Material relating to the history of the Gower peninsula, including notes, copied articles from The Gower Church Magazine, a typescript for an article on John David Davies (the author of A History of West Gower), and a copy of a handlist of manuscripts held by RISW. n.d.

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David Rees CollectionD/D DR

Books Written Or Edited By David ReesDD DR/1/hub

Journal Articles Written By David ReesDD DR/2/hub

Newspaper Articles And Book Reviews Written By David ReesDD DR/3/hub

Files Of Research, Notes, And Correspondence Regarding Rees's Published WorksDD DR/4/hub

General Research MaterialsDD DR/5/hub

Research articles and notes on Owain Glynd?r, including:a complete photocopy of Owen Glendour by J.E. Lloyd, published by the Clarendon Press in 1936; A Seer into the Welsh Past and the Welsh Future, a review by David Rees of The Matter of Wales by Jan Morris, in the Times, 29 November 1984; newscuttings reporting H. Bernard Rees JP (David Reess father)s death and funeral; 2 photographs of unidentified people (David Reess family?); a photograph of a landscape. n.d.D/D DR/82

Notes and articles on the antiquary George Gilbert Treherne (Thomas) Treherne and on Carmarthenshire churches. n.d.D/D DR/83

Material relating to the history of the Gower peninsula, including notes, copied articles from The Gower Church Magazine, a typescript for an article on John David Davies (the author of A History of West Gower), and a copy of a handlist of manuscripts held by RISW. n.d.D/D DR/84

Bundle of handwritten (not very legible) notes relating to Dylan Thomas. n.d.D/D DR/85

Copies of articles relating to Swansea municipal history, mediaeval Welsh legal history, and the history of Stouthall. n.d.D/D DR/86

Photocopied newspaper cuttings, articles and papers regarding Gower history, place names, and genealogy. n.d.D/D DR/87

Typed notes titled Abstract of title relating to freehold premises and now called Ael-y-Bryn in the Parish of Llanegwad. n.d.D/D DR/88

Research notes and articles on Gower history, including typescripts of articles by David Rees: Gower Divided, The Barretts and the Free Chapel of Henllys, and The Gowermen (?talks to the Gower Society). n.d.D/D DR/89

Handwritten notes on a biographical topic. n.d.D/D DR/90

Material on Algernon Walker Heneage (the last owner of the Clyne and Parc-le-Breos estates and commander of naval forces at Ladysmith during the Boer War), his second wife Beryl, Ladysmith, and the diary he kept during that period. n.d.D/D DR/91

Map titled The Origins of the Brechfa Forest and envelope of photographs of the Brechfa Forest, with identifying captions on the back. n.d.D/D DR/92

Photocopy of Taliaris by Major Francis Jones, from Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1968. n.d., ?c 1968D/D DR/93

Bundle of research notes, copies of printed articles, and book reviews relating to the Gower and A Gower Anthology (edited by David Rees. n.d., (?1970s)D/D DR/94

Bundle relating to Welsh history, including a copied portion of the tithe apportionment for Llanrhidian Lower, copies of articles, notes, typescripts titled Walterston: An Old Gower Settlement and The Changing Borders of Iscennen, and correspondence with an unnamed person about Walterston. n.d. (letter dated 26 November 1982)D/D DR/95

Bundle of research articles, notes, and typed outlines for (a book titled?) Henry Tudors Wales, including two lists of suggested illustrations. n.d., after 1987D/D DR/96

Photocopy of The Defences of Twelfth-Century Deheubarth and the Castle Strategy of the Lord Rhys, by Roger Turvey, in an unknown issue of Archaeologica Cambrensis. 1995D/D DR/97

Handwritten and typed notes, relating to Ordnance Survey, tithe map, and family history evidence for Swansea and Gower area. n.d., ?late 20th centuryD/D DR/98

Photocopy of (the entirety of?) Contributions toward a History of Swansea, by Lewis W. Dillwyn, printed by Murray and Rees, Swansea, 1840, copied from Swansea Central Librarys copy. 1840D/D DR/99

Bundle of articles and notes on various topics, including Middleton Hall, the lordships of Catheinion and Maenordeilo, and the parish and church of Llangathen. n.d.D/D DR/100

David Jones Newsletter, nos. 1-38 (not complete). March 1976-December 1984D/D DR/101

File containing: a (US Department of Defence) document titled The Entry of the Soviet Union into the War Against Japan: Military Plans, 1941-1945, a form letter from the Defence Department regarding historical records requests, copies from Foreign Relations of the United States, vol VI, and notes. n.d.D/D DR/102

Newscuttings and articles on various aspects of World War II. c. 1980s-1990sD/D DR/103

Research notes on and copy of (?the entirety of) Japans Decision to Surrender by Robert J.C. Butow, published by the Stanford University Press. n.d., original 1965D/D DR/104

Bundle of (mostly photocopied) articles on the Korean War and North Korea. 1968-1987D/D DR/105

Bundle of newsclippings on recent developments in North Korea, including defections, the famine, nuclear arms, and the resumption of peace talks. 1981, 1997D/D DR/106

File of notes and articles on contemporary North Korean politics, especially its relations with the Soviet Union and China. n.d; 1989-1994D/D DR/107

Multi-part, mostly complete typescript titled Communist Front Organisations: Their Role in Soviet Policy (unclear if it is Reess work or not; it might be a doctoral thesis). n.d.D/D DR/108

Research materials on Soviet-Japanese relations and the creation of post-war treaties with Japan, typescripts, and Reess article Japans Northern Territories in APC no 7, Winter 1980 (given from marginal annotation). n.d., ?c. 1980D/D DR/109

Typescript headed U.S. Strategy for General Nuclear War, written by Joseph D. Douglass, Jr. (an American national security analyst). 22 August 1980D/D DR/110

Articles on American reactions to the Peoples Republic of China, review of books on Soviet strategic affairs, and an obituary of Lord Milford, the only Communist to sit in Parliament (as a hereditary peer). 1991, 1983, 1993D/D DR/111

Miscellaneous Research MaterialDD DR/6/hub

Typescripts And Associated Research MaterialsDD DR/7/hub

Correspondence And EphemeraDD DR/8/hub

Items Found Inside BooksDD DR/9/hub