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The press in The United States of America

There was a constant stream of emigration to America from Wales during the first half of the 19th century and by the 1840s a number of Welsh communities existed in Wisconsin and Illinois. History…  

English magazines

It was during the 19th century that the English-language periodical press developed in Wales. The first English periodical in Wales, namely The Cambrian magazine was published at Llandovery in…  

The earliest magazine

The periodical press in Wales was slow in developing. In 1735 the first Welsh periodical, Tlysau yr hen oesoedd [Gems of past ages], appeared from the press of Lewis Morris in Holyhead,…  

Women and children's magazines

Children's magazine A large number of children's periodicals were published from 1823, when Addysgydd [The Instructor] appeared, to the end of the century. The overwhelming majority were…  

General and literary magazines

General magazines Several contemporary observers had already expressed the opinion that one of the main faults of the periodical press in Wales was its denominational nature. For example, Thomas…  

Music magazines

The second half of the 19th century was the golden age of congregational hymn singing. Several periodicals were published to promote this interest in music. John Roberts ('Ieuan Gwyllt') was one…  

Denominational magazines

A new period began in the history of the Welsh periodical press when Trysorfa ysprydol [The Spiritual treasury] was published in 1799, edited by Thomas Charles of Bala and Thomas Jones of…  

Welsh periodicals

The Library’s collection of Welsh periodicals covers a wide range of titles with comprehensive coverage of periodicals published in Wales and the Marches after 1911 when the Copyright Act 1911…  

The Celtic Collection

Introduction Since the Library was established it has been one of our duties to collect extensively in the fields of the other Celtic Languages besides Welsh, and the history and culture of the…  

Case study

Case study Case study #GwrthHiliaeth #AntiRacistWales Bom Dia Cymru ac Ysgol Bodhyfryd Grŵp cymunedol yn ardal Wrecsam yw Bom Dia Cymru, CLPW, mae aelodau'r grŵp yn hanu o wledydd sy'n siarad Portiwgaleg. Mae…  

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