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Manuscript and typescript drafts, part-drafts, fair copies, transcripts, and in some instances earlier versions of poems published in Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets (London: Allen & Unwin, 1945). The poems are listed in the order in which they appear in the published volume: Title page (f. 1); List of contents (ff. 2-4); Dawn on the East Coast (ff. 5-6); Corfe Castle (ff. 7-13); Compassion [cf. MS 3, f. 18] (f. 14); A Welsh Night (ff. 15-16); Westminster Abbey (ff. 17-18); Jason and Medea (ff. 19-23); Infantry (ff. 24-26); . Ff. 27-8. Song ('I lay in sheets of softest linen') [cf. f. 96 verso] (ff. 27-28); Encirclement (ff. 29-30); Song ('Oh journeyman ...') (f. 31); The Crucifixion (ff. 32-33); Sacco Writes to his Son (ff. 34-40); Goodbye [Goodnight] (ff. 41-42). Part Two: The Voyage: The Departure [Troopship] (ff. 44-51); On Embarkation (ff. 52-70); A Troopship in the Tropics (ff. 71-74); Chanson Triste [Chanson Triste (voyage to India)] [drafts of 'Port of Call: Brazil' (see f. 83) on ff. 75 verso, 77 verso] (ff. 75-79); Song (On seeing dead bodies floating off the Cape) (ff. 80-82); Port of Call: Brazil [cf. ff. 75 verso, 77 verso] (f. 83). Part Three: India: To Rilke (ff. 85-90); By the Gateway of India, Bombay (ff. 91-92); The Way Back (ff. 92 verso-93); Karanje Village [Karanje Gaon (A Mahratta Village)] [autograph poem 'Song' (see ff. 27-28) on f. 96 verso] (ff. 94-97); The Mahratta Ghats (f. 98); 'Holi' (The Hindu festival of Spring) [Village Festival] [note from Alun Lewis to Gweno Lewis on f. 100 verso] (ff. 99-101); The Journey (ff. 102-103); Ways (f. 104); Village Funeral: Maharashtra (ff. 105-107); Water Music (ff. 107 verso-108); Shadows (ff. 109-110); Home Thoughts from Abroad (ff. 110 verso-111); In Hospital: Poona (1) [To Gweno. In Hospital: Poona; Night: Poona Hospital] (ff. 112-114); In Hospital: Poona (2) (f. 115); Indian Day [for draft of sections III and IV see NLW MS 20782E, f. 47] (ff. 116-119); The Peasants [cf. f. 155 verso] (ff. 120-121); Observation Post: Forward Area (ff. 122-124); Burma Casualty (To Capt. G. T. Morris, Indian Army) (ff. 125-130); The Unknown Soldier (ff. 131-132); Peasant Song (ff. 133-134); Wood Song (f. 134 verso); The Island (f. 135); Motifs (f. 136); Bivouac (f. 137); The Jungle (ff. 138-146); The Assault Convoy [typescript unpublished poem 'The Everlasting Ultimatum' on f. 147 verso; cf. MS 6, f. 21] (ff. 147-148); The Raid [autograph draft of 'Pastorals' on f. 149 verso; cf. f. 153 verso and MS 4, f. 11] (ff. 149-152); A Fragment [Song] [autograph draft of 'Pastorals' (cf. f. 149 verso and MS 4, f. 11) on f. 153 verso and a typescript copy of 'The Peasants' (see ff. 120-121) on f. 155] (ff. 153-156); Midnight in India (ff. 157-160).

Seven poems, one autograph and the others typescript, some with autograph revision, published in Alun Lewis, A Miscellany of His Writings, ed. by John Pikoulis (Bridgend: Poetry Wales Press, 1982). Two of the poems (ff. 11, 12 verso) were first published in Jeremy Hooker and Gweno Lewis, Selected Poems of Alun Lewis (Unwin Paperbacks, 1981). Page references in brackets refer to Alun Lewis, A Miscellany... : Thoughts on the Eve of a Great Battle [Thoughts in the Peace before the Battle] (p. 124). Autograph draft included (ff. 1-6); Prelude and Fugue [Exits and Entrances] (p. 126) [This is a re-working of 'Thoughts on the Eve of a Great Battle'; see A Miscellany..., pp. 117-118] (f. 7); On Leave: Marriage [On Leave] (p. 129) (ff. 8-9); In the days when I could choose ... (p. 166) [for autograph drafts see NLW MS 20782E, ff. 47 verso-48 ersov] (f. 10); Pastorals (p. 167) [cf. MS 2, ff. 149 verso, 153 verso] (f. 11); The Soubrettes (p. 168) (f. 12); Renewal (p. 165) (f. 12 verso).

Typescript and printed short stories contributed to school and college magazines: 'The Tale of a Dwarf', [The Bovian (Cowbridge Grammar School magazine), 112 (March 1931)], typescript [see also ff. 101-103] (ff. 1-5); 'The Whirligig of Fate', [The Dragon, 56.3 (Summer 1934)], printed extract, 2 copies (ff. 6-11); 'Old Unhappy Far-off Things', [The Dragon, 57.1 (Michaelmas 1934)], typescript, signed and dated August 1934 (f. 12-17); 'Whit Monday', [The Dragon, 57.2 (Lent 1935)], printed extract, dated September 1934 (ff. 18-20); 'Chestnuts', [The Serpent, 21.2 (December 1936)], typescript (ff. 21-28); 'The Wedding Breakfast', [The Serpent, 21.2 (December 1936)], typescript (ff. 29-32); 'The Visit' (a play in one act), [The Dragon, 60.1 (Michaelmas 1937)], incomplete typescript with printed extract (ff. 33-54); 'Emigré', [The Dragon, 60.2 (Lent 1938)], typescript (ff. 55-64); 'Attitude', [The Dragon, 60.3 (Summer 1938)], typescript, with printed extract [photocopy], printed label 'Christina Foyle, Literary Agent, 125 Charing Cross Road, London ...' on f. 79 verso (ff. 65-85); 'Squibs for the Guy', [The Dragon, 61.1 (Michaelmas 1938)], typescript, printed label 'Christina Foyle, Literary Agent ...' on f. 89 verso (ff. 86-89); 'The Testimonial', [The Ludovican, 3/27 (Summer 1939)], typescript (ff. 90-94); and photocopies of short stories published in The Bovian, as follows: 'The Return of Dick Turpin', [106 (March 1929)] (ff. 95-97), 'The Death of Monga', [109 (March 1930)] (ff. 98-100), 'The Tale of a Dwarf', [112 (March 1931), cf. ff 1-5] (ff. 101-103), 'Memories of Childhood', [113 (July 1931)] (ff. 104-106), 'The End of the Hunt', [114 (December 1931)] (ff. 107-108), and 'They say there's a Boat on the River', [115 (March 1932)] (ff. 109-112).

Typescript unpublished autobiographical novella of college life ['Adam'], [early 1940].

Thirty-three letters and airgraphs from Alun Lewis to various correspondents, [c. 1938]-1943, including typescript transcripts and photocopies as below. [See also MS 64]. Letters to: Brenda Chamberlain (2), 1941-1943. Typescript extracts [for the originals see NLW MS 20798C, ff. 1-4, 47-48 verso] (ff. 1-3); D. Andrew Davies (6), 1940-1942. Typescript transcripts [cf. MS 26, ff. 3-4] (ff. 4-13); Howell and Becky Davies (3), 1943-1944. Airgraphs (ff. 14-16); Mansel Davies (4), [1940]-[1942]. Photocopies (ff. 17-28); Robert Herring (1), 1942. Autograph letter (f. 29); Bryan and Renée Hopkin (7), 1940-1942. Typescript transcripts (ff. 30-42); Gwyn Jones (1), [1943]. Airgraph (f. 43); Gweno Lewis (1), 1943. Telegram (f. 44); Richard Mills (1), 1943. Typescript extract (f. 45); Fortune Press and other publishers (7), 1941 and n.d. [?c. 1938]. Autograph and typescript (ff. 46-55).

Thirty-eight letters to Alun Lewis, 1931-1943, many relating to the publication of his work. The correspondents include John Arlott, 1943 (f. 54), Howell Davies, [1940] (f. 11), Chris Germanacos, 1941 (ff. 43-4), Graham Greene, [1941] (ff. 18-19), Glyn Jones, [1941] (f. 29), Gwyn Jones, 1941 (f. 31), John Lehmann, 1941 (f. 32), Mair Lewis ['Girlie'], 1943 (f. 51), John Petts, 1941 (ff. 34-40), Lynette Roberts, [1941] (ff. 21-8), M. J. Tambimuttu, 1941 (f. 20), Philip Unwin, 1941-1942 (ff. 30, 41-2, 45-6, 48), Helen Waddell, 1931, 1940 (ff. 1-2, 9).

Seven letters, 1944-1947, to Tom and Gwladys Lewis [Alun Lewis's parents] as follows: Brenda Chamberlain, 1944 (ff. 1-2); Major V. Ferguson, 1944 (f. 3); Jean Gilbert, 1945 (f. 4); Gwyn Jones, 1946 (f. 5); John Petts, 1947 (ff. 6-7); W. D. Thomas, 1944 (F. 8); Philip Unwin, 1946 (f. 9).

The New Statesman, 28 May 1976 (pp. 717-18 only). ['Futility', a review by John Carey of Vernon Scannell, Not Without Glory, Poets of the Second World War].

Typescript. 2 ff. [cf. Graves's foreword to Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets (1945)].

Wallace Tavener. 'Poetic Manhood. An appreciation of Alun Lewis'. Dated May 1944 and inscribed 'With compliments from Wallace Tavener ... Edinburgh'. Typescript. 11 ff.