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Preserving the Memory of Swansea University

The 8th August 2019 marks 3 years since I began work as an Assistant Archivist at the Richard Burton Archives, embarking on a project to catalogue and develop the University’s archive collections in preparation for the University’s centenary in 2020, and beyond.   In 1920 the University College of Swansea opened its doors to 90 students,…Continue Reading Preserving the Memory of Swansea University

Cymric Federation Press Archive

Who and what were they? There doesn’t appear to be that much information about the Cymric Federation Press (CFP) – a Google search only brings up evidence of them as being a printers, mainly for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) over a 50 year period (1920’s-1978). From opening the first CFP box, it became…Continue Reading Cymric Federation Press Archive