University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Department of Welsh History Archives,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Scope and Content

Papers, 1913-1974, produced and acquired by the Department of Welsh History, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and University of Wales Aberystwyth, comprising a variety of studies and research materials relating to Welsh history, and including small groups of papers of Sir J. Goronwy Edwards (1891-1976) and Professor David Williams (1900-1978).

Administrative / Biographical History

Welsh history has been taught and researched at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, from the college's foundation in 1872, but there was no distinct Chair or Department of Welsh History until 1931. The Department has since been subsumed into the Department of History and Welsh History, and in 1996 the University became the University of Wales Aberystwyth.

Arrangement

Arranged into the following: Sir J. Goronwy Edwards; Professor David Williams; and miscellanea.

Access Information

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.

Acquisition Information

Donated by the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth per Prof. R. Geraint Gruffydd in February 1993.

Note

Welsh history has been taught and researched at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, from the college's foundation in 1872, but there was no distinct Chair or Department of Welsh History until 1931. The Department has since been subsumed into the Department of History and Welsh History, and in 1996 the University became the University of Wales Aberystwyth.

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

Other Finding Aids

A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1993, pp. 84-85, at the National Library of Wales.

Archivist's Note

June 2003

Compiled by David Moore for the ANW project. The following sources were consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Minor Lists and Summaries 1993; UW Aberystwyth, Department of History and Welsh History website, June 2003; Williams, J. Gwynn, The University of Wales 1893-1939 (University of Wales; Aberystwyth, 1997).

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Appraisal Information

Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..

Accruals

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Additional Information

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