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Date(s)
- 1928-1966 (Creation)
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file
Extent and medium
1 ffolder
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Sir Ben Bowen Thomas (1899-1977) served as the Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Department of the Ministry of Education, 1945-1963. He played an important role in the sphere of education throughout his career, beginning as a tutorial class lecturer in UCW Aberystwyth, 1922-1927, and then as Warden for the newly-founded Coleg Harlech, 1927-1940, working with its founder, Dr Thomas Jones (1870-1955). He also served on the McNair Committee on the Training of Teachers and Youth Leaders, 1942-1944. Sir Ben quickly rose to an international status in the world of education, as a UK delegate to UNESCO, 1946-1962, and a member of the Executive Board, 1954-1962 (being chairman from 1958-1960). His interests in education took him into the field of television, and he was closely involved in the Independent Television Authority (ITA) Commission, 1964-1970. He also became President of University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He wrote numerous articles on education and religion for newspapers and pamphlets, as well as several of an autobiographical nature. His grandfather was the Rev. Benjamin Thomas (1838-1913), a Baptist minister in Ystrad Rhondda, Glamorgan.
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Trosglwyddiad o fewn LlGC, Awst 2004.; 0200408550
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Scope and content
Llungopi o ddau draethawd mewn llawysgrif ar bynciau cerddorol o bosibl ar gyfer Cerddoriaeth Cymru, y naill yn dwyn y teitl 'Yr ymdaith gerddorol' gan Ben Bowen Thomas a'r llall yn dwyn y teitl 'Ceisio dysgu' gan Kate Roberts.Yn ogystal, mae copi o gerdd mewn llawysgrif gan Nansi Richards, a gyflwynwyd i'r Faner o bosibl, ynghyd â mân bethau yn ymwneud yn bennaf â Chymry Llundain megis bwydlen cinio Cymdeithas Ceredigion Llundain 1928.
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Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau diweddar yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru lofnodi'r ffurflen 'Papurau modern - gwarchod data'.
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Amodau hawlfraint arferol.
Language of material
- Welsh
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Cymraeg
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW Facs 983
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Name access points
- Roberts, Kate, 1891-1985 (Subject)
- Richards, Nansi (Subject)
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Wrth lunio y disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau LlGC a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH.