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Title
Date(s)
- 1966-1985 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 large box.
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Name of creator
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s literary and other activities at school and university, and at eisteddfodau during the same period, including: manuscript and typescript copies of scripts for plays, addresses and recitations, with notes; manuscript poems and notes for poems by Gwyneth Lewis, and her annotated copies of poems by other children, as well as a copy of 'Coffee incognito' by Gabriel Gbadamosi; copies of school event programmes; copies of school newspapers; material relating to the national Urdd eisteddfod, including a letter of adjudication concerning a poem by Gwyneth Lewis, a certificate awarded to her for recitation, press cuttings, songs and a poem by other pupils, and a programme; a typescript copy of a play script by Emyr Edwards; press cuttings concerning literary matters, especially competitions in which Gwyneth Lewis was involved; theatre and ballet programmes; school and Brownie ephemera; primary and secondary school work by Gwyneth Lewis; copies of her examination certificates; letters to her from family, friends, colleagues and others concerning personal, student and work matters, and other subjects of interest to her; material relating to her studies at Cambridge university, including entrance examination papers, letters to her from Girton College concerning her application and acceptance to read English, letters of reference for her from Girton; student magazines, a student’s guide to Girton College, college newsletters, a copy of an academic literary article annotated by Gwyneth Lewis, and other student ephemera; and material relating to her Harkness Fellowship at Columbia University, including letters, an application form and tax forms.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- French
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English and French.
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Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Originally labelled by Gwyneth Lewis as ‘Clippings 2’ and 'Clippings 4'.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Eaves-Walton, Francis (Subject)
- Gbadamosi, Gabriel (Subject)