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National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services: 2020 Accessions

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  • Cytûn: Churches Together in Wales, records incl administrative and financial papers 20th-21st cent
  • Cronfa Glyndwr yr Ysgolion Cymraeg, Welsh-medium education organisation: trustee minutes 1986-2016
  • Isabella Nicholson: Illustrated manuscript journal (40pp) of a tour of North Wales in 1837 1837 (NLW MS 24166)
  • Sir David Treharne Llewellyn (1916-1992), politician: papers incl letters from Margot Asquith, Philip Noel Baker, Henry Brooke, R. A. Butler, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, David Maxwell Fyfe, Gwilym Lloyd George, Lord Hailsham, Edward Heath, Geoffrey Howe, Douglas Hurd, Selwyn Lloyd, Harold Macmillan and George Thomas, together with a typed letter to his father, Sir David Richard Llewellyn, from David Lloyd George 20th cent (DATLLEW)
  • Mollie Phillips (1907-1994), figure skater: scrapbooks rel to her years as a leading figure skater, with letters and photographs, incl black and white photographs of Phillips carrying the Great Britain flag at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, and also carrying the flag in front of the Great Britain all-female ice skating team 1928-1936 (NLW ex 3043)
  • Grant of land, dated 11 February [1555], issued during the reign of Mary I, Queen of England, and Philip II, King of Spain, pertaining to lands in Broughton, Merton and Tredesmowen in the commote of Coleshill, co. Flint 1555 (NLW MS 24145)
  • Pedigree, dated 1622, of Robert Davies, Gwysaney, co. Flint 1622 (NLW MS 24140)
  • Illuminated pedigree roll of Edward Puleston 17th cent (NLW MS 24141)
  • Second World War prison camp Red Cross procurement diary, listing prisoners' names, ranks, numbers, regiments, next of kin and camps, incl Stalag VIIIB, Stalag XXA, Stalag XXID, Stalag XVlllA, and recording items of clothing sent by families of prisoners, all of whom appear to be from the Aberdare area, and organised by the Welsh Red Cross 1942-1944 (NLW ex 3044)
  • Thomas Prior (fl1800-1802: travel journals (3) when Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, the first being a "Journal of a Tour through North Wales, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, in the months of July & August 1800 … in company with Jas Bessonnet Esq.", the second an "Excursion to Wales, Journal &c, Aug 27th to Oct 29th 1802", and the third a fragment of an undated Italian journal 1800-1802 (NLW MS 24171)
  • Thomas Letts (1803-1873): journals (2), the first written in 1831, beginning in Birmingham and touring around Britain, and the second written in 1853 which centres on Germany 1831-1853 (NLW MSS 24168-9)
  • Paul Peter Murphy, Baron Murphy of Torfaen (b1948), MP: personal and political papers as MP, Minister and Secretary of State for Wales and Northern Ireland 20th-21st cent
  • James Donnelly Touhig, Baron Touhig (b1947), MP: personal and political papers 20th-21st cent
  • Dr Pete Davies (fl1983-1994), photographer: papers and corresp, mostly rel to exhibitions of his work, including 'Great tin sheds of Wales' (1985), 'Celtic Light' (1989), 'Landscapes at the Tabernacle' (1990) and 'Northern Light' (1993); together with publications 1983-1994
  • John Salusbury of Erbistock (fl 1664), genealogist: pedigree roll recording the genealogy of the families of Puleston of Puleston, Salop, Puleston of Emrall, co. Flint, and Puleston of Havod-y-Wern, Denbigh, transcribed from the books of Robert Davies of Gwysaney, Edward Puleston of Allington, and Owen Salusbury of Rhug 1664 (NLW MS 24142)
  • James Griffiths (1890-1975), politician: papers and documents, incl commemorative photo albums recording his overseas trips as Minister for the Colonies; and collections of photos and letters for significant events 20th cent (JAMTHS)
  • Henry Hussey Vivian (1821-1894), 1st Baron Swansea, politician: diaries/almanacs (5) containing handwritten entries for almost every day, covering personal, business and political matters 1880-1889 (5 volumes)
  • Glyn Jones (1905-1995), poet and author: romantic letters, 1930-1934, written to his then-fiancée, Doreen Jones with a small quantity of the latter's personal and family papers 1926-1953 (GLYNJO)
  • Dr Susan J. Davies (fl 1994-2005), archivist and educator: papers accumulated while member of three organisations rel to archives and records, the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (Wales representative), a panel reviewing Section 60 schemes, as defined in the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, for archive and records services following the Local Government Review of 1996, together with early minutes and papers of Archives Council Wales (ACW), later Archives & Records Council Wales (ARCW) 1994-2005
  • David Jones (1895-1974), poet and artist: letters (126), to Valerie Wynne-Williams (née Price), two addressed to her husband Michael ("Mihangel") and one to them both. Some letters (15) illustrated with coloured pencil, pen and ink drawings and inscriptions 1959-1974 (NLW MS 24167)
  • Colonel Bryan Cooke (1756-1821), MP: travel journal recording various tours through the north of England and throughout Wales. The cover contains the inscription '1790 Journal of a Tour from Owston to Wrexham etc by Bryan Cooke' 1790-1797 (NLW MS 24143)
  • Chris Franks (b1951), politician: papers as Plaid Cymru councillor and Assembly Member for the Vale of Glamorgan (2007-2011), incl election campaign material, press cuttings and newsletters c1983-2011
  • Captain Herbert M. Vaughan (fl1851-1852), 90th Light Infantry: diary, compiled between May 1851 and September 1852, while stationed at Ballincollig Barracks, County Cork, Ireland 1851-1852 (NLW MS 24165)
  • Angelina Workington (fl1867): illustrated manuscript containing humorous prose and poetry written for her uncle, described as 'Slatey Hughes Esquire', as a memento of their visit to North Wales during the summer of 1867 1867 (NLW MS 24147)