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Reference code
NLW MS 24008D.
Title
Augustus John letters to Tristan de Vere Cole
Date(s)
- [1947]-1961 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
49 ff.
Placed in melinex sleeves within ringed box at NLW.
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Scope and content
Forty-five letters and cards, [1947]-1961, from Augustus John to Tristan de Vere Cole containing personal and family news, career advice and news of his mother Mavis.
Also included is a leaflet for an anti-nuclear rally, 1961 (f. 46). A single letter (f. 31 recto-verso) contains comments in the hand of Mavis Wheeler.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically at NLW.
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English.
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Photocopies of many of the letters are NLW, Michael Holroyd (Augustus John) Research Papers, 3/11.
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Title based on contents.
Note
Folio 7a was donated to NLW by Tristan de Vere Cole in January 2012 and added to the manuscript.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 24008D.
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vtls006054111
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales