Mrs Moore flanked by Nadezda Borisovna Metalnikova, Director of Archives, Donetsk,
and Mr Iorwerth Rees whose research initiated the office's work on Hughesovka

Mrs Moore’s contribution to the intellectual life of south Wales continued into retirement. She was a trustee of the Cambrian Archaeological Association and of the Welsh Historic Gardens Trust, chair of the Glamorgan History Society, president of the South Wales Record Society, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and an Officer of the Order of St. John’s Priory for Wales and its honorary archivist. Despite increasing ill health she edited several editions of Archaeologia Cambrensis and published articles on garden history. Her funeral took place at All Saints Church, Penarth, on 30 May.

A significant collection, deposited this quarter, comes from the Powell Duffryn Group, on the closure of their offices in Bracknell. The group has presented a large collection of company records which complement our existing holdings with the continuation of many series of board and committee minutes.

Deposits received through the Women’s Archive of Wales included minutes of the Cowbridge branch of Merched y Wawr following an appeal by the national organisation for its records to be placed in local record offices.

The list that follows gives brief details of accessions received by gift, deposit or purchase for the period 1 March to 31 May 2002. 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. Reference codes or accession numbers are given in brackets.

South Glamorgan County Council, Social Services Department; agendas, minutes, reports, 1979-1987 (2002/36)

Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council; register of electors, 2002 (2002/35)

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council; notice of alteration to register of electors, 2002 (2002/60)

South Glamorgan Probation Committee; minutes (signed), 1993-2001 (2002/52)

Congregational Federation; Marriage registers: Dowlais chapel and Ebenezer, Tylorstown, 1918-1984 (2002/32)

Ebenezer Welsh Independent Chapel, Glantaf, Rhydfelen; register, collection book, chapel history, c.1852, (2002/42)

Sons of Temperance, Grand Division, Merthyr Tydfil, annual report, 1915, (2002/42)

Roman Catholic marriage registers; SS Gabriel and Raphael Church, Tonypandy: register 1981-1999 (2002/48)

Beulah United Reform Church, Rhiwbina; ‘A Beulah scrapbook 1950-2000’ by John Rhys, published 2000, (2002/49)

Bethesda Independent Chapel, Dowlais; records, 1820-1950 (2002/57)

Soar Independent Chapel; Dowlais Cymanfa Canu programmes, 1939-1969 (2002/57)

Robert E. Presswood; scrapbooks as Director of Education, Cardiff City Council, 1949-1968 (2002/33)

St Mary’s RC School, Canton; plans, 1926-1970s (2002/34)

Hengoed School and Bargoed Boys’ School; photographs, 1911, 1915 (2002/67)

Tylorstown Elementary School; teacher’s syllabus, 1928 (2002/54)

Pontlottyn Higher Grade School; account book, 1883-1897 (2002/37)

Ynysowen Junior School; logbook, 1978-1987 (2002/57)

Pantglas Junior Boys’ School; logbook, 1918-1940, 1820-1987 (2002/57)

J.S. Coduri; Pontypridd, leases, conveyances and papers for property in Cardiff and Pontypridd, 1874-1940 (2002/40)

Gronow family, Cardiff; family papers, C19-20 (2002/59)

Bruce family (Lord Aberdare); plans, deeds, rent books, c. 1855-1987 (2002/56)

F.P. Leybourne; photographs of TVR engine and staff; Roath Park football club, Early C20 (2002/66)

J.A. Gregory, Cardiff; WW II songsheets, 1939-1945 (2002/51)

James Miles Burton; ‘The Burton Story’ (Lostwithiel and Mid Glamorgan) by J.M Burton, published 2001 (2002/63)

T.P. Morris, Pentyrch; Sports and athletics programmes, C20 (2002/44)

Gareth Harris, Glyncoch; Coal mining papers including copy letter books of T. Prichard, Treorchy; NUM campaign ephemera, 1900-1993 (2002/64)

Stephenson and Alexander, Land Agents, Cardiff; OS plans and indexes, C19-20, (2002/41)

Treharne and Treharne, solicitors, Pentre; Incoming letter books; financial and client records, 1761-1968 (2002/46, 47)

Powell Duffryn Group; records including minute books, annual reports, newsletters, printed ephemera, c.1906-2000 (2002/45)

Morgan Cole, solicitors; Cardiff, deeds, Essex, Middlesex and Northampton, C18-19 (2002/65)

Older Lesbian Network Wales; newsletter, 1993-2002 (2002/38)

Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom; files: Great Peace March; conference reports, 1980s (2002/43)

Permanent Waves; conference report, Gregynog, 2002 (2002/50)

Merched y Wawr; cangen y Bont-faen: cofnodion, 1992-2001 (2002/61)

Cardiff Women’s Liberation; newsletter and other printed ephemera, 1979-1989 (2002/62)

Llandaff Society; bird survey; botanical survey, 1997 (2002/53)

Cardiff and East Glamorgan Guide Association; annual report, 2001 (2002/55)

Côr Cochion Caerdydd; photographs and negatives, 2000-2001 (2002/58)

Postcards; Porthcawl, Taff Valley, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Valleys etc., early C20 (2002/39)

As some of you may be aware Charlotte Hodgson, the Principal Archivist, has broken her leg and will be away from the office until the autumn.

A new archivist, Rhian Phillips, has been appointed and will be starting at the office in July. Rhian qualified as an archivist in 2001 and spent a year working at Aberystwyth and Lampeter Universities before moving to Cardiff at the end of June. She says, ‘I am enjoying life in the city – especially the shopping - and am looking forward to the challenge of working in a County Record Office for the first time’.

Anna McNally, the new archive trainee will be starting shortly, replacing Lisa Snook who is off to Liverpool to take up her place on the archive training course.

The Glamorgan Record Office’s lottery funded project, announced in the last newsletter, will soon be underway. The HLF has awarded the Record Office £48,600 of funding, to be used to catalogue and conserve over 40,000 building regulation plans dating from the 1870s to the 1960s. We are currently recruiting two project workers, and hope to be starting the work in August.

Building plans on arrival at the record office

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