Miscellaneous papers

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 24086D
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1951-[1960s]
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 21 ff. (f. 14 formerly folded as two leaves)
      Placed in melinex sleeves within ringed binder at NLW.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous papers of Clifford Dyment, 1951-[late 1960s], comprising the first five pages of a typescript prose story entitled 'She Wanted to Pick Bluebells' (ff. 1-6); a typescript autobiographical fragment entitled 'I / dep. Nottingham (Victoria)', possibly the beginning of his follow-up to The Railway Game (London, 1962), [late 1960s] (ff. 7-9); a typescript page, apparently of a voiceover script for a television programme concerning animals, [?1960s] (f. 10); a manuscript piece beginning 'We are none of us the same person always', [mid 1960s] (f. 11); a rough draft of a poem, [mid 1950s] (f. 12); miscellaneous notes (ff. 13-20), containing references to Turgenev's 'The Torrents of Spring' (f. 14) and to Germany and the Nazis (ff. 15-20); and a letter, 1 April 1953, from E. N. Hogben of the Religious Drama Society apparently concerning Dyment's play 'Mr Everyman' (f. 21).

Arrangement

Arranged at NLW as follows: prose; poetry; notes; correspondence.

Note

Title based on contents.

Some items were previously loose in other manuscripts: ff. 10-11 (NLW MS 24080D), ff. 12, 16-21 (NLW MS 24081D), f. 13 (NLW ex 2927 (ii)), ff. 14-15 (NLW MS 24082C).

Additional Information

Published