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Date(s)
- 1913-2011 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 small box.
Context area
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Archival history
Received at NLW in a suitcase inscribed 'R. WALDRAM' and 'Cobb, 42 Highgate Rd., Copnor, Portsmouth', and stamped 'ADMIRALTY INSPECTION No. 6 DALMENY'.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gorringes Auction House; Lewes; Purchased at auction (with NLW MS 24064C and NLW MS 24044D, ff. 12-14), lot 30; 2-3 July 2014; 006763531.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, 1913-2011, of Julian Thomas, relating mostly to his brother, the poet Edward Thomas; with other family papers, photographs, ephemera and personalia.
The papers comprise: (i) proofs, drafts and related correspondence of Julian Thomas, 1917-1938; (ii) proofs of Edward Thomas, The Last Sheaf (London, 1928) with corrections [?in the hand of Julian Thomas]; (iii) papers, 1935-1937, relating to the Edward Thomas Memorial Fund; (iv) typescript copies, [1938], of letters (1897-1916) of Edward Thomas to David ('Dad') Uzzell; (v) printed books, periodicals, offprints and cuttings, 1913-2011, mostly relating to Edward Thomas; (vi) family photographs; (vii) five photographs of Reginald Thomas, together with an official message of sympathy on his death from Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War, [1918], and the 'King's Message' accompanying the Memorial Plaque (see xvi); (viii) some fifteen family postcards, 1929-1992; (ix) passport, 1931-1938, of Edward Eastaway Thomas; (x) miscellaneous photographs and papers of David Christopher T. Thomas, R.N.V.R., 1941-1946; and (xi-xiii) three notebooks of [?D. C. T.] Thomas, [1940s]. Also included are: (xiv) a first edition copy of Edward Thomas, The South Country (London, 1909), inscribed by him on the half-title page 'To Father & Mother 15.XI.09', with a few further annotations in pencil in a different hand; (xv) a Morocco leather case containing a sepia photograph, [1916x1917], of Corporal Edward Thomas in uniform; (xvi) the bronze Next of Kin Memorial Plaque issued to Reginald Thomas' family following his death; and (xvii) a stamp containing the monogram 'MH' or 'HM' in a case decorated with a rose design.
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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 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Items xiv-xvii were re-integrated into the papers in December 2019.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW ex 2879.
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Name access points
- Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917 -- Family (Subject)
- Thomas, E. E. (Edward Eastaway) (Subject)
- Thomas, David Christopher T. (Subject)
- Thomas, Reginald, -1918. (Subject)
- Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2014 and December 2019.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Jones, and revised by Rhys Jones.