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- 1928-1941 (Creation)
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Varying from 19 to 189 ff. ; 205 x 125 mm. and less.
NLW MSS 23325-23326B: Guarded and filed.
NLW MSS 23327-23333A, 23334-23337B: Quarter-cloth and paper over boards and cloth covers.
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Diaries of Geraint Dyfnallt Owen, comprising diary entries in Welsh, 9-23 January 1928, as an undergraduate student at Aberystwyth (MS 23325B); diaries, mainly in English, 8 February-3 December 1931, while at Oxford (MSS 23326B-23327A, the latter also including an account of a visit to Brittany, 23 July-7 September 1931); and diaries spanning the period spent as a Research Fellow of UCW, Aberystwyth, 1932-1936 (MSS 23328-23333A), and as a member of staff of the BBC in Cardiff and Swansea, 1937-1938 (MSS 23334-23336B) and London, 1940-1941 (MS 23337B). This last diary, written in Welsh, contains a commentary on the progress of the Second World War, including the background to certain events and forecasts concerning their outcome.
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Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
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Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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Preferred citation: NLW MSS 23325-23326B, 23327-23333A, 23334-23337B.
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- University College of Wales (Aberystwyth, Wales) (Subject)
- University of Oxford. (Subject)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (Subject)