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Title
Date(s)
- [1947]-2000 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
91 ff. Guarded and filed at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Enid Stevens, daughter of Anna Wyn Jones; Reading; Donation (with NLW MSS 23896-7); January 2003; 0200300734.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Twenty-seven letters and cards, 1948-1974, in French, from the Breton artist Xavier de Langlais (Langleiz), and his wife, Annick, to Anna Wyn Jones (née Richards), Neath Abbey (ff. 1-47), together with prints by Langleiz, [1947]-1954 (ff. 70-79).
The prints include five lino-cuts, [1947]-1948, containing representations of Saint David (f. 70), King Nevenoe [Nominoë] (f. 74) and Saint Erwan [Yves] (ff. 75-76). Also included are a further twelve letters and cards, [1950s]-2000, to Jones from Annick de Langlais and her children (ff. 48-69), and ephemera, 1948-2000, concerning Langleiz (ff. 80-91).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1. Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 004282761. Date: 20050209. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Loose Documents : Loose papers and letters. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2. Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 004282761. Date: 20050909. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J.E. Pugh. Status: Loose Documents : Loose papers and letters guarded and filed. Institution: WlAbNL.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW as follows: letters; prints; ephemera.
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.
Language of material
- French
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
French, some Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23898E.
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GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Langlais, Xavier de -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Jones, Anna Wyn, 1919-2002 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Langlais, Annick de -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- David, Saint, active 6th century (Subject)
- Nominoë, d. 851. (Subject)
- Yves, Saint, 1253-1303. (Subject)
- Jones, Anna Wyn, 1919-2002. (Subject)
- Langlais, Annick de. (Subject)
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Institution identifier
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 2012.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;