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Peter Hughes Griffiths (Gwynfor Evans) Papers
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Peter Hughes Griffiths (Gwynfor Evans) Papers

  • GB 0210 PHGRIF
  • Fonds
  • 1923-2012

Contains material relating to Gwynfor Evans' election campaigns in the Carmarthen Constituency as well as various publications and ephemera related to Gwynfor Evans' career, material relating to his funeral and a service celebrating his life. Photographic material has been transferred to the NLW National Welsh Photograph Collection. A sound recording on a vinyl record has been transferred to the National Screen and sound Archive of Wales.

Hughes Griffiths, Peter

Birthday Greetings

File contains greetings, verses and other ephemera related to Gwynfor Evans' 80th and 90th birthdays and the 30th anniversary of the 1966 Carmarthen by-election, with contributions by Dafydd Iwan, Tudur Dylan Jones and Islwyn Ffowch Elis.

Centenary of Gwynfor Evans' birth

File contains copies of the order of service given at Capel y Priordy, Carmarthen on 2nd September 2012 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Gwynfor Evans, along with readings given by Beti Wyn James and Peter Hughes Griffiths and flyers used to advertise the service.

Election material 1923-1966

Contains election material for the Carmarthen Constituency from the period 1923 - 1966 including 3 posters promoting the campaign of Sir Ellis Jones Ellis Griffith, Liberal candidate in 1923, a framed copy of Jennie Eirian Davies' election address from the 1957 Carmarthen by-election and Megan Lloyd George's election address for the 1966 General Election

General Election Material

File contains Gwynfor Evans' election addresses, flyers and stickers for the campaign in the Carmarthen constituency for the February 1974 General Election. The file also contains a hand drawn graph comparing the level of support of Plaid Cymru, the Labour, Conservative and Liberal parties in the constituency between 1959 and 1970.

Publications and Ephemera

File contains copies of books written by Gwynfor Evans, 'Yr Arglwydd Rhys; Tywysog Deheubarth', 'Welsh Nationalist Aims' and 'Cyfle Olaf y Gymraeg', along with the August 1975 edition of 'Y Ddraig Goch', pamphlets a copy of a letter from Gwynfor Evans to A. D. J. Williams, and a copy of a letter from Donald Williams to the Cambrian News.