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Material relating to quoiting in Wales, comprising international and county league match programmes, posters, flyers and statistics; correspondence addressed to Linda Evans and Parry Evans, Joint Secretaries of the Welsh Quoiting Board, and to Welsh national quoits team member Brian Penny; details of dinners, receptions and lunches held to celebrate or otherwise mark international quoiting events; copies of rules and regulations of Welsh quoiting; press cuttings relating to quoiting in Britain; and miscellaneous items relating to quoiting. This section of the archive is partially sub-divided into material relating to quoiting in Montgomeryshire, which includes Caersws Quoiting Club, and to Llanarthney Quoiting Club, Carmarthenshire.
One particularly notable item is a copy of a printed booklet titled The History of Quoits in Wales by Albert Baker (published by J. R. Davies in 1949), which is enclosed with a letter, 14 December 2000, to Linda Evans, Joint Secretary of the Welsh Quoiting Board, from Darryl Baker, grandson of the author (see under heading Quoiting: Wales: Correspondence: Letters to Linda Evans).

Photocopied handwritten statistics relating to Wales v Scotland quoits matches, 1979-1996.

The file comprises a paper written by Gwyn Jenkins, explaining the background to Aber Research, its relationship with Plaid Cymru and its role in providing data mainly in Ceredigion and Pembroke North and Ceredigion, but also in other constituencies in Wales.

The file comprises material, including a souvenir programme, timeline and agenda for an event held at the Pierhead, Cardiff on 15 November 222 to mark 100 years of Labour dominance in Welsh elections.

Llungopi o doriad o Bapur y Cwm, sef papur bro ardal Pontyberem, Hydref 1983, yn adrodd hanes digwyddiadau'r dathlu ar 22 Hydref y flwyddyn honno i nodi ugain mlynedd ers llwyddiant ymgyrch trigolion Llangyndeyrn a Chwm Gwendraeth Fach yn erbyn Corfforaeth Abertawe (gweler ffotograffau a drosglwyddwyd i Adran Raffig LlGC (gweler nodyn ym mhrif weithlen yr archif); gweler hefyd Sefyll yn y Bwlch: Brwydr Llangyndeyrn 1960-1965, tt. 155-6). Ynghyd â llungopi o daflen yn nodi dyddiadau pwysig yn hanes y frwydr fel rhan o raglen y dathliadau a gymerodd le ar 22 Hydref 1983; a llungopi o glawr blaen y gyfrol Cloi'r Clwydi, a gyhoeddwyd gan Gymdeithas Les Llangyndeyrn ym 1983, eto i ddathlu ugain mlynedd ers llwyddiant brwydr Llangyndeyrn.
= Photocopy of a cutting from Pontyberem and district community paper Papur y Cwm, October 1983, containing a report of the twentieth anniversary events held on 22 October that year to celebrate the success of Llangyndeyrn and Gwendraeth Valley's residents against Swansea Corporation (see photographs transferred to NLW's Graphic Department (see note in main section of archive); see also Sefyll yn y Bwlch: Brwydr Llangyndeyrn 1960-1965, pp. 155-6). Together with photocopy of leaflet noting important dates in the history of the 'fight for victory' as part of the programme of celebratory events which took place on 22 October 1983; and photopied front cover of the book Cloi'r Clwydi, published by Llangyndeyrn Welfare Society in 1983, also in celebration of Llangyndeyrn's campaign success.

Llungopïau o dudalennau cyfrolau sy'n cynnwys hanes brwydr Llangyndeyrn, sef Stori Cymru: Hanesion a Baledi gan Myrddin ap Dafydd (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2014); Yr Argae Haearn gan Myrddin ap Dafydd (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2016, ynghyd â llungopi o erthygl berthnasol yn y cylchgrawn Golwg); a Brwydrau dros Gymru gan Myrddin ap Dafydd (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2017). = Photocopied pages from books which include the history of Llangyndeyrn's battle for victory, the titles comprising: Stori Cymru: Hanesion a Baledi by Myrddin ap Dafydd (Carreg Gwalch Press, 2014); Yr Argae Haearn by Myrddin ap Dafydd (Carreg Gwalch Press, 2016, together with a photocopy of a related article from the periodical Golwg); and Brwydrau dros Gymru by Myrddin ap Dafydd (Carreg Gwalch Press, 2017).

Original records, copies of official records, copies of press cuttings, copies of photographs, research notes and draft publications, 1914-2022, relating to fire services in south, west and central Wales, collected and compiled by Keith Mills and including the work of a number of research collaborators (mostly former firefighters), as well as correspondence between them and Keith Mills.

‘Book 1’ of copies of press cuttings relating to events concerning fire services in Swansea and west Glamorgan taken from newspapers published May 1948 - September 1958.

‘Book 3’ of copies of press cuttings relating to events concerning fire services in Swansea and west Glamorgan taken from newspapers published September 1966 - April 1974.

A printed Directory of Fire Brigades in the United Kingdom, 1958, with related correspondence between the Fire Protection Association and fire brigades, 1954-1958, and notes (?by Keith Mills), [1985x2022].

Ledger containing Welsh Beekeepers' Association examination results dating from 1945 through to 2022.

Papers and publications created and collected by Glyn Mathias in the course of his career related to his career in journalism including his role in broadcasting from the UK Parliament, along with his work for OFCOM, Dwr Cymru and the Electoral Commission.

Papurau Ned Thomas, 1962-2022, yn cynnwys llythyrau a phapurau eraill yn ymwneud ag awduron, beirdd, cyfieithwyr, newyddiadurwyr ac eraill o'i gydnabod yn gweithio yn bennaf yn Gymraeg, Saesneg, ieithoedd lleiafrifol Ewropeaidd megis Basgeg a Chatalaneg, a Rwsieg, gan gynnwys Esyllt T. Lawrence, Emyr Humphreys, R. S. Thomas, Jan Morris, Iris Murdoch, y cenedlaetholwr Basgaidd Txillardegi a'r awduron Rwsiaidd Nawm Odnoposof a Nicita Sabolotsci. = Papers of Ned Thomas, 1962-2022, comprising letters and other papers relating to writers, poets, translators, journalists and other figures of his acquaintance working mostly in Welsh, English, minority European languages such as Basque and Catalan, and Russian, including Esyllt T. Lawrence, Emyr Humphreys, R. S. Thomas, Jan Morris, Iris Murdoch, the Basque nationalist Txillardegi and the Russian writers Naoum Odnopozov and Nikita Zabolotsky.

The archive comprises speeches, papers and presentations, 1973-1999, on educational issues given by Hywel Ceri Jones, mainly while he was an official with the European Commission with responsibility for education and training. A list of speeches is included in box 1.

Deunydd yn ymwneud â'r frwydr ar ran y trigolion yn ystod hanner cyntaf y 1960au i achub Llangyndeyrn a phentrefi eraill Cwm Gwendraeth Fach rhag eu boddi gan Gorfforaeth Abertawe er mwyn creu cronfa ddŵr i ddiwallu anghenion cartrefol a diwydiannol Gorllewin Morgannwg. Casglwyd y deunydd gan y Parchedig William Merfyn Rees, ysgrifennydd Pwyllgor Amddiffyn Llangyndeyrn, a'i fab Hywel Gealy Rees, golygydd y gyfrol Sefyll yn y Bwlch: Brwydr Llangyndeyrn 1960-1965 (Y Lolfa, 2013) (gweler nodyn isod). Mae'r eitemau'n cynnwys dwy ffeil o dorion o'r wasg o'r 1960au yn olrhain hanes y frwydr, ynghyd â thorion mwy diweddar; llythyrau a anfonwyd at y Parchedig W. M. Rees yn cefnogi safiad trigolion Llangyndeyrn yn erbyn Corfforaeth Abertawe; deunydd yn ymwneud â dyddiadau a dathliadau nodedig yn hanes brwydr Llangyndeyrn; a chyfeiriadau at lyfrau a cherddi sy'n dathlu llwyddiant y frwydr. Sawl eitem wedi'u harnodi, yn ôl pob tebyg yn llaw Hywel Gealy Rees.

Yn atodol, ceir nodiadau printiedig yn manylu ar natur a lleoliad deunydd di-brint sy'n perthyn i'r casgliad ac sydd wedi'i drosglwyddo i adrannau eraill o LlGC; ynghyd â rhestr printiedig o ddyddiadau nodedig yn hanes brwydr Llangyndeyrn.

= Material relating to the struggle on the part of the residents of the village of Llangyndeyrn during the first half of the 1960s to save theirs and other communities in the Gwendraeth Valley from being drowned by Swansea Corporation in order to create a reservoir to meet the domestic and industrial needs of West Glamorgan. The material was collated by the Reverend William Merfyn Rees, secretary of the Llangyndeyrn Defence Committee, and his son, Hywel Gealy Rees, editor of the book Sefyll yn y Bwlch: Brwydr Llangyndeyrn 1960-1965 (Y Lolfa, 2013) (see note below). The items include two files containing 1960s press cuttings chronicling the Llangyndeyrn residents' struggle, together with more recent press cuttings; letters of support for the stand taken by Llangyndeyrn's residents against Swansea Corporation sent to Reverend W. M. Rees; material relating to notable dates, celebrations and anniversaries in the history of Llangyndeyrn's fight for justice; and references to books and poems commemorating the success of the fight. Several items are annotated, most likely in the hand of Hywel Gealy Rees.

Appended are printed notes detailing the nature and location of non-print material which forms part of this archive and which has been transferred to other departments within NLW; together with a printed list of notable dates in the history of Llangyndeyrn's fight for victory.

Llungopi o glawr blaen taflen wasanaeth Cyfarfod Sefydlu'r Parchedig W. M. Rees, a oedd eisioes yn weinidog Capel y Tabernacl (Bedyddwyr) Pontyberem, fel gweinidog hefyd ar Gapel Bethel (Bedyddwyr) Llangyndeyrn, 19 Medi 1956. = Photocopied front cover of the service sheet used at the Founding Meeting of the Reverend W. M. Rees, who was already minister of the Tabernacle Baptist chapel at nearby Pontyberem, as minister also of Bethel Baptist Chapel, Llangyndeyrn, 19 September 1956.

Papers of, and relating to, Dorothy Bonarjee, [c. 1896]-2022, including poetry, letters, photographs, family documents and printed material.

Material relating to the film and television productions in which Siân Phillips has appeared during the course of her career, from her school days in the 1940s through to the present day (2022). Several of the television productions are recordings of, or screen adaptations of, stage plays. Some of the productions also star Siân Phillips' second husband Peter O'Toole. A number of items are annotated by Siân Phillips and others.

Papers and other material relating to the personal life and professional career of the Welsh actress Siân Phillips, which include material relating to her early education and training and to her subsequent many and varied stage and screen rôles; correspondence from family members and from her myriad friends and colleagues in the world of theatre and film; press articles, etc relating to her stormy marriage to legendary actor Peter O'Toole; notebooks and diaries containing day-to-day schedules and personal reflections; and the copious preparatory material which went into the publication of her two-volume autobiography, Private Faces (1999) and Public Places (2001).

Material donated March 2023, which includes diaries, notebooks and press cuttings, have been amalgamated within the existing archive.