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Further printed ephemera, mainly 1999, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany, including papers relating to Ni Hon-Unan formed in 1998, notably photocopies of press cuttings, 1998-9, assembled by the movement, newsletters, February-April 1999, and a leaflet published for the European Elections, 13 June 1999; together with a programme of the Lorient Interceltic Festival, August 1999.

Further printed ephemera, 1995-1999, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany, including Keltia Musique, a catalogue of Breton and Celtic music, 1999, and Adsa, no. 2, July-August 1999, a newspaper featuring cultural issues in Brittany; together with a booklet published in 1998 concerning protected plants in Les Monts d'Arrée, Finistère.

Further printed ephemera in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany, including two printed poems 'Euskadiz' and 'Diwar menezioù ma bro' by Yann-Fañch Kemener, 1986; photocopies of articles published in Le Peuple Breton, 1972-3, concerning the imprisonment of Welsh language campaigners; press cuttings relating to the Rugby World Cup held in Wales in 1999; together with a disk containing a study by Christian Le Bras, April 1994-May 1996, produced with financial support from the Institut Culturel de Bretagne, entitled 'Languages celtiques at télévision: dynamique et développements Bretagne: bout du tunnel ou morte lente'.

Further printed ephemera, mainly 1999-2000, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational, environmental and political activities in Brittany, including a pamphlet, with a bibliography, published to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the writer Youenn Drezen (1899-1972); a pamphlet, Le Voyage du Sant Efflam, giving an account of the construction of the coracle and its voyages around the Celtic countries, 1997-8; together with copies of the cultural newspaper Adsa, nos 3-6, September/October 1999-May/June 2000.

Further printed ephemera, mainly 2000, in French and Breton, accumulated by the late Hervé Person (Tud Diwar Ar Maez), relating to cultural, educational, environmental and political activities in Brittany, including a paper 'Les perspectives de l'agriculture en Bretagne', from a special session held 25 January 2000 by the Economic and Social Council of Brittany; a leaflet advertising the twenty-third film festival at Douarnenez, August 2000; together with copies of the cultural newspaper Adsa, July, August and October/November 2000; and a compact disc, 2000, in honour of Glenmor (Milig ar Skañv, 1931-1996), containing recordings of his poems, performed by various artists, which has been transferred to the Sound and Moving Image Collection (CD 1188).

Papers relating to the Reverend Caradoc Jones (1875-1969), Rhosllannerchrugog, who went to Paimpol in Brittany in 1920 under the auspices of the Pioneer Mission and remained there until his retirement in 1967. The papers include some 75 letters, 1937-1968, written by Caradoc Jones to Eirene Stephens together with a summary list prepared by her of these, other documents and photographs of Paimpol; her correspondence, 1978-1979, with The National Library of Wales; together with publications of Caradoc Jones and concerning him, an article, 'The Gospel in Brittany', reprinted from The Christian, 25 November 1937; an account 'Holding the fort at Paimpol' by Rev. Caradoc Jones published in The Pioneer Review, April-June 1940, Winifred M. Pearce, Knight in royal service: a brief biography of the Rev. Caradoc Jones (London, 1962); and a newsletter, March 1969, from the Pioneer Mission, containing his obituary.