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Correspondence of Gwladys Lewis, comprising:

Photocopies of transcripts (made by Alun John) of letters written, 1944, by Gwladys Lewis to writer and translator Professor Gwyn Jones, which include poetry by Gwladys Lewis (see John Pikoulis: Alun Lewis: A Life (Poetry Wales Press, 1984), pp. 313-14).

Letters, 1975-1978, from Gwladys Lewis to John Pikoulis.

Letter, 1978, to Gwladys Lewis from the Reverend Dewi Evans, Llwynhendy, Llanelli, who was a cousin of Alun Lewis.

Envelopes marked with name of correspondent and date of correspondence.

See also under Gwladys Lewis: Biographical and literary notes for notes by John Pikoulis on letters, 1940-1942, sent to Gwladys Lewis and her husband Thomas J. Lewis from Alun Lewis.
See also under Correspondence of Alun Lewis (photocopies, typescript copies and transcripts) .

Correspondence of John Pikoulis which bears no apparent direct relevance to his research into Alun Lewis but which was in his possession during his period of research, the correspondents comprising: Jennifer Rickard (1981), (?) possibly relating to literary editing; Anglo-Welsh poet R. S. Thomas (1998-1999 and undated), responding to Pikoulis's article in Poetry Wales magazine to mark Thomas's 80th birthday and expressing Thomas's views on the Nobel Prize and the Poet Laureateship.

Each envelope bears name of correspondent and date of correspondence.

Correspondence of Freda Aykroyd, largely comprising letters exchanged between Freda Aykroyd and John Pikoulis in the course of Pikoulis's research into the life and work of Alun Lewis. Together with a printed email titled 'Memories of Alun Lewis' by Gillian Somerville-Large, daughter of Freda Aykroyd.

Dates noted are those of original letters, not of photocopying.

Typescript copies of two undated and unpublished short stories by Freda Aykroyd titled 'The Mother' and 'The Broken Heart'.
See also under section titled Freda Aykroyd (Alun Lewis research papers).

Correspondence between John Pikoulis and those who were friends or acquaintances of Alun Lewis and notes taken by Pikoulis during interviews with those who were friends or acquaintances of Alun Lewis.

Note that cross-referencing of names inevitably occurs between friends and acquaintances, military colleagues and academic/work colleagues of Alun Lewis - please refer to all relevant categories.

General material collected by John Pikoulis in relation to his research into the life and work of Alun Lewis, including: Original and photocopied press cuttings of published work by Alun Lewis; original and photocopied press cuttings and articles relating to Alun Lewis; John Pikoulis's notes on Alun Lewis taken from published or broadcasted sources; John Pikoulis's notes on unpublished works by Alun Lewis (kept in marked envelope); biographical notes, mostly rough handwritten jottings, relating to Alun Lewis and to members of his family (notes on the Reverend Melchisedec Evans, father of Alun Lewis's mother Gwladys, and handwritten Lewis and Evans family trees drawn by John Pikoulis kept in marked envelopes); copy of Alun Lewis's birth certificate (kept in marked envelope); photocopied press articles noting the death of Alun Lewis (kept in marked envelope); notes made by John Pikoulis on letters of Alun Lewis (kept in marked envelope); material relating to events marking the centenary (in 2015) of Alun Lewis's birth, which includes letters to John Pikoulis, published poetry and prose by Alun Lewis (photocopies), minutes of meetings and details of a conference and a symposium (kept in marked folder); unsigned pencil portrait of Alun Lewis (kept in marked envelope); photocopy of The Heart's Assurance (1951), a song cycle by Sir Michael Tippett on poems by Alun Lewis and fellow Second World War poet Sidney Keyes (kept in marked envelope); copies of poems written in tribute to Alun Lewis by R. S. Thomas ('Alun Lewis'), John Tripp ('A Quest for Light') and Lovita J. R. Morang ('Lewis on Nilgiri Hills'); and rough notes taken by John Pikoulis during interviews with those who knew or were otherwise associated with Alun Lewis (see also interview notes under various categories elsewhere within the archive).
This section also includes a bound typescript thesis in two volumes by Keith Picton Evans titled 'Alun Lewis: The Development of a Writer', submitted as part of an MA degree at the University of Lancaster, September 1971.

General material collected by John Pikoulis in relation to his research into the life and work of Alun Lewis.

Printed email from Gillian Somerville-Large, daughter of Freda Aykroyd, to her sister Juliet Lacey.

Printed email from Gillian Somerville-Large, daughter of Freda Aykroyd, to her sister Juliet Lacey, containing notes titled 'Memories of Alun Lewis by Gillian Somerville-Large'.

Papers of Gweno Lewis, wife of Alun Lewis, in relation to John Pikoulis's research into the life and work of Alun Lewis, comprising correspondence of Gweno Lewis; notes of interviews conducted with Gweno Lewis; and responses by Gweno Lewis to Alun Lewis's work and to an article by John Pikoulis relating to Alun Lewis's work.

Material of, or relating to, Gwladys Lewis, mother of Alun Lewis, in relation to John Pikoulis's research into the life and work of Alun Lewis.

Photocopy of a published play by Gwladys Lewis titled 'Pleasant Place', with accompanying note by John Pikoulis.
Date is that of the original play, not that of the photocopy nor of Pikoulis's note.
See also under Gwladys Lewis (Alun Lewis research papers).

Rough notes taken by John Pikoulis during interviews with friends and acquaintances of Alun Lewis in the course of his research into Lewis's life and work.

Notes and transcripts of interviews with Gweno Lewis.

Rough notes taken by John Pikoulis during an interview with the Lewis family's nursery maid Sarah Jane Evans, known as 'Ajee'.

Notes taken by John Pikoulis during interviews with former military colleagues of Alun Lewis.

Rough handwritten notes taken by John Pikoulis during an interview with Gwladys Lewis.

Rough notes taken by John Pikoulis during interviews with former work and academic (both school and university) colleagues of Alun Lewis in the course of his research into Lewis's life and work.

Rough notes taken by John Pikoulis during interviews with former work and academic (both school and university) colleagues of Alun Lewis, the interviewees comprising: newspaper editor Gwyn Prosser (undated); Andrew Davies (undated); Barry Davies (undated); university lecturer David Sims (undated); civil servant Sir Idwal Vaughan Pugh (undated); Bryn Edwards (undated); and school principal Glyn Rees (undated).

Rough notes taken by John Pikoulis during interviews with friends and acquaintances of Alun Lewis in the course of his research into Lewis's life and work, the interviewees comprising: Leslie Sykes (1980); artist and engraver John Petts (undated); poet, literary journalist and editor Keidrych Rhys (whom Pikoulis notes as 'Keidrick') (undated); poet, novelist and Baptist minister Rhydwen Williams (undated); Thomas Jones (undated); Cyril Moseley of Morgan Bruce & Nicholas, Solicitors, Pontypridd (undated); Megan McTrusty, with letter to John Pikoulis from Megan McTrusty (undated); and Irene Birdsall (undated).