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  • This is an edition of the Welsh-language monthly periodical 'Y Cerddor' (The Musician) for March 1896. It was first published in 1889 and ran until 1921. The publication was edited by two prominent musicians, namely David Jenkins and D. Emlyn Evans. Jenkins was appointed lecturer in music at Aberystwyth University in 1893 and became Professor of Music at the college in 1910. 'Y Cerddor' was published by Hughes and Son, Wrexham.
'Y Cerddor', vol. VIII, no. 87 (2 March 1896) [front cover, image 1 of 20]
  • 'Yr Eugrawn Wesleyaidd' was the periodical of the Welsh Wesleyan Methodists. This copy was placed inside a glass bottle and hidden, with other items, behind one of the foundation stones of the new Welsh Wesleyan Chapel, Aberystwyth in 1878. The chapel closed in 1992 and the bottle was discovered in 1999 whilst work was being undertaken to convert the building into a tavern.
'Yr Eugrawn Wesleyaidd', October 1878 [front cover]
  • 'Y Winllan' was the monthly Wesleyan magazine, published in Welsh. This copy was placed inside a glass bottle and hidden, with other items, behind one of the foundation stones of the new Welsh Wesleyan Chapel, Aberystwyth in 1878. The chapel closed in 1992 and the bottle was discovered in 1999 whilst work was being undertaken to convert the building into a tavern.
'Y Winllan', October 1878 [front cover]
  • This newsletter was published by the Tryweryn Defence Committee, c. 1957. The striking black and white photographs of Capel Celyn were taken by Geoff Charles, a press photographer for Woodalls Newspapers, who worked primarily for the weekly Welsh-language newspaper, 'Y Cymro'. The 'Tryweryn' or 'Capel Celyn Defence Committee' (Pwyllgor Amddiffyn Capel Celyn) was established in March 1956, shortly after it had been announced that Liverpool Corporation was intending to build a new reservoir in the Tryweryn valley, drowning the village of Capel Celyn, north of Bala. The Committee launched a spirited campaign to oppose the proposal to drown Cwm Celyn. In addition to canvassing support from local authorities, individuals and national institutions, the Committee organised a series of protest meetings, conferences and rallies across north Wales and in the city of Liverpool. Ultimately, however, the efforts to halt the building of the new reservoir failed and on 1 August 1957 the Liverpool Corporation Act was passed. Work began on the site three years later and was completed by August 1965. As well as losing their homes and land, the people of Capel Celyn also lost their village school and chapel. Some graves in the chapel cemetery were exhumed and moved to Llan-y-cil, while others were covered with concrete.
Tryweryn Newsletter, published by the Tryweryn Defence Committee, c, 1957, front cover [image 1 of 7]
  • This letter from the clergy of Merthyr Tydfil to 'The Church Times' is evidence of the widespread concern in the area resulting from the adoption of the Means Test for unemployment benefit. It is unusual in that it indicates a degree of unity on the issue from all sides of the church: Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist and others.
Letter to the editor of 'The Church Times' regarding poverty in Merthyr Tydfil, 1935 [page 1 of 2]
  • This is an original copy of the first edition of 'Tlysau yr Hen Oesoedd' (Jewels of Ancient Times) by Lewis Morris. It was printed in Holyhead in 1735 and brought together a selection of Welsh poetry and prose. Lewis Morris (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn, 1701-65), poet, scholar and cartographer, was a native of Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd, Anglesey, and was the eldest of the three brothers known as 'Morrisiaid Môn' (the Morrises of Anglesey). As a young man, he worked as a land-surveyor and was employed by the Bodorgan estate. In 1729 he was appointed a customs officer at Beaumaris and Holyhead, a position which no doubt inspired him to undertake his pioneering survey of the ports and coastline of Wales. His 'Plans of Harbours, Bars, Bays and Roads in St. George's Channel', which included 25 detailed maps, was published in 1748. It was during this time that Lewis Morris visited Cardiganshire for the first time and became interested in the local leadmining industry. He never returned to Anglesey, and became a customs officer at Aberdyfi. In 1746 he was appointed deputy steward of the Crown manors in Cardiganshire, a position which led to much conflict between Morris and the local squires who challenged the Crown's rights to mine for lead. At the same time, Morris himself began prospecting for lead in the area, a decision which made him even more unpopular with the local gentry. He died at his home in Goginan in 1765. Morris was regarded as an authority on the Welsh language in his day. He worked on a new edition of John Davies's dictionary and a collection of Welsh proverbs, but they were never completed. He was the author of a large body of light-hearted prose and poetry and his letters to his companions, which are often full of humour and satire, are an important historical source.
Lewis Morris, 'Tlysau yr Hen Oesoedd' (Holyhead, 1735) [front cover, image 1 of 16]