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Miscellaneous records relating to Ffynnon Gloch, 1948-54, including plans, records of milk yields, of cultivation and stock, and details of farm sale, 1953.

Newspapers collected by J.L., reflecting his political interests, some containing letters or articles by him:.

Papers relating to J.L.'s army call-up and his appearance at a tribunal as a conscientious objector, 1939, to related prosecutions, 1941, and his army service, 1941-3.

Papers relating to J.L.'s farming at Penrhos Fawr and Penlan Mabws, Llanrhystud, co Cardigan, including records of stock, ploughing and cultivation.

Papers relating to John Legonna's last years and death, including correspondence with Essex County Council Social Services Department concerning residential homes, together with notes left by Legonna to be read by relatives and the district coroner after his death, including statements about his health and state of mind in deciding to take his own life, indications of steps to be taken when his body was found, and detailed instructions for his funeral and the disposal of his possessions; also included are an unsent cheque and a credit note.

Typescript and manuscript copies of political essays and letters by John Legonna, many of them written for publications such as 'Baner ac Amserau Cymru', 'Wales' and 'Catalyst', with related press cuttings and letters, concerning Welsh and Celtic nationalism, the New Nation Group, Plaid Cymru, Welsh history, pacifism, the border of Wales and England, the border of Cornwall and England, Breton nationalism, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, the U.S.S.R. and its relations with Germany, and the relationships of Capitalism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Nationalism and Christianity, including a review of Ned Thomas, 'The Welsh extremist: a culture in crisis', and some observations on Saunders Lewis and Julian Cayo Evans, together with an invitation to Legonna to speak on national reconstruction at the Oxford Union, 1944, a review by John Davies of Plaid Cymru's performance in an Abertillery by-election, the agenda of a Welsh nationalist conference held at Caernarfon, 1943, a copy of the Liberal Review, 1944, and a notice of Labour Party meetings in Penryn and Falmouth.

Press cuttings collected by John Legonna comprising articles and correspondence relating to Welsh nationalist politics, with particular reference to the New Nation Group, Plaid Cymru, the Welsh language and English influence in Wales, as well as the Labour Party's victory in the 1966 General Election, the role of women in society (with notes by John Legonna), a Breton film, a Rhondda obituary, summer solstice celebrations at Stonehenge, lunar exploration, and poetry about contemporary Wales and the death of Winston Churchill.

Prints acquired by J.L. including three coloured prints by Brenda Chamberlain, together with a Caseg Press Christmas card, 1940, and related correspondence, 1940-1.

Records of J.L.'s involvement with Mudiad Gweriniaethol Cymru (Welsh Republican Movement), including minutes and agendas of Council meetings, 1949-52, MGC Bulletin, Jan-July 1950; manifesto, pamphlets and drafts, c 1950; leaflets and miscellaneous records relating to Ithel Davies' candidature at Ogmore in the 1950 general election, and miscellaneous papers relating to MGC and its activities, 1944-73.