Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [?1778]-[2007] (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Extent and medium
4 large boxes, 59 small boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson, per Dr Morine Krissdottir; London; Purchase; April 2006; 004444990.
AAC1/3/5: Dr Morine Krissdottir; London; Purchase; July 2006; 004444990.
AAA2/5/3, f. 43: Dr Morine Krissdottir; London; Donation; July 2006; 004444990.
AAB1/1/3, AAB2/1/6: Dr Morine Krissdottir; Dorchester; Donation; October 2016; 99207978602419.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, literary papers and material relating to the estate and literary executorship of the novelist John Cowper Powys (1872-1963), and papers, including estate papers, of previous generations of his family; together with correspondence and literary and personal papers of Powys's companion Phyllis Playter (1893-1982).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Material arranged chronologically or alphabetically.
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
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Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Latin, Greek, French, Welsh, some Italian, Portuguese and Aramaic.
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Geraint Phillips and Bethan Ifan.