Miscellaneous papers, April-October 1956, including correspondence between the President, Sir David Hughes Parry, and Principal Goronwy Rees; correspondence between the President and Professor Lily Newton; minutes of Council meetings, June-July 1956; a document signed by certain heads of departments, July 1956; and documents which Goronwy Rees and Sir David Hughes Parry had submitted for the consideration of the Committee.
Correspondence, October 1956-July 1957, mainly between G. H. Baxter as secretary to the Committee and Henry Willink, J. W. F. Hill, W. J. Worboys, Goronwy Rees, Sir David Hughes Parry and T. Maelgwyn Davies, the College Registrar. The letters, dated from the beginning of the enquiry to its conclusion and aftermath, relate to the inviting of witnesses, Goronwy Rees's request for copies of written and oral evidence submitted and letters relating to press coverage and the preparation and printing of the Report. Letters from some witnesses, but no statements, are also included, together with lists of witnesses, sometimes with brief notes relating to their points of view.
'G. H. Baxter: Private papers'
Correspondence, December 1956-April 1957, relating to Herbert Baxter's terms of appointment as secretary to the Committee. Also included is his private correspondence, January-March 1957, with T. Maelgwyn Davies, Registrar of the College, relating to the enquiry and its outcome.
Brief notes of work undertaken daily by Herbert Baxter, 15 October 1956-22 April 1957.
'G. H. Baxter: Secretarial Arrangements'
Papers, October 1956-April 1957, mainly relating to Herbert Baxter's work as secretary to the Committee, including arrangements for the reporting of proceedings, the printing of the Report, and expenses incurred. A printed copy of 'University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Reports to the Court of Governors ... 31st October 1956' is also included.
An index to material relating to specific topics within files. The topics include Location (comprising references to pages in the transcripts of oral evidence (file /4) and Goronwy Rees's narrative (file /2)); Timetable, Preparation, Truth, Disingenuity, Identification, Dates, Career, Complaints, Imputations, Talyllyn and The Round Robin.
Transcripts of oral evidence of witnesses, November-December 1956, including that of the President, Sir David Hughes Parry, Goronwy Rees, J. Alban Davies, Treasurer, professorial and non-professorial teaching staff, and other members of the Senate and Council.
Press cuttings: 'Driberg's articles'
Cuttings of a series of articles entitled 'The Burgess Story', by Tom Driberg in the Daily Mail, 22-26 and 29-30 October and 1 November 1956.
Cuttings of the articles which appeared in The People, 4, 11, 18, 25 March, and 1 and 8 April 1956. A press cutting from the Liverpool Daily Post, 22 March 1958, relating to the appointment of Dr Thomas Parry as Principal of UCW Aberystwyth, is also included.
Press cuttings: 'Willink's bundle'
Press cuttings from some fourteen newspapers and magazines, March 1956-February 1957, together with notes gleaned from the contents by Henry Willink. Translations of articles which appeared in Y Cymro and Y Faner are included.
Two statements by G. H. Baxter, Secretary of the Committee, signed 11 and 12 February 1957 respectively, enclosing a typescript copy of Goronwy Rees's narrative on which the articles in The People had been based. An annotated typescript copy and a coda are also included.
Two printed copies (numbered 6 and 65) of the Committee's report entitled 'University College of Wales Aberystwyth, Committee of Enquiry, 1956-57. Report', also known as the 'Willink Report'; together with a proof copy and two typescript drafts.
UCW Aberystwyth, Goronwy Rees Enquiry Papers
The fonds comprises the evidence submitted, October-December 1956, to the UCW Aberystwyth Committee of Enquiry by members of the College Council and Senate, draft and final copies of the Report, 1957, and correspondence and press cuttings, 1956-1957, relating to the enquiry.
University College of Wales (Aberystwyth, Wales). Committee of Enquiry, 1956-57.
Written statements, mainly October-December 1956, in the form of memoranda or letters, by Goronwy Rees, professorial and non-professorial teaching staff, and other members of the Council and Senate. Related papers, February 1956-January 1957, are also included.