The Welsh Language and the Utilities
- P/6
- File
- 1997-1998
The Welsh Language and the Utilities
The Welsh Language Working Party
Part of Labour Party Wales Archives
The file comprises correspondence and papers, 1989-1991, relating to the meetings of the Welsh Language Working Party set up by the Labour Party Wales, including agenda, minutes and reports.
Labour Party Wales Welsh Language Working Party
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
An essay entitled 'Traethawd ar y Sefyllfa yr hon a berchenoga y Iaith Gymraeg yn mhlith y Ieithoedd o'r hanniad Celtaidd ...'
Part of Cwrtmawr manuscripts
A 'waste book' of Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd') consisting largely of problems in fluxions, together with 'The Welsh' and 'The Welsh Language' (being attacks on the Welsh people for their prejudices against the English language and their adherence to their native language), an incomplete draft of a play entitled 'Deio Meurig's Visit to Pwllhely on a Saturday afternoon in June', English and Welsh verses; etc.
Eben Fardd, 1802-1863
Part of Thomas Stephens Manuscripts
A translation by Stephens of a treatise on the position occupied by Welsh among languages of Celtic origin.
Part of Cwrtmawr manuscripts
Eight notebooks of the Reverend D. Silvan Evans containing notes on Welsh grammar, language and literature.
Part of Robin Reeves Papers
Part of Eirene White papers
A file of mainly printed material, together with a small quantity of letters, concerning the preparation of the new Welsh Language Bill and the resultant act, including a copy of Recommendations for a New Welsh Language Act, a report published by the Welsh Language Board in February 1991. There are also some parliamentary papers.
Welsh Language Board
Part of Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos Papers
The file comprises correspondence and papers relating to the preparation and drafting of the Welsh Language Bill, 1993. It includes a large number of reports, circulars and memoranda. The file includes letters from Dr Carl Clowes, David Hunt MP, Emyr Jenkins, Principal Derec Llwyd Morgan, Sir Wyn Roberts (Lord Roberts of Conwy), (2) and Professor J. Beverley Smith (2).
Clowes, Carl
Welsh Language Bill: preparation
Part of Eirene White papers
The file comprises miscellaneous items assembled by Lady White relating to the drafting and preparation of the Welsh Language Bill. The file includes a letter from Lord Prys-Davies, 1987.
Prys-Davies, Gwilym Prys Davies, Baron, 1923-2017
Part of Labour Party Wales Archives
The file consists of a manuscript report entitled 'Labour and the Welsh language: an integrated policy' prepared by Gareth Howells, Cardiff, April 1973.
Part of Ivor James manuscripts
An analysis of the derivation of place and personal names found in Bishopston and Pennard; miscellaneous notes on Welsh authors, mainly of the seventeeth century, and their works; an outline of Thomas Pennant: Tours in Wales (London, 1810); notes on the Welsh language, including the language of the Welsh Bible; notes on eminent Welshmen; Welsh references in the British Museum Additional Manuscripts; etc. The material is in both English and Welsh.
Yr Iaith Gymraeg (closed material)
Part of Elfyn Llwyd Papers.
Correspondence relating to the rights of employees and customers to use the Welsh language, along with a personal case regarding power of attorney.