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Iain McLean & Martin Johnes, 'Aberfan : government and disasters' (Cardiff : Welsh Academic Press, 1st imp., Oct. 2000 ; p/bk, xv, 274 pp., biblio., index).

Maureen Hughes (comp.) and Aberfan & Merthyr Vale Writers and History Group, 'Aberfan - our hiraeth ; an anthology in poetry, prose and pictures' (Aberfan & Merthyr Vale Community Co-operative, March 1999 ; p/bk, 270 pp., list of subscribers).

Copies of draft and signed Aberfan Disaster Fund management committee trust deeds, 1966, 1967 and 1980, and a declaration of trust and appointment, 1973.

Minutes of the meetings of the provisional committee of the Aberfan Disaster Fund, 17 Nov. 1966-13 Jan. 1967, and its sub- and other committees.

Papers relating to the Aberfan disaster, collected by the donor's father, William Tudor, secretary of the Aberfan Parents' & Residents' Association.

Print-out of the www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/politics/aberfan website, intended as a starting point for researchers.

Five booklets, comprising: Tudor David (ed.), 'Aberfan and the teachers' ([1967], 24 pp.); and programmes of official opening of Ynysowen Junior & Infant Schools, 20 June 1969, opening events for the Aberfan & Merthyr Vale community centre, 17 Feb.-3 March 1973, and official opening of the community centre by the Queen, 9 March 1973 (two copies).

The first report of the Aberfan Disaster Fund management committe, 21 Oct. 1966-Aug. 1968. Bound in green leather.

The first report of the Aberfan Disaster Fund management committe, 21 Oct. 1966-Aug. 1968. Copy of no. 9, bound in red paper covers.

Copies of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) for 26 Oct. 1967, including (col's 1909-2014) a debate on the Report of the Tribunal appointed to inquire into the Aberfan disaster (House of Commons Paper No. 553), and for 21 Oct. 1991, including (col. 619) recognition of the 25th anniversary of the disaster.

Letters, mainly to William Tudor, secretary of the Aberfan Parents' & Residents' Association, but also to Jean Tudor (his wife), Tom Lewis, T. L. Breeze and others, including from Leo Abse MP, S. O. Davies MP, Gwynfor Evans MP, Edward Heath MP, Eric S. Heffer MP, Erastus Jones of Tŷ Toronto, Selwyn Jones, town clerk of Merthyr Tydfil Co. Bor., Joan Lester MP, Ted Rowlands MP, Geoffrey Morgan, secretary and treasurer of the Aberfan Disaster Fund Management Committee, Lord Robens, chairman of the NCB, George Thomas, secretary of state for Wales, and the mayor of Neufchateau, Voges, France. Also from members of the public and subscribers to the disaster fund, particularly 1-4 Sept. 1967, following an article in the 'Daily Mail' asking how the money should be spent. Also an acknowledgement from the mayor of Brussels for a message of sympathy to the families of the victims of the À l'Innovation department store fire of 22 May 1967, and donations to the relief funds following the Belice earthquake, Sicily, 14/15 Jan. 1968, and the Lara bush fire, Australia, 8 Jan. 1969.

Includes a photograph of a man [William Tudor?] working on a model building made from biros, with 'Odhams Press' and 'Womans Realm' copyright stamps on the reverse.

Reports, statements, minutes, press notices and accounts, including minutes of the Aberfan Disaster Fund, Oct. 1966-July 1967, and accounts of the fund, June 1974 and Sept. 1975. Also, names and addresses of the bereaved parents, and the wishes of some of the mothers looking to the future.

Copies of poems, an illuminated scroll from the staff and inmates of HMP Lewes, co. Sussex, and a certificate of 65 trees planted in the Ness Ziona Children's Forest, Israel, in response to the loss of life.

The second report of the Aberfan Disaster Fund management committe, Aug. 1968-Aug. 1970.