Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1929-1987 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
3 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Arthur Geraint Goodwin, a novelist and short-story writer, was born on 1 May 1903, at Newtown, Powys. He moved to London in 1923 where he worked as a journalist having previously worked as an apprentice on The Montgomeryshire Express. He died in 1941 of tuberculolosis and in 2010 The Geraint Goodwin Society was formed.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Geraint Goodwin's daughter, Mrs Myfanwy Lumsden; Montgomery; Donation; November 2014; 6806162.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Typescript and manuscript copies of novels and short stories by Geraint Goodwin, 1929-1987.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW into two series: literary papers 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 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 rules apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Goodwin, Geraint -- Archives. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
September 2015.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Ann Francis Evans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Oxford DNB website and Wikipedia, viewed 2 September 2015;