Series AAB2 - Letters to friends and acquaintances

Identity area

Reference code

AAB2

Title

Letters to friends and acquaintances

Date(s)

  • 1930-1962 (Creation)

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Series

Extent and medium

11 folders, 1 bundle + 1 envelope in 5 boxes.

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Scope and content

Letters from John Cowper Powys to various friends and acquaintances, including a substantial number of (photocopied) letters to the poet Huw Menai (Huw Owen Williams) and letters to the poet and novelist Gamel Woolsey. Also included are a number of envelopes addressed to Gilbert Turner and others from John Cowper Powys, the contents of the envelopes having been removed.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged chronologically within each file or series of files.

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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.

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Script of material

Language and script notes

English, Welsh, some Greek, some Latin.

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Note

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Virtua system control number

vtls006211080

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Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Dates of creation revision deletion

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Archivist's note

Description compiled by Geraint Phillips and Bethan Ifan.

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