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This
quarter has seen a number of valuable additions to holdings of religious
organisations: including Cardiff’s United Synagogue and Jewish Representative
Council, Bethel Baptist Church, Barry and United Reformed Church’s Cardiff and
Aberdare congregations.
One of the
most interesting acquisitions in the quarter has been a collection of legal and
family papers received from a descendant of the Nicholl Carne family of St
Donats and Llantwit Major. These include deeds and related settlements
concerning family property in Glamorgan.
New Accessions June – August 2002
The list
that follows gives brief details of accessions received by gift, deposit or
purchase for the period 1 June to 31 August 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.
Local Authority
Rhondda
Borough, annual
reports of the Medical Officer of Health and of the Borough School Medical
Officer, 1972 (2002/108)
Glamorgan
County Council,
register of temporary premises, school meals service and additional
accommodation, 1937-1952 (2002/106), Fire Service: Cefn Mably fire precautions,
1948-1971 (2002/111)
Mid
Glamorgan County Council, 'Mid-Glamorgan Update'; 'Mid Glamorgan Bulletin', and 'Challenge',
1990s (2002/131)
Cardiff
County Council,
plans of development of Cardiff City, 1960s-1980s (2002/124), registers of
electors, Cardiff, 2001-2002 (2002/133)
Merthyr
Tydfil County Borough Council, public health report, 1968 (2002/126)
Police
Glamorgan
Constabulary,
policeman's notebooks and rules for constabulary, 1872-1930 (2002/80), weekly
returns received by divisions, payable to the county fund, 1920 (2002/102),
summaries of station-keepers' bills, 1924 (2002/104)
South
Wales Police Authority, prints of photographs of a police armistice parade at Gorseinon, c
1956-1957 (2002/68), annual policing and performance plan, 2002-2003 (2002/73)
Hospitals
Royal
Hamadryad Hospital, Cardiff, operations and anaesthetics books; waiting list index; front lodge
admissions book, 1949-1970 (2002/83)
Temple
of Peace and Health,
bill of quantities, 1936 (2002/100)
Religion
St.
Catherine's Church, Pontypridd, duplicate marriage registers, 1991-2002 (2002/114)
Penllin, duplicate marriage register,
1971-1999 (2002/122)
Treherbert
(St. Albans),
duplicate marriage register, 1997-1998 (2002/123)
Records of
Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge and Llanblethian; Llandough Church and St. Mary
Church, Flemingston; Llansannor and St. Hilary, late C18-2001 (2002/96)
All
Saints Church, Llanbradach, parish registers, 1897-1990 (2002/70)
Bethel
Baptist Church, Barry,
records including minutes; building records; membership registers; accounts and
financial papers; handbooks and magazines; Sunday School records; Band of Hope
records; Women's League records; Junior Endeavour records; papers relating to
former ministers; records concerning other local Baptist organisations and
churches, 1889-1999 (2002/98)
Beulah
United Reformed Church, Rhiwbina, sermons by the Rev Glyndwr Jones, c 1950s-1970s (2002/84)
Alexander
Road United Reformed Church, Pontycymer, Bridgend, marriage registers, 1952-1995
(2002/94)
United
Reformed Church: St. David's Presbyterian Church, Aberdare: minutes;
communicant rolls; baptism certificates; deacons' minutes; treasurer's
accounts; manager's minutes; Roath Park Presbyterian Church, Cardiff:
communicant rolls; minutes; deacons' minutes; building committee minutes; Windsor
Place Presbyterian Church, Cardiff: communicant rolls; minutes; registers;
deacons' minutes; lettings book; building committee minutes; transfer
certificates; Cardiff English Presbyterian Church: annual reports, plans
of Wood Street and Westgate Street, Cardiff, 1865-1953 (2002/113)
Caerphilly
Wesleyan Methodist Church, records including accounts; cradle roll; glass negatives and printing
blocks; records of the Llanbradach sisterhood, 1922-2000 (2002/130)
Cardiff
United Synagogue and Cardiff Jewish Representative Council, records, c 1948-1994 (2002/69)
Education
Ffaldau
Infants School and Blaengarw
Schools, Pontycymer: bills and receipts, 1902-1903 (2002/107)
Plasnewydd
School, log books
and admission registers, 1875-1997 (EM44)
Industrial and Business
Cardiff
Bay Development Corporation, barrage bill papers,
c 1987-1993 (2002/91)
National
Coal Board,
photographs of Crown Fuel Works, Cardiff, c 1968 (2002/99)
Powell
Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd., Penallta Colliery workmen's register and compensation register,
1915-1919 (2002/97)
Stephenson
and Alexander, Chartered Surveyors, Cardiff, papers relating to property in counties Monmouth,
Caernarfon, Carmarthen, Denbigh and Brecon, 1911-1912 (2002/71); Sale
particulars, 1912-1913 (2002/90); clients files and Crawshay Bailey map books,
C19-20 (2002/92); Crawshay Bailey estate records; client files, C19-20
(2002/119); 13 property brochures, 1984-1992 (2002/121); plans, C19 (2002/125)
Family Estate and Personal
Cascade
Estate,
correspondence and plan relating to land adjoining Tir Jack Farm,
Penpedairheol, 1985 (2002/129)
Nicholl
Carne Estate,
personal papers, portrait miniatures and army service medals, C18-20 (2002/95)
Papers
of VC Hardacre,
photocopies of newscuttings books containing articles by V C Hardacre,
1930s-1970s (2002/82)
Papers
of Bertie Westaway, Cardiff, reminiscences, C20 (2002/115)
Papers
of D Gordon James,
Town Clerk of Aberdare UDC, reports and Boundary Commission papers, 1960s-1980s
(2002/77)
Papers
of Leybourne family of Cardiff, memorial cards; photographs of Taff Swim and Cardiff Tram
crews, 1905-1937 (2002/116)
Taff Ely Swim
Papers
of Miss Betty Syms,
photographs, personal memorabilia and slides, 1890s-1980s (2002/128)
Papers
of Mr J S Coduri,
leases of properties in Cardiff; land and property acts, c 1874-1897 (2002/85)
Papers
of Mr Lynn John,
photocopies of admissions registers for Claire Road School, Barry Island;
photocopies of marriage registers for St. Baruch's, Barry Island, 1900-1981
(2002/88)
Papers
of Mr Peter Morris,
athletics programmes, ranking lists and newsletters mainly relating to south
Wales; Pentyrch hill race results, 1975-2002 (2002/86)
Papers
of Mr T G Davies,
personal papers; order of service for the funeral of Terry Mahoney, last leader
of Mid Glamorgan County Council, 2002 (2002/75)
Papers
of Mrs Curtis,
family photographs, c 1880s-1920s (2002/89)
Papers
of Mrs Eileen Blaker,
letters sent to Eileen Blaker and family responding to their messages of
condolence regarding the Aberfan disaster, 1966, (2002/72)
Papers
of Mrs Kate Hopkins,
deeds and documents relating to 96 Treharris Street, Roath, Cardiff, 1886-1992
(2002/74)
Papers
of Rev G Williams,
transcripts and xeroxes of Rev Williams' notebooks and diaries, late C20
(2002/103)
Pictorial
Letterheads for the Sixth British Empire and
Commonwealth Games, Cardiff, 1958 (2002/120)
Pictures
of Cardiff
(copies), 1960s-1970s (2002/78)
Photographs
of Cardiff, c 1900
(2002/79)
Photographs
taken by Charles E
Edwards of City Hall, Cardiff, and of Cyncoed Road, Cardiff, prior to the
building of houses,
c 1901-1906 (2002/81)
Photographs of Cadoxton-juxta-Barry, c
1880-1950 (2002/109)
Photographs of Charles Street carnival,
Cardiff, 1984 (2002/112)
Photographs
and postcards of
the Rock Inn, Penrhiwfawr; Maesteg; Barry; Bridgend; Caerau; Caerphilly and
Miskin Manor, Pontyclun, [1890s] – 1911 (2002/117)
Slides of the buildings, during and after
construction, of Whitchurch Secondary School; Ynysawdre School; Aberkenfig
hostel and Training Centre for handicapped children; Barry Grammar School and
Cymmer Afan secondary school, [1963-72] (2002/118)
Photograph
of Bertie Westaway,
postman, C19 (2002/127)
Bertie Westaway, postman and colleagues (2002/127)
Societies and Associations
Barry
Athletic Bowling Club,
75th anniversary booklet; plan of the pavilion; sketch of proposed new
pavilion, c 1986 (2002/110)
Côr
Cochion Caerdydd,
press cuttings, minutes, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers,
2000-2002 (2002/93)
Glamorgan
Family History Society, photocopies of baptismal and marriage registers for St. Catherine's
parish, Pontypridd, 2002 (2002/87)
Glamorgan
History Society,
editors' papers, 1987-2001 (2002/76)
Women's Archive Wales
Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom: conference programme for 'Women of Europe in Action
for Peace'; photocopied articles; pamphlets, 1981 (2002/105)
Sports and Recreation
Hawthorn Greyhound Racecourse, Pontypridd, programme, rough sketch plan and greyhound cards, c 1953 (2002/101)
Greyhound Identity Card
Mrs Moore and Susan Edwards respond to an emergency, 1989 In August Susan Edwards completed twenty years service in
the Glamorgan Record Office. Starting as an Assistant Archivist after posts in
Gwynedd and Warwickshire County Record Offices and the Modern Records Centre at
Warwick University, Susan worked under two Glamorgan Archivists before taking
on the job herself in 1997. ‘In bringing the Glamorgan Record Office into the
21st century I hope I have been able to sustain the best of its past’ she says.
With two teenaged sons and a house in need of constant repair, her favourite
leisure activity would be sleeping if she had any time for it. The Record
Office has been joined by two new members of staff who are working on the
Heritage Lottery funded project, Cardiff: the building of a capital. Stephen
and Christian have been working steadily at the Atlantic Wharf Office through
the 40, 000 building plans. You may
have noticed a new face in the searchrooms, Anna McNally has joined the staff
as archive trainee for this year, and has been discovering a taste for research
after listing the diaries of Robert Drane, an antiquarian and naturalist based
in Cardiff at the turn of the 19th century.
The
Gathering the Jewels project is now well underway: the Record Office was asked
to select 350 images from our 7 km of shelving reflecting significant areas of
our holdings. A two
volume survey of the Marquis of Bute’s Glamorgan Estates, by David Stewart,
1824, was sent to the National Museum of Wales to be photographed, and the
Wesley Letters, contained within the Fonmon collection, have also been
digitised. More material from the Office will appear on the website in the next
few months. Further information and the latest newsletter can be found on the website at
www.gtj.org.uk Letter from Charles Wesley, January 12
The
Glamorgan Record Office will be running a series of workshops on a number of
different topics. All courses are £9 each. To book a place on the courses
please contact the Centre for Lifelong Learning, Senghennydd Rd, Cardiff CF24
4AG (Tel 029 2087 4831). All sessions are held at the Glamorgan
Record Office on a Monday between 2.00 and 4.00pm For more details about these sessions please visit the
'Courses' page.
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