A collection of seven holograph chapters by Peggy Eileen Whistler ('Margiad Evans'), written 1941-1942, and published, with a further six chapters, as 'Autobiography' (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1943). One chapter, 'Before the Snow' is dated 'March 1942' and described as an 'original first draft' (f. 93). The chapters are accompanied by two letters, September 1956, from Whistler to Alan and Dorothy Hancox.
The chapters include Winter Journal (ff. 6-55), Before the Snow (ff. 56-93), The Field (ff. 94-101), Looking at a Star (ff. 102-107), The Autobiography of an Afternoon (ff. 108-131), Morning (ff. 132-140), and Conclusion, Under the Oak Tree (ff. 141-160).
Autobiography of Margiad Evans,
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- ReferenceGB 210 NLW MS 23997D.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004681009
- Dates of Creation1941-1942 /
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description160 ff. Originally kept in a collectors red folder (not retained), labeled 'AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ORIGINAL Ms. Margiad Evans', and numbered 'A935'. Placed in melinex sleeves within ringed box at NLW.
- LocationARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Bloomsbury Auctions; London; Purchased at auction (Harry and Virginia Walton Sale), lot 114; 9 July 2009; 004681009
Note
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23997D.
Archivist's Note
November 2010.
Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw;
Conditions Governing Use
Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding ownership of Margiad Evans copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed November 2010).
Custodial History
It appears that the chapters were acquired by the bookdealer Alan Hancox, Cheltenham, and subsequently sold to the collector Harry Walton of Covington, Virginia.
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales