1901-1991
Ref:GB 210 MSSAUND (alternative) vtls004319192 (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000319192 Saunders Lewis ManuscriptsPublishedLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of WalesThe descriptions are also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999) and Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003).March 2009.Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.Papers, 1901-1991, of dramatist, poet and literary critic John Saunders Lewis consisting mainly of correspondence and comprising letters, 1914-1955, between Saunders Lewis and Margaret Lewis (née Gilcriest), including letters written whilst Saunders Lewis was serving in the First World War and whilst he was imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs in 1937; letters, 1919-1984, to Saunders Lewis from various correspondents, including seventy-three letters, 1923-1983, from Kate Roberts, and fifty-three letters and cards, 1948-1974, from artist and writer David Jones, together with letters, 1937, to Margaret Lewis from David Jones and from various correspondents to her, 1919-1951; letters, 1919-1924, to Saunders Lewis from his father Lodwig Lewis, and letters, 1952, 1984-[c. 1986], to Mair Saunders Jones, daughter of Saunders and Margaret Lewis, including a letter, 1952, from Kate Roberts; together with autograph and typescript drafts of plays by Saunders Lewis, 1936-1983, articles, notes and addresses by him, including students notebooks of 1914-1920, and poetry, 1912-1947, by both Saunders and Margaret Lewis.References include those to Plaid Cymru, Welsh nationalism, contemporary Welsh literature, the state of the Welsh language at the time, and Roman Catholicism.Usual copyright laws apply.gb210-mssaund Saunders Lewis Manuscripts Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.6.1 2022-02-22 14:16 UTC Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH 2023-05-02 Normalised for publication by Archives Hub
Location:National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Name of creator:Lewis Saunders 1893-1985.
Extent:44 volumes
Language:English Welsh Welsh, English
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