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1848-1948 The National Schools, Oxford Street in the parish of Swansea St. Mary, 31 pages, centenary publication, printed and published in 1948. Two copies.

Traced map showing the line of the South Wales Railway through property belonging to C. R. M. Talbot, esq., in p's Margam, Aberafon, and Baglan. Drawn to scale and coloured.

Nos 1-75. Correspondence, memoranda and papers relating to the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. The collection consists almost entirely of official memos, reports, minutes, etc. Scholarship-holders, accountants, etc., are not indexed. Index: Ashmole, Bernard, British School at Athens, No. 43; Deeley, Geoffrey H., Soc. of Roman Scholars, No. 23; Harding, Sir Edward J., No. 48; Kenyon, Frederic G., British School at Rome, Nos 22, 41-42; Robinson, Sir R., No. 24; Shaw, Sir Evelyn, Nos 1, 8, 47; Sturch, W. D., 1851 Commission, Nos 3, 13, 18, 20-21, 23, 25, 28, 30-32, 35-38, 40, 44, 46, 49, 53, 58, 60, 62-64, 68, 73-75; Taylor, T. W. J., Univ. of West Indies, No. 25.

Nos 1-170. Correspondence, memoranda and papers relating to the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 administered the educational funds accruing from the surplus of the Great Exhibition. It managed the great educational complex in its estate in Kensington (Imperial College, Museums, etc.), awarded post-graduate studentships for research in science and naval architecture, granted Industrial Bursaries, and travelling schollarships to the British School at Rome, which was reorganised by the Commissioners, and afforded assistance to educational institutions. The collection consists almost entirely of official minutes, memos, reports, etc. Scholarship holders, accountants, etc., are not indexed. Index: Connaught, Duke of, No. 19; Duff, Patrick, Office of Works, No. 60; Dyson, G., Royal College of Music, Nos 59, 76; Jeans, Sir James, Nos 94, 99; Kenyon, Frederic G., British School at Rome, Nos 139, 141, 153; Macmillan, Lord, Nos 24, 131, 145, 153, 163; Moore, B. P., Royal College of Art, No. 63; Myres, John L., British School at Athens, Nos 154-155; Peacock, Sir Edward, Nos 145-146; Reichel, Sir Harry, No. 5; Shaw, Evelyn, 1851 Commission, Nos 1-3, 11, 15-24, 28-29, 32-45, 48-65, 67-81, 83-122, 133-145, 149-160, 163, 170; Sibly, Principal, Swansea, No. 4; Smith, Sir Frank, Nos 64, 156; Stamfordham, Lord, No. 19; Sturch, W. D., 1851 Commission, Nos 30-31, 146, 161-170; Vaughan, E., Nos 25-26; Vigers, Leslie R., Nos 21-23; Wigram, Lord, No. 99; Williams, R. C., Min. of Works, Nos 118, 120, 137.

Papers relating to sales of the estate, including particulars and conditions of sale of the estate, 1864 (184a.), 1913 (128a.) and 1919 (128a.); and accounts, assessments, correspondence, notices to quit, receipts and valuations relating to the 1913 and 1919 sales.

The file contains a few scanty miscellaneous papers relating to O. M. Edwards's activities.

Original bundle of papers relating to a mortgage to secure £8000 and interest, including letters, telegrams, requisitions on title, and draft deeds, 1892-1893; also includes copies of settlements in force, 1862 and 1872, and copy will (dated 1878) of Hugh Ross Hughes of Glanrheidol, esq.

Material related to the Strike of 1898 including the original signed copy of the notice to terminate contracts, copies of various Sliding Scale Agreements between 1875 and 1898, audit result tables, accounts of meetings of the MSWCOA, circulars of a routine business nature, newspaper accounts of miners' meetings, and correspondence relating to the negotiations.

Material relating to negotiations for the renewal of the Sliding Scale, covering the period during which the South Wales Colliers were on strike. Letters, extracts of minutes, full minutes of meetings and a copy of the notice posted at the pits by the owners on 18 July, which ended the lock-out, are also included.