Glamorgan’s Blood: Health and Welfare Records in the Coal Industry Collections – Pneumoconiosis Registers
The current cataloguing and conservation of the National Coal Board and pre-vesting colliery company records held at Glamorgan Archives has been made possible by a.. Read More →
First World War
If you’re seeking information on the impact of the war upon your own family, town or locality, Glamorgan Archives may be able to help.
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Our catalogue, Canfod, contains descriptions of over 180,000 items in our collection and is regularly updated with descriptions of new records we receive and new catalogues we create.
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Glamorgan Archives serves the County Borough Councils of Bridgend, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Vale of Glamorgan and the City and County of Cardiff.
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Glamorgan Archives organises regular FREE events which anyone is welcome to attend. Our events are based on themes which link to our collections and connect to the community we serve.
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Exhibition: Glamorgan’s Blood: Dark Arteries, Old Veins
25/10/2019 - 31/12/2019All Day
Glamorgan Archives, Leckwith, Cardiff.
As our Glamorgan’s Blood project to catalogue and conserve the coal collections at Glamorgan Archives draws to a close, visit our exhibition and find out more about the records of the south Wales coal industry and what they tell us about life in the coalfield.
Talk: Glamorgan’s Blood: Dark Arteries, Old Veins
25/10/20192:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Glamorgan Archives, Leckwith, Cardiff.
Join us to celebrate our Wellcome Trust project, Glamorgan’s Blood: Dark Arteries, Old Veins – Cataloguing and Conserving the Records of the National Coal Board. Guest speaker, Dr Steve Thompson of Aberystwyth University, will discuss health and wellbeing in the coalfield. Project staff will highlight items from the collection and the work undertaken to make them accessible.
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