The 'Golden Book of Welcome' or 'Llyfr Aur Croeso', containing signatures of visitors to Wales during the Festival of Wales in 1958.
Signatories include members of the Royal Family (ff. 1-3 verso) and the Festival of Wales organising committee (ff. 7-8 verso); competitors at (ff. 34-48) and visitors to (ff. 72 verso-79 verso) the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, July 1958; and visitors to the Royal Welsh Show at Bangor, 23-25 July 1958 (ff. 49-50), the Ebbw Vale National Eisteddfod (ff. 50 verso-51), and the Llangollen International Eisteddfod (ff. 57-72).
Festival of Wales Golden Book of Welcome,
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 16181F.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004437343
- Dates of Creation
- 1958.
- Language of Material
- English Welsh English, Welsh.
- Physical Description
- i, 84 ff. ; 460 x 360 mm. Red morocco over boards; gold tooling on front cover, double gold fillets on spine, blind fillets on back cover; '1958 Llyfr aur croeso gŵyl Cymru The golden book of welcome Festival of Wales' (gold on front cover); watered silk end-papers.
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Western Mail Ltd; Cardiff; Donation; May 1960
Note
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16181F.
Archivist's Note
July 2006 and May 2014.
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;
Conditions Governing Use
Usual copyright laws apply.
Additional Information
Published
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales