Madam Esther Cooper-Jones papers,

Papers, 1911-2005, of and relating to the singing career of donor's mother, the contralto Esther Cooper-Jones, originally from Ynyshir but who lived in Aberystwyth until her death. She won many National Eisteddfod solo prizes in her youth and then went to London where she was lead singer in the Ivor Novello chorus, including certificates and concert programmes, biographical material, letters fron Clara Novello Davies, her tutor, and newspaper cuttings relating to her son Ivor Novello.

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Miss Iris Novello Jones; Aberystwyth; Donation; February 2008; 004562686.

Preferred citation: NLW ex 2540.

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Printing blocks, 29 black and white photographs are in the photographic collection, and a watercolour portrait of the singer, 1915, is in the portrait collection.

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