Memorials, testimonial funds and commemoration papers
- AP1
- Series
- 1894-1957
The series comprises correspondence, financial papers and title deeds relating to erecting monuments or collecting testimonial funds for prominent Welshmen.
Memorials, testimonial funds and commemoration papers
The series comprises correspondence, financial papers and title deeds relating to erecting monuments or collecting testimonial funds for prominent Welshmen.
Lists of members of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
This series comprises lectures and addresses given before the Society, written in the hand of the authors (although some are typewritten). The subjects of the lectures and addresses are all related to Wales. It appears that these particular lectures were not published.
John Charles Jones' personal papers
The series comprises personal papers and letters relating to various sapects of the private life of J. Charles Jones, including papers and letters relating to his father, the Rev. R. Charles Jones, and his mother, Mrs Margaret Jones
The series comprises letters addressed to the secretary, mostly from members of the Cymmrodorion, dealing with internal administrative matters, such as subscriptions, publications, meetings, and social functions. Many of the correspondents were personal friends of Sir E. Vincent Evans, and their letters include comments on current political affairs.
Letters written to J. Charles Jones, mainly from J. L. C. Cecil-Williams, Honourary Secretary, dealing with the work of cataloguing and clearing of papers, manuscripts and books from the Cymmrodorion library
Imperial War Graves Commission: correspondence
Correspondence between the Honourable Secretary of the Cymmrodorion and Col H. F. Chettle of the Imperial War Graves Commission. Col Chettle needed corrections and English translations of Welsh epitaphs that were to be inscribed upon the tombstones of Welsh soldiers who had died during the war
The series comprises agendas and minutes of the committee, together with letters addressed mainly to the secretary dealing with matters relating to the finance committee
Emigration to the Dominions: correspondence
Correspondence relating to the Cymmrodorion's desire to establish a closer liaison between Welsh societies in the various Commonwealth countries and prospective Welsh emigrants
Editorial and Literary Sub-committee minutes and agendas
The series comprises a volume of minutes and agendas of the Editorial and Literary Sub-committee, with loose minutes and notes
Draft and printed copies of annual reports of Council
The series comprises draft annual reports of Council, 1875-1933 (AC1/1-2)
Cymmrodorion Welsh War Relief Committee minute book
Typewritten minutes of meetings of the Cymmrodorion Welsh War Relief Committee
Cymmrodorion Welsh War Relief Committee correspondence
The series includes correspondence with the Cymmrodorion secretary, J. L. C. Cecil-Williams, relating to the Welsh War Relief Committee (the Welsh division of the British War Relief Society), a charity formed to administer relief to Welsh war victims, which was sponsored mainly by Welsh exiles from the USA and the British Dominions. -- Apart from the correspondence, there is also a committee gifts register, 1941-1947, and a committee account book, 1941-1946.
Cymmrodorion Medal correspondence
The series includes correspondence with the Honourary Secretary, J. L. C. Cecil-Williams, relating to the Cymmrodorion Medal. A large proportion of the correspondence deals with the redesigning of the Medal in 1954-1955. There are also copies of presentation ceremony programmes and copies of addresses made at ceremonies.
Untitled
The series includes a collection of index cards used by the Librarian to keep a record of books held in the Cymmrodorion library, a record of books sold to libraries and Cymmrodorion members, and a register of manuscript articles.
Minutes of meetings of the Cymmrodorion Council and AGMs. These are in the hand of the secretary, Charles W. Jones, from 1885 to 1887, and of his successor, Sir E. Vincent Evans, from 1887 to 1934. Subsequent minutes are typescript.
Agendas of meetings of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion Council
Cash registers kept by the secretary to the Cymmrodorion Society, containing receipts and payments to the secretary and treasurer
Bicentenary and Queen's Silver Jubilee addresses
An address (in Welsh) presented to the Society on the occasion of its Bicentenary in 1951 by the London Welsh Association (original copy), and one colour print of the Loyal Address presented by the Society to Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of her Silver Jubilee, 1977.
Auditors' statements and Council authorisations
The series comprises receipts, auditors' statements and authorisations given by the Cymmrodorion Council for payments made on behalf of the Society.