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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Postcards of Aberystwyth and area (Ref: ADX/1245)
Four postcards, all sent to members of the Griffiths family of Bryn Athan, Port Talbot, in the early 1960s.
1. B/W, view of Aberystwyth from Constitution Hill
2. B/W, The National Library of Wales
3. B/W, View from the castle grounds, Aberystwyth
4. Colour, composite postcard showing five views: Devil's Bridge; Rheidol Railway; Valley of the Rheidol; Ystwyth Valley (Kings Side Mine) & Gibraltar Rock, Rhayader Pass; Circular Bridge, Aberystwyth.
Acc.No: 2775 Date of material: Extent: 1 envolope Access: Show catalogue(ADX/1245)
Cofnodion Ysgol Penlon (Llwyncelyn) School records (Ref: PEN/3-4, PEN/R/2, PEN/P/1, PEN/SR/1, CSC/ED/17)
Records of Ysgol Penlon (Llwyncelyn) School. Includes 2 logbooks, an admissions register, and a number of other items (photographs, booklets, other material)
Acc.No: 2774 Date of material: Extent: 0.096m^3 Access: Restricted Show catalogue(CSC/ED/17)
Capel Seion School Log Books (Ref: CSE/2-3)
Two further log books for the school covering dates :
25/09/1928 - 20/07/1990
03/09/96 -16/10/1997
Acc.No: 2773 Date of material: 1928-1997 Extent: 2 vol. Access: open ( possible DP conditions) Not yet in the catalogue
Further papers of the Fowler family (Ref: ADX/1006 addl)
Further papers of the Fowler family.
Acc.No: 2772 Date of material: Extent: 0.013m^3 Access: open Not yet in the catalogue
Further records of the Royal British Legion, Aberystwyth Branch (Ref: DSO/124)
Minute books : 1977 - 1988 and 1988 - 1993
Welfare Committee Minute Book 1988 - 1993
See also ADX/119/69
Acc.No: 2771 Date of material: Extent: 0.013m^3 Access: DP issues - Welfare book closed Show catalogue(DSO/124)
Cardiganshire administrative districts map (Ref: ADX/1244)
Map of Cardiganshire showing Unions, Rural and Urban Districts, Municipal and County Boroughs, and Civil Parishes. Boundaries are revised up to date 18 May 1918.
Acc.No: 2770 Date of material: Extent: Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1244)
Aberystwyth Corporation properties (Ref: ABM/TR/2/37)
Ledger listing properties owned by Aberystwyth Corporation, with details of leases etc. No date of original entries but one entry is annotated 'expired 1968' so the volume was clearly still in use then.
Acc.No: 2769 Date of material: Extent: Access: Open Show catalogue(ABM)
Salary registers (Ref: CDC/TR/114-115)
114. Cardiganshire Education Committee Salary Register 1943-49
115. Cardiganshire County Council Salary Register 1943-44
Acc.No: 2768 Date of material: 1943-1949 Extent: 2 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
The Malkin letter (Ref: ADX/1243)
Colour photocopy of letter from Benjamin Heath Malkin.
The depositor's note states: 'I recently acquired a copy of the first edition of Benjamin Heath Malkin's ' Scenery , Antiquities and Biography of South Wales ' , London , 1804. Loosely laid inside this copy is an autograph letter from the author ( a close friend of William Blake ) which touches upon his staying at Hafod, mentions the library and also that the Johnes's are not particular about the clothing worn by visitors. Unfortunately there is no accompanying envelope or other indication as to whom the letter is addressed other than that he was a gentleman and known to the Johnes's. The Hafod Arms is mentioned on several occasions as a place to rendezvous. The letter is sent from Hackney in the June of 1805.'
Acc.No: 2767 Date of material: Original 1805; copy 2011 Extent: 2 ff Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1243)
Pwll Roman and the Taliesin Mines (Ref: ADX/1242)
CD containing photographs and .pdf files relating to Pwll Roman and Taliesin Mines (includes photographs of the sudden subsidence which occurred in 2005)
Acc.No: 2766 Date of material: Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1242)
Memoirs, reminiscences and journals of Colin Guile (Ref: ADX/883/3)
A record of Colin Guile's life from his school days to 2006 . Mr. Guile was born in 1930 in Bridgend, educated at Cowbridge Grammar School and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, did National Service in Egypt and the Middle East, worked as an advisory entomologist in Shardlow, Derbyshire and at MAFF Trawscoed for many years and retired to Borth and Aberystwyth
Acc.No: 2765 Date of material: 1953 - 2006 Extent: 0.076m^3 Access: Not yet available - some DP issues to be examined Not yet in the catalogue
The SS Laxham, postcards etc. (Ref: ADX/1241)
1. Photocopy of order signed by the British Consul in Galicia (Spain) asking the owner of the SS Laxham (recently lost at sea) to pay David Owen Davies his wages. Original document is dated 1884.
2. Printout of article from the Times of 5 August 1884 containing the account of the sinking of the Laxham.
3. Postcards of locations in Cardiganshire and elsewhere. 13 items.
Acc.No: 2764 Date of material: Extent: 1 envolope Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1241)
An Evacuee's Recollections (Ref: ADX/1240)
One child's recollections of being an Evacuee in the summer of 1944 (depositor's account)
Acc.No: 2763 Date of material: 2011 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1240)
Borth United FC (Ref: ADX/1239)
Booklet: The Footballers of Borth and Ynys-las, 1873-1950: Borth United and the Ynys-las Gunners, by Richard E. Huws
Acc.No: 2762 Date of material: 2011 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1239)
Articles by David Gorman on subjects of local interest (Ref: ADX/1018 (further records))
4. Custodian of the Holy Grail (Country Quest, Nov. 2004)
5. Winning the VC Country Quest, May 2004)
6. The Ancient Abbey of Strata Florida (Catholic Life Dec. 2003)
7. The Nanteos Cup: A Holy Grail Legend (Catholic Life Jan. 2004)
Acc.No: 2761 Date of material: 2003-2004 Extent: 4 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Saint David's University College, Lampeter publications (Ref: ADX/1238)
1. SDUC Centre for Research and Scholarship: Proceedings of the First Annual Symposium, Sept. 1990
2. SDUC Annual report 1992-93
3. SDUC Lampeter Prospectus 1993/94
Acc.No: 2760 Date of material: 1990-1993 Extent: 3 items Access: Show catalogue(ADX/1238)
Llanddewi Aberarth School minutes (Ref: 178a)
British School Aberarth: Minutes of managers' meetings, 30 July 1892 - 2 September 1907
Acc.No: 2759 Date of material: Extent: 1 vol Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Ceredigion District Council records (Ref: CDD/PL/6; CDD/SE/16; CDD/PR; CDD/T/3-4; CDD/MUS/4)
CDD/PL/6. Aberystwyth Urban Investment Programme: A report to Ceredigion District Council, Welsh Development Agency and Development Board for Rural Wales by Building Design Partnership/Ceres. May 1990
CDD/SE/16 - Cyngor Dosbarth Ceredigion: Code of Conduct for Local Government Employees- Notes for Officers.
CDD/T/3 Tourist information pack
CDD/T/4 Tourist Guide: Aberystwyth and the Coast and Countryside of Ceredigion. 1983
CDD/PR Two photographs of officials/council officers (?) one at Ty Glyn, 3 November 1992, the other at Cardigan, 20 December 1993, and compliment slip from the Marketing and PR Dept. Of the Council.
CDD/MUS/4: Advertisement and information pack for the post of curator of Ceredigion Museum. Actual job description missing.
Acc.No: 2758 Date of material: Extent: Access: Show catalogue(CDD/PL/6)
District Nursing Map (Ref: CDC/HE/9)
Cardiganshire County Council District Nursing map. Shows extent of nursing districts.
(2 copies)
Acc.No: 2757 Date of material: Extent: 2 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Sample Social Services file (Ref: CDC/SS/110)
Cardiganshire Council Social Services dept. file relating to the care provisions for a local resident (died in 1978). Kept as a sample; access restricted.
Acc.No: 2756 Date of material: 1966-1978 Extent: 1 file Access: Restricted Show catalogue(CDC/SS)
Documents relating to Patrick Francis de Sales Pickering (Ref: MUS/196)
Documents relating to Patrick Francis de Sales Pickering and other people, presumably related. Listed.
Acc.No: 2755 Date of material: Extent: 0.012m^3 Access: Show catalogue(MUS/196)
Swedish newspaper article (Ref: ADX/1237)
Article by Lotta Lille entitled 'Sten blir till grus' on the subject of disposing of old gravestones. According to the depositor's note, in Sweden old gravestones are 'ground to pebbles'; this is contrasted with the way tombstones were arranged around the edges of the St. Michael's churchyard in Aberystwyth. The article, which is in Swedish, appeared in Upsala Nya Tidning on 9 February 1999.
Acc.No: 2754 Date of material: 1999 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1237)
Miscellaneous Correspondence - Aberystwyth Borough Surveyor (Ref: ABM/SE/5/4)
File of miscellaneous correspondence - Aberystwyth Borough Surveyor
Acc.No: 2753 Date of material: 1953-1956 Extent: Access: Show catalogue(ABM)
Postcard (Ref: ADX/1236)
Printed colour postcard depicting a girl in the costume of Cardiganshire. No. 11 in the series 'Cambrian Costumes by Lady Llanover'. Printed by the NLW.
Acc.No: 2752 Date of material: Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1236)
Rhydlewis and District Rabbit Clearance Society records (Ref: DSO/123)
Rhydlewis and District Rabbit Clearance Society records
Acc.No: 2751 Date of material: Extent: 0.035m^3 Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Maps (Ref: ADX/1235)
1. Hand-drawn map of roads in the parishes of Troedyraur and Bettws, with separate legend showing distances. 19th c.
2. OS map (3rd ed.) Sheet 195 (Tregaron and Lampeter. Some boundaries marked.
3. 25" OS maps. Incorporated into our main OS maps collection
Acc.No: 2750 Date of material: Extent: 2 items Access: Show catalogue(ADX/1235)
Ysgol Brynherbert School - further records (Ref: DYC/ED/11/addl., BRH/6, BRH/R/1, BRH/AR/1)
Log book and admissions register and also videos, music cassettes and other miscellaneous material from Ysgol Brynherbert.
Acc.No: 2749 Date of material: Extent: 0.035m^3 Access: Not yet in the catalogue
School plans (various) and electricity supply to schools in Lampeter (Ref: CDC/A/12-13)
School plans-CDC/A/12
1. Llandysul County Primary School (3 plans), 1969
2. Capel Seion County Primary School (4 plans) 1951-1962
3. Penweddig School - Sports Pavilion. 1980
Electricity supply- CDC/A/13
File relating to connecting electricity to Bryn Road School, and Peterwell School, Lampeter. Contains Specifications of Works by the West Cambrian Power Co. Ltd; estimates; invoices; other correspondence; catalogue of Magnet industrial electrical cooking equipment. 1933.
Acc.No: 2748 Date of material: Extent: 2 files Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Material relating to transport (Ref: MUS/194-195)
MUS/194
Large postcard of R.M.S. Lusitania, addressed to Master W. Telford Jones, Highcliffe, Dinas Terrace, Aberystwyth. No stamp or date, probably never posted.
Two issues of The Motor Ship magazine, July 1931 and January 1932 issues
Gas and Oli Power: Annual Technical Review number, 1939
MUS/195
Magazine: A Pictorial History of Railways with an Anthology of 19th Century Railways Chronicles. c. 1954
Acc.No: 2747 Date of material: 1930s, c. 1954 Extent: 4 items Access: Open Show catalogue(MUS/195)
Ysgol Cross Inn (Llansantffraed) School (Ref: DYC/ED/12/addl)
Records of the school deposited after it had closed in 2007.
Acc.No: 2746 Date of material: Extent: 0.013m^3 Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Nanteos planning application (Ref: CDD/PL/5)
Nanteos planning application: Listed building consent application and architectural drawings (plans and elevations)
Acc.No: 2745 Date of material: 1989-90 Extent: 1 file Access: Open Show catalogue(CDD/PL/5)
Borough of Aberystwyth Motion Book (Ref: ABM/SE/1/76)
Borough of Aberystwyth Motion Book 1887-1961
Acc.No: 2744 Date of material: 1887-1961 Extent: 1 volume Access: Show catalogue(ABM)
Diaries and papers of Miss Hannah Jane Jones (Ref: ADX/1234)
Diaries of Hannah Jones 1945-47, 1949, 1953, 1960-1971, 1973-2004; Handwritten/assembled from cuttings recipe books; Balance sheets for Arfryn Farm, Llanarth in the name of Thomas Jones - 1959-62; Certicates in Music, Needlework and from Sunday School for Ben and Hannah Jones; Wage book 1920-1922; Exercise book: Hanes Llwyncelyn.
Acc.No: 2743 Date of material: 1920-2004 Extent: 0.065m^3 Access: Not yet in the catalogue
The Paull family (Ref: ADX/1233)
Depositor's research into the Cardiganshire branch of the Paull family. Originally from Cornwall, the Paulls were associated with Cardiganshire lead mining industry.
2 files:
1. Descendants of John Paull, b. c. 1702 in Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
2. Descendants of Abel Paull, d. 1893 in Frongoch, Cards.
Acc.No: 2742 Date of material: Extent: 2 files Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1233)
The ship Volunteer (Ref: ADX/1232)
1. Photograph of a mosaic (located near Aberystwyth harbour) of the ship Volunteer, built in Aberystwyth in 1861. The Volunteer sank near the Scilly Isles and was subsequently raised.
2. Photograph of the Volunteer's figurehead, now located in a garden in the Scilly Isles.
Acc.No: 2741 Date of material: Extent: 2 items Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1232)
Papers of Dewi Davies, (Ref: ADX/1231)
Research into the local area (Capel Bangor, Goginan, Aberffrwd, Ponterwyd etc), correspondence and other papers of Dewi Davies of Capel Bangor.
Acc.No: 2740 Date of material: Extent: 0.035m^3 Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Archives students' projects (Ref: CSC/DECS/RO/15)
These assignments were produced by Archives Administration postgraduate students for Archives Administration practice and for the Study of Records module taught by the County Archivist.
1. Sources for Research in the Parish of Silian by Sam Johnston
2. Family History assignment - The Baynes family of Cardigan by Mair James
3. The Aberystwyth Town Clock by Lucy Burrows
4. [Parish of] Llanwnnen by Manon Foster Evans
5. [Parish of] Dihewyd by Nia Wyn Griffiths
6. [Parish of] Ciliau Aeron by Martin Woodward
7. The Staging of an Open Day at Ceredigion Archives by Martin Woodward
8. The Watkins Family by Catherine M.S. Taylor
9. Repository Design by Rachel Gill
10. The Construction of Archive Buildings: A Case Study by James King
11. The Red Cross: An Archive Exhibition by James King
12. Tourism at Devil's Bridge and the Vale of Rheidol Railway: An Exhibition to be held at Ceredigion Archives by Kate Mason (2 pts: text and exhibition)
13. Sources for Research of the parish of Llandysiliogogo by Sarah Davis
14. [Exhibition on Aberystwyth tourism] by Ishbel Mackinnon
15. The Lewis Family, Proprietors of Aberystwyth Bathing Machines by Sarah Horton
16. Llanddewi Brefi parish by Rachel Wood
17. Sources for the Parish of Llanarth by Gemma Bentley
18. [Parish of] Llangybi by Gail Bennion
19. Local History Sources for the Parish of Llanrhystud by Philip Zanella
20. Sources for the Parish of Llanrhystud by Ivone Martins
21. Sources for the Parish History of Llanfihangel y Creuddyn by ?
22. Sources for Research in the Parish of Llanfihangel Geneu'r Glyn by E. A. Whittingham
23. Sources for Research in the Parish of Llangoedmor by Andrew Thomson
24. Sources for Research in the Parish of Llanychaearn by Sarah Edmondson
Acc.No: 2739 Date of material: 1996-2000 Extent: 0.013m^3 Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Welsh Bible with inscribed endpaper (Ref: ADX/1230)
An 18th century leatherbound Welsh Bible. The endpaper is inscribed as follows:
'Isaac Jones Davies the son of John and Jane Davies of Wainwen in the Parish of Llanilar in the County of Cardigan was born on the 2nd day of July 1791, it being Ystradmerick Fair day.
Written by himself the [..]th of March 1836
Llanilar Registrar will Testify the same. O. Owens, Vicar'
Another inscription in the centre of same page reads:
'Mary Llewelyn her Book in the year Lord 1833'
There are also several smaller scribbles, eg.
'Dd Davies his hand 1833'
Acc.No: 2738 Date of material: 18th c. Extent: 1 vol. Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1230)
The Association of Poor Law Unions: printed circular and report (Ref: ADX/1229)
1.The Association of Poor Law Unions: Draft Rating and Valuation Bill, 1923
2. The Association of Poor Law Unions: official report and 'important resolutions' from the 25th Annual Meeting (held in London, Nov. 1923) at which the above Bill was discussed.
Acc.No: 2737 Date of material: 1923 Extent: 2 items Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1229)
Map of the Trawscoed Experimental Husbandry Farm (Ref: ADX/1228)
Map of the Trawscoed Experimental Husbandry Farm
Acc.No: 2736 Date of material: n.d. Extent: 1 roll Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1228)
Papurau Bro [Community newspapers] (Ref: Papurau Bro)
Y Tincer 1992-2004
Y Barcut
Deaccessioned 18 March 2013. The Local History Library has full sets of all local Papurau Bro.
Acc.No: 2735 Date of material: Extent: 0.022m^3 Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Llanfair Clydogau WI (Ref: D/WI/18 [D/WI/LFC])
Records of the Women's Institute, Llanfair Clydogau branch (minutes, accounts etc.)
Acc.No: 2734 Date of material: 1926-1988 Extent: 0.026m^3 Access: Open Show catalogue(D/WI/LFA)
Relate (Ref: DSO/122)
Records of Relate, Aberystwyth group, in its two succeeding incarnations.
1978-2001
2001-2006
2007
Acc.No: 2733 Date of material: Extent: 0.013m^3 Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Llanafan School records (Ref: LAF/AR/2-17; LAF/MR/1-2)
Llanafan CP School - attendance registers and school meals registers.
Acc.No: 2732 Date of material: Extent: 0.017m^3 Access: Closed for 100 years Not yet in the catalogue
Capel Cynon School records (Ref: CCY/R/2)
Admissions Register 1900 - 2008
Acc.No: 2731 Date of material: Extent: 1 item Access: Restricted Not yet in the catalogue
Papurau/Papers of Dr. John Henry Jones (Ref: ADX/1227)
Defnydd yn ymwneud ag amser Dr. Jones fel Cyfarwyddwr Addysg Sir Aberteifi (gan gynnwys 2 gaset)
Photographs and other documents relating to Dr. Jones' time as Director of Education, Cardiganshire County Council (1944-1972), incl. 2 cassette tapes
Acc.No: 2730 Date of material: Extent: 0.029m^3 Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Programmes for events in Aberystwyth area (Ref: ADX/1226)
Programmes for concerts, musicals, choral performances, operettas, pantomines and plays in Aberystwyth area. Performed by: Aberystwyth Showtime Singers (3 programmes and 6 copies of a flyer), The Wardens (7 programmes), Aberystwyth Choral Society (10 programmes), Cantorion Padarn (5 programmes) and Aberystwyth Gilbert & Sullivan Society (2 programmes).
Acc.No: 2729 Date of material: Extent: 1 file Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1226)
Further items from the Museum (Ref: MUS/166-193, ABY)
Further items transferred from Ceredigion Museum
Acc.No: 2728 Date of material: Extent: 0.022m^3 Access: Open Show catalogue(MUS/178)
Cymdeithas Daniel Rowlands Llangeitho and other papers (Ref: ADX/1225)
Cymdeithas Daniel Rowlands Llangeitho and other papers
Acc.No: 2727 Date of material: 19th c Extent: 1 envolope Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Teulu Penlancwnlle Family (Ref: ADX/1224)
The Penlancwnlle Family, Nancwnlle Parish, Cardiganshire: Their Origins and Their Descendants. Compiled, with information presented by a number of descendants of the family, by Stephen Morgan, April 2005
Acc.No: 2726 Date of material: 2005 Extent: 1 vol Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1224)
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