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The 1989 group (no's 1-13) comprises political papers of Lord Ogmore, 1957-1976, mainly relating to party organisation and policy formation, comprising correspondence and other papers concerning the Liberal Party and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1959-1974, Welsh affairs such as devolution, 1957-1976, the investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1969-1973, and various printed political pamphlets. The 2014 group (no's 14-66) comprises family and political papers, including letters to his parent from Penang, 1930-1934, Cabinet Office, Colonial Office and Commonwealth papers relating to various colonies, particularly Sarawak and Burma, 1947-1970, and the investiture of the prince of Wales, 1967-1973.

Original file of personal and political letters, mainly 1971-1976, including from academics and students researching pre- and post-war Malaya. Also includes letters relating to Nigeria and Biafra, 1967-1968, the future custody of Ogmore's papers, 1972-1975, and a Christmas card list, 1973.

Printed matter, including 'What is a christian?', a verbatim extract of a talk between Michael Ramsey, archbishop of Canterbury, and David Frost, [1960s?]; the Bill, as amended in committee, of the United Reform Church Act 1972; 'Prayers for the work of the YWCA', 1977; and the covenant and rules of Kensington Chapel, [n.d.].

Papers relating to D. R. Rees-Williams's military career (Captain; Major from 1 Nov. 1938; Lt-Col by Aug. 1945), including a report relating to the stationing of 452 Co., 6th (Glamorgan) Bn, The Welch Regiment (67th Searchlight Reg.) (TA) at Weymouth, Dec. 1938; a report on the training of 178 H.A.A. Battery, 63rd H.A.A. Reg., at Burrow Head Camp, March 1941; indentity cards, March 1943 and April 1943; and a report of Lt-Col Rees-Williams presiding over the first British general court in Berlin, Aug. 1945. Also letters relating to the Royal Regiment of Wales and the Welch Regiment Museum at Cardiff Castle, 1973-1976.

Original file of papers of the committee, Lord Ogmore being one of the three members.

Printed material relating to the House of Lords, including standing orders, general information for peers, regulations for visitors, guides and histories of the library and record office, and guidance on personal security.

Newspaper cuttings of articles by or relating to D. Rees Williams, mainly undated.

Original file of letters of condolence to Connie, lady Ogmore, on the death of Lord Ogmore, including letters from several from various branches of the YWCA and from several members of staff of the Property Owners Building Society. Also includes a few get well cards, cards from bouquets, and readings and the address from the funeral service, 3 Sept. 1976.

Papers relating to Malaya and Malaysia, including correspondence with Levane G. Abdoolcader relating to parole for her husband Siroj Abdoolcader, imprisoned in the UK for offences under the official secrets acts, 1972; Eusoffe Abdoolcader on his elevation to the High Court of Malaysia, 1974; and Lady Gammans, 1975, relating to Lt-Col Rees-Williams and Capt. David Gamman's 1946 mission to Sarawk.

Original file of correspondence relating to the Foundation (president, Lord Ogmore), 1972-1976, including relating to a reform of the kidney donor card system for cadaver kidneys. Also papers relating to an international symposium, 26-28 Sept. 1973, and the annual report of the KRUF Institute of Renal Disease, 1974-75.

Appointment diary of Lord Ogmore, with daily entries, cancelled.

Original file of miscellaneous correspendence and papers, mainly relating to the Common Market Campaign preparatory committee, 1961; the Declaration of Atlantic Unity statement of interdependence, 1966-1969; and from Markus Wonggor Kaisiepo relating to Indonesia's takeover of West Irian, 1967-1968. Also papers of the third annual conference of the NATO Parliamentarians' conference, 11-16 Nov. 1957, comprising Lord Ogmore's chairman's address to the Political Committee meeting, 11 May, and a verbatim account of the first session, 12 May (am); a typescript draft of 'Economic aids to progress' by Lord Ogmore, c.Sept. 1961; an unattributed 'Memorandum on the Arab refugees' from an Israeli point of view, c.1967; and Jeremy Thorpe MP's address to the Anglo-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 1975.

Annual desk diaries (1940, 1947-1955 and 1975) kept by D. R. Rees-Williams, later Lord Ogmore, with intermittent diary entries.

Typescript (top copy) of 'The dedication of a prince, by Lord Ogmore, being an account of the Investiture of H.R.H. Prince Charles, K.G. as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester at Caernarvon Castle in 1969'.

'Record of the David family and of the families with which it is intermarried' (typescript, 27 pp., signed David Rees Williams, Garth Celyn, Bridgend, 1930); a tracing of the arms of Richard David, bishop of St Davids, copied from the 16th cent. Cardiff Library Heraldic MS 34, n.d.; a heraldic achievement on tracing paper, the arms including three [boars' or dogs'?] heads on a bend, the crest includes a collared dove holding a twig, and the motto is 'Ffyddlon hyd angau' ('Faithful to death'), n.d.; and drawings of two achievements (named 'David' and 'David/Gamage') and two shields of arms on tracing paper, n.d. Also a letter from George Frederick Forsdike, lord mayor of Cardiff, to Miss Connie Wills on behalf of the Save the Children Fund, 1920; a prescription for Mrs J. Wills, 1926; correspondence relating to the title and motto of Baron Ogmore of Bridgend, including with the College of Arms, Bridgend UDC and Ogmore & Garw UDC, June-Sept. 1950; with Burke's Peerage, Jan. 1959; and with the College of Arms relating to registering his descendants with the college, Nov. 1972-March 1973. Also a typescript CV of Lord Ogmore, [c. Aug. 1951]. At the rear of the 'Record of the David family ...' is a copy of the Newcastle petition to Parliament (no. 14); several of the signatories have the first name or the family name/patronymic 'David'.

Agreement between Industrial Leasing & Finance Ltd and S. G. Warburg & Co. Ltd for the sale of £5,000 ordinary shares of £1 each, half of the share capital of Industrial Leasing & Finance (Scotland) Ltd, 1964; and a declaration of trust, being a gift by John Peter James Ellis JP, chairman of directors and majority shareholder of Industrial Leasing & Finance Ltd., a private limited company, of shares worth £50,000 on the convesion of the company into a public limited company, 1970.

Typescript of Lord Ogmore's 'Recollections of Burma (the independence of Burma) : recollections of events in 1946 and 1947 leading up to the independence of Burma'.

Original file of letters, statements and notes, mainly relating to the purchase of 12 Merton Avenue, Chiswick, by Gwilym R. Rees-Williams (Oct. 1967), and the mortgage with the Property Owners Building Society.