Diaries

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 22414C
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004272201
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000272201
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1938-1951
  • Language of Material
    • English English.
  • Physical Description
    • i, 355 ff. (some blank leaves) ; 235 x 185 mm. and less.
      Exercise books and notebooks, guarded and filed.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Diaries of Idris Davies: 15, [18?]-21 August 1938 (ff. 1-16 verso), 22 August 1939-2 August 1940 (ff. 19-273 verso; the diaries for 1 January-2 August 1940 show signs of having been edited for publication: see f. 296), 7-23 September 1940 (ff. 275-288 verso), 19 February-17 March 1946 (ff. 291-302 verso), 28 February-2 April 1948 (ff. 305-315 verso) and 1 January-18 February 1951 (ff. 331-340 verso). On f. 342 verso is a draft poem and on f. 355 Idris Davies's personal 'Credo' and a declaration about his poetry (the latter printed in Islwyn Jenkins, Idris Davies of Rhymney (Llandysul, 1986), p. 267).

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 22414C.

Related Material

For a typescript copy of the 22 August 1939-2 August 1940 diary see NLW MS 10812D; his diaries for 22 February-16 April 1930 and 1 January-22 February 1948 are NLW MS 20771E, ff. 53-72 verso and 76-98 respectively; his diary for 16 October-15 December 1946 is NLW MS 24075D, ff. 1-16.

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