Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1900-1982 (accumulated [c.1920]-1982) / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.619 cubic metres (4 boxes, 4 drawers, 135 scrapbooks, 50 loose items)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
D. R. Davies (1919-1978) of Aberdare, Glamorgan, was a drama enthusiast and newspaper correspondent (sometimes writing for Y Cymro and the Western Mail under the name 'Twm o'r Nant') who collected newspaper cuttings, booklets, magazines and other material related to drama, theatre and other forms of entertainment in Europe and elsewhere, but mainly relating to drama and entertainment in Wales. He was involved in left-wing drama and the Little Theatre movement.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from D. R. Davies, 1974, 1975, 1978. Further material donated by Mrs Rhiannon Williams, daughter of D. R. Davies, 1989.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Scrapbooks containing press cuttings etc., 1900-1982, relating largely to Welsh drama, theatrical activities and popular entertainment in Wales and amongst Welsh communities in English cities, including material on dramatists of Wales, 1932-1953; drama in Wales, 1922-1982; Welsh actors, 1932-1946; theatre cuttings, 1931-1953; fairs, folklore and folk-dancing in Wales, 1936-1938; children's theatre, 1959-1967; Welsh National Theatre, 1900-1978; and information on theatre in Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, America, and other countries.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records puchased by and donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into individual scrapbooks.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Most of the individual scrapbooks contain an index. A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.
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
- Scrapbooks -- Wales.
- Welsh drama -- England.
- Theater and children -- Wales.
- Theater critics -- Wales.
- Theater -- Canada.
- Theater -- Bulgaria.
- Theater -- Belgium.
- Theater -- Austria.
- Theater -- Australia.
- Theater -- China.
- Theater -- Czechoslovakia.
- Theater -- Denmark.
- Theater -- Finland.
- Theater -- France.
- Theater -- Germany.
- Theater -- Greece.
- Theater -- Netherlands.
- Theater -- Hungary.
- Theater -- India.
- Theater -- Iran.
- Theater -- Ireland.
- Theater -- Israel.
- Theater -- Italy.
- Theater -- Japan.
- Theater -- Norway.
- Theater -- Poland.
- Theater -- Romania.
- Theater -- Russia.
- Theater -- Scotland.
- Theater -- Spain.
- Theater -- Sweden.
- Theater -- Turkey.
- Theater -- United States.
- Theater -- Wales
- Folk dancing, Welsh.
- Fairs -- Wales.
- Folklore -- Wales.
- Wales
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
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
March 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. Sources: NLW, Schedule of the D. R. Davies collection of scrap books. Davies took his pseudonym from 'Twm o'r Nant', Thomas Edwards (1739-1810).