Identity area
Reference code
NLW MS 10810D
Title
Poetry of Idris Davies
Date(s)
- [late 1920s]-[?1953] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
524 ff.
Guarded and filed at NLW as three volumes (vol I: ff. 1-204; vol. II: ff. 205-381; vol. III: ff. 382-524).
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Holograph and typescript copies and cuttings of poetry by Idris Davies, among them being press and proof copies of The Angry Summer (London, 1943) and a press copy of Tonypandy and Other Poems (London, 1945) (vol. I); a typescript entitled 'The Valleys of My Fathers', with a revised copy entitled 'Gwalia My Song' (vol. II); and drafts of some 200 other poems.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XIX, 249.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10810D.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004579183
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Description identifier
Institution identifier
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
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Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.