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Gwyneth Lewis Papers
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November 2011 Purchase

Literary work, correspondence and other papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's life and work, especially in the period during and after her emergence as a writer.

School and eisteddfod notes

Exercise books and folders containing notes and essays by Gwyneth Lewis on a number of academic subjects including Welsh, English, Music and others, compiled for school and eisteddfod work, as well as diaries compiled by her during an eisteddfod and a trip to Paris, printed notes, and a copy of the British Ballet Organization Bulletin.

Personal papers

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's personal life, and in particular its relationship with her work.

Gwyneth Lewis Papers

  • GB 0210 GWYNETHLEW
  • Fonds
  • [c.1965]-2011

Literary and personal papers of Gwyneth Lewis, comprising poetry, prose, correspondence, notes and other professional and private material accumulated throughout her life from her school and college years until 2011, with some gaps.

Lewis, Gwyneth, 1959-

March 2011 Purchase

Literary work, correspondence and other papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's life and work, especially the first few decades of her life and her emergence as a writer.

School and university

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s literary and other activities at school and university, and at eisteddfodau during the same period, including: manuscript and typescript copies of scripts for plays, addresses and recitations, with notes; manuscript poems and notes for poems by Gwyneth Lewis, and her annotated copies of poems by other children, as well as a copy of 'Coffee incognito' by Gabriel Gbadamosi; copies of school event programmes; copies of school newspapers; material relating to the national Urdd eisteddfod, including a letter of adjudication concerning a poem by Gwyneth Lewis, a certificate awarded to her for recitation, press cuttings, songs and a poem by other pupils, and a programme; a typescript copy of a play script by Emyr Edwards; press cuttings concerning literary matters, especially competitions in which Gwyneth Lewis was involved; theatre and ballet programmes; school and Brownie ephemera; primary and secondary school work by Gwyneth Lewis; copies of her examination certificates; letters to her from family, friends, colleagues and others concerning personal, student and work matters, and other subjects of interest to her; material relating to her studies at Cambridge university, including entrance examination papers, letters to her from Girton College concerning her application and acceptance to read English, letters of reference for her from Girton; student magazines, a student’s guide to Girton College, college newsletters, a copy of an academic literary article annotated by Gwyneth Lewis, and other student ephemera; and material relating to her Harkness Fellowship at Columbia University, including letters, an application form and tax forms.

Personal and family ephemera

Ephemera accumulated by Gwyneth Lewis relating to her personal and family life, including orders of service for weddings and funerals (notably her own wedding), an inventory of her flat at [Girton], identity cards (for universities, libraries, transport, swimming baths and the BBC), membership cards for Oxbridge societies, examination literature, records of medical appointments and an eye prescription, an international driving permit and papers relating to speed awareness, tickets for transport and events, event programmes, domestic receipts, a letter from a utility provider, gym records, a diary kept by her sister Marian as a child, and a personalised calendar featuring family members, together with related notes, photographs, press cuttings, booklets, leaflets, badges, and drawings by adults and children.

Ephemera

Papers accumulated by Gwyneth Lewis relating to personal aspects of her domestic, professional, social and academic life other than those directly covered elsewhere in the archive.

Correspondence

Correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis and her family, friends and colleagues, covering personal, artistic, academic and other aspects of her life, together with related material.

Correspondence and related papers

Correspondence and drafts of letters between Gwyneth Lewis and family, friends, teachers, Urdd representatives and literary contacts, as well as letters to her parents, concerning personal, social and artistic matters relating to her childhood, school and university days, including her literary and musical activities in school and in the Urdd, together with related poems, theatre programmes, postcards, certificates, tickets, school notes, vouchers, drawings, music scores, press cuttings, leaflets, posters and other ephemera.

Personal papers

Papers comprising Gwyneth Lewis's work at school and with the Urdd, most of it of a literary nature, together with papers relating to the financial aspects of her literary work as a professional writer.

School projects

School projects by Gwyneth Lewis, including a folder of her poetry in typescript, as well as a folder, photographs, press cuttings and an audio tape relating to a project on Rhydwen Williams, together with folders and scrapbooks concerning other topics relating to a variety of school subjects.

Memoranda

Notebooks containing personal, domestic and professional notes, reminders, dates and contacts, notably including Gwyneth Lewis's practical and literary preparations for sailing 'Jameeleh'.

Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from her parents

Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from her parents, Gwilym and Eryl Lewis, concerning personal, social, family and other matters, notably her activities with the Urdd, at school, at university at Cambridge and Harvard, and living and working in the United States, together with related press cuttings and a letter from Glamorgan County Council congratulating her on her ‘A’ Level examination results.

Correspondence with Marian Lewis

Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from her sister, Marian, together with a few from Gwyneth Lewis to Marian Lewis, concerning personal, social, family and other matters during her childhood and student days.

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