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Original file of correspondence, memoranda, incident reports, statements, press cuttings etc., including relating to kite bounty payments, 1969-1989, blacklists of persons with prosecutions and suspected eggers, 1972-1974, annual and special protection schemes, including Abergwesyn kite watch logs and reports, 1977-1979, incidents of disturbed birds and robbed nests, publicity, and prosecutions and attempted prosecutions, including against Ian Godfrey Huggard for the possession of kite eggs, 1972-1973, Michael Dawson of Brighton and Andrew Rychlinski of Brighton for wilfully disturbing kites, 1978, and Elgan Jones for poisoning, 1990.

Original file of papers relating to the British Trust for Ornithology Ornithological Atlas, mainly relating to the presentation of the breeding distribution of rarer breeding species in Wales, including kite, hen harrier, peregrine, chough, little tern, gossander and dotterel. Includes "Personally I would feel happier if the system did not show precisely the number of 10 km. squares with [kite] breeding records, mainly because this betrays the preponderance of Cardiganshire records compared with Carmarthenshire ones ... and is therefore against our agreed policy of keeping quiet about the strength of the Cardiganshire population" (letter from Peter Davis to Col Salmon, Feb. 1970) (see also B 4).

Original file of reports of sightings and observations for 1974-1978 and related papers.

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.

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

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

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Original bundle of Christopher Morgan's De La Salle junior school reports, 1950-1954, and letters home, diaries and typescript impressions of Spain, Portugal and France, 1963-1976, including 'Spanish diary' and 'Estampas de Grenada', 1964, 'Abroad with Columbus' [in France], 1973, and 'Carnet de Provence', 1975.

Pupils' work for the French items of the 1974 prizegiving. Also a French crossword book, 1972, a French vocabulary, 1974, copies of Ladycross project anthologies, 1967-1974, and Christopher Morgan's farewell cards. Also copies of 'The red book', the Ladycross year-book, for 1965, 1971, 1972 (extracts) and 1973/4, containing contributions by or relating to Christopher Morgan, and a school prospectus, c.1974. Also letters from parents and pupils, 1975-1980, some relating to Chris Morgan's organised cycle tours.

11(i). University College of Swansea English, Old English, French and Italian examination papers, 1968-1970, WJEC, JMB and other examination boards' GCE 'O' and 'A' level and CSE English examination papers, 1971, and teaching notes. Also letters from the Welsh Arts Council relating to Dial-a-Poem, 1971, and Leicestershire Education Department, 1971.

11(ii). University College of Swansea teacher training notes and assignments, including placements at, and reports on, Neath grammar-technical school.

11(iii). English assignments, 1968-1970.

11(iv). Department of Education psychology, French and sociology assignments, 1970-1971. Also Christopher Morgan's Diploma in Education extended essay on 'Underachievement at school' and his dissertation, 'The aims, organisational problems and practical implications of "publishing" children's writing in the secondary school', 1971.