Douglas B. Hague Research Papers,

Research papers of Douglas B. Hague, including general correspondence relating to research work on lighthouses, 1960-1988; typescript drafts, correspondence, 1967-1975, and notes relating to the publication of Lighthouses: their Architecture, History and Archaeology; notes relating to the publication of Lighthouses of Wales; and miscellaneous papers, 1965-1987.

Douglas Bland Hague (1917-1990), was an investigator on the staff of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales, 1948-1981. In addition to his conventional archaeological work, he researched the history and architecture of lighthouses in Britain, and published works including Lighthouses: their Architecture, History and Archaeology (1975) and Lighthouses of Wales, published posthumously in 1994, edited by Stephen Hughes.

Arranged in the following groups: correspondence; Lighthouses: their Architecture, History and Archaeology; Lighthouses of Wales; and miscellaneous papers.

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Bequeathed by the late Mr Douglas B. Hague per Mr Clive Christie, Llanafan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, 1996.

Douglas Bland Hague (1917-1990), was an investigator on the staff of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales, 1948-1981. In addition to his conventional archaeological work, he researched the history and architecture of lighthouses in Britain, and published works including Lighthouses: their Architecture, History and Archaeology (1975) and Lighthouses of Wales, published posthumously in 1994, edited by Stephen Hughes.

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A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1997, pp. 38-41, at the National Library of Wales.

May 2003

Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: National Library of Wales, Minor Lists and Summaries 1997.

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Two microfilms contained with the papers are NLW Films 949-950, and photographs, postcards and plans in the archive are also at the National Library of Wales (199600092).

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