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Date(s)
- 1951-1955 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
Letters: 4 ff.
The Letters of Elizabeth Myers: v, 172 ff. (paginated 1-344)
The Powys Family: 14 ff.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bloomsbury Book Auctions; London; Purchased at auction; 18 March 2004 (lot 630); 0200406378.
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Scope and content
A presentation copy of The Letters of Elizabeth Myers, ed. by Littleton C. Powys (London, 1951), inscribed by Powys, 8 November 1951, to Mrs [Dorothy May] Meech, his typist on this and other books, together with three letters, 1951-1955, from Powys to Mrs Meech (ff. 2-4), the first of which accompanied the book. Also included is a presentation copy of Littleton C. Powys, The Powys Family (Yeovil, 1952), inscribed by the author, October 1952, to the antiquarian Joseph Fowler, together with a letter, 26 October 1952, from Powys to Fowler (f. 1).
The letters have been placed in an archival envelope.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Letters arranged alphabetically by recipient.
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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 Littleton Powys copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed February 2016).
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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English.
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Title based on contents.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23927B.
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Name access points
- Meech, Dorothy May -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Myers, Elizabeth, 1912-1947 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Powys family (Subject)
- Powys, Littleton, 1874-1955 -- Correspondence (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
January 2016
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Geraint Phillips and Bethan Ifan, and revised by Rhys M. Jones.