Manifesto LLYFRGELL GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU HYDRef THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES Cylchlythyr yr Archif Wleidyddol Gymreig 43 The Welsh Political Archive Newsletter ARCHIFAU’R CEIDWADWYR 2012 CONSERvATIvE PARTY ARCHIvES ARCHIF YMGYRCH ‘IE DROS ‘YES FOR WALES’ ARCHIvE 2011 GYMRU’ 2011 PHILIP WEEkES’S ARCHIvE ARCHIF PHILIP WEEkES MENNA RICHARDS’S LECTURE DARLITH MENNA RICHARDS OBITUARY TO SIRIOL COLLEY ER COF AM SIRIOL COLLEY BOOk REvIEWS ADOLYGIADAU LLYFRAU Maniffesto www.llgc.org.uk Eluned Morgan DERBYNIADAU DERBYNIADAU ACCESSIONS ACCESSIONS ARCHIFAU’R BLAID GEIDWADOL YNG NGHYMRU WELSH CONSERvATIvE PARTY ARCHIvES Roedd pawb sydd yn gysylltiedig â’r AWG wrth eu bodd All associated with the Welsh Political Archive were delighted to i dderbyn ym mis Medi 2011 archif sylweddol iawn o gofnodion receive in September 2011, through the good offices of Mr Matthew a gynhyrchwyd gan y Blaid Geidwadol yng Nghymru. Fe’u Lane, the party’s Welsh director and a highly valued member of the derbyniwyd trwy gydweithrediad parod Mr Matthew Lane, WPA advisory committee, a most substantial archive of records cyfarwyddwr y blaid yng Nghymru ac aelod uchel ei barch generated by the Welsh Conservative Party. They derive from the o bwyllgor ymgynghorol yr AWG. Maent yn dyddio o’r cyfnod period c. 1950-2010, but date mainly from the post-1990 years. Many c. 1950-2010, ond yn bennaf o’r blynyddoedd ar ôl 1990. Mae derive from parliamentary, local, European and National Assembly llawer yn ymdrin ag etholiadau seneddol, lleol, Ewrop a’r Cynulliad elections, and relate to candidate selection and the conduct and 1916 Davies, David Cenedlaethol, ac yn ymwneud â dewis ymgeiswyr a chynnal progress of the various election campaigns in the Welsh constituencies. a rheoli’r ymgyrchoedd etholiadol o fewn etholaethau Cymru. Papurau’r Arglwydd Dyddiadur Lord Davies of Philip Weekes diary Other records derive from the internal administration of the party Philip Weekes Llandinam Papers Mae cofnodion eraill yn tarddu o weinyddiaeth fewnol y blaid yng in Wales, its various committees and working parties (including Davies o Landinam Through the kindness of Mr Gareth Weekes, the Library has Nghymru, ei phwyllgorau a gweithgorau amrywiol (gan gynnwys agenda and minutes of meetings), its annual and ad hoc conferences, Drwy garedigrwydd Mr Gareth An additional group of papers of Derbyniwyd o law’r Arglwydd received the detailed diary kept agenda a chofnodion cyfarfodydd), cynadleddau blynyddol ac general correspondence, and events and functions in the Welsh Weekes, derbyniodd y Llyfrgell the Davies family of Llandinam Davies presennol grwˆp by his father Mr Philip Weekes achlysurol, yn eu plith gohebiaeth ac adroddiadau gan asiantau lleol. constituencies, including letters and reports from local agents. There y dyddiadur manwl a gadwodd and of Gregynog Hall, near ychwanegol o bapurau’r teulu (1920-2003) during the year Ceir hefyd gopïau o gyhoeddiadau niferus y blaid ynghyd â rhai are also copies of the party’s many publications and some financial ei dad Mr Philip Weekes (1920- Newtown, mainly of David Davies o Landinam a Neuadd 1980. It comprises informative, cofnodion ariannol, y rhain o dan embargo am nifer o flynyddoedd. records, the latter subjected to an embargo on access for some years. 2003) yn ystod y flwyddyn Davies, the first Baron Davies Gregynog, ger y Drenewydd. graphic entries reflecting Mae papurau eraill yn ymdrin â pherthynas a chydweithrediad Other papers relate to the relationship and inter-reaction with the 1980. Ceir ynddo gofnodion of Llandinam (1880-1944). Yn bennaf papurau’r Arglwydd British and Welsh political and y blaid yng Nghymru gyda’r Blaid Geidwadol yn genedlaethol. Conservative Party nationally. dadlennol a threiddgar sydd yn They include a fascinating Davies o Landinam (1880- industrial life during a crucial adlewyrchu bywyd gwleidyddol and detailed journal of his 1944) sydd yn eu plith. Ceir year. As south Wales area Cyflwynwyd yn ogystal nifer o lyfrau cofnodion a phapurau There is also a group of minute books and other records deriving a diwydiannol Prydain a extended tour of the Far East ynddynt ddyddiadur taith director of the National Coal amrywiol eraill yn tarddu o etholaethau dinas Caerdydd a rhai eraill from the Cardiff and neighbouring constituencies which complement Chymru drwy gydol blwyddyn in 1904, and an exercise book hynod ddiddorol a manwl o Board (NCB) from 1973 to cyfagos, cofnodion sydd yn gymar i archif sylweddol o ffynonellau a large group of similar records already in the custody of the Library. dyngedfennol. Fel cyfarwyddwr describing his visit to Bonn gyfnod ei daith estynedig yn y 1985, Mr Weekes was one of the tebyg sydd eisoes ym meddiant y Llyfrgell. Mae cofnodion y Blaid Earlier records deriving from the Welsh Conservative Party are in the rhanbarth de Cymru’r Bwrdd in 1910. They also include Dwyrain Pell ym 1904, a llyfr most significant and respected Geidwadol yng Nghymru o gyfnodau cynt yng ngofal Archif y Blaid custody of the Conservative Party archive at the Bodleian Library Glo Cenedlaethol (yr NCB) further records of the New ysgrifennu sydd yn disgrifio figures in the mining industry. Geidwadol yn Llyfrgell y Bodley, Rhydychen. Y gobaith yw y bydd in Oxford. It is anticipated that a catalogue of the whole archive rhwng 1973 a 1985, roedd Commonwealth Association, ei daith i Bonn ym 1910. Ceir The diary records the many modd llunio catalog cyfansawdd o’r archif gyfan yn LlGC yn ystod at the NLW will be prepared during 2013-14. Mr Weekes yn un o’r ffigyrau founded by Lord Davies in yn eu plith hefyd gofnodion problems within the Welsh coal y flwyddyn waith nesaf sef 2013-14. mwyaf canolog ac uchel ei 1932, including correspondence pellach y New Commonwealth industry, the threatened closure barch o fewn y diwydiant files, administrative records Association, cymdeithas a of coal pits in south Wales and glo. Cofnoda’r dyddiadur yr and publications, and some sefydlwyd gan yr Arglwydd the role of the NUM. It also anawsterau niferus o fewn further material deriving from Davies ym 1932, gan gynnwys includes several references to the diwydiant glo Cymru, y the Welsh National Memorial ffeiliau gohebiaeth, cofnodion work of the Welsh Development bygythiad i gau pyllau glo Association. This group also gweinyddol a chyhoeddiadau, Corporation, and there are some de Cymru, a swyddogaeth includes interesting diaries kept a deunydd pellach yn ymdrin personal and family allusions. Undeb Cenedlaethol y Glowyr separately by the two Davies â’r Gymdeithas Goffa A few other papers relating to (sef yr NCB). Ceir ynddo sisters, Gwendoline Elizabeth Genedlaethol Gymreig. Mr Weekes have also come to hefyd nifer o gyfeiriadau at Davies (1882-1951) and Cyflwynwyd hefyd dyddiaduron hand. The diary and the papers waith y Corfforaeth Datblygu Margaret Sidney Davies (1884- unigol difyr a gadwyd gan have been added to the Philip Gymreig ynghyd â nifer o 1963), during their visit to y ddwy chwaer Davies, sef Weekes Papers already in the hanesion personol a theuluol. Italy in April and May 1909. In Gwendoline Elizabeth Davies custody of the Library. (1882-1951) a Margaret Derbyniwyd hefyd ychydig addition, there are photographs Sidney Davies (1884-1963), o bapurau eraill Mr Weekes. of various members of the yn ystod eu hymweliad â’r Ychwanegwyd y dyddiadur Davies family, glass negatives, Eidal yn ystod misoedd Ebrill a’r papurau at Bapurau Philip and programmes of events such a Mai 1909. Yn ogystal, ceir Weekes sydd eisoes yng ngofal as of the Gregynog Festivals ffotograffau o nifer o aelodau y Llyfrgell. and musical concerts. They will teulu Davies, negyddion eventually be incorporated in gwydr, ynghyd â rhaglenni the extensive archive of the Lord digwyddiadau megis Gwyliau Davies of Llandinam already Gregynog a chyngherddau in the custody of the National cerddorol. Y bwriad yw eu Library. The preparation of hymgorffori o fewn yr archif a composite list of the entire helaeth o bapurau’r Arglwydd archive is now well advanced. Davies, Llandinam sydd eisoes ym meddiant y Llyfrgell. Mae’r gwaith o lunio rhestr cyfansawdd o’r archif gyfan bellach yn dirwyn i ben. HYDREF 2012 — RHIFYN 43 Cylchlythyr yr Archif Wleidyddol Gymreig AUTUMN 2012 — ISSUE 43 The Welsh Political Archive Newsletter DERBYNIADAU DERBYNIADAU ACCESSIONS ACCESSIONS Papurau ymchwil Lloyd George: Dylan Phillips Lloyd George: Dylan Phillips drama un dyn research papers one-man play Mae’r AWG wedi derbyn, drwy Roedd y Llyfrgell yn rhyfeddol The WPA has received, The Library was delighted to haelioni Dr Dylan Phillips, o falch i dderbyn oddi wrth through the generosity of Dr receive from its author, the grwˆp o ohebiaeth, papurau ei hawdur, sef y dramodydd Dylan Phillips, a group of highly distinguished playwright swyddogol a thorion papur o fri D. J. Britton o Abertawe, correspondence, official papers D. J. Britton of Swansea, the newydd, 1983-92, a gasglwyd testun ei ddrama un-dyn, sef and press cuttings, 1983-92, text of his one-man play entitled ynghyd gan Mr John Phillips, ‘The Wizard, the Goat and the accumulated by Mr John ‘The Wizard, the Goat and The cyn Gyfarwyddwr Addysg ac Man who won the War’, am Phillips, the former Director of Man Who Won the War’ about ar ôl hynny Prif Weithredwr y gwladweinydd mawr David Education and later the Chief the great statesman David Lloyd Cyngor Sir Dyfed. Mae hefyd Lloyd George. Richard Elfyn, Executive of the Dyfed County George. Starring BAFTA- yn gyn Is-lywydd Llyfrgell yr actor a enillodd BAFTA, Council. He is also a former winning actor Richard Elfyn, Genedlaethol Cymru. Maent oedd yn chwarae rhan Vice-president of the National the play completed its acclaimed yn ymdrin yn bennaf â pholisi Lloyd George yn y ddrama Library of Wales. They relate first theatre tour of Wales with Cyngor Sir Dyfed ar ddysgu’r a orffennodd ei thaith uchel mainly to the policy of the performances at the Richard iaith Gymraeg.