Notebook, 1949-1964, containing holograph poems by the Anglo-Welsh poet Thomas Harri Jones, comprising fair copies of his compositions, dated May 1950-September 1964.
The notebook was presented to the poet by Delia Glanville in 1949 (see T. Harri Jones 1921-1965, ed. by P. Power (Cardiff, 1987), no. 88) and contains poems written in London and Portsmouth, England (ff. 1-98), and Newcastle, New South Wales (ff. 99-306). Also included is a cutting, [1965], from an Australian newspaper, of an article on T. Harri Jones, written following his death. Many of the poems were published for the first time in The Complete Poems of T. H. Jones, ed. by Don Dale-Jones and P. Bernard Jones (Cardiff, 2008).
T. Harri Jones's Black Book,
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 23905B.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004299170(alternative) (WlAbNL)0000299170
- Dates of Creation
- 1949-1964 /
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- vi, 308 ff. ; 205 x 135 mm. Bound in half leather with blind tooling on spine [?by Delia Glanville].
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Ms Siân Smith, daughter of T. Harri Jones; Victoria, Australia; Purchase; July 2003; 0200308871.
Note
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23905B.
Archivist's Note
March 2012.
Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;
Conditions Governing Use
Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding ownership of T. Harri Jones copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed March 2012).
Appraisal Information
Item: 1.1. Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 004299170. Date: 20030905. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Binding : Half leather with marbled paper sides, adhesive tape has left stains on endpapers and pastedowns Textblock : Endpapers broken, bookblock loose. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2. Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 004299170. Date: 20050520. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Binding : Endpaper joints repaired and case attached. Institution: WlAbNL.
Custodial History
'T. H. Jones London November 1949' (f. i).
Additional Information
Published
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