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- 1936-1938 (Creation)
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NLW MS 22744D: 214 ff.
NLW MS 22745D: 248 ff.
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Some one hundred and thirty letters, 1936-1938, to William Ronald Rees Jones (Keidrych Rhys) from over forty contributors and supporters, mostly covering issues 1-3 of 'Wales'. Some of the most notable correspondents are Roy Campbell (1), Idris Davies (6), Rhys Davies (6), Caradoc Evans (3), George Ewart Evans (5), Margiad Evans (3), Ll. Wyn Griffith (2), Nigel Heseltine (8), Richard Hughes (1), Augustus John (1), Glyn Jones (20), John Lehmann (1), Cedric Morris (2), Mervyn Peake (1), A. G. Prys-Jones (1), Goronwy Rees (2), Ernest Rhys (1), Dylan Thomas (10) and Vernon Watkins (7). Many of the letters are accompanied by manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry and prose, mostly published in 'Wales' nos 1 - 3 (1937). Also included are a few notes and press cuttings compiled by Keidrych Rhys.
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Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English.
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Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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John Harris, 'Not a Trysorfa Fach: Keidrych Rhys and the Launching of "Wales"', in New Welsh Review, 3.3 (Winter 1990-1991), 28-33.
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Preferred citation: NLW MSS 22744-22745D.
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- Campbell, Roy, 1901-1957 (Subject)
- Davies, Rhys, 1901-1978 (Subject)
- Evans, Caradoc, 1878-1945 (Subject)
- Evans, George Ewart (Subject)
- Evans, Margiad, 1909-1958 (Subject)
- Griffith, Llewelyn Wyn, 1890-1977 (Subject)
- Heseltine, Nigel (Subject)
- Hughes, Richard, 1900-1976 (Subject)
- Jones, Glyn, 1905-1995 (Subject)
- Morris, Cedric, 1889-1982. (Subject)
- Peake, Mervyn Laurence, 1911-1968. (Subject)
- Prys-Jones, A. G. (Arthur Glyn) (Subject)
- Rees, Goronwy, 1909-1979. (Subject)
- Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946 (Subject)
- Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953 (Subject)
- Davies, Idris (Subject)
- Lehmann, John, 1907-1987 (Subject)
- John, Augustus, 1878-1961 (Subject)
- Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967 (Subject)