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Papers, 1825-[1860], of the Rev. Thomas Lewis, comprising a diary, 1855, and sermons.

Notes in English and Welsh written by the Rev. William Llewelyn Jones to accompany his filmstrips using religion, famous Welshmen and the beauty of Wales as themes, together with some not included in these volumes. = ŒNodiadau yn Saesneg ac yn Gymraeg wedi'u llunio gan y Parch. William Llewelyn Jones yn defnyddio crefydd, dynion amlwg yng Nghymru a phrydferthwch Cymru fel themâu i gyd-fynd â'r stribedi ffilm a gynhyrchwyd ganddo, ynghyd â rhai na chawsant eu cynnwys yn y cyfrolau.

Records of R H Williams Associates, Consulting Structural & Civil Engineers. Material comprises architectural drawings and job (project) files. Project files include letters & correspondence, architect’s instructions, fee schedules, structural calculations, copies of working drawings, completion certificates, structural surveys, specifications, test reports, site visit minutes and reports, and similar documentation.

Manuscripts of Owen Owens comprising for the most part notes of sermons preached by himself and others, 1816-1860, including those delivered at Rhes-y-cae chapel near Nannerch, Flintshire, and Salem, Cilcain. The collection also includes diaries, 1822-1835, of Owens; correspondence, 1828-1858, addressed to Owens; an almanac, 1833, with entries by Owens, largely comprising of preaching engagements; and miscellaneous papers.

Rhiwlas estate records, [c. 1563], 1609-1888, including deeds, 1609-1888; rentals, 1796-1855; legal papers, [c. 1563], [c. 1632]-1847, including papers relating to a 19th century dispute about diverting the river Meloch; family and personal papers, 1631-1937, including family trust papers relating to the estate of Thomas Jones (d. 1819), rector of Derwen, Montgomeryshire, and brother-in-law of Richard Watkin Price; non-family trust papers relating to the estate of John Lloyd of Wigfair and Hafodunos; and letters, mainly from the first half of the 19th century, mainly to Richard Watkin Price.

Records, 1883-98, relating mainly to a case of alleged breach of contract between the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company and William Jones of Neath, building contractor. They include the records of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company, 1878-1894, mainly financial; account books of William Jones of Neath, one of the contractors involved in building the Rhondda tunnel, 1884-1898, and papers relating to the breach of contract, 1884-1896, brought by William Jones against the company.

Records of the Rhondda Conservative and Unionist Association, 1971-1986, including minutes of Executive Council meetings, 1973-1986; minutes of the Mid-Rhondda Branch, 1971-1976; minutes of Joint Branch meetings, 1976-1986; and photocopies of the Rhondda Conservative and Unionist Association Newsletter, 1976-1986.

Records, 1932-1986, of the constituency Labour Parties in the Rhondda Valley, comprising minute books, account books, and branch minutes. They consist of the records of the Rhondda Borough Labour Party and Trades Council, 1932-1935; the Rhondda West Divisional Labour Party, 1925-1965; the Rhondda East Constituency Labour Party, 1952-1971; and the Rhondda Constituency Labour Party, 1971-1986.

Papers of 'Rhuddenfab', comprising correspondence, a diary, poems, hymns, adjudications, essays and articles; papers, 1880, relating to the centenary celebrations of the founding of Sunday schools; and an essay by, and in the hand of, Daniel Owen, 1888.

Correspondence of and extracts made by Hugh Davies (1739-1821), naturalist, two commonplace books, an autograph album and miscellanea.

Film scripts by Rhydderch Jones, 1974-1987, mainly for television, including 'Mr Lollipop MA', 'Lliwiau' and 'Swallows'. = Sgriptiau ffilm gan Rhydderch Jones, 1974-1987, yn bennaf ar gyfer y teledu, gan gynnwys 'Mr Lollipop MA', 'Lliwiau' a 'Swallows'.

May 2022 papers: Draft and fair-copied television film scripts (both Welsh and English versions) by Rhydderch Jones. Where script dialogue is in Welsh, direction notes are always in English, with the exception of ''Roedd Catarina o gwmpas ddoe', where both dialogue and direction notes are in Welsh. = Papurau Mai 2022: Sgriptiau drafft a chopi teg (fersiynau Cymraeg a Saesneg) o ffilmiau ar gyfer y teledu gan Rhydderch Jones. Lle bo deialog y sgript yng Nghymraeg, mae'r nodiadau cyfarwyddol bob amser yn Saesneg, ag eithrio ''Roedd Catarina o gwmpas ddoe', lle mae'r deialog a'r nodiadau cyfarwyddol ill dau yng Nghymraeg.

Records, 1832-1939, of the Rhydyfelin Husbandry Friendly Society, Cardiganshire.

Papers of the Rhymney Valley Campaign Against the Poll Tax, 1989-1991, including a personal file containing papers relating to Beatrice M. Smith's non-payment of the poll tax, including correspondence, agenda and minutes of meetings of the Rhymney Valley CAPT, press cuttings; press cuttings and a petition against the first Welsh poll tax imprisonment, 1991; leaflets and posters, and bills and receipts, 1990-1991.

Literary and personal papers of Rhys Davies, 1901-1979, comprising manuscript drafts and typescript copies, mainly of short stories and plays, together with drafts and a manuscript text of his last novel Ram with Red Horns (Bridgend, 1996), set in south Wales. Also included are letters to and from Rhys Davies, mostly 1960s and 1970s, and papers relating to his friend, the novelist Anna Kavan, including a short draft of a work of fiction in her hand. The manuscripts include autograph and typescript drafts of the short story 'The Walled City', [?1950s], the novels Tomorrow to Fresh Woods (1941), Girl Waiting in the Shade (1960), [?late 1950s], and Nobody Answered the Bell (1971), stories collected in The Chosen One (1967), the autobiographical volume Print of a Hare's Foot (1969), and the articles 'The God on the Oven Door', 1963, and 'Anna Kavan', 1971.

Additional letters and papers relating to Rhys Davies were acquired July 2009. This group remains uncatalogued.

Papers of the Rhys Davies Trust (est. 1991), relating mainly to the administration of the Trust and the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition. Included are five files of papers relating to the Trust’s financial matters, consisting of valuation reports (2014-2019), account, tax, and investment statements together with related correspondence (2008-2014), and a number of cash and cheque books (2008-2018); five files of Trust administrative documents and correspondence (2008-2020), including papers relating to meeting minutes, accounts, publishing matters, website design, royalties (both of the works of Rhys Davies and of Anna Kavan), funding applications, and the Rhys Davies Short Story competition. Correspondents include Meic Stephens, Peter Finch, and M. Wynn Thomas.

Seven further files contain papers (1895-2012) relating to the life and works of Rhys Davies (1901-1978), apparently collected during research for the biography ‘Rhys Davies: a writer’s life’ (Cardigan: Parthian, 2013) by Meic Stephens, secretary of the Trust 1991-2012. The papers consist of correspondence ([1920s]-2012), including letters from Rhys Davies, Lewis Davies, Louis Quinain, Meic Stephens, Fred Blackmore, David Ellis, John Harris, and Gwyn Pritchard; and photographs (1918-1990), mainly of Rhys Davies and friends and family, including Lewis Davies, Gertrude (‘Gertie’) Davies, Anna Kavan, Fred Urquhart, Louise Callender, Colyn Davies, Nina Hamnett, Esther & Charles Lahr, Raymond B. Marriott, Louis Taylor, and Philip Burton; together with notes and cuttings.

Additionally, the archive contains three files of press cuttings and copies of articles (1929-[1987]), collected and written either by or about Rhys Davies, including articles from Keidrych Rhys’s ‘Wales’, and ‘Anglo-Welsh Review’; several items of memorabilia, comprising Rhys Davies’s passport (stamped 1968-1978), OBE medal (awarded 1968), a decorative glass plaque with lettering ’RHYS’ (undated), an ‘MD Magazine’ 10th anniversary medal (1967), and a small box of rosary beads; and nine printed books, consisting of Rhys Davies’ works ‘Marianne’ (London: 1951, signed by author), ‘A Time to Laugh’ (two copies, 1937 & 1938, both with note & signature of Davies), 'Selected Stories' (London/Dublin: [1945], with slip dated 1945), and 'Boy With a Trumpet' (London: 1949, with undated press cutting); together with ‘The Last Sister’ by Fred Urquhart (London: 1950, with note by author), ‘Shakespeare’s Sonnets’ (with slip dated 1945), and translations of Anna Kavan's works ‘L’adversaire Céleste’ (Paris: 1947, with a sketch dated 1951) and ‘Mercury’ (Valencia: 2006, with a letter to the Rhys Davies Trust).

Personal and family papers, 1833-1978, of Rhys Samuel Jones, including correspondence, 1965-1972; Trivium papers, 1966-1972; papers relating to impressions of Germany, 1930s-1950s; and family papers, 1833-1958.

A collection of 16 Welsh pop music fanzines, 1982-1990, and one gig poster [1985].

Manuscripts, 1707-[1937], [?late 20 cent.], of Richard Bennett of Llanbrynmair and Caersws, Montgomeryshire, much of which (NLW MSS 11826-11880) is in the hand of Bennett himself. The collection comprises material largely of Montgomeryshire interest and includes parochial records, transcripts from parish registers, extracts from probate records (some of Merionethshire interest) and genealogical records, and extracts from printed works relating to Montgomeryshire.

Papers of Richard E. Huws, relating mainly to his work as councillor on Aberystwyth Town Council, 1989-1995, including agendas and minutes of Aberystwyth Town Council; together with a file of papers, 1994-1995, collected by the donor as one of the Trustees of St. Padarn Catholic School, Aberystwyth.

Papers, [1938x1939]-1984, of Richard Llewellyn, comprising manuscript and proof copies of How Green Was My Valley (1939), [1938x1939], 1940, other literary papers, 1952-1984, correspondence, 1940-1949, 1970-1983, and personal, administrative and financial papers, 1946-1989; together with papers of his second wife Susan Llewellyn, 1959-2000, comprising correspondence, journals and other papers, 1973-1999, and files relating to her management of his affairs and later his literary estate, 1959-2000 (mainly 1968-2000).