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Rhys Davies Papers
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Letters S-U

The file includes letters, 1961-1978, from Louise and Redvers Taylor (16), Ned Thomas (4) and Fred Urquhart (25).

Taylor, Redvers, 1900-1975

Letters relating to the sale of manuscripts

The file comprises letters, 1957-1975, from correspondents including Howard Gotlieb, Boston University Libraries, Dr David Jenkins, National Library of Wales, F. W. Roberts, The University of Texas, Bertram Rota, Booksellers, Meic Stephens, Welsh Arts Council, and Dr Jacob Schwartz.

Gotlieb, Howard B.

Letters relating to the estate of Redvers and Louise Taylor

The file comprises papers and correspondence, 1948-1978, relating to the estate of the artist Colonel Redvers ('Red') Taylor (d. 1975) and the administration of the estate of his widow Louise Hayden Taylor (d. 1977) and the sale of their home 'The Studio', Belchamp St Paul, Sudbury, Suffolk, with a copy of her will, 1975, together with a few photographs of the pair; a booklet from an exhibition of his water-colours held at The Lefevre Gallery, London, 1948 (the foreword was written by Rhys Davies); together with sale catalogues including furniture, and books from the Redvers Taylor collection, 1975.

Letters relating to awards

The file comprises letters, 1959-1971, relating to awards presented to Rhys Davies, including an offer to receive the Rhondda Recognition Award in 1959 and the Welsh Arts Council award in 1971; together with a letter, 1967, informing him that his story 'The chosen one' had been nominated for the Edgar [Allan Poe] award for the best short story of 1966.

Letters K-R

The file includes letters, 1944-1978, from Anna Kavan (35), Robert Macbryde (2), Raymond Marriott (8), Roland Mathias (4), Bill Naughton (6), and Count Potocki of Montalk (5), together with a booklet No English horse, published in 1967, containing translations of poems from the Magyar by him and a check list of publications by or concerning him published in 1974. There are also letters from Louis F. Quinain (4), Keidrych Rhys (7) and Richard Rhys (3), together with transcripts of letters from D. H. Lawrence to Rhys Davies, 1929, and of letters from Frieda Lawrence to him, 1928-1929.

Kavan, Anna, 1901-1968

Letters H-J

The file includes letters, 1948-1978, from Michael Holroyd (2), Felix Marti-IbaƱez (19), Glyn Jones (3), Gwyn Jones (1) and Richard and Alma Jones (39).

Holroyd, Michael

Letters from writers and friends

The series comprises letters mainly from fellow writers and friends containing personal news and information relating to their current projects and Rhys Davies's literary works.

Letters from researchers

The file comprises letters, 1954-1979, from research students and people from overseas, the USA in particular, and letters relating to his recollections of D. H. Lawrence.

Letters from Philip H. Burton

The file comprises forty-eight letters, 1947-1978, and four photographs from Philip H. Burton. He describes his life in the USA as a lecturer, writer and director of productions on Broadway, and his work as director of the Musical and Dramatic Theatre Academy in New York, and also discusses his own historical novel You, my brother published in 1973.

Burton, Philip, 1904-1995

Letters from Herman Schrijver

The file comprises sixty-eight letters, 1953-1972, from Herman Schrijver, including carbon copies, 1961-1972, of some of these.

Schrijver, Herman, d. 1972

Letters from David Rees

The file comprises forty-two letters, 1961-[1978], from David Rees, author of the book on Rhys Davies in the Writers of Wales series published as Rhys Davies in 1975.

Rees, David, 1928-

Letters from Charles Burkhart

The file comprises sixteen letters from Charles Burkhart, 1956-1978, including some relating to sorting out books and papers left to him by Herman Schrijver after his death in 1972 and returning letters written by Rhys Davies to the latter.

Burkhart, Charles, 1924-

Letters from admirers

The file comprises letters, 1957-1977, from individuals expressing their enjoyment of Rhys Davies's books and asking for autographs.

Letters C-G

The file includes letters, [1939]-1978, from Cyril Connolly (1), Dorothy Daly (7), Aneirin Talfan Davies (2), Kay Dick (33), Kathleen Farrell (29) and Constantine Fitzgibbon (1), together with a draft of Rhys Davies's reply to him relating to Dylan Thomas.

Connolly, Cyril, 1903-1974

Letters A-B

The file comprises letters, [1955]-1978, from Josi Adair (26), Denys Val Baker (13), BBC (Wales) (3), Patricia Beck (8), Lionel Bowman (13) and Neville [Braybrooke] (2).

Val Baker, Denys, 1917-

Julia and the bazooka

The file comprises some typescript stories by Anna Kavan for the volume Julia and the bazooka (London, 1970), with drafts of Rhys Davies's foreword to the book in manuscript and typescript, together with a typescript of 'A note on Anna Kavan' published in London Magazine, February 1970.

Honeysuckle girl

The file comprises a manuscript draft of part of the novel published in 1975, together with a typescript and manuscript 'preliminary sketch for a script' based on the novel, and a notebook relating to its theme and characters.

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