Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1931-2005 (accumulated 1967-2005) (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.027 cubic metres (3 boxes).
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Sam Adams is a poet, critic and editor, who has published two volumes of poetry and has edited a number of anthologies and collections of essays on Anglo-Welsh literature. He was the co-editor of a collection of short stories by Anglo-Welsh writers, The Shining Pyramid (1970) with Roland Mathias, editor of Ten Anglo Welsh Poets (1974), and the author of essays on Geraint Goodwin, and Roland Mathias in the Writers of Wales series (1975, 1995).
Poetry Wales was a magazine founded in 1965 by Meic Stephens, who was the editor until 1973. Sam Adams was a member of the editorial board of Poetry Wales from 1970 to 1973, and became editor from Summer 1973 until Spring 1975 (Vols 9/1-10/3). During this time, as well as introducing new poets, Poetry Wales also featured special issues on Dylan Thomas, Sir T. H. Parry-Williams and Alun Lewis.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from Mr Sam Adams, Newport, June 2002.; 0200208594
An additional group was purchased from Mr Sam Adams, Newport, July 2007.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters to Sam Adams from prominent literary figures, including material submitted to him by them for publication, and some related correspondence between other parties, together with files on Geraint Goodwin and Alun Lewis.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All papers donated to NLW have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are possible.
System of arrangement
Arranged into two groups, following the order in which Sam Adams arranged the papers himself: Letters to Sam Adams (2002 Purchase) and Letters to Sam Adams (2007 Purchase).
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 laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English and Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the first part of this list is available at NLW.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Adams, Sam, 1934- -- Archives. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2003 and January 2015.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: The New Companion to the Literature of Wales, ed. Meic Stephens (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1998); Poetry Wales;
Archivist's note
Compiled by Nia Mai Williams, with additions by David Moore.