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The file comprises miscellaneous ephemera including a cricket first day cover, an order of service for a service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral from victory in Europe during the Second World War, a message from Field Marshall Montgomery to be read out to troops in 1944 and an order of service of thanksgiving for the translation of the Bible into Welsh, held in 1988.

Original file of letters, numbered 1-136, from 151385 Lieut, later Captain, Geoffrey Woolley, RA, 118 Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Reg. (June 1944-May 1945), later 151385 Captain Geoffrey Woolley, RA, Q Branch, HQ 8 Corps, BLA (May-Oct. 1945; gap 27 Aug.-26 Oct. inclusive), mainly from France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Includes descriptions of the welcome in liberated areas of France and 'A-' [Antwerp?] (July-Sept. 1944); mention of Maurice Turnbull's death (22 Aug.); in the Netherlands, including billets in Dutch farmhouses and houses (Sept. 1944-Jan. 1945), and "an excellent house ... The owner, who is now in prison, was chief local collaborator with the Germans" (2 Feb.); implied invasion of Germany, "no nice baths or friendly people at the moment" (25 Feb.), "all the civilians I have seen are certainly better nourished than people we've seen in several other countries" (27 Feb.); meeting the Friends' Ambulance Unit (6 March); Rhine crossing (7 April); "Yesterday my battery found close on 600 British prisoners in a small village, & gathered them in ... the Arnheim boys full of life, but some of the 1940 prisoners almost skeletons. All said the Red Cross parcels kept them alive" (19 April); Hitler's death, "Yes, Donitz is a surprise successor - probably chosen to raise morale in Hamburg, Keil, Lubech etc" (2 May); VE Day (8 May); transfer to staff job as PA to the Administrative & Quartering Brigadier in the Schleswig-Holstein District (17 May); and "Well, another war over, - in fact, no wars at all at the moment" (16 Aug.). Also several field service post cards; copies of printed messages from Dwight Eisenhower, SHAEF, and Montgomery, commander-in-chief of 21 Army Group, and a five-franc "occupation franc" note, sent home 23 June 1944.

Printed material, including The London Gazette, 1 Dec. 1944, containing (p. 5532) notice of the intention of Williams, his wife and children to assume the surname Rees-Williams in lieu of Williams; The London Gazette, 14 July 1950, containing (p. 3622) notice of Lt-Col David Rees William-Rees's barony as Baron Ogmore, of Bridgend in the co. Glam.

Letters from his mother, usually at Rhyd Hall, Tredegar, often written weekly, with occasional postscripts from his father.

Loose leaves of a manuscript diary extracted from a ring binder (discarded), with the 75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, part of 11th Armoured Division, 6 June-17 Sept. 1944, including notes on landing in Normandy (18 June), crossing the Belgian frontier (3 Sept.), and the start of Operation Garden (17 Sept.). Also the loose leaves of a narrative diary, 9 May-11 June, 15-16 Sept., 9 Oct.-20 Nov. 1944, 20 Jan.-10 Feb. 1945, found loose in the same ring binder.

File comprises a speech entitled "Christ and Work" given during Christ and Life Week" on 4 May 1944 in Swansea.

Letters, numbered 231-232, 234-255, 255a, 256-264, from Geoffrey Woolley of 118 Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, apparently stationed at Grimston near Withernsea on the Holderness coast, co. York (see no. 231).

Correspondence relating to stuffed kites and eggs in museum collections, 1944-1957; annual nest records, 1902-1932, extracted from Dr J. H. Salter's manuscript notebook (now NLW MS 14454B) by William Condry, 1951; and notes and extracts re. Welsh kites, including by William Condry, J. A. Walpole-Bond, E. Cambridge Phillips, C. H. Gowland, the British Ornithologists' Club, the RSPB; copies of correspondence re. eggs, 1932-1947; general British references from published books and articles, 1903-1939; and British county records from published books and articles, 1799-1949. Most of the typed pages are marked 'Wales/278'.

Letters, unnumbered, from Major Geoffrey Woolley RA of Q Branch, HQ, 8 Corps District, B.A.O.R., all with army or field post office postmarks. In August he was stationed at Plön Castle.

Letters from his father, usually from Rhyd Hall, Tredegar, usually written weekly, and usually with postscripts from his mother. Includes descriptions of VE and VJ celebrations in Tredegar, also the 1945 general election, including the death of Leslie Ruthven Pym, MP for Monmouth. Also a loose letter dated 11 March 1951 (no. 159), and an undated picture of W. D. Woolley, 'president of the society', torn out of a Tredegar publication. Gap Sept. 1945-Feb. 1951 inclusive.

Letters from his mother, Jan.-Aug. 1945, usually from Rhyd Hall, Tredegar, usually written weekly, with occasional postscripts from his father. Also three loose letters, dated 5 Oct. 1947, 11 March 1951, and 'Friday night'.

Volume containing a narrative diary, 18 Sept.-20 Nov. 1945. Also contains further loose diary entries, 6 May-15 July 1945, covering the German surrender, probably comprising the pages torn out of the front of the volume.

Includes newspaper cuttings related to Welsh issues, notes on election results between 1951 and 1955, various lists etc.

Naw llythyr, 1970 a heb ddyddiad, yn Gymraeg, oddi wrth yr Athro J. R. Jones at aelodau o'i deulu, ynghyd â llythyr ato gan yr Athro Richard I. Aaron, 1945.

File comprises loose newspaper cuttings related to Lord MacDonald's career and interests.

Binder containing a loose-leaf manuscript diary.

File contains material for a film on Scottish universities and for the film "The half century".

Miscellaneous Newfoundland correspondence including Lady MacDonald, a letter from Peter J Cashin to Clement Attlee regarding restoration of responsible government, letters from judges, Clement Attlee and an anonymous letter from an individual alleging that they were pressured by the Catholic church to vote for responsible government.

File of typed speeches including those given to St Johns Rotary Club in Newfoundland, a letter sent to to Harry G Walgrove at the Liverpool Daily and Liverpool Echo and speeches given to George St Church, St Johns and the Canadian Club of Ottawa.