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ARCHIFAU CYNGOR SIR GAERNARFON: PAPURAU ADRANNAU RHAGOFALON YMOSODIADAU O’R AWYR AC AMDDIFFYN SIFIL, 1936-1970
CAERNARFONSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES: PAPERS OF THE AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS AND CIVIL DEFENCE DEPARTMENTS, 1936-1970
Mae’r rhestr hon yn cynnwys holl gofnodion y Gwasanaeth Rhagofalon Ymosodiadau o’r awyr ac Amddiffyn Sifil y penderfynwyd eu cadw’n barhaol ac sydd yn hannu o adrannau’r Cyngor Sir, gan gynnwys dogfennau o adrannau’r Clerc, Trysorydd a Syrfewr y Sir, yn ogystal â dogfennau swyddogion y gwasanaeth ei hun: mae’r blaen-nodyn uwchben pob dosbarth yn nodi ei darddiad. Barnwyd y byddai’n well ffurfio grwp ar wahân ar gyfer y cofnodion hyn, er gwaethaf eu tarddiad amrywiol, gan ei fod yn debygol mai anghenion brys y rhyfel oedd yn gyfrifol i raddau helaeth na ffurfiwyd adran annibynnol gyda gweinyddiad cyflawn er bod pwerau unbeniaethol bron gan y Rheolwr Sirol yn ystod y Rhyfel, ac y mae XC12/1-15 yn cynnwys cofnodion y cyfnod o dan y gyfundrefn honno; nid oedd angen i’r Pwyllgor adrodd i’r Cyngor Sir, ac ni cheir ei gofnodion yn Llyfrau Cofnodion y Cyngor Sir. Mae’r unig set o gofnodion y Pwyllgor Argyfwng sy’n hysbys ar gael yma (cyf. XC12/1/33 & XC12/1/177). Wedi’r rhyfel bu Amddiffyn Sifil yn cael ei rheoli mewn dull mwy arferol, ac y mae cofnodion y Pwyllgor yn Llyfrau Cofnodion y Cyngor Sir. Dylid crybwyll fod cofnodion gweinyddiad y gwasanaeath yn lleol hefyd wedi eu nodi ymysg papurau cynghorau dosbarth nas catalogiwyd hyd yma.
This list comprises all the records selected for permanent preservation of the Air Raid Precautions and Civil Defence Service found among the records of various County Council departments, including the Clerk’s, Treasurer’s and Surveyor’s Departments, as well as records of the service’s own officers; the head-note above each class shows its provenance. It was considered better to form a separate group for these records, despite their varied provenance, since it is likely that emergency war-time conditions explain to a large extent why an independent department with a full administration was not formed, despite the almost dictatorial powers of the County Controller during wartime. The service was run by an executive Emergency Committee during the war and XC12/1-15 contain the records from that regime; the Committee did not report to the County Council, whose Minute Books do not include the Committee’s minutes. The only known extant set is found here (ref. XC12/1/33 & XC12/1/177). After the war, Civil Defence was administered in a more normal way, and the Committee’s minutes are in the County Council Minute Books. It should be mentioned that records of local administration of the service have been noted among the papers of district councils still awaiting listing.
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