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WPA Newsletter 51 (Autumn 2020)

WPA Newsletter 51 (Autumn 2020) Cylchlythyr yr Archif Wleidyddol Gymreig The Welsh Political Archive Newsletter YR ARCHIF WLEIDYDDOL GYMREIG THE WELSH POLITICAL ARCHIVE Sefydlwyd yr Archif…  

WPA Newsletter 52 (Autumn 2021)

WPA Newsletter 52 (Autumn 2021) MANIFFESTO MANIFESTO 52 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru/ The National Library of Wales MANIFFESTO MANIFESTO 52 YR ARCHIF WLEIDYDDOL GYMREIG THE WELSH POLITICAL…  

Gareth Vaughan Jones

Who was Gareth Vaughan Jones?  Gareth Vaughan Jones (1905–35) was a journalist, traveller and linguist who met his death in suspicious circumstances at the hands of Chinese ‘bandits’ in…  

Dr. Rhodri Llwyd Morgan appointed as Chief Executive of the National Library of Wales

The National Library of Wales is pleased to announce today that Dr. Rhodri Llwyd Morgan has been appointed as Chief Executive. Rhodri will join the Library in Spring 2024. Prior to this…  

History of the British Bards

Reference: NLW MS 13107B This manuscript contains notes by Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams, 1747-1826) for a projected book called 'The History of the British Bards'. Like many of his…  

Early Tourists

Reference: NLW MS 1340C & NLW MS 22753B [iframe…  

Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog

Reference: NLW MS 23969F Here we have a volume of pedigrees, poems and antiquarian notes, dated 1766 (but compiled around 1763-9), in the hand of the bard and gentleman Hugh Hughes and entitled…  

Williams Pantycelyn

Reference: NLW MS 77A NLW MS 77A is a manuscript in the hand of William Williams Pantycelyn. The date is unknown. [iframe…  

Merryell Williams's Book of recipes

Reference: Peniarth MS 513D This is a volume of cooking and medicinal recipes which were collected by Merryell Williams of the Ystumcolwyn Estate, Montgomeryshire, towards the end of the 17th…  

History of the Gwydir Family

Reference: NLW MS 23289B This volume contains the earliest dated copy of 'History of the Gwydir family' by Sir John Wynn. The copy, dated 1669, is in the hand of a clerk named Thomas Rowlands.…  

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