Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1960s]-1982 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
7 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Yr oedd David James Jones ('Gwenallt',1899-1968) yn fardd ac ysgolhaig. Ganwyd ef yn Alltwen, Pontardawe, Morgannwg, ar 18 Mai 1899. Addysgwyd ef ym Mhontardawe ac Ysgol y Sir Ystalyfera. Treuliodd y cyfnod Mehefin 1917 hyd Mai 1919 yng ngharchar fel gwrthwynebydd cydwybodol. Ar ôl cael ei ryddhau, aeth i astudio yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth, gan raddio mewn Cymraeg a Saesneg. Yma cyfarfu ag Idwal Jones (1895-1937), y dramodydd a diddanwr. Bu'n athro Cymraeg yn y Bari cyn dychwelyd i Aberystwyth yn 1927 yn ddarlithydd yn Adran y Gymraeg, gan dod yn ddarlithydd hŷn ac yna'n ddarllenydd. Enillodd radd M.A. yn 1929. Ymysg ei diddordebau ymchwil yr oedd bywyd y saint, ysgol farddol diwedd yr oesoedd canol, a barddoniaeth y ddeunawfed ganrif, ond ei brif waith oedd ar hanes llenyddiaeth yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg. Ymysg ei weithiau ysgolheigaidd mae Yr Areithiau Pros (Caerdydd,1934), Blodeugerdd o'r Ddeunawfed Ganrif (Caerdydd, 1936, Y Ficer Pritchard a 'Cannwyll y Cymry' (Caernarfon, Cwmni'r Llan,1946) a chofiant Idwal Jones (Aberystwyth, 1958). Ymddeolodd yn 1966. Fel bardd cafodd gryn lwyddiant yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, yn ennill y Gadair yn 1926 ar 'Y Mynach' ac yn 1931 ar 'Breuddwyd y Bardd'. Cyhoeddodd sawl gyfrol o farddoniaeth: Ysgubau'r Awen (Llandysul: Gomer, 1939), Cnoi Cil (Aberystwyth, 1942), Eples (Llandysul: Gomer, 1951), Gwreiddiau (Aberystwyth, 1959) a Coed (Llandysul: Gomer, 1969).
Name of creator
Biographical history
David James Jones (Gwenallt), poet and writer, was born and brought up in the Swansea Valley. The industrial environment of his early childhood informed Gwenallt's unfinished autobiographical novel Ffwrneisiau, published posthumously in 1982.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Nel Gwenallt, widow of Gwenallt; Aberystwyth; Purchase; 1984.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, [1960s]-1982, of David James Jones (Gwenallt), comprising autograph and typescript drafts of Ffwrneisiau - Cronicl Blynyddoedd Mebyd (Llandysul, 1982), with some related material.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 22054-22060.
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 noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Gwenallt, 1899-1968 -- Archives (Subject)
Genre access points
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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
February 2005 and July 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999); Cydymaith i Lenyddiaeth Cymru (Llandysul, 1986).
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans.