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Date(s)
- [1940]-1969 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.018 cubic metres (2 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Enoch Rees (Enoch Howell Rees), of Maesteg, Glamorgan, was born in 1888 in Llandysul, Cardiganshire. He became an engineer and in 1911 emigrated to New Zealand. In 1914, he joined the New Zealand expedition force where he served in West Africa and France. He was injured and moved to Maesteg, where he formed the firm of Rees & Williams. In the 1940s he published several short stories in the Glamorgan Advertiser (later issued as books), and the short novel Witched Waters (Arthur J. Stockwell Ltd, 1943). He also wrote a large number of stage and radio plays in the 1940s, including Dark o' the Moon which was the basis for the light opera Gwyneth (published 1943), with music by Dr Haydn Morris and lyrics by 'Caerwyn'. In 1957-1958, he was President of the Welsh Rugby Union.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by his daughter-in-law, Mrs Betty Rees, Swansea, December 1987 and January 1988.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Enoch Rees of Maesteg, Glamorgan, comprising cyclostyled stage, musical radio plays, [1940]-[?late 1940s]; copies of published works, [1940s]; miscellaneous papers, including Lord Chamberlain's licences for the performance of plays and programmes, 1941-1945; and biographical and family papers, 1957-1969.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following groups: plays; published works; and miscellaneous papers.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1988, pp. 60-62, at the National Library of Wales.
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Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds. The archive includes obituaries of Rees published after his death.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2003
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Seri Crawley for the ANW Project. The following sources were consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries 1988; NLW, W. W. Price Biographical Index (unpublished), Vol. XXII. There is another Enoch Rees, from Ogmore, Glamorgan, who published novels in the the 1940s, including Whose Sun Is It? and This House Thy Refuge, published by Kobold Knight, London.