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(I) Printed ephemera, 1975-1995, in Breton and French, comprising leaflets, posters and miscellaneous papers relating to various political campaigns and ...,
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(I) Printed ephemera, 1975-1995, in Breton and French, comprising leaflets, posters and miscellaneous papers relating to various political campaigns and ...,

  • NLW ex 1728.
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  • 1897-2000.

(I) Printed ephemera, 1975-1995, in Breton and French, comprising leaflets, posters and miscellaneous papers relating to various political campaigns and cultural activity in Brittany, including language rights, especially in education, the campaign for a Breton television channel, and the arrest in 1995 of Breton activists for sheltering Basque refugees. (Ii) Photocopies of proceedings at political meetings and printed ephemera, 1925-96, in Breton and French, relating to educational, religious, cultural and political activities in Brittany, including an appeal for support for the plight of Basque refugees, 1993-6. (Iii) Printed ephemera, 1994-6, in French and Breton, relating to current issues, including nuclear disarmament, Basque refugees, and the insufficient use of the Breton language on French television; together with newspaper cuttings concerning the twinning of Caerphilly and Fishguard with Breton towns. (Iv) Additional ephemera, 1988-96 and undated, in Breton and French, relating to cultural and political activities in Brittany. (V) Additional printed ephemera, 1993-7 and undated, in Breton and French, relating to cultural, political and religious activities in Brittany; together with a photocopy of an article, 1897, by F[rancois] Vallée (secretary of the committee for the preservation of the Breton language) on the Breton movement in Wales. (Vi) Additional printed ephemera, 1995-7 and undated, in Breton and French, relating to cultural, educational, political and religious activities in Brittany. (Vii) Additional printed ephemera, 1997 and undated, in Breton and French, relating to cultural, educational, political and religious activities in Brittany. (Viii) Additional printed ephemera, 1997 and undated, in Breton and French, relating to cultural, political and religious activities in Brittany; together with press cuttings relating to the result of the Devolution Referendum in Wales, September 1997. (Ix) Additional printed ephemera in Breton and French, 1981-98, relating to cultural, educational, political and religious activities in Brittany, including election addresses, March 1998. (X) Additional ephemera (June and July donations) in French and Breton, 1998 and undated, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany; in particular to the twenty-first film festival in Douarnenez, July 1998, featuring Welsh films. (Xi) Further printed ephemera, in Breton and French, comprising six posters, 1998 and undated, relating to political activities in Brittany, including three representing Union Démocratique Bretonne. (Xii) Further printed ephemera, 1995-8 and undated, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, political and educational activities in Brittany. (Xiii) Further printed ephemera, 1991-8, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany. (Xiv) Further printed ephemera, 1983-99, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany, including the words of the Breton national anthem 'Bro goz ma zadoù' by François Jaffrennou ('Taldir', 1879-1956), and the text of a song by 'Glenmor' (Milig ar Skanv, 1931-96) with a French translation. (Xv) Further printed ephemera, 1987-99, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany, including an appeal for financial support to establish a Diwan school in Vannes in September 1999; and a timetable for a Breton radio station 'Arvorig FM', North Finistere. (Xvi) Further printed ephemera, mainly 1988-99, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany, including the thirteenth National Festival of the Breton language at Spézet, May 1999, and the twenty-second film festival at Douarnenez, July 1999; together with a leaflet advertising activity holidays for children in a Breton summer camp organised by the An Oaled association in Treglonou. (Xvii) Further printed ephemera, mainly 1999, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany, including papers relating to Ni Hon-Unan formed in 1998, notably photocopies of press cuttings, 1998-9, assembled by the movement, newsletters, February-April 1999, and a leaflet published for the European Elections, 13 June 1999; together with a programme of the Lorient Interceltic Festival, August 1999. (Xviii) Further printed ephemera, 1995-9, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany, including Keltia Musique, a catalogue of Breton and Celtic music, 1999, and Adsa, no. 2, July-August 1999, a newspaper featuring cultural issues in Brittany; together with a booklet published in 1998 concerning protected plants in Les Monts d'Arree, Finistère. (Xix) Further printed ephemera in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational and political activities in Brittany, including two printed poems 'Euskadiz' and Diwar meneziou ma bro' by Yann-Fanch Kemener, 1986; photocopies of articles published in Le Peuple Breton, 1972-3, concerning the imprisonment of Welsh language campaigners; press cuttings relating to the Rugby World Cup held in Wales in 1999; together with a disk containing a study by Christian Le Bras, April 1994-May 1996, produced with financial support from the Institut Culturel de Bretagne, entitled 'Languages celtiques at television: dynamique et developpements Bretagne: bout du tunnel ou morte lente.'. (Xx) Further printed ephemera, mainly 1999-2000, in French and Breton, relating to cultural, educational, environmental and political activities in Brittany, including a pamphlet, with a bibliography, published to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the writer Youenn Drezen (1899-1972); a pamphlet, Le Voyage du Sant Efflam, giving an account of the construction of the coracle and its voyages around the Celtic countries, 1997-8; together with copies of the cultural newspaper Adsa, nos. 3-6, September/October 1999-May/June 2000. (Xxi) Further printed ephemera, mainly 2000, in French and Breton, accumulated by the late Hervé Person (Tud Diwar Ar Maez), relating to cultural, educational, environmental and political activities in Brittany, including a paper 'Les perspectives de l'agriculture en Bretagne', from a special session held 25 Jan. 2000 by the Economic and Social Council of Brittany; a leaflet advertising the twenty-third film festival at Douarnenez, Aug. 2000; together with copies of the cultural newspaper Adsa, July, August and Oct./Nov. 2000; and a compact disc, 2000, in honour of Glenmor (Milig ar Skanv, 1931-1996), containing recordings of his poems, performed by various artists, which has been transferred to the Sound and Moving Image Collection (CD 1188).