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From the Stacks – An addition to the Arthurian Collection

From the Stacks – An addition to the Arthurian Collection

The latest find from our legacy collection is a deluxe edition of ‘King Arthur's Wood: a fairy story: and with it the tale re-told of Sir Gareth of Orkney and ye Ladye of ye Castle Perilous’ by the famous Canadian artist, Elizabeth Forbes (1859-1912) published in 1905.

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An entry form for the first Royal Welsh Show held at Aberystwyth, 1904

The first Royal Welsh Show

A look at items from the archives to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Royal Welsh Show

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A wide view from the back of a room of people sitting in comfortable red sofas, looking toward the front, where a person is standing and presenting. There are two BSL interpreters facing the audience too. The walls are adorned with various posters and works of art.

Cymru Anabl – opening the door on archive film

Nia Edwards-Behi, Audiovisual Cataloguer, reflects on the process of planning and hosting a series of inclusive workshops as part of the Cymru Anabl project.

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Ann, second from the right, phtographed with the NLW Archives and Manuscripts team in 2017

Ann Francis Evans (1967-2023)

An archivist remembered in a hundred archives

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Beehive from The Theater of Insects

The Theater of Insects

'The Theater of Insects' by Thomas Mouffet was purchased recently by the Library to add to their extensive collection of literature about bees.

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Three people around a computer

All pages digitised - another milestone for the Welsh Women's Peace Petition project

The Welsh Women's Peace Petition project, which celebrates a 100-year-old petition containing almost 400,000 signatures of people claiming world peace, has reached another milestone.  Following a period of cataloguing the...

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Two women working on the Crowd Cymru platform

Welcome to Crowd Cymru

Crowd Cymru is a collaborative project to develop an online volunteering community for Wales.

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A cropped close-up of the Wrench Model C projector mechanism referred to in the blog.

The Wrench Model C

Alongside the reels of film collected by the Screen and Sound Archive are examples of film technology – some with fascinating history attached to them.

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A cropped section of a script page, with some pencil markings. The text reads: "1st Operator. Today's May 18th isn't it? / 2nd. " Yes Why? / 1st. " Well that's Good Will Day - the Child [cuts off] the day on which the Children of Wale- [cuts off]".

100 years since the first Peace and Goodwill message radio broadcast

The first time it was broadcast on the BBC World Service was in 1924, so 2024 is significant in the history of the Peace and Goodwill message.

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