A typescript copy, made by R.A.S. Macfie of letters written to F.H. Groome with manuscript annotations. There are 201 numbered pages, of which the last 17 are blank. The letters are from John Roberts, with the exception of the final letter, written by Groome's mother-in-law. The script includes early examples of Welsh Romani, for which there are 'hasty, unstudied translations' made by Macfie in September 1926.
John Roberts: Copies of his letters to F.H. Groome
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.8418
- Dates of Creation
- 1876-1880 (circa. Date of transcript: 1907)
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 collection
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Presented by R.A.S. Macfie, 1926.
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Bibliography
The letters were printed by Miss Dora Esther Yates in The Welsh outlook, vol. 20, no. iii (March 1933). Groome printed extracts in his article on 'gipsies' in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th edition (1879), and in his book In gipsy tents (1880).