Recent Acquisitions
New documents are always arriving at the archives, and we're very pleased about that! If you have a document or collection you would like to deposit please contact us.
We have listed our new acquisitions below, and the list will be updated regularly. It takes us a while to get documents ready for the public, therefore you may not find the items on this page in the on-line collections. If you would like to know more about anything listed below please contact us.
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Police notebook (Ref: ADX/1405)
Police notebook of Phillip Davies, PC no. 17 at Pontrhydfendigaid Police Station.
An early daily record of the duties of a PC which also includes in the rear some General Orders from the Chief Constable. The diary contains details of beats patrolled, mine accidents, a ceffyl pren and a case of bestiality amongst others. Loose leaves include a record of the author
Acc.No: 3240 Date of material: 1857-1860 approx. Extent: 1 item Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Teulu Tibbott a Melin Pontolwen (Ref: ADX/1404)
Dogfennau teuluol / family documents - W.E. Tibbott, Tottenham House, Eastgate, Aberystwyth
Dogfennau / documents relating to Melin Pontolwen
Ffotograffau cysylltiedig / related photographs
Nodiadau yr adneuwr / depositor's notes
Acc.No: 3239 Date of material: Extent: Access: Agored Not yet in the catalogue
Watkin Evan Jones (Ref: ADX/1403)
1. Book: Watkin Evan Jones - His Seafaring Days, by Barbara Jones
2. Colour photocopy: Apprenticeship indenture between Watkin Evan Jones and Robert Rees Thomas, Captain of the ship Milverton. Original dated 29 April 1914.
Acc.No: 3238 Date of material: Extent: 2 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Railway ephemera (Ref: ADX/1402)
Photographs and ephemera relating to railways and the Great Western Railway in particular.
Acc.No: 3237 Date of material: Extent: Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1402)
Estate sale poster (Ref: ADX/1401)
Poster advertising a sale of freehold property to take place at the Talbot Inn, Aberystwyth on 13 September 1820. Properties sold were: two houses in Bridge Street, Aberystwyth; Lime kiln, yard and store, Trefechan; Smithy, store and weighing machine; four storehouses; Dolgamlyn, p. Llanbadarn Fawr; Llwyn-Merch-Gwilim; Pen-y-graig, p. Llanychaiarn; Dole, p. Llanbadarn Fawr.
Acc.No: 3236 Date of material: 1820 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Bazaar programme (Ref: ADX/1400)
Souvenir and programme of the Bazaar to be held at Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist Church in Aberystwyth on 11-13 October 1905. Contains lists of committee members and bazaar sponsors (some with portraits), guide to stalls, and a number of trade advertisements
Acc.No: 3235 Date of material: 1905 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Padarn Dairy, Llanbadarn (Ref: ADX/1399)
Records of Padarn Dairy, Llanbadarn and some other items.
1. Ledger recording herd management
1934-1954
2. Accounts ledger
1939-1940
3. Small framed photograph depicting a man and a woman, possibly members of the Padarn Dairy family.
Late 19th-early 20th c.
4. Book: Spelling and Dictation Class Book. Owner's inscription: Elizabeth Ann Roberts, Idris House School, 58 Marine Terrace Aberystwyth
1896
5. Book: Grammar and Analysis of English Language. Two (successive?) owner's inscriptions: 'Katie Morgan, Idris House, Baker St., Aberystwyth. May 12 1893' and another as in 4.
6. Book: Brief History of England. Owner's inscription as in 4.
1896
7. Book: Gill's Oxford and Cambridge Geography. Owner's inscription as in 4.
Acc.No: 3234 Date of material: Extent: 7 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Dihewyd Tithe Map and Schedule (Ref: TM Dihewyd)
Dihewyd Tithe Map and Schedule
Acc.No: 3233 Date of material: Extent: Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Clothing coupons book (Ref: ADX/1398)
Book of wartime clothing coupons belonging to the donor's aunt, Glesni Boyer nee Thomas (1923-2006), who was born at Trewynt Farm, Ystrad Aeron but worked in Shrewsbury during the war. Contains a number of unused coupons.
Acc.No: 3232 Date of material: 1943-44 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Anthrax Order of 1938 forms (Ref: CDC/HE)
Diseases of Animals Acts: Anthrax Order of 1938. Two books; some forms have been filled.
1. Book of forms headed 'Notice Declaring and Defining Infected Place'.
2. Book of forms headed 'Withdrawal of Notice Defining Infected Place'.
Acc.No: 3231 Date of material: 1938 Extent: 2 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Caerwedros WI (Ref: D/WI/CAW)
Records of the Caerwedros Women's Institute. This branch no longer operates.
Acc.No: 3230 Date of material: 1918-2002 Extent: 11 items Access: Open (some possible DP restrictions) Show catalogue(D/WI/CAW)
Llanilar WI (Ref: D/WI/LIR)
Records of Llanilar Women's Institute
Acc.No: 3229 Date of material: Extent: Access: Some possible DP restrictions Show catalogue(D/WI/LIR)
Welsh Gazette (Ref: WG)
Various editions of the Welsh Gazette, some in poor condition.
Incorporated into the main run of the paper.
Acc.No: 3228 Date of material: 1940s-1950s Extent: Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Ysgol Cross Inn School (Ref: DYC/ED/12 addl.; DSO/144)
Casgliad o luniau, placiau a dogfennau sy'n ymwneud ag Ysgol Cross Inn. Hefyd cofnodion Cymdeithas Rhieni ac Athrawon.
Collection of photographs, plaques and other documents from Cross Inn School. Also records of the Parents Teachers Association.
Acc.No: 3227 Date of material: Extent: Access: To be determined Not yet in the catalogue
Y Ddolen / The Link (Ref: DYC/ED/18/2)
Y Ddolen / The Link - Aberaeron School magazine, 1995 issue
Acc.No: 3226 Date of material: 1995 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(DYC/ED/18)
Inns of Aberaeron (Ref: ADX/1397)
'The Ins and Outs of the Inns of Aberayron' compiled by Mair Lloyd Evans and Mair Harrison
Acc.No: 3225 Date of material: 2013 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Victorian photographs (Ref: ADX/1396)
Set of family photographs, mostly Victorian/Edwardian. Some individuals are identified on reverse but context is lacking. Many photographs were taken in studios in Cardiganshire and others in South Wales - Carmarthen, Swansea, Aberavon, Aberdare et al. - but some are from other locations, incl. Milwaukee.
Acc.No: 3224 Date of material: Extent: Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Popular Diary for 1940 (Ref: ADX/1395)
'Charles Letts's Popular Diary for 1940', (day to a page), used by its owner to keep a daily diary of weather and events. Writer is not known but could possibly be identified from clues in the text.
Acc.No: 3223 Date of material: 1940 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Oral history project: interviews and metadata (Ref: DYC/CS/6)
Material relating to oral history recording project conducted by Dyfed Cultural Services Dept. with funding from the Manpower Services Commission. Contains lists of tapes recorded (but no tapes), consent forms, instructions/ terms and other miscellaneous material, as well as transcripts of interviews about working on the railways in Cardiganshire.
Acc.No: 3222 Date of material: Extent: Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Penparcau School canteen menus (Ref: PNP/X/1)
Five books containing menus of food served in Penparcau School canteen.
PNP/X/1/1. 1952-1954
PNP/X/1/2. 1955-1956
PNP/X/1/3. 1957-1960
PNP/X/1/4. 1960-1962
PNP/X/1/5. 1962-1964
Acc.No: 3221 Date of material: 1952-1964 Extent: 5 vols Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Caerwedros WI (Ref: D/WI/CAW)
Records of Caerwedros branch of Women's Institute (now defunct)
Acc.No: 3220 Date of material: 1918-2012 Extent: 1 box Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Primary education in Ceredigion / Addysg cynradd yng Ngheredigion (Ref: ADX/1394)
Research by Griffith George Davies (former deputy Director of Education, Cards. CC, and later headmaster of Aberaeron County School) towards a PhD relating to primary education provision in the county.
Dogfennau ymchwil yn barod i wneud PhD gan Griffith George Davies (diprwy gyfarwyddwr addysg i Geredigion cyn mynd yn brifathro yn ysgol eilradd Aberaeron). Bu'n ymchwilio i lyfrau log ysgolion cynradd, yn enwedig Ysgol Llannarth.
Acc.No: 3219 Date of material: Extent: 1 bocs/box Access: Agored/open Not yet in the catalogue
Cardigan Hospital League of Friends (Ref: DSO/143)
Documents of the Cardigan Hospital League of Friends
Acc.No: 3218 Date of material: Extent: 2 boxes Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Llwynfedw, Mydroilyn (Ref: ADX/1393)
Nifer o ddogfennau o fferm Llwynfedw, Mydroilyn. Roedd y fferm yn perthyn i dadcu a mamgu y rhoddwr amser ail ryfel byd, sef Jenkin Garfield Thomas. Roedd y fferm yn perthyn i'w ewyrthiaid - tri hen lanc Stifyn, Twmi a 'Ffarier'. Roedd Jenkin yn un o feibion fferm y Gafryw ond cafodd ei fagu gan y tri ewythr.
Deeds and documents relating to the farm Llwynfedw, Mydroilyn. During WW2 the farm was owned by the donor's grandfather (Jenkin Garfield Thomas) and grandmother. The farm had belonged to his uncles - three old boys, Stifyn, Twmi and 'Ffarier'. Jenkin was one of the Gafryw farm boys but was brought up by his three uncles.
Acc.No: 3216 Date of material: 1785-1942 Extent: Access: Agored / open Not yet in the catalogue
Howard C. Jones collection - further items (Ref: ADX/34/16)
Howard C. Jones collection - further items
Acc.No: 3215 Date of material: Extent: Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Tourist booklets relating to Llandysul (Ref: CSC/CE/T/1)
1. Llandysul & Pont-Tyweli: Tref Hanesyddol ar y Teifi / Historic Town on the Teifi.
2010
2. Llandysul Trails: A selection of local walks / Teithiau Llandysul: Casgliad o deithiau lleol
2012
3. Dolen Teifi Community Transport wall calendar
Acc.No: 3214 Date of material: Extent: Access: Not yet in the catalogue
School exercise books (Ref: MUS/137)
School exercise books of Benjamin D. Evans of Llanwnen.
1. English Composition, November 1870
2. Parsing, August 1870
3. Morell [Grammatical and parsing exercises], October 1870
4. Dictation, March 1871
5. [Mathematics], March 1870
6. Copy book of Titus Evans containing English and French exercises. Commenced July 1875.
Acc.No: 3213 Date of material: 1870-1875 Extent: 6 items Access: Open Show catalogue(MUS/137)
Highmead School (Ref: CDC/ED/2/9)
Files relating to Highmead School, Llanybydder, containing minutes of meetings of the governing body and enclosures.
1. Highmead Governing Body, 20 March 1987
2. Highmead Governing Body, 26 June 1987
3. Highmead Governing Body, 6 November 1987
4. Highmead Governing Body, 11 March 1988
5. Special Meeting, Highmead Governing Body, 24 March 1988
Acc.No: 3212 Date of material: 1987-1988 Extent: 5 files Access: Possible DP issues Not yet in the catalogue
Dihirod Dyfed (Ref: ADX/1392)
Llyfr: Dihirod Dyfed: Hanes Chwe Llofruddiaeth gan Bethan Phillips. Yn seiliedig ar raglenni Dihirod Dyfed, Cwmni Pendefig, ar gyfer S4C a ddarlledwyd ym 1987 a 1991.
Hughes a'i Fab, 1991
Acc.No: 3211 Date of material: 1991 Extent: 1 gyfrol Access: Agored Not yet in the catalogue
Museum Accession Books (Ref: CSC/DECS/MUS/6)
Back-up copies of Ceredigion Museum's accession books and other records. CLOSED under DP
Acc.No: 3210 Date of material: Extent: 1 box Access: DP restricted - not to be produced. Not yet in the catalogue
Civil Defence (Ref: CDC/CD)
Records relating to Civil Defence in Cardiganshire
Acc.No: 3209 Date of material: Extent: Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Photographs and diaries (Ref: ADX/1391)
Photographs, diaries and other items
Acc.No: 3208 Date of material: Extent: Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Postcards (Ref: ADX/1390)
Postcards, mostly sent to 'Miss Dilys Luke' and other members of the Luke family of Woodbine, Pantycleifion, Cardigan in the early 20th century. Also a few family photographs.
Acc.No: 3207 Date of material: Extent: Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Ynyslas Camp, army and ship's football teams (Ref: ADX/1389)
Four black and white photographs (descriptions from donor's captions, which also indicate that all photographs are 'courtesy of Mr. Len Dennett')
1. MV. Camroux III (operating with Ynyslas Camp) ship's football team 1943-44.
2. Ynyslas Army football team 1943-44
3. Ynyslas Camp Army football team and ship's team, MV Camroux III, 1943-44
4. Football game, Aberdyfi MV Camroux III ship's team 1934-44 (goalie Len Dennett)
Acc.No: 3206 Date of material: 1940s Extent: 4 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Books about local schools (Ref: CSC/ED/23-34)
CSC/ED/23. Calon a Chwlwm Cymuned: Hanes addysg ddoe a heddiw ym Mlaenporth [History of education in Blaenporth]. Emyr Hywel a Mary Jones golygyddion. Cyhoeddwyd gan Bwyllgor Dathlu 150 Ysgol Blaenporth.
CSC/ED/24. Hafan Plentyndod: Hanes Addysg yn Rhydlewis 1863-2012 [History of education in Rhydlewis]. Cyhoeddwyd gan Bwyllgor Llyfr Ysgol Rhydlewis, 2013.
Acc.No: 3205 Date of material: 2013 Extent: 2 gyfrol Access: Agored Not yet in the catalogue
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Frenhinol Cymru / Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales Aberystwyth1952 (Ref: D/EIS/14)
Material relating to the 1952 National Eisteddfod held in Aberystwyth.
Minutes, programmes, samples of items printed (tickets etc.), stationery and other miscellaneous paperwork
Acc.No: 3204 Date of material: c. 1952 Extent: 1 box Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Bulletin of WHS in Wales (Ref: ANC/72)
Bulletin of Wesley Historical Society in Wales, no. 2 (2012). Information on Wesleyan Methodism in Aberystwyth is on pp. 56-103.
Acc.No: 3203 Date of material: 2012 Extent: 1 vol Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
King's Hall, Aberystwyth (Ref: ADX/1388)
Colour photograph by Nic Williams of King's Hall, Aberystwyth. The building is in a state of disrepair and appears empty, which would indicate that the image was taken not long before demolition in the late 1980s.
Acc.No: 3202 Date of material: Extent: 1 item Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Ephemera relating to Hafod Estate and other items (Ref: ADX/1387)
Items relating to the Friends of Hafod, some photographs of the Hafod Estate, facsimile copies of WWII newspapers &c.
Acc.No: 3201 Date of material: twentieth century Extent: 2 folders Access: open Not yet in the catalogue
Cofeb i Feirdd y Mynydd Bach (Ref: DSO/142)
Cofeb i Feirdd y Mynydd Bach: Llyfr cofnodion y Pwyllgor (gan gynnwys rhaglen y Cyfarfod Dadorchuddio ac atodiadau eraill)
Acc.No: 3200 Date of material: 1992 gan fwyaf Extent: Access: Agored Show catalogue(DSO/142)
Papurau Cyd-Bwyllgor Hybu'r Gymraeg yn Aberystwyth (Ref: DSO/141)
Papurau Cyd-Bwyllgor Hybu'r Gymraeg yn Aberystwyth
Acc.No: 3199 Date of material: 1980au Extent: 1 box Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Calendr Dathlu (Ref: ADX/1386)
Calendr Dathlu 70 Mlynedd Clwb Ffermwyr Ifainc Ceredigion [Calendar celebrating 70 years of Ceredigion Young Farmers Club]
2011-2012
Acc.No: 3198 Date of material: 2010 Extent: 1 item Access: Agored/open Not yet in the catalogue
Welsh Plant Breeding Station (WPBS) booklets (Ref: ADX/1385)
1. UCW Aberystwyth: Welsh Pland Breeding Station, Series C no. 1, Season 1920
1921
2. UCW Aberystwyth: Welsh Pland Breeding Station, Series H no. 14, Season 1930-1935
1936
3. WPBS booklet: Herbage Seed Production (War Food Production Advisory Bulletin no. 6).
1941
4. WPBS booklet: The Seed Producing Characteristics of Some Recently Developed Herbage Varieties, by Selwyn Williams.
c. 1972
Acc.No: 3197 Date of material: 1921-1972 Extent: 4 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Eglwys Llandre Church (Ref: ADX/1384)
1. Stained Glass Windows in Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn Church, by Martin Crampin
2. Ffenestri Lliw yn Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn, gan Martin Crampin
Published by / cyhoeddwyd gan Wendall Publications, Treftadaeth Llandre Heritage & Cyngor Plwyfol Llandre Parish Council
3. Programme: Service of Thanksgiving for the reopening of the West End of St. Michael's Church, Llandre. Wrongly dated 16 April 2016 (in reality, the service took place in 2013). Also invitation to same (correctly dated)
Acc.No: 3196 Date of material: 2013 Extent: 2 items Access: Agored / open Not yet in the catalogue
Cemetery records (Ref: ABM/SE/CE/12 (part); ABM/SE/CE/20; TGR/SE/18;)
ABM/SE/CE/12 (part): St. Michael's Churchyard, schedule of headstones and original layout plans
ABM/SE/CE/20: Aberystwyth Cemetery records
TGR/SE/18: Lledrod Lower Parish Council: Proposed burial ground plan (two versions)
Acc.No: 3195 Date of material: Extent: Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Adroddiadau Capel Carmel (Methodistiaid Calfinaidd), Llanilar (Ref: ANC/71)
Adroddiadau Capel Carmel (Methodistiaid Calfinaidd), Llanilar [Annual reports of Carmel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Llanilar]
1. Adroddiad am 2005
2. Adroddiad am 2006
3. Adroddiad am 2007
4. Adroddiad am 2008
5. Adroddiad am 2009
6. Adroddiad am 2010
7. Adroddiad am 2011
8. Adroddiad am 2012
Acc.No: 3194 Date of material: 2005 ymlaen Extent: Access: Agored Not yet in the catalogue
Cardiganshire County Council - Health Dept. records (Ref: CDC/HE)
Records of the Health Dept.
Acc.No: 3193 Date of material: Extent: 6 boxes Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Dyfed County Council Coat of Arms leaflets (Ref: DYC/IO/7)
Leaflet prepared by the Information Office, post 1974, giving details of the County's Coat of Arms.
(2 copies)
Acc.No: 3192 Date of material: post 1974 Extent: 2 item Access: open Show catalogue(DYC/IO/7)
Autograph book (Ref: ADX/1383)
Autograph book of Eirlys Jenkins on leaving Ardwyn School, Aberystwyth, in 1942.
Acc.No: 3191 Date of material: 1942 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
MAFF Aberystwyth cricket scoring books (Ref: DSO/140/1-3)
Scoring books containing details of cricket teams and matches between the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (later MAFF), Welsh Dept., Aberystwyth players and other teams (such as the Great Western Railway, the Police etc.)
1. 1949-1954
2. 1962-1964
3. 1965-1967
Acc.No: 3190 Date of material: 1949-1967 Extent: 3 vols. Access: Open Show catalogue(DSO/140)
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