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Press cuttings relating to Wales and Welsh culture, such as religion, politics, literature, music, education, St. David's Day celebrations and the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, individuals, and the National Library of Wales [1895]-[1939].

Scrapbooks containing press cuttings etc., 1900-1982, relating largely to Welsh drama, theatrical activities and popular entertainment in Wales and amongst Welsh communities in English cities, including material on dramatists of Wales, 1932-1953; drama in Wales, 1922-1982; Welsh actors, 1932-1946; theatre cuttings, 1931-1953; fairs, folklore and folk-dancing in Wales, 1936-1938; children's theatre, 1959-1967; Welsh National Theatre, 1900-1978; and information on theatre in Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, America, and other countries.

Minutes and papers of the Council, its predecessor body the Committee of Welsh District Councils, and their sub-committees, 1983-1996; papers and correspondence relating to the Association of District Councils' Welsh office, Head Office and various branches within Wales, 1978-1996; correspondence files of staff members, 1983-1995; copies of Government Green Papers, 1986-1989; and files relating to the various organizations and societies with which the Council had dealings, 1982-1996; subject files relating to such matters as waste disposal and the European Community, 1974-1997; housing and home improvement grants, 1983-1996; leisure facilities, tourism, theatres, National Parks etc., 1983-1996; policy, finance and planning, including the rates, the Revenue Support Grant and the Welsh Language Board, 1982-1996.

Papers, 1974-1984, of the Council for the Principality, including: consultation documents and other papers on legislation and government policy, including environment, food, transport, housing and public health, 1976-1983; minutes and correspondence of the Council, 1974-1984, including correspondence with other bodies; and Welsh Consultative Council on Local Government Finance minutes and correspondence, 1978-1982.

Papers of CND Cymru, 1957-1992, comprising: national and local branch minutes, strategy documents and other administrative papers, correspondence, speeches, programmes for summer schools, details of protests and conferences, publicity material, press statements, pamphlets and articles, papers relating to the National Council, reports, newspaper cuttings, information packs, and ephemera, relating to local, national and international campaigns.

Personal papers, 1926-1971, including scrapbooks, 1926-1951; programmes and posters of productions in which he acted or directed, 1936-1971; papers relating to St David's Theatre Trust; and a letter from Dylan Thomas, 1948.

Papers of Alun-Oldfield Davies, 1928-1988, relating mainly to the artist and writer David Jones, including an original water-colour inscription, 1954; photographs of inscriptions, personalised and sent as greetings cards , 1958-1961; letters from David Jones to Alun Oldfield-Davies, 1954-1962; papers concerning the fate of David Jones's manuscripts and pictures, 1971-1976; miscellaneous items including lists of works by David Jones for exhibitions, 1972-1976, a radio talk broadcast in 1954 and articles on his life and work, 1954-1988. The additional papers comprise a copy of John Morris-Jones, Penillion Omar Khayyam (Gregynog Press, 1928), formerly in the possession of Colonel Richard C. Ruck (1887-1973), containing his manuscript annotations in Persian, Welsh and English, with letters from his widow concerning the bequest of the volume to Alun Oldfield-Davies, 1973-1974; and a notebook containing reminiscences in Welsh ('Stori fy mywyd') of the Reverend Jonathan Oldfield-Davies (1876-1960), Congregationalist minister and father of Alun Oldfield-Davies.