File NLW MS 23898E. - Xavier de Langlais letters and prints,

Identity area

Reference code

NLW MS 23898E.

Title

Xavier de Langlais letters and prints,

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

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Three related photographs and a portfolio of wood engravings have been transferred to the Library's Visual Images Collection (Casgliadau Arbennig, 0200300736), and one printed item to the Printed Books Collection.

Related descriptions

Notes area

Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23898E.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004282761

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000282761

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Subject access points

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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;

Accession area