Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1949-1964 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
71 ff.
Guarded and filed at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Joan Stevens; Yoxford, Suffolk; Purchase; June 1992; B1992/31.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Some fifty-six letters, [1950]-[1962], from Helen Thomas to the writer Rex Taylor (ff. 4-71), together with three letters, 1948-1964, to the poet Basil Dowling (ff. 1-3 verso); they contain mainly personal news, comments on Edward Thomas and on the work of Rex Taylor.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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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 laws apply. Information regarding the ownership of Helen Thomas copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed August 2018).
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23103D.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Taylor, Rex, 1921- -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Dowling, Basil Cairns, 1910-2000 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Thomas, Helen, 1877-1967 -- Correspondence (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
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
March 2009 and August 2018
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan, and revised by Rhys M. Jones.