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Minutes and agendas of Welsh Beekeepers' Association Council meetings, Annual General Meetings and various committee/sub-committee meetings, 1943-2021.

Correspondence dating from the establishment of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association in 1943 to 2021, which includes a folder of correspondence, 1969-1972, between the Welsh Beekeepers' Association and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (kept in separate box from remainder of correspondence material).

Correspondence dating from the establishment of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association in 1943 to 2021, mainly to and from Welsh Beekeepers' Association officials - who include J[ohn] E[mrys] Anwyl (Honorary Secretary), J. H. Ball (Honorary Secretary, later Honorary Editor), John E. Lancaster (Honorary Secretary), Mr D. A. Thomas (Honorary Secretary), Commander Eric George Verge (Honorary Secretary), Wally Shaw, Tom Rowlands (President), Lynfa Davies (Secretary), John Page (Secretary) and Lynda Christie (Chair) (tendering her resignation from her post) - and other members, writing either as individuals or as representatives of their respective county/district beekeepers' associations. Other correspondents include the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (see also under Royal Welsh Agricultural Society correspondence within this archive); the Forestry Commission; the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF); the National Library of Wales; the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD); the Welsh Office; the Council of National Beekeeping Associations (CONBA); the (then) Welsh Assembly Government (one of the correspondents being Elin Jones, who at the time was the Assembly's Minister for Rural Affairs); the Food Standards Agency (Wales) (Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd (Cymru)); and various Welsh county councils and education authorities/committees. Topics of discussion include Association membership, the appointment of Association officers, bee diseases and the environmental effects of crop spraying and other forms of pollution on the health and wellbeing of bees.
Correspondence relating to the deposit of Welsh Beekeepers Association records at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth includes a letter, 25 July 2014, from then Chief Executive and Librarian Aled Gruffydd Jones informing John Page of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association that WBKA papers held at the Library had been destroyed by fire in April 2013 (see note in main section of archive).
Correspondence with the National Library and undated correspondence kept in marked envelopes in box labelled '1969-2021'.

Together with folder of correspondence, 1969-1972, between the Welsh Beekeepers' Association and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (kept in separate box from remainder of correspondence material).

Correspondence on topics such as insurance policies and claims, festivals and shows, grant applications, training and assessment and conferences and summer schools may be found under their relevant headings within this archive.

Diaries and calendars, 1960s - 2020s and undated, of Siân Phillips, some of the diaries having been printed for that purpose, others being notebooks used as diaries. The contents largely relate to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life, some diaries being kept specifically alongside theatrical 'runs' or filming schedules. Many of the items contain inserts such as newspaper cuttings, letters, cards and notes.

Reviews, interviews and correspondence relating to Sharon Penman and her work, predominantly the Welsh princes trilogy.

Reviews, interviews, articles and correspondence relating to Sharon Penman and her novels, especially Here be Dragons, including: press cuttings, typescript press copies, agency press cuttings and photocopies of reviews published in the USA and the UK, 1985-1986, of Here be Dragons, including a few manuscript notes by reviewers and publishers; press cuttings of interviews with Sharon Penman in Publishers Weekly (1985) and Fiction Writers Monthly (1986), referring in particular to Here be Dragons; typescript copies and press cuttings of articles written by Fred Allen for publication in several Kentucky newspapers about Sharon Penman's personal and family history, Here be Dragons, her first novel The Sunne in Splendour, and her connections with Kentucky, with manuscript annotations by Allen added for the attention of Sharon Penman; a copy of New Welsh Review, 1992, containing an article by J. H. Cook about Sharon Penman, her Welsh trilogy and medieval Wales; letters to Sharon Penman from her agents and publishers, 1985-1986, relating to her writing, her research, her collaboration with agents and publishers, the marketing and publication of Here be Dragons, royalties for Here be Dragons and the offer of a contract for two further novels including [Falls the] Shadow [and The Reckoning]; a typescript copy of a letter, 1985, by Sharon Penman to the University of Wales Press asking for a subscription to the Welsh History Review; a card, 2021, from [a family member] concerning help received in disposing of Sharon Penman's work and possessions after her death, and in particular the transfer of the Welsh trilogy to its new home [at NLW]; and also two copies of Ninnau, 1985, accumulated by Sharon Penman and her publishers in connection with material relating to her and intended for publication in the paper (but not present in these copies - they included a letter by her, a review of Here be Dragons and an advertisement for the book), with a manuscript note from the publishers.

Personal and professional papers of Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans, a senior civil servant, industrial relations expect and British representative to the International Labour Organisation. The papers comprise material relating to Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans' professional interests including correspondence with officers and representatives of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and ILO member states, politicians and civil servants within the UK Government relating to industrial relations, correspondence and papers relating to his chairmanship of the Local Government Commission for Wales along with his personal correspondence and ephemera, and notes on research undertaken by members of his family into his life and career.

The file consists of colour photocopies of letters presumably retained by the family, including a letter, 1939, relating to Peter Thomas' commission in the Royal Air Force; letter, 1941 to his father confirming that he was held as a prisoner of war; five letters, 1963, 1970, 1973, 1976 and undated, addressed to Peter Thomas from Ted Heath MP; a letter, 1966, from William Whitelaw MP; a letter, 1969, from Sir Alec Douglas-Home MP; and two letters, 1981 and 1983 from Margaret Thatcher MP.