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- 1966-2011 (Creation)
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ii, 219 ff.
Placed in melinex sleeves within two ringed boxes at NLW.
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Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
NLW MS 23946D, ff. i-ii, 1-201: Ms Ruth Bidgood; Llanwrtyd Wells; Purchase; May 2006; 004452942.
NLW MS 23946D, ff. 202-219: Ms Ruth Bidgood; Llanwrtyd Wells; Donation; August 2011.
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Scope and content
Some one hundred and seventy-five original poems by Ruth Bidgood, 1966-2011, mostly typescript, some are emended and a few are in manuscript (ff. 208, 212, 214, 216-217, 219).
The majority of the poems have appeared in various periodicals, as recorded by the author on the individual folios. A few only have subsequently been published in collections, including 'Cwm Pennant' (ff. 132-133) and 'Encounters with Angels' (ff. 195-201) in Symbols of Plenty (Norwich, 2006), 'Complaints' (ff. 66-71, 187-189) and 'Bringing Home the Bride' (ff. 169-170) in Hearing Voices (Blaenau Ffestiniog, 2008), and a revised version of 'Reading a Landscape' (ff. 177-181) in Time Being (Bridgend, 2009). 'The Zombie-makers' (f. 38) and 'Brianne 1970' (f. 42) were first published in Matthew Jarvis, Ruth Bidgood (Cardiff, 2012), pp. 133-134. There are multiple copies or drafts of some poems, including 'Complaints' (ff. 66-71, 187-189), 'Summerers' (ff. 129, 152), 'Apparition' (ff. 171, 208), 'Reading a Landscape' (ff. 177-181), 'Windblow' (ff. 182, 218-219), 'Elan in Autumn' (ff. 193, 213-217) and 'Looms' (ff. 194, 210). A list of contents (for ff. 1-194) in the hand of the author is ff. i-ii; the order has subsequently been revised by her. Since the author usually disposed of typescripts once the poems had been collected, this volume includes rare examples of her work.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Author's original order retained, with ff. 202-219 (poems composed 2005-2007, 2011) added as a second accession.
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Conditions governing access
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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Language and script notes
English.
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Publication note
Matthew Jarvis, Ruth Bidgood (Cardiff, 2012)
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Title based on contents.
Note
'Uncollected Poems July 1966 to May 2004' on label affixed to original folder.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23946i-iiD.
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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
August 2011 and January 2013.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;