Dangos 2016 canlyniad

Papers of former Welsh Labour & Co-operative politician Don Touhig, Baron Touhig, comprising material relating to his political career both before and after his 1995 Islwyn by-election victory, and including campaign publicity; speech notes; parliamentary reports; diaries; and correspondence.

Deeds relating to the Picton Castle estate, mainly in Pembrokeshire, 1285-1981; manorial records of the manors of Manorbier, Penally, etc., 1601-1851; rentals of the Picton Castle estate, 1710-1981; of the Slebech estate, 1919-1930, and of the Tregyb estate, 1965-1974; Picton Castle estate accounts, cash books, ledgers,etc., 1717-1971; records relating to coal mining in Pembrokeshire, 1632, 1684-1857; and estate and family papers,1656 -1928, mainly correspondence.

Memorandum, [1876], by Sackville Herbert Owen, agent to the Picton Castle Estates, recording a conversation with the Rev. Frederick Arnold about a claim to the estates by Sir James Erasmus Philipps; September 2024.

The archive comprises music manuscripts divided into juvenalia and early works, [1917x1934], orchestral works, 1933-1992, concertos, 1943-1986, instrumental and chamber music, [1930x1993], piano music, 1930-1955, organ music, 1973-1978, choral music, 1950-1979, solo voice with accompaniment, 1934, oratorio and cantatas, 1958-1987, sacred music, 1949-1974, opera, 1961-1968, incidental music, [1930x1960], miscellaneous papers, 1934-1936, and sketches. There are also letters to Daniel Jones, 1918-1993, copies of letters written by Daniel Jones, 1931-1991, material relating to compositions, 1946-1993, lectures, articles and scripts, [c. 1951]-[1990], adjudications, reports and reviews, [1953x1993], thesis, notes and bibliographies, [1925x1993], papers of Egyptian, Mexican and Oriental interest, correspondence and papers, [1925x1993], relating to Daniel Jones's visit to Czechoslovakia in 1955, his visit to the Soviet Union in 1960, papers concerning various guilds and committees, 1949-1992, papers concerning the Swansea Amateur Symphony Orchestra, [c. 1931]-[c. 1932], papers relating to questions of contracts and copyright, 1948-1960, personalia, divided into honours and certificates, 1929-1993, competitions and higher degrees, 1935-1954, curricula vitae and testimonials, 1939-1954, photograph album and scrapbooks, 1937-1960, miscellaneous papers, 1925-1957. There are also printed materials, [1914x1993], and press cuttings, 1945-1993, relating to Daniel Jones's life and to performances of his work. There is also a group of the papers of Jenkin Jones, comprising music manuscripts, 1917-1934, correspondence, 1903-1935, an essay, 1935, copyright material, 1916-1917, printed material, 1903-1918, and press cuttings, 1905-1918.

A further small group of papers comprising letters, articles, reviews and programmes were received October 2014. This group was introduced as the final Sub-fonds, entitled 2014 Donation, in January 2016. Also, spool tapes of music and a collection of cassettes were received and transferred to NSSAW.

Two manuscripts: Under Milk Wood score and Fourteen Leider peices were received January 2015. See description for Series A and Series M for further information.

Further correspondence, diaries and notes received in 2018.

September 2022 purchase: Mainly literary papers of composer and conductor Daniel Jenkyn Jones, comprising both early unpublished poetry and prose by Daniel Jones and material relating to later published literary works, almost all of which relate to Jones's friend and early literary collaborator, poet and writer Dylan Thomas, which were either written or edited by, or produced with input from, Daniel Jones. The collection also includes a significant amount of material relating to Daniel Jones's incidental music and song settings composed as an accompaniment to Dylan Thomas's 'play for voices' 'Under Milk Wood' (1954), correspondence and press cuttings relating to Daniel Jones's literary and musical career and to his relationship with Dylan Thomas, and a few miscellaneous items, some of which relate to Dylan Thomas, including photographs of Dylan Thomas's former girlfriend, the novelist, playwright, poet and literary and social critic Pamela Hansford Johnson.

November 2022 purchase: Manuscript music score of Daniel Jones's Prelude: 'A Refusal to Mourn', a piece for organ commissioned by the Swansea branch of the Dylan Thomas Society to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Dylan Thomas's death.

Manuscripts formerly belonging to Thomas Powel.

Minutes of the Cymmrodorion council and other committees, 1873-1970, secretaries' papers, 1873-1958, 1996, librarians' papers, 1904-1939, papers relating to the Society's public activities, 1876-1988, financial papers, 1879-1954, membership papers, 1873-1933, and papers relating to its constitution, 1951-1954.

The collection consists of election addresses, leaflets, circulars and other printed matter, 1837-1999, generally acquired before the establishment of the Welsh Political Archive; election addresses, leaflets etc., 1905-2024, collected by the WPA; and printed materials, 1887-2025, concerning the political parties in Wales, various pressure groups and organisations, subject files, and other miscellaneous papers.

Papers of, and acquired by, the Welsh Church Commission, 1283-1960, including records of the Commission, 1914-1960; records relating to border parishes, 1914-1915; accounts, 1920-1958; papers relating to Sir Alfred Watson, 1916-1941; records concerning compensation to lay holders of freehold offices, 1915-1931; records relating to burial grounds, 1934-1947; records relating to the destination of records, 1914-1960; records relating to parish lands, 1844-1946; manorial records and court books, 1842-1925; transfer of documents, 1822-1947; deeds of properties, 1566-1929; and rentals and surveys, 1919-1947.

Papers of the playwright Dedwydd Jones, including personal notes, scripts for television and radio, letters, articles, stories, poems and tapes.

Papers of CND Cymru, 1957-1992, comprising: national and local branch minutes, strategy documents and other administrative papers, correspondence, speeches, programmes for summer schools, details of protests and conferences, publicity material, press statements, pamphlets and articles, papers relating to the National Council, reports, newspaper cuttings, information packs, and ephemera, relating to local, national and international campaigns.

Records of the Broom Hall estate, Caernarfonshire, 1625-1939, comprising deeds, 1567-1946, rent books and rentals, 1787-1816, 1856-1942, ledgers, 1907-1937, cash books, 1907-1939, wages books, 1905-1946, and correspondence, 1748-1925, deeds, 1664-1808, and account and rent books, 1785-1871, of properties in St James Westminster and St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex; deeds relating to the Bodfel estate, Caernarfonshire, 1725-1854; rentals of the Madryn estate, 1816-1819, and Meillionydd estate, 1846-1857, both in Caernarfonshire; and a record of the average price of corn, 1771-1826.

Papers and memorabilia documenting the career of Sir Harry Secombe CBE, the entertainer, comedian, singer, star of film, radio, television and theatre, also a writer and broadcaster. This collection was compiled by Harry himself, together with his wife Myra and their children. The papers include scripts from stage, radio and television shows such as "The Goon Show", "Pickwick" (1963 and 1993), Oliver! (1968), "Harry Secombe Show", "Secombe and Friends", "Sunday Night at the London Palladium", etc.. Book manuscripts including "Twice Brightly" (1974), "Goon Abroad" (1982), "Arias and Raspberries" (1989), and "Strawberries and Cheam" (1998). Many anecdotes and speech notes; magazine articles in draft and published; programmes and posters (many signed); letters, personalia, honours, awards ephemera, charity work, funeral and memorial service. Harry was a keen photographer, and artist, well known for his humorous cartoons and caricatures which feature throughout the collection.
The large collection of personal and publicity photographs, including "Pickwick" productions, "Oliver!", together with stars of theatre, television, friends, and Royalty have been transferred to NLW photographic collections.
Three paintings and large posters have been transferred to NLW framed works.

Papers of George Ewart Evans, including manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poetry, short stories, children's literature, a drama, oral history and autobiographical material, 1932-1986; illustrations, including drawings and photographs, [1932x1985]; journals and pamphlets, 1922-1988; other publications, 1950-1969; notebooks, 1927-1987; oral history, dialect and local history notes, 1941-1988; miscellaneous notes and source materials, [1894x1988]; notes for lectures, [1950]-[1984]; radio, tape transcripts, television and film material, [1947x1988]; correspondence and related material, including official and private letters, 1934-1987; personal items such as certificates, university papers and diaries, 1866-1988; engagement diaries and address books, [1927x1988]; cuttings, reviews and articles by or about George Ewart Evans, 1947-1988; and miscellaneous articles and reference books, 1875, 1906, [1927x1986].

January 2024 donation comprises:
Additional papers relating to the life and work of folklorist, writer and schoolteacher George Ewart Evans, comprising diaries, notes, correspondence, photographs, material relating to Evans's published works and to works relating to him, details of centenary and other commemorative events, press cuttings, obituaries and miscellaneous items. 1867-2019

Papurau mudiad Yes Cymru, sy'n cynnwys posteri a thaflenni'n hysbysebu ralïau a gorymdeithiau a drefnwyd gan Yes Cymru; cofnodion cyfarfodydd pwyllgorau Yes Cymru; taflenni ymgyrchu a gyhoeddwyd gan Yes Cymru; deunydd yn ymwneud â Radio Yes Cymru; torion o'r wasg a rhifynnau o bapurau newydd yn ymwneud ag ymgyrchoedd annibyniaeth yn bennaf ar ran Cymru a'r Alban; a deunydd amrywiol, sy'n cynnwys The Flotilla Effect, sef adroddiad a gyhoeddwyd gan Adam Price a Ben Levinger. = Papers of the Yes Cymru movement, comprising posters and flyers giving notice of rallies and marches organised by Yes Cymru; records of Yes Cymru committee meetings; campaign leaflets published by Yes Cymru; material relating to Radio Yes Cymru; press cuttings and newspapers which relate to independence campaigns mainly on the part of Wales and Scotland; and miscellaneous material, which includes The Flotilla Effect, a report published by Adam Price and Ben Livinger.

The collection comprises John Owen's diaries, 1889-1926; notebooks containing press cuttings, accounts, extracts from the Bible and historical notes; and an address book (box 1); the memoirs of John Owen entitled 'College Friends', letters, 1872-1894, including many letters concerning the tithe rent charge, papers on the 1889 Welsh Intermediate Education Bill (box 2); a catalogue of the books in the library of Bishop John Owen, 1908, speeches, draft speeches and sermons, letters and papers relating to the disestablishment and disendowment of the church in Wales, papers concerning educational matters, 1891-1895 (box 3); letters, 1893-1897, many on religious matters, including issues of church reform, some of family interest, some congratulating John Owen as Bishop of St Davids in 1897 (box 4); an incomplete manuscript, the final printers' copy and the typescript text of 'The Early Life of Bishop Owen' (box 5); letters, 1898-1905, some relating to sermons and prayers following the death of Gladstone, the 1902 Education Bill, church defence, the fire at the Bishop's Palace at Abergwili in 1903, the new Bishop of Llandaff in 1905, and matters of diocesan interest, and there are also papers, 1904-1905, concerning education, Lloyd George and the Western Mail (box 6); letters, 1897-1914, some relating to the proceedings of the Welsh Church Commission, diocesan matters, church defence etc. (box 7); correspondence and papers, 1914-1917, many relating to the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church in Wales, the Welsh Church Act, 1914, and related matters (box 8); letters, 1906-1915, some relating to the role of the church in politics, education, church defence, the Welsh Church Bill etc. (box 9); correspondence and printed material, 1914-1919, concerning disestablishment, the Welsh Church Act, the Postponement Bill and the war, the tithe and disendowment (box 10); letters and papers, 1910-1926, concerning the tithe and the Welsh Church Bill, the Welsh Church Act, the Church Commissioners, matters relating to the diocese of St Davids (box 11); bundles of letters, 1922-1926, relating to church and diocesan matters, disestablishment and finance (box 12); correspondence and papers, 1914-1926, relating to disendowment, the government of the Church in Wales, the constitutions of the Governing Body and the Representative Body of the Church in Wales, drafts, notes and correspondence concerning 'The Later Life of Bishop Owen' (box 13); papers, 1907-1918, concerning Bishop Owen's life and work, including the typescript draft of 'The Early Life of Bishop Owen' (box 14); typescript drafts of 'The early Life of Bishop Owen' (box 15); manuscript texts of 'The Later Life of Bishop Owen', and miscellaneous source materials relating to Bishop Owen's life and work (box 16); papers concerning church matters, 1889-1925, including material relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the Representative Body of the Church in Wales, the 'Diocesan Board of Finance', the 'Million Pound Fund' appeal, commutation capital, the St Davids Board of Finance etc., together with the correspondence of Miss Eluned Owen, 1954-1965 (box 17); papers relating to voluntary and parochial contributions, 1905-1908, together with an extensive collection of press cuttings (box 18).
Additional papers (boxes 19-21) comprising the letters of Bishop John Owen, his wife Amelia Owen and their family, together with the recollections of their daughter, Gwenonwy Davies, and of her husband the Very Reverend J. T. Davies, Dean of Bangor, were received in August 2017.

Estate records of the Edwards family of Nanhoron, Caernarfonshire, and associated families, including the Vaughan of Bronheulog, Denbighshire, Lloyd of Rhosbeiro, Hirdrefaig, Angelsey, and Jones of Gelliwig, Caernarfonshire, comprising mainly title deeds, 1476-1880, relating to lands in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Merionethshire, and estate correspondence, mainly 1781-1857.

Deeds and documents, 1631-1861, relating to the Llanllyr estate in Cardiganshire, Carmarthen, and Llangynog and Merthyr in Carmarthenshire, together with a toll book, 1796-1833, of Talsarn fairs.

Manuscripts and papers, 1825-1938, of or collected by A. Stanley Davies, consisting mainly of correspondence addressed to Abraham Howell, solicitor, of Welshpool, by members of his family, including his cousin Samuel Roberts (S.R.); together with other correspondence and papers of the Howell family, and letters addressed to Arthur Stanley Davies. The majority of the material is of Montgomeryshire interest.

Papers, correspondence and photographs, 1975-2012, of the photographer Paul Brewer (b.1946), relating to the artist, his work and exhibitions; January 2023.
Technical diary compiled, in three files, by the artist Paul Brewer relating to a project entitled 'In the dark in Pembrokeshire', including notes, correspondence and photographic material, 2005-16; July 2025.

Documents relating to the Welsh Labour Party campaign to achieve an equal number of women and men candidates for the first elections to the Welsh Assembly.

Papers, 1983-2013, of National Dance Company Wales, formerly known as Diversions, comprising:

BOX 1
Three files containing scrapbooks compiled by Ann Sholem, each comprising a potted history and chronology of the creation of National Dance Company for Wales, formerly Diversions, together with press cuttings, photographs, cards, letters and printed flyers and programmes chronicling the history of National Dance Company Wales from 1983 to 2013. Scrapbook 3 includes curricula vitae of Ann Sholem and Roy Campbell-Moore. 1983-2013

BOX 2 1983-2002
Material relating to Jumpers and Diversions dance companies, comprising press release announcing the appointment of Roy Campbell-Moore as Artistic Director of Jumpers; printed flyers, posters and theatrical programmes; press cuttings; poster depicting costume design; choreography notes; curriculum vitae of Ann Sholem; colour and black-and-white photographs depicting company members; letter, 1984, to Ann Sholem announcing the award of a grant from the then Arts Council of Great Britain; further correspondence; and a potted history of Diversions dance company. Two small loose items (1984) appear to be photograph captions.

BOX 3 2003-2009
Material relating to Diversions dance company and to National Dance Company Wales, comprising press cuttings and printouts; magazines; and printed brochures, theatrical programmes and flyers.

BOX 4 2010-2013
Material relating to National Dance Company Wales, comprising printed theatrical programmes and flyers; press cuttings and printouts; brochures; and magazines.

BOX 5
Colour and black and white mainly photographic posters relating to performances, rehearsals, workshops and other events given/held by Diversions dance company (as National Dance Company Wales was then known). The only dated items (see reverse of posters) are those relating to a performance called 'Generations' (1995, 1996) (for which see also Box 1: Scrapbook 1 (1983-1999)). 1995-1996

BOX 6
Posters depicting original costume designs by Paul Shriek for a 2007 performance of Kurt Weill's 1933 satirical ballet chanté (sung ballet) Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins) (original German libretto by Bertolt Brecht) by the Welsh National Opera under the direction of Roy Campbell-Moore. 2007

BOX 7
Undated colour and black-and-white large-scale photographs of Diversions dance company members, probably taken while rehearsing. [1985x2000]