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Papers of Peter Finch, comprising early poetry and literature, early typescripts, manuscripts, several hundred files and note books, proofs and research for the Real Cardiff trilogy, some files about the Writers Handbook, and correspondence, together with material accumulated through his involvement with the Association of Little Presses, including fanzines, unofficial publications, and experimental and amateur publications. The archive includes many aspects of Finch’s work, notably his concrete verse, visual poetry, sound poetry, found poetry and collage poems, and it reflects his technical experimentation with poems created on typewriters, word processors and photocopy machines.

Records of the Rhondda Conservative and Unionist Association, 1971-1986, including minutes of Executive Council meetings, 1973-1986; minutes of the Mid-Rhondda Branch, 1971-1976; minutes of Joint Branch meetings, 1976-1986; and photocopies of the Rhondda Conservative and Unionist Association Newsletter, 1976-1986.

Correspondence, 1975-1995; minutes of Annual General Meetings and Secretary's reports, 1976-1988; financial papers, 1976-1980; lists of members, 1976-1981; publicity material and miscellaneous papers, 1978-1989, and papers relating to symposiums, 1981, 1984, 1988 and 1992.

Business records of Evan Vaughan, consisting of financial records, 1862-1910; records of work undertaken by staff, 1887-1890; and records of contributions paid by chapel members for seating, 1879-1882.

Papers of Lyn Howell, 1943-1982, including articles, addresses, notes and broadcast scripts, 1975-1982; letters to Lyn Howell, 1960-1981; and three volumes of press cuttings, one relating to his period as regional officer in the welfare department of the Colonial Office, 1943-1949, the second, 1957-1958, relating to Huw T. Edwards, chairman of the Wales Tourist Board; and the third relating to the Wales Tourist Board, 1967-1969.

Financial records of Robert Richards Nancarrow, 1908-1930, including personal bank books, 1908-1944; records relating to Lisburne Development Syndicate Ltd, 1907-1920; records relating to Cambrian Electrolytic Zinc Co Ltd, 1922-1927; records relating to the Lisburne Base Metals Recovery Ltd, 1929-1930.

Minutes of the Council of the National Museum of Wales and of committees connected with the Museum, 1967-77, 1980-6, draft annual report, 1982-3, and papers relating to the Welsh Folk Museum for the period 1967-86, with a copy of a substantial draft discussion paper entitled 'Tape Recording and Welsh Folk Life' (April 1983).

Papers of David Richards, 1886-1894, including letters, 1891-1894, to his wife, describing his voyage and stay in the settlement; journal consisting of loose leaves of the journey to Cwm Hyfryd, Patagonia, September 1891 to January 1892; journal of the voyage home from Buenos Aires to Plymouth, July-August 1892; copies of Welsh poems transcribed and possibly composed by David Richards, proofs of, or cuttings containing, parts of a series of articles on 'Cyfoeth Mwnawl y Wladfa Gymreig' to Y Celt in 1891, and a printed copy of a report on the Garn Gold Mine near Dolgellau, 1888.

Papers of CAT, including: diaries and notebooks; annual reports; minutes of committees, etc.; registers of share certificates and of directors and secretaries; correspondence; maps and plans; photographs and slides; VHS and audio tapes; reports, notes, correspondence, plans, etc., relating to CAT research, designs, projects and consultancy work, including the cliff railway and the WISE building; course details; conference reports; staffing and volunteers; task and resource lists; Welsh Language Policy; published material, including guidebooks, resource and information packs and leaflets, educational guides, publicity material, reference books, newsletters, articles, etc. This published material includes copies of 'Clean Slate,' 'Quarry News' and 'Zero Carbon Britain.'

The collection consists of manuscript, typescript and draft material by Cynan. Amongst the poetry there are odes, long poems in free metre and in metre, hymns, carols and translations of poems. Included is a first draft of Anfon y Nico i Landwr and a copy of Cofnodion a Chyfansoddiadau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1924 Pontypwl with Cynan's amendments to his ode I'r Dduw nid Adweinir. The plays and dramatic productions include his pageants Hywel Harris and Absalom fy Mab. Amongst the essays is a typescript of his only novel Ffarwel Weledig, described as a romance of Macedonia. Other material includes, lectures, addresses and essays on various subjects, mostly relating to drama and Welsh literature; prayers and sermons; newspaper cuttings; correspondence; radio talks; photographs; L.P. recordings of Cynan reading his poetry. There is documentation regarding the National Eisteddfod and relating to Cynan's connection with the Free Masons.

The papers consist mostly of photograph albums, photographs and postcards. Most of the albums were compiled by John Richard Williams and Anne Williams following holidays spent in various parts of Europe and North Africa, ca. 1923-1938. They contain a mixture of postcard views, souvenirs, programmes, menus etc. and photographs taken by Anne Williams. One photograph album entitled 1914-1918 The Great War includes postcards and photographs of battle scenes, ruined buildings and of John Richard Williams with fellow servicemen. -- The photographs and postcards cover a variety of subjects and can range from family photographs to those of chapels, war memorials and views throughout Europe. -- Amongst the miscellaneous items, there are numerous certificates awarded to John Richard Williams and a few which belong to Anne Williams. They may relate to war service, the law society, free masonry and chapel-going. Also, there are souvenir booklets and guides to European cities, tourist attractions and cruises. There is some correspondence and other personal records. -- A few items relate in particular to the First World War such as the Observer's Flying Log Book of Lt John R. Williams, 1918 which contains descriptions of aerial patrols and ground warfare. -- The two books written by John Richard Williams are also included amongst his papers.

Papers, 1830-1937, of the Lewis family of Felinganol, Llanrhystud, Cardiganshire, comprising four title deeds, 1830-1865, relating to properties in the parish of Llanrhystud; letters, 1862-1930, in Welsh, relating to business and family affairs, together with poetry, some by and in the autograph of John Lewis ('Eos Glan Wyre'), including verse written on the reverse of a printed balance sheet, 1861-1862, of 'Cymdeithas Ddyngarol Llanrhystid' (Cambrian Benefit Society); probate, 1865, of the will of Margaret Morgan of Felinganol, and papers relating thereto, 1865-1906; two account books, 1865-1924, of milling, etc., at Felinganol; three account books and loose papers, 1882-1937, of Llanrhystud Baptist Chapel; and six charms, [late 19 cent.-early 20 cent.], to preserve the livestock, etc., of members of the family from witchcraft.

Cofysgrifau Capel yr Annibynwyr, Ebenezer, Abertawe, 1803-1904.

Papers of, or relating to, poet and writer William Henry Davies, comprising autograph fair copies, [c. 1916], of fifteen poems by Davies, some of then apparently unpublished, submitted to James Guthrie for publication by the Pear Tree Press under the title Quiet Streams, together with a letter, 1916, from Davies to Guthrie; and a manuscript bibliography of published works by Davies, [c. 1958]-[c. 1979], compiled by Lloyd Tyrrell-Kenyon, 5th baron Kenyon of Gredington.

Papers, ca. 1849-1940, relating to the Barker family of Carmarthen and comprise a transcript, 1818 and 1838, by the Reverend John Crawford Barker of a memoir of his father, the Reverend William Higgs Barker, master of Carmarthen Grammar School, 1767-1796, and vicar of St Peter's, Carmarthen, 1796-1816; and a journal of a tour in Switzerland and Italy, 1863, by the Reverend Alleyne Higgs Barker, vicar of Rickmansworth and grandson of the Reverend William Higgs Barker, with comments, maps, sketches, photographs, related press cuttings, etc. added at a later date.

A collection comprising Cribyn Unitarian Church register with records dating from 1826 to 1899, and including church accounts, 1851-1852, and a brief history of the church and a list of ministers, 1790-1877; together with papers of the Rev. John Islan Jones, Cribyn, Unitarian minister, which include letters, 1915-1918, whilst Jones was on active service, and a journal containing an account of tours taken by Jones, 1915-1916.