Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Harri Webb Papers, (GB 0210 HARWEBB) 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/harri-webb-papers-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/harri-webb-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 Harri Webb 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 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ............................................................................................................ 5 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 HARWEBB Harri Webb Papers, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Harri Webb Papers, ID: GB 0210 HARWEBB Virtua system control vtls003844364 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: [c. 1919]-1995 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.108 cubic metres (9 boxes, 1 volume); 4 boxes were purchased Physical description: February 2007. 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. The archive contains some [generalNote]: material post-dating Webb's death, relating to publication of his work and tribute events. Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Harri Webb (1920-1994), poet, from Swansea, Glamorgan, went to Magdalen College Oxford. He worked as a bookseller and librarian in Cardiff, Dowlais and Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, retiring in 1974; in the 1970s he wrote several television scripts. He was strongly influenced by the Scottish poet Hugh Mac Diarmid, writer and nationalist politician. He was a member of the Welsh Republican Movement, as well as Plaid Cymru; he was a prolific journalist, and editor of Welsh Nation magazine. He was an active member of the New Nation/Cilmeri group in the 1960s, aiming to replace the leadership of Plaid Cymru. He stood as Plaid Cymru candidate in the general election of 1970 at Pontypool, but in the mid 1970s became disillusioned with the party. His poetry was published in the collections 'The Green Desert' (1969) and 'A Crown for Branwen' (1974). He mainly wrote in English, although he also used Welsh. He contributed regularly to the magazine Poetry Wales, which he had helped to establish; he also Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 HARWEBB Harri Webb Papers, acted as a reader for the Welsh Arts Council, and published two collections of songs and ballads. Since his death in 1994, a Collected Poems and selections from his political and literary journalism have been published. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Papers of Harri Webb, [c. 1919]-1995, including poetry, 1942-1989; reviews and reader's reports, 1974-1986; correspondence with publishers, broadcasters and editors relating to Webb's work, 1949-1995; correspondence from literary and artistic figures, [1940s]-1983; political correspondence, 1964-1974; political press cuttings, 1952-1981; papers relating to Plaid Cymru, 1961-1978, and Scottish politics, 1967-1969; and personal papers, [c. 1919]-1984. A collection of Harri Webb's diaries. This group remains uncatalogued. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Part deposited by Meic Stephens, 1987, and later purchased 1997 Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged into the following: works of Harri Webb; material relating to uses made of Harri Webb's work; correspondence from literary and artistic figures; material relating to other authors; literary institutions and societies; political Plaid Cymru, and others; personal; and miscellaneous. The 1999 purchase is arranged separately by subject. 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 online. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 HARWEBB Harri Webb Papers, Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material Further papers of Harri Webb, [c. 1919]-1995, were donated in 2004. 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 • Welsh Arts Council. • Welsh Republican Movement. • Webb, Harri, 1920- -- Correspondence (pwnc) | (subject) • Poets -- Wales -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Nationalists -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject) • Welsh literature -- 20th century (pwnc) | (subject) • Poetry, Modern -- 20th century (pwnc) | (subject) • Republicanism -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject) • Librarians -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject) • Merthyr Tydfil (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) • Mountain Ash (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container A-K. vtls005278504 Otherlevel - 1995 And 1997 purchases, [c. 1919]-1992. A-K. ISYSARCHB14 A. vtls005278505 Otherlevel - The work of Harri Webb, 1942-1989. A. ISYSARCHB14 Cyfres | Series A1. vtls005278506 ISYSARCHB14: Poetry, Dyddiad | Date: 1942-1989. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content: Manuscript, typescript and printed poems, some with notes by Harri Webb. Most are dated, include place of publication and have been numbered by Meic Stephens while compiling an anthology of Harri Webb's collected poems (Gomer, 1995). Some notes to Meic Stephens by Harri Webb on the Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 HARWEBB Harri Webb Papers, poems suggest that this group was transferred to Meic Stephens before Harri Webb's death and a few of Harri Webb's poems are in the hand of Meic Stephens. There are a few letters connected with specific poems, e.g. from Gillian Clarke and Beth Owen. A poem/drama "Homecoming" and material connected to other projects such as "Memories of a Pit Orchestra" and "Poems and Pints" are included. Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: A1. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container A1/1-40. File - Poetry, 1942-59. A1/1-40. vtls005278507 ISYSARCHB14 A1/41-65. File - Poetry, 1960-6. A1/41-65. vtls005278508 ISYSARCHB14 A1/66-78. File - Poetry, 1967-9. A1/66-78. vtls005278509 ISYSARCHB14 A1/79-101. File - Poetry, 1970-2. A1/79-101. vtls005278510 ISYSARCHB14 A1/102-46. File - Poetry, 1973-5. A1/102-46. vtls005278511 ISYSARCHB14 A1/147-71. File - Poetry, 1976-7. A1/147-71. vtls005278512 ISYSARCHB14 A1/172-95. File - Poetry, 1978-83. A1/172-95. vtls005278513 ISYSARCHB14 A1/196-210. File - Poetry, 1984-9. A1/196-210. vtls005278514 ISYSARCHB14 A2/1-6. vtls005278516 File - Poetry - miscellaneous, 1965, April. A2/1-6. ISYSARCHB14 Cyfres | Series A3. vtls005278517 ISYSARCHB14: Prose, Dyddiad | Date: 1974-1979. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content: Letters and prose articles. Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 6 GB 0210 HARWEBB Harri Webb Papers, Preferred citation: A3. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container A3/1-5. vtls005278518 File - Prose, 1974, c. June- A3/1-5. ISYSARCHB14 July. A3/6. vtls005278519 File - Prose, 1976, January. A3/6. ISYSARCHB14 A3/7. vtls005278520 File - Prose, 1979, May. A3/7. ISYSARCHB14 Cyfres | Series A4. vtls005278521 ISYSARCHB14: Readers' reports, Dyddiad | Date: 1971-1982. (dyddiad creu) | (date