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Printed material relating to the Brecon and Radnor constituency, including: Labour Campaigner, nos. 2-7, May-October 1935, a magazine edited by Tudor Watkins as Divisional Organizer for the constituency; The Labour Campaigner, nos. 1-9, March-Nov. 1947; M.P.'s News Bulletin, nos. 1-8, May 1963-Sept. 1964; M.P.'s Newsletter, 16 Oct. 1969; The Tawe Herald, official monthly journal of the Ystradgynlais and District Labour League of Youth, nos. 7, 10, 11, 16, Jan., May, June, Nov., 1954.

Correspondence, papers and press-cuttings relating; to Tudor Watkins's visit to the U.S.S.R., 1961. Also a letter from A. Romanov, First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy, relating to the Peace and Goodwill Message of the Children of Wales, 1957.

Correspondence and papers relating to the conferring on Tudor Watkins of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Brecon, including a letter from the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.

Correspondence and papers on Tudor Watkins's elevation to the House of Lords,. Including letters from the Prime Minister, Edward Heath, Harold Wilson and the Lord Chancellor, Lord Hailsham. Also a letter from the Prime Minister, James Callaghan on Tudor Watkins's retirement as Lord Lieutenant of Powys, 1978.

Miscellaneous papers, press-cuttings, etc. relating to Breconshire, including papers relating to the Second World War and to the Prince Llywelyn Memorial at Cefn y Bedd.

Leaflets, correspondence and papers relating to elections in Brecon and Radnor,. Including a letter from Aneurin Bevan, 1959, copy of a telegram from David Lloyd George supporting the Labour candidate in the 1935 election, together with leaflets of the Labour candidates (E.T. John, Peter Freeman, L. Haden-Guest, W. F. Jackson and Tudor Watkins) in most elections, 1924-66, of the Conservative candidate in the 1964 election and some local election leaflets.

Miscellaneous papers relating to Tudor Watkins including his Coleg Harlech notebook, 1927, press-cuttings and newspapers relating to National Eisteddfodau, 1889 and 1954.

Correspondence, papers and press-cuttings relating to the Marriage Act Amendment Bill, sponsored by Tudor Watkins. The correspondents include: Sidney Robinson, M.P. (2), Tom Brown, M.P., Cledwyn Hughes, M.P. and L. Haden Guest.

Papers and press-cuttings relating to the indictment of Tudor Watkins and 15 others for riotous assembly at the Rock Colliery, Glyn Neath, ('The Battle of the Rock').

The collection comprises mainly leaflets, correspondence and papers, 1924-1966, relating to Labour politics in the Brecon and Radnor constituency. There are also papers concerning the Labour Party in Wales, 1928-1952; the Parliament for Wales campaign, 1950-1956; Tudor Watkins's visits to Russia in 1961 and to Patagonia in 1965; papers concerning Tudor Watkins's elevation to the House of Lords in 1972; and material deriving from the Brecon and Radnor by-election in 1939.