File including drafts of Gwyn Alf Williams' autobiography with handwritten notes, map of Dowlais

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Gwyn Alf Williams, Historian, PapersLAC/148

WritingsLAC/148/1

'London 1216-1337: a study of the main factors in the social and constitutional development of the city', dissertation submitted for PhD, University of London, 1959LAC/148/1/1

'The Merthyr Riots: settling the account', off print from the 'National Library of Wales Journal', vol.XI, no. 2, Winter 1959 (Aberystwyth)LAC/148/1/2

'Friendly Societies in Glamorgan 1793-1832', off print BBCS 18LAC/148/1/3

'The Making of Radical Merthyr, 1800-1831(?)', reprinted from 'Welsh Historical Review', vol. 1, no.2, 1961LAC/148/1/4

Morgan John Rhys and Volney's 'Ruins of Empires' offprint BBCS vol. 20, no. 1, Nov. 1962LAC/148/1/5

'The Succession to Gwynedd 1239-47', off print BBCS 20, no. 4, May 1954LAC/148/1/6

'The Merthyr of Dic Penderyn', University of Wales 1966 (reprinted from 'Merthyr Politics')LAC/148/1/7

'Rowland Detosier: A working class infidel 1800-1834', University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, 1965LAC/148/1/8

'Morgan John Rees and his [?]' off print from 'Welsh Historical Review', vol. 3, no. 4, 1967LAC/148/1/9

'Interpretations of the French Revolution: Karl Marx and Alexis de Tocqueville', Open University, 1975LAC/148/1/10

'John Evan's Mission to the Madogwys 1792-1799' off print BBCS 27.4, May 1998LAC/148/1/11

'When Was Wales?' BBC Wales Annual Radio Lecture, BBC 1979LAC/148/1/12

Cutting from 'The Guardian' of book review of 'Politicians, Socialism and Historians' by AJP TaylorLAC/148/1/13

Cutting from 'The Guardian' of book review of 'My Life with Nye' by Jennie LeeLAC/148/1/14

'The Merthyr Election of 1835', off print from 'Welsh History Review', vol. 10, no. 3, 1981LAC/148/1/15

'Mother Wales, Get off me back?', article by Gwyn WilliamsLAC/148/1/16

'The Eisteddfod's Empty Gesture', from The TimesLAC/148/1/17

'Land of Our Fathers' within 'Marxism Today', Aug 1982LAC/148/1/18

'Women Workers in Wales 1968-82', off print from Welsh History Review, vol. 11, no. 6, 1983LAC/148/1/19

'Karl Marx Journalist' within Journalism Studies ReviewLAC/148/1/20

'Radical Wales: Where it's at and why it's important', Plaid Cymru Publications, AberystwythLAC/148/1/21

'Giving History a Bit of a Turn', typescript book review for The Guardian (2 copies)LAC/148/1/22

'The Rage to go to America', typescript book review for The GuardianLAC/148/1/23

Typescript book review for The Guardian of '1848: the British State and the Chartist Movement' by John SavilleLAC/148/1/24

Typescript book review for the New Statesman of 'Rethinking the French Revolution' by George C ComninelLAC/148/1/25

Typescript of 'The Devil's Disciples and his Pack', review of Richard Cobb, 'The People's Armies'LAC/148/1/26

Typescripts of 'Towards the Commonwealth of Wales', Plaid Cymru (2 copies)LAC/148/1/27

'The Silurain Republic'LAC/148/1/28

'Peace and Power: Henry Richard a radical for our time', CND CymruLAC/148/1/29

'The French Revolution: the story so far', Channel 4 television, includes articles, 'When the world was free' and 'Outsiders in their own country'LAC/148/1/30

'Little and Large' article from Marxism TodayLAC/148/1/31

'Continental Mystery Tour' article from Marxism TodayLAC/148/1/32

'Fishers of Men: stories towards an Autobiography', Gomer LlandysulLAC/148/1/33

Bibliography of G A Williams' worksLAC/148/1/34

'The Origins of nineteenth-century Czech Nationalism', typescriptLAC/148/1/35

Untitled paper on Austro-Hungarian EmpireLAC/148/1/36

Vulgar Marxists review of 'The Marx-Engels Correspondence' edited by Fritz RaddatzLAC/148/1/37

'The Lost Tradition: proposal for a mjor TV series by BBC Wales', G A Williams and J Mervyn Williams (about early 20th century political movements'LAC/148/1/38

'Dee', typescript with research material about John DeeLAC/148/1/39

'Madoc and the making of America' typescript, together with biographical note and map of PontypriddLAC/148/1/40

'Iolo: Stonemason and Career', together with research notes about Iolo MorgannwyLAC/148/1/41

'Morgan John Rhys', typescriptLAC/148/1/42

'Holy Russia', typescriptLAC/148/1/43

Atlantic history, typescript lecturesLAC/148/1/44

Atlantic history, file of lectures and research notesLAC/148/1/45

'Home Thoughts from Abroad', typewritten and handwritten notes on politicsLAC/148/1/46

Untitled autobiographical note, typescriptLAC/148/1/47

'Euro Talk' (Welsh self-government), typescriptLAC/148/1/48

Untitled autobiographical lecture (15pp)LAC/148/1/49

'Talk' autobiographical lecture, also discusses Welsh self-governmentLAC/148/1/50

'Against the Wind', typescript song with handwritten note in marginLAC/148/1/51

'The Clouded Star', typescript play about the French Revolution [by GAW?]LAC/148/1/52

Typescript film/television script for 'The Second Death of Ramon Mercuder' by Jorge Semprun (2 copies, 1 partial copy); letter concerning film from Georger Semprun's attorney, Pier Hebey, to Gwyn Alf Williams, 18 Dec 1992; letter copy Gwyn Alf Williams to Mrs Edwards about script, undated; precis of plotLAC/148/1/53

Poems by Gwyn Alf WilliamsLAC/148/1/54

Notes on Belgium politicsLAC/148/1/55

Magazine cuttingsLAC/148/1/56

File including drafts of Gwyn Alf Williams' autobiography with handwritten notes, map of DowlaisLAC/148/1/57

Final draft chapters of autobiographyLAC/148/1/58

Papers relating to David Ivon Jones about who Gwyn Alf Williams wrote a book with [Baruch?] Hirson ['The Delegate for Africa: David Ivon Jones, 1883-1924', Core Publishing, London 1995], and a documentary programme was made for TV, c1986LAC/148/1/59

Papers relating to 'Latins in the Rain'. Unpublished collection of essays on Welsh subjects, includes commission agreement, contract with University of Wales Press dated 24 October 1994. Includes Gwyn Alf Williams' papers 'On the Border', 'William Blake and the Druids', 'Are Welsh Historians putting on the Style?', 'A Romance of Wales', 'Prince Madoc and the Turkish Spy', 'Five Faces of Owain Glyndwr'LAC/148/1/60

Research NotesLAC/148/2

Television WorkLAC/148/3

PersonalLAC/148/4

Colour slidesLAC/148/5

Papers relating to the case of Lewis Lewis and Richard LewisLAC/148/6

MiscellaneousLAC/148/7