Two folders containing papers, 1983-2003, relating to The Red Hen Press, including ephemera and letters from Shirley Jones to the donor.
The Red Hen Press Archive
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 REDHEN
- Alternative Id.(alternative) 99764028502419
- Dates of Creation
- 1983-2003
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 box
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Shirley Jones is an artist, writer and printer who was born in the Rhondda Valley in 1934. She studied English literature at the University in Cardiff and taught for seven years before becoming an art student and undertook courses in printmaking in the early 1970s at Croydon College of Art. In 1977 she began producing her own books using hand made paper and from 1983 used the name Red Hen Press. Shirley Jones moved back to Wales in the early nineties and opened her studio in Llanhamlach, near Brecon.
Arrangement
Arranged in NLW into one file: correspondence and papers.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Donated by Mr Peter Hartley, Whashton, June 2017, 99764028502419.
Note
Shirley Jones is an artist, writer and printer who was born in the Rhondda Valley in 1934. She studied English literature at the University in Cardiff and taught for seven years before becoming an art student and undertook courses in printmaking in the early 1970s at Croydon College of Art. In 1977 she began producing her own books using hand made paper and from 1983 used the name Red Hen Press. Shirley Jones moved back to Wales in the early nineties and opened her studio in Llanhamlach, near Brecon.
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: 'Shirley Jones and the Red Hen Press', an article by John R Kenyon, 18 April 2013 [https://museum.wales/articles/2013-04-18/Shirley-Jones-and-the-Red-Hen-Press--/, viewed 26 March 2018] and papers within the archive.
Archivist's Note
March 2018.
Description compiled by Ann Francis Evans.
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