Ffeil / File AD/1 - Gohebiaeth rhwng Swyddfa Ranbarthol Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr, Bangor a Choleg Harlech = Correspondence between the Workers' Educational Association District Office, Bangor and Coleg Harlech

'Roedd Coleg Harlech yn goleg addysg breswyl ar gyfer oedolion a leolwyd yn Harlech, Gwynedd. Fe'i sefydlwyd ym 1927 gan Dr Thomas Jones (1870-1955) fel parhad o waith Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr o fewn amgylchedd breswyl. Warden cyntaf y Coleg oedd Syr Ben Bowen Thomas (1899-1977). Yn 2001, ymunodd Coleg Harlech â changen Gogledd Cymru o Gymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr, cyn cyfuno drachefn efo cyrff eraill a throi'n Addysg Oedolion Cymru, sef y mudiad a fu'n rheoli safle Coleg Harlech nes ei werthu yn 2019. = Coleg Harlech was an adult education residential college situated in Harlech, Gwynedd. It was founded in 1927 by Dr Thomas Jones (1870-1955) as a continuation of the work of the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) within a residential environment. The College's first warden was Sir Ben Bowen Thomas (1899-1977). In 2001, Coleg Harlech merged with the North Wales branch of the Workers' Educational Association, before merging again with other bodies to become Adult Learning Wales, which took over the management of the Coleg Harlech site until its sale in 2019.

Ganed Ben Bowen Thomas (1899-1977) yn Ystrad Rhondda a'i addysgu yn Ysgol Ramadeg y Rhondda, Coleg Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth a Choleg Iesu, Rhydychen. Bu'n gweithio fel darlithydd cyn ei benodi'n warden cyntaf Coleg Harlech pan y'i sefydlwyd gan Dr Thomas Jones (1870-1955) ym 1927. Wedi gadael y wardeiniaeth ym 1940, fe'i penodwyd i'r Weinyddiaeth Lafur ac yna i'r Weinyddiaeth Addysg (1945-1963), lle'r ymgyrchodd i wella safonau mewn ysgolion Cymreig ac ar gyfer dysgu'r iaith Gymraeg. Gwasanaethodd fel Llywydd Coleg Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth o 1964 hyd 1975. Bu farw ym Mangor. = Ben Bowen Thomas (1899-1977) was born in Ystrad Rhondda and educated in Rhondda Grammar School, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Jesus College, Oxford. He worked as a lecturer before being appointed the first warden of Coleg Harlech at its establishment in 1927 by Dr Thomas Jones (1870-1955), a post he retained until 1940. He went on to work for the Ministry of Labour and subsequently the Ministry of Education (1945-1963), in which rôle he campaigned for improved standards within Welsh schools and in the teaching of the Welsh language. He served as President of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1964 until 1975. He died in Bangor.

Ganed Thomas Jones (1870-1955) yn Rhymni, sir Fynwy, yn fab i David Benjamin a Mary Ann Jones. Fe'i addysgwyd yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth a Phrifysgol Glasgow. Wedi cyfnod yn darlithio yn yr Alban ac Iwerddon, dychwelodd i Gymru fel ysgrifennydd yr Ymgyrch Cymreig yn erbyn y Diciáu, yna'i benodi'n ysgrifennydd Comisiwn Cenedlaethol Yswiriant Iechyd (Cymru). Ymadawodd am Lundain ym 1916 i ymgymeryd â swydd Is-ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, lle cafodd ei ddyrchafu'n ddiweddarch yn Ddirprwy Ysgrifennydd. O 1934 hyd 1940, bu'n aelod o'r Bwrdd Cymorth i'r Di-waith ac, o 1952 hyd 1954, 'roedd yn gadeirydd Ymddiriedolaeth Pilgrim. 'Roedd yn un o sylfaenwyr y Welsh Outlook (ac yn olygydd cyntaf y cylchgrawn o 1914 i 1916) a Gwasg Gregynog (1922) ac yn brif sylfaenydd Coleg Harlech ym 1927. Trwyddo ef yn fwy na neb y sefydlwyd Cyngor y Celfyddydau (fel y Cyngor er Cefnogi Cerddoriaeth a'r Celfyddydau) ym 1939. 'Roedd hefyd yn aelod o lawer cyngor, gan gynnwys Prifysgol Cymru, Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth (ac yn lywydd arni o 1944 hyd 1954), Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru ac Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru. Ysgrifennodd a chyhoeddodd nifer o lyfrau, erthyglau a phamffledi. Fe'i wnaethpwyd yn Gydymaith Anrhydedd ym 1929 a dyfarnwyd ef yn aelod o Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion ym 1944. Priododd (1902) ag Eirene Theodora Lloyd, a chawsant dri o blant, gan gynnwys Eirene (wedyn y Farwnes White) (1909-1999). = Thomas Jones (1870-1955) was born in Rhymney, Monmouthshire, the son of David Benjamin and Mary Ann Jones. He was educated at University College of Wales Aberystwyth and the University of Glasgow. Following a period lecturing in Scotland and Ireland, he returned to Wales as secretary of the Welsh National Campaign Against Tuberculosis before later being appointed secretary of the National Insurance Health Commission (Wales). In 1916 he departed for London to take up the post of Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, later to be promoted to Deputy Secretary. From 1934 to 1940 he served as a member of the Unemployment Assistance Board and from 1952 to 1954 was chairman of the charitable Pilgrim Trust. Thomas Jones was one of the founders of the Welsh Outlook (becoming the magazine's first editor from 1914 to 1916) and of the Gregynog Press (1922) and, in 1927, was one of the main founders of the adult education establishment Coleg Harlech. He was the primary instigator in the establishment of the Arts Council (initially known as the Council for the Management of Music and the Arts) in 1939, serving on several arts-based councils, including that of the University of Wales, University College of Wales Aberystwyth (of which he was president from 1944 until 1954), the National Library of Wales and the National Museum of Wales. He was the author of numerous books, articles and pamphlets. He was made a Companion of Honour in 1919 and in 1944 was elected as a member of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. He married in 1902 Eirene Theodora Lloyd, with whom he had three children, including Eirene (Baroness White) (1909-1999).