Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives

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Rydym yn hapus i gyhoeddi ein bod wedi symud i Bluesky! Ni fyddwn yn postio yma mwyach ond edrychwn ymlaen at gysylltu â chi ar ein platfform newydd. Dilynwch ni yma: @archpbu.bsky.social

HYSBYSEB YNGLYN Â MYNEDIAD I LAWYSGRIFAU PENRHYN (JAMAICA) // NOTICE REGARDING ACCESS TO THE PENRHYN (JAMAICA) MANUSCRIPTS @ArchPBU

#arydyddhwn ym 1863 ganwyd David Lloyd George, Prif Weinidog y Deyrnas Unedig o 1916 i 1922. Dyma gopi o'i dystysgrif geni. #Onthisday in 1863, David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the UK from 1916 to 1922, was born. Here we have a copy of his birth certificate. BMSS/5414

Ar #diwrnodfferyllyddcenedlaethol, dyma boster yn hysbysebu W.Herbert Hughes, Fferyllydd, Amlwch. --- On #nationalpharmacistday, here’s a poster advertising W.Herbert Hughes, Chemist, Amlwch.

Delighted to have been part of the team that put this application together. Digitising this collection will make it accessible to a global readership. These documents reveal the role of imperial families in the daily workings of Atlantic slavery.

Newyddion gwych!. Rydym wedi cael grant o £14,850 i ddigideiddio’r papurau Jamaica, archif ystâd y Penrhyn. Project ar y cyd â Sefydliad Ymchwil Ystadau Cymru yw hwn a fydd yn arwain at detholiad o’r papurau fod ar gael, mynediad am ddim, ar-lein bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/bang…

Great news! We’ve been awarded a grant of £14,850 to digitise the Jamaica Papers held within the Penrhyn estate archive. This joint project with the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates will see a selection of the papers made freely available online. bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/bang…

Christmas card: Menna Wynne to Father Christmas, Greenland. Christmas 1953 GARTHA/1535

Yng Nghanolfan Ddiwylliant Conwy rydym yn chwilio am fyfyriwr i helpu i ddod ag archifau hanesyddol yn fyw. 📜 @artfund I gael rhagor o wybodaeth - bit.ly/41CSl1d *Mae’r swydd hon ar gael i fyfyrwyr israddedig ac ôl-raddedig sydd ag aelodaeth Pas Myfyriwr Celf.

At Conwy Culture Centre we are looking for a student to help bring our historical archives to life. 📜 @artfund For more information - bit.ly/41CSl1d *This position is available to undergraduate and postgraduate students who have a Student Art Pass membership

👀 Cadwch lygad am gwrs Hanes newydd yng ngwanwyn 2025! Bydd y cwrs Cestyll, Chwareli a Chymunedau yn ymchwilio i hanes lleol a chymunedol cyfoethog Gogledd Cymru. 🏰⛏️🌿 Cadwch lygad am fwy o fanylion!

👀 Keep an eye out for a new History course in Spring 2025! The Castles, Quarries, and Communities course will delve into the rich local and community history of North Wales. 🏰⛏️🌿 Stay tuned for more details!

ORIAU AGOR Y NADOLIG Bydd yr Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig ar gau yn ystod y Nadolig o 23 Rhagfyr 2024 (Llun) – 3 Ionawr 2025 (Gwener). Byddwn yn ail-agor ar y 6 Ionawr 2025 (Llun) Dymuniadau gorau i’n holl ddarllenwyr dros yr ŵyl ac yn y flwyddyn newydd

CHRISTMAS OPENING HOURS The Archives & Special Collections will close over Christmas between 23rd December 2024 (Monday) – 3rd January 2025 (Friday) . We will re-open on the 6th of January 2025 (Monday). Best wishes to all our readers over the festive period & in the new year.

Today is #InternationalMountainDay so we’d like to celebrate the 3,560 feet of splendour that is Yr Wyddfa. This photo was taken on a particularly cold day in April 1897 with the large summit cairn frozen over.

Heddiw yw #DiwrnodRhyngwladolMynyddoedd felly hoffem ddathlu y 3,560 troedfedd o fawredd Yr Wyddfa. Tynnwyd y llun hwn ar ddiwrnod arbennig o oer ym mis Ebrill 1897 gyda charnedd y copa wedi rhewi drosodd.

Bydd y ddarlith olaf yng nghyfres Darlithoedd Shankland 2024 yn cael ei chynnal ar Ddydd Mercher yr 11eg o Ragfyr, gyda’r Athro Andrew Hiscock yn trafod “A tale of two nations… and a bard: Wales and Iceland Rhad ac am ddim, agored i bawb Traddodir y ddarlith hon yn Saesneg

The final lecture in the 2024 Shankland Lecture series will be held on Wednesday the 11th of December, with Professor Andrew Hiscock discussing “A tale of two nations… and a bard: Wales and Iceland” 5pm Shankland Reading Room Free to attend, open to all

Roedd hi’n #DiwrnodRhyngwladolBanciau ar ddydd Mercher y 4ydd o Ragfyr, felly dyma bost cysylltiedig hwyr It was the #InternationalDayOfBanks on Wednesday the 4thof December so here’s a belated related post “Papers relating to the Bangor Savings Bank” 1818-1831 BMSS/29508-29512