Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 2000-2005 (mostly 2003-2005) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
83 ff.
Placed in melinex sleeves within ringed box at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
The Raymond Garlick letters (ff. 1-21) were apparently returned to him by Wirz in in the Summer of 2005, to be donated to NLW.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Twenty-one letters, December 2001, August 2003-June 2005, from Dr Raymond Garlick to Dr Jacques Wirz (ff. 1-21), together with twenty-two corresponding letters, April 2000, July 2003-May 2005, from Wirz to Garlick (ff. 23, 39-48, 56-75).
Also included are Wirz's translations into English of three articles relating to Wales, in German, by Daisy Reck, [2001] (ff. 34-38), [2003] (ff. 50-55), along with cuttings of parts of the articles (ff. 32-33, 49); a transcript, in English, of a Swiss radio programme featuring Reck entitled 'Wales, Land of Magic and Magicians', [2000] (ff. 24-31); and a translation of an article on Reck's late husband, the Swiss journalist Oskar Reck, [2003x2005], taken from Journalismus aus Leidenschaft: Oskar Reck - ein Leben für das Wort, ed. by Roy Oppenheim (Bern, 2003) (ff. 76-83).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW as follows: Raymond Garlick letters; Jacques Wirz letters.
Conditions of access and use area
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Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, some German.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Former tape bindings removed (ff. 24-31, 76-83); one letter damaged in transit (f. 4, an accompanying Royal Mail plastic bag has been discarded).
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Allied materials area
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23934D.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Reck, Oskar, 1920- (Subject)
- Reck, Daisy, 1937- (Subject)