DALEN 2010 (ENGLISH)_Layout 1 21/12/2010 12:01 Page 1 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales Aberystwyth THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES DNEWSLETTER ALENSPRING 2011 ISSUE 13 Copy of the First Book to be Printed in Wales presented to Pope Benedict XVI A facsimile copy of Y Drych Cristianogawl, a Catholic text and the first book to be printed on Welsh soil, was presented to Pope Benedict XVI at Westminster Cathedral in London on Saturday 18 September 2010. The facsimile was produced by Julian Thomas, 18 September. Manager of the Conservation Treatment Unit Joseph Kelly has great respect for the at The National Library of Wales. Julian is Catholics who produced Y Drych NLW's Julian Thomas presenting 'Y Drych Cristianogawl' one of the leading bookbinders and Cristianogawl. to Joseph Kelly. facsimile makers in Britain and is regularly ‘I have a longstanding interest in Father selected to create an elegant bound copy of William Davies, the first Catholic publisher each of the six shortlisted Booker Prize The world’s first Chair of Digital Collections in Wales. I had always hoped that one day finalists. This facsimile was commissioned by I could raise awareness of Y Drych The National Library in Wrexham! Joseph Kelly, Chief Executive of the Universe Cristianogawl, and it is a great honour for Catholic Weekly. It was presented to the Who was Islwyn Roberts? me to be able to do that and to see the Pope by Bishop Edwin Regan of Wrexham as facsimile copy of that book presented to the Two NLW Collections Win UNESCO Status a gift from the people of Wales during a Pope.’ Meet the Staff Welsh-themed service at Mass in Westminster Cathedral on Saturday morning New look for Café Pen Dinas Charles & Patricia Aithie: Yemen Season’s Highlights Flickr Commons collection Archive films on the Big Screen Last season we were honoured to welcome One of the highlights of the season was an array of well-known faces to the Library. Hollywood actor Matthew Rhys’s visit to the The Proud Valley in Wrexham Firstly, the Labour politician and author Roy Library to promote his recent book about his Hattersley discussed his recently published journey across Patagonia called Patagonia – book about David Lloyd George, Lloyd Crossing the Plain. Date for the George – The Great Outsider. The renowned travel writers and authors Jan Morris and Owen Sheers gave a fascinating insight into Diary their work, and Dr Nick Barratt the well-known family historian talked about Friday 15 April 7.30 p.m. researching the history of your home. ‘How do we sort out this mess?’ Robert Peston, author and BBC Business Editor, discusses the current position of the British and global economies. Admission by ticket £10.00 www.llgc.org.uk 01970 632 800 632 01970 www.llgc.org.uk ISSN 1744-6759 DALEN 2010 (ENGLISH)_Layout 1 21/12/2010 12:01 Page 2 4 January - 2 April 2011 4 January - March 2012 4 January - 2 April 2011 4 January - 26 November 2011 16 April - 2 July 2011 Exhibitions Small World – Travel in Wales and Beyond Step by Step – Tracing your Ancestors at Patricia & Charles Aithie: Yemen Writers of Wales: Islwyn Ffowc Elis & John Welson & Jean-Claude Charbonel: A major exhibition on the history of travel The National Library of Wales An exhibition of striking photographs of Gillian Clarke Surrealism – the Celtic Eye Opening hours: Monday to Saturday and exploration in Wales and beyond An exhibition highlighting the rich family Yemen. An exhibition celebrating the life and work A major An exhibition of Celtic art by two 10.00 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. through images, journals, text and items history resources held at the Library. of Welsh authors Islwyn Ffowc Elis and leading surrealist artists from Wales and Admission is free. from the Library’s unique collections. Gillian Clarke. Brittany. Two NLW Collections Win UNESCO On the Trail of the Hitch-hiker – Penny Richards’s use of the National Library's Flickr Commons collection Who was Islwyn Roberts? Status How did you hear about good for shoes – nothing Cranogwen, she liked them m Two items from the National Library were the National Library’s complicated – shoes have even more. Her work f ha f Wrex among ten items and collections chosen by Flickr Commons collection? such a small space for involves teaching a UNESCO to be the first on a heritage list of t I heard about the Flickr collage elements that the “navigation” in a more s The National Film: The Proud Valley (1940) exceptional documents in the United 07/10/10 Odeon, Wrexham 7.30 p.m. image has to be fairly abstract sense of the word, The National Library in Wrexham! e Library of Wales Kingdom. The items concerned were a Commons uploads from simple and clear. I like when so the match was good h comes to Wrexham Presentation: What is the National Library of Wales? NLW because I've been Last Autumn, the National12/10/10 Ysgol Library Morgan Llwyd, Wrexhamleft its 7.00 p.m. rediscovered film about David Lloyd George, t October - December following the Commons an image can be flipped there. The paint on the the last Liberal to be Prime Minister (The t home in2010 AberystwythWhat's and in your decamped attic? Learn about our newto website horizontally, so the shoes shoes cracked a little, it project since it was e Wrexham – or, at leastand tell a us yoursmall story part of it did! Life Story of David Lloyd George), and the www.peoplescollectionwales.co.uk launched. I get a feed for all have mirror images on usually does, but the image e 2/11/10 Llay Miners Welfare 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. Peniarth Manuscripts collection, which them; that makes more is still fine and the shoes As part of its remit to ensure that people of the latest uploads, so I M Open Night - NLW President, Dafydd Wigley hosts includes the famous Laws of Hywel Dda. visual sense on shoes than are very wearable. all backgrounds are anaware evening of talks of and the presentations Library’s always know what's new. Dafydd Tudur collections and the work11/11/10 Guildhallit does, 6.30 p.m.members of The Library’s collections were among ten I tag through many of the identical images. Opening of Exhibition - Old Photos of Wrexham What are your thoughts staff collaborated with11/11/10 local (until 10 people,December) Wrexham clubs Library winning items from all parts of the UK interesting collections, What is your job title? 8.00 p.m. which encompass almost one thousand Do you intend to use on organisations offering and societies in preparing an exciting especially if they involve Rights and Information Manager. timetable of events Familythat and were Local History held - Open Day in years of history in chronicling critically portraits of women, more photos from the their photographs free of 13/11/10 Yale College 10.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. collection? charge online? October and November. important periods and events in the because I study women's What part of your job do you enjoy 01970 632800 development of the United Kingdom. history (I'm a research I have used other photos The institutions involved in [email protected] Green, Librarian at The National A 1958 photo of a little-known hitch-hiker, most? www.llgc.org.uk/wrecsam10 Islwyn Roberts, saw him become the scholar affiliated with the from the NLW collection. For the Commons project have LibraryLlyfrgell of Genedlaethol Wales, Cymru said: ‘We are very proud to The winner was chosen by the UK Memory Rights and information matters are The National Library of Wales UCLA Center for the Study about eight months my generally been very Aberystwyth unlikely poster boy for the Library’s big of the World special committee, following a have gone to Wrexham this year – a town of Women). daily purse featured an welcoming of my remixes, relevant to many aspects of the Library’s winter exhibition about travel – Small nomination and review process which began that has played a significant role in Welsh image of Sarah Edith so I think I must be hitting work, and as such my job gives me the World. Following our request for in 2009. history. This year’s highlights includes the Why did you choose this Wynne, the opera singer, that right note most of the opportunity to work with people in all opening of the Old Photos of Wrexham information on the globe-trotting ‘We were immensely pleased to see the photo? wearing a plain taffeta time. parts of the building. So, it’s a great exhibition at the town’s Library.’ hitch-hiker from Llanbedr, Meirionethshire, chance to get to know other members of we received many responses. diversity and richness of the first I chose the Cranogwen gown. That's in my Flickr nominations for the register,’ said David portrait for many reasons. stream too. staff at the Library, and gain an • It would seem that Islwyn Roberts had Dawson, Chairman of the UK Memory of the Her story is very interesting understanding of how they contribute to partly lost his hearing during the World Committee. ‘Considering the wealth – a nineteenth-century Have you had much its work. Lorna Hughes appointed to the Second World War owing to a bomb of the UK’s documentary history, I am woman with experience as response to the shoes? What is your favourite item in the first Digital Collections Chair in explosion certain that these winners do no more than a sea captain, teaching Was your friend happy with the shoes? Library’s collection? the world • When travelling he carried a Red scratch the surface.