Archifdy Ceredigion Archives
Emrys R D Prosser Collection

ACCESSION 1322 and 1447

Ref: PRO/A

The papers in this series are those pertaining, or primarily pertaining, to Prosser’s personal and/or family life, school and university life, and his teaching posts. It contains workbooks, private correspondence, certificates and other miscellaneous papers.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/1
TITLE: Black and white photograph of ‘Barry Intermediate Old Boys RFC Season 1911-12’
DATE: 1911-12
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Shows I[vor] Prosser, E R D Prosser’s father.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/2
TITLE: Programme for ‘Barry County School Annual Prize Distribution’
DATE: 25 November 1911
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Gives details of ceremony and prizes awarded, including the King’s Scholarship awarded to Ivor Prosser.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/3
TITLE: Pamphlet entitled ‘Supplement to “The Offordian”’ giving the names of students, including Ivor Prosser, at Islington Training College, Barnsbury, London in 1911-13 and 1912-14
DATE: 1911-13; 1912-14
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Includes a list of certificated and transferred students.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/4
TITLE: Papers and correspondences relating to E R D Prosser’s uncle, Private James Haydn Thomas of the 25th Northumberland Fusiliers, reported missing and presumed dead 21 March 1918.
DATE: 1917-18; 1990s
EXTENT: 1 bundle
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Includes one black and white photograph of JH Thomas?; a weekly leave pass permitting Thomas to leave his quarters after duty each day to go to Rouen; a memorial service card; correspondence between Prosser and the War Graves Commission; and four colour photographs of the Arras Memorial, France, where Thomas’ name appears.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/5
TITLE: Card for the ‘Reception and welcome home’ of Saron boys/men who served in the 1914-18 war
DATE: 20 December 1920
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Given by members of the Saron Welsh Baptist Church, Nantymoel. Menu and details of toasts. Ivor Prosser is named in the ‘Roll of Honour’ on the reverse of the card.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/6
TITLE: Programme for the ‘National Union of Teachers: Glamorgan Branch Educational Dinner’
DATE: 1 December 1928
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Invitation to a dinner at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff. Includes menu and list of toasts.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/7
TITLE: Card for the Glamorgan Federation of the National Union of Teachers annual dinner at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff
DATE: 15 November 1930
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Menu and details of toasts.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/8
TITLE: Certificates of achievement
DATE: 1930-9
EXTENT: 8 documents
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Certificates awarded to E R D Prosser and Susie Williams. School Certificate awarded to E R D Prosser by the Central Welsh Board in 1936 and to Susie Williams in 1939. Further certificates awarded to Susie Williams by the London College of Music, including that granting the title of Associate of the London College of Music.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/9
TITLE: Sketchbook entitled ‘The Ordnance Survey Map’
DATE: nd [1930s]
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: School project on the OS comprising hand-drawn maps and charts. Cover annotated ‘Emrys R D Prosser Index no 6 Ogmore Secondary School’.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/10
TITLE: School notebook of fictional and non-fictional essays
DATE: 1936
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: E R D Prosser’s notebook entitled ‘General essays’. Includes the essays ‘The place of the National Eisteddfod in the Life of Wales’, ‘Popular Superstitions’, ‘Musing in London in the Spring’, ‘“Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought”’, and ‘Dodsworth longs for a holiday’.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/11
TITLE: Folder of artwork
DATE: 26 March 1938
EXTENT: 1 folder
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Artwork submitted for school examinations. Includes an ink on paper sketch of Ogmore Secondary School main entrance annotated on reverse ‘Jean-Jacques Senior Art, Section 3, Pen-and-ink’, a pencil sketch of Mrs. Amy Mollison by E R D Prossser, a blank Certificate of Merit and stencils [possibly also by Prosser], a pastel on paper drawing of a candlestick, and an ink on paper drawing of an unidentified building, probably a church, annotated ‘Garfield’. Originally in envelope marked ‘From the Director of Education Glamorgan County Council, Cardiff, Mr. Arthur Keen, 82 Adam Street, Ogmore Vale, Glam’. Postmarked Cardiff 26 M[ar]ch [19]38’

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/12
TITLE: Papers relating to ERD Prosser’s academic and military career
DATE: 1940-49
EXTENT: 1 folder
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Includes correspondence regarding his applications to the University of Wales Aberystwyth and Swansea to read geography and education; receipts for items purchased, including those for books and accommodation; Soldier’s Service Book; Soldier’s Release Book; Grade Card; memoranda regarding pay from the Regimental Paymaster, Exeter; a standard army issued will leaving his estate and effects to his mother, Blodwen Prosser; and a proxy paper (service register) naming Ivor Prosser to vote on his behalf at parliamentary elections. Passed with honours June 1949.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/13
TITLE: Papers relating to ERD Prosser’s academic, military, and teaching career
DATE: 1940s/50s
EXTENT: 1 folder
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Includes incoming correspondence regarding teaching posts applied for, academic achievements, and military papers including ‘Record of Service’ and ‘Release Leave Certificate’.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/14
TITLE: ‘Kohima Maps Plans and Sketches: prepared by “I” Sec 2nd Bn The Dorsetshire Regt’
DATE: nd [1940s]
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Includes sixteen aerial photographs of the region

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/15
TITLE: Papers relating to Ivor Prosser’s application for headship of Tynewydd Boys’ School and Fronwen M & I School, Ogmore Vale
DATE: 1941-7
EXTENT: 1 folder
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Comprises copies of his Curriculum Vitae and letters of recommendation. Also includes a letter to Ivor Prosser from the Teachers’ Provident Society acknowledging his resignation as Local Secretary.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/16
TITLE: Prosser family correspondence and papers
DATE: 1943; 1970s-1990s
EXTENT: 1 bundle
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Private correspondence to Ivor Prosser and family and E R D Prosser and family; research notes relating to the Prosser family; death certificate of Ivor Prosser; birth certificate of David Prosser; death certificate for Blodwen Prosser; and the last will and testament of Blodwen Prosser.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/17
TITLE: Notebook entitled ‘Introduction to Geography: Subsid[iary] Geo[lo]g[y]’
DATE: 1946
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Lecture notes from E R D Prosser’s University studies.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/18
TITLE: Coursework entitled ‘Easter Vacation Exercise: The Drainage of Glamorganshire’
DATE: 1947
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Compiled by E R D Prosser as part of the ‘SubsidaryGeography Session 1946-7’. Comprises written report, maps, diagrams, and black and white photographs.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/19
TITLE: Geology coursework entitled ‘Finals Geology Field Week 13 to 20 Mar[ch] [19]48’
DATE: 13-20 March [19]48
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: By E R D Prosser. Comprises written report on a field study trip to the Isle of Wight with accompanying maps and diagrams.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/20
TITLE: ‘Mid-Glamorgan A Regional Survey Vol[ume] 1 Text’
DATE: 1949
EXTENT: 1 volume
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Dissertation submitted by E R D Prosser as part of the Honours degree scheme in geography at the Department of Geography and Anthropology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/21
TITLE: ‘Mid-Glamorgan A Regional Survey Vol[ume] 2 Atlas’
DATE: 1948-9
EXTENT: 1 volume
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Second part of dissertation submitted by E R D Prosser as part of the Honours degree in geography at the Department of Geography and Anthropology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, comprising the maps which accompany volume 2 (1447/31/4). Includes four copies of the ‘Unofficial Circular’ of the Glamorgan Education Committee, Mid Glamorgan Divisional Executive.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/22
TITLE: Notebook entitled ‘E R D Prosser Plynlymon Hall. Honours Geography 1948-49 British Isles’
DATE: 1948-49
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Lecture notes.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/23
TITLE: Notebook entitled ‘E R D Prosser Plynlymon Hall Honours Geog[raphy] 1948-9 British Isles’
DATE: 1948-9
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Lecture notes.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/24
TITLE: Notebook entitled ‘Political Geography’
DATE: 1948-9
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Lecture notes from E R D Prosser’s University studies.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/25
TITLE: Notebook entitled ‘Political Geog[raphy] Vol[ume] II’
DATE: 1948-49
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Lecture notes from E R D Prosser’s University studies.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/26
TITLE: Course handouts and a bibliography for geography
DATE: 1949
EXTENT: 1 folder
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Includes a bibliography for sixth form geography and two course handouts, one providing a brief overview of the historical development of the USA and Canada, the other providing a background to the human geography of Britain.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/27
TITLE: Notebook entitled ‘Applied Economics: Final Econ’
DATE: nd [late 1940s]
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Lecture notes from E R D Prosser’s University studies.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/28
TITLE: Geography project
DATE: nd [1940s]
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Map work undertaken [by Prosser?] in the Department of Geography and Anthropology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Includes a sketch plan of Aberystwyth town.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/29
DATE: nd [1940s]
EXTENT: 1 folder
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Some poems annotated “Ivor Prosser”.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/30
TITLE: Notebook entitled ‘Subsidiary Geology: Palaeontology (Practical) Vol[ume] II’
DATE: nd [late 1940s]
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Pencil sketches of molluscs by E R D Prosser as part of his University studies.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/31
TITLE: Notebook entitled ‘Subsidiary Geology: Palaeontology (Practical) Vol[ume] III’
DATE: nd [late 1940s]
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Pencil sketches of molluscs by E R D Prosser as part of his University Studies.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/32
TITLE: Newspaper cuttings
DATE: nd 1940s-1960s
EXTENT: 1 bundle
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Concerning E R D Prosser winning the Beatrice Grenfell prize; a performance of ‘Ben Hur’ by Saron Welsh Baptist Choir, produced by Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Prosser; a mayoral reception for two missionaries with photograph featuring Ivor Prosser, Deacon, Salem Baptist Church; and a photograph of schoolgirls from Grove Park Girls School, Wrexham. Includes letter addressed to Susie Williams from S Powell? Regarding qualities required for teaching. Originally this material was bundled together in an envelope entitled ‘Miss Susie Williams’.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/33
TITLE: Geography course notes
DATE: nd [1950s]
EXTENT: 1 bundle
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Typescript notes entitled ‘Industrial Regions of the USA’ (incomplete), ‘The Tourist Industry of Wales’, ‘Yorks-Derby-Notts Coalfield’, ‘Midland Industrial Region’, ‘Lancashire Industrial Region’, ‘North East Coast Industrial Area’, ‘Central Scotland’, and ‘Wales’.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/34
TITLE: Eisteddfod certificate
DATE: 1951
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Certificate awarded to Emrys R [D] Prosser at the 1951 Eisteddfod for an essay on the history of lead mining in Wales.
LANGUAGE:: Welsh

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/35
TITLE: Eisteddfod certificate
DATE: 1961
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Certificate awarded to Emrys R [D] Prosser at the 1961 Eisteddfod for winning the Beatrice Grenfell Prize for his essay on a history of the Welsh in Australia.
LANGUAGE:: Welsh

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/36
TITLE: Correspondence relating to winning the Beatrice Grenfell Prize
DATE: 1951; 1961
EXTENT: 1 folder
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Correspondence congratulating E R D Prosser on winning the Beatrice Grenfell Prize at the National Eisteddfod in 1951 and 1961 for essays on Welsh lead mining and the Welsh in Australia.
LANGUAGE:: English and Welsh

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/37
TITLE: Notebook concerning suggested changes to school policy
DATE: 1954
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION:: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Comprises brief notes relating to changes to the school day/week and subjects taught at Yr Ysgol Sir, Tregaron. Includes three newspaper cuttings taken from the Western Mail from a series entitled ‘Wales Can Make It’ regarding the Welsh manufacturing industry in 1958.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/38
TITLE: Postcard from Elsie Lovak to Mr. and Mrs. Prosser dated 2 12 [19]71, wishing them a happy Christmas and new year
DATE: 2 December [19]71
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Picture on front shows view of Hvar, Croatia. Partial postmark reads ‘HV[AR] 3XII7[1] XBAP’.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/39
TITLE: Personal correspondence to E R D Prosser and family
DATE: 1983-4; 1990; 1993
EXTENT: 4 letters; 1 newspaper cutting
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Includes newspaper article concerning the re-erection of Gwalia Stores, Ogmore Vale at St Fagans.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/40
TITLE: Booklet entitled ‘Salem, Barry Dock: Coming of Age and Debt Extinction’
DATE: 22-25 June 1919
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Brief history of Salem, Barry Dock. Signed Ivor Prosser’.
LANGUAGE:: English and Welsh

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/41
TITLE: Booklet entitled ‘Salem Baptist Church Barry: Jubilee Celebrations’
DATE: 1940
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Booklet detailing the history of Salem Baptist Church. Cover signed ‘Ivor Prosser’.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/42
TITLE: ‘Salem Baptist Church Barry Dock: Report and Statement of Accounts’
DATE: 1953-54
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Ivor Prosser listed as a Deacon. Cover signed ‘I Prosser’.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/43
TITLE: ‘Salem Baptist Church Barry Dock: Report and Statement of Accounts’
DATE: 1955-56
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Ivor Prosser listed as Financial Secretary.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/44
TITLE: Booklet entitled ‘Salem Baptist Church Barry Dock: Report and Statement of Accounts’
DATE: 1963-64
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Ivor Prosser is listed as Financial Secretary.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/45
TITLE: Booklet entitled ‘Ysgol y Dderi, an Area School in Wales: Design Study 2’
DATE: September 1976
EXTENT: 1 document
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Study into the construction of Ysgol y Dderi in Llangybi. Includes architectural drawings and lists of fixtures and fittings for the following schools: Betws Bledrws, Cellan, Llanfair, Llangybi and Silian. Also includes an invitation to Mr Prosser to attend the opening ceremony of the new school.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/46
TITLE: History project relating to Penybont Farm, Tregaron
DATE: nd [c1980s]
EXTENT: 1 folder
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT: Includes research on land ownership, farming, and gentry in connection with Penybont, maps indicating land use and characteristics, and family trees. Possibly compiled as a school project.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PRO/A/47
TITLE: Bundle of maps produced by Tregaron School pupils
DATE: nd [1980s]
EXTENT: 1 box
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: Item
SCOPE AND CONTENT:.Hand-drawn maps and plans of local properties in the Tregaron area. Some maps include keys to land use.