1930-1978
Ref:GB 210 NLW MS 23848D (alternative) vtls004182551 (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000182551 Rhys Davies correspondencePublishedFebruary 2012Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones.For further correspondence of Rhys Davies see NLW MSS 20897E, 23106E.Correspondence, 1930-1978, of Rhys Davies, comprising some twenty-five letters to various correspondents (ff. 1-31), including his brother Arthur Lewis Davies, 1933-1955 (ff. 1-12), his sisters Gertie E. Davies and Gladys Davies, 1960-1978 (ff. 13-18), and his friend and patron Louise Taylor, 1975-1977 (ff. 20-30); together with some twenty-seven letters to Davies from various correspondents (ff. 32-78), including G. F. Adam, 1947 (f. 32), John Fernald, 1954 (ff. 34-37), John Gawsworth, 1946 (f. 38), James Hanley, [1950s] (f. 40), Anna Kavan, [early 1960s] (f. 44), Keidrych Rhys, 1946 (f. 47), Flora Robson, 1954 (ff. 50-53, copies), Valerie Taylor, 1955 (ff. 56-70), and his sister Peggie Williams, 1945 (ff. 74-75).Also included is a group of correspondence relating to the dramatisation of Rhys Davies's short story 'Gents Only', 1948 (ff. 79-82), and to the estates of Alice B. Toklas and Louise Taylor, 1978 (ff. 83-86)
Location:National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Extent:86 ff. Guarded and filed at NLW
Language:English English
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