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A blog about the work and collections of the National Library of Wales.
Due to the more personal nature of blogs it is the Library's policy to publish postings in the original language only. An equal number of blog posts are published in both Welsh and English, but they are not the same postings. For a translation of the blog readers may wish to try facilities such as Google Translate.
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Scrapbook of a ‘doting mother’
The manuscripts and papers of the composer Alun Hoddinott (1929-2008) are a treasure trove for future researchers, holding a wealth of material comprising manuscript scores, …
Posted in Collections
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Kyffin Williams Memories of his time at Highgate School, London
When Sir Kyffin Williams, Art Master at Highgate from 1944-73, died in 2006, much of his artwork was left to the National Library of Wales …
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John Warwick Smith
John ‘Warwick’ Smith (1749-1831) was a very famous watercolourist in his day, and throughout most of his career he was regarded as an important colourist. …
Posted in Digitisation
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