The NationalLibrary ofWales Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru Llyfrgell GenedlaetholCymru Hughes andSon’sstall, National Eisteddfod, 1August 1953 Stondin Hughes a’iFab, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol,1Awst 1953(gch04843)

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ARCHIFAU LLENYDDOL MODERN LITERARY MODERN ARCHIVES Archifau Llenyddol Modern Modern Literary Archives

Mae Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru yn gartref The National Library of Wales is home to the i archifau rhai o feirdd a llenorion modern archives of some of Wales’ most important pwysicaf Cymru. Maent yn adnodd ymchwil poets and authors. They are a valuable gwerthfawr ar gyfer astudio llenyddiaeth a research resource for studying literature and bywydau awduron yr 20fed ganrif a’r ganrif the lives of 20th and 21st century authors. hon. Do you want to: Ydych chi am: • Know more about a poet, novelist or • Wybod mwy am fardd, nofelydd neu playwright? ddramodydd? • See the first draft of your favourite poem • Weld drafft cyntaf o’ch hoff gerdd neu or novel? nofel? • Read a letter or diary by your favourite • Ddarllen llythyr neu ddyddiadur gan eich author? hoff lenor? • Write literary criticism, a review or • Ysgrifennu beirniadaeth lenyddol, biography? adolygiad neu gofiant? • Read BBC radio and television scripts or • Ddarllen sgriptiau radio a theledu’r National Eisteddfod compositions? BBC neu gyfansoddiadau’r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Archives of Welsh Authors

Llenorion Cymraeg The Library has collected papers and manuscripts belonging to poets, authors, Mae’r Llyfrgell wedi casglu papurau a playwrights, archdruids, journalists and llawysgrifau beirdd, llenorion, dramodwyr, scholars who became famous during the 20th archdderwyddon, newyddiadurwyr ac century. ysgolheigion a ddaeth yn amlwg yn ystod yr 20fed ganrif. What about looking at a draft copy of the most popular Welsh novel written in the 20th Beth am weld copi drafft o nofel fwyaf century, Cysgod y Cryman by Islwyn Ffowc poblogaidd yr 20fed ganrif – Cysgod y Elis, or a draft of Y Stafell Ddirgel by Cryman gan Islwyn Ffowc Elis, neu ddrafft o Marion Eames, and Cyfres Rwdlan by Y Stafell Ddirgel gan Marion Eames, a Angharad Tomos? Chyfres Rwdlan gan Angharad Tomos? Why not read ’ letters to Kate Roberts, or the correspondence of Rhydwen Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales

Beth am ddarllen llythyrau Saunders Lewis Williams and Alwyn D. Rees when they were at Kate Roberts, neu lythyrau at Rhydwen editing Barn? Why not take a look at the Williams ac Alwyn D. Rees pan oeddynt yn diaries of Caradog Prichard or Euros Bowen? golygu Barn? Beth am weld dyddiaduron Caradog Prichard neu Euros Bowen? There is a wide range of poetry, such as a manuscript copy of Caniadau Gwili, Ceir amrywiaeth eang o farddoniaeth, megis R. Williams Parry’s handwritten copies of copi llawysgrif o Caniadau Gwili, copïau yn Cerddi’r Gaeaf, a manuscript copy of the llaw R. Williams Parry o Cerddi’r Gaeaf, copi victorious ode Y Mynach by Gwenallt, and llawysgrif o awdl fuddugol Y Mynach gan the ode Y Mynydd by T. H. Parry-Williams. Gwenallt, ac awdl Y Mynydd gan T. H. Parry-Williams. Here are some authors who figure most prominently in our collections, but not Dyma restr o rai o’r awduron Cymraeg everything is included here, and you should amlycaf yn ein casgliadau, ond nid yw popeth search the catalogues for further details. yn y rhestr hon a dylid chwilio’r catalogau Access to those archives which have been am fanylion pellach. Gellir cael mynediad i’r catalogued is available by searching the archifau hynny sydd wedi eu catalogio drwy Library’s online catalogues – chwilio ar gatalogau arlein y Llyfrgell – http://cat.llgc.org.uk and http://isys.org.uk: http://cat.llgc.org.uk a http://isys.llgc.org.uk:

Islwyn Ffowc Elis, 1 Ebrill 1959 gan Geoff Charles, (gch20360.jpg) Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales

Ambrose Bebb, Ben Bowen, David Bowen Ambrose Bebb, Ben Bowen, David Bowen ‘Myfyr Hefin’, Euros Bowen, Aneirin Talfan ‘Myfyr Hefin’, Euros Bowen, Aneirin Talfan Davies, David Thomas Davies, J. Glyn Davies, David Thomas Davies, J. Glyn Davies, W. T. Pennar Davies, Marion Eames, Davies, W. T. Pennar Davies, Marion Eames, Jane Edwards, O. M. Edwards, W. T. Edwards Jane Edwards, O. M. Edwards, W. T. Edwards ‘Gwilym Deudraeth’, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, ‘Gwilym Deudraeth’, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, William Evans ‘ Wil Ifan’, Richard Griffith William Evans ‘ Wil Ifan’, Richard Griffith ‘Carneddog’, W. J. Gruffydd, Beti Hughes, ‘Carneddog’, W. J. Gruffydd, Beti Hughes, Mathonwy Hughes, E. Morgan Humphreys, Mathonwy Hughes, E. Morgan Humphreys, Norah Isaac, David Emrys James ‘Dewi Norah Isaac, David Emrys James ‘Dewi Emrys’, John Jenkins ‘Gwili’, Bobi Jones, Emrys’, John Jenkins ‘Gwili’, Bobi Jones, David James Jones ‘Gwenallt’, Idwal Jones, David James Jones ‘Gwenallt’, Idwal Jones, T. Gwynn Jones, Alun T. Lewis, L. Haydn T. Gwynn Jones, Alun T. Lewis, L. Haydn Lewis, Saunders Lewis, T. E. Nicholas ‘Niclas Lewis, Saunders Lewis, T. E. Nicholas ‘Niclas y Glais’, W. Rhys Nicholas, Dyddgu Owen, y Glais’, W. Rhys Nicholas, Dyddgu Owen, J. Dyfnallt Owen, Owen Griffith Owen J. Dyfnallt Owen, Owen Griffith Owen ‘Alafon’, Robert Williams Parry, Winifred ‘Alafon’, Robert Williams Parry, Winifred Parry ‘Winnie Parry’, Eigra Lewis Roberts, Parry ‘Winnie Parry’, Eigra Lewis Roberts, T. H. Parry-Williams, Iorwerth Peate, T. H. Parry-Williams, Iorwerth Peate, Caradog Prichard, Edgar Phillips ‘Trefin’, Caradog Prichard, Edgar Phillips ‘Trefin’, James Ednyfed Rhys ‘Ap Nathan’, W. Leslie James Ednyfed Rhys ‘Ap Nathan’, W. Leslie Richards, Kate Roberts, Robert Roberts Richards, Kate Roberts, Robert Roberts ‘Silyn’, Robert David Rowland ‘Anthropos’, ‘Silyn’, Robert David Rowland ‘Anthropos’, Angharad Tomos, , D. J. Williams, Angharad Tomos, Harri Webb, D. J. Williams, Abergwaun; David John Williams, Llanbedr; Abergwaun; David John Williams, Llanbedr; John Ellis Williams, Rhydwen Williams, John Ellis Williams, Rhydwen Williams, William Williams ‘Crwys’, . William Williams ‘Crwys’, Waldo Williams.

Llenorion Eingl-Gymreig Archives of Welsh Writers in English Ers dros 50 mlynedd mae’r Llyfrgell wedi mynd ati i gasglu papurau llenorion Cymreig For over 50 years the Library has been (a elwid weithiau yn ‘Eingl-Gymreig’), sef collecting Welsh authors’ papers (sometimes llenorion Cymreig sy’n ysgrifennu trwy referred to as ‘Anglo-Welsh’), that is Welsh gyfrwng yr iaith Saesneg. Y ffigwr amlycaf authors who write through the medium wrth gwrs yw ac mae gennym of English. The most prominent figure of gasgliad cynyddol o lythyrau a llawysgrifau course is Dylan Thomas and we have an ganddo. ever-increasing collection of his letters and

manuscripts. Mae gennym gasgliad o bapurau llenyddol

Raymond Williams yn cynnwys drafftiau o’r We have a collection of Raymond Williams’ nofelau Border Country a People of the Black literary papers, including drafts of the novels Mountains. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales

Ceir archif gynhwysfawr o bapurau’r awdur Border Country and People of the Black a’r artist David Jones yn cynnwys drafftiau o Mountains. There is a comprehensive archive In Parenthesis a The Anathemata. of papers of the author and artist David Jones, including drafts of In Parenthesis and Hefyd mae gennym lyfrau nodiadau a The Anathemata. phapurau Margiad Evans, drafftiau o nofelau a storïau Rhys Davies ac archif gyflawn o We also have Margiad Evans’ note books and nofelau, storïau a llyfrau nodiadau yn llaw papers, drafts of novels and stories by Rhys Gwyn Thomas. Davies, and a complete archive of novels, stories and note books in Gwyn Thomas’ Beth am weld dyddiaduron llenorion megis handwriting. John Cowper Powys, Idris Davies neu Edward Thomas? Beth am weld llythyrau What about taking a look at the diaries of amrywiol at Keidrych Rhys, golygydd Wales, authors such as John Cowper Powys, Idris a llythyrau at Sam Adams yn trafod Davies or Edward Thomas? What about Poetry Wales? reading various letters to Keidrych Rhys, editor of Wales, or letters to Sam Adams discussing Poetry Wales?

Jack Jones, 1 Mehefin 1951 gan Geoff Charles ( gch01815) Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales

Dyma rai o’r awduron Eingl-Gymreig Here are some authors who figure most amlycaf yn ein casgliadau, ond nid yw popeth prominently in our collections, but not yn y rhestr hon a dylid chwilio’r catalogau everything is included here, and you should am fanylion pellach. Gellir cael mynediad i’r search the catalogues for further details. archifau hynny sydd wedi eu catalogio drwy Access to the archives that have been chwilio ar gatalogau arlein y Llyfrgell – catalogued is available by searching the http://cat.llgc.org.uk a Library’s online catalogues – http://isys.llgc.org.uk: http://cat.llgc.org.uk and http://isys.llgc.org.uk: Dannie Abse, Sam Adams, Ron Berry, Alison Bielski, Gertrude Maud Carter, Dannie Abse, Sam Adams, Ron Berry, Brenda Chamberlain, Gillian Clarke, William Alison Bielski, Gertrude Maud Carter, Moreton Condry, Eliot Crawshay-Williams, Brenda Chamberlain, Gillian Clarke, William Idris Davies, Rhys Davies, W. H. Davies, Moreton Condry, Eliot Crawshay-Williams, Tom Early, Caradoc Evans, Margiad Evans, Idris Davies, Rhys Davies, W. H. Davies, Menna Gallie, Raymond Garlick, William Tom Early, Caradoc Evans, Margiad Evans, Glynne-Jones, Geraint Goodwin, Llewelyn Menna Gallie, Raymond Garlick, William Wyn Griffith, Bryn Griffiths, James Hanley, Glynne-Jones, Geraint Goodwin, Llewelyn Peter Hellings, Ray Howard-Jones, Cledwyn Wyn Griffith, Bryn Griffiths, James Hanley, Hughes, Emyr Humphreys, David Jones, Peter Hellings, Ray Howard-Jones, Cledwyn Glyn Jones, Gwyn Jones, Jack Jones, Alun Hughes, Emyr Humphreys, David Jones, Lewis, Richard Llewellyn, Tom Macdonald, Glyn Jones, Gwyn Jones, Jack Jones, Alun Robert Morgan, Jan Morris, , Lewis, Richard Llewellyn, Tom Macdonald, Oliver Onions, John Ormond, Daniel Parry- Robert Morgan, Jan Morris, Roland Mathias, Jones, John Cowper Powys, A. G. Prys-Jones, Oliver Onions, John Ormond, Daniel Parry- Bernice Rubens, Berta Ruck, Dylan Thomas, Jones, John Cowper Powys, A. G. Prys-Jones, Edward Thomas, Gwyn Thomas, R. S. Bernice Rubens, Berta Ruck, Dylan Thomas, Thomas, John Tripp, Vernon Watkins, Harri Edward Thomas, Gwyn Thomas, R. S. Webb, Emlyn Williams, Gwyn Williams, Huw Thomas, John Tripp, Vernon Watkins, Harri Menai Williams, Raymond Williams. Webb, Emlyn Williams, Gwyn Williams, Huw Menai Williams, Raymond Williams. Sefydliadau Llenyddol, Cylchgronau a Chyhoeddwyr Archives of Literary Organisations, Journals and Mae archifau llenyddol yn goroesi nid yn Publishers unig am fod y llenorion yn eu diogelu ond am eu bod yn rhan o archifau eu cyfeillion, Modern literary archives have survived not eu golygyddion neu gyrff cyhoeddus a only because the authors have safeguarded chyhoeddwyr. them, but because they form a part of the archives of their friends, editors or public Mae’r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn gorff bodies and publishers. pwysig yn nhraddodiad llenyddol Cymru ac mae Cyfansoddiadau a Beirniadaethau Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales

Eisteddfodol o 1886 ymlaen yn y Llyfrgell. The National Eisteddfod is an important Mae gennym bapurau Cyngor Celfyddydau body in Wales’ literary tradition and the Cymru ers ei sefydlu yn 1967 sy’n cynnwys Library has Eisteddfod compositions and casgliad pwysig o archifau llenorion Cymreig. adjudications from 1886 onwards. Mae archif enfawr BBC Cymru yn cynnwys sgriptiau dramâu megis sgript gyntaf ‘Pobl y We have papers of the Welsh Arts Council Cwm’, a sgyrsiau gan awduron amlwg o 1932 from its foundation in 1967 including an ymlaen. important collection of Welsh authors’ archives. BBC Wales’ enormous archive Ceir hefyd archifau nifer o gyhoeddwyr a includes drama scripts such as the first chylchgronau llenyddol. ever script for ‘Pobl y Cwm’, and talks by prominent authors from 1932 onwards. Dyma restr o rai o’r archifau amlycaf yn ein There are also archives of a number of casgliadau, ond nid yw popeth yn y rhestr publishers and literary journals. hon a dylid chwilio’r catalogau am fanylion pellach. Gellir cael mynediad i’r archifau Here are some archives that figure hynny sydd wedi eu catalogio drwy chwilio ar prominently in our collections, but not gatalogau arlein y Llyfrgell – everything is included here, and you should http://cat.llgc.org.uk a search the catalogues for further details. http://isys.llgc.org.uk: Access to those archives that have been catalogued is available by searching the Anglo-Welsh Review, Sgriptiau BBC Cymru Library’s online catalogues – / Wales Scripts, Bwrdd Ffilmiau Cymraeg, http://cat.llgc.org.uk and Canolfan Llenyddiaeth Plant Cymru, http://isys.llgc.org.uk: Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion, Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru / Welsh Arts Council, Anglo-Welsh Review, Sgriptiau BBC Cymru Cwmni Theatr Hwyl a Fflag, Dock Leaves, / Wales Scripts, Bwrdd Ffilmiau Cymraeg, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru – Cofnodion Canolfan Llenyddiaeth Plant Cymru, y Swyddfa Ganolog, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion, Cyngor Cymru – Cyfansoddiadau a Beirniadaethau, Celfyddydau Cymru / Welsh Arts Council, Gwasg Gee, Gwasg Gregynog, Hughes Cwmni Theatr Hwyl a Fflag, Dock Leaves, a’i Fab, Wrecsam, Made in Wales Stage Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru – Cofnodion Company, Planet, Poetry Wales, Theatr y Swyddfa Ganolog, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Garthewin, Wales (Keidrych Rhys), Y Faner, Cymru – Cyfansoddiadau a Beirniadaethau, Y Gymdeithas Gerdd Dafod a Barddas, Gwasg Gee, Gwasg Gregynog, Hughes Y Llenor, Yr Academi Gymreig / Welsh a’i Fab, Wrecsam, Made in Wales Stage Academy. Company, Planet, Poetry Wales, Theatr Garthewin, Wales (Keidrych Rhys), Y Faner, Y Gymdeithas Gerdd Dafod a Barddas, Y Llenor, Yr Academi Gymreig / Welsh Academy. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales

Yr Archdderwydd, 6 Awst 1956, The Archdruid, 6 August 1956 gan Geoff Charles (gch16323) Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales

Beth sydd mewn archif lenyddol? What is included in a literary archive? Mae pob archif yn unigryw – gall amrywio o archif gynhwysfawr i lawysgrifau unigol. Yn Every archive is unique – it can vary from aml fe geir drafftiau o weithiau, gohebiaeth, a a comprehensive archive to individual phapurau personol. manuscripts. Often there are drafts of works,

correspondence and personal papers. Efallai fod un llenor wedi cadw llyfrau nodiadau, drafftiau llawysgrif, drafftiau teipysgrif, proflenni, ac adolygiadau yn y wasg One author may have kept a notebook, tra bo un arall heb gadw unrhyw ddrafftiau manuscript drafts, typescript drafts, proofs, o’i weithiau. and reviews in the papers whilst another may not have kept any drafts of his work. Mae’r un peth yn wir am ohebiaeth – weithiau ceir ffeiliau cyflawn o ohebiaeth bersonol a The same is true of correspondence – phroffesiynol, ond dro arall nifer bychan o sometimes there are whole files of personal lythyrau sydd wedi goroesi. and professional correspondence, but in other

cases only a small number of letters will have Mae papurau personol yn medru taflu survived. goleuni ar yr awdur a’i waith, ac yn achlysurol ceir dyddiaduron, ffotograffau, a phapurau Personal papers can shed light on an author teuluol. Weithiau nid oes gennym gasgliad and his works, and occasionally there will o bapurau’r llenor ei hun, ond mae llythyrau be diaries, photographs and family papers. neu lawysgrifau yn goroesi ymysg papurau Sometimes we will not have a collection of pobl eraill. papers belonging to the author, but there might be letters or manuscripts that have Defnyddio archifau llenyddol survived amongst other people’s papers.

Mae drafftiau yn medru dangos y broses Using literary archives greadigol, datblygiad y testun, newidiadau mewn steil a strwythur ac yn medru helpu i Drafts can demonstrate how the creative ddyddio’r gwaith. process works, can illustrate the development

of the text and changes in style and structure, Gall gohebiaeth daflu goleuni ar fywyd a and can help to date the work. syniadau’r awduron, eu cylch o ffrindiau a’r dylanwadau a fu arnynt. Correspondence can shed light on authors’

lives and ideas, their circle of friends and the Gall papurau personol gynnwys gwybodaeth influences on them. bwysig i fywgraffyddion, golygyddion, haneswyr cymdeithasol, myfyrwyr sy’n Personal papers can include important astudio llenyddiaeth, neu edmygwyr selog. information for biographers, editors, social historians, students who study literature, and fans. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales

Prosiect Archif Llenyddiaeth The Welsh Literature Archive Cymru Project

Bydd archifau llenyddol y dyfodol yn The literary archives of the future are likely cynnwys dogfennau cyfrifiadurol, negeseuon to contain computer documents, e-mail e-bost, tudalennau o’r we ac ati, yn ogystal â messages, web pages and so forth, as well phapurau a llyfrau. Mae newidiadau cyflym as papers and books. Rapidly changing technoleg yn cynnig amryfal ddewisiadau a technology offers us multiple options, tools phrofiadau i ni yn ein bywyd beunyddiol, ond and experiences in everyday life, but this mae’r sefyllfa hon hefyd yn creu her arbennig situation also presents a serious challenge wrth feddwl am ddiogelu ein treftadaeth as we think about safeguarding our cultural ddiwylliannol. Am fwy o fanylion ewch i heritage. For more information, visit www.llgc.org.uk/cof. www.llgc.org.uk/memory.

David Jones, Berta Ruck a David Jones, Berta Ruck and W. H. Davies W. H. Davies

Mae tair o archifau pwysicaf y casgliad wedi Three of the most important archives in the cael sylw arbennig ar wefan y Llyfrgell, sef collections have received special attention papurau David Jones, archifau Berta Ruck a on the Library’s website; they are the David llawysgrifau W. H. Davies. Ceir manylion sut Jones papers, the Berta Ruck archives and y trefnir y casgliad, sut i’w chwilio ac unrhyw the W. H. Davies manuscripts. You will find oblygiadau cael mynediad at y casgliadau details of how the collections are organised, a chael hawl i gopïo. Mae modd gweld y how to search for information in them, tudalennau hyn trwy ymweld â and any viewing restrictions and copyright www.llgc.org.uk/archifaumodern. implications. You can view these pages at www.llgc.org.uk/modernarchives. Drych Digidol Digital Mirror Mae aml i eitem wedi cael ei digido ac ar gael ar wefan y Llyfrgell. Mae’r rhain yn cynnwys A few items have been digitized and are Cofnodion Ystad Wynnstay ‘Ystrad Marchell’, available on the Library’s webpage. These Gwrachyddiaeth yn sir y Fflint yn yr ail ganrif include Wynnstay Estate Records ‘ Strata ar bymtheg, Notitiae Llanelwy, Llyfr Festri Marcella’, Witchcraft in the Court of Great plwyf Llanbedr Pont Steffan, Collectanea Sessions Records, St Asaph Notitiae, Menevensia, Yr Anthem Gendlaethol – Mae the Lampeter Vestry Book, Collectanea Hen Wlad fy Nhadau, a dyddiaduron a Menevensia, The National Anthem – Mae llythyron Lloyd George. Ceir cefndir i’r Hen Wlad fy Nhadau and Lloyd George’s eitemau yn ogystal â mynediad i ddelweddau diaries and letters. Background information digidol o eitemau unigol trwy ymweld â and access to digital images of the items are www.llgc.org.uk/drychdigidol. available at www.llgc.org.uk/digitalmirror. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales

Defnyddio’r Casgliad Using the Collection

Nid oes angen rhybudd o flaen llaw cyn dod There is no need to give notice before i ddefnyddio’r Ystafell Ddarllen, ond os oes using the Reading Room, but if you have gennych wybodaeth am eitem neu gasgliad information about a specific item or collection arbennig yr ydych am ei weld, awgrymir that you wish to look at, we recommend that eich bod yn gwneud cais trwy brif gatalog you place a request via the Library’s main y Llyfrgell – http://cat.llgc.org.uk, neu os catalogue – http://cat.llgc.org.uk, or if you ydych am dderbyn cymorth, mae croeso i chi need assistance, you are welcome to contact gysylltu â’r tîm ymholiadau trwy lenwi ein the Enquiries Team by completing our online ffurflen ymholiadau ar-lein – enquiry form – www.llgc.org.uk/enquire. www.llgc.org.uk/holi. Noder os gwelwch Please note that if you wish to receive copies yn dda, os ydych am dderbyn copïau o of items from the collections, you are required eitemau allan o’r casgliadau, y bydd rhaid to comply with copyright legislation when cydymffurfio â deddfau hawlfraint wrth reproducing material. atgynhyrchu.

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