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Collections of correspondence, papers, cuttings and memoranda relating to Wales. Some Welsh material is so bulky that it forms separate classes, e.g. classes J, K, L relating to the University, National Library, National Museum, Coleg Harlech and the Gregynog Press. The core class H consists of papers relating to the Welsh institutions and organisations to which Thomas Jones was committed. Earliest in time are the papers relating to his service with the Welsh National Memorial Association campaign against TB in Wales and with the Welsh Insurance Commission, 1911-1916. The Welsh Outlook journal and press which he helped to found, dates from the same period. The bulk of the papers relate to social service work, particularly in south Wales, the formation of educational settlements, and the preservation of rural amenities. There is a small collection of material on Welsh education and good deal of rather diffuse documentation on Welsh social and cultural organisations. Some snippets relating to the problems of Wales as a national community have been bound into a single volume. Arranged into: Welsh National Memorial Association (TB), 30 Sept. 1910-10 Dec. 1945 (H 1); Welsh National Insurance Commission, 4 Dec. 1911-21 Dec. 1917 (H 2); Welsh National Insurance Commission and Welsh Board of Health, 1 Jan. 1918-12 June 1952 (H 3); Welsh Outlook, 13 Dec. 1913-3 Sept. 1919 (H 4); Welsh Outlook, 27 Aug. 1923-31 Dec. 1936 (H 5); Carnegie Endowment History of Wales during the War, 8 Feb. 1920-27 June 1929 (H 6); Social Service, South Wales, 9 March 1920-5 Feb. 1934 (H 7); Social Service, South Wales, 16 Feb. 1934-22 July 1953 (H 8); South Wales Settlements, 18 Jan. 1927-July 1952 (H 9); Merthyr Tydfil Settlement, 2 May 1929-29 Nov. 1934 (H 10); Merthyr Tydfil Settlement, 25 Jan. 1935- 2 Dec. 1938 (H 11); Merthyr Tydfil Settlement, 16 March 1939-26 Oct. 1948 (H 12); Welsh Education, General, 16 March 1915-March 1945 (H 13); Educational Facilities, South Wales Coalfield. June 1924-26 July 1933 (H 14); Rural Wales, 3 Aug. 1927-9 April 1949 (H 15); Butlin Camp, Penychain, Llyn, 1 Oct. 1943-2 Sept. 1946 (H 16); Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 30 Nov. 1934-17 March 1947 (H 17); Welsh Institution and Societies, 28 Feb. 1914-28 April 1947 (H 18); Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments, Wales, 10 Aug. 1908-19 Jan. 1948 (H 19); Welsh Cultural Organisations. 25 March 1913-5 March 1953 (H 20); Welsh National Problems. 1918-20 July 1953 (H 21). NB. Later material relating to Wales may be found scattered throughout the collection. See, in particular, class J (University, Library and Museum), K (Coleg Harlech), L (Gregynog Press), R (Gregynog collection), U (Sir Henry Jones collection), V (Sir Percy Watkins collection), and W (General Correspondence). Thomas Jones personal and family papers in classes X, Y and Z also hold much material on Welsh affairs. Note: The South Wales, North Wales and Welsh sections of the W.E.A. papers are bound with the general W.E.A. papers in D 3.

A small number of title deeds and other documents found with the Gogerddan estate records, originating from various estates in Caernarfonshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and miscellaneous counties in Wales, 1562-(Watermark 1887) and two other series relating to estates in Carmarthenshire, 1619-1841, and Merioneth, 1568-1676. With the exception of the Carmarthenshire deeds, it has proved difficult to establish any connections with the Gogerddan estate

The group consists of Wales District minutes and papers, 1916-1998, membership files, 1938-1994, financial papers, 1963-1991, financial ledgers, 1950-1990, and obituaries and memorials, 1936-2002.

The group contains papers relating to the Communist Party of Great Britain Wales District Congress, from the first in 1945 to the last in 1991; including printed congress reports, resolutions and amendments, speeches, notes by Bert Pearce and related documents. The amount of material available for the period before Bert Pearce was Welsh Secretary (pre-1960) is sparse. From 1960 the Congress was held biennially, with some exceptions.

Papers relating top the Walcot estate.

The section comprises records relating to the Cardiff Visual Arts Festival (CVAF), 1987-1992.

Papers relating to the visual arts in Wales, including papers relating to exhibitions serviced by Welsh Arts Council and Oriel gallery exhibitions, 1967-1998; biographical files compiled by the division relating to deceased artists and artists living outside Wales, 1941-2002; and papers relating to client galleries in Wales, [early 1960s]-1995.

Visitation papers, including administrative papers and articles of enquiry, 1938-1979.

Papers relating to the the Archidiaconal visitations, including the Charge, correspondence, citations and lists of venues and dates. The Visitation returns are listed under their own sub-fonds 'Visitation returns'.

Correspondence between Violet Markham (Mrs J. Carruthers) and Thomas Jones, with subsidiary papers. Covering a variety of subjects, personal, social and political, national and international. In 1963, the executors of Miss Violet Markham made available such letters of Thomas Jones as Miss Markham had preserved. The Markham collection had already been bound as volumes T 1-6, and these additional letters are included in three supplementary volumes, T 7-9. With a few listed exceptions, the letters in T 7-9 are all from Thomas Jones. Also included is a little material relating to the Thomas Jones Memorial Fund established after Thomas Jones's death. Arranged into: Correspondence, 4 May 1920-23 Dec. 1938 (T 1); Correspondence, 15 Jan. 1939-23 Dec. 1943 (T 2); Correspondence, 14 Jan. 1944-23 March 1946 (T 3); Correspondence, 4 April 1946-30 Dec. 1948 (T 4); Correspondence, 17 Jan. 1949-29 Dec. 1951 (T 5); Correspondence, 2 Jan. 1952-31 July 1955 (T 6); Correspondence, 1920-1945 (T 7); Correspondence, 1946-1951 (T 8); Correspondence, 1952-1955, Thomas Jones Memorial, 1955-1956 (T 9).

The group consists of various papers, 1905-1999, deriving from the holding of parliamentary and local elections in a number of Welsh constituencies. They have been donated to the Library by various individuals and have thus been retained as single units.