File NLW ex 2540. - Madam Esther Cooper-Jones papers,

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NLW ex 2540.

Title

Madam Esther Cooper-Jones papers,

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  • 1911-2005. (Creation)

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Miss Iris Novello Jones; Aberystwyth; Donation; February 2008; 004562686.

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Papers, 1911-2005, of and relating to the singing career of donor's mother, the contralto Esther Cooper-Jones, originally from Ynyshir but who lived in Aberystwyth until her death. She won many National Eisteddfod solo prizes in her youth and then went to London where she was lead singer in the Ivor Novello chorus, including certificates and concert programmes, biographical material, letters fron Clara Novello Davies, her tutor, and newspaper cuttings relating to her son Ivor Novello.

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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.

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Printing blocks, 29 black and white photographs are in the photographic collection, and a watercolour portrait of the singer, 1915, is in the portrait collection.

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Preferred citation: NLW ex 2540.

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vtls004562686

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • English

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  • Text: NLW ex 2540.