People's Collection Wales

People's Collection Wales

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Collection: Irene Steer

Collection of materials on the sporting career of Irene Steer, digitised as part of the Women and Sport: Wales project by Women's Archive Wales. Irene Steer was a freestyle swimmer who won the gold medal as the anchor leg of the 4 X 100 metres freestyle British relay team at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. She was the first Welsh woman to win an Olympic gold medal. Steer dominated Welsh swimming between 1907 and 1913, holding the Welsh Ladies’ 100

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Stories from Across Wales

From migration and protest to Welsh culture, school life, sport, work and everyday memories, this collection is just the beginning
The Story of the David Saunders Collection
The Lt Col David Mathias DL Collection of Interviews with Veterans of the Great War

This unique collection of nine interviews with veterans of the 1914-18 Great War were undertaken by David Mathias in the
National Service (Wales) Collection 1947-63

This collection is an archive of stories and material relating to the period of compulsory conscription (1947 to 1963) focused

People's Collection Wales

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