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Material by or relating to the poet, novelist and illustrator Margiad Evans (born Peggy Eileen Whistler), comprising:

Photograph (made into a postcard) of Lavender Cottage, Bridstow, near Ross-on-Wye, Margiad Evans' family home from 1921, in April 1936, which would have been around the time of her father's death. She describes it as ‘this place where I was born….yes though I came when I was twelve I was born here’ (https://www.walesartsreview.org/creed-the-lasting-voice-of-margiad-evans/)

Press cutting of letter sent by Margiad Evans to Picturegoer magazine, 20 November 1937.

Three instalments of Margiad Evans' account of her life with epilepsy, serialised in John Bull magazine, October-November 1952; together with photocopy of the text. The account was published in book form as A Ray of Darkness (Chatto & Windus, 1952). Margiad Evans developed convulsive seizures at age 41, eventually dying as a result of the brain tumour that had caused them.

Proof copy of Margiad Evans's second anthology of poems A Candle Ahead (Chatto & Windus, 1956), with manuscript corrections. Annotated on rear cover 'Unfinished', along with pencil note.

Article on Margiad Evans by P. J. Kavanagh, published in The Listener magazine, 11 November 1971.