Goronwy Rees Papers, (GB 0210 GORONRS)

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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 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ...... 5 1. vtls004619296, Working Papers,, 1930-2000...... 5 2. vtls004619361, Accumulated papers,, 1938-1999...... 6 3. vtls004619400, Correspondence,, 1931-1994...... 6 4. vtls004619424, Personal papers,, 1910-1974...... 6

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Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information

Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Goronwy Rees Papers, ID: GB 0210 GORONRS Virtua system control vtls004460772 number [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1910-2000 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 3 small boxes (0.027 cubic metres) Physical description: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Titles of most descriptions have been supplied from the contents. [generalNote]: Original titles of files, where known, have been retained and are indicated at file level.

Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch

Nodyn | Note (Morgan) Goronwy Rees (1909-1979) was born at Aberystwyth on 29 November 1909, the youngest child of the Revd R. J. Rees (1868-1963), the minister of the famous Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist chapel in the town. In 1923 the family moved to Roath in Cardiff and Goronwy Rees was educated at Cardiff High School for Boys (1923-1928) and New College, Oxford, where he graduated with first class honours in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He was elected to a prize fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, later undertook research at Berlin, and was a leader writer on the staff of the Manchester Guardian from 1932 until 1935. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Goronwy Rees mobilized as a gunner in the 90th field regiment. He saw active service in the war years with some distinction and held a variety of occupations thereafter. In 1951 he was appointed bursar of Old Souls College, Oxford, and from 1953 until 1956 he was the Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Now Rees's relationship with Guy Burgess, whom he had first befriended in 1934, returned to haunt him, especially in 1956 when the Principal published in The People newspaper a series of quite sensational articles about Burgess's activities and his lifestyle. Such was the local outcry at Aberystwyth that Rees himself felt that he had little alternative but to resign the position of Aberystwyth Principal the following year. Subsequently, facing financial difficulties, Rees developed a successful new career as a writer and journalist. His output

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 GORONRS Goronwy Rees Papers, included two fascinating and highly readable volumes of autobiography A Bundle of Sensations (1960) and A Chapter of Accidents (1972). He also appeared on the BBC television series The Brains Trust. Following the death of his wife in 1976, Goronwy Rees died at London on 12 December 1979. The precise truth about his associations with espionage and security during the years of the Cold War will always elude historians and writers.

Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content

A small group of the papers of (Morgan) Goronwy Rees (1909-1979), former Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth, 1953-1957, including correspondence, articles, notebooks and photographs. They relate mostly to Goronwy Rees's literary work, his resignation as Principal of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and his links to the Cambridge Spy Ring and Soviet espionage.

Nodiadau | Notes

Nodiadau teitl | Title notes

Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Donation; Ms Jenny Rees; Cadiz; October 2006; 004460772.

Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged according to content at NLW into four series: working papers; accumulated papers; correspondence; and personal papers.

Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad | Restrictions on access Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.

Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright laws apply.

Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material Further papers relating to Goronwy Rees held at NLW are UCW Aberystwyth, Goronwy Rees Enquiry Papers.

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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

• University College of Wales (Aberystwyth, Wales) • Rees, Goronwy, 1909- -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject)

Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions

Cyfres | Series 1. vtls004619296: Working Papers, Dyddiad | Date: 1930-2000. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content: Papers relating to Goronwy Rees's career as a journalist and writer; his literary work; his period on active military service; and his period as Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth.

Disgrifiad ffisegol | Physical description: 2 boxes (0.018 cubic metres). Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 1.

Trefniant | Arrangement: Arranged into 5 files according to subject.

Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1/1. vtls004619487 File - Journalistic works, 1937-1979. 1/1 (1). 1/2. vtls004619517 File - Literary works, 1930-2000. 1/2 (1). 1/3. vtls004619522 File - Publishers' contracts, accounts and 1936-1999. 1/3 (2). correspondence, 1/4. vtls004619532 File - Military papers, 1945, 1992. 1/4 (2).

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 GORONRS Goronwy Rees Papers, 1/5. vtls004619547 File - University College of Wales, 1953. 1/5 (2). Aberystwyth, papers, Cyfres | Series 2. vtls004619361: Accumulated papers, Dyddiad | Date: 1938-1999. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content: Papers accumulated by Jenny Rees concerning Goronwy Rees's resignation as Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth and his connections with the Cambridge Spy Ring.

Disgrifiad ffisegol | Physical description: 2 folders; 6 cm. Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 2.

Trefniant | Arrangement: Arranged into two files according to subject.

Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 2/1. vtls004619562 File - Press cuttings concerning Goronwy 1956-1983. 2/1 (3). Rees's resignation as Principal, 2/2. vtls004619570 File - Cambridge Spy Ring papers, 1938-1999. 2/2 (3). Cyfres | Series 3. vtls004619400: Correspondence, Dyddiad | Date: 1931-1994. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content: Letters from Goronwy Rees to Maire Lynd (known as B.J.); letters from "Dada's diaries" by Goronwy Rees; Douglas Jay; Sheila Sokolov Grant; and a letter and telegram from Goronwy Rees to his family on winning a fellowship to All Souls, Oxford.

Disgrifiad ffisegol | Physical description: 1 folder; 4 cm. Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 3.

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 6 GB 0210 GORONRS Goronwy Rees Papers, Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content: Photographs of Goronwy Rees and other personal items.

Disgrifiad ffisegol | Physical description: 1 folder; 1 cm. Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 4.

Trefniant | Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

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