Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Kyffin Williams Archive (GB 0210 KYFFINW) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 04, 2017 Printed: May 04, 2017 Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau ANW a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; LCSH; LCTGM; and GMGPC https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/kyffin-williams-archive archives.library .wales/index.php/kyffin-williams-archive 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 Kyffin Williams Archive 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 .................................................................................................................................. 5 Nodiadau | Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ............................................................................................................... 5 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ............................................................................................................ 5 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 KYFFINW Kyffin Williams Archive Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Kyffin Williams Archive ID: GB 0210 KYFFINW Virtua system control vtls003844386 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1716-[2008] (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | Extent: 0.537 cubic metres (53 boxes, 6 outsize wallets and boxes) Physical description: Extent: 23 photo albums. Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Iaith | Language: English Iaith | Language: Welsh Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title supplied from contents of fonds. [generalNote]: Nodyn | Note Papers accumulated by Kyffin Williams's ancestors pre-date his [generalNote]: birth, and items relating to the artist post-date his death. Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Kyffin Williams, artist, was born in Llangefni, Anglesey, 9 May 1918. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and articled to the land agents, Yale and Hardcastle, Pwllheli, 1936-1939. He served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers from 1937 to 1941, but on failing an army medical examination because of his epilepsy he was advised to take up art by his doctor. Hence in 1941 he entered the Slade School of Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 KYFFINW Kyffin Williams Archive Fine Art, and from 1944 to 1973 was Senior Art Master at Highgate School in London. In 1968 he was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to record the Welsh community in Patagonia. He was elected President of the Royal Cambrian Academy from 1969 to 1976 and again from 1992; an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1970, and a Royal Academician in 1974. He was made an Honorary Fellow of the University Colleges of Swansea (1989), Bangor (1991) and Aberystwyth (1992). In 1973 he was made an Honorary MA and in 1993 an Honorary Doctor of Letters of the University of Wales. Other honours bestowed on him were the OBE (1982), the Cymmrodorion Medal (1991), and a KBE (2000). Exhibitions of his work have been held at the following London Galleries: Colnaghi's, the Leicester Galleries, Thackeray Gallery; also the Howard Roberts and Albany Galleries, Cardiff; Tegfryn Gallery, Menai Bridge; and other provincial venues. His work is found in the collections of the Arts Council of Great Britain, National Museum of Wales, National Library of Wales, Welsh Arts Council, Royal Academy, Contemporary Art Society, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, art galleries of Newport, Swansea, Hereford, Coventry, the Chantrey Bequest and very many private collections. A major retrospective exhibition was staged at the National Museum of Wales in 1987. Kyffin Williams's autobiography, Across the Straits, was published in 1973, and his second autobiographical volume, A Wider Sky, in 1991. Other works include Boyo Ballads (1995), Portraits (1996), The land and the sea (1998), Drawings (2001), Cutting images (2002), and Gwladfa Kyffin / Kyffin in Patagonia (2004). Since 1974 he lived and worked at Pwllfanogl on the edge of the Menai Straits below Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Anglesey. He died in September 2006. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Papers of Sir Kyffin Williams, 1716-[2008], including correspondence, 1923-2006; diaries and journals, 1939-2006; catalogues of, and papers regarding, solo and group exhibitions, 1950-2006; drafts of books and articles by Kyffin Williams, [?1965]-[?2004]; works about him, 1953-[2008]; financial papers, 1939-2005; personal papers, 1931-2006; together with papers relating to various family members, 1716-2006, and papers accumulated by the artist, 1796-2007. Kyffin Williams photographs include personal and professional, family, Welsh views, artworks and views abroad, most notably Patagonia. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Sir Kyffin Williams; Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll; Donation; November 1985; A1985/152. Sir Kyffin Williams; Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll; Donation; March 1996; A1996/33. Sir Kyffin Williams; Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll; Donation; September 1999; A1999/107. Sir Kyffin Williams; Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll; Donation; August 2000; A2000/52. Sir Kyffin Williams per Paul Joyner, NLW; Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll; Donation; May 2004; 0200405301. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 KYFFINW Kyffin Williams Archive Sir Kyffin Williams per Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, NLW; Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll; Donation; September 2004; 0200410991. Sir Kyffin Williams per Rian Evans; Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll; Donation; December 2005; 0200600046. Sir Kyffin Williams; Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll; Bequest; September 2006 Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged at NLW in four groups: professional and personal papers, family papers, accumulated papers and photographs. 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. See also the special conditions regarding access to the journals (series A2) Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright laws apply. Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material Paintings and drawings by Kyffin Williams are held at NLW. 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 • Williams, Kyffin, 1918-2006 -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Artists -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container A. vtls004615109 Otherlevel - Professional and personal 1923-[2008]. A. papers, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 KYFFINW Kyffin Williams Archive Cyfres | Series A1. vtls004615624: Correspondence, Dyddiad | Date: 1923-2006. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content: Letters, 1939-2006, mostly addressed to Kyffin Williams which relate to professional and personal matters. Correspondents include fellow artists, representatives from galleries and institutions, and admirers of his work. A number of letters refer to exhibitions and the publication of books by, or relating to, Kyffin Williams. Letters and cards, 1923-2003, from Kyffin Williams, mainly to members of his family, are included at the end of the sequence. Some items also contain notes and ink sketches by him. Disgrifiad ffisegol | Physical description: 41 folders, 2 bundles. Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Iaith y deunydd | Language of the material: Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: A1. Trefniant | Arrangement: Correspondence arranged chronologically in thirty eight files at NLW, with two additional files comprising undated letters to Kyffin Williams and letters written by him. Items within each file are arranged chronologically unless otherwise noted. Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material: Three letters, 1964, to Kyffin Williams from his mother are included in B/2. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container A1/1. vtls004615819 File - Letters to Kyffin Williams, 1939-1969. A1/1 (1). A1/2. vtls004616306