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Papers, 1955, 1979-1982, of Dr Edward Lewis Ellis (1922-2008), senior lecturer in History at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, relating to his research for his biography of Dr Thomas Jones CH published as T.J. : A Life of Doctor Thomas Jones, CH (Cardiff, 1992). The correspondents include A. J. Sylvester, 1979 and Eirene White, 1978 and 1979.

Letters from Evan Walters concerning art, social and personal matters, together with notes, press cuttings and articles about him, and related exhibition catalogues and invitations, as well as material relating to the portrait of Winifred Coombe Tennant painted by Walters in 1950, including press cuttings, notes, and her correspondence with artists and friends.

Th file comprises correspondence received by Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans during the First world War period inlcuding letters sent to him at Downing Street, the Cbinet Office and the Treasury. Correspondents include Thomas Strong, Dean of Christ Church Oxford, Thomas Jones CH and A. J. Sylvester. It also contains letters sent to Sir Guildhaume's future wife, Elizabeth Watkin, while she was working as a private secretary to David Lloyd George.

Includes letters from G. W. Kitchin (2), J. Romilly Allen (6), Llewellyn Harris, H. Elvet Lewis, Standish H. O'Grady, E. Ray Lankester (enclosing a letter from J. F. Payne), W. M. Ramsay (9), Samuel R. Gardiner (2), A. W. Moore, E. B. Tylor, Gervas Powell Glyn, Hugo Schuchardt, Alfred Daniell (2), Alfred Trübner Nutt, P. M. C. Kermode (4), Edward Clodd, Joseph Anderson (4), Frederick York Powell, J. M. Joass, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, George G. T. Treherne, Thomas Jones, Owen Owen (2), Alltud Eifion, W. A. Craigie, Arthur G. Langdon (4), David Patrick, Charles Plummer, Alfred Hayes, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, W. R. Paton, Thomas Callister, Henry Nettleship, G. Hartwell Jones (7), W. Cadwaladr Davies, Donald Mackinnon, Edward Anwyl, J. Fisher, Herbert Maxwell, William J. McCloskey, J. H. Davies, J. A. Stewart, and Charles Elton.

The file includes letters from Ellis Edwards, Y Bala, 1908-1910 (2), J. Hugh Edwards, 1912, Annie J. Ellis, Aberystwyth, 1903, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, 1916, C. Silvester Horne, 1905 and Dr. Thomas Jones CH

The file includes letters from O. H. Fynes-Clinton (4), Alfred T. Davies, Thomas Allen Glenn, Richard Griffith ('Carneddog'), J. Gwili Jenkins ('Gwili'), Major Edgar R. Jones MP, Henry Haydn Jones (2), Dr Thomas Jones CH, Owen Griffith Owen ('Alafon'), and Alfred Neobard Palmer (7).

Gohebiaeth a chopïau o ohebiaeth, 1929-1944, yn bennaf rhwng Swyddfa Ranbarthol Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr, a leolwyd yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor, a Choleg Harlech, ynghyd â gohebiaeth oddi wrth bencadlys Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr yn Llundain (prif ohebydd Ernest Green, ysgrifennydd cyffredinol y Gymdeithas) at y Swyddfa Ranbarthol a gohebiaeth rhwng y Swyddfa Ranbarthol a darpar-fyfyrwyr Coleg Harlech. Bu'r Swyddfa Ranbarthol dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Robert (Silyn) Roberts hyd ei farwolaeth ar 15 Awst 1930, pryd y cymerwyd yr awennau gan Mary Silyn Roberts. Bu cysylltiad agos erioed rhwng Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr a Choleg Harlech hyd nes, yn 2001, fe gyfunwyd y ddau fudiad. Prif ohebwyr Coleg Harlech yw'r warden, Ben Bowen Thomas, a'r cadeirydd, Dr Thomas Jones. Sefydlwyd yr ysgoloriaeth a gyfeirir ati gan Dr Thomas Jones yn ei lythyr dyddiedig 25 Tachwedd 1934 er cof am ei fab, Elphin Lloyd Jones, a fu farw trwy ddamwain yn ddeuddeg oed (gweler, er enghraifft, Eirene White Papers yn LlGC). = Correspondence and copies of correspondence, 1929-1944, primarily between the District Office of the Workers' Educational Association, located at the University College of Wales, Bangor, and Coleg Harlech, together with correspondence from the Workers' Educational Association headquarters in London (main correspondent Ernest Green, general secretary of the Association) to the District Office and correspondence between the District Office and prospective Coleg Harlech students. The District Office was under the secretaryship of Robert (Silyn) Roberts until his death on 15 August 1930, after which the rôle was taken over by Mary Silyn Roberts. A close alliance had always existed between the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) and Coleg Harlech, the two bodies eventually merging in 2001. Coleg Harlech's primary correspondents are its warden, Ben Bowen Thomas, and its chairman, Dr Thomas Jones. The scholarship referenced by Dr Thomas Jones in his letter dated 25 November 1934 was established in memory of Dr Jones' son, Elphin Lloyd Jones, who died in an accident aged twelve years old (see, for example, Eirene White Papers at NLW).

Letters, 1933-1953, mainly from David Astor (b. 1912) to Dr Thomas Jones C. H. (1870-1950).

Correspondents include Lady Megan Lloyd George, Robert Graves, Gerald Hayes (6), Barbara Hepworth (2), R. T. and Myfanwy Jenkins (3), David Jones (5), Jack Jones (3), and Dr Thomas Jones (8).

Miscellaneous, unrelated letters, 1822-1924, on a variety of topics. Most of the early letters are addressed to recipients at Aberystwyth (including a number written to David Edwards). A number of the later letters are addressed to Sir John Ballinger. The correspondents include: J. Gwynoro Davies, 1903, O. M. Edwards, 1895, Annie J. Ellis, 1899, Thomas Edward Ellis (2), 1895-1896, Sir E. Vincent Evans, 1922, E. W. Evans, Frondirion, Dolgellau, 1917, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, 1899, J. O. Francis, 1914, H. C. Fryer, 1892, M. H. Jones, 1915, Dr Thomas Jones CH, 1919, John Owen, Bishop of St Davids, undated, Alfred Neobard Palmer, 1897, Sir John Williams, 1915, [Professor] Mary Williams, undated, and W. Llewelyn Williams, 1918.

The file contains a characteristic mingling of personal and professional letters, many relating to political events and the proceedings of the House of Lords. Some letters refer to a ceremony at Rhymney during April 1990 to unveil a plaque to commemorate Thomas Jones's name, and others to the re-publication of his Rhymney Memories. A few concern preparations for the 1992 National Eisteddfod at Aberystwyth. The correspondents include Eric, Lord Ashby (2), 1990-1991, Robert, Lord Blake, 1990, HRH, Charles, Prince of Wales, 1990, Tam Dalyell MP, 1990, Derek, Lord Ezra, 1991, Emlyn, Lord Hooson, 1990, Barry Jones MP, and Sir Wyn Roberts, 1990.

Thirty-four letters, etc., from [the Reverend] J[ames] Spinther James [Baptist minister and historian], Llandudno, 1906 (3) (information concerning [the Reverend] David Jones [Baptist minister], ob. 1792, his wife Hannah, and his connection with [the Reverend] P[eter] W[illiams, Methodist cleric, ob. 1796] and the publication of the 'Beibl bach' [a Welsh edition of the 'Little Bible' of John Canne] in 1790, biographical notes on Lewis Richards of Llanbadarnfawr [co. ], who emigrated to America, and became co-founder and pastor of a Baptist church in Baltimore, 1785), [the Reverend] J[ohn] D[aniel] James, Cadoxton Vicarage, Neath, 1906 (a record of the burial at Cadoxton in 1820 of the Rev[erend] W[illia]m Williams, vicar of the parish, 1814-1820), R[obert] T[homas] Jenkins [head of the Department (aft. professor) of Welsh History], University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1936 (information required by the writer concerning the connection between [the Reverend] Peter Williams [Methodist cleric, ob. 1796] and Pibwr [Lwyd, co. Carmarthen], and concerning a supposed biography of [the Reverend] William Williams [ob. 1820, curate of St. Gennys, Cornwall, in the late 18th century], the writer's work on the Moravians in North Wales [The Moravian Brethren in North Wales, being vol. XLV of Y Cymmrodor, 1938]), Catherine Jones, Aberdovey, [19]03 (2) (information concerning the descendants of Jane Thomas of Lower Court Farm [parish of Llanfihangel Abercywyn, co. Carmarthen], sister of the Reverend Thomas Charles), Charles W. F. Jones [London] and Ipswich, 1907 (2) ( information concerning the Rev[erend] Hezekiah Jones [ob. 1833], the writer's grandfather), [the Reverend] D[avid] Jones [Calvinistic Methodist minister], Rhuddlan, 1911 (financial matters relating to the writer's church at Rhuddlan), E. Clwyd Jones, Rhyl, [19]26 (matters relating to recipient's superannuation benefit), [the Reverend] Edward Jones, Llangynhafal Rectory, 1906 (the date of burial of the Rev[erend] David Hughes (ob. 1817), one time rector of Llangynhafal), Eirene [Lloyd Jones, later White], St. Nicholas-at-Wade, Thanet, [19]25 (the writer's illness, books read during her illness, her opinion that 'Winston [Churchill] can write magnificently', the illness of [her brother] Elphin, the start made by her father [Dr. Thomas Jones, C. H. See below] on 'his history of Wales during the war', an invitation to her father to write 4000 words on Ll[oyd] G[eorge] in the Encyclopaedia Britannica), Eirene T[heodora] Jones [mother of the previous correspondent], St. Nicholas-at-Wade, Westminster, and Gregynog (Newtown), [19]33 (3) (the illness of the writer's husband [Dr. Thomas Jones, C.H. See below] and his stay at Ruthin Castle, their daughter Eirene's travels in the United States of America and Canada, their son Tristan's activities at Balliol [College], Oxford, a meeting of the trustees of the Elphin Memorial Scholarship, a visit by Thomas Jones to Bargoed to see the newly formed occupational centre for the unemployed, the Pilgrim Trust and its connection with the Nat[iona]l Council of Social Service, the undertaking by [Sir] Percy Watkins [Secretary, Welsh Department of the National Council of Social Service, 1933-1938] of visits to the unemployment areas previously undertaken by Thomas Jones, the appointment of new controllers of the Gregynog Press, plans for temporary expansion at Coleg Harlech to accommodate 30 to 40 additional students from amongst the unemployed to be trained as leaders of occupational centres), [the Reverend] J[ohn] Jones, Llandegla Rectory, Mold, 1905 (2) (a note on [the Reverend] Simon Lloyd, curate of Llandegla, 1783-1788), John Jones, Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, 1930 (the illness of the writer's niece), the Rev[erend] J[ohn] D[avid] Jones [Calvinistic Methodist minister], Gellifor, Ruthin, 1913 (2) (plans ? in connection with church buildings), Kitty Idwal Jones, Swansea, undated (personal, the disappearance of the literary MSS. of [the Reverend] Thomas Jones [1756- 1820, Calvinistic Methodist minister]), [the Reverend] M[organ] H[ugh] Jones, Trevecca College, Talgarth, 1907 (enclosing a copy of a letter from [the Reverend] Peter Williams [Methodist cleric], from Caerfyrddyn, to Messures Roberts, Moses, & Co., Trevecca, 1789, relating to the proofs, etc. [of the edition of the Bible which the writer was preparing in conjunction with the Reverend David Jones. See letter from the Reverend James Spinther James above]) (the original Peter Williams letter is now Trevecka Letter 2760 amongst the C.M. archives in the National Library of Wales), the Rev[erend] Richard E. Jones [Calvinistic Methodist minister], from Porthcawl, [19]25 (attempts to build up a Sunday School library in the writer's church at Clydach, near Swansea, the possibility of help from the Rebecca Hussey charity, congratulations to recipient on his great biography [of the Reverend Thomas Charles]), T. Griffith Jones, Llansantffraid, [co.] Mont[gomery], 1916 (a query the writer had received concerning the diary of Richard Tibbott [1719-1798, Calvinistic Methodist exhorter and Congregational minister], which he had sold to recipient), Tom Jones [Dr. Thomas Jones, C.H., Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, 1916- 1930, Secretary of the Pilgrim Trust, 1930-1945], London, 1924-1932 (4) (personal, family news, an offer to recipient of a grant from the Civil List, the distinction [degree of D.Litt.] which the University of Liverpool was about to confer upon recipient in 1932), Tom and Eirene T. Jones [Dr. Thomas Jones, as in the four preceding letters, and his wife], [London] and Sandwich, 1928-1929 (2) (personal), and W[illiam] Garmon Jones, [associate professor of History and] librarian, The University of Liverpool, 1932 (3) (recipient's application to be admitted to the degree of DLitt. of the University).

Holograph letters to William Porter including:- (a) Eleven letters, 1907-1909, from [the Reverend] E[dward] O[wen] Davies, y Bala, Principal Ellis Edwards, The Theological College, Bala, J. C. Evans, The Grammar School, Bala, [the Reverend] J. T. Alun Jones, registrar, The Theological College, Bala, [Professor] A[rchibald] R[obert] S[tirling] Kennedy, Edinburgh and Ford, Dalkeith (3), James Kennedy, Edinburgh, the Reverend John Owen, secretary, The Theological College, Bala, from Liverpool, [Professor] John Owen Thomas [of the Theological College, Bala] from Liverpool, and Evan Williams, Flint, all relating mainly to the recipient's appointment as lecturer in, and subsequently professor of, Hebrew at the Theological College, Bala. (b) Twenty-eight letters from [Professor] F[rancis] C[rawford] Burkitt, Cambridge, [19]06-1907 (4) (recipient's [doctorate] dissertation (see NLW MS 12920E above), the possibility of publishing the work, the degree of D.D. conferred on the writer, a comment on Robert H[atch] Kennett: In Our Tongues . . . (London, 1907)), [Professor] Marcus Dods, Edinburgh, 1902 and undated (2) (advice with regard to preaching), [Professor] E[rnest] Norman Jones [of the Theological College, Aberystwyth] from Three Cocks, Breconshire, and Swansea, [19]26 (8) (personal, college business, grants to students, the death of J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies [principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth], speculation as to whether [Dr.] Tom Jones [Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, 1916-1930] would succeed him), [Professor] T[homas] Gwynn Jones, Aberystwyth, [19]29 (personal, thanks for a copy of Scotsman, the writer's proposed book on Welsh folk-lore), [the Very Reverend] J[oseph] Armitage Robinson, The Deanery, Westminster, 1906 (publication of recipient's [doctorate] thesis), [Professor] W[illiam] B[arron] Stevenson, The University, Glasgow, and The British Museum, 1907-1918 (3) (comments on the town of Bala, suggestions as to the syllabus recipient could follow on taking up his appointment [as the writer's successor at the Theological College, Bala], suggestions as to the classifying and cataloguing of the books in Bala College library, possible means of extending library accommodation at Bala College), and [the Reverend] J[ohn] O[wen] Thomas [previously professor at the Theological College, Aberystwyth] from Barry, Bala, and Abergele, 1926-1928 (9) (personal, recipient's move to the chair of New Testament studies [at the Theological College, Aberystwyth], references to ministerial and academic colleagues).

Llythyrau, 1899-1917, at Robert (Silyn) Roberts oddi wrth yr ysgolhaig, bardd, beirniad a'r golygydd W. J. (William John) Gruffydd (1881-1954), ac un llythyr, 1918, oddi wrth Gwenda Gruffydd, gwraig W. J. Gruffydd. Cyfeirir at yrfa academaidd W. J. Gruffydd yn Rhydychen; ei garwriaeth â'i ddarpar-wraig Gwenda Evans ac â merch o'r enw Winnie, a'i briodas yn y pen draw â Gwenda; "Miss P." (sef Mary Parry, wedyn Mary Silyn Roberts); barddoniaeth, gan gynnwys enghreifftiau o waith W. J. Gruffydd, ac yntau'n holi am farddoniaeth o eiddo Silyn; ei waith golygyddol; crefydd, athroniaeth, gwleidyddiaeth a daliadau personol; a'i gyfnod o wasanaeth yn y llynges, ac yntau'n dyheu am gael gadael. Mae llythyr Gwenda Gruffydd yn cyfeirio at ei brwydr i ryddhau ei gŵr o'r llynges, ac yn erfyn ar ddylanwad Silyn i'w chynorthwyo yn hyn o beth, gyda chefnogaeth 'Tom Jones' (sef, mae'n debyg, Dr Thomas Jones (1870-1955)). Ceir yn ogystal broflen o erthygl dan y teitl 'Addysg yng Nghymru' a ysgrifenwyd gan W. J. Gruffydd ar gyfer Barn Cymru Ieuanc (Rhif 2); llythyr printiedig a ysgrifenwyd gan W. J. Gruffydd i'r newyddlen Y Brython; a llythyr printiedig dan y teitl 'W. J. Gruffydd a'r Hen Feirdd' a anfonwyd gan W. J. Gruffydd at gyhoeddiad nas enwir ac a grybwylla enwau Silyn Roberts ac R. Williams Parry. Ynghyd â thrawsgrifiadau teipysgrif o'r llythyrau a disgrifiad cryno o'r deunydd atodol.
= Letters, 1899-1917, to Robert (Silyn) Roberts from the academic, poet, adjudicator and editor W. J. (William John) Gruffydd (1881-1954) and one letter, 1918, from Gwenda Gruffydd, wife of W. J. Gruffydd. References include W. J. Gruffydd's academic career at Oxford; his courtship of Gwenda (Evans, later his wife), his dalliance with a woman named Winnie, and his eventual marriage to Gwenda; "Miss P." (Mary Parry, later Mary Silyn Roberts); poetry, including examples of work by W. J. Gruffydd and his request to receive some of Silyn's poetry; his editorial work; religion, philosophy, politics and personal theories; and his period in the navy and his longing to leave the service. Gwenda Gruffydd's letter refers to her battle to have her husband released from his naval service, requesting Silyn, with the support of "Tom Jones" (most likely Dr Thomas Jones (1870-1955)) to help bring this about. Together with the proof of an article titled 'Addysg yng Nghymru' ('Education in Wales') written by W. J. Gruffydd for Barn Cymru Ieuanc (No. 2); printed letter written by W. J. Gruffydd for Y Brython newspaper; and a printed letter titled 'W. J. Gruffydd a'r Hen Feirdd' ('W. J. Gruffydd and the Old Poets'), sent by W. J. Gruffydd to an unnamed publication and which references Silyn Roberts and R. Williams Parry. Also included are typescript transcripts of the letters and a brief description of the supplementary material.

Thirty-two holograph letters largely to Peter Williams and/or his wife [Elizabeth] Williams, Brenig View, Tregaron, from D. Davies, Ton, Ystrad, etc., 1901-1913 (biographies of the writer's grandfather, 'Sasiwn' [C.M. Association meetings] at Llangeitho), L. Rhystyd Davies, Brynamman, 1924 ( the health of the recipient [Peter Williams], personal), Evan Evans, Laura Place, Aberystwyth, 1926 (the death of Peter Williams), James D. Evans, Y Tabernacl, Aberystwyth, 1934 (thanks for a parcel), J. Ceredig Evans, Welsh Mission, Shillong, Assam, etc., 1907-1929 (the schooling of the writer's son at New Quay, news from the mission field, the death of Peter Williams, etc.), Morgan [James], Maesycwmmer, [19]37 (personal, reference to Thomas Jones's Rhymney Memories), Joseph Jenkins, Llandovery, [19]26 ( the death of Peter Williams), D. and E. Jones, Patagonia, 1911 (personal), David Jones, Glanyrafonisaf [Tregaron], 1926 (the death of Peter Williams), Evan Jones, Pont l'Abbé, Finistère, 1906-1910 (the success of the writer's mission, subscriptions towards a new meeting-house at Lescouil), W. Jenkyn Jones, Quimper, 1923 (personal), John G[wynfil] Jones, Columbus, Ohio, to his brother and sister, 1889 (personal), M. H. Jones, Penllwyn, 1926 (the death of Peter Williams), Stephen Jones, Bridgend, 1926 (the death of Peter Williams), 'Winnie' [Winifred Jones, Neuaddlas, Tregaron], S. S. City of Venice, at Colombo, 1928 (personal, the writer's voyage to the mission field at Lushai in India), Abraham Morris, Llantarnam, 1926 (the death of Peter Williams), [Sarah Jane Rees] ('Cranogwen'), Llangranog, [19]09 (meetings of ['Undeb Dirwestol Merched y De']), John Rowland, Cardiff, 1926 (the death of Peter Williams), Annie Williams, Milwaukee, Wis., 1891 (personal, thanks for pictures, news of the writer's family), Peter D. Williams, Blaendyffry[n], Sparta, Monroe Co., Wis., 1889-1892 (personal, news of family and friends, accounts of religious services, the writer's farm), [Henry Jones Williams] ('Plenydd'), Chwilog, [19]23 (personal, the writer's health, etc.) (on the dorse of a circular advertising leaflets compiled by the writer on behalf of the temperance movement), and Robert [Williams], The Vicarage, Llandilo, 1914-1926 (the writer's appointment to the archdeaconry of Carmarthen, the death of Peter Williams).

A letter from Margaret Davies concerning the death of Thomas Jones, C.H., together with a copy of the Order of Service used at Gregynog in his memory.

The file contains correspondence between Lady White and the officers of the National Library of Wales discussing the donation of the Dr Thomas Jones CH Papers to the National Library, the publication of a facsimile re-print of Rhymney Memories, the unveiling of the memorial plaque to Dr Thomas Jones at Rhymney in 1990, and the future custody of Lady White's own papers.

Correspondence, notes, reports, certificates, press cuttings and other papers relating to Cyril Fox's professional and personal life, including material collected for his biography and proposed autobiography, comprising: academic and professional correspondence and notes of Cyril Fox, with letters from archaeologists to Aileen Fox, and some family correspondence, 1903-1994; correspondence and notes relating to Cyril Fox's appointments to posts at Magdalene College, the National Museum of Ireland and the National Museum of Wales, 1924; correspondence between Cyril Fox and Methuen publishers concerning archaeological books written by him for them, 1929-1935; correspondence between Cyril Fox, Wilfrid Hemp and others concerning the work of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, with particular reference to archaeological fieldwork, as well as the appointment and pay of senior staff at the Commission, 1927-1952; copies of reports and minutes of meetings at the National Museum of Wales relating to curatorial matters, finances, education, staff members and the new building, and press cuttings and photocopies of articles relating to the Museum and its work, 1926-1990; correspondence between Olive Fox, Cyril Fox and other members of the family, with notes and press cuttings relating to her death, 1931-1933; obituaries and memorials for Cyril Fox and other archaeologists, 1967-1979; photocopies of letters from Cyril Fox to his family, 1951-1961; autobiographical notes by Cyril Fox relating to his working life, with notes and press cuttings relating to The Personality of Britain, [?1930s]-1962; school, Army and university reports, certificates and associated letters relating to Cyril Fox's school life, Army commission, academic qualifications, and honours, 1894-1953; essays on history, literature, art, politics and ideas, some of them in diary form, by Cyril Fox, 1907-1908; poems composed by Cyril Fox, 1903-1909; a diary of an archaeological cruise undertaken by Cyril Fox from Italy through the Adriatic to Greece, together with letters relating to his early life and the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis, as well as family history and publishing contracts, 1903-1981; and correspondence, notes and interviews accumulated by Charles Scott-Fox in the course of preparing his biography of Cyril Fox, including the personal and professional reminiscences of archaeologists, some of them concentrating on Fox's involvement in the Vernacular Architecture Group, 1985-2003.

Papers of Sir Ben Bowen Thomas (1899-1977), educationalist and public servant, comprising autobiographical material on his career, interests and family, 1954-1972; biographical articles and an interview, 1964-1966; letters to his wife and daughter with references to his work with UNESCO and Welsh educational matters, 1947-1960; letters from Dr Thomas Jones and Sir Percy E. Watkins relating to educational issues and Coleg Harlech, 1926-1955; correspondence concerning BBT's work with UNESCO, 1954-1962; miscellaneous correspondence, 1948-1976; addresses and speech notes, 1949-1977; pamphlets, offprints and articles, 1941-1973; research notes on regions and towns of Wales during the 18th and 19th centuries; circulars, articles, reports, etc. relating to education and educational bodies in Wales, 1942-1975, to UNESCO, 1946-1958, and to public and cultural bodies such as the Welsh Language Council, ITA and the Rural Development Board, 1965-1973; McNair Report on the Training of Teachers, 1942-3; memorials, tributes and obituaries of other educationalists; and miscellaneous press cuttings and notes. The archive also includes a collection of sermon notes and exercise books of his grandfather, the Rev. Benjamin Thomas, (1838-1913), a Baptist minister in Ystrad Rhondda, Glamorgan.