A Book of Private Prayer used as a scrapbook, 1927-1944, by the Rev. B. G. Rees, Curate of Defynock (1934-36), Llangynwyd, Maesteg (1936-38), and Laleston (1938-44), and Rector of Llansannor (1944-48); the volume consists mostly of press cuttings and letters relating to his ordination and career and his column in the Bridgend Advertiser, with some syllabuses for his lecture courses at the Maesteg Unemployed Centre with the WEA and YMCA (45 ff.). Also included are proofs, [?1938], of W. H. Auden's twenty-seven sonnet sequence 'In Time of War', for publication in W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, Journey to a War (London, 1939), pp. 259-285; the proofs contain a very few manuscript emendations by the author and suggested titles for some of the sonnets and were given to Rees by Auden (see Auden's letter, NLW MS 24059E, f. 2) (6 ff.).
Rev. B. G. Rees collection
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 NLW ex 2866.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls006742231
- Dates of Creation
- 1927-1944
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 1 small box.
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Mrs Ann Griffith, niece of B. G. Rees; Chesterfield; Donation (with NLW MS 24059E and NLW Photo Album 5302D); April 2014; 006742231.
Note
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW ex 2866.
Additional Information
Published
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales