Recent Acquisitions
New documents are always arriving at the archives, and we're very pleased about that! If you have a document or collection you would like to deposit please contact us.
We have listed our new acquisitions below, and the list will be updated regularly. It takes us a while to get documents ready for the public, therefore you may not find the items on this page in the on-line collections. If you would like to know more about anything listed below please contact us.
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Booklets of photographs (Ref: ADX/1446)
Two small spiral-bound booklets of '12 real photographs' published by Valentine & Sons. Both inscribed 'July 1956' on reverse.
1. Aberystwyth
2. Devil's Bridge
Acc.No: 3318 Date of material: c. 1956 Extent: 2 items Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1446)
Miscellaneous items (Ref: ADX/1445; D/EIS/20)
Book about Peter Hague (d. 2004) by Helena Hague
Poster for Aber Guides 1992
Funeral service orders
Other misc. items
Acc.No: 3317 Date of material: Extent: Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
The R.J. Moore-Colyer collection (Ref: RJMC)
Richard Moore-Colyer's research papers and correspondence, incl. files on lime kilns and on estates in Ceredigion, photographs used in publications, and lantern slides.
Acc.No: 3316 Date of material: Extent: 5 boxes Access: TBC Not yet in the catalogue
Recollections of a young teacher in Ardwyn (Ref: ADX/1444)
Account of Hywel Matthews's experience at his first teaching post at Ardwyn Grammar School in Aberystwyth betweeen 1958 and 1963.
Acc.No: 3315 Date of material: 2014 Extent: 4 ff. Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1444)
Postcard of the Rheidol Valley (Ref: ADX/1443)
Valentine & Sons B/W postcard of the Vale of Rheidol, showing view of the valley with steam train.
Acc.No: 3314 Date of material: Not known; 1940s? Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1443)
Capel y Bedyddwyr Cymraeg, Aberystwyth (Ref: ANC/60 addl)
Capel Y Bedyddwyr Cymraeg, Aberystwyth Organ Bib Rothwell
Acc.No: 3313 Date of material: 21st cent Extent: 1 booklet Access: open Not yet in the catalogue
Files from Ceredigion Museum (Ref: CDD/MUS/6)
Administrative files from Ceredigion Museum
Acc.No: 3312 Date of material: pre-1996? Extent: 1 box Access: To be determined Not yet in the catalogue
Items from the Museum (Ref: MUS/354 onwards)
Further items transferred from Ceredigion Museum
Acc.No: 3311 Date of material: Extent: Access: To be determined Show catalogue(MUS/390)
Cardigan Town Cenotaph (Ref: ADX/1442)
[Book] Cardigan Town Cenotaph: remembering the dead of the Great War 1914-1918 by David Griffiths. Cardigan 2013.
Acc.No: 3310 Date of material: 2013 Extent: 1 vol Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1442)
Further records of the Wesleyan Methodists (Ref: WM Wesleyan Methodist collection)
Further records of the Ceredigion Wesleyan Methodists
Acc.No: 3309 Date of material: Extent: 2 boxes Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Photograph of No. 1 Squadron, No. 6 ITW, RAF (Ref: ADX/1441)
Copies printed on photographic paper.
1. Group photograph taken outside Queen's Hotel, Aberystwyth, of No. 1 Squadron, No. 6 ITW [Initial Training Wing], RAF.
March 1942
2. Photograph of Horace David Evans (1905-1966), late Squadron leader. In uniform, probably contemporary with [1].
Acc.No: 3308 Date of material: Extent: 2 items Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1441)
Postcards of Cardiganshire (Ref: ADX/1440)
Copies (printed on photographic paper) of old postcards of locations in Cardiganshire.
Acc.No: 3307 Date of material: Extent: Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1440)
Photographs (Ref: ADX/1439)
Old photographs in .jpg format.
1. Gartheli School: Staff and pupils, no date - c. late 19th c.
2. Gartheli School: Staff and pupils, 1920
3. Ciliau Park Evening School: Staff and pupils, 1909
Acc.No: 3306 Date of material: Extent: 3 electronic files Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1439)
Richards Brothers buses (Ref: ADX/1438)
Book: Richards Brothers, Cardigan and Newport, by Les Dickinson
Acc.No: 3305 Date of material: 2014? Extent: 1 vol. Access: Show catalogue(ADX/1438)
Trustees minute book, Edward Richards Grammar school, Ystrad Meurig (Ref: DSO/148)
Trustees minute book, Edward Richards Grammar School, Ystrad Meurig
Acc.No: 3304 Date of material: 1892-1949 Extent: 1 volume Access: Show catalogue(DSO/148)
Diaries, photographs, account books, printed ephemera etc. (Ref: ADX/1437)
Diaries, photographs, account books, printed ephemera and other miscellaneous items, some relating to the Llangwyryfon area.
Acc.No: 3303 Date of material: 19th c - 1960s approx. Extent: 2 boxes Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
New Bandstand Theatre, Aberystwyth (Ref: ADX/1436)
Documents relating to a theatrical performance at Aberystwyth Bandstand, including tickets, receipts, and newpaper cuttings.
Acc.No: 3302 Date of material: 1972 Extent: 1 box Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Court papers (Ref: ADX/1435)
Court papers relating to a dispute over farmland purchase near Llanybydder.
Acc.No: 3301 Date of material: 1990s Extent: Access: See note Show catalogue(ADX/1435)
1st Cardiganshire Battalion, Home Guard (Ref: MUS/83/3)
Scrapbook-style book [photographs & duplicated typed notes] concerning the 1st Cardiganshire Battalion Home Guard. Text by Major S.J.F. Philpott
This may be one of only six copies produced by the Cambrian News.
Contains a history, information on individuals in the regiment, an illustration of the command structure and a number of photographs. The volume was presented to the Sector Commander Col. B. Taylor Lloyd, D.L., M.C., 'as a token of our deep appreciation of his inspiring leadership'
Acc.No: 3300 Date of material: Extent: 1 vol. Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Papers of Howell Hughes, Broneirian, Llanbadarn Fawr (Ref: ADX/1434)
Photographs and other papers relating to Howell Hughes (b. 1900) of Broneirian, Llanbadarn Fawr (formerly of Ael-y-fron, Llanbadarn Fawr). He worked as a baker. During the Second World War he served in the Cardiganshire Battalion of the Home Guard.
Acc.No: 3299 Date of material: Extent: Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1434)
Cash Book, Ceulan Mill, Talybont (Ref: DB/101)
Contains records of sales of garments, flannel, blankets and yarn; accounts for fitting local houses, etc, with electric light (Lewis Morris supplied electricity from three generators in Talybont village at different times); accounts for selling radios and their batteries; records of taxi journeys on behalf of local people; and at the back records of payments for the Sunday School, 1926-1928.
Acc.No: 3298 Date of material: 1922-1942 Extent: 1 volume Access: Open Show catalogue(DB/101)
Documents relating to David Morgan 'Y Diwygwr' (Ref: ADX/1433)
PDF scan of documents relating to David Morgan 'Y Diwygwr': letter from him to Jane, his wife (1881), and his son's recollections.
Acc.No: 3297 Date of material: Extent: 1 file Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1433)
Roberts and Evans, Solicitors (Aberystwyth) (Ref: RE)
Records of Roberts and Evans, Solicitors (Aberystwyth)
Acc.No: 3296 Date of material: 19th - 20th c. Extent: Access: Open Show catalogue(RE/PQ)
Records of the Women's Institute (Ref: D/WI)
Further records of Cardiganshire / Ceredigion executive committee and branches of the Women's Institute.
Acc.No: 3295 Date of material: Extent: Access: To be discussed Show catalogue(D/WI/LGG)
Governors' News / Newyddion Llywodraethwyr (Ref: CSC/ED/26)
Governors' News / Newyddion Llywodraethwyr [Newsletter for governors of Ceredigion schools]. Electronic issues only.
1. Newyddion Llywodraethwyr - Governors' News Autumn 2013
2. Newyddion Llywodraethwyr - Governors' News Spring 2014
3. Governors' News Summer '14
4. Newyddion Llywodraethwyr Haf '14
Acc.No: 3294 Date of material: 2013 onwards Extent: accruing Access: Open/agored Show catalogue(CSC/ED/26)
Scanned postcards of Talybont (Ref: ADX/1432)
Scanned postcards of Talybont. Low resolution.
1. Main road looking towards Aberystwyth. Two chapels on right.
2. Distant view
3. Group outside 'The Old Mill, Talybont'
4. Waterwheel
5. View of Talybont
6. Talybont from the north
7. Old mill and church
8. Girl in woods above Talybont
9. Lerry falls
Acc.No: 3293 Date of material: Extent: 9 electronic files Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1432)
Aberclydan Brewery, Llanon (Ref: DB/100)
Order books from Aberclydan Brewery (also known as Felinfor Brewery), Llanon
1. 5 October 1865 - 6 December 1865
2. 15 December 1868 - 25 February 1869
3. 26 February 1869 - 8 May 1869
4. 11 June 1870 - 25 July 1870
Acc.No: 3292 Date of material: 1865-1870 Extent: 4 items Access: Open Show catalogue(DB/100)
Women Institutes and school scrapbooks (Ref: D/WI; LIB)
D/WI. Scrapbooks produced by branches of Cardiganshire Women's Institutes
LIB. Scrapbooks produced by local schools
Acc.No: 3291 Date of material: Extent: Access: Show catalogue(LIB/3/7)
Cofrestri bedyddiadau capeli Cwmystwyth chapels baptisms registers (Ref: ANC/73)
Cofrestri bedyddiadau capeli Cwmystwyth / Cwmystwyth chapels baptisms registers
(trawsgrifiadau electronig .xls / electronic transcriptions in .xls format)
1. Capel Blaencwm 1858-1942
2. Capel Siloam 1813-1837
3. Capel Siloam 1837-1943
Acc.No: 3290 Date of material: Extent: 3 electronic spreads Access: Agored / Open Show catalogue(ANC/73)
Various documents (Ref: ADX/1431; ADX/1393 addl; ADX/1398 addl)
ADX/1431: Documents relating to Dinah Davies, Cardigan
ADX/1393 additional: Prisoners of war at Henllan and their connection with Llwynbedw farm, Mydroilyn
ADX/1398 additional: Papers of Glesni Boyer (nee Thomas)
Acc.No: 3289 Date of material: Extent: 3 files Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1431)
Vistascreen views of Aberystwyth Private Holiday Camp (Ref: ADX/1430)
Eight Vistascreen stereoscopic views of Aberystwyth Private Holiday Camp, with plastic Vistascreen viewer and original box.
Acc.No: 3288 Date of material: c. 1950s Extent: 8 photos Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1430)
Library exhibition panels (Ref: LIB/80)
Exhibition panels received from the Library, showing
Acc.No: 3287 Date of material: c. 1992 Extent: 10 items Access: Open Show catalogue(LIB/80)
Marwood (Ref: ADX/1429)
Photocopies: Letters and paperwork regarding the schooner Marwood, found within a partition wall in the property of the same name in New Quay.
Acc.No: 3286 Date of material: 1850s-1860s approx Extent: 14 ff. Access: Show catalogue(ADX/1429)
George family burials (Ref: ADX/1428)
Survey of George Family Interments in North Pembrokeshire, Wales, from 1654 to 2012. Compiled from gravestones and official records. Including cremation records and information from war memorials, plus author's notes and commentary.
Prepared by Leonard H. Urwin
Acc.No: 3285 Date of material: 2014 Extent: 1 vol Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1428)
Ein Canrif / Our Century (Ref: ADX/1427)
Ein Canrif: Llyfr y Mileniwm, Talybont / Our Century: the Millennium book, Talybont
Cyhoeddwydgyda nawdd y Mileniwm, gan Cymdeithas y Henoed, Ceulanamaesmawr / Published, with Millennium funding, by the Ceulanamaesmawr Elderly Society
Acc.No: 3284 Date of material: 2000 Extent: 1 cyfrol / volume Access: Agored / Open Show catalogue(ADX/1427)
Records relating to Mr William Llywelyn Thomas (Ref: ADX/1426)
Records relating to Mr William Llywelyn Thomas including:
1. Naval photograph
2. Envelope of naval records, 1940s relating to his time as a cook
3. Death Certificate
Acc.No: 3283 Date of material: 1940s, 2013 Extent: 1 envelope Access: open Show catalogue(ADX/1426)
Telephone directories (Ref: DIR)
DIR/A/2003-04: The Phone Book, Aberystwyth, Brecon and Mid Wales 2003/04
DIR/YP/A/2012-13 Yellow Pages, Shrewsbury, Telford and Mid Wales 2012/13
DIR/YP/A/2014-15 Yellow Pages, Shrewsbury, Telford and Mid Wales 2014/15
DIR/YP/A/2015-16 Yellow Pages, Shrewsbury, Telford and Mid Wales 2015/16
DIR/YP/A/2016-17 Yellow Pages, Shrewsbury, Telford and Mid Wales 2016/17
DIR/YP/A/2018-19 Yellow Pages, Shrewsbury, Telford and Mid Wales 2018/19
Acc.No: 3282 Date of material: 2003-2016 Extent: accruing Access: Open Show catalogue(DIR)
Photographs, Llandysul area (Ref: ADX/1425)
Two copy photographs:
1. Llandysul County School football team. The master, Mr. Llewelyn, is thought to be seated on the right.
Late 1920s
2. Young girl - daughter of Luther Johnson, schoolmaster, Capel Dewi near Llandysul
No date - early 20th c?
Acc.No: 3281 Date of material: Extent: 2 items Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1425)
Padarn Surgery (Ref: DB/99)
Information booklet for Padarn Surgery, listing staff members, available services and a location guide
Acc.No: 3280 Date of material: post-1987 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(DB/99)
Nanteos (Ref: DB/98)
Advertising Material for Nanteos Mansion, Rhydyfelin, Aberystwyth.
1. Information brochure, 2013
2. Wedding brochure and menu, 2013
3. Christmas brochure and menu for 2013
4. Set of 6 promotional postcards depicting: 'Location' - part of Speed's map; 'Weddings' - rings on a twig; 'Eat' - a dish from the restaurant; 'History' - painting (of a Powell?); 'Rest' - interior of one of the guest suites; 'Country life' - logs, wellies and walking sticks. 2014.
5. Hotel registration card for New Year's Eve party 2013/2014
6. Headed notepaper c. 2013
7. Two for the price of one offer of afternoon tea at Nanteos. 2012.
Acc.No: 3279 Date of material: 2013 onwards Extent: accruing Access: Open Show catalogue(DB/98)
Further papers of the Fowler family (Ref: ADX/1006 addl)
Further papers of the Fowler family.
Acc.No: 3278 Date of material: Extent: 30+ items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Rali Fawr Pantycelyn (Ref: ADX/1424)
Poster Rali Fawr Pantycelyn
15th February 2014
Acc.No: 3277 Date of material: 2014 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1424)
Ysbyty Ystwyth Calendar (Ref: ADX/1423)
1900s theme Calendar for the year 2008 featuring photographs of Ysbytty Ystwyth
Acc.No: 3276 Date of material: 2008 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1423)
Taith Celf Ceredigion Arts Trail (Ref: DSO/147)
1. Booklet detailing the events of the Ceredigion Arts Trail 2012 from August 17th to September 16th
2. Booklet detailing the events of the Ceredigion Arts Trail 2013 from August 17th to September 1st
3. Map showing locations for the Ceredigion Arts Trail 2013
4. Booklet detailing the events of the Ceredigion Arts Trail 2015, 22-31 August
5. Leaflets and postcards relating to the 2015 Arts Trail
6. Booklet detailing the events of the Ceredigion Arts Trail 2016, 30 July - 29 August
7. Folded leaflet, Open Studios, Exhibition Venues & Maps, 12-28 August 2017.
8. Directory of Ceredigion Artists and Makers 2017/2018
9. Booklet detailing the events of the Ceredigion Art & Craft Trail 2022, 9 - 22 August
Acc.No: 3275 Date of material: 2012 onward Extent: accruing Access: Open Show catalogue(DSO/147)
Saint Caron's Church Tregaron (Ref: ADX/1422)
Booklet about Saint Caron's Church, Tregaron compiled by Dr. William Evans of Tyndomen, Tregaron. Printed by the Cambrian News on an unknown date, but latest date referenced in the booklet is 1975
Acc.No: 3274 Date of material: post-1975 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1422)
National Assembly Booklet (Ref: ADX/1421)
Booklet giving information on the National Assembly General Election for Wales, May 6th 1999, titled "Their Future Your Vote"
Acc.No: 3273 Date of material: 1999 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1421)
Printed Booklets and Ephemera (Ref: ADX/1420)
1. Booklet providing information about the dangers of the hydrogen bomb. "The Hydrogen Bomb", Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1957, Tenth Impression June 1963
2. Voting slip for Sundary Opening, Polling Day November 5th
3. Booklet: Referendum on the European Community, "Why you should vote no" on the Common Market, 1974
4. Information booklet about the Referendum on the European Community (Common Market) 1974, "Britain's New Ideal In Europe", Harold Wilson, Prime Minister
Acc.No: 3272 Date of material: 1957-1974 Extent: 4 items Access: Show catalogue(ADX/1420)
The Scholar's Spelling Assistant (Ref: ADX/1419)
Book: The Scholar's Spelling Assistant wherein the Words are arranged on an Improved Plan, According to their respective principles of Accentuation; In a Manner calculated to familiarize the Art of Spelling and Pronunciation, to remove Difficulties, and to facilitate general Improvement. Intended for The Use of Schools and Private Tuition. By Thomas Carpenter. London 1860. Supplied by J. Marsden, Printer Bookseller & Stationer, Lampeter.
Owner's inscription: William N. Davies, Lampeter Junior School, March 8th 1864.
Acc.No: 3271 Date of material: 1860 Extent: 1 vol. Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1419)
Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum 40th Anniversary (Ref: CSC/MUS/1)
1. Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum 40th Anniversary Booklet (1973-2013). 40 people were invited to choose 40 objects from the Museum's collections and to write 40-word descriptions and or/impressions of them.
2. Letter to Helen Palmer, County Archivist and one of the contributors, thanking her for taking part in the project.
3. Invitation to the 40th birthday celebration at the Museum on 17 April 2013
4. Leaflet advertising an afternoon of celebrations on 13 April 2013.
Acc.No: 3270 Date of material: 2013 Extent: 3 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
New Quay WI (Ref: D/WI/NQU)
Records of the New Quay Women's Institute (now closed)
Acc.No: 3269 Date of material: Extent: Access: To be confirmed Not yet in the catalogue
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