Showing 366 results

Papers of the Rev. Ivor T. Rees, comprising mainly printed political material, 1928-1997, including election literature and candidates' addresses for British elections from Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland and election literature, newsletters and press cuttings relating to minority parties such as the Socialist Party of Great Britain, 1951-1970; National Democratic Party/National Front/British National Party, [c. 1970's]-[1990's], and papers relating to Lt Commander W. G. Boaks, who stood as an independent candidate in many elections between 1951 and 1982, [c. 1970s-1980s]; articles and obituaries relating to politicians and other prominent individuals, [c. 1970s-1990s]; index cards containing details of British Parliamentary candidates who stood in British Parliamentary elections, 1910-1983; together with miscellaneous papers, 1948-1985; newspaper cuttings, 1931-1999 relating to Welsh politics, including the first election for the National Assembly for Wales and electoral candidates in Wales; and election leaflets mostly for the county council elections, 6 May 1999, in Swansea, Sketty, Anglesey, Vale of Glamorgan and Rhonda Cynon Taf.
Additional donations also include papers, 1999-2017, consisting mainly of printed material from web pages, press cuttings, and campaign material and election addresses relating to prominent Welsh politicians both in the Welsh Assembly and UK Parliament; papers, 1885-2018, relating to elections held in Wales and Welsh constituencies from the 19th to the 21st centuries and politicians who have stood as candidates, including in UK Parliamentary elections, Welsh Assembly elections, and European Parliament Elections; a large number of candidates' and politicians' biographies (1885-2018), and questionnaires for candidates standing in various 20th- and 21st- century elections (1997-2017; 2019); and a large number of papers including press cuttings and printed material from web pages relating to UK Parliamentary, Welsh Assembly, and European Parliament elections (1892-2018), including campaign material and election addresses relating to candidates standing in Welsh constituencies; and some typescript copies of Ivor T. Rees' works.

1966 General Election literature relating to the Aberavon, Montgomeryshire and Denbigh constituencies, including the election addresses of Alun Talfan Davies, Emlyn Hooson and John Morris.

Literature relating to general and local elections in Pontypridd, 1923-89, including the election addresses of Arthur Pearson, Brynmor John and T. I. Mardy Jones.

Vectis Nationalist Party for the Isle of Wight, 1970.

A large collection of cards, arranged alphabetically by surname, containing personal details and political histories of many of the candidates who stood in British Parliamentary elections, 1910-83, comprising date of birth, education, occupation, marital status, armed services record and political posts held. Some of the cards also include press photographs of the candidate.

A booklet commemorating the Jubilee of the Pontypridd Trades Council and Labour Party, 1898-1948, entitled 50 Years Action, Struggle, Achievement: A History of the Labour Party and Trade Union Movement in Pontypridd, compiled from the Minute Books; a copy of A Woman's Work is Never Done by Elizabeth Andrews, 1956; together with pamphlets of a religious nature, comprising a paper by the Blaendulais Ecumenical Centre entitled Christian Presence - Structures for a Missionary Congregation, c. 1960s; Christ Our Unity, published by the Port Talbot Christian Council, 1966; Valleys 74, a report of the conference for Valleys' historians, 1974; and Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, a report of the Council of Churches for Wales consultation held at Lampeter in March 1985.