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Letters, 1966-86, covering various topics relevant to the Suffolk books: merchants' marks and other customs connected with domestic and church architecture; folk cures for animals; local characters as sources for oral history; appreciation of the books; lecturing work; dialect; folk-lore and customs; BBC television broadcast; technical details of metallurgy in relation to the blacksmith's craft; tools used in forestry, with three typed articles on the return of working horses to the forestry industry; social change among farm workers in the Netherlands. Correspondents include: Elwyn [?Evans], 1971 (469/14); Lady Tollemache to Mrs Evans, following a picture auction in which some of David Gentleman's sketches were sold, 1972 (469/29). Press cuttings, 1965-72, relating to the discovery of horse potions, removal of a manor house to a new site and a modern instance of witchcraft.

1966-86, Relating to: tape recordings and techniques; praise of the books and thanks for copies received; publishing; literature; news from friends and family; Welsh background; personal notes; the author's deafness and hearing aid; study of rural life and local industry; customs; folk-lore; dialect; origins of words; horse-lore; genealogy; agrarian history; politics; Celtic subjects; reviews; George Ewart Evans's work as a writer, broadcaster and lecturer; his second honorary doctorate, from Keele University, 1983; local history and archaeology; folk music and dancing; dramatisation of short stories for television. Correspondents include: Adrian Bell, n.d. (470/12); Peter Campbell, artist, and his wife, Kate, 1986 (470/42-51); Lord Edmund Davies, 1981-5 (470/66-7), with a road plan and press cutting, 1974; Anthony Dent, publisher, 1981-6 (470/79-88); Professor Glyn Daniel, 1980-5 (470/89-91a); John Elwyn, 1983-6 (470/106-9), giving details of his Welsh background, his work, mention of Glyn Jones and a Christmas card, presumably of his own design; Graeme Fife, 1980-6 (470/156-203), including some poems of his own composition, contact with the family of Robert Graves and the latter's death, December 1985; David Gentleman, 1980-5 (470/215-20); Glyn Jones, 1984 (470/306); Douglas Kennedy, 1968-86 (470/307-25); Morley Kennerley of Faber and Faber, 1969-83 (470/326-31); J. M. Lewis, 1980-4 (470/334-7); Richard Mabey, 1983 (470/341); Spike Mays, 1985-6 (470/345-6); Lord Bernard Miles, 1981-4 (470/347-9); Nia Rhosier, 1980-5 (470/412-21), including the death of Iorwerth Peate and the plight of his widow; Lord Rhodes, 1982 (470/422); Raphael Salaman, 1972-86 (470/442-71); David Thomson, 1982-6 (470/519-28); Gwen Yorath, MBE, 1980-5 (470/564-85), including news of Iorwerth Peate's widow.

Where Beards Wag All: 1968-86, primarily letters of thanks and discussions concerning points of interest raised by the book, including: folk-lore and customs; language and dialect; place-names; local characters as sources for oral history; agricultural practices; loss of the old rural culture and migration from the land. Correspondents include: Adrian [?Bell], [1970] (474/12]; Graeme Fife, 1971-2 (474/37-9); David [Gentleman], 1969 (474/47); Bernard Miles, 1970-1, (474/70-2); Lord Tollemache, 1970 (474/116). Typescript notes on ideas stimulated by the book; two press cuttings, 1970 & 1973; scrap paper with telephone number and address. See also no. 430.

Letters from Robert Graves: 1969, April 29 (475/1), concerning the publishing of The White Goddess, horse magic in Australia, discussion of language and logic, personal comments. 1971, September 17 (475/2), thanks for a copy of Pattern Under the Plough, and regrets for the displacement of traditional crafts and rural activities by technology. 1972, January 12 (475/3), concerning a ghost dog, peasant tradition disappearing in the face of tourism, looking forward to a new book and an eventual meeting, and a mutual acquaintance, Graeme Fife.

Let Dogs Delight, (London: Faber and Faber, 1975), corrected proof. Fire-damaged typescript of the original short story of the same title, with handwritten caption, 'Life and Letters Today, March 1940'. (2 items).

The Pattern Under the Plough, 'Aspects of the Folk-life of East Anglia', corrected typescript, with handwritten alteration to original title, 'The Historic Present'.