Margiad Evans Letters,

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23893E.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004273236
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000273236
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1938-1943, 1956 / Margiad Evans.
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 50 ff. Filed loosely within archival envelope at NLW.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Twelve letters and one Christmas card, 1938-1943, from the author and illustrator Peggy Eileen Whistler ('Margiad Evans'), to the donor's father, Thomas Kennedy Butcher (ff. 2-23), together with one letter to Mr Butcher from Arnold Thorpe, 1964 (f. 33).
Also included are photographs of Margiad Evans, 1938-1940 (ff. 25-32), a photocopy of her inscription in Mr Butcher's copy of her novel, The Wooden Doctor (1933) (f. 24), and a typescript copy of her radio script 'December Day', broadcast on 31 December 1956 (ff. 34-50) (see also NLW MS 23373E).

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Mr Andrew Butcher; Santa Barbara, California; Donation; October 2002

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23893E.

Archivist's Note

October 2009.

Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw;

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Additional Information

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