LAC/148 | Gwyn Alf Williams, Historian, Papers | Both his Gwyn Williams' historical and political writings are represented in his papers, along with a number of poems that do not appear to have been published. The core of the collection is Gwyn Williams' published and unpublished writings (GB 217 LAC/148/1), extending from his PhD thesis to his posthumously published autobiography. Also present are drafts of Latins in the Rain. The other sub fonds comprise research notes (GB 217 LAC/148/2), most relating to his study of Merthyr and on 19th century radicalism, papers relating to his television work with Teliesyn Ltd (GB 217 LAC/148/3), personal financial records and contracts (GB 217 LAC/148/4), a collection of slides and film (GB 217 LAC/148/5) some related to his research, and a miscellaneous sub fond (GB 217 LAC/148/7) consisting of mainly work by other authors. A separate sub fond (GB 217 LAC/148/6) has been created for primary source material relating to the trial of Lewis Lewis (Dic Penderyn) and Richard Lewis in 1831-2, about which Gwyn Williams had written in The Merthyr Rising 1831. The provenance of these papers remains unclear. The main value of this collection for researchers is the availability of Gwyn Williams' unpublished writings, especially on modern nationalism. They would be invaluable to any study of the British and Welsh Intellectual Left in the late 20th century. | 1959-1995 |
SWCC/PHO/DIS/1 | Disputes of 1875: printed copies of sketches produced by the Illustrated London News concerning... | Prints include the following scenes: A view of Dowlais from the cinder heaps Dowlais market place receiving pit-horses Miners waiting for relief outside the workhouse at Merthyr An emigration agent lecturing in the Temperance Hall at Merthyr Miners and their families stone breaking Miners visiting a coal owner to settle accounts and gain permission to pick coal from the tips Miners and their families in a queue at the Pawn Office in Merthyr Tydfil | nd |