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Ray Howard-Jones Papers
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Address books

The series comprises a number of address books, together with a file of loose papers with the addresses and telephone numbers of Ray Howard-Jones's friends and acquaintances.

Anglo-Welsh Review letters

The file includes letters from Blunson Hall (19), 1967-1974, Roland Mathias (15), 1968-1974, together with manuscript and printed articles of poems which appeared in the journal.

Mathias, Roland

Books and booklets

The file comprises printed books and booklets of interest to Ray Howard-Jones which were collected by her, c. 1920s-1990s. A number of books relate to the island of Skomer, and others relate to her artist acquaintances, whilst a number of the books contain articles relating to her work as an artist and poet. A few are lightly annotated.

Business letters

The sub-series comprises letters relating to insurances, including some insurance policies, and letters from solicitors and accountants, including letters relating to the Purnell family.

Correspondence and papers

The series comprises family letters, letters from close friends, business letters and general correspondence, letters regarding health matters, letters from Ray Howard-Jones to family and friends, testimonials, and greetings cards.

David Jones

The file comprises letters and papers relating to David Jones, writer and artist, collected by Ray Howard-Jones, a friend of many years. The papers include correspondence with his niece after his death, letters from Saunders Lewis and Jack Raymond Jones, obituary notices, press cuttings relating to his life and career, papers relating to a memorial exhibition for him, in which Ray Howard-Jones took part, a newsletter of the David Jones Society, a poem by Ray Howard-Jones in his memory, and other papers, together with a photocopy of part of a letter in the hand of David Jones.

Lewis, Saunders, 1893-1985

Diaries and journals

The series contains an assortment of diaries and notebooks used as journals to record interesting events in Ray Howard-Jones's life. The earlier diaries contain information written during the War years. Several of the journals contain pieces of poetry which were later published, and many contain notes of her time on Skomer island. A great deal of the diaries record medical details, and many entries were intended as personal letters to her friends and acquaintances. Some of the journals contain very little information other than telephone numbers and addresses.

Diary

The diary commences in February 1930 and continues until the beginning of August of that year. Interspersed throughout are numerous pieces of poetry, written between 1930 and 1994.

Diary

A pocket diary for 1933 containing many entries up to August, but very few thereafter.

Diary

The front page is entitled 'Diary of an Artist, Part II', and commences at the end of July 1929. The final entry is for 4 February 1930.

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