Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1981-2011 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.238 cubic metres (8 large boxes, 1 small box).
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Chris Bendon, poet and author, was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, in 1950. He studied English at St David's University College, Lampeter, Cardiganshire, and lived in Wales from 1977 until his death in 2011. He edited Spectrum magazine, 1982-1985, and published work as the Spectrum Press. His published volumes include Constructions (Llandysul, 1991), A Dyfed Quartet (Ruthin, 1992), Jewry (Salzburg, 1995) and the drama Crossover (Salzburg, 1996).
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Chris Bendon, Lampeter, 1995-2000, March 2001, April and October 2003, September 2004, September 2006, August 2007, April 2009 and February 2011. A further deposit was received in July 2012 from Cara Bendon and Sue Moules after Chris Bendon's death.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Chris Bendon comprising typescript copies of his poetry, including Jewry: a Poetry Collection', [1995] andWinter Sun: a Poetry Collection', as well as unpublished poems, prose poems (or 'prosems'), prose, drama, and a typescript copy of 'Crossover: a Play on Words or Libretto for an Imaginary Opera', together with a collection of anthologies, magazines, periodicals and journals, and also diaries (described by Chris Bendon as 'medico-legal'), mostly comprising details of medical and social problems and the minutiae of everyday life, as well as other papers collected during his literary activities.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged as found. Chris Bendon devised his own filing system, but this broke down over time, and it has not been retained. Files may now be requested according to the box in which they are kept (Boxes 1-9), rather than Chris Bendon's system. The old numbers are still clearly visible, however: most of the items within boxes were numbered by Chris Bendon in the series 1-11, 12/1-8, 13-14, and boxes 10-14, 15i-ii, 16, with some items having no number, and some numbers being applied to more than one item.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The diaries are not available without the written permission of Chris Bendon's daughter, Cara Bendon. 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
Copyright belongs to Chris Bendon's daughter, Cara Bendon.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Bendon, Chris -- Archives (Subject)
Genre access points
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Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2003; amended April 2005 and January 2015.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project, with amendments by David Moore. The following sources were used to compile this description: NLW, Schedule of Minor Lists and Summaries 1995; Stephens, Meic, The New Companion to the Literature of Wales (Cardiff, 1998).