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Gwirfoddoli digidol / Digital volunteering
@archpbu.bsky.social‬ @CarmsLibraries @CUSpecialColls @DiwylliantConwy @uwtsd.bsky.social @glamarchives.bsky.social @gwentarchives.bsky.social‬ @NLWales @SwanseaUniLi ‪
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We’re improving access to important #digitalcollections - whether it be a volunteer nurse’s reaction to a declaration of war, a poignant letter from a child to her father on the front-line during #WWI or a handwritten diary by a nineteenth century British socialite! 🎉 #digitalarchives #WDPD2025 🎉
Image shows collage of three documents – from left to right Priscilla Scott-Ellis collection [personal diaries] held at Cardiff University Special Collections & Archive Edward Thomas Literary Collection [letters and diaries] held at Cardiff University Special Collections & Archive Rolls Family Archive [including Lady Llangattock diaries] held at Gwent Archives
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Rydym yn gwella mynediad at gasgliadau digidol pwysig - p'un a yw'n ymateb nyrs wirfoddol i ddatganiad rhyfel, llythyr ingol gan blentyn at ei thad ar y rheng flaen yn ystod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf neu ddyddiadur mewn llawysgrifen gan gymdeithaswr Prydeinig o'r bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg! 🎉#WDPD2025 🎉
Llun yn dangos collage o dair dogfen – o'r chwith i'r dde Priscilla Scott-Casgliad Ellis [dyddiaduron personol] a gedwir yng Nghasgliadau Arbennig ac Archif Prifysgol Caerdydd Casgliad Llenyddol Edward Thomas [llythyrau a dyddiaduron] a gynhelir yng Nghasgliadau Arbennig ac Archifau Prifysgol Caerdydd Archif Teulu Rolls [gan gynnwys dyddiaduron Arglwyddes Llangatwg] a gedwir yn Archifau Gwent
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Happy #WorldDigitalPreservationDay! 🎉
We harness the exceptional knowledge of individuals across Wales – and beyond - to help improve information about, and access to, historic collections 🎉
#digitalarchives #volunteerproject #WDPD2025 #preservation🎉
Image shows collage of the Crowd Cymru project logo surrounded by logos of all project partners - Bangor University Libraries and Archives, Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives , Carmarthenshire Archives, Conwy Archives, Glamorgan Archives, Gwent Archives, National Library Wales, Swansea University Libraries & Archives and University of Wales Trinity St Davids Special Collections and Archives.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Diwrnod Cadwraeth Ddigidol y Byd Hapus! 🎉
Rydym yn manteisio ar wybodaeth eithriadol am unigolion ledled Cymru - a thu hwnt - i helpu i wella gwybodaeth am gasgliadau hanesyddol, a mynediad atynt 🎉
#Archifaudigidol #Prosiectgwirfoddoli #WDPD2025
Mae'r llun yn dangos collage o logo prosiect Crowd Cymru wedi'i amgylchynu gan logos holl bartneriaid y prosiect - Archifau Gwent, Archifau Morgannwg, Casgliadau Arbennig ac Archifau Prifysgol Caerdydd , Archifau Conwy, Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin, Llyfrgelloedd ac Archifau Prifysgol Abertawe, Casgliadau ac Archifau Arbennig Prifysgol Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant, Llyfrgelloedd ac Archifau Llyfrgell genedlaethol Cymru a Phrifysgol Bangor.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Happy #Halloween! Here’s the start of a spooky tale from a collection of #CardiffUniversity College Magazines handwritten by students throughout the 1880s and currently being transcribed by our intrepid volunteers.
“One day there called at a hotel in a quiet little town a stranger…” #EYAMonsters👻
Image shows detail of a page from Cardiff University College Magazine dated February 1887. The handwritten page - text as follows: A GHOST STORY Some years ago a story was told me which was said to have foundation in fact. It was a ghost story and is a very good haul for those who do not believe in the existence of these shadowy beings. The outlines of the tale only remain to me, and I shall endeavour to fill them in as best I can. One day there called at a hotel in a quiet little town a stranger… Collection held at Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives.
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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#CalanGaeaf hapus! Dyma ddechrau stori frawychus o gasgliad o gylchgronau Coleg Prifysgol Caerdydd a ysgrifennwyd â llaw gan fyfyrwyr trwy gydol y 1880au, sydd ar hyn o bryd yn cael eu trawsgrifio gan ein gwirfoddolwyr gwrol👻
“Un diwrnod fe wnaeth dieithryn alw heibio gwesty mewn tref fach, dawel…”
Mae'r llun yn dangos manylion tudalen o Gylchgrawn Coleg Prifysgol Caerdydd, Chwefror 1887. Y dudalen lawysgrifen - testun fel a ganlyn: STORI YSBRYD Rhai blynyddoedd yn ôl adroddwyd stori wrthyf y dywedir ei bod ei sylfaen yn wir. Stori ysbryd oedd hi ac mae'n ddarbwyllol iawn i’r rhai nad ydynt yn credu ym modolaeth y fath ysbrydion sy’n llercian yn y cysgodion. Mân fanylion yr hanes yr wyf yn eu cofio erbyn hyn, felly gwnaf fy ngorau i’w cyfleu cystal ag y medraf. Un diwrnod fe wnaeth dieithryn alw heibio gwesty mewn tref fach, dawel … (cyfieithiad) Cedwir y casgliad yng Nghasgliadau Arbennig ac Archifau Prifysgol Caerdydd.
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Hands up who remembers this room? Great 1980s interior shot of the #CardiffUniversity Students' Union Great Hall interior, showing disco lighting rigs casting beams of light.
Our volunteers are currently working on this historic image archive 🪩🪩🪩
Colour photograph of empty interior of the Cardiff University Students' Union Great Hall interior, showing disco lighting rigs casting rainbow beams of light. Circa 1980s Collection held at Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Dwylo i fyny pwy sy'n cofio'r ystafell hon? Llun o’r 1980au tu mewn i Neuadd Fawr Undeb Myfyrwyr #PrifysgolCaerdydd, yn dangos rigiau goleuadau disgo yn taflu pelydrau o olau.
Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr yn gweithio ar yr archif hon o ddelweddau hanesyddol ar hyn o bryd 🪩🪩🪩
Ffotograff lliw o tu mewn i Neuadd Fawr Undeb Myfyrwyr Prifysgol Caerdydd, yn wag, gan ddangos rigiau goleuadau disgo yn taflu pelydrau golau enfys. Tua’r 1980au
October 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Researching minority ethnic histories? This is a great place to start → glamarchives.gov.uk/collection/r... → published in 2024 by @glamarchives.bsky.social with support from Welsh Government’s Anti-Racist Wales Fund #BHM2025 #blackhistorymonth
October 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Ymchwilio i hanesion lleiafrifoedd ethnig?  Mae hwn yn lle gwych i ddechrau → glamarchives.gov.uk/y-casgliad/c... → gyhoeddwyd yn 2024 gan @glamarchives.bsky.social gyda chefnogaeth gan Gronfa Cymru Wrth-hiliol Llywodraeth Cymru #mishanesdu #BHM2025
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Look at the still vibrant colours on this 45-year-old page! Come and join our volunteers currently transcribing documents like this lovely school scrapbook compiled by Rhydfelen Comprehensive #EYAEducation #TreorchyMaleVoiceChoir @glamarchives.bsky.social
Image shows a purple scrapbook page with two invitations stuck down with Sellotape. The one on the top left is green and the one bottom right is red. Both invitations have exactly the same text [in black]: Eglwys Martin Sant, Caerfilli Côr/Meibion - TREORCI - Male Voice Choir Disgbyblion Ysgol Gyfun – RHYDFELEN – School Pupils Nos Iau – MAI 22 MAY – Thursday Mynediad - £1.50 – Entrance From a 1980 scrapbook which is part of the Rhydfelen Comprehensive School Archive held at Glamorgan Archives.
October 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Edrychwch ar liwiau hyfryd y dudalen hon a grëwyd ers dros 45 mlynedd! Dewch i ymuno â'n gwirfoddolwyr sy'n trawsgrifio dogfennau fel y llyfr lloffion hyfryd hwn a luniwyd gan Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen #EYAAddysg #CôrMeibionTreorci @glamarchives.bsky.social
Llun yn dangos tudalen llyfr lloffion porffor gyda darn o selotep yn dal dau wahoddiad yn eu lle. Mae'r un uchaf ar y chwith yn wyrdd a'r un isaf ar y dde yn goch. Mae gan y ddau wahoddiad yr un testun yn union [yn ddu]: Eglwys Martin Sant, Caerfilli Côr/Meibion - TREORCI - Male Voice Choir Disgbyblion Ysgol Gyfun – RHYDFELEN – School Pupils Nos Iau – MAI 22 MAY – Thursday Mynediad - £1.50 – Entrance O lyfr lloffion 1980 sy'n rhan o Archif Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen a gedwir yn Archifau Morgannwg.
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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September 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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September 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Our volunteers are working on scrapbooks compiled by Ysgol Rhydfelen, first Welsh comprehensive school to open in south Wales in 1962.
This is the flyer for a production of a Welsh language musical play, A Big Day in Merthyr, performed by the pupils in 1979 #EYAEducation #neverstoplearning 💞
Image shows a flyer for a musical play, A Big Day in Merthyr, performed by Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen on October 12 and 13, 1979. A red background with a simple black, stylized image of Stevenson’s “Rocket” with the following black text in Welsh: Diwrnod Mawr ym Merthyr Cwmni drama Ysgol Gyfon Rhydfelen Cerddoriaeth: Ann Hopcyn HYDREF 12, 13, 1979 Gan Emyr Edwards This collection is held at Glamorgan Archives
September 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr yn gweithio ar ddetholiad o lyfrau lloffion a gasglwyd gan Ysgol Rhydfelen. Dyma'r daflen ar gyfer cynhyrchiad o ddrama gerdd Gymraeg, Diwrnod Mawr ym Merthyr, a berfformiwyd gan ddisgyblion Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen ym 1979 #EYAAddysg #paidstopiodysgu
Mae'r llun yn dangos taflen ar gyfer drama gerdd, Diwrnod Mawr ym Merthyr, a berfformiwyd gan Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen ar y 12fed a’r 13eg o Hydref, 1979. Cefndir coch gyda llun du syml, arddulliedig o "Roced" Stevenson gyda'r testun du canlynol yn Gymraeg: Diwrnod Mawr ym Merthyr Cwmni drama Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen Cerddoriaeth: Ann Hopcyn HYDREF 12, 13, 1979 Gan Emyr Edwards Cedwir y casgliad hwn yn Archifau Morgannwg
September 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Volunteer with us and learn a new skill!
Transcription of digital documents offers many benefits in the context of e-learning and education [and it’s fun😁].
Once you sign up, you’ll receive an online training session followed by consistent support 🫶 #adultlearnersweek #EYAEducation
Image shows a yellow sheet of paper with a colour illustration of five buttercup flowers on a green stalk in the top left corner. A child’s writing is thanking “my dear old Daddy Boy” for a paint box birthday present. The letter was written to war poet, Edward Thomas by one of his children [circa 1915]. This item comes from a collection of personal correspondence relating to Thomas held at Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives.
September 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Gwirfoddolwch gyda ni a dysgu sgil newydd!
Gall trawsgrifio dogfennau digidol gynnig sawl mantais, yng nghyd-destun e-ddysgu ac addysg [ac mae’n hwyl 😁].
Ar ôl cofrestru, byddwch yn cael sesiwn hyfforddi ar-lein ac yna cefnogaeth gyson 🫶 Dathlu #wythnosaddysgoedolion #paidstopiodysgu #EYAAddysg
Llun yn dangos dalen felen o bapur gyda darlun lliw o bum blodyn ymenyn ar goesyn gwyrdd yn y gornel chwith uchaf. Mewn llawysgrifen plentyn mae’n dweud “my dear old Daddy Boy” gan ddiolch iddo am anrheg pen-blwydd, bocs paent. Ysgrifennwyd y llythyr at y bardd rhyfel, Edward Thomas gan un o'i blant [tua1915]. Daw'r eitem hon o gasgliad o ohebiaeth bersonol yn ymwneud â Thomas a gedwir yng Nghasgliadau Arbennig ac Archifau Prifysgol Caerdydd.
September 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Hands up who fancies transcribing this?!? Don’t worry, not all our collections are as tricky as this one … then again, a new challenge might just be what you need!
Celebrating #adultlearnersweek #neverstoplearning @learnworkcymru.bsky.social #SwanseaUniversity #RichardBurtonArchives
This page contains handwritten notes from Jack Roberts’s notebook written whilst he was at the International Brigade Officers' Training School, Tarrazona, Spain. This notebook is part of the Richard Burton Archives, held at Swansea University, specifically the South Wales Coalfield Collection, containing significant material relating to the Spanish Civil War and the part played by Welsh volunteers.
September 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Dwylo i fyny pwy sy'n ffansio trawsgrifio hwn?!? Peidiwch â phoeni, nid yw ein holl gasgliadau mor anodd â hwn ... eto i gyd, efallai mai her newydd yw'r hyn sydd ei angen arnoch!
Dathlu #wythnosaddysgoedolion #paidstopiodysgu
@learnworkcymru.bsky.social #PrifysgolAbertawe #ArchifauRichardBurton
Mae'r dudalen hon yn cynnwys nodiadau o lyfr nodiadau Jack Roberts, mewn llawysgrifen. Cafodd ei hysgrifennu tra ei fod yn Ysgol Hyfforddi Swyddogion Brigâd Ryngwladol, Tarrazona, Sbaen. Mae'r llyfr nodiadau hwn yn rhan o Archifau Richard Burton, a gedwir ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe; yn benodol yng Nghasgliad Maes Glo De Cymru. Mae’n cynnwys deunydd arwyddocaol yn ymwneud â Rhyfel Cartref Sbaen a'r rhan a chwaraewyd gan wirfoddolwyr o Gymru.
September 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Can’t stop sorry, it’s 1851 and we’re on board the "Fair Flirt" with Georgiana Rolls on tour in Scotland and just can’t get over the wonder of the #CaledonianCanal!
All via the magic of #transcription of course 😉 @gwentarchives.bsky.social #TranscriptionTuesday
Image shows detail of a page of handwriting from a holiday diary written by Georgiana Marcia Rolls describing a visit to the Caledonian Canal. The full diary “Tour of Scotland on board the Fair Flirt [1851]” is part of the Rolls Family Archives, held at Gwent Archives.
September 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Gallwn ni ddim stopio, yn anffodus, mae'n 1851 ac rydyn ni ar fwrdd y "Fair Flirt" gyda Georgiana Rolls ar daith yn yr Alban ac ni allwn llai na rhyfeddu wrth Gamlas Caledonia! Y cyfan trwy hud trawsgrifio wrth gwrs 🪄🪄🪄 📷@gwentarchives.bsky.social #DyddMawrthTrawsgrifio
Mae'r llun yn dangos tudalen o lawysgrifen o ddyddiadur gwyliau a ysgrifennwyd gan Georgiana Marcia Rolls yn disgrifio ymweliad â Chamlas Caledonia. Mae'r dyddiadur llawn "Tour of Scotland on board the Fair Flirt [1851]" yn rhan o Archifau Teulu Rolls, a gedwir yn Archifau Gwent.
September 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Our volunteers are currently tagging and describing the Edwin Miles Collection of photographs of Bridgend and the Vale of Glamorgan taken during the 1920s. He titled this brooding edifice as “The Rest Porthcawl [for men]”. Collection held @glamarchives.bsky.social #EYAEducation
Image shows black and white photograph of a collection of large Victorian buildings. Written in white on the image is: “The Rest Porthcawl [for men] M693”. Part of the Edwin Miles Collection of photographs of Bridgend, and the Vale of Glamorgan taken for use as postcards, circa 1920-29. Collection held at Glamorgan Archives.
September 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Ar hyn o bryd mae ein gwirfoddolwyr yn tagio ac yn disgrifio Casgliad Edwin Miles o ffotograffau o Ben-y-bont ar Ogwr a Bro Morgannwg a dynnwyd yn ystod y 1920au. Rhoddodd y teitl "The Rest Porthcawl [for men]" i’r adeilad hwn. 📸@glamarchives.bluesky.social
Mae'r llun yn dangos ffotograff du a gwyn o gasgliad o adeiladau mawr Fictoraidd. Wedi'i ysgrifennu mewn gwyn ar y llun mae: "The Rest Porthcawl [for men] M693". Rhan o Gasgliad Edwin Miles o ffotograffau o Ben-y-bont ar Ogwr a Bro Morgannwg a dynnwyd i'w defnyddio fel cardiau post, tua 1920-29. Casgliad yn Archifau Morgannwg.
September 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Georgiana had three sons who all died before the age of 50 but, her only daughter, Eleanor Georgiana Shelley-Rolls, motoring pioneer, flying and engineering enthusiast and President of Women’s Pioneer Housing, lived to the grand old age of 89! 📷 @wes1919.bsky.social
Image shows black and white photograph of Lady Eleanor and her husband in a hot air balloon. Handwriting beneath the image is as follows: Sir J. Shelley, Lady Shelly, Hon. Mrs. Harbord, CSR. “Nebula” 12 March, ‘07. Photograph owned by the Women’s Engineering Society.
August 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM