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Contains correspondence between Harri Webb and John Legonna on a number of subjects including the publication of 'Cilmeri', Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Mebyon Kernow.

File contains leaflets circulated to members of the Welsh Liberal Democrats who attended a special conference to decide on whether to form a coalition government with Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Conservatives following elections to the National Assembly for Wales held in 2007.

Speech notes, reports and correspondence relating to a Labour Party special conference held 5 July 2007 to discuss a proposed coalition with Plaid Cymru.

Administrative papers of Plaid Cymru National Left/Chwith Genedlaethol including agendas, minutes, motions, correspondence, along with publications discussion papers.

Correspondence between John Legonna, figures in the Welsh, Breton and Celtic nationalist, socialist and literary communities, contributors and subscribers to 'Cilmeri', publishers, periodicals, banks, family and friends, concerning a wide range of political, literary and personal matters, especially the production and content of 'Cilmeri' and other publications, the New Nation Group, Plaid Cymru, Welsh republican groups, nationalist and socialist movements in Wales and other Celtic countries, the Celtic League and pan-Celtic politics, and Legonna's personal problems and arrangements at the end of his life, including his intended writing projects, together with articles, poems and reviews intended for publication in 'Cilmeri', including a curriculum vitae of Olier Mordrel, and also related press cuttings and lists of books available from Club Leabhar (the Highland Book Club).

Forty-seven letters, 1924-6, from Saunders Lewis to Margaret Gilcriest. Early letters, 1924, discuss marriage and his family's opposition to Margaret because she was a Catholic. Later letters, 1926, to Margaret at Holyhead, contain references to the first Plaid Cymru Summer School at Machynlleth. Included is a letter to Margaret, 1924, from Ellen Thomas, Saunders Lewis's aunt.

Political correspondence and papers of Ted Spanswick, 1957-1994, relating in particular to Plaid Cymru, the EEC and the anti-Common Market campaign. Further papers not yet catalogued.

Messages from Saunders Lewis, D. J. Williams and Lewis Valentine to the Welsh Nationalist Party newspaper Y Ddraig Goch, September 1937, following their release from prison after serving a sentence for the arson attack at the bombing-school at Penyberth; together with a note from Lewis Valentine to Morris T. Williams and his wife, Kate Roberts.

File comprises assorted Plaid Cymru publications including: Wales Against Conscription; A Trade Union Congress for Wales; The Welsh Political Tradition; Political Policing in Wales; Llawlyfr Canghennau Plaid Cymru; Dyma Plaid Cymru; Save Cwm Tryweryn for Wales along with other related booklets and pamphlets including Maniffesto Adfer, and a poster "Dim boddi Dulas/Hands off Dulas".

The file comprises election ephemera related to Plaid Cymru candidates in parliamentary elections including Vic Davies in Rhondda West (1966), Errol Jones in Pontypridd (1970), Hywel ap Robert in Ceredigion (1970), Edward Merriman in Ogmore (1970), Dafydd Wigley in Merioneth (1970), Carwyn James in Llanelli (1970), as well as a leaflet by Dafydd Elis Thomas campaigning for the role of Vice-President of Plaid Cymru and some handwritten drafts of election addresses.

The archive comprises election ephemera, including election addresses, posters, drafts of election material, mostly for Plaid Cymru candidates for UK Parliament and local elections, along with some ephemera related to anti-nuclear weapons and anti-nuclear power campaigns and Plaid Cymru publications.

Llythyr, 24 Chwefror 1963, oddi wrth Emyr Llew[elyn] Jones, Llandysul, at ddisgyblion chweched dosbarth Ysgol Ardudwy, Harlech, yn eu mysg William H. Owen, i ddiolch am eu llythyr yn cefnogi ei safiad, ar ôl iddo danio ffrwydryn ar safle adeiladu argae Tryweryn ar y 10 Chwefror. Cafodd ei arestio yn fuan wedi'r digwyddiad, a'i ryddhau ar fechnïaeth ar y 21 Chwefror. = A letter, 24 February 1963, from Emyr Llew[elyn] Jones, Llandysul, to sixth-form students at Ysgol Ardudwy, Harlech, including William H. Owen, thanking them for their letter supporting his action in detonating an explosive device at the construction site of the Tryweryn dam on 10 February. He had been arrested soon after the incident but was released on bail on the 21 February.
Mae'r llythyr hefyd yn trafod safbwynt Plaid Cymru a Gwynfor Evans tuag ato, ac yn cymeradwyo'n llwyr eu penderfyniad i ymatal rhag ei gefnogi yn gyhoeddus. = The letter also discusses the stance of Plaid Cymru and Gwynfor Evans towards him and fully endorses their decision to refrain from supporting his actions publicly.

Correspondence and plans related to speaking arrangements in north Wales for the 1950 General Election, including letters from Eirene White in Flintshire, Meirionydd and notes on the strength of Plaid Cymru.

A draft of 'Y Blaid Genedlaethol a Marxiaeth', an address by Saunders Lewis to the Caernarfonshire Conference of the Welsh Nationalist Party, 26 February 1938; and other miscellaneous papers, 1922-89.

The archive comprises the papers of Jill Evans, mostly produced and accumulated in the course of her work as a Member of the European Parliament for Plaid Cymru between 1999 and 2020 and include material relating to various campaigns on employment, the environment, women's issues, food standards, international development, the Iraq war, the Welsh language and Catalonia.

Papers of Aber Research, an organisation founded by the donor to conduct opinion polls and gather statistical information on behalf of Plaid Cymru during the 1990s, including a background paper, opinion poll reports, General Election statistical reports, correspondence, press cuttings and related documents.

File comprises scripts fr Patrick Hanna's contributions to a BBC Radio 4 programme entitled 'In Britain Now', where journalists from the 'regions' of the UK spoke on various topics . The topics covered by Patrick Hannan from Wales included devolution, Gwynfor Evans, the coal industry, miners' strikes, the clean up after coal, Plaid Cymru, Wales as a nation, the European Economic Community (EEC) and industrial illnesses notably pneumoconiosis. The file also contains typed transcripts of the programme which include contributions from correspondents in other parts of the UK.

Seventy-three letters in Welsh, 1923-83, from the novelist and short-story writer Kate Roberts to Saunders Lewis, reflecting the growth of Kate Roberts as a writer and the early recognition and constant encouragement shown to her in her literary career by Saunders Lewis. Other matters discussed include the activities of the Welsh Nationalist Party mainly before 1945 and the state of Welsh literature in general during the period of the correspondence.

Series contains papers relating to the national and local organisation of Plaid Cymru including material related to conferences, the Meirionydd Nant Conwy regional committee, internal elections and policy.

Archive relating to Elfyn Llwyd's activities as MP for Meirionydd Nant Conwy and Dwyfor Meirionydd and as a member of Plaid Cymru. the archive contains material relating to Parliamentary work including committee work and legislative scrutiny, local and national party arrangements, speeches and correspondence.