Hello all,
I am the new archivist for the old county of Merioneth, now part of Gwynedd, working in Dolgellau. I hope that members of this community will help me with my question.
I am cataloguing a collection of photographs and research by someone called David G. Morgan. 'G' might possibly stand for 'Gwylon'. As far as I can determine from the evidence in the collection (postcards sent to the family etc.), he was originally from Birmingham/Handsworth but had Welsh connections and later lived in Wales. I completely failed to find any information about him through the usual channels (=Google). Does anyone here know anything about Mr. Morgan so that I can prepare a decent biographical note? Has he published any of his research? Where? I would be grateful for any leads.
The collection represents his interest in Welsh narrow-gauge railways on one hand, and slate quarries, specifically Rhosydd, on another. It consists of hundreds of slides (I haven't looked at those yet but they are carefully indexed), some photographs, and a whole lot of research incl. what appears to be a monograph on Rhosydd with dozens of accompanying photos, both over and under ground, and copies and summaries of primary source research material.
Some of the railways photos are from the 1930s but most are from the 50s. The Rhosydd research and photos are c. 1971 so I imagine they show a lot of features which may have disappeared by now. I know there is a good photo of Plas Cwmorthin as it was in 1971 - I note from one of the forum topics that it's currently being renovated [Edit: I see it's the manager's office at Cwmorthin that's been renovated, not the rather grander Plas Cwmorthin]
The collection can be viewed in Meirionnydd Archives, ref. Z/DDT, if anyone wishes to see it.
Very many thanks,
Anna Skarzynska