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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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Aidan Jones Collection (Ref: ADX/1954)
Papers of the late Aidan Jones
Acc.No: 4479   Date of material:    Extent: 1 box   Access:  Not yet in the catalogue

VORRSA history by Christopher Magner (Ref: ADX/1953)
Spiral-bound book: VORSSA: Cymdeithas Cefnogwyr Rheilffordd Dyffryn Rheidol / The Vale of Rheidol Railway Supporters' Association (with some additional information on the Cambrian Lines: Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli). A Tribute to a Welsh Railway Promotion Group 1970-1991, by Christopher Magner. Illustrated.
Acc.No: 4478   Date of material: 2024   Extent: 1 vol.   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Ephemera, North Ceredigion (Ref: ADX/1764)
Ephemera incl. funeral cards, newspaper cuttings, chapel reports etc, mostly relating to North Ceredigion.
Acc.No: 4477   Date of material: 1970s-1990s   Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Postcards (Ref: ADX/1673)
Colour postcards of locations in Ceredigion
Acc.No: 4476   Date of material: 1980s and later (approx.)   Extent: 11 utems   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Clothing catalogues, early 20th century (Ref: ADX/1239)
1. Derry & Toms, London ladieswear catalogue, c. 1910
   
   2. Pryce Jones, Newtown catalogue of ladies' and menswear and accessories, Autumn/Winter 1919
   
   3. Footwear catalogue: The Last, published by Wm. Patterson & Sons, Dundee, shoe manufacturers. No. 26, August 1920
   
   4. Harrods Autumn Book (ladies' and childrenswear and accessories). C. 1920
   
   5. Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd. Price list and circular. 1910
   
   6. Magazine: Home Notes (the Official Organ of the B.-P. Girl Guides, vol. LXI no. 914, week ending 20 July 1911

Acc.No: 4475   Date of material: early 20th c   Extent: 6 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Reproduction postcards of Llangrannog. (Ref: ADX/1206)
Three mounted postcards of Llangrannog, reproduced from 19th c. photographs by the NLW
   
   1. Llangrannog Beach and Ynys Lochtyn c. 1900
   
   2. "The steadfast rock, rugged, majestic, guardian of Llangrannog Bay"
   
   3. Llangrannog c. 1910

Acc.No: 4474   Date of material: pre-1996   Extent: 3 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Yr Angor, Papur Bro Aberystwyth, Comins Coch, Llanbadarn Fawr, Penparcau a'r Waunfawr (Ref: ADX/1195)
'Yr Angor', rhifynnau 1-19, Hydref 1977-Medi 1979.
Acc.No: 4473   Date of material: 1977-1979   Extent: 19 eitem   Access: Agored Not yet in the catalogue

Gwynne of Mynachdy collection (further items) (Ref: Gwynne additional)
Research material and original documents compiled by the depositor.
Acc.No: 4472   Date of material:    Extent: 6 boxes(?)   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Postcards of Aberystwyth (Ref: ADX/1952)
Postcards of Aberystwyth and one of Devil's Bridge. Fivee were sent in 1944 to Banks family in Hounslow and Kirkby-in Furness, and to Gramp in Llanelly. Senders include Henry, Stuart and Harry.
Acc.No: 4471   Date of material: 1940s   Extent: 12 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Further papers of the late David Ewart Bick, mining historian (Ref: BICK (further records))
Papers relating to the history of mining in Wales and related subjects nationwide.
Acc.No: 4470   Date of material: 1950s-2010 approx.   Extent: 14 boxes   Access: Restricted - some DP issues Not yet in the catalogue

Ymchwil a gohebiaeth Richard E. Huws (Ref: ADX/1167/3)
Ffeiliau yn cynnwys papurau, llythyrau, toriadau papur newydd ayyb yn ymwneud a llyfrau a gyhoeddwyd gan Mr Huws.
   
   1. Ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau a deunydd arall parthed y llyfrau 'Pobl y Topie' ac 'Enwau tai Bont-goch (Elerch)'. 2018-2022
   
   2. Llythyrau a chopiau o ddeunydd archifol yn ymwneud

Acc.No: 4469   Date of material: 1988-2022   Extent: 4 ffeil   Access: Some DP issues Not yet in the catalogue

Andrew Carnegie's daughter's visit to Aberystwyth (Ref: LIB/81)
Two mounted photographs of the visit of Mrs M. Carnegie Miller (daughter of Andrew Carnegie) and her husband Roswell Miller to Aberystwyth on 9 July 1921. She visited Aberystwyth Library in Corporation Street which had been built with funds from the Carnegie Trust. The photographs were formerly joined to form a display and a newspaper account of the visit is pasted on reverse.
   
   1. Mr Roswell Miller and Mrs M. Carnegie Miller standing in front of bookcases.
   
   2. Group photographs inside the library: Mr & Mrs Miller with the Mayor, the Borough officials and others, including Mario Rutelli, the sculptor.

Acc.No: 4468   Date of material: 1921   Extent: 2 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

The Royal Album of Aberystwyth (Ref: ADX/1951)
Album of fold-out views of Aberystwyth. The images are greyscale drawings or engravings printed on slightly glossy paper and appear at first glance to be photographs.
Acc.No: 4467   Date of material: Late 19th c.   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

MAFF advisory booklets (Ref: ADX/1950)
Advisory booklets and leaflets on food and growing issued by MAFF in the 1950s and acquired by the donor's mother.
Acc.No: 4466   Date of material: 1950s   Extent: 18 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Silian parish and parochial records and records of Silian Parish Council (Ref: PR/SIL/6; CPR/SIL; Silian PC)
CPR/SIL: Ledgers, vestry books, correspondence etc
   
   PR/SIL/6: Banns register, 2 entries only (2005 and 2008)
   
   Silian PC/CC: Minutes of meetings of Silian Parich (later Community) Council

Acc.No: 4465   Date of material:    Extent: 3 boxes   Access: Mostly open Not yet in the catalogue

Items relating to Llangwyryfon (Ref: ADX/1949)
1. Grant and Release of lands in pp. Llanrhystud and Llangwyryfon (incl. Draenllwyn). 9 July 1868
   
   2. Box containing:
   
   - printed list of subscriptions received by the Llangwyryfon Burial Ground Committee towards providing a new burial ground for the district, with the land donated by R.J.R. Loxdale of Castle Hill, Llanilar. C. 1935
   
   - photographic plates (2) showing the new cementery gates and the church
   
   - copper and wood printing blocks of the above images
   
   3. Postcard showing 'Valley view, Llangwyryfon'. Early 20th c.

Acc.No: 4464   Date of material: 1868-1935 approx.   Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Documents relating to the life of Captain Martin Jones, Brongest View, Brongest (1889 - 1973) (Ref: ADX/1948)
Small collection of items relating to the life of the above.
Acc.No: 4463   Date of material: 1903 - 53 ?   Extent: I folder   Access: TBC Not yet in the catalogue

Aberbanc Ein Bore Bach (Ref: ADX/1537 (2nd copy))
Llyfr/Book: Aberbanc Ein Bore Bach: Ysgol Cynradd Aberbanc 1848-2016 [History of Aberbanc Primary School which closed in 2016]. Cymdeithas Cyn-ddisgyblion Ysgol Gynradd Aberbanc, 2016
Acc.No: 4462   Date of material: 2016   Extent: 1 gyf/vol   Access: Agored/open Not yet in the catalogue

Llanbed ( University of Wales, St David's, Lampeter) College Rag Mag (Ref: ADX/1947)
Llanbed ( University of Wales, St David's, Lampeter, now known as UWTSD) College Rag Mag with advertisements and editorial content. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ITEM CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH IS NOW UNDERSTOOD TO BE OFFENSIVE e,g, sexist, racist, homophobic but is retained to show the social standards of the time.
Acc.No: 4461   Date of material: 1978   Extent: 1 item   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Aberystwyth Gorsedd Circle (Ref: ADX/1946)
Digital images of each stone in the Aberystwyth Gorsedd Circle with details of the inscriptions (using Iolo Morgannwg's Coelbren y Beirdd).
Acc.No: 4460   Date of material: 2024   Extent: 35.4 MB   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

St Ilar's Church, Llanilar (Ref: ADX/1945)
Booklet. St Ilar's Church, Llanilar - A 'History' by Gwynfor Rees
   
   Reset and reprinted edition

Acc.No: 4459   Date of material: 2024   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Rhaglen Gwasanaeth y Maer / Mayor's Service Programme (Ref: ABT)
Cyngor Tref Aberystwyth, rhaglen Gwasanaeth y Maer (cyngh. Maldwyn Pryse), Capel Seion, Aberystwyth, 19 Mai 2024
   
   Aberystwyth Town Council, programme for Mayor's Service (Cllr. Maldwyn Pryse), Seion Chapel, Aberystwyth, 29 May 2024

Acc.No: 4458   Date of material: 2024   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Election 2024 political ephemera (Ref: ADX/1944)
Leaflets and other printed campaign material produced by local candidates and their parties prior to the UK general election on 4 July 2024
Acc.No: 4457   Date of material: 2024   Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Penmorfa (Penbryn) School Admissions Register (Ref: PNB/R/1)
Admissions register, Penmorfa Council School
Acc.No: 4456   Date of material: 1896-1946   Extent: 1 vol   Access: Restricted to records over 100 years old Not yet in the catalogue

Photograph of young man by H.H. Davies (Ref: ADX/1943)
Portrait photograph of unidentified seated young man on carte de visite, photographer H.H. Davies of Pier Street Aberystwyth. Henry Hicks Davies (1862-1943, active 1881 - c.1925)
Acc.No: 4455   Date of material: c.1900   Extent: 1 item   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Henry Julian Jones, harbourmaster at Aberystwyth (Ref: ADX/1942)
Epherema, photographs and documents relating to the career of Henry Julian Jones, harbour master at Aberystwyth c. 1948-1954 ?
Acc.No: 4454   Date of material: 20th century   Extent: 1 folder   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Postcards received by Miss Lloyd of Talgarreg (Ref: ADX/1941)
Album of postcards sent to Miss Lloyd.
Acc.No: 4453   Date of material: Early 20th c.   Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Aberystwyth Cemetery Ledger and Petty Cash Book (Ref: ABM/SE/CE TBC)
1.Aberystwyth Cemetery Ledger 1946-1955
   
   2. Aberystwyth Cemetery Petty Cash Book (note at start "Previous Petty Cash records lost in last audit") 1967- 1974

Acc.No: 4452   Date of material: 1946-1974   Extent: 2 items   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Various items relating to Ceredigion (Ref: ADX/1940)
1. Aberystwyth May Queen Festival Wednesday, May 11th 1932
   
   2. Cardiganshire Federation of Young Farmer's Clubs, Grand Coronation County Rally at Tregaron, Saturday, 6th June, 1953
   
   3. The Unique Village Borth, by A.E. Richards & Alan Sharpe
   
   4. Tregaron and District Directory 2003
   
   5. Card advertising 'Harry's'
   
   6. Ceredigion, A guide to Local Public Transport Services c. 2000
   
   7. Black & Green for 120 years 1884/2004, Aberystwyth Town Football Club 2004/5 season
   
   8. Tregaron Trails, selection of local walks
   
   9. Yellow Pages Shrewsbury, Telford & Mid Wales 2017-2018
   
   10. The Phone Book Aberystwyth 2013/2014
   
   11. Directory of Local Bus Services Travel Guide Correct from 18th May 2014

Acc.No: 4451   Date of material: 20th & early 21st century   Extent: 11 items   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Aguila Wren Edited Version (Ref: ADX/1939)
The 'Aguila Wrens' with particular reference to the Miller family of Aberystwyth by Peter G. Williams. A talk given to the Ceredigion Family History society in 2021
Acc.No: 4450   Date of material: 2021   Extent: 1 MP4 file 1 USB   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Items from depositor's mother and other relatives. (Ref: ADX/1938)
2 Ardwyn full photographs; 1 small classroom photo possibly Edwardian; Ardwyn hat, scarf and tie; Anti-gas training certificates; role book for postmen; 2 St John Ambulance certificates; 2 Gymanfa Ganu programmes; 1951 Celtic Aberystwyth leaflet; Tanycae chapel photo; Programmes for Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth 1964 and Urdd National Eisteddfod 1969; 5 Ardwynians; Admission Ticket Freedom of the Borough to Regiment of the Welsh Guards; llyfr Defi Dwdl-Dw a'r Cawr.
Acc.No: 4449   Date of material: 20th century   Extent:    Access:  Not yet in the catalogue

Items relating to William Ernest Evans, Ainsdale, South Road, Aberystwyth (Ref: ADX/1938)
Framed medal, certificate, 2 Post Office booklets, Imitation of Christ good wishes book
Acc.No: 4448   Date of material: 1930's, 1940's   Extent:    Access:  Not yet in the catalogue

Photographs of performances by the Children's Section of the Borth Improvements Committee (Ref: ADX/1938)
Photographs of early 1950s performances in Borth Public Hall organised by Mrs Lees (who appears in one photograph) who also devised the scripts and the backcloth, props et cetera.
   
   Photographs of Borth Carnival, mainly 1950s and early 1960s.

Acc.No: 4447   Date of material: 1950-early 1960s   Extent: 7 items & envelope   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Toblerone cards album (Ref: MUS/611)
Hardback album for stamps produced by Toblerone, the Swiss chocolate company: the title and some of the text is in Esperanto.
   
   The stamps were collected much as cigarette cards. They depict a variety of subjects. Many of them are also in Esperanto. The album contains approx. 650 stamps.

Acc.No: 4446   Date of material: c. 1930s   Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Llwybr Hanes Tregaron Town Trail (Ref: CSC/RO/15)
Llyfryn dwyieithog/Bilingual booklet
   
   
   
   Llwybr Hanes Tregaron - taith gerdded o amgylch y dref hanesyddol. Cynchyrchwyd gan Archifdy Ceredigion.
   
   Tregaron Town Trail - a walking tour of the historic town. Produced by Ceredigion Archives.
   
   
   
   2 gopi o'r llyfryn ynghyd a ffeiliau electronig / 2 copies of the printed booklet and electronic files.

Acc.No: 4445   Date of material: 2024   Extent: 2 copies   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Sale catalogue, the Cwm Estate (Ref: MUS/610)
(Photocopy). Sale catalogue, the Cwm Estate near Aberystwyth, property of David Howell Esq. (deceased).
   
   Included in the sale are the following: The Cwm mansion with gardens, grounds, outbuildings, gardener's cottage, etc.; Old Cwm Farm; Nantcellan; 3 cottages, viz. Penybont, Ivy Villa, and Glancoed; Four houses in North Road, Aberystwyth, viz. Mildred, Tyhedd; Trewen, and Tremore; No. 3 Marine Terrace; No. 49 Portland Street.
   
   The whole to be sold by auction on 14 July 1920.

Acc.No: 4444   Date of material: 1920   Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

The Lloyd and Edwardes families (Ref: MUS/609)
(Photocopy) Annals and Pedigrees of the Lloyds and Edwardes of Crynfryn, and other families, in the parish of Nantgwnlle, County Cardigan, and elsewhere. Compiled for the late Rev. Evan Edwardes, M.A., and edited for the press for Mrs Evan Edwardes by John Davies (Late of the National Library of Wales).
Acc.No: 4443   Date of material: April 1931   Extent: 10 ff   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Oven and lamp catalogues (Ref: MUS/608)
Printed catalogues of home equipment: cooking ranges, ovens, lamps etc.
Acc.No: 4442   Date of material: c. 1930s   Extent: 4 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

1937 coronation programme (Ref: MUS/607)
Official Souvenir Programme: The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI & Queen Elizabeth on 12 May 1937.
Acc.No: 4441   Date of material: 1937   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

1902 coronation programme (Ref: MUS/606)
Coronation Day Official Programme, Borough of Aberystwyth, listing celebratory events to take place on the day of the coronation of king Edward VII, 26 June 1902.
Acc.No: 4440   Date of material: 1902   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Dyfed Murders cutting (Ref: MUS/605)
Newspaper cutting from The Western Mail with article on 'The killer who became the peasants' hero' i.e. Wil Cefncoch who killed Lord Lisburne's gamekeeper Joseph Butler in 1868. The story was dramatized by S4C.
Acc.No: 4439   Date of material: 11 November 1987   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Two negatives (Ref: MUS/604)
1. 3 dogs on a wall, two whippets and a terrier
   
   2. Man and whippet

Acc.No: 4438   Date of material: 1930s approx.   Extent: 2 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

GWR luggage labels (Ref: MUS/603)
Ten Great Western Railway and British Railways luggage labels.
   
   Railways were nationalized in 1947 and these labels are from both before and after that event, when private rail companies (including GWR) were subsumed into British Railways.

Acc.No: 4437   Date of material: c. 1940s   Extent: 10 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Royal visit to the Coliseum (Ref: CDD/MUS/9)
Visit of Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, to Ceredigion Museum at the Coliseum, Aberystwyth. Dr John Owen's (Curator's) ticket to the event, and typed guest list.
Acc.No: 4436   Date of material: 1983   Extent: 2 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Inquiry into siting of Aberystwyth fire station (Ref: MUS/602)
Typed statement by Richard Jenkin Ellis to the enquiry into siting of Aberystwyth fire station. The site under consideration iis the vacant site on the corner of North Road and Queen's Road, at the rear of the former Queen's Hotel.
   
   Some annotations.

Acc.No: 4435   Date of material: >1952   Extent: 2 ff   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Rum label (Ref: MUS/601)
Bottle label, Fine Old Jamaica Rum (70 Proof) bottled by David Roberts & Sons (Brewers) Ltd., Aberystwyth.
Acc.No: 4434   Date of material: no date   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Penguin Cafe bags (Ref: MUS/600)
Paper bags and napkins (2 of each) with the Penguin Cafe (8 Pier Street, Aberystwyth) logo. 'Lunches, Refreshments, Ices'. Proprietors: A. Antoniazzi & Sons.
Acc.No: 4433   Date of material: 1940s approx.   Extent: 4 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Shani Pob Man (Ref: MUS/599)
Documents, newspaper cuttings and postcard relating to Shani Pob Man, Cei Bach, New Quay
Acc.No: 4432   Date of material:    Extent:    Access:  Not yet in the catalogue

Rhys Beynon Davies (Ref: ADX/1937)
Casgliad o eitemau yn perthyn i Rhys Beynon Davies, peilot yn ystod y Rhyfel Mawr
   
   Rhai eitemau gwreiddiol ynghyd a chopiau.

Acc.No: 4431   Date of material:    Extent:    Access: Agored Not yet in the catalogue

Aberystwyth Council School (Girls) syllabus and record books (Ref: ABY/C/X/G/2)
Three books containing schemes of work, syllabus of work, reports, examination schedules, reports on individual pupils, weekly record of work, memoranda etc. With some loose material.
   
   1. Syllabus and Record Book, Girls, 5th class, school year ending 31 March 1946.
   
   2. Syllabus and Record Book, Girls, 5th class, school year ending 31 March 1947.
   
   3. Syllabus and Record Book, Girls, 6th and 7th class, school year ending 31 March 1947.

Acc.No: 4430   Date of material: 1946-1947   Extent: 3 items   Access: CLOSED Not yet in the catalogue

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