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A file of correspondence and papers accumulated by RJE as chairman of the Land Drainage Committee of the South West Wales River Authority. Most of the papers are circulars from the Authority.

A file of correspondence and papers concerning the activities of the Cardiganshire County Council. Among the subjects discussed in the correspondence are the provision of a site for gypsies; the development of the Glanyrafon industrial estate at Llanbadarn Fawr; the Bow Street and district sewerage scheme; river pollution in Cardiganshire; improvement of basic services in development areas; the interim plan for Aberystwyth and district; and residential development at Midfield, Penparcau.

A file of correspondence and papers deriving from the work of the Cardiganshire County Planning Committee. Among the topics discussed by the Committee were the proposed aerodrome sites at Aberystwyth; the proposed recreation centre at Aberystwyth; industrial development in the Aberystwyth area; the proposed development at Northgate Street, Aberystwyth; the Aberystwyth Transportation Survey; the University College of Wales playing fields at Blaendolau; the new County Library Headquarters; the proposed development at Rheidol Place, Aberystwyth; river pollution; the Llanbadarn industrial estate; and gypsy encampment.

A file of correspondence and papers labelled 'Caravan Survey, 1968'. The papers concern a wide variety of subjects other than the caravan survey and the caravan site at Ynys-las, including Bronglais General Hospital, Aberystwyth, 1965; Residential Development in the Rural Areas of Cardiganshire, 1966; the proceedings of the Development Plans Sub-Committee, 1968-9; Cwm Rheidol Mines Ltd, 1969; Planning Advisory Committee, 1972; a copy of the report 'Public Passenger Transport to the Dyfed County Council', August 1973, prepared by the Crosville Motor Services Ltd; proposed developments in Cwm Rheidol, 1973; and residential development at Llandre, 1973-4.

A file of correspondence and papers relating to aspects of the work of the Cardiganshire County Council. Among the subjects referred to are advance factories; the River Towy Scheme; Llyn Brianne - amenity use; the proposed Cambrian Mountains National Park; Clarach Valley - caravan sites; the proposed luxury chalet park at Pen-y-graig, Rhydyfelin, Aberystwyth; and the proposed home for mentally handicapped persons at Llan-non.

A file of correspondence and papers relating to the South West River Authority and Cardiganshire, including the river Ystwyth and the Tanybwlch Sea Defence Scheme; the Vale of Rheidol Properties Ltd and the Cwm Rheidol Mine; the extraction of gravel at Llanilar; the River Wyre and Aberystwyth Harbour.

A file of correspondence, typescript and printed items relating to the Cardiganshire Joint Library Service and the implications of the impending local government reorganisation. The papers include lengthy letters, April-Sept. 1973, from Alun R. Edwards, County Librarian, to RJE discussing the future course of the county library service.

A file of miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning the activities of the Cardiganshire County Council. The papers include a copy of the Report of Mr S. R. Raffety on the Water Supplies of Cardiganshire, 8 Feb. 1946. There are many letters addressed to RJE.

A file of miscellaneous correspondence, reports and papers relating to local affairs including Aberystwyth sewerage and sewage disposal, the Bryn-y-môr estate, the Cwmcynfelin estate, Penglais Park, the development of Aberystwyth Borough, the development of Aberystwyth harbour and the building of private houses on the allotment field.

A general file marked 'Water and Sewerage' and containing a substantial number of printed and typescript items concerning the water industry.

A series of 'Technical Memoranda' published by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in relation to the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, on Mineral Working, Population, Land for Residential Use, Open Spaces, Derelict Land and its Reclamation, The Programme and Minerals Map.

A substantial file of correspondence and papers relating mainly to the development of the College of Librarianship Wales at Llanbadarn Fawr.

A substantial file of correspondence, papers, memoranda and reports concerning various aspects of 'planning' in Aberystwyth and Cardiganshire. The papers include a memorandum produced by the Cardiganshire Joint Planning Committee, 5 April 1946; and papers relating to the Freedom from Hunger Campaign, 1962-5; the Cardiganshire Water Board, 1964-5; the Development Plan of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, June 1965; the future of the Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury railway line, October 1965; the Reform of Rating, November 1965; the closure of bus services in Cardiganshire, May 1966; the Aberystwyth - Carmarthen railway, May 1966; the Coasts of South Wales and the Severn Estuary, October 1966; the Reorganisation of Local Government in Wales, November 1968; the Preservation and Extension of the three boroughs in Cardiganshire, December 1968; a copy of Land Use Strategy, a 'Pilot Report' of the Welsh Council, 1970; and a copy of 'The Development of Mid Wales: proposals on the future work of the Mid Wales Industrial Development Association', n.d.

A substantial file of printed and typescript items relating to local government reorganisation and the setting up of the new administrative county of Dyfed. The file also contains a letter, 13 April 1973, from John Lewis, Garthwen, Llandysul, to RJE sympathising with him on his failure to secure election to the new Dyfed County Council.

A substantial file of reports, circulars and memoranda relating to the work of the Aberystwyth Borough Council. The subjects covered by the reports include the Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth Railway Liaison Committee; the reopening of the Carmarthen-Aberystwyth railway line; the White Paper on Leasehold Reform in England and Wales; the 1966 Revision of the National Salary Structure; the introduction of the BBC2 service into Mid Wales; the Northgate Street Sub-Post Office; Internal Appraisal, May 1967, of the Borough's Major Sports Facilities; and the Regional Conference on Coastal Preservation and Development in Cardiganshire.