Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1962-[c. 1986] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
5 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Frederick Herbert Davies (1916-1990) of Birkenhead was a schoolmaster, novelist, bookseller, translator of Goldoni, Daudet and others, and Fellow Commoner of Churchill College, Cambridge. He became acquainted with John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter in 1962, by which time they were living in Blaenau Ffestiniog. Davies continued to correspond with, and visit, Playter until her death and went on to publish The Diary of John Cowper Powys 1930, ed. by Frederick Davies (London, 1987).
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bloomsbury Book Auctions; London; Purchased at auction (together with NLW ex 1549-1553), lot 234; 24 June 1993.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, 1962-[c. 1986], of Frederick Davies, relating to John Cowper Powys, including letters to Davies from Phyllis Playter, Alyse Gregory, Lucy Amelia Penny, Marie Canavaggia and others, 1962-1986; letters to Powys on his ninetieth birthday, 1962; and an unpublished account of the love affair between Powys and Frances Gregg, [c. 1986].
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 23193-23197.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- French
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, some French.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Davies, Frederick, 1916-1990 -- Archives (Subject)
- Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963 (Subject)
- Davies, Frederick, 1916-1990 -- Correspondence (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
January 2016
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: The Diary of John Cowper Powys 1930, ed. by Frederick Davies (London, 1987); Bloomsbury Book Auctions sale catalogue, Sale 208 (1993).
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys M. Jones.