Ireland and the Irish Language, including: a file, 1979-82, concerning the Irish Texts Society; a typescript copy of "Country Storyteller ...,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Reference
- GB 210 Box 33.
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- 1909-1982.
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Ireland and the Irish Language, including: a file, 1979-82, concerning the Irish Texts Society; a typescript copy of "Country Storyteller - A Galway Shanachie and his Lore" by Tomas O Broin; corrected galley proofs of the volume The Celtic Realms by Myles Dillon and Nora K. Chadwick published in London in 1967; copies, 1955-70, of Eire - Bulletin of the Department of External Affairs; notebooks on scholarly Irish texts kept by Idris Foster; miscellaneous correspondence, 1958-81, including letters from Daniel Binchy, 1960, Myles Dillon (6), 1958-62, D. Simon Evans (3), 1960, Proinsias Mac Cana (2), 1962, William O'Sullivan (3), 1960-1, and Calvert Watkins, 1962; together with printed items of Irish interest, 1909-78.

Note

Preferred citation: Box 33.

Additional Information

Published

Archive Record|Table of contents

Idris Foster Papers,IDRTER

Correspondence A-D,Box 1.

Correspondence E-h,Box 2.

Correspondence I-M,Box 3.

Correspondence N-s,Box 4.

Correspondence T-y,Box 5.

Unarranged correspondence,Box 6.

Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries[I],Box 7.

Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries[II],Box 8.

Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries,Box 9.

Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries,Box 10.

Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries,Box 11.

Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries,Box 12.

Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries,Box 13.

Cyngor yr Iaith Gymraeg / Council for the Welsh Language, Committee on University Libraries (Oxford),Box 14.

Papers of Cyngor yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol / National Eisteddfod Council, 1970-1972; Papers of Professor T. Hudson Williams; and Reports of ...,Box 15.

Unarranged correspondence. Included is an inscribed card sent by the poet and artist David Jones, 1950, to Gervase Mathew, who ...,Box 16.

Personal papers including letters and telegrams, 1977-1978, congratulating Idris Foster on receiving his knighthood; letters and cards, 1978, on the ...,Box 17.

Typescript and holograph drafts, off-prints and radio and television scripts by Idris Foster,Box 18.

Notes, correspondence, etc., relating to Idris Foster's work on Culhwch ac Olwen, including two copies of his thesis, "Astudiaeth o ...,Box 19.

Scholarly and academic notes kept by Idris Foster,Box 20-21.

National Eisteddfod,Box 22.

Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. Correspondence, 1947-1977, notices of meetings and programmes, 1954-1978, and drafts of articles for the Transactions of ...,Box 23.

Papers relating to the University of Wales and its constituent colleges, 1936-1984, and the Board of Celtic Studies of the ...,Box 24.

Papers relating to Oxford University and in particular to Jesus College, 1960-1984, and Idris Foster's position as Professor of Celtic ...,Box 25.

Minutes and reports relating to Cyngor yr Iaith Gymraeg / Council for the Welsh Language, 1973-7,and several government reports, 1963-70 ...,Box 26.

Papers relating to the Church in Wales, including minutes of the Standing Liturgical Commission of the Church in Wales, 1957-1968 ...,Box 27.

Files of minutes of the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries, 1978-84, including a letter, 1982, from Margaret Thatcher, and ...,Box 28.

Files of minutes and correspondence relating to the following archaeological bodies: The National Committee for Rescue Archaeology for Wales, 1975-82 ...,Box 29.

Archaeology, including letters from Dr Glyn E. Daniel of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1960-1, and a provisional report on excavations ...,Box 30.

Minutes and correspondence of the Ancient Monuments Board for England, 1981-2, and the Ancient Monuments Board for Wales, 1979-82; plates ...,Box 31.

Reports and publications relating to ancient monuments, including: deserted medieval villages in Wales; medieval moated sites in Wales; medieval houses ...,Box 32.

Ireland and the Irish Language, including: a file, 1979-82, concerning the Irish Texts Society; a typescript copy of "Country Storyteller ...,Box 33.

Drafts of, and notes on Irish texts, including: a typescript copy of "Elegies for Mediaeval Tipperary Lords" by Anne O'Sullivan ...,Box 34.

Various societies and bodies with which Idris Foster was connected, including: Theatr yr Ymylon Ltd., 1976-1978; The Sir Thomas Parry-Williams ...,Box 35.

Copies of university dissertations,Box 36.

Copies of university dissertations,Box 37.

Draft and typescript versions of articles, lectures and broadcasts received by Idris Foster. Includes Francis Jones, "The Lords of Stackpole ...,Box 38.

Draft and typescript versions of articles, lectures, etc., received by Idris Foster. Includes Francis Jones, "Williams of Edwinsford", 1972, Iestyn ...,Box 39.

Box of index slips of Old and Middle Irish words in the hand of Idris Foster,Box 44.

Facsimile copy of P. Vinogradoff and F. Morgan Survey of the Honour of Denbigh, 1334 (London, 1914), with a number ...,Box 45.

Four boxes of off-prints presented to Idris Foster,Boxes 40-43.