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Minutes and administrative papers of the National Executive Committee of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, 1958, 1972-1982; Caernarfonshire branch records, 1943-1983; local groups' correspondence files, 1952-1980; subject files containing correspondence and reports, 1945-1980, including Snowdonia National Park, 1945-1979; industrial development, 1942-1981; roads and transport, 1947-1980; forestry, 1947-1980; caravans and holiday accommodation, 1941-1979; and miscellaneous photographs of architecture, rural landscapes and eyesores, including litter, derelict buildings, and obtrusive signs and aerials.

Papers of Colin A. Gresham, [1524]-1988, including personal papers, 1929-1988; research papers, comprising notes prepared for books and articles, transcripts and photocopies of documents, correspondence with institutions and individuals, and papers concerning the affairs of learned societies and bodies, and offprints of papers by other authors sent to Colin Gresham; and literary papers, including plays and radio scripts, short stories and essays, and drafts of an unpublished autobiography; and miscellaneous papers.

The file consists of letters and papers, 1957-1971, relating mainly to the care of Lloyd George's grave at Llanystumdwy on the banks of the river Dwyfor, but some concern local celebrations of the centenary of Lloyd George's birth in January 1963, a visit to the grave by the Queen and Prince Philip in the following August, and the protest made by the Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales in 1969 against the proposed 'desecration' of the River Dwyfor, a protest with which Frances associated herself. The file includes letters from James Morris (Jan Morris), 1968, and Harold Wilson, 1968.

Papers, letters and publications relating to the Council for the Protection of Rural England and the Council for the Protection of Rural Wales, the preservation of national parks (especially Snowdonia) and other conservation issues in England and Wales, 1952-1977. Also in the series is an album of photographs concerning the dangers facing the English countryside, 1930.

The file comprises correspondence and papers concerning mainly the opposition of the Council for the Protection of Rural Wales to the proposed A55 Relief Road in North Wales.