- 1/7/6
- Ffeil / File
- 1989
Rhan oFfilm Cymru Scripts
Four copies of screenplay by Bill Bryden titled Glad, the narrative based around the Aberfan disaster of 1966; together with overview and plot synopsis.
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Rhan oFfilm Cymru Scripts
Four copies of screenplay by Bill Bryden titled Glad, the narrative based around the Aberfan disaster of 1966; together with overview and plot synopsis.
Cuttings on the Aberfan disaster,
Rhan oPhilip Weekes Papers,
The file comprises various newspaper and magazine cuttings, [Oct.] 1966-Dec. 1967, some in photocopied form, concerning the disaster at Aberfan on 21 October 1966, including cuttings regarding the subsequent public inquiry at Merthyr Tydfil, as reported in both the national and local press, as well as articles from the Colliery Guardian. Also included are some pages from a glossy magazine showing pictures of the scene immediately following the tragedy.
Rhan oGlyn Jones Papers,
The file comprises papers, 1966-1967, relating to Welsh voices. An anthology of new poetry from Wales, ed. Bryn Griffiths (London, 1967), mostly correspondence between Glyn Jones and Bryn Griffiths which includes lists of poems for the anthology (one letter also contains observations regarding the Aberfan disaster). Glyn Jones appears to have acted as consultant on behalf of the Welsh Arts Council during the compilation of the anthology.
Griffiths, Bryn
Aberfan Disaster Memorial papers,
Papers, 1967-1996, including correspondence, newspaper cuttings, plans and photographs of the memorial site of the Aberfan disaster, 1966. Included are letters from Dewi-Prys Thomas, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff, and his design.
Thomas, Dewi-Prys, 1916-1985
Professor J. N. Hutchinson: Aberfan Inquiry Papers,
Papers of Professor J. N. Hutchinson, 1940-1996, comprising reports on the Aberfan tragedy including Geotechnical investigation into the causes and circumstances of the disater of 21st October, 1966 , by the donor and others, together with a very rare copy of Rubbish Tip slide, Cilfynydd Common 5 December 1939 (1940), and an offprint of an article by him and others entitled 'Rapid failures of colliery spoil heaps in the South Wales coalfield', Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, 1996.
Hutchinson, J. N. (John Neville).
Aberfan Disaster Fund envelopes
Eighteen envelopes, all postmarked 1966, which originally contained contributions towards the Aberfan Disaster Fund; from the estate of the donor's parents, Mary and Donald Hughes. Donald Hughes was a local government officer with an appointment at Pantglas school on 21st October 1966 and arrived moments after the landslide hit the school. He then spent the day and night helping with the emergency and recovery efforts and was later involved in the administration of the disaster fund.
Aberfan Disaster Fund