Richard Llewellyn letters,

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23710D.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004018876
      (alternative) (WLABNL)P1Saan0000017009
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000018876
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1944-1945 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 17 ff. Guarded and filed at NLW.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Seventeen cards (ff. 1-5) and letters (ff. 6-17), 1944-1945, being mainly love letters, from the novelist Richard Llewellyn to Sarah Steinman (later Mrs Sarah Steinman Harms). They were written while he was serving in Italy as a captain in the Welsh Guards and she with the American Red Cross in Rome.
Some of the letters are typescript (ff. 9-13, 15, 17) and several contain ink sketches (ff. 2 verso, 4 verso, 9, 11, 12 recto-verso). There are two letters of introduction of friends of his to Steinman (ff. 14, 16). One letter, postmark 6 May 1945 (f. 13), contains news, including an account of a V2 bomb attack near his home in London.

Arrangement

Arranged in broad chronological order at NLW.

Access Information

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.

Acquisition Information

Mrs Sarah Steinman Harms; Scottsville, New York; Donation; March 1998; A1998/25.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23710D.

Archivist's Note

August 2009.

Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding the ownership of Richard Llewellyn copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed August 2009).

Additional Information

Published

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