University of Wales Guild of Graduates Papers,

Papers of the University of Wales Guild of Graduates, 1979-1983, include minutes and reports of meetings of the Guild of Graduates and its standing committee and correspondence, 1979-1983, and programmes of degree ceremonies and reports and newsletters from constituent colleges, 1979-1983.

The Guild of Graduates or the 'Third Estate' was a convocation that was established by the Charter which set up the University of Wales in 1893. Its composition was revised by the provision of the Supplemental Charter of 1920. Everyone who graduates within the University of Wales becomes a member of the Guild of Graduates. The aim of the Guild is 'to enable past and present students to come together in mutual fellowship, to advance the cause of education in Wales, and to foster and support historical and literary research'. The Guild's activities are overseen by a Standaing Committee, and it has a number of regional branches, in Wales and elsewhere, and sections covering subjects. The Guild's activities run in parallel with those of alumni bodies of the individual bodies, e.g. University of Aberystwyth Old Student's Association.

Arranged by subject.

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Donated by Hywel D. Roberts, Cardiff, in September 1983.

The Guild of Graduates or the 'Third Estate' was a convocation that was established by the Charter which set up the University of Wales in 1893. Its composition was revised by the provision of the Supplemental Charter of 1920. Everyone who graduates within the University of Wales becomes a member of the Guild of Graduates. The aim of the Guild is 'to enable past and present students to come together in mutual fellowship, to advance the cause of education in Wales, and to foster and support historical and literary research'. The Guild's activities are overseen by a Standaing Committee, and it has a number of regional branches, in Wales and elsewhere, and sections covering subjects. The Guild's activities run in parallel with those of alumni bodies of the individual bodies, e.g. University of Aberystwyth Old Student's Association.

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

A hard copy of the catalogue is available in 'Minor Lists and Summaries 1984' at the National Library of Wales.

April 2003

Compiled by Seri Crawley for the ANW Project The following sources were used for the preparation of the description: NLW Minor Lists and Summaries (1984); G. H. Jenkins, The University of Wales: An Illustrated History (Cardiff, 1993); Williams, J. Gwynn, The University Movement in Wales (Cardiff, 1993).

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The main archive of the Guild of Graduates is in NLW, UNIVWALES, University of Wales Archive.

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