Ffeil / File I/1 - Llythyrau at John Meirion Morris = Letters to John Meirion Morris

Llythyrau at John Meirion Morris gan amrywiol ohebwyr, yn cynnwys sefydliadau megis Cywaith Cymru, Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru, Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth, Cyngor y Celfyddydau, Wales Arts International, Gwasg Gomer a Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, a gohebwyr unigol megis y bardd a'r llenor Nesta Wyn Jones; yr arlunydd Cymreig Aneurin Jones; yr Athro Karî'kachä Seid'ou o Adran Gelfyddyd Gain Prifysgol Kwame Nkrumah, Kumasi, Ghana, lle bu John Meirion Morris yn darlithio o 1966 hyd 1968 (gweler nodyn ym mhrif weithlen yr archif), ynghyd â llythyrau mewn ymateb at yr Athro Karî'kachä Seid'ou oddi wrth John Meirion Morris (gweler hefyd lythyrau oddi wrth ddau gyd-ddarlithydd i John Meirion Morris ym Mhrifysgol Kumasi, sef Graham Wilton a Terry Ingersoll); yr offeiriad, dramodydd, bardd a llenor Aled Jones-Williams; y Prifardd Myrddin ap Dafydd, yn amgáu englynion coffa i'r cyfansoddwr Gareth Mitford Williams (1950-1982) (am Gareth Mitford Williams, gweler, er enghraifft, NLW Facs 441/2 yng nghasgliadau Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru); yr arlunydd Iwan Bala; y cerflunydd a'r hanesydd celf Peter Lord; yr awdur T. Llew Jones; yr arlunydd Kyffin Williams (yn llongyfarch John Meirion Morris ar gael ei ethol i'r Academi Frenhinol Gymreig); yr academydd a'r bardd yr Athro Gwyn Thomas, Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Bangor; Rowan Williams, Archesgob Caergaint; y bardd Dafydd Islwyn; a'r caligraffydd a'r cerflunydd Ieuan Rees (yn amgáu cynllun ar gyfer cerfio enw tŷ John Meirion Morris). Anfonwyd nifer dda o'r llythyrau mewn ymateb i weld gwaith celf John Meirion Morris. Eitemau diddorol yw'r nodyn, 1 Mawrth 1989, oddi wrth Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Caerdydd yn hysbysu John Meirion Morris am ei lwyddiant yn ei radd M.Phil., a'r llythyr, 19 Gorffennaf 1976, oddi wrth Goronwy Daniel, Prifathro Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth yn annog John Meirion Morris i beidio cwtogi ei oriau darlithio.
= Letters to John Meirion Morris from various correspondents, including institutions such as Cywaith Cymru, the National Museum of Wales, University College of Wales Aberystwyth, the Arts Council, Wales Arts International, the Gomer Press and the National Library of Wales, and individual correspondents such as the poet and writer Nesta Wyn Jones; the Welsh artist Aneurin Jones; Professor Karî'kachä Seid'ou of the Fine Arts Department of Kwame Nkrumah University, Kumasi, Ghana, where John Meirion Morris lectured from 1966 to 1968 (see note in main section of archive), together with letters of response from John Meirion Morris to Professor Karî'kachä Seid'ou (see also letters from two of John Meirion Morris' lecturer colleagues at Kumasi University, namely Graham Wilton and Terry Ingersoll); the priest, dramatist, poet and writer Aled Jones-Williams; the chaired bard Myrddin ap Dafydd, enclosing englynion (strict-metre verses) in memoriam to the composer Gareth Mitford Williams (1950-1982) (for Gareth Mitford Williams, see, for example, NLW Facs 441/2 in the National Library of Wales' collections); the artist Iwan Bala; the sculptor and art historian Peter Lord; the author T. Llew Jones; the artist Kyffin Williams (congratulating John Meirion Morris on being elected to the Welsh Royal Academy); the academic and poet Professor Gwyn Thomas, University College of Wales Bangor; Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury; the poet Dafydd Islwyn; and the calligrapher and sculptor Ieuan Rees (enclosing a draft plan for engraving John Meirion Morris' house name). A considerable number of the letters were sent in response to viewing John Meirion Morris' work. Items of interest include a note, 1 March 1989, from the University College of Wales Cardiff notifying John Meirion Morris of his successful achievement of an M. Phil. degree, and a letter, 19 July 1976, from Goronwy Daniel, Principal of University College of Wales Aberystwyth, urging John Meirion Morris not to seek to curtail his weekly lecturing hours.