The list that follows gives brief details of accessions received by gift, deposit or purchase for the period 1 September - 30 November 2004. Please note that not all items shown are available for immediate consultation, and some dates given are approximate. Some items may be on restricted access. Accession numbers are given in brackets

LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Cardiff City, valuation list, index cards to new properties; mortgage survey books and street index, 1963-1973 (2004/204)
Shop surveys for Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan , 1973-1987; location plans of listed buildings, c1975 - 1992, and of Social Services special homes, 1989 (2004/219)

Glamorgan County Council, file of minutes, byelaws, regulations, 1947-1951 (GC/CC)
Programme for opening of offices, Greyfriars Road, 1962 (2004/183)
Rhondda Valleys Development Plan c.1970 (GD/PL)
Glamorgan (Area No 1) Report of Survey, 1951 (2004/198)
Glamorgan – a planning study, 1964 (2004/199)

Rhondda Urban District Council, planning application, Porth, 1911 (2004/188)

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, building plans, Penrhiwceiber Workmen’s Institute, 1888, Ynysybwl Workmen’s Hall, 1912 (2004/223)

Rhydygwern Parish Council, account book, 1902-1941 (D343)

South Glamorgan County Council, Education Department: Further Education papers, 1976-1982 (2004/186); administrative filing 1972-1989 (2004/205)

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RELIGION

Church in Wales

Llandaff Diocesan Directories 1993-2001 (2004/210)

Non-conformist

Cardiff, Hannah Street Congregational /UR church, minutes, membership, financial, cradle roll, orders of service, 1867-1991 (DECONG18)

Pontypridd St David’s Presbyterian church, marriage registers1947-2003 (DPRESBMARR 7)

Porth, Capel y Cymer Independent, plan of graveyard, 1877, portraits of ministers, papers re removal of human remains, 2004 (D342)

Rhiwbina Methodist church, leaders’ and trustees’ minutes, 1925-1999 (DWES/CR570)

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EDUCATION

Cardiff High School for Boys, photographs of cricket teams, c1916 (D302)

Cowbridge Grammar School Old Boys Association, centenary Bovian magazine; dinner menu, ticket, seating plan; memorial service sheets, 1991-2004 (D341)

Capel y Cymer, Porth: plan of graveyard, 1877 (D342)

Maendy School, Cowbridge, and Rhoose school, photographs taken by L. Rees, headmaster, 1950-1960s (D340)

Quakers Yard Grammar School, war memorial service sheet, 1949 (D322)

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

Aberfan disaster, newscuttings, 1966 (D322)

Aberthaw Cement Works, record of weekly earnings, tenders, contracts, test ledgers, 1913-1965 (D327)

Stephenson and Alexander, chartered surveyors, sale particulars, client files, Ordnance Survey plans, Llanharan estate records, C19-20
(DSA 12/2474-2514; 20; 57/12-14; 65-66; 83)

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PERSONAL AND FAMILY

Blodwen Davies, Troedyrhiw, photographs of Cyfarthfa Castle Girls’ School, school magazine; testimonials as teacher, 1912-1923 (DWAW12)

Dr T. F. Holley, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil rate assessment (copy), 1835; Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists’ Society Newsletter, 1998-2003; copy Wills C19-20 (2004/189)

Howell Family of Pontypridd, birth, marriage and death certificates; insurance documents; correspondence re property sales, 1843-1950 (D334)

W.J. Frome, papers incl. Old Contemptibles Association; family celebrations; Cadoxton school C19 -1950s (D333)

Cllr. C Priday, Cardiff, Orders of Service, International Fire-fighters Day of Remembrance, 2004, Lord Mayor of Cardiff’s Multi-Faith Civic Service, 2004; Mid Glamorgan County Council Hospital visitor’s pass, 1947 (D99)

Iorwerth Rees, Cardiff, photographs of India, West Africa and Cardiff, 1930s – 1990s (DX254)

‘Up the Gambia for pleasure’ c1940
Iorwerth Rees is in the middle (DX254)

PICTORAL

Madam Garnett (Pontpridd singer), photographs as a child c1900 (DX500/28)

Police, photographs of a parade of officers c1920 (2004/210)

Ponylottyn, photographs 1951-1992 (2004/212)

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SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

British Federation of Women Graduates, minutes and byelaws, 1909-1991
(2004/175)

Cowbridge and District Local History Society, Newsletter, September 2004 (D130)

Glamorgan Family History Society, Journal, September 2004 (D37)

Who is this man ?
An unidentified photograph from
Libanus Welsh Baptist chapel, Treherbert (2004/223)

Glamorgan Sea Cadets, photograph of Lt. Commdr. Arthur A. Fownes, early C20 (D323)

Llandaff Society, Newsletter No. 92, 2004 (DLDS1)

Llantrisant and District Local History Society, Newsletter, March 2004 (D134)

Mother’s Union, Llandaff Diocese, photographs, audio tape, programmes 1930-1993 (2004/220)

Older Lesbian Network, papers used to compile OLN newsletter, 1993-1994 (DWAW1/5)

Permanent Waves Women’s Arts Association, annual reports, minutes, newsletters, 1990s – 2004 (DWAW4)

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TRANSPORT

Morel family of Cardiff and Penarth, shipowners, papers of John Morel Gibbs used for his book ‘Morels of Cardiff’, C18-20 (D331)

Rail Passengers Committee, Wales, minutes and files 1990-2003
(2004/193)

Railways, papers re Wauntreoda sidings, 1898; sewer at Treherbert station, 1898; sidings at Carnparc colliery, 1906-1913 (D329)

WORLD WAR II

American forces in Caerphilly, photographs of reunions, 1997-2004 (D163)

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Recent indexes and transcripts received from Glamorgan Family History Society include:

Whitchurch Ararat Baptist Church membership and birth registers, 1790-1930

Memorial Inscriptions for:

St Michael, Lower Machen
Siloam Congregational Chapel, Cefn Cribwr
Cefn Coed y Cymmer Jewish cemetery.

Registers of three Catholic churches in Cardiff are now available on microfilm in the Copy Searchroom

St David’s (Cathedral) Bap. 1836-1919, Marr. 1849-1850, 1856-1899
St Peter’s Roath Bap. 1861-1918, Marr. 1862-1915
St Paul’s Bap. 1881-1908

We also hold copies of transcripts for St David’s 1836-1915, and St Peter’s 1861-1915.

The arrival of these microfilms will be welcomed by those requiring copies from the registers; the Record Office can now provide print-outs at 40p per sheet from the microfilm; previously copies could only be produced using digital photography making them slightly expensive.

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‘Morels of Cardiff. The History of a Family Shipping Firm’ by John Morel Gibbs, a member of the family, was published in 1982. The Record Office has received original family papers and material collected by Dr Gibbs in writing the book, together with a minute book of the shipping firm 1888-1949, which is probably the only record of this firm to survive.

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Fetching water, India. 1930s; photograph by Iorwerth Rees

Mr Iorwerth Rees of Canton, Cardiff was a long-standing friend of the Record Office. He undertook his own research and also compiled indexes to parish registers and censuses, and was a generous donor to the office library. Mr Rees died in December 2004, aged 94, and before his death we received a collection of photographs reflecting his career in the army in India in the 1930s and later in the colonial service in West Africa. These will be added to the substantial collection of family and local history papers which he presented over several years (DX254).

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In September Jean Good retired after more than twenty years as a volunteer in the office. Many large lists and indexes such as those for crew lists and shipping registers are evidence of her industry. She has also undertaken binding of facsimiles, repackaging, and helped at our open days.

 

We are grateful to Jean for her hard work and dedication over many years.

Elevation for Penrhiwceiber Workmen’s Institute
designed by Edward H Bruton, 1888 (2004/223)