Correspondence with Alfred P. Graves

  • Reference
    • GB 133 GDN/A/G37
  • Dates of Creation
    • 10 Aug 1906-27 Nov 1927
  • Physical Description
    • 7 pieces; 9 sheets

Scope and Content

Correspondence with Alfred Perceval Graves (1846-1931), poet and educationist, relating to an offer by Graves of a series of English versions of Welsh folk songs for publication in the Manchester Guardian by Ernest Rhys, writer and literary editor, which are accepted. There is reference to a lecture by Graves to be given at the Eisteddfod on the need for a Welsh Folk Society, and discussion of Graves' experience in the field of Irish folk music.

There is correspondence relating to Home Rule for Ireland, and discussion of an [unknown] plan put forward by Graves in relation to a different form of home rule for Ulster. There is a request from Graves for employment at the Manchester Guardian for his son, Charles Graves, with details of his previous experience as a reporter, which is refused, and an enquiry as to poems contributed by Graves for a proposed poetry section for the Manchester Guardian, followed by the information that the idea of a poetry section for the paper has had to be abandoned. There is also reference to a dinner given to by the Irish Literary Society to Graves to celebrate the jubilee [of the publication of Songs of Killarney].

There is a request for an article by Graves [on Austria] to be published in the Manchester Guardian, which is accepted, with discussion of the influence of the Manchester Guardian in [Germany] and Ireland.