Gwyn Thomas Papers, (GB 0210 GWYNMAS)
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Gwyn Thomas Papers, (GB 0210 GWYNMAS) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 05, 2017 Printed: May 05, 2017 Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau ANW a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/gwyn-thomas-papers-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/gwyn-thomas-papers-2 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Allt Penglais Aberystwyth Ceredigion United Kingdom SY23 3BU 01970 632 800 01970 615 709 [email protected] www.llgc.org.uk Gwyn Thomas Papers, Tabl cynnwys | Table of contents Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information .............................................................................................. 3 Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch ......................... 3 Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content .......................................................................................................... 4 Trefniant | Arrangement .................................................................................................................................. 4 Nodiadau | Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ............................................................................................................... 5 Llyfryddiaeth | Bibliography ........................................................................................................................... 5 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ............................................................................................................ 5 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 GWYNMAS Gwyn Thomas Papers, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Gwyn Thomas Papers, ID: GB 0210 GWYNMAS Virtua system control vtls003844371 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: [post-1913]-1989 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.239 cubic metres (50 boxes). Physical description: Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title supplied from contents of fonds. Includes later material [generalNote]: prepared by Michael Parnell, and letters to and by family members after Gwyn Thomas's death. Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Gwyn Thomas (1913-1981) was one of the foremost Welsh writers of the 20th century. He wrote novels and short stories, plays for radio and stage, and was also a scriptwriter and presenter for television. He was born in Cwm Rhondda, Glamorgan, the son of Walter and Ziphorah, and was the youngest of their twelve children. He was educated at Cymer Elementary School and Porth County School, Glamorgan, and went to St Edmund Hall Oxford in 1931, to read Modern Languages. He spent part of his degree course at the University of Madrid, and visited parts of northern Spain on his trek homewards during the summer of 1933. He returned home to Cymer in 1934, and between 1936-1938 he contributed articles to the Rhondda Leader, and lectured for the WEA on international relations. He married Eiluned (Lyn) Thomas in 1938. In 1940, he became teacher of Modern Languages at Cardigan County School, and later at Barry County School, where he remained until 1962. During this period he published eight novels, a novella and three Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 GWYNMAS Gwyn Thomas Papers, collections of stories, and produced over a dozen plays and feature programmes for radio. In the 1960s and 1970s, he contributed more to television and theatre, and wrote articles for periodicals including Punch. Gwyn Thomas died in April 1981. After his death, Michael Parnell (1934-1991) prepared a biography, and also oversaw new editions of some of his novels. Hanes Gwarchodol | Custodial history Some rearrangement of material was undertaken following deposit in the National Library of Wales. A draft catalogue was drawn up following the deposit, but has been superseded by a new schedule. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Papers of Gwyn Thomas, comprising autobiographical material, [c. 1946]-[c. 1972]; drafts, typescripts, notebooks and photocopies of novels and stories, [c. 1935]-1974; plays, including reviews of plays, [1940s]-1978; essays, articles and lectures by or about GT, 1926-1985; scripts for radio and television, including tributes to GT 1948-1988; book reviews, 1961-1971; professional and personal correspondence of GT and occasionally other family members, 1931-1985; letters to and from his wife, Lyn Thomas, after his death, 1981-1984; cuttings, 1937-1986; photographs; miscellaneous personal and literary papers [post-1913]-1984; notebooks [c. 1935]-[1970s]; and material collected by GT's biographer, Michael Parnell, including drafts and notes for the biography, notes , articles and correspondence on GT and his works, [c. 1984]-1989. Further manuscripts comprise a notebook, typescripts of two plays and letters. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Purchased, 1981. Further papers purchased from Mrs Mary Parnell, Cardiff, 1998. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged into the following: Gwyn Thomas papers comprising autobiographical material; novels and stories; plays; essays, articles and lectures; A Welsh Eye; radio and television; television reviews; book reviews; correspondence and miscellaneous notes; cuttings; oddments; Michael Parnell papers; notebooks. The further manuscripts have been listed as NLW MSS 20778B, 22003D and Misc. Vols 282-3. Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad | Restrictions on access Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 GWYNMAS Gwyn Thomas Papers, Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright regulations apply. Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids Hard copies of the catalogue and NLW Handlist are available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogues are available online. Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected. Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published • Dynodwr sefydliad | Institution identifier: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points • Thomas, Gwyn, 1913-1981 -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Parnell, Michael, 1934- (pwnc) | (subject) • Authors -- Wales -- Biography. (pwnc) | (subject) • Authors -- Wales -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Authors, English -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject) Llyfryddiaeth | Bibliography The papers have provided source material for the biography of Gwyn Thomas by Michael Parnell, Laughter from the Dark: a life of Gwyn Thomas (London, 1988). Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container B. vtls005269921 Otherlevel - Autobiographical and [c.1946-c.1972]. B. ISYSARCHB12 biographical, B1. vtls005269922 File - A Few Selected Exits. Typescript, B1. ISYSARCHB12 v, 348 pp. B2. vtls005269923 File - A Few Selected Exits. (American B2. ISYSARCHB12 edition) proofs, 86 pp. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 GWYNMAS Gwyn Thomas Papers, B3. vtls005269924 File - A Few Selected Exits. Typescript, B3. ISYSARCHB12 64 pp., the original first chapter which was omitted from the published work, with duplicate .... B4. vtls005269925 File - A Few Selected Exits. Six B4. ISYSARCHB12 notebooks containing a MS draft of pp. 2-105, 127-193 of the published work (including some .... B5. vtls005269926 File - 'Items for Last Part of B5. ISYSARCHB12 Autobiography'. Typescript, single leaf. B6. vtls005269927 File - A Few Selected Exits. Typescript, B6. ISYSARCHB12 three spare duplicate leaves. B7. vtls005269928 File - A Few Selected Exits. Hutchinson 1968. B7. ISYSARCHB12 Publishing Group's six-monthly catalogue, 1968, no. 2, containing an advertisement of the newly published work ..., B8. vtls005269929 File - 'The Autobiographical Short B8. ISYSARCHB12 Pieces'. MS, five notebooks. B9. vtls005269930 File - 'The Schoolman'. Two MS B9. ISYSARCHB12 notebooks with reminiscences of Gwyn Thomas's years in the teaching profession. B10. vtls005269931 File - A speech given by Gwyn Thomas B10. ISYSARCHB12 at Cardigan Grammar School, 17 October 1963, beginning, 'My first meeting with Mr Tom .... B11. vtls005269932 File - A piece about Gwyn Thomas and 1958. B11. ISYSARCHB12 his writing (BBC recording 28 May 1958), typescript, 6 pp, B12. vtls005269933 File - 'Some Biographical Notes'. An B12. ISYSARCHB12 offprint of Zeitschrift fur Anglistik und Americanistik, II, 3, pp. 327-9. B13. vtls005269934 File - Two seemingly unrelated items, B13. ISYSARCHB12 typescript, 6 pp.: 1-2 a tongue-in-cheek summary of Gwyn Thomas's career; 3-6 an incomplete interview about .... B14/1-4. File - Photocopied