Davies, Rhys

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 SL V 51, SL V 52, SL V 53, SL V 54, SL V 55
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Davies, Rhys
Date(s)	: 1927-1931
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 5 bundles
Name of creator(s)	: Davies | Rhys | 1903-1978 | author
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Rhys Davies was born on 9 November 1903 in the Rhondda Valley, Wales. He was educated at Porth County School. Davies published his first novel The Withered Root in 1927 and continued to publish books until the mid 1970s. Davies died in London on 21 August 1978.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Holograph manuscripts of novels. SL V 51 is The Withered Root (1927). SL V 52 is Arfon (1930). SL V 53 is Rings on Her Fingers (1930) SL V 55 is Count Your Blessings (1931) and SL V 54 is a collection of the author's manuscripts of short stories and poems.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Finding aids:

University of London Library, The Sterling library: a catalogue of the printed books and literary manuscripts collected by Sir Louis Sterling and presented by him to the University of London, Cambridge, (1954).

Archival Information

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Allied Materials

Related material:

The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Centre Library at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, holds correspondence and literary papers; the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, contains literary manuscripts (Ref: NLW MS 20785 and Rhys Davies MSS 1-19), letters and cards to Louis F Quinain, 1940-1956 (Ref: NLW MSS 23106-9), and letters to R B Marriott, 1935-1960.

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Description Notes

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999-07-22 Simon McKeon, 2000-05-22 Sarah Smith