Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - A. G. Prys-Jones Papers, (GB 0210 PRYNES) 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/g-prys-jones-papers-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/g-prys-jones-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 A. G. Prys-Jones 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 PRYNES A. G. Prys-Jones Papers, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: A. G. Prys-Jones Papers, ID: GB 0210 PRYNES Virtua system control vtls003844220 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1907-1989 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.153 cubic metres (17 boxes, 1 volume) 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. Some letters to Don Dale- [generalNote]: Jones postdate Prys-Jones' death. Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Arthur Glyn Prys-Jones (1888-1987) was an Anglo-Welsh poet, writer and educationalist. He was born on 7 March 1888 in Denbigh. His mother died in 1895 and his father remarried and moved the family to Pontypridd, Glamorgan, in 1898. At the age of 13 he went to Llandovery College, where he appears to have known the poet Dudley G. Davies (1891-1981). In 1908 he won a scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford, to read history, graduating in 1912; he became friends with T. E. Lawrence there. He went to teach in Macclesfield, Walsall and then Dulwich College, London. In 1919 he married Betty Gibbon of Pontypridd, shortly before being appointed Assistant Inspector of Schools for Carmarthenshire, later Staff Inspector for Secondary Education in Wales. He settled in Cardiff where, in 1932, he became one of the founders of the Little Theatre for which he wrote plays. He retired in 1949 and was awarded an OBE. He left Cardiff in 1951, moving to Wimbledon. He produced six volumes of his own poetry, Poems of Wales (Oxford, 1923), Green Places (Llandysul, 1948), A Little Nonsense (Cowbridge, 1954), High Heritage Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 PRYNES A. G. Prys-Jones Papers, (Llandybie, 1969), Valedictory Verses (Llandysul, 1978) and More Nonsense (Cowbridge, 1984). He also wrote prose, including Gerald of Wales (London, 1955) and The Story of Carmarthenshire (2 vols, Llandybie, 1959, 1972). He edited Welsh Poets (London, 1917), an anthology of Anglo-Welsh poets, and co-edited National Songs of Wales (London, 1959). He regularly wrote reviews in the Western Mail and from 1937 to 1960 broadcast frequently on BBC radio. In 1970 he was elected President of the Welsh Academy's English-language section. He and his wife Betty had two children, David and Barbara. She died in 1976 and he spent his last years in Kingston-upon-Thames, dying there on 21 February 1987, aged 98. Collected Poems (Llandysul, 1988), edited by his friend Don Dale-Jones (b. 1935), was published after his death. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Papers of A. G. Prys-Jones and, to a much lesser extent, of his friend Don Dale-Jones. A. G. Prys-Jones's papers include letters from him, mainly to Don Dale-Jones, 1967-1987; letters to him from various literary figures, 1934-1987; poetry, including drafts for his published collections, [c. 1923]-[c. 1987], unpublished collections, [c. 1924]-[c. 1968], other published and unpublished poems, 1913-1969, and some poetry notebooks, [c. 1984]; prose works, including short stories, [c. 1930s]-1975, and plays, 1932-1972, many of which were either published, performed or broadcast; drafts and press cuttings of articles and reviews published in newspapers, particularly the Western Mail, 1929-1968, as well as unpublished articles, [c. 1947]-[1960s]; press cuttings of articles about and reviews of Prys-Jones' work, 1923-1987; typescript copies and drafts of The Story of Carmarthenshire and other works, 1941-1972; papers relating to Welsh history, including education in Wales and Llandovery College, 1908-1970; drafts and typescripts of talks, lectures and speeches, including radio scripts, 1937-1958; poetry, prose and lectures by other authors, 1924-1987; and other personal papers and ephemera, 1933-1986. Don Dale-Jones's papers comprise letters, mainly from Dudley G. Davies, 1975-1989. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Purchased from the Taliesin Trust and from Mr Don Dale-Jones, Carmarthen, 1990. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged into the following: correspondence; poetry; prose; journalism; history; talks, lectures and speeches; and personal and miscellaneous. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 PRYNES A. G. Prys-Jones Papers, 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. Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright regulations apply Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed on-line. 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 • Prys-Jones, A. G. (Arthur Glyn) -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Dale-Jones, Don -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Davies, Dudley G. (Dudley Garnet) (pwnc) | (subject) • Dale-Jones, Don. (pwnc) | (subject) • English poetry -- Welsh authors. (pwnc) | (subject) • English literature -- Welsh authors. (pwnc) | (subject) Llyfryddiaeth | Bibliography Dale-Jones, Don, Writers of Wales: A. G. Prys-Jones (Cardiff, 1992) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 PRYNES A. G. Prys-Jones Papers, 1-510. vtls005000056 Otherlevel - Correspondence. 1-510. ISYSARCHB1 Cyfres | Series 1-113. vtls005000057 ISYSARCHB1: Letters from A. G. Prys-Jones. Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 1-113. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1-67. vtls005000058 File - Letter to Don Dale-Jones (67), 1975-87. 1-67. ISYSARCHB1 68-73. vtls005000059 File - Letter to Alun Oldfield-Davies (6), 1983-5. 68-73. ISYSARCHB1 74. vtls005000060 File - Letter to Aneirin Talfan Davies (1) 1971. 74. ISYSARCHB1 1971 (with Christmas card), 75-80. vtls005000061 File - Letter to Elwyn Evans (6), 1967-79. 75-80. ISYSARCHB1 81. vtls005000062 File - Letter to Randal Jenkins (1) 1985 1985. 81. ISYSARCHB1 (photocopy), 82-102. vtls005000063 File - Letter to Emyr Wyn Jones (21), 1982-7. 82-102. ISYSARCHB1 103-8. vtls005000064 File - Letter to Roland Mathias (6) 1983-4. 103-8. ISYSARCHB1 1983-4 (photocopies), 109-11. vtls005000065 File - Letter to Meic Stephens (3) 1969-81. 109-11. ISYSARCHB1 1969-81 (photocopy), 112. vtls005000066 File - Letter to Peter Thomas HMI (1) 1984. 112. ISYSARCHB1 1984 (photocopy), 113. vtls005000067 File - Letter to Harri Webb (1) 1969 1969. 113. ISYSARCHB1 (incomplete photocopy), Cyfres | Series 114-414. vtls005000068 ISYSARCHB1: Letters to A. G. Prys-Jones. Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 114-414. Ffeil / rhestr