Dangos 46 canlyniad

Miscellaneous papers relating to the Central Welsh Board, Welsh Intermediate Education etc.

The file comprises correspondence, 1987, relating to discussion of the consultative document 'The National Curriculum'.

The file comprises letters in which Sir John Morris-Jones discusses his career and activities, the contents of Welsh journals and literary matters (notably the contents of the journals edited by O. M. Edwards), his research work and publications. There are also numerous references to the University of Wales and to higher education and to academic matters more generally.

The file comprises letters reflecting the wide range of functions and events which Lady White attended and the large number of committees and public bodies with which she was associated. There are particularly interesting and revealing letters relating to the problems which faced the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, University College, Cardiff, and Coleg Harlech. Several of the correspondents write appreciatively in response to a documentary programme entitled The Baroness broadcast on BBC2 television during June 1988. The correspondents include Eric, Lord Ashby, 1988, James Callaghan, 1988, Gwilym, Lord Prys-Davies, 1988, Cledwyn Hughes, Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos, 1988, Barry Jones MP, 1988, Principal Robert Steel, 1988, and David, Lord Gibson Watt, 1988.

Contains material relating to educational matters in Wales, notably the affairs of the University of Wales and the Guild of Graduates of the University, the Calvinistic Methodist denomination, and the Cardiganshire County Council.

Printed items on a wide range of subjects and issues many of them concerning educational matters, the National Library of Wales and the Calvinistic Methodist denomination.

Contains material in many different subjects including educational matters, the University of Wales and Welsh publishing.

One of four volumes comprising three hundred and sixty-four autograph letters and copies and drafts of letters of the period 1787-1930. The two main groups among them are those addressed to 'Nefydd' and Daniel Jones, but there are also two very much smaller groups of letters to Benjamin Jones ('P. A. Môn') and Benjamin Thomas, Baptist minister at Culmstock, Devon, and nephew of Joshua Thomas, Leominster. They are generally of personal, religious, or Baptist interest, although a number of letters addressed to 'Nefydd ' relate also to his educational activities. -- Among the subjects discussed in MSS 7163-6 are British Schools at Penmorfa, Llandygwydd, Devynnock, Llandilo, Abertillery, Llantrisant, Cwmdare, and Five Roads, Llanelly, and appeals for financial assistance for the Baptist churches at Caernarvon, Tenby, Cwmsarnddu, Llanfyllin, and Stanhope Street, Liverpool. Letters from America are chiefly of a denominational character. David Thomas, Llwyn, discusses the reaction in Carmarthenshire to the French Revolution and refers to meetings held at Carmarthen and Llandovery to pledge loyalty to the Government and to burn an effigy of Tom Paine. Several of the letters are endorsed with sermon notes and memoranda by 'Nefydd' and Daniel Jones. -- The writers in the present group include: Benjamin Owen, Pant Llin, Bodeiliog Uchaf, and Denbigh; Owen Owens, Pwllheli and Beaumaris; Edward Palmer and others on behalf of the Working Men's Hall, Shrewsbury; John Parry, Blaenau; Jas. Peake, Hereford, to Aneirin Jones; John Peter, Bala; Evan Phillips, Abercarn; Jno. Phillips, Graigarw Cottage; J. G. Phillips, Five Roads, Llanelly; W. T. Phillips, Llanelly; Dafydd Phylip, from 'Swyddfa Mr. Gomer', Swansea, and Browyr; Thos. Pierce, Liverpool; C. A. Price, Glenvelyn; Thomas Price, Aberdare; Elizabeth Prichard to the Overseers of the parish of Liverpool; John Prichard, Llangollen; T. Prichard Evans, Ystrad Mynach; Wm. Prosser, London; Jno. Radcliffe [Liverpool]; Thomas Raffles and James Widows, Liverpool, on behalf of the West Lancashire Auxiliary of the London Missionary Society; Margaret Rees, Llandovery; W. Rees, Peterston-super-Ely; Brinley Richards, Kensington; J. Richards, Pontypridd; J. Richards, Five Roads, Llanelly; Sarah Richards, Monmouth; W. Richards; Anne Roberts, Bringoleu; Jane [Roberts]; John Roberts, Glyndyfrdwy; John Roberts, New Quay; John and Jane Roberts to Mrs. Ann Griffith, Bodffary; Robert Roberts, St. Asaph; 'Nefydd' to Ellis Evans, Daniel Jones, etc.; Job Evans and others, Llantrisant; Maria Rogers; Wm. Roos, artist, London; John Rowland, Abergavenny, to Mrs. Rowland at Odiham, and to Daniel Jones; M. Rowland, Preston; M. and J. Rowland; David Rowlands, Pwllheli; Thos. Rowlands, Liverpool; D. Saunders; David Smart, Ruthin; O. Smith to [Benjamin] Thomas at Culmstock, Devon; W. Spurrell, Carmarthen; and Mary Stephen, Swansea.

One of two volumes comprising a group of two hundred and twenty-four autograph letters and copies and fragments of letters covering the period 1823-1917 and addressed chiefly to 'Nefydd'. -- There are references to British Schools at Holywell, Abertillery, Llanelly, and Pantyphilip; a proposal to transfer Ellis Evans's Baptist manuscripts to Llangollen Baptist College; a proposal to publish the works of 'P. A. Môn'; Baptist activities in America and Australia; the Baptist cause at Caerleon and in Monmouthshire generally; a proposal to safeguard 'Carnhuanawc's library; and the Vronissa Lead Mine, Ruthin. David Morris, writing from Tasmania, states that on the night of his wife's funeral he was given ten shillings by 'Shoni Sgubor Fawr'. -- The writers include: Joseph Burton, Northampton; David Bowen to William Thomas; Evan W. and Edward David, Radyr Court, Cardiff; Wm. David, New York; Edwd. Davies, Blackwood; H. Beaver Davies, Bethesda and Llannerchymedd; John Davies, Bryn Mawr; John Davies, Llanhyddel; J. C. Davies, Holywell; Robt. Davies, Bookseller, Llansannan, to William Jones and 'Nefydd'; Thomas Davies, Haverfordwest; W. R. Davies, Dowlais; Robert Ellis ('Cynddelw'); Benjn. Evans, Hirwaun; David D. Evans, Pontrhydyryn; David Evans, Llaneurug; David Evans, Principality Office, Cardiff; D. M. Evans, Llanelly; Ellis Evans, Cefnmawr; John Evans, Cowbridge; Jno. Evans, Brecon; E. Francis, Llanover, on behalf of Lady Llanover; John and Margaret Gould and John P. Harries from Minersville, Pennsylvania, to 'Nefydd' and Howel Thomas; Cornelius Griffiths, Aberafan; Lady Hall [afterwards Lady Llanover]; Maria Hope [Liverpool]; J. Hiley [Llanwenarth]; Huw [Jones], Cefnbychan; H. W. Hughes, Maesteg; John Ceiriog Hughes ('Ceiriog'); William Hughes, Llanelly; John Humphreys, Liverpool; J. Humphreys, Newport (Pembs.); Huw Huws, Ystradyfodwg; D. Lloyd Isaac, Llangamarch and Pontypool; Elias James, Taff's Well; Jno. James, Bridgend; J. Spinther James, Llandudno; Wm. James, Tredegar; Jas. Jarman, on behalf of the Particular Baptist Church at Swindon, to the annual Association at Caersalem, Victoria, Monmouthshire; Wm. H. Jenkins, Pantyphillip, near Fishguard; Philip John, Aberdare; Aneurin Jones, Gelligroes; Daniel Jones; D. R. Jones, Liverpool; E[dward] Jones, Hibernian Schools, Liverpool; Edward Jones, Liverpool; [Evan Jones] ('Gwrwst'), Castleton, near Newport; George Jones, Melbourne, Victoria; H. W. Jones, Carmarthen, to James Rowe, Risca; Hugh Jones, Cefnmawr, to the Stanhope Street Baptist Church, Liverpool; Ifano Jones, Cardiff, to H. Williams, Nantyglo, and W. R. Roberts ('Ap Nefydd'), London; John Jones, Liverpool; John Jones ('Talhaiarn'); John Jones ('Tegid'), Nevern; J. Edred Jones, Utica, New York; J. R. Jones and Elizabeth Rowland Jones; John Jones, printer, Brynmawr; L. Jones; Mathew T. Jones, Tongwynlais; R. Jones [Liverpool]; Theophilus Jones, New York and Philadelphia; Thos. Jones; William Jones [from Anglesey]; W. B. Jones, Liverpool; Wm. B. Jones, Brooklyn, New York; John Kelly, Bontnewydd; Caleb Lewis, Blaenau, to ['Ap Nefydd'] and [Hugh] Williams; Robert Littler, New York; E[llen] Llewellyn, London; J. C. Mann, for the National Church Insurance Company; Mary Manuel, for Lady Llanover; Owen Michael, Blaenavon and Bridgend; J. Vyrnwy Morgan, Cardiff, to H. Williams, Treforest; John Morgan, Brierley Hill; Thomas Morgan, assistant overseer, Blaenau; William Morgan, Holyhead; and Margaret Morris and David Morris, Tarleton, Tasmania.

Press cuttings of articles, letters, etc., many of them by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd'), condemning the Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales (London, 1847).

Notes on Welsh grammar, idioms, loan words and dialect words, the teaching of Welsh in schools, etc. by David Samuel, D. Tecwyn Evans, Sir John Morris-Jones, T. Gwynn Jones, Sir John Rhys, etc.

A manuscript containing an essay by William Hobley entitled The Present State of Education in Wales.

The file consists of the Parliamentary Debates of sittings of the Welsh Grand Committee and other official publications, discussing education, rural development, roads and communications, agriculture, proposals for local government re-organisation, the Welsh economy and the Welsh Council.

Most of the letters, 1892-1916, are devoted to the writer's researches, writings and editing of Wales, Y Llenor, Heddyw and Cymru for which he solicits contributions from the pen of J. H. Davies. Several letters refer to the death of Thomas Edward Ellis in April 1899, the preparation of his biography and the erection of a memorial statue at Bala. Others relate to J. H. Davies's application for the position of Registrar of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and some to Edwards's duties as Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales.

One of four volumes comprising three hundred and sixty-four autograph letters and copies and drafts of letters of the period 1787-1930. The two main groups among them are those addressed to 'Nefydd' and Daniel Jones, but there are also two very much smaller groups of letters to Benjamin Jones ('P. A. Môn') and Benjamin Thomas, Baptist minister at Culmstock, Devon, and nephew of Joshua Thomas, Leominster. They are generally of personal, religious, or Baptist interest, although a number of letters addressed to 'Nefydd ' relate also to his educational activities. -- Among the subjects discussed in MSS 7163-6 are British Schools at Penmorfa, Llandygwydd, Devynnock, Llandilo, Abertillery, Llantrisant, Cwmdare, and Five Roads, Llanelly, and appeals for financial assistance for the Baptist churches at Caernarvon, Tenby, Cwmsarnddu, Llanfyllin, and Stanhope Street, Liverpool. Letters from America are chiefly of a denominational character. David Thomas, Llwyn, discusses the reaction in Carmarthenshire to the French Revolution and refers to meetings held at Carmarthen and Llandovery to pledge loyalty to the Government and to burn an effigy of Tom Paine. Several of the letters are endorsed with sermon notes and memoranda by 'Nefydd' and Daniel Jones. -- The writers in the present group include: W. R. Baxter, British and Foreign School Society; C. M. Birrell, Liverpool; D. Bowen, ? Blaenau, to his son, a Mormon; J. Bowman, Formby; Isaac Bowmans, Wavertree; M. Bowman and Jane Jones, Preston; J. Bowstead, Education Department, London; David Bruce [Liverpool]; David Charles, Trevecka College; W. Clayton, Liverpool; D. Isaac Davies, Bristol; D. L. Davies, Swansea; E. H. Davies, Liverpool; Elias Davies, David Roberts, and William Rees, Felinfoel; H. B. Davies; Ioan Davies; John Davies, Rhosllannerchrugog; John Davies, 'Flowar Delar', Cynwyd; Stanhope Street Baptist Church, Liverpool; Joseph Davies, Cradley; Joshua Davies, Penmorfa; T. Davies, Llangynidr; Thomas Davies [Lixwm Green]; Thomas Davies, Llandeilo; Thomas Davies, Llanfyllin; Ebenezer Williams; W. R. Davies, Dowlais; J. Dawson, Lyme, Dorset, to Benjamin Thomas at Upton on Severn; W. Dugdale; Jas. C. Duncan and I. Oliver Jones, Liverpool Town Mission; John Edwards, Ruthin and Nantyglo; John Edwards, Cardiff; John Edwards, Liverpool; Robert Ellis ('Cynddelw'); Christmas Evans; Christmas Evans and twenty-one other Baptist ministers from Llanerchymedd to the church at Holyhead; David Evans, Principality Office, Cardiff; David D, Evans, Carmarthen and Pontrhydyryn; E. Evans, London; Evan Evans, Caernarvon; John Evans, Llansantffraid Glan Conway; Lewis Evans, Llandeilo; Martha Evans, Llanfair, to her brother Benjamin Thomas at Prescott; Thomas Evans, Caernarvon; Thomas Evans, Stamp Office, Brecon; William Evans, Aberystwyth; W. M. Evans, Carmarthen; Moses Fisher, Liverpool; Joshua G. Fitch, British and Foreign School Society, to W. Phillips; Tho. Francis, Pontypridd; Andrew G. Fuller, London; J. Lewis, Blaenau; John Garnon, 'Ieuan Ferddig', Merthyr Tydfil; Thomas Gee, Denbigh; Wm. George, Wakefield [father of the first Earl Lloyd George]; H. Griffiths; T. Griffiths, Caernarvon; J. Henry Griffiths to the Reverend T. Raffles Liverpool; J. W. Griffiths, Caernarvon and Bradford; Wm. Griffiths, Rhos; Dl. Gwilim; B.H. [Mold]; Wm. Hardee, Boverton; Joseph Harris ('Gomer') to Benjamin Jones ('P. A. Môn'); John Heaton, Haworth, to B[enjamin] Thomas at Wellington; John Herring, Cardigan; John Hier, New Swindon; J. Hiley, Pilgrim's Rest; Robert Hill, New Swindon; Thos. Hodgson to the Reverend [John] Rowland; Tho. Holman, County Gaol, Monmouth; Thomas Arthur Hope, Everton; L. B. Houghton [Liverpool]; H. Hughes, Neath; John Hughes, woollen merchant, Llangollen; Peter Hughes, Rothesay, to Ellis Evans; and Geo. W. Humphreys, Merthyr Tydfil.

Strictures by Evan Jones ('Ieuan Gwynedd') upon the methods and conclusions of the commissioners who reported in 1847 upon the state of education in Wales.