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Papurau Dr Carl Clowes

  • GB 0210 CLCLOWS
  • Fonds
  • 1970-2000

Comprises records of Fforwm Iaith Genedlaethol, including administrative records, correspondence collected by Dr Carl Clowes as chairman, along with papers from Dr Clowes' involvement with the campaign for a Welsh Language Act in the 1980s and his campaign for a General Register Office for Wales.

Clowes, Carl

Fform Iaith Genedlaethol

Sub fonds contain papers related to the work of Fforwm Iaith Genedlaethol (National Language Forum), an umbrella group of 26 organisations which was formed to campaign for a Welsh Language Act and which developed Strategaeth Iaith 1991-2001, a strategy to secure a safe and prosperous future for the Welsh language.
Member organisations of Fforwm Iaith Genedlaethol includes; Adfer, Canolfan Iaith Clwyd, Canolfan Iaith Genedalethol Nant Gwrtheyrn, Cefn, Cyd, Cymdeithas y Cyfamodwyr, Cymdeithas Tau Gwledig Cymru, Cymdeithas yr Iaith, Cyngor Llyfrau Cymraeg, Merched y Wawr, Mudiad Ysgol Meithryn, Pont, Pwyllgor Gyd-enwadol yr Iaith Gymraeg Arfon, Rhieni dros Addysg Gymraeg, Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru, Undeb Cenedlaethol Myfyrwyr Cymru, Undeb Myfyrwyr Cymraeg Aberystwyth, Undeb Myfyrwyr Cymraeg Bangor, Urdd Gobaith Cymru, Y Colegiwm Cymraeg, Y Gymdeithas Feddygol, and Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru.

Fforwm Iaith Genedlaethol

Correspondence

Correspondence related to the work of Fforwm Iaith Genedlaethol, mainly related to the administration of the Forum, Strategaeth Iaith Genedlaethol 1991-2001 (National Language Strategy), Cynllun Iaith Ardal (Area Language Plans), the Welsh Language Act 1993, Welsh as a subject in schools, language rights and the provision of Welsh language services by public and private sector bodies.

Meetings

Contains papers relating to meetings of Y Cabinet Iaith (The Language Cabinet) and Fforwm Iaith Genedlaethol (National Language Forum) including agendas, minutes, reports.

Welsh Language Bill

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

Notes relating to Wales,

Extracts by Tom Ellis from 'Y Traethodydd', 'Llyfr y Tri Aderyn', 'Hanes y Ffydd', etc. on Welsh language and literature, religious revivals in Wales, etc.

Welsh grammar, etc.,

Eight notebooks of the Reverend D. Silvan Evans containing notes on Welsh grammar, language and literature.

Llyfr torion,

A scrap-book compiled by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') containing miscellaneous press cuttings entitled 'Ffurfiad y Genedl Gymreig' by J. E. Lloyd, 'o Goleg Aberystwyth' (?from Y Drych), 'Y Gymraeg a'r Llydaweg' by Aneurin Jones ('Aneurin Fardd'), 'Celtiaid Cymru, a'u Llenyddiaeth', 'Hanes yr Hen Eglwys Brydeinig' (trans. Herbert Jones), 'Penod yn Hanes Cymru' by O. M. Williams, Wymore, Nebraska, 'Y Llan a'r Llyfr' by B. D. Johns, Llwynypia, 'Olion y Goresgyniad Gwyddelig yng Ngwynedd' by the late Owen Williamson, 'Llew Llwyfo yn y De', 'Y diweddar Ebenezer Lloyd [Edwardsville, Pa.]' by 'Melindwr', 'Porthmona yn yr hen amser' by Ellis Pierce ('Elis o'r Nant'), 'Yn Hen Gapel y Pandy' by [Howell Roberts] 'Hywel Tudur', etc.

Waste book of Eben Fardd,

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

Pamphlets on the Welsh language

The file comprises a publication entitled "The place of Welsh and English in the Schools of Wales; Summary Report by the Central Advisory Council for Education (Wales) = Lle'r Gymraeg a'r Saesneg yn Ysgolion Cymru: Crynodeb o Adroddiad y Cyngor Canol ar Addysg (Cymru), 1953 and a programme for a conference entitled "Y Gymraeg Cyfrwng y Dyfodol" held at the University College of North Wales, Bangor in 1985.

University College of North Wales

Welsh Language Act

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

Welsh Language Bill: preparation

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

Miscellaneous items

Papers and correspondence mainly relating to the Welsh language and campaigns by Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg.

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