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Papers relating to financial matters and other aspects of the administration of the Celtic League and of its Cornwall Branch, including correspondence, membership details, statements of accounts, circulars, leaflets and other printed material, together with additional political and educational material accumulated by Roy Green. They were accumulated by Roy Green as Treasurer of the Celtic League and as both Secretary and Treasurer of the Cornwall Branch (through which he acquired the papers of his successor as Treasurer, Peter Wills), and also in his capacity as a member of numerous Cornish cultural and political organisations and as a founding member and District Secretary of the Cornish branch of the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Papers accumulated by Roy Green relating to matters other than the Celtic League, notably his work as a teacher and his political activities in the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Records of the Celtic League, including minutes of Annual General Meetings and branch meetings and other administrative and financial documents, correspondence, tracts, press releases, petitions, articles for Carn magazine, notes and press cuttings relating to the aims of the League, its policies, campaigns and administration, and also to general matters concerning Celtic countries and cultures, linguistic minorities, and political movements and ideas, as well as the compilation, publication and distribution of Carn magazine.

Teaching notes made by Roy Green, mostly for 'O' Level and 'A' Level classes, including lesson notes and also details of syllabuses on physical and human Geography, as well as History, Economics, Agriculture and Politics, with related press cuttings and pamphlets.

Correspondence, together with some tracts, petitions, press releases and cuttings, and administrative and financial documents, together with some minutes of Annual General Meetings and copies of minutes of branch meetings, 1962-1999. Correspondents include Clive Betts, Zonia Bowen, Noëlle Davies, Noel Dempsey, Per Denez, Peter Berresford Ellis, Gwynfor Evans, Julian Cayo Evans, Garret FitzGerald, Yann Fouere, Nick Griffin, Neven Henaff, Alan Heusaff, John Jenkins, John Legonna, Tomas Ó Canainn, Padraig Ó Snodaigh, Meic Stephens, Alan Stivell, Dafydd Elis Thomas, Dafydd Wigley and Jac L. Williams. The matters discussed include the aims of the League, its policies and campaigns, the Celtic countries and cultures, linguistic minorities, political movements and ideas, and the compilation, publication and distribution of Carn. There are also articles submitted for Carn, together with notes, as well as letters and petitions to governments and international bodies. In addition, there are copies, drafts and notes of letters written by Heusaff and Moffatt, and letters and other documents forwarded by branch secretaries relating to matters of particular concern.

Papers deriving mainly from the activities of Alan Heusaff as General Secretary and Secretary of the International branch, and also of Bernard Moffatt as Assistant General Secretary and General Secretary. They include: administrative and financial documents; correspondence, tracts and press releases relating to the aims of the League, its policies and campaigns, and also general matters concerning Celtic countries and cultures, linguistic minorities, and political movements and ideas; letters and petitions to governments and international bodies; correspondence relating to the compilation, publication and distribution of Carn, including articles for the magazine, with notes; copies, drafts and notes of letters written by Heusaff and Moffatt; press cuttings; letters and other documents forwarded by branch secretaries relating to matters of particular concern; minutes of Annual General Meetings; and some copies of minutes of branch meetings.

Papers relating to the administrative and financial business of the Cornwall Branch.

Papers accumulated by Roy Green in the course of his activities as Secretary of the Cornwall Branch.

Correspondence between successive Branch Secretaries, local and international officials and members of the League, local and national politicians and government, television companies and others concerning matters of interest to the Secretary of the Cornwall Branch, including internal administrative and political matters, publications, the League's policies and the views of its members, and a wide range of campaigns, especially relating to the status and government of Cornwall, the Cornish language and place-names, the boundary of Cornwall, services and businesses in Cornwall, comparisons between Cornwall and other Celtic countries, Cornish nationalist organisations, and a pen-friend scheme, with associated circulars and press cuttings.

Copies of the Cornwall Branch newsletter (at one time named ‘An Resor’), with related memoranda, notes and press cuttings.

Papers relating to the work of the Pan-Celtic Committee of the Cornwall branch, which seeks to establish and maintain links with like-minded organisations and movements in all of the Celtic countries.

Letters, agendas of meetings, notes, reports, postcards, circulars, newsletters, leaflets, forms, invoices, programmes, sheet music, song lyrics, statements, articles, press releases and press cuttings concerning numerous cultural movements, institutions, events and publications in Cornwall, including Cowethas an Yeth Kernewek, its journal An Gannas, Cowethas Flamank, Agan Tavas, Lowender Peran, Kelgh Keltek, Cowethas Ylow Kernewek, Dalleth, An Gresen Gernewek, Esethvos Kernow, Kesva an Tavas Kernewek, Keskerth Kernow, Kescusulyans Kernow, the Cornish Declaration Group, the Cornish Bureau for European Relations, and a Cornish language weekend, as well as cultural and political matters in Ireland, Brittany and Galicia including Breton prisoners, the Pan-Celtic festival, meetings of the Celtic Congress in Cornwall and Shetland,the Kerrier Celtic choir festival, the Lorient festival, Celtic films, and the Celtic languages, with particular reference to Roy Green's involvement in Cornish and Celtic culture and politics and his related contributions to journals and organisations including the Irish Democrat, Soviet Weekly, and the Murdoch House (Redruth) Workers' Educational Association and Labour History Group.

Correspondence, newsletters, memoranda, circulars, articles, reports, press releases, agendas of meetings, notes, forms, leaflets, drawings and press cuttings relating to political movements, journals and organisations in Cornwall and the other Celtic countries, including the Celtic League (especially the Man branch), Mebyon Kernow, An Weryn, the Cornish Social and Economic Research Group, the Stannary parliament, Free Cornwall, the Connolly Association, the Irish Democrat, the Shetland movement, and Manx Republican Socialists.

Pamphlets, reports, proposals, press releases, circulars and press cuttings accumulated by the Branch Secretary relating to the activities of the League, especially those concerning Cornwall, and also the activities of other Cornish nationalist organisations.

Agendas and minutes of Branch meetings, with related reports, notes, letters, circulars, press cuttings and invitations to Branch events.

Papers accumulated by Roy Green in his capacity as Treasurer of the League, mostly relating to financial and administrative matters.

Papers accumulated by the Treasurer relating to matters arising from the League's general administration, mostly not financial but including some material concerning finance.

Copies of the League's constitution, together with letters and circulars concerning meetings and other aspects of the process of making amendments to it.

Accounts kept by the Branch Treasurer, including reports and quarterly returns, with particular details concerning membership subscriptions and sales of merchandise, and also related notes and correspondence.

Papers relating to the activities of the Treasurer of the Cornwall Branch, accumulated by Roy Green and especially by his successor, Peter Wills, as Treasurer of the Branch. The Treasurer received papers relating to membership subscriptions and sales of magazines and books from other Branch officials, who were responsible for collecting them.