Literary papers of Beti Hughes, 1941-1996, including manuscript and typescript copies and some proofs of her published and unpublished novels, [1966]-[1979]; manuscript and typescript copies of her children's novels, one of which is a translation and abridgement of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, [1961]-[1969]; notebooks including poetry, scripts, drafts and newspaper cuttings, [1958]x[1981]; together with various papers that include correspondence from Saunders Lewis, exam and competition certificates, scripts, drafts of novels, the Daniel Owen Memorial Competition adjudication, various ballads, and an order of service for unveiling a memorial stone for Beti Hughes, 1943-1994. A further file of papersrelating to Beti Hughes were received. These remain uncatalogued (May 2011).
Beti Hughes Papers,
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 BETGHES
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls003844899(alternative) ANW
- Dates of Creation
- 1941-1994 /
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Welsh.
- Physical Description
- 0.081 cubic metres (9 boxes)
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The novelist Beti Hughes ('Beti Gwynno', 1926-1981), born near St Clears, Carmarthenshire, was a Welsh teacher in the Girls' Grammar School in Lampeter. She was later Deputy Headteacher at the Bro Myrddin School, Carmarthen. She wrote a number of novels and was joint winner of the Daniel Owen Memorial Competition in the National Eisteddfod in Caernarfon in 1979 with her novel Pontio'r Pellter (Swansea, 1981).
Arrangement
Arranged into the following: novels; novels for children; unpublished novels; notebooks; and various.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Purchased from Hefina Rowley, Rhosgadfan, Caernarfon, in 1997. An envelope of papers were donated by Hefina Rowley, April 2011.
Note
The novelist Beti Hughes ('Beti Gwynno', 1926-1981), born near St Clears, Carmarthenshire, was a Welsh teacher in the Girls' Grammar School in Lampeter. She was later Deputy Headteacher at the Bro Myrddin School, Carmarthen. She wrote a number of novels and was joint winner of the Daniel Owen Memorial Competition in the National Eisteddfod in Caernarfon in 1979 with her novel Pontio'r Pellter (Swansea, 1981).
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Other Finding Aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1998, pp.26-27, at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online.
Archivist's Note
June 2003
Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1998; Meic Stevens (ed), Cydymaith i Lenyddiaeth Cymru (University of Wales Press, 1992).
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Accruals
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Additional Information
Published
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