Notebooks, 1946-1979, of Kate Davies, writer, of Pren-gwyn, Llandysul. The contents of the notebooks include reviews of her published books, lecture notes, poetry, notes on local and family history, poetry by her father Daniel Thomas, etc.
Kate Davies MSS,
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 NLW MSS 23114-23117.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004627198
- Dates of Creation
- 1946-1979 /
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Welsh English Welsh, English.
- Physical Description
- Extent: 366 ff. in total (see also individual files) ; Dimensions: 255 x 200 mm. and less. Extent: 5 vols. See individual files.
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Writer and poet Kate Davies was born in Berthlwyd Lodge, Pren-gwyn, Llandysul. She delighted in literature, story-telling and local history and competed in local eisteddfodau. She published a volume of her own poetry, Cerddi Kate Davies (Llandysul, 1946), a memoir entitled Hafau fy Mhlentyndod ym Mhentref Pren-gwyn (Llandysul, 1970), and Canrif o Addysg Gynradd yn Hanes Ysgol Tre-groes, 1878-1978 (Llandysul, 1978). Her father Daniel Thomas, also a poet, was brother to schoolmaster, writer and poet Thomas Jacob Thomas ('Sarnicol').
Arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 23114-23117ii.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Mr Wyn Davies, son of Kate Davies; Aberaeron; Donation; 1993
Note
Writer and poet Kate Davies was born in Berthlwyd Lodge, Pren-gwyn, Llandysul. She delighted in literature, story-telling and local history and competed in local eisteddfodau. She published a volume of her own poetry, Cerddi Kate Davies (Llandysul, 1946), a memoir entitled Hafau fy Mhlentyndod ym Mhentref Pren-gwyn (Llandysul, 1970), and Canrif o Addysg Gynradd yn Hanes Ysgol Tre-groes, 1878-1978 (Llandysul, 1978). Her father Daniel Thomas, also a poet, was brother to schoolmaster, writer and poet Thomas Jacob Thomas ('Sarnicol').
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 23114-23117.
Archivist's Note
February 2009.
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003); Amgueddfa Cymru WWW site; Cronfa Capeli WWW site;
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