Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Jack Jones (author and playwright) Manuscripts, (GB 0210 JACNES) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 06, 2017 Printed: May 06, 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/jack-jones-author-and-playwright- manuscripts-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/jack-jones-author-and-playwright-manuscripts-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 Jack Jones (author and playwright) Manuscripts, 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 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 JACNES Jack Jones (author and playwright) Manuscripts, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Jack Jones (author and playwright) Manuscripts, ID: GB 0210 JACNES Virtua system control vtls003844246 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1934-1968 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.485 cubic metres (19 boxes) Physical description: Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title compiled from content of fonds. [generalNote]: Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Jack Jones (1884-1970), author and playwright, was born at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, the eldest son of David and Sarah Anne. He was educated at St David's elementary school, Merthyr Tydfil. Between 1902 and 1906 he served in the Army in South Africa and India. In 1908 he married his first wife, Laura Grimes Evans (d. 1946), of Builth Wells, Brecknockshire. They had five children. After the First World War he became active in left-wing politics. In 1921 he was sent by the Miners' Federation Lodge, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, to the Conference of the British Communist Party in Manchester, where he was elected temporary corresponding secretary for the South Wales coalfield. In 1923 he was appointed full-time secretary-representative of the miners at Blaengarw, Glamorgan, and later joined the Labour Party. He was forced to resign in 1927 after the publication of his controversial article, 'The Need for a Lib-Lab Coalition'. He moved to Cardiff and became one of Lloyd George's speakers on the Liberal platform, and stood unsuccessfully for Neath in the 1929 general election. He began writing seriously during a period of unemployment. His first novel, 'Saran', was never published, but a reduced version of Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 JACNES Jack Jones (author and playwright) Manuscripts, it appeared as Black Parade (1935). By 1939, he had written the novels Rhondda Roundabout (1934), and Bidden to the Beast (1938), a play, Land of my Fathers (1937), and his first autobiography, Unfinished Journey (1937). The London stage version of Rhondda Roundabout was acclaimed. He wrote the dialogue for the film 'Proud Valley', in which he also had a minor acting role. During the Second World War he was a speaker for the Ministry of Information and the National Savings Movement. He wrote The Man David (1944), a life of David Lloyd George. In the 1945 election he supported Sir James Grigg of the Conservative Party. After the war he wrote two volumes of autobiography, Me and Mine (1946) and Give Me Back My Heart (1950), three novels, Off to Philadelphia in the Morning (1947), Some Trust in Chariots (1948), and River out of Eden (1951), and a play Transatlantic Episode (1947). He was made a CBE in 1948. His later works, Lily of the Valley and Lucky Year (1952), Time and the Business (1953), Choral Symphony (1955) and Come, Night; End, Day (1956) were less well received. In 1954, he married his second wife, Gladys Morgan. He was elected first President of the English section of Yr Academi Gymreig. Until his death in May 1970 he continued writing; these works remained unpublished, including a biographical novel, 'A Burnt Offering', based on the life of Dr William Price (1800-1893), Llantrisant, pioneer of cremation. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Holograph manuscripts and (mostly) typescripts, corrected, of some of the published and unpublished literary works, including novels entitled 'Benny Boy', 'Thursday to Saturday', Choral Symphony (London, 1955), 'Requiem for Rags', 'The Champion's Wife, 'The Methuselahs', Come, Night; End, Day, Rhondda Roundabout, 'Shadow Show' and The Man David (London, 1944); comedies, musical plays, and dramatisations of novels, autobiographies, radio scripts, articles and reviews, 1938-1967, including 'The Leek in the Broth'; diaries, 1938-1962; notebooks on William Abraham ('Mabon'); cuttings from Merthyr Express of the 'Saran Stories'; recorded readings from the B.B.C, 1941-1964; and typescript final draft of 'A Burnt Offering' and manuscript notes on Dr William Price. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Donated to the National Library of Wales by Jack Jones, Rhiwbina, between 1961 and 1969. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged by date of deposit. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 JACNES Jack Jones (author and playwright) Manuscripts, Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad | Restrictions on access No restrictions. 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. 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 • Jones, Jack, 1884-1970 -- Archives (pwnc) | (subject) • Abraham, William, 1842-1922 (pwnc) | (subject) • Price, William, 1800-1893 (pwnc) | (subject) • Authors, English -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject) • English literature -- Welsh authors (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1-167. vtls005299966 Otherlevel - 1961 Donation. 1-167. ISYSARCHB16 1-2. vtls005299967 File - 'Benny Boy'. An epic novel 1-2. ISYSARCHB16 about South Wales. With a note in the autograph of the author to his literary .... 3-4. vtls005299968 File - Another copy of Nos 1-2 above. 3-4. ISYSARCHB16 5. vtls005299969 File - 'Thursday to Saturday'. A novel. 5. ISYSARCHB16 [vol. 1]. (corrected by the author). Typescript. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 JACNES Jack Jones (author and playwright) Manuscripts, 6-7. vtls005299970 File - 'Charcoal Symphony'. A novel 6-7. ISYSARCHB16 (published London: H. Hamilton, 1955). Two Volumes. Typescript (with corrections by the author). 8-9. vtls005299971 File - 'Requiem for Rags'. A novel. Two 8-9. ISYSARCHB16 Volumes. Typescript (with corrections by the author). 10. vtls005299972 File - 'The Champion's Wife'. A Novel. 10. ISYSARCHB16 Typescript. 11-12. vtls005299973 File - 'The Black Welshman'. A novel. 11-12. ISYSARCHB16 Two Volumes. Typescript. (corrected by the author). 13-17. vtls005299974 File - 'Outing in May'. A novel. 13-17. ISYSARCHB16 18-20. vtls005299975 File - 'The Leek in the Broth'. An 18-20. ISYSARCHB16 imaginative presentation, based on fact, of the life of David Lloyd George from 1914 .... 21. vtls005299976 File - 'The Leek in the Broth'. Third 21. ISYSARCHB16 and final version of the completion of The Man David. Typescript. See Nos 18-20 .... 22. vtls005299977 File - 'Bidden to the Feast'. A 22. ISYSARCHB16 dramatisation by the author of his novel Bidden to the Feast (London: H. Hamilton, 1983) .... 23. vtls005299978 File - 'Bidden to the Feast'. A 23. ISYSARCHB16 dramatisation of the novel. 24. vtls005299979 File - 'Week-end at the Wells'. 24. ISYSARCHB16 Alternative