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A file marked 'Rev. W. H. Owen St Asaph. Letters found in Album with Felicia Hemans and family's letters', with a note in pencil by J. R. Hughes, 1925, stating that Mrs W. H. Owen, Rhyllon, Kinmel, St Asaph, was a sister to Felicia Hemans. [Harriett Mary Browne (b. 1798) married (1) Thomas Lewis Hughes of St Asaph, and (2) the Rev. W. H[icks] Owen, Rhyllon. She dec. 1858 and was buried at Tremeirchion. See Yr Haul, 1858, p. 381.]. There are seven letters addressed to the Rev. W. H. Owen (together with the words of a comic song, 'The Jolly Cats') and one to Mrs W. H. Owen. The correspondents are W. Cleaver, John Jones, St Asaph Savings Bank, 1833, John Jones, Hope Foundry, Liverpool, 1837, R. Waldo Sibthorp, Ryde, 1841, and Jane M. Lloyd, Rhagatt [? 1858]. The letters from R. Waldo Sibthorp, four in number, are concerning a commission for labels (arch.) with texts on them.

A File of 23 letters concerning the purchase by Mrs R. J. Sisson of a small parcel of land adjoining Talardy [co. Flint], part of the estate of Sir W. G. Williams.

They include a copy of 'Atgofion am Gyfnod Dirwasgiad mewn Unrhyw Ardal', entered for competition at Swansea National Eisteddfod, 1982, with an English translation 'Recollections of any industrial depression', in which Lh recollects his work in the 1930s, as secretary to Sir Percy Watkins, in connection with the Council of Social Service for Wales and Monmouthshire (1/2); an address delivered at the centenary celebrations of Bethania C M chapel, Morriston, 1978 (1/12); 'The Effects of Tourism in Wales', a paper presented at the Celtic Congress, St Austell, Cornwall, 1975 (1/22); and a tribute to Huw T Edwards (1/33).

A file of bibliographical notes on Gwyn Thomas created by Michael Parnell for the biography. The file includes a printed preliminary bibliography and a letter from John Harries, 19 Sept. 1989, enclosing a revised Gwyn Thomas listing for Harries's A Bibliographical Guide to Twenty-Four Modern Anglo-Welsh Writers; and detailed lists of the articles produced for Punch magazine and The Teacher newspaper, noting in particular those articles which had not been published in the Pick of Punch or A Hatful of Humours.

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 assembled by David Gerard while compiling Primrose path: an education in maturity (1991), a history of College of Librarianship Wales from its foundation in 1964 to its merger into UCW, Aberystwyth, in 1989.

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 International Secretariat for Research on the History of Agricultural Implements [see also nos 741-9]. The papers are arranged in chronological order and the main correspondents are George Nellemann and Axel Steensberg.

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 and papers, 1947-69, including letters from Professor A. H. Dodd, Principal Sir D. Emrys Evans, Professor R. L. Gapper, Professor R. Geraint Gruffydd, Professor R. T. Jenkins, Sir Thomas Parry, Megan Jones Pierce, Alun Llywelyn-Williams and Sir Ifor Williams. There is also a minute book, 1947-59, containing lists of members, and a notebook, January 1952, listing the names and addresses of members and associate members.

A file of correspondence of Jon Vaughan Jones, formerly a Gwent County Councillor, mostly relating to local affairs and to the activities of the Council's Labour Group during the Jones' time as Secretary. Papers less than 15 years old are not available without the permission of the donor (J V Jones).

A file of correspondence, 1878-1982, including letters from Edward Ardizzone (1), 1974; Roy Dotrice (1), 1974; Rupert Hart-Davies (2), 1973-4; A L Le Quesne (9), 1973-82; William Plomer (9), 1959-73; V S Pritchett (1), 1973; A L Rowse (1), 1973; and Wynford Vaughan-Thomas (1), 1976.