Henry Goronwy Alun Hughes (1921-2013)
Papers

MSS 0047

Series 1. Articles and research papers by H.G.A. Hughes arranged by date of first publication.

(Some held as Microfiche)

1.1. Language and customs

[The Central Pacific and Phoenix Islands] Undated typescripts by Hughes? (The Central Pacific Basin, Land animals and the coming of man, Plant life on a coral island, The period of discovery, The Guano diggers, Canton Island, Enderbury Island, Phoenix Island, Birnie Island, Sydney Island, Hull Island, McKean Island, Gardner Island, Christmas Island, Fanning Island, Washington Island)

Language problems and policies in Africa [copy of an article originally published in The Linguists' Review, vol. xxv no.115, October/December 1948]. Print copy of journal.

The Teaching of modern languages (London, 1949, 1956) [copy of Preface and bibliography, to which Hughes contributed works on Spanish] Microfiche

Notes on the study of Oceanic linguistics [article published in Fundamental and Adult Education: a quarterly bulletin, October 1953]. Print copy

The Origin of the Ruoia and the Kainikam'aen: a version from Abaiang [copy of an article originally published in Journal of the Polynesian Society v.66 no.2, June 1957]. Typescript and print copy

External factors in culture change in the Gilbert Islands to 1892 (Thesis, Liverpool 1958) Microfiche and print copy, typescript and manuscript, corrected

External factors in culture change in the Gilbert Islands to 1892 (Prague, 1966) [The Prague versions contain extra chapters, bibliography etc. and are the definitive edition]. Microfiche and draft copy (typescript and ms)

External factors in culture change in the Gilbert Islands to 1892 (Praha 1966) [text as above, preceded by a 4 page synopsis] Microfiche.

Gilbertese custom and tradition [extracts from Te Nutipepa, a magazine published by the Congregation of Sacred Heart Missionaries at Abaiang in the Gilbert Islands] (1989) Typescript
See also Series 2: Research notes

Comparative philology and Polynesian studies (1991) Microfiche of typescript

The linguistic situation in Samoa in 1952 (1991) Microfiche of typescript

Modes of interrogation in Gilbertese (1991) Typescript

Polynesian language studies since 1945 - and tomorrow - a personal retrospect (1992) Microfiche

Rapa Nui: a select bibliography (1992). Typescript

The Samoan 'Imbroglio': a select bibliography (1992) [bibliography of the two decades before partition and annexation in 1899 by Germany and the United States] Typescript

Papiamentu: a bibliography (1993) [a Spanish-based Creole spoken in Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire in the Caribbean] Typescript

Banaban: a lost language. 2 p. [1998] [response of Hughes to research purporting to identify a lost language of Banaba] Typescript

An essay toward a Dictionary of the Lesser-Australian Language, according to the dialect used at the Marquesas (1799) / ed. H.G.A. Hughes and S.R. Fischer (Auckland, 1998) Photocopy

“In all cultures and all languages change is inevitable …” Typescript and MS, wriiten for Stacey King [undated] 2 p.

 

1.2. Education

Recent educational developments in the Gilbert and Ellice Colony. Typescript 1932 (Overseas Education v. 3 April 1932)

Bibliography of Colonial education 1947-50. Print copy

Mechanical aids in education [1991 reprint of article written in 1947, as a student at the University of London, Institute of Education, on audio-visual aids in education] Microfiche

Film in mass education and Colonial Development: Preliminary reference list (Scientific Film Association, International Committee) ca 1948. Roneoed typescript

[Bibliographies of Colonial Education published in] ‘Overseas Education’ January 1948-January 1950 (9 v.) Print copies

The use of mobile cinema and radio vans in fundamental education (London, UNESCO, 1949) - includes a contribution by Hughes. Microfiche

Education in the Marshall Islands [by Hughes?] ca 1949, with Curriculum, Marshall Island Elementary School (2 p.). Roneoed typescripts

The film & fundamental education H.G.A. Hughes and Sinclair Road (1950) Microfiche

Preparatory course for Open University students, Clwyd [typescript proposal by Hughes, 1972] Microfiche

Education in Micronesia: a bibliography of American dissertations (1996). Typescript

Education in Samoa: a bibliography of American dissertations (1996). Typescript

Education in Guam: a bibliography of American dissertations (1996). Typescript

Chronology of education in Fiji, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and Tonga. Typescript

Chronology of education in British Africa. Typescript copy reprinted 1992

 

1.3. Other (mainly bibliographical and historical)

1936
The road towards Ty-melyn … [short story] [‘Ponape at war’ and Bibliography only]

1947
Liberia: creation and early days [Paper by Hughes, 1947, together with a review 1949 of C.H. Huberich's ‘The political and religious history of Liberia’ (1947), ‘A nutritional survey of the republic of Liberia’ and a bibliography, 1991. Typescript

1948

• University of London theses on colonies to 1948 (Anthropology, Education, Geography, History) Typescript. Also 1991 reprint typescript
• Philip Beaver and the settlement at Bulama (West Africa) 1792-3 [originally read as a paper 1948, first published 1955 in Corona v. 7 (10), October 1955]. Typescript
• Our responsibility, Busybody no. 20 (January 31 1948), p. 7-9 [Article re ex-servicemen of colonial countries and the formation of a World Federation of Ex-Servicemen, published in the magazine of the British Legion.] Print (Roneo) copy

1949
Tamate: the story of James Chalmers [1991 reprint of article first written in 1949 on the London Missionary Society missionary and explorer] Microfiche Plus typescript ‘James Chalmers: some notes on his character’ / Hughes, and notes from sources and bibliographical references.

1954

• Rumanian folk art: historical and descriptive notes and a catalogue for an exhibition from the Rumanian People's Republic / H.G.A. Hughes and A.L. Lloyd (London, 1954 – 2005 reprint)
• Herbert Stanley Morrison: the first 50 years [1991 paper based on lectures given 1954-55 to Labour Party branches in north and east London under the auspices of the Education Service of the London Cooperative Society] Microfiche

1955
The forgotten emancipator. Corona (October 1955), p. 391-3 [about James Beaver and Bulama, Portuguese Guinea] Print copy

1956
Those were the days? [article published in 1914-1956 Calendarul ‘Rominul American’ (Detroit, Michigan, 1956?] Microfiche

1957

• Odessa [notes on the city of Odessa, published as Literature Search Report no.1, prepared by Hughes 1957 in the International Library, Liverpool for the members of the Liverpool City Department for their visit to Odessa]. Print copy
• José Martí, poet and patriot, El Clarín no. 22 (December 1957), p. 7-8 [In English. Print copy of journal issue]

1959

• The infante D. Henrique [essay on Prince Henry the Navigator, given the Camoens Award of the Luso-Brazilian Council in 1959, published by Hughes 1991] Typescript
• Select bibliography on government and administration in South-East Asia. Liverpool; International Library (1959) Typescript

1960

• John of Gaunt 1340-1399 [originally written in 1960 for the quincentenary celebrations in honour of Prince Henry the Navigator, published by Hughes 1991]. Typescript
• Spanish landfalls: a supplementary note. Print copy. [Corrected typescript draft, undated but after 1960]

1963
Memoirs of General Delgado [undated manuscript translation by Hughes: also copy of published translation (1963)] Microfiche

1964
Two films: ‘Edinburgh Festival Sinfonietta’ and ‘To be or not to be’ by Krátký Film Praha, 1964. Commentary by H.G.A. Hughes [DVD]

1969

• Fair Merioneth: where there's peace and quiet pleasure [copy of article published in the Morning Star 18 August 1969] Microfiche
• Seren y Gogledd [typescript of articles for the Northern Sta’ January 1969, compiled and edited by Hughes] Microfiche

1970

• Casgliad o Enwau Cymraeg / Goronwy Alun Hughes and Glenys Myfanwy Jones (1970) Microfiche
• Hanes Gweithwyr Cymru i, 1994 [includes some of the articles from Welsh Labour History 1970 and from a 1971 symposium on Welsh trade unions] Microfiche
• Lightning on the Tatras and Dubcek, Dubcek [1988 reprint of articles first published in Planet 1970-1971 on Czech- Slovak relations and history]. Typescript
• Tokelau: a bibliography (1970) Printout. Also published by Gwas Gwenffrwd in 1970.

1992
Hir Oes i'r Eisteddfod Gwerin Cymru [poems from the Eisteddfod, compiled by Hughes 1992 and published in ‘The Red Kite’] Microfiche

1994
A heretic in the vineyard [1994 article for Welsh Nation] Typescript

1995

• Nexø in Andalucia: selections from Days in the Sun (1995) Typescript
• Banaba 1951 [brief note for ‘Banaba/Ocean Island Newsletter’ on occasion of Rabi 50th anniversary] (November 1995) Typescript
• [Unpublished book] ‘Tokelau.’ MS and typescript drafts. “Available for publication given acknowledgement of the author”

1996

• Rambling road to rhyddid. For The Red Kite. Typescript
• Social control [article on local councils in Wales, undated] Typescript

1997
Samoa: American Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoans abroad (contents list of work published as Samoa in 1997) Typescript

2005
R.J. Derfel (1824-1905’ / edited by H.G.A.Hughes. 2005 [Includes ‘R.J. Derfel: a brief account of my life’; ‘R.J. Derfel and his works: an interview’; ‘Obituary: Mr R.J. Derfel’] Typescript

2006
Hanes Becca a’I Phlant = The History of Becca and Her Children / Goronwy Alun Hughes & Patricia Edwards. Cerrigydrudion: Gwas Gwenffrwd. 32 p.

2010

• The Bard of Bodloesygad, Cwm Cynfal: Arnold Rattenbury (1921-2007). Printout
• Carl Sandburg … For Red Poets

2012
Huw Menai. Printout

2013

• R.S. Thomas (Welsh poet) Typescript
• Randall Swingler (British Communist poet) Typescript
• Romantic to Revolutionary: William Morris (1834-1896) Typescript
• Soldier’s Songs of the Great War. Typescript
• Too young to be a dead hero: George Shell. Typescript
• A Singular Scholar: W.B. Yates. Typescript

Undated

• Cwn Eithin, or Cwm Gormes [on social conditions in 19th century Wales]
• Frongach [brief note on Welsh camp for prisoners from the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland] Typescript
• Adeus, Lina [short story] Printout
• Abe Lazarus was an impressive, amiable man … [‘Ponape at war’ and Bibliography only]
• Operation ‘Galvanic’ MS, 16 p.
• [Tahiti Missions and Mission publications] [Printout]
• The Good Old Times (From a Micronesian point of view). Typescript, 43 p. (carbon copy)

 

1.4. Poetry

1937
As now in Spain [poem] 1937. Typescript
As the sun was slowly sinking [poem] 1937. Typescript
There is no rest or peace in all this land [poem] 1937. Typescript

1991
Morfa Rhuddlan: Galargan gyfoes [poem] [published in ‘The New Welsh Review no.15, Winter 1991/1992] Typescript copy

1995
Rousseau Finds Giverny. Published in Welsh Historic Gardens Trust Newsletter no. 8 June 1995. Photocopy

1996
Gwlad Deillion. Red Poets Society 3
Tanks printed Red Poets society 4 (1996?)
Tanks [poem] (1996) Typescript

1997
Zuzana is dead [poem] undated [1997] Typescript

2000
Breuddwyd Derfel 2000 printed Red Poets Society 6 2000.

2005
Which among you? [poem] 2005. Typescript
Which Side am I on? [poem] 2005. Typescript
World at endless war [poem] 2005. Typescript
Cwm Eithin [poem – in English] 2005. Typescript
Snail mail, printed Red Poets Society 2005

2006
Nanny. Printout
Workers. Red Poets 12
A booklish worker’s question. Red Poets 12

2007
Poems 1931-1941 (Cymru, Wales, c2007) Print copy
Telecommunications 1571-2007 [poem] Printout

2008
The wanderer. Red Poets 14
Epitaph for an invader. Red Poets 14
Men of property. Typescript

2010
Voice of Chartism printed in Red Poets Society 2010
Time to Spare
Poverty and dole
Shanty for tormented tenants

2011
Imperator?
Three more deadly sins
Arrival of a revolutionary
The Bard of Bodloesygad Cwm Cynfal: Arnold Rattenbury 1921 – 2007 Printed version in Red Poets 17 2011

2012
Big bonuses at risk. Printout
Rest not in peace, fair rent. Printout
How they stole our land. Printout
Women will rule the world. Printout
A fair day’s pay. Printout
Stripes. Printout
Poet of the workers & prairie farmers. In Red Poets 18. Print copy

2013
Last chapter of Alun’s life. Typescript

Undated
Change. Typescript
Tony’s eyes (Los ojos de San Antonio). Typescript
Narvik: For Pablo de la Fuente. Typescript