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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.

Correspondence and related documents, 1970-2018 (with gaps), consisting mainly of letters discussing various administrative matters relating to the Society’s activities, such as donations, arrangements, payments and bookings for events. The file includes letters from Eryl and Rhiwen Davies; Hywel Williams; Geoffrey Crump (President of the Bristol Welsh Society); and Glenys Dawes (Secretary of the Bristol Welsh Society); Islwyn Watkins; Mattie Lewis (Secretary of the Taunton Welsh Society); Rhodri Jones (Secretary of ‘Cwmni Dawns Werin Aelwyd Caerdydd’); Vince Morris (Secretary of the Bristol Welsh Society); Keith Jeffries (News Editor, Bristol Evening Post); G. Myra Rees; Gerallt A. Evans (Welsh College of Music and Drama); Mary Thomas; Donald James (Secretary of the Gloucestershire Welsh Society); R. J. Wallace (Lord Mayor’s Secretary, Bristol); N. Thomas; Richard Williams; Maldwyn Rogers (Treasurer of the Bristol Welsh Society); Eirlys Rees; Geoffrey Langley; C. W. Claxton (North Bristol Institute of Adult Education); Alun Creunant Davies (Welsh Books Council); Gwyn Howells (President of the Bristol Welsh Society); Eva M. Francis; and Derek Williams (County of Avon Council). The file also contains a number of related documents, including the minutes of the Inter-town Co-ordinating Committee (1975); lists of members (1971-1972 and 1975-1976); programmes for the Inter-town Eisteddfod (1975), the Society’s concert (1976), annual Carol Service (1975), and Eisteddfod (1976); and statement of accounts (1974-1975), and receipts (1975).

Minutes of the meetings of Cymdeithas Cymry Caerodor (Bristol Welsh Society), and minutes of the Society in its earlier form as Cymdeithas Cymrodorion Caerodor, 1920-2018 (with gaps), mainly consisting of minutes of the General Committee and Annual General Meetings.

Papers related to various other events and activities organized by the Bristol Welsh Society, 1959-2018 (with gaps), including press cuttings; programmes for carol services and 'Cymanfa Ganu'; Committee correspondence relating to the Society’s activities, such donations, arrangements, payments and bookings for events, and related papers; and a printed volume including a selection of papers and photographs from various Society events and activities.

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.

A printed volume, 2019, detailing the history and activities of the Bristol Welsh Society and incorporating copies of a number of documents from the Society’s records, 1920-2018 (with gaps), including photographs, minutes, term cards and programmes, and documents relating to the Society’s 50th anniversary celebrations; and copies of programmes for Eisteddfodau and rallies, charity concerts, and social evenings. The volume also includes a copy of a letter (2019), sent by Pedr ap Llwyd, National Library of Wales, confirming the Library’s acceptance of the Society’s collections.

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.