Hughes, Henry Goronwy Alun
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0102 PP MS 29 |
Held at | : School of Oriental and African Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html › |
Full title | : Hughes, Henry Goronwy Alun |
Date(s) | : Created 1912-1997 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 3 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Hughes | Henry Goronwy Alun | b 1921 | librarian, author and linguist |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
H. G. A. Hughes was born 21 July 1921 in Pontlottyn, Wales. He was educated in Pontypridd and at Jesus College, Oxford. In 1947 he gained a diploma in Education from the Institute of Education and then remained there as a research assistant on Community Development and Tropical Education. From 1949 to 1954 he was lecturer in Linguistics with reference to Oceanic Languages at the School of Oriental and African Studies and during this period, from Jan 1951 - Jun 1952, he undertook research in Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands, Solomon Islands and Samoa. From 1955 to 1959 he was International Librarian at the International Library, Liverpool and from 1959 to 1963 Head of Department of Commerce and Liberal Studies at the Technical College, Colwyn Bay. In 1963 he became Visiting Senior Lecturer at Charles University, Prague and received a doctorate from the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. From 1966 to 1974 he was Borough Librarian for Flint and then worked as a tutor for the Open University, trainee solicitor and financial administrator and Hospital Secretary, St. Clare's, Pantasaph.
Dr Hughes has written numerous publications on a wide range of subjects, but with a particular reference to the Pacific, and since 1947 he has been Director of a number of companies involved in reviewing, publishing and translating; particularly on Welsh subjects. Membership of organisations includes Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Societé des Oceanistes, Polynesian Society, Linguistic Society of New Zealand, Association of Social Anthropologists in Oceania, Institute of Journalism, Society of Authors, Translators Association, Welsh Academy, Welsh Union of Writers, Communist Party of Great Britain, Democratic Left, and Plaid Cymru.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers, 1912-1997, of H G A Hughes, comprising his papers and research notes, in addition to microfilms and audiotapes relating chiefly to the Pacific region and its languages. There is also some material relating to Wales.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Includes material in various Oceanic languages.
System of arrangement:
The collection is arranged into the following groups: research notes (previously MS 380371); writings; microfilm; audio tape.
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated between 1983-1998.
Allied Materials
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Date(s) of descriptions:
15 May 2000
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