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The Welsh Political Archive
- The recruiting campaign in Cardiff during the First World War
The Welsh Political Archive was set up in 1983 to co-ordinate the collection of documentary evidence of all kinds about politics in Wales.
It collects the records and papers of political parties, politicians, quasi-political organisations, campaigns and pressure groups; leaflets, pamphlets, ephemera, posters, photographs, and tapes of radio and television programmes.
Contacting The Welsh Political Archive
For more information about the Archive please contact the library's enquiry service.
The member of staff responsible for the archive is:
Rob Phillips
Assistant Archivist: Welsh Political Archive
The National Library of Wales
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
Wales
SY23 3BU.
Tel: 01970 632 984
Email: robert.phillips@llgc.org.uk
- The miners strike, Tonypandy 1910
The Welsh Political Archive's Advisory Committee
In 1985 the Library set up the Welsh Political Archive's Advisory Committee, which meets once a year on the first Friday of every November. The annual lecture is held on the same day in the evening.
The members include politicians, historians, broadcasters and political scientists. The Committee provides and important link between the Archives and those active in Welsh politics.
Proposals made by the Committee have led to the publication of a newsletter, the setting up of an annual lecture, and the establishment of an automated database of election results. The newsletter contains the names of the Advisory Committee members.
Members of the Welsh Political Archive’s Advisory Committee
| Name | Organisation |
| Dr Denis Balsom | |
| Prof. Emeretus Deirdre Beddoe | |
| Mr Alex Bevan | Wales TUC |
| Miss Beata Brookes | |
| Mr Alun Burge | |
| Mr Cynog Dafis | Plaid Cymru |
| Dr Russell Deacon | Welsh Liberal Democrats |
| Mr Darron Dupre | Unison |
| Dr Andrew Edwards | Bangor University |
| Mr Aled Eirug | |
| Mr Rhys Evans | BBC Wales |
| Mr Gwyn Griffiths | National Assembly for Wales |
| Mr Sam Hadley | National Assembly for Wales |
| Mr Dave Hagendyk | Welsh Labour |
| Mr Daran Hill | Political Consultant |
| Prof. Syr Deian Hopkin | |
| Mr Gwyn Jenkins | |
| Prof. Angela John | Aberystwyth University |
| Aled Gruffydd Jones | The National Library of Wales |
| Avril Jones | The National Library of Wales |
| Prof. Richard Wyn Jones | Wales Governance Centre |
| Dr. Gwenllian Lansdown Davies | Plaid Cymru |
| Mr. Lyn Lewis Dafis | The National Library of Wales |
| Mr David Melding AM | Welsh Conservatives |
| Lord Kenneth O Morgan | |
| Mr Rob Phillips | The National Library of Wales |
| Mr Roger Pratt | Welsh Conservatives |
| Lord Rowlands | Welsh Labour |
| Prof. Roger Scully | Wales Governance Centre |
| Dr Guto Thomas | BBC Wales |
| Mr Lee Waters | Institute of Welsh Affairs |
| Mr Darren Williams |
