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Business correspondence and papers, and balance sheets, 1909-42, relating to the ranches and the livestock which David Davies owned in Canada, including material concerning investment matters and the Ronda Gold Mines Ltd.

Typescript texts for public lectures by Lord Davies, 1928-39. Most are on political themes, many on peace initiatives. They are occasionally accompanied by press cuttings and associated menu cards for dinners. Some are addresses to various societies.

Comprises correspondence and papers relating to the various campaigns for world government and federalism during the latter half of the Second World War and the post-war period.

Mainly correspondence between Lord Davies and the governors of Merchiston Castle School, near Edinburgh, discussing the administration and running of the school, together with some administrative records.

Letters to David Davies, 1930-31, on a wide range of subjects, mainly political, interspersed with copies of some of his replies. Individual correspondents are noted at file level.

Letters to David Davies, 1932, on a wide range of subjects, mainly political, interspersed with copies of some of his replies. Individual correspondents are noted at file level. Several of the letters congratulate David Davies on his elevation to the peerage at the beginning of the year. File A3/5 comprises correspondence 1930-33, to, from and about J. Vyrnwy Lewis of Caradog Road, Aberystwyth, whom David Davies employed as a research assistant and aide.

Comprises general letters, 1937-38, to Lord Davies, many on political themes or international affairs, interspersed with some of Lord Davies's replies. Significant correspondents are noted individually on file level.

Letters, 1923-1928, sent out on behalf of David Davies by his various secretaries, on a wide range of subjects. Some of the letters relate to the activities and running of the League of Nations Union set up in 1918, others concern the publication and running of the Welsh Outlook periodical. A few letters concern David Davies's purchase of the Coulin estate in Scotland.

Documents, 1922-39, mainly typescript memoranda relating to the background to the establishment of, and the development of the New Commonwealth Society; together with documents, 1929-32, relating to the process and philosophy of establishing the New Commonwealth Society.

Includes various records, 1932-50, of the New Commonwealth Society. They include the agenda and minutes of its committees and sub-committees, financial records, its publications and journals, memoranda and reports, records relating to its establishment and activities in various European countries, mailing lists, details of its members and supporters, and records concerning various groups associated with the Atomic Bomb.

The records of the New Commonwealth Society established by Lord Davies in 1932. These include a large corpus of minutes of meetings of its many committees and sub-committees, reports and memoranda, correspondence files, accounts and financial documentation, material on the World Shilling Fund, conference and meeting documentation, material on various study schools, papers concerning the Military Round Table organised after World War Two and the David Davies Memorial Institute in the 1950's.

Correspondence and papers relating to the latter stages of the First World War. Among the subjects covered are the Ministry of Munitions, tanks, the army, petrol and timber supplies, the battles of 1917 and their casualties.

Miscellaneous files from the period of the Second World War, including one on invalided soldiers from Montgomeryshire and the war factory at Treorchy.

Includes material on the Welsh Theological Colleges.

Folders D5/1-D5/3 consist of correspondence and papers relating to the resignation of Lord Davies as President of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1936. Folders D5/4-D5/8 comprise correspondence and papers, 1942-44, relating to the Wilson Chair of International Politics. Folder D5/9 contains reports and other papers, 1949-53, concerning the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.