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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to Wales |
Local
- Derec Owen (fl1960-2023), photographer: digital photos, negatives and list of images c1960-2023 (WSM/376/Ychwanegol)
- Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1901-1979) naturalistic painter of British birds and other wildlife: letters and photographs; correspondence and administration rel to Kyffin Williams exhibitions; Oriel Môn and Anglesey Museums marking material and other misc items 1868-2023 (W/OM)
- Penmon National School, Anglesey: log book and photographs 1897-1917 (WA/45/1/LOG/1 WSG/9/178-179)
- John Jones Gray (1857-1919), and J.J. Gray, Ironmongers, Llangefni: records 1886-1901 (WM/2776)
- Scorpions AFC: minutes 1934 (PC135)
- Dr David Leslie Baker-Jones (fl1977-2005), academic: correspondence and documents 1720-2013 (CDX899)
- Hughes Solicitors, Llanbadarn: papers from an old safe and various legal papers, deeds, correspondence c1899-1922 (DB/126)
- Gwnnws parish church: papers, incl overseers of the poor records 19th cent (CPR/GWN/8-18)
- Arnold Vincent Davies Evans, solicitors, Lampeter: historic deeds and documents rel to properties and legal issues in the hinterlands of Lampeter and from solicitors' practices predating AVDE 18th-20th cent (AVDE)
- Aberaeron Poor Law Union: vaccination registers (6 vols) for the sub-district of Llandysilio in Aberayron [Aberaeron] Union 1869-1903 (CBG/V)
- General Stores Ledger, probably Caerwedros area c1845 (DB/129)
- David Thomas (1868-1892) of the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen: The Unitarian Pocket Almanac and Diary for 1888 1888 (ADX/1897)
- Helen Blanche Roderick (1899-1979), Land Girl and author: The Land Girl, a humorous poem rel to the author's experience in 1917 and The Guiding Light, a short story written for a Denbigh Guild competition, also rel to her experience as a Land Girl in Cardiganshire c1917 (ADX/1896)
- Lieutenant Colonel John Charles Rea (1868-1944), footballer and army officer: scrap book apparently compiled by Rea chronicling his life and activities 1890s-1920s (ADX/1920)
- Collections rel to the Llanrhystud area. incl records of Llanrhystud Friendship Club: Ysgol Myfenydd, school reunion records incl organizers' records, photocopy of the school's admissions register, and a number of photographs with names; pictures connected with family of Candor, Llanrhystud, and a beaded picture 19th-21st cent (DSO/195; ADX/1909; ADX/1910)
- North Wales Women's Temperance Union: Book of Attestation - Ysbyty Ifan Branch 1904-1907 (CX788)
- Kinmel Bay Land Company: maps of Kinmel Bay Estate c1925-1931 (CMP139)
- Photograph album recording a visit to the town and area around Llandudno by a group presumed to be friends and family of Mr & Mrs James Aston 1904 (CP776)
- Llugwy Cottage, Betws y Coed, visitors book c1856-1902 (CX820)
- Welsh language bible collection 1567-2004 (BIB)
- Family portrait of the Jones family, of Mwrog Street, Ruthin and jubilee tickets 1897-1914 (DD/DM/2013)
- Kate Roberts (1891-1985), Welsh-language author: Llythyrau gan Kate Roberts, awdur, i Ysgol Twm o'r Nant / Letters to a school in Denbigh regarding opening of the school 1968-1972 (DD/DM/2012)
- Bodelwyddan Castle Trust: photographs and records of the Trust c1980-2006 (DD/DM/2019)
- Property records relating to Nantglyn area, maps, plans and sales particulars 1870-1946 (DD/DM/2009)
- Hawarden Singers, local choir, Flintshire: photographs, certificates, brochures c1950-2024 (D/DM/1922)
- Glyn Valley Tramway, narrow-gauge railway, Ceiriog Valley: legal documents rel to sale of land; waybill book for up-going traffic c1870-1935 (AN5487)
- Alyn and Deeside Trefoil Guild: minutes, log books and other records 1991-2015 (AN5495)
- John Philip Jones, agent for Halkyn Mines: note book c1830 (D/DM/1921/1)
- Broughton War Memorial Institute: minutes 1937-1959 (D/DM/1929)
- Aberthin Village Hall Committee: treasurers' files, newsletters, minutes of committee, papers regarding Village Day 1983-2010 (D1653)
- Howells (later House of Fraser) department store, Cardiff: records, incl deeds of Bethany Baptist Chapel; photographs of staff, events, shopfloor and trade displays; newspaper cuttings; advertisements; some miscellaneous correspondence and accounts c1807-2000 (D1680)
- South Wales Baptist Association: Chapel histories; trustees' reports and financial statements 1977-2012 (D1689)
- Ogmore Vale Nursery School: weekly summary registers; teachers attendance register; headteacher's time book; accident book; record sheets for individual children; correspondence 1947-1978 (D1045/5)
- Dyffryn Gardens, St Nicholas: scrapbook compiled by the Traherne family covering the period 1938-1939; reports of plans for Dyffryn Gardens to be used for other purposes, 1943; newspaper cutting, 1995; scrapbook compiled by Joan Kruger (nee Warburton), wife of Harry Kruger, Head Gardener at Dyffryn Gardens 1963-1975 1938-1995 (D1900)
- Côr Merched Cwm Llynfi: minutes of choir committee meetings, minutes of choir AGMs, annual concert programmes and posters, photographs of choir, scrapbook of choir activities 2000s-2010s (D1912)
- Butetown Historic Railway Society (BTRC): minutes of committee meetings, newsletters, press cuttings c1977-1982 (D1914)
- Rosemary Chaloner (fl2019-2020), of Cardiff: ''Wales Closed - Go Home': 200 Days in 2020'; photographs taken during Covid lockdowns 2019-2020 (D1916)
- Cardiff Business Club: list of speakers; annual programme; invitations for events; correspondence from Clarence House, The Prince of Wales' Office c2003-2008 (D1920)
- Aberdare and District Soroptimist International: records incl minutes, membership records, correspondence, insurance, history of the club 1956-2023 (D1927)
- Cross family of Rhondda: letter sent to Charles Cross from Capt Arthur Williams, Chief Constable of West Sussex, dated 15 Dec 1926, thanking him for looking after the police billeted at his hotel during the 1926 strike; also, poster advertising celebrations on the retirement of Mr & Mrs Cross, early 1950s c1926-1950 (D1934)
- John Francis Morgan (fl1953-1962), mechanical engineer: records rel to the updating of colliery infrastructure at Lady Windsor, Cwm, Tymawr, Nantgarw, and Tynant, covering ropeways, conveyors, wagons, rails and pumping 1953-1962 (D1932)
- National Union of Teachers - Gelligaer Association: minute books 1922-1974 (D1944)
- Cardiff Writers' Circle: records incl minutes, administrative papers, programmes, lists of readers at meetings, membership records, and publications 1947-2020 (D1946)
- St Fagans Conservative Party branch: AGM and committee minutes, women's section AGM and committee minutes, membership book 1928-1998 (D1956)
- Ogmore Constituency Labour Party: minutes of Executive Committee and General Management Committee meetings 1982-2003 (D1957)
- Cardiff Probus Club: minutes, secretaries' files, attendance register, photo albums 1976-2011 (D1978)
- Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen: scrapbooks 1962-1980 (D1963)
- St John's Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Number 36, Cardiff: minutes, attendance books, ledgers, cash books, register of members, agendas and returns to Grand Chapter and Provincial Chapter 1856-2011 (D1964)
- Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff: records of the Centre and its activities, incl programmes and flyers for events, press cuttings and magazines c1971-2023 (D1983)
- UWC Atlantic, St Donat's Castle, Llantwit Major: minutes, administrative files, annual reports, correspondence 20th-21st cent (D1986)
- Welsh Football League: records include minutes, financial records, and handbooks 1919-2020 (D1987)
- Cardiff Exchange Club: register of members, candidate book, minute book, letter book and history book 1874-1968 (D1990)
- Deri Primary School, Caerphilly: logbook, admission registers, school compendia, teachers' attendance registers, papers rel to the maintenance of the school 1922-1996 (ECG19)
- Goleulong / Lightship 2000 project: leaflets, chaplaincy profiles, project constitution, postcards, photographs, meeting agendas, minutes, reports, ship records, Companies House record, correspondence, café menu, orders of service 1993-2013 (D1993)
- Sessions and Sons Ltd, builders merchants, of Cardiff and Gloucester: records of the Cardiff branch, and personal papers of its successive managing directors, Arthur Sessions (1849-1915) and (Arthur) Bertram Sessions (1884-1942) 1849-1950 (D1951)
- Edward Thomas of Margam, land surveyor: 'Book of Reference to the Maps of the Manors of St Donats and Sully and other Lands in the County of Glamorgan, the property of Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt Esquire' 1776 (D1928)
- Rhymney Library: papers, volumes, pamphlets, photographs incl of Idris Davies and Baroness White; centenary address of Thomas Jones of Rhymney c1870-1980 (D6722)
- 1st (Chepstow) Battalion, Monmouthshire Home Guard: Roll Book of 9 Platoon "B" Company 1941-1944 (D6747)
- Webber family of Ebbw Vale: souvenir card of National Council for Prevention of War for Ebbw Vale and District Peace Demonstration, pamphlet and invitation to unveiling of Ebbw Vale War Second World War memorial and souvenir programmes for Ebbw Vale Garden Festival and visit of Field Marshall Montgomery to Ebbw Vale 1928-1992 (D6749)
- Glanhowy Primary School and Sirhowy Infant School: log books, punishment book, photographs and stock and stores book 1862-1999 (D6748)
- Llanteg Home Guard: volume recording their activities, detailing lists of supplies, ammunition, and names and numbers of members of the Guard 1942-1943 (5743)
- Hedydd Hughes: diary possibly of the James family, Tynewydd, Pencaer 1846 (5762)
- Green & Peters solicitors, Knighton: poster notifying the commoners and freeholders of a meeting to discuss the inclosure of the waste lands within the Manor of Swydd Ugre and an offer of one twelfth acre in lieu of manorial rights 1878 (R/X/275/1)
- Oswestry Poor Law Union, parish of Llansilin, Montgomeryshire: receipt and payment books (4) 1852-1921 (M/EP/36/O/RT/3-6)
- Jandrell Family of Mochdre, Montgomeryshire: indenture for the sale of property in Mochdre, Montgomeryshire; research on the Jandrell Family in Shropshire and a copy of the publication - The Boy from the Farm 1400-1911 (M/D/X/70)
- The Rhiwarth Slate and Slab Co., Rhiwarth Slate Quarry, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire: ledger and payslips 19th cent (M/X/327)
- Clatter County Primary School, Montgomeryshire: attendance registers (15) 1905-1985 (M/E/PS/14)
- Maesmynis CP school, Breconshire: school log books (3) 1875-1957 (B/E/PS/67/LB/1-3)
- The Co-operative Store, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire: ledgers (10) detailing customer names, orders and prices 1941-1947 (M/BI/12)
- H. Einion Jones, general ironmonger and grocer, Llanfair Caereinion: records, incl ledgers (6) and photographs (3) depicting the shop frontage 1932-1967 (M/BI/11)
- Seren Gomer, first Welsh language newspaper, founded by Joseph Harris (Gomer, 1773-1825): editions from 12 March 1814 and 9 April 1814 1814 (P/X/82)
- Breconshire and Radnorshire Overseers of the Poor: Petty Sessions order book belonging to C Vaughan; incl a list of overseers and depositions rel to settlements for Breconshire and Radnorshire 1838-1868 (P/X/88)
- Vaughan & Vaughan, solicitors, Breconshire: deeds (7) 1500-1800 (B/D/VV)
- Cwmteuddwr (Cwmdauddwr) and Grange Cwmteuddwr (Cwmdauddwr) manors, Radnorshire: court leet papers 1781-2004 (R/X/278)
- Messrs Strick and Bellingham, solicitors, Swansea: bundles of pre-registration title deeds rel to various properties in Swansea and surrounding area 1860s-1970s (D/D SB 32/15-30)
- Tafodiaith Nedd ac Afan: oral history recordings of Welsh dialect speech in the Neath and Afan valleys c2000
- Capel Gorphwysfa, Skewen: minutes, accounts, membership records, baptism and marriage registers, annual reports, pictures, cradle rolls and roll of honour 1850-2013 (D/D CM 19/1/1-19/10/1)
- Calfaria Welsh Baptist Church, Skewen; Adulam Welsh Baptist Church, Bonymaen; Soar Welsh Independent Church, Loughor: Chapel records, incl accounts, membership lists, minutes, photographs 19th-21st cent (D/D W/Bap 29/2/1-29/9/4; 46/1/1-46/4/2)
- Morriston Orpheus Choir collection: records incl minutes, constitution, photographs, programmes and contribution books; records of the Morriston Orpheus Choir Supporters Association (Mocsa); records rel to the Young Welsh Persons of the Year competition incl application forms 20th-21st cent
National
- Erwyd Howells collection: copy of the earmark record book of Llanddewi Brefi and surrounding areas; the work of Edward (Eddie) James, Ty'n syffe, a servant on the Graig farm, Llanddewi nd
- Richard Jones's tone book, Mathan candol, Boduan,1839, from the collection of John Hughes (1847-1936) 1839
- Deed for a piece of land on the road from St Breuial/Bremall [?Briavel] to Strugull [Chepstow] 1523 (NLW Deeds 1963)
- Elizabeth Bower (fl1829), wife of John Sheldon Bower, of Crosby, Liverpool: account of an excursion to North Wales and Cheshire 1829 (NLW MS 24197)
- Court leet records (Wyndham Powell records) 19th cent
- A petition signed by 390,296 women in Wales, led by Annie Hughes-Griffiths, calling on the United States of America to join and lead the League of Nations, together with a specially built chest for transport to Washington DC. Title on the chest: 1923-1924. Appeal from the women of Wales to the women of the United States of America / The Memorial from the Women of Wales to the women of the United States of America (Deiseb Heddwch Menywod Cymru/Women's Peace Petition) 1923-1924
- Charm by a 'dyn hysbys' (cunning man) to cure from illness "the woman Ingram of Gilfach, Llanwnog, Caersws, Mont", inserted in an envelope inscribed 'Mrs Ingram', together with its original bag and photographs of these items nd (NLW MS 24203)
- Dorothy Noel 'Dorf' Bonarjee (1894–1983), Indian poet and artist: papers, incl a notebook containing poetry 1915-1983 (BONARJEE)
- Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff: archive incl cards, catalogues, exhibition lists, artists' letters, gallery adverts, press articles on the gallery and exhibitions, and art fair catalogues 1980-2022
- Rt Hon Mark Drakeford (b1954), First Minister of Wales: papers, incl material rel to the UK withdrawal from the European Union, and documents reflecting Welsh Government relations with the Westminster and devolved governments 202-2023
- Monmouthshire Constabulary: collection of Victorian police notebooks, original charge sheets and ephemera 1867-1879 (NLW ex 3096)
- Papers rel to the musician and singer Sianed Elin Jones 1980-2022
- Welsh Salmon and Trout Angling Association: archive, incl minutes of meetings, annual reports, photographs, membership records and official papers nd
- Lucy Amelia Penny (née Powys): collection of letters, photographs and family ephemera accumulated by Penny, the youngest child of the Reverend C. F. Powys, vicar of Montacute, Somerset, and Mary Cowper Johnson 20th cent
- Seven autograph letters, signed 'David Jones', dated 23 August 1961 - 28 April 1967, to Bryn Griffiths (6) and the editor of The Tablet (1) 1961-1967 (NLW MS 24183F)
- Wynnstay Estate, Wrexham: mid 18th-century commonplace book, probably the property of and inscribed by a member of the Williams-Wynn family of Wynnstay, containing poetry, incl the astronomical poem ‘On seeing a Comet, in the Year 1769. A Night-scene’, and loosely-inserted leaves (3) with medical recipes; printed ephemera 19th cent
- Reverend Francis Taynton (1799-1869/70): manuscript pocket book, compiled and inscribed whilst he was incumbent of the parishes of Ystradowen and Talygarn, Vale of Glamorgan, and later a resident of Cowbridge; further records rel to his horse dealings, dates and locations of his tours, operas, concerts and plays attended and watched 1811-1870 (NLW MS 24205)
- Rev. Canon Jennifer Wigley (fl1988-2017), Rector of Radyr: scrapbook, sermons and records rel to the campaign for the ordination of women in the Church in Wales 1988-2017
University
- Clwb yr Efail, Bangor: records incl minutes 1921-2011 (2023/10)
- Professor David Burton 'Dai' Smith (b1945), Welsh academic, cultural historian, author, and former BBC programme editor and broadcaster: publications, incl by Raymond Williams; personal papers rel to Smith and Gwyn Thomas; photographs and a CD rel to a lecture given c1950-2020 (2023/5)
- Professor David Burton 'Dai' Smith (b1945), Welsh academic, cultural historian, author, and former BBC programme editor and broadcaster: personal and professional papers incl correspondence, diaries, publications, notebooks; material rel to the South Wales Coalfield, BBC Wales, Arts Council Wales as well as Cardiff, Glamorgan and Swansea Universities. The collection also incl minutes of the Treherbert Trades Labour Council (1917-1922), Gwyn Thomas papers and papers rel to Dai Smith's publication on Raymond Williams c1917-2016 (2023/2)
- Dr Michael Ward (fl2015-2013), Senior Lecturer in Social Science, Swansea University: CoronaDiaries project incl first-hand submissions (c1000) - ranging from handwritten notebooks, diaries and dream logs to videos, social media posts, Tik Toks, music playlists and even a cross-stitch sampler - chronicling the first 24 months of the pandemic 2020-2023 (2023/14)
- Bridging Cultures Project, Academy for Inclusivity, Swansea University: interviews (6) conducted with international students and staff at Swansea University, with topics incl earliest childhood memories, food, language, home, school, first impressions of Swansea and what is home 2023 (2023/18)
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