Series: III. Miscellaneous

Scope Note: Biographical materials are followed by alphabetically arranged subjects, reel-to-reel audio tapes, bound calendars, oversize materials and index cards. Many of the subjects were taken from the original folders. One folder for each subject, unless otherwise indicated.

Biographical - Contains biographical sketches of Hughes, some written for various biographical sources (5 folders) (see also: Box 42)  

Address books (3)  

Arabic language  

Artwork by Pamela Bianco and various other artists  (2 folders)

Automobiles -  (3 folders)

insurance and repair receipts, licenses, registrations, etc.

Boats and sailing -   (8 folders)

Contains materials pertaining to: boating and sailing organizations, receipts and repair records for boats owned by Hughes, the Laugharne Regatta, perpetual tide predictor invented by Hughes, etc.

Boats and sailing, cont. (16 folders)

"Bomb sights from aeroplane, 1915 and experiments in four dimensional perspective"  

Book plates and calling cards  

British Broadcasting Company  

Civil Defence -

Contains correspondence and printed materials concerning Hughes's civilian role during World War II

Diaries -

Loose leaf diaries and itineraries

Education -   (6 folders)

Grade reports, notebooks, magazines, Brome Literary Society materials, etc. Arranged alphabetically by institution: Caterham Preparatory School, Charterhouse (see also: Box 42), Eothen, Oriel College, Oxford University; includes materials concerning Hon. D. Litt. from the University of Wales, 1956

Education, cont. (5 folders)

Family - Contains writings, legal documents, etc. for the following family members:  

Hughes, Arthur  (2 folders)

Hughes, Frances (Bazley)  

Hughes, Louise Grace Warren   (12 folders)

Warren, Edward Charles  

Warren, Ernest Edward  (2 folders)

Hughes's children  

In addition, there are genealogical materials and a folder with locks of hair  (2 folders; see also: Box 42)

Family, cont. - Writings, notebooks and miscellaneous items  (7 folders)

Financial -   (14 folders)

Bank statements, income tax papers, insurance papers, receipts, VAT papers, etc.

Financial, cont. (9 folders)

The Hill Players -

copies of blank stationery only

Investiture of HRH Prince of Wales  

Invitations from Hughes -

printed invitations for parties, supper and exhibition openings for Frances Hughes

Invitations to Hughes -   (2 folders)

Mostly printed invitations for parties, dinners, marriages and various celebrations. Also includes invitations to an afternoon party at Buckingham Palace and to the inauguration of Herbert Hoover

Juvenilia -

Account books for expenditures from ages 6-13 and ages 15-19; 2 Christmas cards; "Dick's riddle" written Feb. 15, 1908; "Home" written " Xmas 1910"; list of "Books read by "Dick from Xmas 1910-Xmas 1912"

McEntee, Lucy -

various recollections of Hughes by his secretary

Medical -

Material concerning Frances's appendix and notes pertaining to Richard's final illness

Men of Achievement award  

Military -

Mostly documents concerning Hughes's military career

Music  

North Wales Hydro-electric Development -   (4 folders)

Correspondence, printed materials, etc. pertaining to the opposition of hydro-electric development in Wales, including Hughes's article entitled: "Dryland"

Publishers -  (12 folders)

Mostly royalty statements and contracts

Ration books  

Real estate -   (19 folders; see also: Boxes 42 and 43)

includes correspondence, floor plans and other materials concerning leasing and renovations of Laugharne Castle, Mor Edrin, and other residences

Real estate, cont. (7 folders)

Richard Hughes (Books) Inc. -   (7 folders)

Contracts, certificate of incorporation, minutes of meetings, shares, statements of accounts, etc.

Societies -   (1 folder each)

Correspondence, printed materials, etc. relating to the following societies, associations, clubs, etc. :

Authors' League of America  

Beefsteak Club  

The Cambrian Archeological Association  

The Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales  

Diocesan Registry  

Garrick Club  

Harlech Horticultural Produce Society  

Merioneth Rural Community Council  

The New Atlantis  

The North Wales Association of Sheep Dog Trials  

P.E.N.  

Portmadoc Players  

The Society of Authors  

United University Club  

Welsh Arts Council

The Welsh National Theatre  (2 folders)

Yr Academi Gymraeg  

Tobacco -

Correspondence and receipts

Travel - 1928-1975  (23 folders)

Correspondence, brochures, receipts and other materials relating to Hughes's trips. Arranged chronologically

Treorchy Drama competition -   (2 folders)

Materials relating to Hughes's adjudication of the 1934 and 1949 competitions

Wine -

Mostly correspondence and receipts

Miscellany -   (6 folders)

Scrapbook on Matabelaland, notebooks, printed material, etc.

Audio tapes (8):

BBC interview  

Richard Hughes and Tim Maby, "Sunday Best" Radio 4, Wales Apr. 29, 1973   

Richard Hughes and Walter Allen, Radio 3, Apr. 5, 1973   

Interview at Talsarnau with Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hughes by Colin D. Edwards with Constantine FitzGibbon, Spring 1964   

Joyce Emerson interview with Richard Hughes for C.B.C.  

Interview in Dar Es Salaam, Book Week, Mar. 1967 ;

Danger; Possibly another interview in Nairobi

Stories for children: The Spider's Palace, Telephone Travel, The Elephant's Picnic  

Stories for children: Living in Whales, Don't Blame Me, The Palace on the Rocks  

Calendars -  

1921-1922   

1924   

1927   

1929-1932  (1 each)  

1938   

1939  (2)  

1940   

1942   

1944   

1945 

(see: Box 42)

1946   

1950  (2)  

1953  (2)  

1954-1958  (1 each)  

1959  (2)  

1960  (2)  

1961  (3)  

Calendars - (cont.)

1962  (2)  

1963-1965  (1 each)  

1966  (2)  

1967  (3)  

1968  (3)  

1969  (4)  

1970-1975  (3 each)  

1976  (2)  

Calendars for Frances (Bazley) Hughes 1951 , 1956 , 1965   

Calendar for Capt. Pengelley - 1894   

Calendar, 1945 

Charterhouse, Calling Over, Dec. 22, 1913 

(i.e. list of students)

Hughes genealogical chart  

Program for The Marquis of Anglesey's Company's production of "Aladdin"  

Architectural plans -

boathouse and unidentified residences (5)

Engraving of Laugharne Castle

Architectural plans for Laugharne (14)  

Index Cards

Scope Note: Index to some of the correspondence; various story ideas and miscellaneous information from the 1920s.