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Date(s)
- [1966]-1973 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
12 ff.
Placed in melinex sleeves within ringed box at NLW.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Sotheby's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 163; 8 July 2004; 0200409878.
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Scope and content
Eleven letters, [1966]-1973, from the poet and novelist Robert Graves, to Owen M. Roberts, Bickley, Kent, his comrade in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, whom Graves credited with saving his life at High Wood in July 1916, during the Somme offensive (ff. 1-3, 5-12).
Also included is a carbon copy typescript letter from Roberts to Graves, 1 January 1968 (f. 4). The letters contain references to the battle at High Wood (ff. 1, 10), the Royal Welch Fusiliers (ff. 6, 8, 11), Siegfried Sassoon (ff. 1 verso, 2, 12 verso) and Harold Macmillan (f. 10 verso). Graves mentions Roberts in his autobiography, Goodbye to All That (London, 1929); Roberts's copy of the 1966 revised edition (see NLW ex 2334) contains an autograph dedication from Graves and a marginal gloss on p. 198.
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Accruals
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Arranged chronologically at NLW.
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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
Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding the ownership of Robert Graves copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed April 2012).
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
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Title based on contents.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23931D.
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Name access points
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Welch Fusiliers. (Subject)
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967. (Subject)
- Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986. (Subject)
- Roberts, Owen M. -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Roberts, Owen M. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2012.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;