Management and business papers,
Rhan oJohn Bedford Papers,
Material relating to the management of Bedford's estates at Rogerstone and Cefn Cribwr and his various other business concerns, 1766-1791, comprising papers concerning land management and general business, 1780-1791; financial papers, 1766-1787, including some fragmentary accounts from the Trostrey works; and papers recording his progress with building works, 1766-1788.
Correspondence, petitions and notes,
Rhan oJohn Bedford Papers,
Papers relating to Bedford's business matters and personal affairs, 1766-1789, comprising outgoing letters to various individuals and organisations, 1766-1789, petitions to organisations on matters concerning premiums for his work, 1769-1786, and miscellaneous notes recording his thoughts on matters largely unrelated to the iron industry.
Rhan oJohn Bedford Papers,
Quarry papers, 1762-1789, comprising notes and observations on Bedford's own quarries, as well as other quarries, 1762-1789, together with notes on quarry produce and business, 1774-1789. Bedford owned quarries at Pantyllwydrew and Park Field and also opened clay-pits for making firebricks, roof tiles and pan tiles. The papers within this group reflect Bedford's long-standing interest in stone-quarrying and they record his plans for selling surplus flagstone and building stone in South West England.
Annie Betts: correspondence, 1913-1943; Adminson Limited papers, 1919-1926; conference papers, 1927-1939; reorganisation correspondence, 1928-1932; visitors’ book, 1930, 1956-1958; balance sheets, 1937-1950; and Apis Club and Bee Research Association correspondence and papers, 1940, 1949-1952.
British Beekeepers Association,
Correspondence relating to spray poisoning, 1940-1941; general correspondence, 1944-1949; formation of The Bee Research Association, 1944-1949; and picture library correspondence and papers, 1950-1957.
British Bee-keepers' Association.
Bee Research Association and the International Bee Research Association,
Administrative papers, [1876]-2004; financial papers, 1973-1993; written articles and agreements, 1880-1994.
Printed material transferred from the Printed Books Department
Mainly unpublished items from the Bee Research Association Library / International Bee Research Association Library.
Autobiographical and biographical material,
Pamphlets, offprints & articles,
Education & educational bodies,
Memorial Services, Tributes, Obituaries,
Rhan oBerta Ruck archive
Papers of Berta Ruck, [20 cent., third ¼], comprising volumes of notebooks, 1951-1973, and a photocopy, [20 cent., third ¼], of a 1907 children's story 'The edge of the world'.
Rhan oBerta Ruck archive
Manuscripts of Berta Ruck, [c. 1890]-[1974x1978], including notebooks, 1906-1946; manuscripts and typescripts of literary and autobiographical works, 1955-[1974x1978]; letters, [c. 1890]-1971; poetry, [1920s]-[1930s]; and sketches, [1900x1920].
The notebooks typically contain notes and ideas for fiction, drawings and sketches, pasted in letters and ephemera, and journal entries. These detail her home life and travels and give news of her sons Arthur and Bill Oliver, husband Oliver Onions and other family and friends.