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Correspondence and related documents, 2010-2013, consisting of letters (2010; 2012-2013), primarily discussing the organization of Society events including room hire and entertainment bookings, and including letters from Glenys Dawes (Secretary of the Bristol Welsh Society); Caryl Thomas (also as Caryl Williams); Jennifer Fisher; Christy Greaves; Philip Thomas; Joy Cornock; Gethin Lewis; Gwawr Owen; and Jonathan Swithinbank. The file also includes a contract for booking the Bristol Hotel, Bristol (2012); a hire contract for the Bristol Music Club (2012); a programme for the Backwell Speaker’s Forum (2011); and a programme for the Burnham-on-Sea, Highbridge and District Welsh Society, 2012-2013 ([2012]).

Correspondence and related documents, 2013-2014, consisting of letters (2013-2014), primarily discussing the organization of Society events including room hire and entertainment bookings, and including letters from Glenys Dawes (Secretary of the Bristol Welsh Society); Gwawr Owen; Llywelyn Jones; Caryl Thomas; Terry Merrett Smith; Christy Greaves; Joy Cornock; Mary Lonican; Robert Pinniger (Secretary of the Bristol Music Club); Una Jessop (Secretary of the Taunton and District Welsh Society); and M. Boyd. The file also includes a hire contract for Bristol Music Club (2014); a contract for booking the Bristol Hotel, Bristol (2013); a number of sample menus ([2013x2014]); and a copy of the Society’s accounts, detailing income and expenses, 2012-2013 ([2013]).

Papers relating to other administrative matters of the Bristol Welsh Society, 1986-2018 (with gaps), including the Society's Constitution; former Society Presidents; and insurance matters.

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).

A list of the Presidents of the Bristol Welsh Society, 1944-2018 [2018].

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

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.

Term cards of the Bristol Welsh Society, 1948-2018 (with gaps), including details of the Society's annual events programmes and elected Committee officers.

Term cards of the Bristol Welsh Society, 1948-1981 (with gaps), some with notes and detailing the Society’s events and activities for members, including social evenings; lectures; Christmas parties; St David’s Day celebrations; Eisteddfodau; and meetings and AGM. The cards also include details of Committee officers and Welsh churches in Bristol.

Term cards of the Bristol Welsh Society, 1981-2018, detailing the Society’s events and activities for members, including social evenings; lectures; parties; St David’s Day celebrations; Eisteddfodau; meetings and AGM; and rallies. The cards also include details of Committee officers and lists of Welsh churches in Bristol.

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.

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

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]).

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]).

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]).

Copies of the winning entries for the Inter-town Rallies of the Welsh societies of Bristol, Taunton, Burnham-on-Sea, and Weston-Super-Mare, 1991-2005 (with gaps), including the winning entries in the Welsh Literature (‘Llenyddiaeth Cymraeg’) and English Literature categories, including the classes for the best poem, short story, epitaph, limerick, letter, telegram, play, rhopalic, haiku, and hymn composition; and also including descriptions of the winning entries for the craft, art, photography, cookery knitting, crochet, and woodwork classes (1999; 2004-2005). The file also includes part of the programme for the 1991 Inter-town Rally; and a description of the history of the Inter-town Rallies ([?2015]).

Papers relating to the organization of the Bristol Welsh Society's St David's Day celebrations, 1951; 2005-2017, including lists of attendees; menus and toasts; and greetings cards and letters.

A list of attendees for the Society’s St David’s Day Dinner celebrations, [2016]. The file also includes a list of Welsh counties.

Menus and toasts for the Bristol Welsh Society’s annual St David’s Day Dinner, 1951; 2005-2012; 2015; and [2017]. The file also includes a letter from John Makepeace (Secretary of the Thornbury Welsh Society), 2017, with best wishes for that year’s Dinner.

Cards and letters, 2013-2015, conveying best wishes for the Bristol Welsh Society’s St David’s Day celebrations, including letters and cards from the Burnham-on-Sea, Highbridge and District Welsh Society ([?2013]-2015); the Taunton Welsh Society ([?2013]-[?2015]); the Gloucestershire Welsh Society (2013-[?2015]); John Makepeace, Secretary of the Thornbury Welsh Society (2014-2015); the Newport Welsh Society ([?2013x?2015]; Brenda Davies ([?2013x?2015]); and Curig Pritchard ([?2013x?2015]).