Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1936-[c. 1981] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
René Hague (1905-1981) was a printer and scholar. He was born in London to Irish parents, and was educated at the Benedictine Ampleforth College, Yorkshire. While living in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 1924-1925, he met the craftsman Eric Gill (died 1941), and David Jones (1895-1974) the artist and writer. With Gill, he founded Pigotts Press in 1930, running it until 1956. The press printed David Jones's In Parenthesis in 1937. He wrote A Commentary on The Anathemata of David Jones (Wellingford, 1977) and David Jones (Cardiff, 1975) for the Writers of Wales series, and edited Dai Greatcoat: a self-portrait of David Jones in his letters (London, 1980). Hague married Eric Gill's daughter Joan (died 1980). They moved to Cork, Ireland, in 1963, and he died there on 19 January 1981, a few weeks after his wife.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Christopher Skelton, The September Press, Wellingborough, Northants, on behalf of the executors of René Hague, 1986.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Books and manuscripts collected by René Hague relating to David Jones, including copies of Jones's published works, with annotations and corrections by Hague, and including loose items such as typescript texts by Jones, letters and maps, 1936-[c. 1981]; notebooks containing notes on David Jones, manuscript drafts by him, and letters to René Hague, 1949-1978; and exhibition catalogues, 1964-1979.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All records deposited at the National Library of Wales have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: published works of David Jones; notebooks; exhibition catalogues; and miscellaneous items.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries, 1987, pp. 47-49, at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Jones, David, 1895-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation. (Subject)
- Hague, René -- Archives (Subject)
- Jones, David, 1895-1974 (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
December 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used to compile this description: National Library of Wales, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1987.
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project.