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![Interview with Meinir Evans and Fred Francis](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/16/1971Call Number: CE 492Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Evans and Francis, active members of the Welsh Language Society, speak about their dedication to the preservation of the Welsh language. Convicted for defacing English-only road signs in Wales, however, bilingual road signs put up due to their efforts. Topics include: effectiveness of revolutionary action, civil disobedience, nationalism, philosophy of language, Society’s actions to raise consciousness, their individual experiences in prison.
![Interview with Meinir Evans and Fred Francis PART II](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/16/1971Call Number: CE 493Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Continuation of CE 492: Evans and Francis, active members of the Welsh Language Society, speak about their dedication to the preservation of the Welsh language. Convicted for defacing English-only road signs in Wales, however, bilingual road signs put up due to their efforts. Topics include: effectiveness of revolutionary action, civil disobedience, nationalism, philosophy of language, Society’s actions to raise consciousness, their individual experiences in prison.
![End of Interview with Meinir Evans and Fred Francis; Gornow Davies Interview](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/16/1971Call Number: CE 494Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Continuation of CE 492 and CE 493: Evans and Francis, active members of the Welsh Language Society, speak about their dedication to the preservation of the Welsh language. Convicted for defacing English-only road signs in Wales, however, bilingual road signs put up due to their efforts. Topics include: effectiveness of revolutionary action, civil disobedience, nationalism, philosophy of language, Society’s actions to raise consciousness, their individual experiences in prison.
Davies, Chairman of the Welsh Language Society. Raised in nationalist tradition, and attended Welsh grammar schools. Topics include: Education, English migrants not assimilating to Welsh culture, community life in Wales before the English, Welsh economy and English influence, moral duty of English government to preserve Welsh language, agricultural employment decrease, Welsh nationalist, language and conceptions, his personal influence, University subsidies, and the charges brought against him.
![Goronw Davies Interview](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/16/1971Call Number: CE 495Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Tape overlaps with CE 494.
Davies, Chairman of the Welsh Language Society. Raised in nationalist tradition, and attended Welsh grammar schools. Topics include: Education, English migrants not assimilating to Welsh culture, community life in Wales before the English, Welsh economy and English influence, moral duty of English government to preserve Welsh language, agricultural employment decrease, Welsh nationalist, language and conceptions, his personal influence, University subsidies, and the charges brought against him.
Additional topics include: Welsh poetry and literature, and how any good Welshman should not join the police force.
![Goronw Davies Interview; Menna Elfyn Interview](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/16/1971Call Number: CE 496Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Last segment of Davies interview: Davies, Chairman of the Welsh Language Society. Raised in nationalist tradition, and attended Welsh grammar schools. Topics include: Education, English migrants not assimilating to Welsh culture, community life in Wales before the English, Welsh economy and English influence, moral duty of English government to preserve Welsh language, agricultural employment decrease, Welsh nationalist, language and conceptions, his personal influence, University subsidies, charges brought against him, Welsh poetry and literature, and how any good Welshman should not join the police force, Welsh Language Society's court disruptions/demonstrations, public reception of Welsh Language Society, women's participation in Society, and his philosophy on language.
Menna Elfyn: Member of Welsh Nationalist Party. Speaks of her experience being imprisoned and explains that she is not an outlaw, but trying to display why certain laws are wrong.
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