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Title
Date(s)
- [1967]-[1975] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
v, 171 ff.
Placed in melinex sleeves within two ringed boxes at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Tripp (1927-1986) from Bargoed, Glamorgan, journalist and poet, worked at the BBC and as Press Officer at the Indonesian Embassy and information officer at the Central Office of Information in London during the 1960s. After returning to Wales in 1969 he became a freelance journalist and was the literary editor of Planet from 1973 until 1980. He wrote poems and short stories, including The Province of Belief, The Inheritance File and Collected Poems.
Archival history
The papers were retained by Fay Williams, who had been Tripp's girlfriend (c. 1970-1974).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Fay Cornes (née Williams); Dalkeith; Donation; August 2010; 006038976.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Literary papers of John Tripp, [1967]-[1975], comprising manuscript and typescript poetry (ff. 1-26, 28-116, 130-151, 166-171), short stories (ff. 117-118, 152-153) and scripts for radio plays (ff. 119-129, 154-165).
The poetry includes original manuscript and typescript working sheets (ff. 1-26), photocopies of published poems (ff. 166-171), fair typescript copies (typed by Fay Williams) and photocopies of original typescripts (typed by John Tripp) of poems, seventy-two mainly unpublished (ff. 28-100), and twenty-one published in The Meaning of Apricot Sponge: Selected writings of John Tripp, ed. by Tony Curtis (Cardigan, 2010) (ff. 130-151), and a series of twelve poems entitled 'Intervals of Heat', mainly unpublished (ff. 101-116). The short story 'Ferret and Weasel' (ff. 152-153) and the verse play for radio 'The Seed of Dismemberment' (ff. 154-165) were published in The Meaning of Apricot Sponge, while 'Confessions of an English Tutor' and 'Sketches from Provincial Love' (ff. 117-129) remain unpublished. Also included is a letter to Tripp from Meic Stephens, 9 September 1968 (f. 6 verso), and a draft letter from Tripp to John Stuart Williams, 2 April 1969 (f. 27). A list of the contents, compiled by the donor, [?2010], is also included (ff. i-v).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Donor's original order retained.
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Conditions governing access
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Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright permissions have been transferred by the copyright holder to the National Library of Wales.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
The Meaning of Apricot Sponge: Selected writings of John Tripp, ed. by Tony Curtis (Cardigan, 2010).
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 24013i-iiD.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Tripp, John, 1927-1986 -- Archives (Subject)
- Cornes, Fay I., 1946- (Subject)
- Williams, John Stuart. (Subject)
- Stephens, Meic (Subject)
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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
January 2011.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.