- L4/1
- File
- [c.1959]-1992
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of four drafts of a talk under the title 'The Fear of God', [c.1970], which describes Menna Gallie going back home, while she was living in Cambridge, and going to a Gymanfa Ganu.
The Ulster Teachers of English
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of two versions of a speech on Menna Gallie's teaching experiences in Ulster, [c.1964x1990].
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of a speech made on the Five Towns (Cinque Terre), at the southern end of the Italian Riviera, [1940x1990].
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This series consists of drafts of various pieces of creative work by Menna Gallie, [1940x1990].
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of two draft copies of a play under the title Adelina Richards, and a copy of the play in novel form, [1940x1990].
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of two draft copies (one with pages missing) of a drama under the title 'A Trip to Spain' and a handwritten extract of the play, [1940x1990].
The Making of an Heiress (Man's Desiring)
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of a draft copy of a novel under the title 'The Making of an Heiress', [c.1960], which was presumably later published under the title Man's Desiring (1960).
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of a draft of an untitled piece of work, [1940x1990].
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of various notes which are presumably ideas, plans and information for pieces of creative work, [1940x1990], including a list of cures for various ailments that may have been used for the play Adelina Richards (L2/1); a description of her experiences on the way to Yugoslavia; and a copy of a poem under the title '2nd Poem'.
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of drafts of the first four chapters of the translation by Menna Gallie of Caradog Pritchard's novel Afal Drwg Adda, [c.1973], one of which is handwritten, together with an introduction to the novel.
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This series consists of notebooks full of rough notes, [1940x1990], which appear to be revisions to her novel You're Welcome to Ulster; a draft copy of a speech on her experiences of Northern Ireland; notes about Sicily; summaries of chapters in a book possibly written by herself; plans for the novel Travels With a Duchess; notes on her experiences in New York; notes on wartime memories; a draft on her life experiences and on being a writer; notes written on her holiday in Palermo; notes on 'people to use in her next Welsh novel'; notes for 'a possible Welsh thriller'; and notes on various writers and artists.
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This group consists of papers relating to Menna Gallie's role as a writer and includes drafts of her creative work, drafts of her translations, letters, talks and lectures, radio talks, reviews, articles, notebooks and publishing contracts.
Memories of Ystradgynlais and Creunant
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of drafts of speeches made by Menna Gallie of her memories of various aspects of her childhood in Ystradgynlais and Creunant, [1940 x c.1980]. There are also drafts of speeches about Dyfed, the Gower and Welsh names.
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of drafts of a speech about her experiences as a labour supporter and canvasser during the 1970 election, [c.1970x1990].
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of drafts of speeches on life in Cambridge, [c.1979]-[c.1982]. One of the copies includes brief details of life in Keele, Northern Ireland and America before they moved to Cambridge.
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of three drafts of a speech made by Menna Gallie on her experience of going to Italy for a few months in the winter, [1967x1990].
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of a speech given to the PEN society (a World Association of Writers) in Northern Ireland of her experiences as a delegate for Northern Ireland at a PEN conference in Bled, Slovenia (the former Yugoslavia), 1965. There is also a copy of an extract of this speech on Leonid Leonov.
The Welshness of Pembrokeshire
Part of Menna Gallie Papers (Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales),
This file consists of a draft of a piece of writing on Pembrokeshire under the title 'The Welshness of Pembrokeshire'[c.1974]. This was possibly a draft for the leaflet Menna Gallie published about Pembrokeshire, Little England's Other Half, (1974).