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Philip Burton MSS

Cyfeirgôd(au): GB 0210 MSPHILBURT

Lleoliad:

Teitl: Philip Burton MSS

Teitl byr: Burton, Philip, manuscripts

Dyddiad(au) creu: 1974-1993

Lefel disgrifio: Fonds

Maint a chyfrwng: 4 volumes

Enw'r crewr/crewyr: Philip Burton

CYD-DESTUN

Hanes bywgraffyddol/gweinyddol: Philip Henry Burton (1904-1995), theatre director and writer, was a teacher at the Port Talbot secondary school attended by Richard Burton (then Jenkins) during the early 1940s. Burton became Jenkins's legal guardian and the boy adopted his mentor's surname as his own. Burton nurtured Richard's theatrical talent and helped launch the younger man's acting career. Their relationship is recorded in Burton's Richard and Philip: The Burtons. A Book of Memories (London, 1992).

CYNNWYS

Natur a chynnwys: Papers, 1974-1993, of theatre director and writer Philip Henry Burton, comprising typescript drafts of the unpublished works 'They Called Me Gentleman Johnny', 1974, and 'A Great Reckoning', 1975, and a typescript draft, 1986, of his Richard and Philip: The Burtons (London, 1992); together with letters and cards, 1990-1993, from Philip Burton to David Arthur Callard, mainly relating to the publication of Richard and Philip...

MYNEDIAD A DEFNYDD

Iaith/llawysgrifen: English

Trefniant: Arranged according to NLW reference numbers: NLW MSS 23542-23545.

Amodau gweld: Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.

Amodau copïo: Usual copyright laws apply

Rhestri cymorth: Description based on Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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GWYBODAETH ARCHIFOL

Ychwanegiadau: No accruals expected

Ffynhonnell: Bought from David A. Callard of Llanishen in 1996.

DEFNYDDIAU PERTHNASOL

Deunydd perthynol: Seven photographs included in the purchase are now to be found in NLW Photo Album 1035. An audio cassette of a lecture, 1991, by Philip Burton, entitled 'The Dylan Thomas I Knew', is in the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales.

NODIADAU DISGRIFIO

Cyhoeddiadau perthnasol: See D. A. Callard, 'The Other Philip Burton', Planet, 122 (1997), 91-97.

Nodiadau: Title based on contents

Nodiadau yr archifydd: Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003).

Rheolau catalogio: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH

Dyddiad(au )cwblhau'r catalog: May 2009