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Records relating mainly to the industrial concerns of the Crawshay family of Cyfarthfa, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, [1706]-1878, including leters and letter books of William Crawshay I and II and Robert Crawshay, 1806-1877; cash books, ledgers and bankers drafts, 1834-1888; deeds, [1706]-1885; wills, deeds and miscellaneous material, 1801-1838; balance sheets for ironworks, 1810-1867; will, valuation and probate for William Crawshay II, 1865-1869; shares and bills of exchange, 1870-1878; and Hilston Park estate papers, 1838-1862 and Caversham Park estate papers, 1826-1864. The archive represents the working papers of a major ironworking dynasty.

Papers of Brith Gof, including correspondence, papers and photographs relating to the company’s site specific and theatre productions, projects, and television productions; together with administrative papers relating to company productions and company business and information papers; and general papers relating to the company and its work, site specific theatre and theatre in Wales. A further consignment of 8 crates Brith Gof's administrative papers were received from Mike Pearson, November 2012. This group remains uncatalogued.

The playscripts, [1934x2014], comprise translations of plays into Welsh by Emyr Edwards and others which were presented by him to Drama Association Wales in 2005 and English medium plays written by Welsh playwrights or with Welsh connections. = Mae’r sgriptiau, [1934x2014], yn cynnwys cyfieithiadau i’r Gymraeg gan Emyr Edwards ac eraill a gyflwynwyd ganddo i Gymdeithas Ddrama Cymru yn 2005 a dramâu cyfrwng Saesneg gan awduron Cymreig neu â chysylltiadau Cymreig.

Cofnodion Plaid Cymru, 1915-1999, yn cynnwys cofnodion, agenda and gohebiaeth y pwyllgor gwaith a phwyllgorau eraill, 1925-1997; gohebiaeth gyffredinol, 1925-1998, gyda nifer o aelodau a swyddogion blaenllaw y blaid; cofnodion, gohebiaeth a phapurau eraill y gwahanol bwyllgorau rhanbarthol, 1925-1997, a changhennau,1930-1992; cofnodion a dogfennaeth y Cyngor Cenedlaethol, 1967-1997; cofnodion ariannol, yn cynnwys rhai papur newydd misol y blaid Y Ddraig Goch a Welsh Nation a Chronfa Gŵyl Ddewi, 1927-1996; rhaglenni a threfniadau ar gyfer cynadleddau ac Ysgolion Haf, 1933-1998; cofnodion aelodaeth, 1930-1996; papurau y Grŵp Ymchwil, [c.1960]-1995; papurau, yn cynnwys areithiau ac effemera, yn ymwneud ag etholiadau, 1929-1999; papurau yn ymwneud ag Adran y Menywod, 1924-1996, a'r Mudiad Ieuenctid, 1964-1998; papurau yn ymwneud â refferendwm datganoli 1979,1969-1983, a refferendwm 1997, a Chynulliad Cymru,1992-1998; papurau yn ymwneud â Y Ddraig Goch, Welsh Nation a chyhoeddiadau eraill, 1932-1996; deunydd printiedig gan Blaid Cymru ac eraill yn cynnwys llyfrau, cyfnodolion a phamffledi,1913-1996; torion o'r wasg, 1924-1996; cylchlythyron, 1938-1992; papurau yn ymwneud â'r Blaid Seneddol,1980-1996; papurau unigolion ac rhai ar wahanol bynciau amrywiol, 1926-1998 = Records of Plaid Cymru, 1915-1999, including minutes, agendas and correspondence of the executive and other committees, 1925-1997; general correspondence, 1925-1998, with many prominent party members and officials; minutes, correspondence and other papers of the various regional committees, 1925-1997, and branches, 1930-1992; minutes and records of the National Council, 1967-1997; financial records, including those of the party's monthly newspaper Y Ddraig Goch and Welsh Nation and Cronfa Gwyl Dewi, 1927-1996; arrangements for and programmes of conferences and Summer Schools, 1933-1998; membership records, 1930-1996; papers of the Grŵp Ymchwil (research group), [c.1960]-1995; papers, including speeches and ephemera, relating to elections, 1929-1999; papers relating to the Adran Menywod (Women's Section), 1934-1996, and the Mudiad Ieuenctid (Youth Movement), 1964-1998; papers relating to the 1979 devolution referendum, 1969-1983, and the 1997 referendum and Welsh Assembly, 1992-1998; papers relating to Y Ddraig Goch, Welsh Nation and other publications, 1932-1996; printed matter by Plaid Cymru and others including books, periodicals and pamphlets, 1913-1996; press cuttings, 1924-1996; circulars, 1938-1992; papers relating to the Parliamentary Party, 1980-1996; papers of individuals and to various miscellaneous topics, 1926-1998.

The collection consists of election addresses, leaflets, circulars and other printed matter, 1837-1991, generally acquired before the establishment of the Welsh Political Archive; election addresses, leaflets etc., 1905-2019, collected by the WPA; and printed materials, 1887-2019, concerning the political parties in Wales, various pressure groups and organisations, subject files, and other miscellaneous papers.

Papers of Mrs L. Eirlys Williams, 1905-1978, relating to her work for the Baptist Union of Wales and other Baptist causes, including letters to the Rev. and Mrs E. J. Williams [L. Eirlys Williams], 1949-1964; letters from various correspondents addressed to Mrs M. Christy Davies, secretary of the Welsh Baptist Ministers' and Missionaries' Wives Prayer Union, 1950-1953; Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland papers and printed material, 1930-1978; Baptist Union of Wales papers and printed material, including copies of The Inset, 1941-1978; and Baptist Missionary Society papers and printed material, 1905-1974, including English and Welsh copies of Prayer Partners, 1933-1974.

Miscellaneous papers and plans relating to lead mining companies, Cardiganshire, 1847-1937, acquired by the British Geological Survey.

Records of rent tribunals in Wales: North Wales Tribunal, North East Wales Tribunal, North West Wales Tribunal, Monmouthshire, Breconshire and Radnorshire Tribunal, and Swansea and West Wales Tribunal, including cases arising from the 1946 and 1949 Rent Control Acts, 1946-1960; and papers relating to the Housing and Rent Acts, 1946-1954. They comprise mainly case papers under the 1946 act.

Papers relating to the work of E. D. Jones as Chairman of the Multiple Sclerosis Research Fund, comprising correspondence, 1961-1979; articles of association of the Multiple Sclerosis Research Fund Ltd, 1964; annual reports and accounts, 1965-6, 1971-2; notes on multiple sclerosis, [1961x1979]; and publicity material, newspaper cuttings and other printed material, [1961x1979].

Papers of Frank H. Cleaver, 1924-1985, mainly accounts, including personal, family and household expenses, 1924-1985; expenses for his work in Argentina, 1929-1931; and summaries of accounts, 1949-1968.

A collection of seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century manuscripts containing sermons and correspondence of Welsh clergymen, who include Lewis Evans of Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn and Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, David Price of Merthyr Cynog and Robert Pughe of Dolgellau.

Deeds and other documents, [early 14th cent.]-1820, relating to properties in Wales and England; and other material, including miscellaneous wills and a remembrance roll for Monmouthshire Assizes, 1586.

Records of the National Savings Movement in Wales, 1919-1978, including the following : files containing minutes, correspondence and memoranda of local savings committees in Wales, 1942-78; minute books of local savings committees in Wales, 1938-78; reports of proceedings of annual conferences, National Savings committees, National Savings assemblies, and commissioners' reports for North and South Wales, 1919-77; correspondence and memoranda relating to the Wales Publicity Committee, 1948-77; files relating to special campaigns and anniversaries, 1940-77; files of accounts closed or dissolved, 1966-76; files of press cuttings relating to the movement, 1946-76; miscellaneous items, 1924-77, comprising mainly copies of the journal Savings, 1924-39, the movement's News Letter, 1945-76, and the Weekly Campaign Circular, 1943-8.

Papers of Denis Balsom, 1979-2004, comprising opinion polls and surveys relating to Welsh politics, culture and society. The collection includes pre-election opinion polls, 1979-2004, concerning voting intentions across Wales and public opinion of devolution; constituency polls, 1987-2003, carried out to assess voting intentions on a regional level; surveys on the Welsh language and culture, 1979-1995; surveys relating to social issues in Wales, 1989-1995; and television image surveys, 1979-1996.

Papers, 1891-1938, relating to the work and administration of the Western Sea Fisheries and the Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries, comprising files of correspondence relating to individual fisheries, 1896-1914; reports of Fishery Officers, annual reports and printed material, 1892-1938; correspondence relating to Committee personnel, 1892-1923; bye-laws and certificates, 1892-1899; Committee papers, 1891-1913; financial papers, 1893-1923; papers of James Travis Jenkins on Fishery Schools, the Sardine Case of 1912, and a bibliography of whaling [20th century].