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Date(s)
- 1943-1980 / (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
43 ff. Guarded and filed at NLW.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Glyn Evans; Lampeter; Donation (with NLW ex 1916, 1917); 1998; A1998/92.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Seventeen letters, 1943-1980, mostly in Welsh, to Glyn Evans (or Ifans), Tregaron, mainly concerned with matters of literary interest. The majority date from the period of Evans's war service as an RAF wireless operator in Ceylon.
The correspondents are Jennie Eirian Davies, 27 August 1979 (f. 1); D. R. Hughes, 1944-1946 (ff. 8, 12-14); R. Williams Parry, 1952 (ff. 15-19); Iorwerth C. Peate, 1943-1980 (ff. 20-22, 24-29); Kate Roberts, 17 October 1946 (ff. 30-31), and Mrs Elizabeth Williams, [c. 1974] (ff. 32-33). Also included is a manuscript draft of an article on Welsh secondary education submitted by Evans to Jennie Eirian Davies for publication in Y Faner, [1979] (ff. 2-7); a copy, [c. 1974], in the hand of Elizabeth Williams, of lecture notes by her husband, Prof. G. J. Williams, on the literary traditions of Cardiganshire (ff. 34-43); newspaper cuttings, [?1944]-[1945] (ff. 9, 23, English); and a programme for Community Hymn Singing in Cross Hands on 14 May 1944 (ff. 10-11, English).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent at NLW.
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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
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
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Publication note
There are several references to these D. R. Hughes and Iorwerth Peate letters in Glyn Ifans, Coron ar Fotwm: Dyddiadur 1942-1945 (Denbigh, 1960), pp. 55, 65, 72, 74, 77-78, 82, 101, 120-121.
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23728D.
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Name access points
- Ifans, Glyn, 1920- -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog, 1901-1982 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Ifans, Glyn, 1920- (Subject)
- Davies, Jennie Eirian, 1925-1982. (Subject)
- Hughes, D. R. (David Rowland), 1874-1953. (Subject)
- Parry, Robert Williams (Subject)
- Williams, G. J. (Griffith John) (Subject)
- Williams, Elisabeth Elen, 1891-1979 (Subject)
- Roberts, Kate, 1891-1985 (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
September 2009.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;