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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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A Tour of Hafod facsimile (Ref: ADX/1936)
Facsimile copy of A Tour of Hafod [Hafod Uchtryd, seat of Thomas Johnes] by James Edward Smith, originally published 1810. The tour described took place in 1796.
Acc.No: 4429   Date of material: Modern copy of 1810 original.   Extent: 1 vol.   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Material from the churches at Llandysiliogogo, Llangrannog and St. Michael's Penbryn (Ref: CPR, Llandysiliogogo, Penbryn, Llangrannog)
To be listed
Acc.No: 4428   Date of material:    Extent:    Access: tbc Not yet in the catalogue

Estate catalogue, photograph and two photocopies of photographs. (Ref: ADX/1935)
Estate catalogue for a portion of the Penglais Estate 1885 ; photograph of hay-making in Llangrannog 1935 and two photocopies of Coronation celebrations outside the chapel at Capel Dewi ( near Aberystwyth )
Acc.No: 4427   Date of material: 1885-1953   Extent: 3 items   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Teyrnged i'r diweddar Morgan Herbert, Hafod Ychdrud, 1687 (Ref: ADX/1934)
Teyrnged i'r diweddar Morgan Herbert, Hafod Ychdrud, 1687 - adysgrif a llungopi o'r gwreiddiol.
Acc.No: 4426   Date of material:    Extent: 1 envelope   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

I'r rhai a gwympodd / To the Fallen gan/by 'Nemo' (Ref: MUS/598)
Testun y Bryddest fuddugol yn Eisteddfod Colofn-Goffa, Aberystwyth, 27 Mehefin 1923. Gyda beirniadaeth gan yr Athro T. Gwynn Jones
Acc.No: 4425   Date of material: 1923   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Sinking of the Gladys (Ref: MUS/597)
Research (copy) by Jenny Phillips on the brigantine Gladys of Aberystwyth
Acc.No: 4424   Date of material:    Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Bryneithin Hall sale catalogue (Ref: MUS/596)
Sale catalogue of the contents of Bryneithin Hall, Llanfarian, Aberystwyth, to be sold by auction on 16 April 1980.
Acc.No: 4423   Date of material: 1980   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Aberystwyth Carnival singing programme (Ref: MUS/595)
Programme and song lyrics for Community Singing during the Aberystwyth Carnival on 22 August 1928, to be led by 'The Harmonious Order of Cheerful Grasshoppers'. Collections to be held in aid of Aberystwyth Infirmary. Some of the lyrics are questionable by today's standards.
Acc.No: 4422   Date of material: 1928   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Ceredigion Pub Signs (Ref: MUS/594)
Booklet by M.D. Hayward containing a compilation of photographs of pub signs in Ceredigion.
Acc.No: 4421   Date of material: 2007   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Miscellaneous items (Ref: MUS/593)
Shop bag, AA route map, and hire purchase agreement for a Singer sewing machine.
Acc.No: 4420   Date of material: Early 20th c   Extent: 3 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Wartime books on food and rationing (Ref: MUS/592)
Two books on food preservation and rationing during WWII
Acc.No: 4419   Date of material: 1940s   Extent: 2 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Lewis of Lampeter bag (Ref: MUS/591)
Paper bag from Lewis' of Lampeter, General Drapers and Outfitters, Agents for St David's College, Bradford House 14 College Street, Lampeter.
Acc.No: 4418   Date of material: Early 20th c   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Memorial cards and funeral service orders, mostly Cwmystwyth area (Ref: ADX/1933)
Casliad oes o gardiau angladdol a chasglaid o'r 'hen' gardiau bach prin
   
   
   
   1. Memorial cards (Victorian/Edwardian)
   
   2. Funeral service orders (more recent)

Acc.No: 4417   Date of material: 19th-21st c.   Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Shilling Guide to Cardiganshire (Ref: MUS/590)
Guidebook to Cardiganshire and Breconshire.
Acc.No: 4416   Date of material: <1971   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Mini ledger from T. Powell & Co. (Ref: MUS/589)
Blank mini ledger for household use.
Acc.No: 4415   Date of material: c. 1920s   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Belling appliances catalogue (Ref: MUS/588)

Acc.No: 4414   Date of material: 1956   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Aberystwyth Cycling Club programmes (Ref: MUS/587)
Leaflets and programmes for fundraising and other events mostly organized by Abersytwyth Cycling Club.
Acc.No: 4413   Date of material: Early 20th c.   Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Papers of Cyril Thompson and Margaret C. Evans (Ref: MUS/568)
Papers of Cyril Thompson and Margaret Catherine Evans, 1939-1945 and of parents of Cyril Thompson
Acc.No: 4412   Date of material:    Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Papers of Ceinwen Evans, Bontgoch (Ref: ADX/1932)
Ceinwen Evans was born at Llawrcwmbach, Bontgoch. She was a teacher at Ardwyn Grammar School, Aberystwyth
Acc.No: 4411   Date of material: 1950s and later, apparently   Extent: 1 box   Access: TBC Not yet in the catalogue

League of Friends of Bronglais Hospital (Ref: DSO/155 additional records)
Further records of the organization.
Acc.No: 4410   Date of material: 2000s   Extent: 1 box   Access: Open subject to GDPR Not yet in the catalogue

Aberystwyth Town Guides (Ref: ADX/1931)
Aberystwyth Town Guides
Acc.No: 4409   Date of material: 1991, 1994, 2001   Extent: 3 items   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Ardwyn magazine and space race newspapers (Ref: MUS/586)
1. Ardwyn County School, Aberystwyth Jubilee Magazine 1896-1946
   
   2. Western Mail, pp 1-6, 9 and 10, headline 'Next Stop the Moon - Russians can do it say world scientist', 4 November 1957
   
   3. Daily Mirror front page, headline: 'Space Race - Final Lap...'. 25 March 1961

Acc.No: 4408   Date of material: 1946-1961   Extent: 3 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Lampeter items (Ref: MUS/585)
1. St David's College [Lampeter] Magazine, Memorial Number 1920. Includes the Lampeter Roll of Honour.
   
   2. Circular letter from the College Principal included in the above magazine, appealing for funds for a 'permanent and worthy' memorial for members of the College who fell in the Great War. 1919
   
   3. Handwritten religious notes (in Welsh) labelled on front 'Gobaith etc.' and 'Dowlais & Merthyr July 1888 / Cefn June 4th 1871. B.' Author unknown.

Acc.No: 4407   Date of material:    Extent: 3 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Receipt for maritime supplies (Ref: MUS/584)
Receipt for rope and new Fore Topsail from Thomas S. Chadwick, Runcorn, to the Owners of the ship Prudence, Aberystwyth.
   
   
   
   Prudence (#9211) was first registered in Aberystwyth in 1837 and was still sailing in the 1850s

Acc.No: 4406   Date of material: 15 August 1868   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Photograph of rugby club officials (Ref: MUS/583)
B/W photograph of five men and a woman, officials of a rugby club. With accompanying letter (barely legible) identifying the club and individuals. More info to be deciphered.
Acc.No: 4405   Date of material: c. 1979   Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Items relating to Cardigan (Ref: MUS/582)
Bookplate and menu designs, page from family Bible, letter.
Acc.No: 4404   Date of material: 1808-1921 approx.   Extent:    Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Papers of Miss A. Morgan (Ref: MUS/581)
Papers of Miss A. Morgan, formerly a teacher at Blaenplwyf.
Acc.No: 4403   Date of material: 1930s onwards   Extent: 5 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Llyfryn emynau (Ref: MUS/580)
Llyfryn: Tonau ac Emynau gogyfer a'r Gymanfa Gerddorol a gynhelir yn Blaenplwyf, Dydd Gwener Mai 28ain, 1920
Acc.No: 4402   Date of material: 1920   Extent: 1 eitem   Access: Agored Not yet in the catalogue

Effemera Tabernacl ephemera (Ref: MUS/579)
1. Rhaglen dadorchuddio'r Gofgolofn i'r Gwroniaid a syrthiodd yn y Rhyfel Mawr 1914-1918, a gynhelir yn Eglwys y Tabernacl, Aberystwyth, Dydd Mercher 6 Gorffennaf 1921.
   
   2-9. Tystysgrifau Ysgol Sul a ddyfarnwyd i Edward Jenkins gan Y Tabernacl, 1885-1898

Acc.No: 4401   Date of material: 1885-1921   Extent: 9 items   Access: Agored Not yet in the catalogue

Printed booklets (Ref: MUS/578)
1. The Highway Code (between 1934-1937)
   
   2. Llythyr Cymanfa y Bedyddwyr Neillduol yn Siroedd Caerfyrddin a Cheredigion am y flwyddyn 1905 ('Blwyddyn y Diwygiad').

Acc.No: 4400   Date of material: 1905 and 1934-1937   Extent: 2 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Rhys Hughes & Son bags (Ref: MUS/577)
Printed paper bags (small and larger) for goods sold by Rhys Hughes & Son, Specialists in Fashions, White Hall, Lampeter (phone 422555).
Acc.No: 4399   Date of material: mid-20th c.   Extent: 2 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Road map with advertisements (Ref: MUS/576)
Best Roads to Best Traders, Aberystwyth and District. Fold-out map of Wales surrounded by trade advertisements for businesses in the Aberystwyth area. Published by Fleet Sales Service Ltd, London.
Acc.No: 4398   Date of material: No date - c. 1910s.   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Aberystwyth Infirmary report (Ref: MUS/575)
Printed report of the Aberystwyth Infirmary and Cardiganshire General Hospital for the year 1840. Includes patient numbers and other statistics, and abstract of the accounts. With list of subscribers and donors.
   
   Posted to Jonathan Anwyl Esq. of 'Llygwy, Merionithshire' [Llugwy, near Pennal] in February 1841.
   
   Blue 2d stamp.

Acc.No: 4397   Date of material: 1840   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Gemau Gwirionedd (Ref: MUS/574)
'Gems of Truth' - booklet of worthy quotes and bon mots in Welsh and English, published as a souvenir of the North Cardiganshire Missionary Exhibition, Aberystwyth, May 1927.
Acc.No: 4396   Date of material: 1927   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Programmes for the Royal Pier Pavilion (Ref: MUS/573)
Programmes of entertainment at the Royal Pier Pavilion, Aberystwyth
Acc.No: 4395   Date of material: 1898-1912   Extent: 3 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Billhead from J. Hugh Jones (Ref: MUS/572)
Headed invoice (blank) from J. Hugh Jones & Son, General Drapers and Gent's Mercers ('Funerals furnished'), Castle House, Aberaeron.
Acc.No: 4394   Date of material: >1900   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Photograph of 31 Eastgate, Aberystwyth (Ref: ADX/1930)
Photograph of 31 Eastgate Aberystwyth. Possibly taken in the early 1980s before the shop closed. This shop, and one opposite were owned by the same family. Everyone knew them as "Thomas y Farchnad".
Acc.No: 4393   Date of material: Later 20th century   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Photograph of four men (Ref: MUS/571)
Photograph of four men and a cat (in a nautical setting?)
Acc.No: 4392   Date of material: c. 1900?   Extent: 1 item   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Invoices and accounts, certificates, and photographs. (Ref: MUS/570)
Invoices and accounts relating to Phillips or Pryse Philips family including funeral expenses of H. Thomas and three pages of profits/freights/dues/cartage on groceries. Invitationsto Philips' family for opening of National Libraryu of Wales in 1911 and photographs ofexterior and interior details at Bethel Baptist Chapel, Aberystwyth. Also one page of genealogical material probably taken from an old bible.
Acc.No: 4391   Date of material: 1891-1936   Extent: 1 folder   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Almanack and Account Book for 1855 ,and notebook with grocery purchases 1920s (Ref: MUS/569)
Almanack and Account Book for 1855, and notebook with grocery purchases 1920s.
Acc.No: 4390   Date of material: 1855, 1920s   Extent: 2 items   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

School exercise book belonging to Margaret Jones, Ty Newydd, Cribyn [?] Lampeter (Ref: MUS/567)
School exercise book belonging to Margaret Jones, Ty Newydd, Cribyn [?] Lampeter when at Llanwnen School 1882-1889. The book contains notes such as her birth date of 1st March 1874
Acc.No: 4389   Date of material: 1882-1889   Extent: 1 item   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Papers relating to Catherine ( Katie ) Griffiths and William Harris (Ref: MUS/566)
Papers relating to the lives and careers of Catherine ( Katie ) Griffiths and William Harris, the former a music teacher and bard, the latter a ships' carpenter and seaman.
Acc.No: 4388   Date of material: 1876-1952   Extent: 1 folder   Access: open Not yet in the catalogue

Cabinet Minutes of Ceredigion County Council and other material (Ref: CSC)
Minutes and Agendas of Ceredigion County Council
Acc.No: 4387   Date of material: 2002-   Extent: 18 boxes   Access: TBC - there may be confidential pinkies in boxes Not yet in the catalogue

Nancy Kirk slides (Ref: ADX/1929)
Transparencies taken by Professor Nancy Kirk (1916-2005), geologist, botanist, palaeontologist, communist. She studied at Cambridge and worked at Abersytwyth University. She lived at Tanygeulan near Llanafan.
   
   Subjects include local natural history, Trawscoed, Llanafan, the University campus, holidays abroad, etc.
   
   The slides have been indexed, possibly by John Corfield (see ADX/1928).
   
   Copy of Prof. Kirk's obituary is kept with the collection.

Acc.No: 4386   Date of material:    Extent: 11 OXO boxes   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Photographs of John Corfield (Ref: ADX/1928)
Two framed photographs of John Corfield (1933-2020), head gardener at Penglais campus of Aberystwyth University, president of the Cardiganshire Horticultural Society, and amateur actor.
   
   A printout of a tribute by Professor Elizabeth Treasure, Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University, has been placed with the collection.

Acc.No: 4385   Date of material: 1930s approx.   Extent: 2 items   Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue

Lluniau, llyfr lloffion a phapurau cymysg Katie ac Arthur Morris (Ref: ADX/1927)
Llyfr lloffion o hen erthyglau o'r Cambrian News gan Katie Morris (m. 1979) a ddefnyddir gan ei mab Arthur I greu a cyhoeddi'r llyfr 'Pentre Capel' yn 1988. Hefyd casglaid o hen luniau (y mwyafrif o Llangeitho), llythyrau o'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf, llythyr I Katie Morris oddi wrth Amgueddfa Werin St. Fagan, a cyhoeddiadau cymysg.
Acc.No: 4384   Date of material: 19th-20th   Extent: One large envelope   Access: tbc Not yet in the catalogue

Dyddiaduron a llyfrau ysgol y teulu Jones, Ponthirwaun (Ref: ADX/1926)
15 dyddiadur yn dyddio o1914-1968. Awdur i'w ganfod.
   
   
   
   12 llyfr ysgol 1934-1939 yn berchen i Daniel Jones, Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi.
   
   
   
   2 argraffiad o 'The Demetian', cylchgrawn Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi.
   
   
   
   1 argraffiad o 'Keezle Wacka', 1952

Acc.No: 4383   Date of material: 1914-1974   Extent: 30 eitem   Access: tbc Not yet in the catalogue

Merched y Wawr Llanfarian a'r Cylch (Ref: DSO/33/6/5)
Cofnodion MYW 2009-2016
Acc.No: 4382   Date of material: 2009 - 2016   Extent: One volume   Access:  Not yet in the catalogue

Ceredigion County Bowling Association (Ref: DSO/119)
Year Books 2006-2023
   
   Minutes of County Executive meetings and AGMs 1988-2021 - but 2021 edition is not in published form and publication has ceased

Acc.No: 4381   Date of material: 1988-2023   Extent: 1 large box   Access: tbc Not yet in the catalogue

Queen's Road Bowling Club (Ref: DSO/163 addl)
Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings 1954-1974 and 1979-1997
   
   Minutes of AGMs 1977,1978,
   
   Queen's Road Bowling League Results 1954,1955,1987-1992
   
   Match results 1967-1979

Acc.No: 4380   Date of material: 1954-1997   Extent: 2 large boxes   Access: tbc Not yet in the catalogue

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