, 1985, together with invitation cards, receipts, etc.

The file includes correspondence between Ffred Ffrancis, Chairman of Cymdeithas Yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society), and Hywel I Evans concerning the Welsh language in the curriculum, 1988-1991.

Three files of correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other papers, 1969-1984, compiled by Raymond Garlick in support of the 1970s campaign of non-violent direct action concerning the status of the Welsh language, in which his wife and children were involved. The files contain papers relating to the use of Welsh during court proceedings involving protesters, and in prisons (ff. 1-133) and the actions of the police during various protests and court appearances (ff. 134-219) as well as general documents and correspondence (ff. 220-343).
The correspondents include various judges and court officials (ff. 1, 11-12, 42-44, 65-66, 70, 74, 82-83, 104, 111, 208, 224), the Home Office (ff. 2-5, 56-58, 75), the National Council for Civil Liberties (ff. 6-7, 101, 173, 183, 261-262, 318-319), the Lord Chancellor’s office (ff. 9-10, 29, 34-38, 45-48, 94, 310-313), the Law Society (ff. 20-28, 102-103), Dyfed-Powys Constabulary (ff. 134-148, 184-185, 191, 210-212), South Wales Constabulary (ff. 149-151, 186-188, 193-195, 197-200), Gwynedd Constabulary (ff. 152-156, 177, 180, 182, 204-205), Manchester and Salford Police (ff. 169-171), the BBC (ff. 324-334, 336-337), newspapers including the Times and the Western Mail (ff. 49-50, 52, 54, 68-69, 73, 84, 107-108, 110, 116, 119, 121, 172, 196, 226, 234), and Welsh members of parliament including Gwynoro Jones (ff. 59-60, 178-179, 181, 201-203, 309) and Tom Ellis (ff. 117, 258, 268-271, 280-282). Also included are papers relating to the memorandum on the workings of the Welsh Language Act (1967) submitted to Lord Justice Edmund Davies in 1972 by the National Council for Civil Liberties (ff. 263-300, 303-304, 314-317). Other items of interest are letters in Welsh, from Dafydd Iwan, 5 June 1969, concerning the demonstration against Prince Charles’s attendance at the Urdd eisteddfod (f. 220) and from Iestyn Garlick to his parents, 19 April 1972, while on remand at H.M. Remand Centre, Cardiff (f. 252).

Ninety-four letters, 1919-1984, in Welsh and English, to Saunders Lewis from various correspondents, together with a few draft letters from Saunders Lewis and four letters to Margaret Lewis, written during her husband's imprisonment in 1937. Subjects discussed include Welsh nationalism, the award of DLitt honoris causa to Saunders Lewis, the Welsh Burial Grounds issue, 1928, and literary topics; enclosures include a copy of a draft constitution and articles of agreement, 1934, relating to self-government for Wales (ff. 161-95). Among the main correspondents are Edward Glyn Jones (13) 1919-28, Robert Williams Parry (14) 1927-44, John Arthur Price (5) 1928, E. Prosser Rhys (3) 1927-9, D. J. Williams, Fishguard (7) 1948-67, and Griffith John Williams (3) 1935-56.

The file comprises papers relating to Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg