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Correspondence, notes and other documents relating to the Ceredigion and Pembroke North Constituency, environmental issues, water quality, the Cardigan bay sea environment, Parliamentary matters, campaigns etc.

Material related to Cynog Dafis' campaign to be elected as President of Plaid Cymru in 2003, including correspondence, articles and related material etc.

Undated handwritten notes, some possibly for speeches, including 'Dangers of mass migration' (on House of Commons letterhead), 'Care for it' [including re. the Hague Conventions, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the limits of force, and the Security Council] (on House of Commons letterhead), 'Complaints of Police behaviour', 1966, 'Discrimination' (on House of Lords letterhead), notes on Doenitz, Schirach and Goering (on House of Lords letterhead).

Papers relating to the loan of an original copy of Magna Carta to the US Congress to mark the bicentennial of the USA, June 1976, and relating to the conferring on Lord Elwyn-Jones of an honorary Doctor of Law degree by Columbia University, Aug. 1976.

12/1) Three folio manuscript pages of Ivor Novello's accounts, one headed 'Income and tax 1927-1945', the other two pages a spread giving fees, salary and expenses for 'Dancing Years', 'Perchance to Dream', 'Play Royalties', 'Music Royalties'.

12/2) A typed list of runs of 'Ivor Novello Shows at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane'.

12/3) Manuscript page of notes headed 'K. G. re Constance's share'. Referencing 'Iris' at the Adelphi Theatre with Gladys [Cooper] and Ivor

12/4) A signed typescript letter to Macqueen-Pope from Leslie Elliott, 16 September 1946, regarding 'lyric written by my late Father'.

12/5) Transcripts of two letters to Ivor Novello from Lily Elsie, with manuscript annotations.

12/6) Unattributed typed twelve-line poem (possibly by Macqueen-Pope) on Ivor Novello’s death ('Dead - but not dead, he surely is immortal').

12/7) Pencil note regarding the sending of a copy of 'Ivor: The Story of an Achievement' to Fred Allen's sister.

12/8) Transcript of a note from Ivor Novello to 'Buddha'.

12/9) 'Filing proof' of magazine article by Ivor Novello titled 'I enjoyed my day at Selfridges', 15 February, 1951.

12/10) Three-page magazine article by Charles Hamblett, with photographs, from 'Illustrated', 17 September 1949, titled: 'Novello's Last Rhapsody? This week the West End sees Ivor Novello's latest - and may be last - musical. He says: "Let's face it. I cherish no illusions about my age"' (Hamblett describes Ivor Novello as 'The perennial matinée idol'.)

12/11) Three typescript letters, signed, to Macqueen-Pope from Mary L. Henney, on letterhead of the Bristol Novello Players ('Founded in Coronation Year 1953 in memory of IVOR NOVELLO'). 13 July 1954, including references to 'our deficit', Olive Gilbert ('a dear'), Macqueen-Pope’s friend 'Mrs Davies (formerly Lady Brickwood, I expect you know her as Janet.)', the Ivor Novello Fellowship, the closure of the Empire Theatre, Bristol. 7 May 1956, ‘ have now reduced our loss on G.N. (Glamourous Night) to about £50 [p2 missing]; 4 June 1956, asking Macqueen-Pope to be their President.

12/12) Hand written list of mainly actors and actresses.

12/13) A hand written tribute to Ivor Novello including an account of events the night he died.

Ossia Trilling, Theatre News Services Ltd, 16 March 1950, requesting an interview with Mr Novello for Mordecai Gorelik, an American designer; Undated copy typescript letter to Ivor Novello from Harry Ainley; Two signed typescript letters from D. L. Murray to Macqueen-Pope, the first, 29 October 1950 ‘I trust you were lucky enough to escape hearing the impudent perversion of The Tale of Two Cities on the wireless’; The second 24 June 1951, “Ghosts and Grease-Paint”; Bernard Miles to Macqueen-Pope, 13 April 1951 in relation to the Mermaid Theatre venture, together with typescript copy reply, 16 April 1951; Pekka Salomaa, Finnish Theatre critic, requesting an audience with Macqueen-Pope in relation to Ivor Novello and the British Theatre, 17 August 1951; R. E. Gray, Secretary, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane regarding the executors presentation of Ivor’s snuff box, 22 August 1951; Typescript copy letter to Mary [Ellis], 20 November 1951, encouraging her to take the part of Volumnia in ‘Coriolanus’ at Stratford; J. L. Garbutt, Feature Editor Sunday Express, 16 July 1953, ‘People have pointed out that [Hannen] Swaffer has already raised up Novello’s “ghost” and this doesn’t help’. …’sent to Hutchinsons for proofs of Fortune’s Favourite.’ Edie Holt, 23 January 1956, ‘… I could see dear Julian on that stage eating those grapes his last night, and Dad saying goodnight to him, and our men working all night, to get the Belisha scene ready for Julian next morning at 10a.m., but he never kept it, because God took him to rest, …’; Copy typescript letter from Macqueen-Pope to the Editor of ‘Radio Times’ regarding ‘… a glaring error. He stated that Ivor Novello’s production of Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’ was produced at His (now Her) Majesty’s Theatre. Tens of thousands of Ivor’s fans must have groaned as they heard it. ‘Henry V’ was produced at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.’

Papers relating to the Wales Deaf Broadcasting Council’s involvement in the murder of Suzanne Greenhill, a deaf woman from Newport, in 1988.