‘Peace Archives’ holdings at the National Library of Wales
Pre-WW2 records from the Temple of Peace, as well as founders Lord David Davies of Llandinam and first Organiser Gwilym Davies, are held at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth – following accessions made in the 1960s, 1980s and 2012. These complement a range of related collections relevant to Wales’ Peace Heritage:
- Temple of Peace – Welsh League of Nations Union and United Nations Association Wales records (106 boxes)
• Lord Davies of Llandinam Papers (180 boxes, Peace campaigning 1900s-1944, Temple of Peace, League of Nations)
• Gwilym Davies Papers (12 boxes, Welsh League of Nations Union, Urdd, Peace & Goodwill Message, UNA)
• George M Ll Davies Papers (10 boxes, Conscientious Objection, Peace campaigning, WNMA, League of Nations and Cymdeithas y Cymod) - • Welsh Outlook Magazine, 1914-1933
• CND Cymru Archives (58 boxes)
• Goodwill Message (6 boxes)
• Iain & Thalia Campbell Archive (98 boxes, Greenham Common / CND peace activism)
• Cymdeithas y Cymod (6 boxes)
• Garrett-Jones Peace Archive
• Annie Hughes Griffiths, Womens Peace Memorial and Women’s Advisory Committee to the Welsh League of Nations
• Sir Ben Bowen Thomas (6 boxes) & UNESCO
• Henry Richard (28 volumes), ‘Apostle of Peace’ and founder of UK Peace Society
• Aberystwyth Peace Network (5 boxes)
• Ann Pettitt – Greenham Diaries
Peace & Goodwill Message Archives
WCIA and HLF / Wales for Peace financed a project between UNA Exchange and the Urdd, to involve Welsh and international volunteers in working together to uncover a ‘peace camp’ in Summer 2017 in Aberystwyth, exploring archives held at NLW of responses to the Welsh Peace & Goodwill Message from young people around the world in the 1920s-60s.