Volumes of newspaper cuttings

Four volumes of newspaper cuttings relating to the National Eisteddfod of Wales held in Swansea, Llangollen, Colwyn Bay and Bangor in 1907, 1908, 1910 and 1915. The cuttings have been taken from The South Wales Daily News, The Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald, The Liverpool Daily Post, The Manchester Guardian, The Liverpool Echo, The London Star, The Daily News, Y Genedl Gymreig, The North Wales Chronicle, The North Wales Pioneer and The Times.

Two volumes of newspaper cuttings taken from Y Genedl Gymreig of articles on Caernarfonshire folklore by John Jones, also known as Myrddin Fardd, 1908 February - 1909 February.

Volume of newspaper cuttings taken from Yr Herald Cymraeg of articles on the history and antiquities of Anglesey by Richard Parry, also known as Gwalchmai, 1911 - 1912.

No information was available regarding the creator of these volumes at time of compilation of description.

Items incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts

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Volumes transferred to the Archives Department from the Welsh Library of the University of Wales Bangor.

Description compiled by Elen Wyn Hughes, May 2002.

An item level typescript catalogue is available at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor. Reference numbers : General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts 28283-28289

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