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Receipts of monies received and distributed by the committee to various bodies, all in relation to the work of providing war relief both in Britain and in the USA

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Hugh Dalton; Cassie Davies (2); D. Jacob Davies; Nan Davies, BBC; Dr Noelle Davies (5); Per Denez; Huw T. Edwards; Joe England; Moses Griffith (2); J. Gwyn Griffiths; Dafydd Iwan; Harri Pritchard Jones; Sir Keith Joseph (3); Noel G. Lloyd; D. Tecwyn Lloyd (2); Elystan Morgan; Gerald R. Morgan; John Nash; E. T. Nevin (2); Keidrych Rhys; Ben Bowen Thomas; Dafydd Wigley; Jac L. Williams; R. O. F. Wynne.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Winifred Ewing; Ffred Ffransis (2); R. E. Griffith; Peter Hughes Griffiths; Gwyndaf; Mathonwy Hughes; Ben G. Jones; David Parry-Jones (2); E. D. Jones; Robyn Lewis (4); Ted Spanswick; Ben Bowen Thomas.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Syr/Sir Goronwy Daniel (2); Cassie Davies (2); Mari Ellis; Tom Ellis AS/MP (2); Gwyn Erfyl; Meredydd Evans (2); Winifred Ewing; Raymond Garlick; Peter Hughes Griffiths; R. Geraint Gruffydd (3); Dan Lynn James; Ben G. Jones; R. Brinley Jones; Robyn Lewis (4); Hywel Moseley; Delwyn Phillips; Dewi Watkin Powell (2); Alwyn D. Rees; Keith Robbins (2); Chris Smith AS/MP (3); J. Beverley Smith; Ben Bowen Thomas; Athro/Professor Brinley Thomas; Ned Thomas (2); Peter Thomas AS/MP; Gwilym R. Tilsley; Dafydd Wyn Wiliam; Dr Phil Williams.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Clive Betts; Alun Talfan Davies; Gwilym Prys Davies; Dr Noelle Davies (2); Thomas Charles Edwards; Mari Ellis; R. E. Griffith; Peter Hughes Griffiths (3); Tweli Griffiths; Robat Gruffudd; David Jenkins; Saunders Lewis; Athro/Professor T. J. Morgan; Thomas Parry; Delwyn Phillips (2); Alwyn D. Rees; Ted Rowlands AS/MP; Elan Closs Stephens (3); Ben Bowen Thomas (2); Dafydd Elis Thomas; Dafydd Wigley (3); Jac L. Williams.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/includes letters from: Gwennant Davies (later Gillespie), Urdd Gobaith Cymru; Gwilym Prys Davies (3); Ithel Davies; Dr Noelle Davies (5), T. I. Ellis (13); William George; R. E. Griffith; J. Gwyn Griffiths (2); T. Elwyn Griffiths; Mari Headley (Ellis) (3); A. O. H. Jarman; Dafydd Jenkins (3); Gwenallt; Rhys Hopkin Morris; J. Dyfnallt Owen; Thomas Parry; Iorwerth C. Peate; Delwyn Phillips; Dewi Watkin Powell (2); Mati Rees; Keidrych Rhys; Kate Roberts; Ben Bowen Thomas (2); Griffith John Williams.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Eileen Beasley; Cynog Dafis; Cassie Davies (3); Dr Elwyn Davies; John Davies; Dr Noelle Davies (2); Huw T. Edwards; Ifan ab Owen Edwards; E. Lewis Evans; J. Gwyn Griffiths; Nel Gwenallt; Dafydd Iwan; Ben Bowen Thomas (7); Griffith John Williams; Gruffudd Aled Williams.

Gohebiaeth a chopïau o ohebiaeth, 1929-1944, yn bennaf rhwng Swyddfa Ranbarthol Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr, a leolwyd yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor, a Choleg Harlech, ynghyd â gohebiaeth oddi wrth bencadlys Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr yn Llundain (prif ohebydd Ernest Green, ysgrifennydd cyffredinol y Gymdeithas) at y Swyddfa Ranbarthol a gohebiaeth rhwng y Swyddfa Ranbarthol a darpar-fyfyrwyr Coleg Harlech. Bu'r Swyddfa Ranbarthol dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Robert (Silyn) Roberts hyd ei farwolaeth ar 15 Awst 1930, pryd y cymerwyd yr awennau gan Mary Silyn Roberts. Bu cysylltiad agos erioed rhwng Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr a Choleg Harlech hyd nes, yn 2001, fe gyfunwyd y ddau fudiad. Prif ohebwyr Coleg Harlech yw'r warden, Ben Bowen Thomas, a'r cadeirydd, Dr Thomas Jones. Sefydlwyd yr ysgoloriaeth a gyfeirir ati gan Dr Thomas Jones yn ei lythyr dyddiedig 25 Tachwedd 1934 er cof am ei fab, Elphin Lloyd Jones, a fu farw trwy ddamwain yn ddeuddeg oed (gweler, er enghraifft, Eirene White Papers yn LlGC). = Correspondence and copies of correspondence, 1929-1944, primarily between the District Office of the Workers' Educational Association, located at the University College of Wales, Bangor, and Coleg Harlech, together with correspondence from the Workers' Educational Association headquarters in London (main correspondent Ernest Green, general secretary of the Association) to the District Office and correspondence between the District Office and prospective Coleg Harlech students. The District Office was under the secretaryship of Robert (Silyn) Roberts until his death on 15 August 1930, after which the rôle was taken over by Mary Silyn Roberts. A close alliance had always existed between the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) and Coleg Harlech, the two bodies eventually merging in 2001. Coleg Harlech's primary correspondents are its warden, Ben Bowen Thomas, and its chairman, Dr Thomas Jones. The scholarship referenced by Dr Thomas Jones in his letter dated 25 November 1934 was established in memory of Dr Jones' son, Elphin Lloyd Jones, who died in an accident aged twelve years old (see, for example, Eirene White Papers at NLW).

The correspondents include: Llew Tegid, 1909, Ben Bowen Thomas, undated, Archdeacon D. R. Thomas, St Asaph (10), 1898-1903, David Thomas, Aberystwyth, (5), 1922-1925, Principal A. H. Trow, Cardiff (4), 1914-1922, and E. R. Horsfall Turner (2), 1902-1905.

The file comprises letters relating mainly to matters arising from the House of Lords and to Lady White's public work, notably in relation to environmental concerns. Some concern Welsh affairs, among them devolution, the affairs of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. A few relate to Lady White's work for the Dictionary of National Biography. The correspondents include Margery Corbett Ashby, 1974, Robert, Lord Blake, 1974, Dame Margaret Cole, 1975, Anthony Crosland, 1974, Sir Goronwy Daniel, 1975, Stanley Clinton Davies, 1975, John Morris MP, 1975, A. J. Sylvester, 1975, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, 1974, Dame Shirley Williams (2), 1974-1975, and Harold Wilson, 1974.

The file comprises personal letters reflecting the wide range of Lady White's professional and leisure interests, many within Wales. Some relate to the activities of the Land Authority for Wales, of which she became chairman in 1976, the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Coleg Harlech. The correspondents include Eric, Lord Ashby, 1977, HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, 1977, Lord Edmund-Davies, 1977, Sir Goronwy Daniel, 1976, Sir Idris Foster, 1977, Cledwyn Hughes, 1976, Lord Elwyn Jones, 1977, Professor David Marquand, 1977, Professor Lily Newton, 1977, Principal Robert Steel, 1977, Margaret Thatcher, 1976, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, 1977, Dame Shirley Williams (2), 1976-1977, and Harold Wilson, 1976.

The file comprises letters, 1929-1960, addressed to Eirene White, on a wide range of subjects, interspersed in a few cases with drafts or copies of replies from her. The file includes letters from Sir Goronwy Edwards, 1956, Abraham Flexner, 1955, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, undated, Emlyn Williams, 1956, and Professor Gwyn A. Williams (2), 1957 and 1960.

The file comprises early letters during her schooldays at St Paul's Girls' School and her years as an undergraduate at Somerville College, Oxford. A few relate to the affairs of the Oxford Women's Student Association. Some are written by relatives. Later letters concern her early career, particularly her journalistic work and applications for posts. Many of the correspondents refer to Eirene Jones's candidature for Flintshire in the general election of 1945 and her subsequent election campaigns in Flintshire East. There is much general political correspondence, some concerning constituency matters. Many of the letters refer to her wide-ranging public and committee work and numerous societies. A few discuss business and financial matters, the purchase of property, etc. The correspondents include Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1958, David Eccles, 1961, Dr Huw T. Edwards (2), 1954 and 1959, Hugh Gaitskell, 1960, Lady Megan Lloyd George, 1953, D. T. Guy, 1940, Barry Jones MP, 1964, Sir Keith Joseph, 1963, Selwyn Lloyd, 1961, Violet R. Markham, 1955, A. L. Rowse, [c. 1950], George Bernard Shaw, 1945, Hartley Shawcross, 1953, John Silkin, 1961, Sir Geoffrey Summers, [1950s], R. H. Tawney, 1955, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, 1942, Emlyn Williams, 1949, and Dame Shirley Williams, 1960.

The file includes letters from Sir Goronwy Daniel (2), 1969, James Griffiths, 1969, Frank Price Jones, 1969, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, 1968 and Harold Wilson (2), 1968-1969.

Most of the letters date from the 1930's. Among the correspondents are Alun Oldfield Davies, 1938, George Maitland Lloyd Davies, 1934, Mike Davies, undated, Ifan ab Owen Edwards, 1936-38 (2 letters), Major Edgar Jones, Barry, 1934-37 (3 letters), Thomas Artemus Jones, 1934, Revd. H. Elvet Lewis ('Elved'), 1938, E. Prosser Rhys, undated, Revd. D. Francis Roberts, 1936 (2 letters), Ben Bowen Thomas, 1934-38 (2 letters), Wynn P. Wheldon, 1938, and Sir Alfred Zimmern, 1936. Many of the letters concern public life in Wales and ecclesiastical and church matters, including the recipient's engagements and commitments. The file also contains notes and draft writings by Revd. Gwilym Davies, including the draft of an article by him entitled, 'The National Eisteddfod from within'.

The file consists of miscellaneous, unrelated letters, 1908-1955, addressed to Dr Thomas Jones on a very wide range of subjects and issues. Many discuss political, public and educational life in Britain. Several discuss the world of publishing. The file includes letters from Clement Attlee, 1950, Lord (David) Davies, Llandinam, 1920, Huw T. Edwards, undated, H. J. Fleure, 1955, James Griffiths, 1955, D. Dilwyn John, 1955, Major Edgar Jones, 1951, Professor Lily Newton, 1955, Sir Thomas Parry, 1955, Lord Sankey, 1934, A. J. Sylvester, 1955, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, 1939, David Thomas, Bangor, 1955, Gildas Tibbott, 1955, Sir Wyn Wheldon (3), 1955, and Sir Alfred Zimmern, 1926.

Papurau T. Rowland Hughes (1903-1949), gan gynnwys copi o'i draethawd MA 'The element of melancholy in English poetry from Widsith to Chaucer' (Prifysgol Bangor, 1928); tystysgrifau BA, 1925, cymhwyster athro, 1926, MA, 1928, a BLitt, 1931; geirda, 1932 a 1939, oddi wrth Ben Bowen Thomas, Coleg Harlech; llythyr, 1935, oddi wrth y BBC, yn cynnig swydd iddo fel cynorthwy-ydd rhaglenni nodwedd yng Nghaerdydd; sgriptiau radio 'Home fires burning', 1940, gyda Jack Jones, a'i nofel 'O law i law', 1945; cytundebau cyhoeddi, 1944-1949, a hawlfraint, 1941 a 1949; nofel mewn teipysgrif 'Good inheritance. A novel of North Wales', [1923-1949]; a chasgliad o'i gerddi mewn teipysgrif gyda chywiriadau - cyhoeddwyd y mwyafrif ohonynt yn Cân neu ddwy (Dinbych, 1948).

The file includes correspondence with E. Prosser Rhys (1 letter); Nansi Richards (1 letter); J Bryn Roberts (1 letter) and Ben Bowen Thomas (1 letter).

Papers, 1994-1995, relating to the research and preparation of a substantial article by Sir Goronwy Daniel on 'UNESCO: the contribution of Sir Ben Bowen Thomas', published in W. R. Davies (ed.), The United Nations at Fifty: the Welsh Contribution (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1995), pp. 63-86. The file also includes information, 1966-1995, about Sir Ben assembled by Sir Goronwy Daniel. Among the correspondents is Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos, 1995.

The file consists of correspondence, 1955-1956, mainly letters addressed to Eirene White, concerning the early search for possible authors for a biography of Thomas Jones. The correspondents include Lord Birkenhead, 1956, Asa Briggs, 1956, Alan Bullock, 1956, Richard Crossman, 1955, D. Emrys Evans, 1956, Wyn Griffith, 1956, H. J. Habakkuk, 1956, Professor Gwyn Jones, 1955, Sir Maurice Powicke, 1955, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, 1955, Professor David Williams, 1956, and Gwyn A. Williams, 1956.