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A programme for the Bristol Welsh Society’s Eisteddfod held on the 9th March 1949, including classes for music, cookery, literature, poetry, and art.

Programmes and orders of service for the Bristol Welsh Society’s annual Carol Service, 2000; 2002; 2004-2005; and 2012-2016, including carols, readings, poems, and prayers.

Two copies of the Bristol Welsh Society’s constitution, 1986 and 2006, including details of the Society’s aims and objectives, membership and fees, officers, committee, financial arrangements, constitutional changes, and arrangements for the Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings. The 2006 copy also includes an annex to the constitution regarding the inauguration procedure for the Society’s President; and the file also contains a constitutional amendment proposed at the Annual General Meeting (2001).

The archive of Cymdeithas Cymry Caerodor (the Bristol Welsh Society), 1920-2019, including the records of the Society in its earlier form as Cymdeithas Cymrodorion Caerodor. The collection consists of papers, correspondence, and financial documents, all related to the establishment and running of the Society, including meeting minutes, 1920-2018 (with gaps); financial documents and account statements, 1944-2010, and secretary’s reports and correspondence, 1985-2017 (with gaps), along with other general administrative papers, 1986-2018 (with gaps); and papers, correspondence, photographs, and press cuttings relating to the Society’s events and activities, 1948-2019 (with gaps), including rallies, Eisteddfodau, St David’s Day celebrations, concerts, and other events including the Society’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 1994.

Papers relating to the organization of the Bristol Welsh Society's Eisteddfodau and Inter-town Rallies organized in conjunction with the Welsh societies of Taunton, Burnham-on-Sea, and Weston-Super-Mare, 1949-2017 (with gaps), consisting of Rally and Eisteddfod programmes and results, and copies of the poetry and prose featured in such events; and correspondence and minutes of the Inter-town Co-ordinating Committee.

Papers, including correspondence and press cuttings, relating to the events and activities of the Bristol Welsh Society, 1948-2019 (with gaps), including term cards; Eisteddfod and Rally programmes; papers relating to the arrangement of events such as the Annual Charity Concerts, St David's Day, and 50th Anniversary celebrations; and papers relating to the arrangement of other activities such as carol services and social evenings.

Minutes of the General Committee Meetings, 1956-1960; also including minutes of the Annual General Meeting (1956-1957; 1959-1960); minutes of the Emergency Committee (1957); and a list of attendees for the General Committee Meeting (1960).

A volume containing minutes of General Committee Meetings, 1991-1997, also including statements of accounts (1991-1997); and minutes of the Annual General Meeting (1991-1997).

Meeting minutes, 2013-2018, consisting of minutes of the General Committee Meetings (2013-2018); minutes of the Annual General Meeting (2015-2016); and minutes of a meeting discussing the 70th anniversary of the Society (2014). The file also includes account statements (2015-2017).

A volume containing minutes of the General Committee Meetings, 1983-1986; also including minutes of the Annual General Meeting (1982-1985).

Minutes of General Committee Meetings, 1948-1949; 1951-1955, also including an events list (1948-1949); a list of the society’s secretaries 1935-1960 ([1960]); minutes of the Annual General Meeting (1955); and a letter from Rhiwen Davies, secretary, regarding the setting up of a fund for a Bristol Welsh Social and Cultural Centre (1948).

A volume containing minutes of the General Committee Meetings, 1986-1990; also including minutes of the Annual General Meeting (1986-1990); and of the Extra-ordinary General Meeting (1986).

Meeting minutes and related documents, 2005-2013, consisting of minutes of the General Committee Meetings (2005-2013); minutes of the Annual General Meeting (2011-2012); minutes of the Annual Concert Sub-committee (2006; 2008); minutes of the Choir Meeting (2008); and minutes of the Inter-town Co-ordinating Committee (2006). The file also includes a Society term card, 2008-2009 ([2008]); an account statement, 2006-2007 (2007); and a financial statement (2007).

Meeting minutes and related documents, 1960-1974, consisting of minutes of the General Committee Meetings (1960-1973), including a letter from Meriel John, secretary, discussing venue facilities for a concert (1972); Secretary’s Reports (1961-1968; 1971-1975); minutes of the Annual General Meeting (1961-1963; 1965-1967; 1970-1974); minutes of the Special Committee (1969-1970); minutes of the Co-ordinating Committee (1966; [?1969]); and minutes of the Emergency Committee (1960). The file also includes account statements (1960-1969; 1972; 1974); lists of Society members (1965-1967; 1969-1972); programmes for the Society’s Inter-town Eisteddfod (1966-1967); and a drawing celebrating 50 years of the Society ([1970]).

Meeting minutes and reports, 1997-2008 (with gaps), consisting of minutes of the General Committee Meetings (1997-2005; 2008), and a report of the Inter-town Co-ordinating Committee (2002); and minutes of the Annual General Meeting (1998-2005); financial reports (1997-2001), and account statements (1997-2003); Secretary’s report (2000); Treasurer’s reports (1999-2001); and reports on the Society’s Annual Charity Concert (1999-[2000]), including concert finance reports ([2000]-2001). The file also contains a list of former Society presidents, 1944-2008 (2008).

Letters, 2005, detailing the Bristol Welsh Society’s insurance policy, including an insurance schedule and certificate.

Papers and correspondence relating to the Inter-town Co-ordinating Committee of South-West Welsh Societies, 1995-2015 (with gaps), consisting mainly of minutes (1995-1998; 2001; 2006-2012; 2014); agendas (2006-2009; 2011-2012); and related correspondence, (2008-2009; 2012; 2014), including letters from Glenys Dawes (Secretary of the Bristol Welsh Society), Ulia Davies (Secretary of the Burnham-on-Sea, Highbridge and District Welsh Society), Clwyd Jones, John Chalmers, and J. C. Vaughan-Roberts. The file also includes lists of members of the Inter-town Co-ordinating Committee (2007-2008; 2010); programmes for the Inter-town Rallies (2008-2009; 2015); Rally results (2008); and a description of the history of the Inter-town Rallies ([?2008]).

A selection of songs for the Inter-town ‘Cymanfa Ganu’ organized by the Bristol Welsh Society and the Welsh societies of Burnham-on-Sea, Taunton, and Weston-Super-Mare, [?2000x?2010], including a selection of Welsh hymns and songs with contents list.

Event programmes and related documents, 1985-2004 (with gaps), consisting of programmes for the Society’s social evenings and ‘Nosweithiau Lawen’ (1985; 1990; 1991; 1993; [?2002]), and for Inter-town Rallies (1996; 1999; 2001); and a number of copies of prose, songs and poems intended for inclusion in rally and Society event programmes, ([?1985x?1995]), including ‘Hiraeth’; ‘Yr Oes o’r Blaen’; ‘Disgwyl’; ‘Y Ferch Fodern’; ‘Iechyd Da’; ‘Fe’th Garaf Di’; ‘Ifan John Drws Nesa’; ‘Cân Ffarwel’; ‘Y Fwyalch Fwyn’; ‘Nos Da Ond Nid Ffarwel’; ‘Ianto and the Dragon’; and ‘The International Match’. The file also includes quiz papers ([?1999]; 2001; 2004;); material for the Taunton Welsh Society rally ([?1990]); and a copy of the ‘Rally Song of the South West Welsh Societies’ ([?1985x?1995]).

Results of the Inter-town Rallies and related documents, 1990-2017, consisting mainly of lists of winners for each class held in the Inter-town Rallies (1990-2015 and 1990-2017), including results for entries in the Welsh Literature (‘Llenyddiaeth Cymraeg’) and English Literature classes for best sentence, short story, poetry, limerick, prose description, epitaph, sales advertisement, rhopalic, telegram, letter, Christmas carol, couplet, haiku, and humorous verse; summaries of the winning entries (1990-2015 and 1990-2017) for classes in photography, cookery, art, calligraphy, knitting and crochet, musical composition, woodwork, craft wine, needlework, cross stitch, and other crafts; and overall points won per Society in the literary and craft sections (1990-2015). The file also includes an index of results ([2008]); a description of the history of the Inter-town Rallies ([?2008]); a list of cups and trophies ([?2008]); and a printed photograph of the presentation of results for the ‘Llenyddiaeth Cymraeg’ class ([?2015]).