File Box 1. - Professional papers, personal papers and biographical material,

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Box 1.

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Professional papers, personal papers and biographical material,

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  • 1894-2003. (Creation)

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1 box.

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Correspondence, notes, reports, certificates, press cuttings and other papers relating to Cyril Fox's professional and personal life, including material collected for his biography and proposed autobiography, comprising: academic and professional correspondence and notes of Cyril Fox, with letters from archaeologists to Aileen Fox, and some family correspondence, 1903-1994; correspondence and notes relating to Cyril Fox's appointments to posts at Magdalene College, the National Museum of Ireland and the National Museum of Wales, 1924; correspondence between Cyril Fox and Methuen publishers concerning archaeological books written by him for them, 1929-1935; correspondence between Cyril Fox, Wilfrid Hemp and others concerning the work of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, with particular reference to archaeological fieldwork, as well as the appointment and pay of senior staff at the Commission, 1927-1952; copies of reports and minutes of meetings at the National Museum of Wales relating to curatorial matters, finances, education, staff members and the new building, and press cuttings and photocopies of articles relating to the Museum and its work, 1926-1990; correspondence between Olive Fox, Cyril Fox and other members of the family, with notes and press cuttings relating to her death, 1931-1933; obituaries and memorials for Cyril Fox and other archaeologists, 1967-1979; photocopies of letters from Cyril Fox to his family, 1951-1961; autobiographical notes by Cyril Fox relating to his working life, with notes and press cuttings relating to The Personality of Britain, [?1930s]-1962; school, Army and university reports, certificates and associated letters relating to Cyril Fox's school life, Army commission, academic qualifications, and honours, 1894-1953; essays on history, literature, art, politics and ideas, some of them in diary form, by Cyril Fox, 1907-1908; poems composed by Cyril Fox, 1903-1909; a diary of an archaeological cruise undertaken by Cyril Fox from Italy through the Adriatic to Greece, together with letters relating to his early life and the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis, as well as family history and publishing contracts, 1903-1981; and correspondence, notes and interviews accumulated by Charles Scott-Fox in the course of preparing his biography of Cyril Fox, including the personal and professional reminiscences of archaeologists, some of them concentrating on Fox's involvement in the Vernacular Architecture Group, 1985-2003.

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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.

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English, Latin and French.

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Preferred citation: Box 1.

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vtls006676485

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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